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Klappentext Robinson's diaries and letters provide an important source of information about all the leading cultural figures of the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung Henry Crabb Robinson (1775–1867) was a lawyer and journalist who was acquainted with all the significant literary and cultural figures of his day. His lifelong habit of keeping diaries, letters and memoirs, from which this 1869 compilation derives, provides a major source of biographical information about his friends. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. 1832. Reform Bill - Goethe's death - Lady Blessington - fatal accident to W. Pattison and his bride; 2. 1833-35. Hudson Gurney - first railway journey - at the Lakes - Scotch tour with Wordsworth - visit to Heidelberg - theological talks with Benecke - death of Lamb - first Christmas at Rydal; 3. 1836. Dr. Arnold - Sydney Smith - W. S. Landor and Wordsworth; 4. 1837-8. Italian tour with Wordsworth - journey to the west of England with Wordsworth - copyright in America - Clarkson and Wilberforce controversy - journey to Paris with Southey; 5. 1839-40. At Rydal - H. C. R. removes to 30 Russell Square - visit to Playford - The Non-con Club - tour to Frankfort; 6. 1841. Death of H. C. R.'s nephew, and of many old friends; 7. 1842. Christmas at Rydal (1841) - death of Dr. Arnold - Christmas at Rydal (1842) - talks with Faber; 8. 1843-4. On church questions - correspondence with Quillinan - Christmas at Rydal - visit to Playford - Archaeological Association; 9. 1844. Dissenters' Chapels Act; 10. 1845. At Rydal - Rogers - Wordsworth - Robinsoniana; 11. 1846. Donaldson - visit to Heidelberg - acquaintance with F. W. Robertson; 12. 1847. Visit to Devizes - University Hall - deaths of Mary Lamb, Mrs. Quillinan, and J. Walter - F. W. Robertson - University College and Flaxman's works - sad Christmas at Rydal; 13. 1848. Political crisis - Bunsen - Emerson - on the punishment of criminals - Christmas at Rydal; 14. 1849. The circle at Rydal - University Hall opened; 15. 1850-51. Wordsworth's death - trip to Paris - visit to Mrs. Wordsworth - Flaxman Gallery at University College - death of Habakkuk Robinson - tour to Germany - Arndt; 16. 1852-57. Death of Robertson - Lady Byron - Dr. King - Mrs. Clarkson and Mrs. Wordsworth - visit to France - death of H. C. R.'s grand-nephew - on the study of Wordsworth; 17. 1858-62. At Bury - Mrs. Wordsworth's death - death of Thomas Robinson - more deaths - at Lulworth Cove - anecdotes and bons-mots; 18. 1863-6. At Stratford-on-Avon - last continental journey - putting papers in order - resigning trusts - death; Appendix....
