Show bancroft lian croft and byron bj roil in tho january century professor sloane formerly private secretary of 0 tel tells ls b by authority the otery of 0 the moo g ol of bancroft with goethe and byron we onoto as follows tho the american scina squadron dron was lying at the tha time in the harbor of leghorn and bancroft was invited by the commodore comm odoro to meet byron aboard the flagship there were present only it a fow few other amer anaed I 1 cans among them the consul 1 lit I t tu lu nig ms liia his wife and several ladies when the poet accompanied by hia bor host t and the principal officers of the fleet came up the companionway his hia countenance immediately fell at the sig sight h t of the tha ladies among the now new arrivals thinking probably that they were englishwomen englishwoman English women who hall hail taun taken advantage of the opportunity to spy him out but bat on learning that they were americans he be at once recovered lis hia cheerfulness and was most moat ap in fact when the co con nills r bill B wito laug bingly r said mid that her 0 hildren children would want some proof that she ghe had bad seen lord byron bron sho she was waa permitted to talo take the rose from his hia buttonhole before leaving the DO ble maua invited baa ban croft in in his bis masters namo name to visit vial t monte nero so bo intense was net the on en for byron among the oil C beis e IS 0 of t the fleet that when ho he was rowed ashore ono one captain man manned ned his yard arme and fired bred a salute but the co lomm m ma lore feeling that the guest of tile the lay day baan had no position which abic h warranted BO 90 official a greeting allowed al I 1 d it to go no further shortly afterward bancroft wrote a noto note to ask if he bo might call at monte nero and ro a pleasant lively reply byrons reception of his hia guest was cordial he was simply but carefully cara carfi fully dressed and luring during the breakfast talks talked of jeffroy jeffrey and the bitter at of the edinburgh review ilia his G eyo was bright and his bis mannerini mann manner erani am in mated abed but without bitterness or ran cor lie ila seemed intensely interested in in goolko and asked many questions aes ues about him the iho idea that tan man tred was based on J aust he declared tp be false explaining that he had neverseen 11 6 v 9 roseen 1 ue lie was evidently delighted to hear bear how great a favorito favorite he was everywhere in in germany lie he spoke also of Thorwald sens busts busta an and d said with seeming dissatisfaction the last ono one was too spare at af ter breakfast be invited bancroft into tho the drawing room loom from flora the tha windows of which he be said mild elba was visible and indeed it was but very dimly whilo they were standing absorbed in in trying to discern its outline the door opened softly and a light foot step tell was heard it was that of the Ol liCCiOli and aej without tho the slightest embarrassment byron turn a ed d anil presen presented tod bancroft to her she at 0 once nee mide made some soma introductory remark in in italian and talked for some time the 1 be conversation became gen ora 0 ral and in in the tha course of it byron r remarked rem emar arLod ked incidentally that the countess did not like tho scoffing fling tono of don juan and had bad entreated him not to RO go on with it and that be had receive received od letters from others to the same effect that Bancro Ban crofts visit was remembered with pleasure is evident both from the letters to marra bunay in in which byron allu alludes desto to his hia Y young u 9 visitor vi bitor and from the pres prea en critari tation copy ot of don juan with the art authors thoras autograph still in in Ban crofta crofts library |