TENNYSON AND LORD LYTTON.
The dedication of Tennyson's new tragedy to the -present I^oid Lytton is peculiarly interesting in .view of the estrangement which for a longtime existed between the Poet Laureate and the father of the man tp"?rhom he has now paid this unusual compliment. Tennyson acknowledges his indebtedness to- Buyer's historical romance :of " Haj:,bldv":! fop the material of his poem, and says toJLord Lytton; "Asyour father dedicatee! his ' Harold ' to my father's brother; allow me to dedicate my 'JJargld.' to. yourself." Yet Tcnuysop bnpe referred jto Buhrer aa the "padded man that wears the stays,'' and the half of whose little " heartwas dirt."—Chicago Tribune.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2541, 27 February 1877, Page 2
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106TENNYSON AND LORD LYTTON. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2541, 27 February 1877, Page 2
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