VII 



GEORGE KINGSLEY'S LATER YEARS 

 AND DEATH 



I WILL detain you no longer with extracts from 

 my father's letters. After his wanderings in the 

 Americas with the Earl of Dunraven, he crossed 

 Newfoundland, was away in Frobisher's Straits, 

 down in Cape Colony, went round the world again, 

 visited Japan, revisited New Zealand and Australia, 

 and so on ; but none of these things was considered by 

 him to be more than a mere stroll, and quite incom- 

 parable with the experiences he had when with Lord 

 Pembroke and with Lord Dunraven. He enjoyed 

 them all, in a way, just as he enjoyed most things 

 that did not involve life in a town, or noise ; these 

 he hated with a great cordiality, and when he was 

 subjected to them his language had a strong family 

 likeness to that of Mr. Cody when that gentleman 

 happened to be subjected to a course of prairie fires. 

 I am fully aware that I have given you a very 

 inadequate sketch of a remarkable man. His wealth 

 of scholarship was recognised and valued by all the 



