8 HERBERT. 



America, where he soon expended His little remaining 

 money. It is now that his life, as a man, commenced ; and 

 the many difficulties and misfortunes which beset his way, 

 are thus alluded to in his last letter to the press : — '' I bear 

 an honorable name ; I have striven hard, in great trial, in 

 great temptation, in a foreign country, in a false position, 

 among men who did not, perhaps could not, sympathize 

 with me, to keep it honorable." Again — " Eemember 

 also, when you judge me, that of all lives, mine has been 

 almost the most unhappy. No counsellor, no friend, no 

 country have been mine, for six-and-twenty weary years. 

 Every hope has broken down under my foot as soon as it 

 has touched it. Every spark of happiness has been 

 quenched as soon as it has been kindled." 



For eight years Herbert was a teacher in a school 

 in New York, where he gave the most perfect satis- 

 faction: He was a frequent contributor to the best jour- 

 nals of the day, and an editor of the '^ American Monthly 

 Magazine." In " The Captains of the Old World," ^" The 

 Eoman Eepublic," ** The Brothers, a tale of the French," 

 " Kingwood the Rover," '^Warwick Woodlands," *' Crom- 

 well," &c., he has given pleasure and instruction to many 

 readers. These facts concern Herbert's literary reputa- 

 tion, which was good among distinguished literary men ; 

 but that which binds him to the hearts of true sportsmen, 

 and lovers of nature, he has won under the nom de plume 

 of "Frank Forester," in the '^ Field Sports," " Fish and 

 Fishing," "The Deer Stalkers," "The Complete Manual 

 for Young Sportsmen," etc. More recently, he wrote a 

 very large work on " The Horse of America," and, last of 

 all, these "Hints to Horse-Keepers." 



Herbert was twice married ; — first, in 1839, to a Mis9 

 Barker, of Bangor, whither he had accompanied a gentle- 



