xxviii A FEW MEMOIRS OF 
“A Metrical Translation of the Prometheus and Aga¬ 
memnon of HCschylus,” “ Henry VIII. and his Six 
Wives,” “The Cavaliers of England,” “The Chevaliers 
of France,” “The Knights of England, France, and Scot¬ 
land,” “The Captains of the Old World,” “Persons and 
Pictures from the Histories of France and England,” 
“The Captains of the Roman Republic,” and “The 
Wager of Battle.” But the greatest effort in this class of 
writing remains unfinished—a spirited translation from 
the “ Iliad ” of Homer; there is also a beautifully roman¬ 
tic account of “The Marys of History,” the MS. being 
quite complete, as he left it, but of course additional 
characters might be selected. 
Besides these acknowledged works, his contributions 
to newspapers and magazines are almost countless. In 
1850 he gave much time to a paper called “ The Sunday 
Era,” and in 1851 to another called “ The Sachem,” both 
published in Hew York. He also contributed many ar¬ 
ticles to what is now known as “ Ballou’s Pictorial,” in 
Boston. Dr. Patterson’s “Anglo-American,” about 1839, 
had fledged his pen for newspapers. 
We have more occasion to speak of Herbert as a 
writer than his private affairs as a man; but, in order to 
make this sketch as complete as possible, we must record 
the fact that he had some trifling dispute with a legal 
gentleman named Valentine, which resulted in a duel, 
and took place near Herbert’s residence at “ the Cedars.” 
After Herbert had been shot near one of his ankles, and 
Mr. Valentine lost a button from his waistband, the affair 
was amicably settled. By a sad coincidence with Her¬ 
bert’s subsequent fate, we may state that Mr. Valentine 
committed suicide shortly after this duel. The previous 
duel in which Herbert’s name was concerned owed most 
of its notoriety to the fact that it almost immediately fol¬ 
lowed the fatal rencontre between Barton and Graham, at 
