Scott also praises Frankenstein in his article on Hoffmann.  In reading Scott’s novels I have noted two reminiscences of the line, “One word is too often profaned.”  They are to be found in Old Mortality, Vol.  II, p. 93, and in Redgauntlet, Vol.  I, p. 224.]

  [Footnote 267:  Journal, Vol.  II, p. 179.]

  [Footnote 268:  Familiar Letters, Vol.  I, p. 40.]

  [Footnote 269:  Familiar Letters, Vol.  I, p. 97.]

  [Footnote 270:  Journal, Vol.  I, p. 333]

  [Footnote 271:  Ibid., Vol.  II, p. 190.]

  [Footnote 272:  I quote from the letter as given in Knight’s
  Wordsworth, Vol.  II, p. 105.  Prof.  Knight says that Lockhart quotes
  the letter less exactly (Vol.  I, p. 489.)]

  [Footnote 273:  Lockhart, Vol.  III, p. 428.]

[Footnote 274:  Even Byron admired Southey.  He once wrote, “His prose is perfect.  Of his poetry there are various opinions:  there is, perhaps, too much of it for the present generation; posterity will probably select.  He has passages equal to anything.” (Byron’s Letters and Journals, ed.  Prothero, Vol.  II, p. 331.) Shelley also had a high opinion of Southey’s work. (Dowden’s Life of Shelley, Vol.  I, p. 158, and pp. 471-2.) Landor liked Madoc and Thalaba so much that, when he found Southey hesitating to write more poems of a similar kind because they did not pay, he offered to bear the expense of the publication.  Southey refused the assistance, but was stimulated by the kindness and considered Landor’s encouragement responsible for his later work in poetry. (Forster’s Life of Landor, Vol.  I, pp. 209-214.)]

  [Footnote 275:  Lockhart, Vol.  II, p. 307.]

  [Footnote 276:  Ibid., Vol.  I, p. 415.]

  [Footnote 277:  Ibid., Vol.  I, p. 477; see also Edinburgh Annual
  Register for 1809, part 2, p. 588.]

  [Footnote 278:  Lockhart, Vol.  III, p. 197.]

  [Footnote 279:  Lockhart, Vol.  II, p. 127.]

[Footnote 280:  In his youth Scott read Dante with other Italian authors, but he did not become well acquainted with him, and later even expressed dislike for his work. (See Lockhart, Vol.  V, p. 408.) In 1825 he wrote to W.S.  Rose, “I will subscribe for Dante with all pleasure, on condition you do not insist on my reading him.” (Fam.  Let., Vol.  II, p. 356.)]

[Footnote 281:  It may be interesting to have Southey’s comment on the same article. (See Southey’s Letters, Vol.  II, p. 307.) He says, “Bedford has seen the review which Scott has written of it, and which, from his account, though a very friendly one, is, like that of the ‘Cid,’ very superficial.  He sees nothing but the naked story; the moral feeling which pervades it has escaped him.  I do not know