ABSTRACT
Mr. De Quincy, in his notes on “Gilfillan’s Gallery of Literary Portraits,” says of Percy Bysshe Shelley—“Everything was romantic in his short career, everything wore a tragic interest. From his childhood he moved through a series of afflictions; always craving for love, loving and seeking to be loved, always he was destined to reap hatred from those with whom life had connected him.” Perhaps the following reminiscence of Shelley may bear out Mr. De Quincy’s remarks, so far as the term “romantio” is concerned.
