Excerpt from The Romantic Life of Shelley and the Sequel Nor does the repetition of such chatter imply the least disparagement of Shelley as a man or a poet. The idea that an interest in Shelley's relations with Harriet (and with Mary, and Emily, and the two J anes) is incompatible with an enthusiastic appreciation of the Prome theus, the Cenci, and the Epipsychidion, is the fixed notion of a few pompous people; but it should be shaken out of them. The men who knew Shelley best, and loved and admired him most, did not share it. Hogg speaks of Shelley as his incomparable friend Medwin thought him the greatest poet of his time; Trelawny worshipped him almost as a god. Yet Hogg chatters about Harriet in the most de lightful vein of comedy; and Medwin discusses Emily without setting any bridle on his tongue; and Trelawny is very anxious that the world should see Mary as she really was, in order that it may judge Shelley justly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.