... ... ... Mr. by Francis Bindon at Howth Castle. In it "the genius of Ireland extends the laurel wreath," while the woman on the left is not there ... To face page 175 Jonathan Swift, engraved by Vanhaecken from a drawing by Markham after Bindon. Sidney Colvin informs me that "like almost all the engraved portraits of Swift, this one goes back to the full-length original picture painted by Bindon. The words 'Markham delin.,' which appear on the plate, must mean that Markham was the name (otherwise unknown) of the draughtsman who adapted the picture for the purpose of Vanhaecken's engraving, turning the full-length standing figure into a half-length seated one, adding the chair and altering the background" Mrs. Chetwode... ... ... To face page 198 To face page 230 Stella's Cottage from a photograph by Dr. Ivon It is a To face page 239 INTRODUCTION JOHN FORSTER, who lived to complete but one of the three volumes in which he had planned to write the Life of Jonathan Swift, speaks in his preface of his hero's correspondence "with his friend Knightley Chetwode, of Woodbrook, during the seventeen years (1714-1731) which followed his appointment to the deanery of St. Patrick's. Of these letters,' Forster goes on to say, "the richest addition to the correspondence of this most masterly of English letter-writers since it was first collected, more does not need to be said here; but of the late representative of the Chetwode family I crave permission to add a word. His rare talents and taste suffered from his delicate health and fastidious temperament, but in my life I have seen few things more delightful than his pride in the connection of his race and name with the companionship of Swift. Such was the jealous care with which he preserved the letters, treasuring them as an heirloom of honour, that he would never allow them to be moved from his family seat; and when, with his own hand, he had |