. George Meredith; his life and friends in relation to his work. (Mrs Valliant), Giulia, was given to theminor character of Madame Marini in SaiidraBelloni. Apparently no Meredithian commentator hasobserved that Swinburne figures in Sandra Belloniunder the name of Tracy Runningbrook—a sort ofplay upon the poets cognomen. There is no mis-taking the portrait drawn, for Tracy, like Swinburne,had red hair, green eyes, peerage blood, and themaking of a famous poet. The date, 1861-1863,when Meredith was writing this book coincidedwith the time when he was most intimate with Swin-burne, the days when
. George Meredith; his life and friends in relation to his work. (Mrs Valliant), Giulia, was given to theminor character of Madame Marini in SaiidraBelloni. Apparently no Meredithian commentator hasobserved that Swinburne figures in Sandra Belloniunder the name of Tracy Runningbrook—a sort ofplay upon the poets cognomen. There is no mis-taking the portrait drawn, for Tracy, like Swinburne,had red hair, green eyes, peerage blood, and themaking of a famous poet. The date, 1861-1863,when Meredith was writing this book coincidedwith the time when he was most intimate with Swin-burne, the days when they were at Copsham andChelsea together. Therefore his presentment of theyouthful poet has great interest, for no doubt theconversation of Tracy is a literal transcription ofthe vehement avalanche of words which character-ised the original. Take the scene where Tracydiscusses with Emilia the libretto he will write forher opera on the subject of their jointly belovedItaly, and when he proposes to create a daughterfor Brennus. Undoubtedly here we recover an. Emilia Macirone (Lady Hornby). The original ofEmilia Sandra Belloni and Vittoria SANDRA BELLONI 181 authentic echo of that flow of Swinburnean languagewhich Meredith likened to a torrent of boiling lava,and a taste of that wealth of violent simile whichenabled the poet easily to rout a merely sanguinarilygarnished cabman who was dissatisfied with his fare. Meredith also introduces the matter of Swin-burnes spirited defence of Modern Love in the Press,though he transposes the facts, for it is TracyRunningbrooks poem which is unjustly reviewed,and the protest is penned by Purcell Barrett, This,via Wilfrid, enabled Meredith to voice his contemptfor the recent attack he had endured in The Spectator. The character drawing in Sandra Belloni variesconsiderably in merit, as in most of the authorsbooks. Emilia herself is, of course, a superlativestudy. All the Poles are good. Lady Charlotte isvery finely drawn, and her broad-minde
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