. George Meredith; his life and friends in relation to his work. his rough script, and hisfuture wife copied out the chapters as they werecompleted. Then came the interval when BhodaFleming was completed ; but later in 1865 the authorattacked Vittoria with renewed vigour. He felt hehad a genius for treating an epical subject, andwished to get out of the rut of a rather morbiddissection of human nature where his recent novelshad placed him. He was encouraged to pursue hisnew path by G. H. Lewes and Frederick Sandys,who had heard read portions of the manuscript ofVittoria. Vittoria appeared firs
. George Meredith; his life and friends in relation to his work. his rough script, and hisfuture wife copied out the chapters as they werecompleted. Then came the interval when BhodaFleming was completed ; but later in 1865 the authorattacked Vittoria with renewed vigour. He felt hehad a genius for treating an epical subject, andwished to get out of the rut of a rather morbiddissection of human nature where his recent novelshad placed him. He was encouraged to pursue hisnew path by G. H. Lewes and Frederick Sandys,who had heard read portions of the manuscript ofVittoria. Vittoria appeared first as a serial in TheFortnightly Review, during 1866, during the editor-ship of G. H. Lewes. The author received £250for his serial rights. Meredith also read most of the novel to MadameVenturi, the great friend of Mazzini, who pronouncedthe Italian descriptions good and accurate. Meredith was much away during 1866. In thespring he paid a visit to Monckton Milnes, LordHoughton, at Fryston Hall, in Yorkshire: thisprobably came about through the introduction of. < Q — u MEREDITH AS WAR CORRESPONDENT In June he proceeded to Italy toact as War Correspondent for The Morning Postduring the campaign between that country andAustria. This expedition enabled him to obtainsome additional and valuable local colour for Vittoriabefore it was republished in three-volume form byChapman and Hall early in 1867 ; this reason andthe financial benefit accruing induced Meredith toundertake the work, for he was not by inclinationever a journahst. In fact, he hated the methods ofjournalism, which were, of course, in absolute an-tithesis to his own natural style. Consequently hiswar articles were unnatural and cramped, and ratherdull: he cannot be placed in the front rank of warcorrespondents. His reports of the war were mainlysecond-hand, as he did not see much of the actualfighting. But he accompanied the Italian army,driving and camping with the troops. Here he wasmore in his ele
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