Literary by-paths in old England . in the Reynoldsfamily, of whom one, Jane, as hinted above, be-came the wife of Thomas Hood. The eldest,Mariane, married Mr. Green, and had for hertwo sons the gifted artists Charles and TowneleyGreen. It was to celebrate her wedding thatHood drew the water-colour sketch which willbe found in another part of this volume. Inthe foreground of this sketch the third sister,Charlotte, occupies a prominent position, with ahooked arm outstretched in a vain endeavour— such was Hoods jest — to emulate her sisterin catching a husband. The antipathy of senior
Literary by-paths in old England . in the Reynoldsfamily, of whom one, Jane, as hinted above, be-came the wife of Thomas Hood. The eldest,Mariane, married Mr. Green, and had for hertwo sons the gifted artists Charles and TowneleyGreen. It was to celebrate her wedding thatHood drew the water-colour sketch which willbe found in another part of this volume. Inthe foreground of this sketch the third sister,Charlotte, occupies a prominent position, with ahooked arm outstretched in a vain endeavour— such was Hoods jest — to emulate her sisterin catching a husband. The antipathy of senior to having his portrait taken inany way seems to have been shared by his eldestdaughter Mariane, for she would never give asitting even to one of her two artist sons. Hencethe only likeness surviving of this friend of Keatsis the meagre pen and ink sketch reproduced. 15 225 LITERARY BY-PATHS With the father and mother and the foursisters Keats enjoyed much friendly intercourse,though towards the close of his life, for reasons. Mrs. Green, nie Mariane Reynolds which it is not necessary to recapitulate, the sis-ters lost some of his regard. But in his friend-ship for their brother, John Hamilton Reynolds,there was no rift from beginning to end. Of allhis literary associates, he was the most congenialspirit, and Lord Houghton rightly insists uponthe invaluable worth of his friendship. On 226 IN OLD ENGLAND this point the testimony of Mr. Sidney Colvinmay also be cited, for he is at one with all thebiographers of Keats in affirming Reynolds tohave been one of the poets wisest friends, andpoints out that he by judicious advice morethan once saved him from a mistake. Although nearly a year younger than Keats,Reynolds preceded him in the publication of avolume of verse by three years, and had, indeed,placed no fewer than four books to his credit ereKeats issued his first volume. Reynolds wasonly eighteen when, in 1814, he published hisfirst work Safie, an Eastern Tale. As thepoem
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