"It is for slaves to lie, and for freemen to speak truth. "In the examples, which I here bring in, of what I have heard, read, LORD BYRON AND SOME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES. MR. DUBOIS.-MR. CAMPBELL.-MR. THEODORE HOOK.-MR. MATHEWS.-MESSRS. JAMES AND HORACE SMITH. I FORGET how I became acquainted with Mr. Hill, proprietor of the Monthly Mirror; but at his house at Sydenham I used to meet his editor Mr. Dubois; Mr. Campbell, who was his neighbour; and the two Smiths, authors of "The Rejected Addresses." Once or twice I saw also Mr. Theodore Hook, and Mr. Mathews the comedian. Our host (and I thought him no older the other day than he |