luded.
It is full of the most varied interest, and we believe that it will be
found to convey at least as natural and unexaggerated an account of Lord
Byron's character as has yet been presented to the public.

_Genoa, April 1st_, 1823.--Saw Lord Byron for the first time. The
impression for the first few minutes disappointed me, as I had, both from
the portraits and descriptions given, conceived a different idea of him. I
had fancied him taller, with a more dignified and commanding air; and I
looked in vain for the hero-looking sort of person with whom I had so long
identified him in imagination. His appearance is, however, highly
prepossessing; his head is finely shaped, and the forehead open, high, and
noble; his eyes are grey and full of expression, but one is visibly larger
than the other; the nose is large and well shaped, but from being a little
_too thick_, it looks better in profile than in front-face: his mouth is
the most remarkable feature in his face, the upper lip of Grecian
shortness, and the corners descending; the lips full, and finely cut. In
speaking, he shows his teeth very much, and they are white and even; but I
observed that even in his smile--and he smiles frequently--there is
something of a scornful expression in his mouth that is evidently natural,
and not, as many suppose, affected. This particularly struck me. His chin
is large and well shaped, and finishes well the oval of his face. He is
extremely thin, indeed so much so that his figure has almost a boyish air;
his face is peculiarly pale, but not the paleness of ill-health, as its
character is that of fairness, the fairness of a dark-haired person--and
his hair (which is getting rapidly grey) is of a very dark brown, and
curls naturally: he uses a good deal of oil in it, which makes it look
still darker. His countenance is full of expression, and changes with the
subject of conversation; it gains on the beholder the more it is seen, and
leaves an agreeable impression. I should say that melancholy was its
prevailing character, as I observed that when any observation elicited a
smile--and they were many, as the conversation was gay and playful--it
appeared to linger but for a moment on his lip, which instantly resumed
its former expression of seriousness. His whole appearance is remarkably
gentlemanlike, and he owes nothing of this to his toilette, as his coat
appears to have been many years made, is much too large--and all his
garments convey