1866 To Tunbridge Wells.
Blackwood offers £5,000 for "Felix Holt," finished May 31.
To Brussels, Holland and Schwalbach.
"The Spanish Gypsy" recommenced in a new form.
To Tunbridge Wells.
A tour in Spain.
1867 To North Germany for 2 months.
"The Spanish Gypsy" continued at Dresden.
Wrote three new lyrics.
Wrote "An Address to the Working Men" for Blackwood's Magazine.
1868 To Torquay.
Finished "The Spanish Gypsy," April 29.
Trip to Baden, Petersthal, Basle, etc.
To Yorkshire.
"The Spanish Gypsy" corrected for 3rd edition in December.
To Sheffield and Matlock.
Cheap (3s. 6d.) edition of the novels published.
1869 Wrote "A little poem on old Agatha."
Rhymed poem on Boccaccio's story of Lisa ["How Lisa loved the King"] for Blackwood. To France, Italy and Germany for 9 weeks. At Rome met Mr. Cross, a New York banker, whom she married in 1880.
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