Ralph Earl of Lovelace : a Memoir. By Mary Countess
of Lovelace. (Christophers. 10s. 6d. net).-The late Lord Lovelace was the son of Ada Byron, the poet's only legitimate child, who married the first Lord Lovelace in 1834 and died in 1852. He was brought up by his grandmother, Lady Byron, the poet's widow, and the main purpose of his life was to clear her memory from the Aspersions made by some of Byron's too uncritical admirers. He attained his object by publishing some of his family papers in A *torte, a limited edition of which was published in 1905. Lady Lovelace is chiefly concerned, in this memoir, to explain why her late husband was absorbed in this painful and unpleasant controversy, and why he hesitated for so long over the publication of his book. He was an enthusi- astic Alpine climber, and his letters from the Alps form a pleasant relief in a sad story.
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