293/377 197.] [Footnote 305: The reader will at once recall the ingenuous remark of Sophia Scott when she was asked, shortly after its appearance, how she liked _The Lady of the Lake_. She said, "Oh, I have not read it; Papa says there's nothing so bad for young people as reading bad poetry." (_Lockhart_, Vol. II, p.130.See also the _Life of Irving_, Vol. 444.)] [Footnote 306: _Familiar Letters_, Vol. |