18/22 In 1851 he published _Lavengro_, in which he gives an account of his early life, and in 1857 _The Romany Rye_, a sequel to the same. His latest publication is _Wild Wales_. He has written many other works, some of which are not yet published. He has an estate in Suffolk, but spends the greater part of his time in wandering on foot through various countries. His father, Thomas Borrow, who died captain and adjutant of the West Norfolk Militia, was of an ancient but reduced Cornish family, tracing descent from the de Burghs, and entitled to carry their arms. |