ItwasonlyStoddart，unconsciouslyinsympathywithParis，andcensuredbyhisliteraryfriends，whoproducedtheoneBritishRomanticworkof1830。Thetitleitselfshowsthathewaspartlylaughingathisownperformance；hehasthemockeryofLesJeunesFranceinhim，aswellasthewormyandobituaryjoysofLaComediedelaMort。Thelittlebookcameout，inspiredby\"allthepoetasters。\"ChristopherNorthwrote，fouryearslater，inBlackwood\'sMagazine，atardyreview。Hestyledit\"aningeniouslyabsurdpoem，withaningeniouslyabsurdtitle，writteninastrange，namby-pambysortofstyle，betweentheweakestofShelleyandthestrongestofBarryCornwall。\"Thebook\"felldeadfromthePress，\"farmoredeadthan\"OmarKhayyam。\"Nay，misfortunepursuedit，MissStoddartkindlyinformsme，anditwasdoomedtotheflames。The\"remainder，\"thebulkoftheedition，wasreturnedtothepoetinsheets，andbyhimwasdepositedinagarret。Thefamilyhadacook，oneBetty，adescendant，perhaps，of\"thatunhappyBettyorElizabethBarnes，cookofMr。Warburton，SomersetHerald，\"whoburned，amongotherquartos，Shakespeare\'s\"HenryI。，\"
\"HenryII。，\"and\"KingStephen。\"Truetoherinheritedinstincts，Mr。Stoddart\'sBetty，slowly，relentlessly，throughfortyyears，used\"TheDeathWake\"fortheneedsandprocessesofherart。Thewholeoftheedition，exceptprobablyafew\"presentationcopies，\"
perishedinthekitchen。Asforthatfellcook，letushopethat\"TheBiblioclasticDeadHavediversepainstobrook，TheybreakAffliction\'sbreadWithBettyBarnes，theCook，\"
astheauthorof\"TheBirdBride\"sings。
MissStoddarthadjustinformedmeofthisdisaster，whichleftonealmosthopelessofeverowningacopyof\"TheDeathWake，\"whenI