CHAPTER XXII

AUGUST 1830-OCTOBER 1831

1830. Trelawny's autobiographical adventures to be entitled _A Man's Life_--Correspondence with Mary respecting the preparation and publication of the book.

1831. She negotiates the matter--Entreats for certain modifications--The title is altered to _Adventures of a Younger Son_--The author's vexation--Mary's patience--Horace Smith's assistance--Trelawny surmises that "fate" may unite him and Mary Shelley some day--"My name will never be Trelawny"--Publication of the _Adventures_--Trelawny's later _Recollections of Shelley, Byron, and the Author_--His rare appreciation of Shelley--Singular discrepancies between the first and second editions of the book--Complete change of tone in later life with regard to Mrs. Shelley--Conclusions 204-232