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Article Excerpt
Howard Horsford's Northwestern-Newberry edition of Melville's journals ranks with Jay Leyda's Log as one of the finest reference works on Melville. (1) Its detailed notes, helpful cross-references, thorough index, and numerous maps and illustrations provide a panoramic picture of Melville's experiences in Europe and the Levant, fleshing out his obscure and elliptical comments with scholarly commentary of unusual breadth. Because Melville scholars have become accustomed to Horsford's reliability, however, I feel pressed to correct a small error in the English journals, a correction that could lead to a fuller appreciation of Melville's developing taste in statuary and public monuments.
On his fourth day in London, November 9, 1849, Melville took a "delightful" stroll through the city which included a look at the "cast iron Duke," an enormous equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington atop the arch at the southeast entrance to Hyde Park, just opposite the Duke's residence, Apsley...
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