ABSTRACT
While William Maginn was adding Edward Vaughan Kenealy to the tail, he was mourning the loss of old friends, and still shocked by Landon's untimely death. Maginn saw in him something of his younger self: in his exuberance and delight in learning, lampooning, and fun, Kenealy took him back to his youth in Cork and all of his initial scrapes. Some days later Kenealy found Maginn alone and hungover after a night of drinking, the family having gone back to Boulogne. Maginn's tact with Kenealy is typical of his personal relations. His general good cheer in his last difficulties centered on his devotion to his family and to Homer, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Maginn's own gems lay scattered in the pages of the magazines, and he had frequently been urged to collect his best in more permanent form; even young brother Charles Maginn piped up on the subject more than once.
