Note 70 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
William Godwin, b. 1756; d. 1836. Political Justice, 1793; Caleb Williams, 1794. William Austen (author of Peter Rugg), in his Letters from London, 1802-3, describes a visit to Godwin at his cottage—Somerston; notices a portrait of “Mary” (Mrs. Shelley) hanging over the mantel.