CHAPTER XII.
VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS--CHARLES MATURIN--S.T.

COLERIDGE--LEIGH HUNT Scott's "poor Irish friend Maturin," referred to in the previous chapter, was a young Irish clergyman, who was under the necessity of depending upon his brains and pen for the maintenance of his family.
Charles Maturin, after completing his course of education at Trinity College, married Miss Harriet Kinsburg.

His family grew, but not his income.

He took orders, and obtained the curacy of St.Peter's Church, Dublin, but owing to his father's affairs having become embarrassed, he was compelled to open a boarding-school, with the view of assisting the family.

Unfortunately, he became bound for a friend, who deceived him, and eventually he was obliged to sacrifice his interest in the school.
Being thus driven to extremities, he tried to live by literature, and produced "The Fatal Revenge; or, the Family of Montorio," the first of a series of romances, in which he outdid Mrs.Radcliffe and Monk Lewis.
"The Fatal Revenge" was followed by "The Wild Irish Boy," for which Colburn gave him L80, and "The Milesian Chief," all full of horrors and misty grandeur.