But Borrow had not the makings in him of a 'successful' man, and we who enjoy his writings to-day must be contented with the reflection that he had just the kind of life-experience which gave us what he had to give.
Here Borrow holds his place among the poets--an unhappy race.

In any case the British Museum appointment was not for him, nor the military career.

Had one or other fallen to his lot, we might have had much literary work of a kind, but certainly not _Lavengro_.

To return to the correspondence: To Dr.John Bowring 7 MUSEUM ST., _June 1, 1830._ MY DEAR SIR,--I send you _Hafbur and Signe_ to deposit in the Scandinavian Treasury, and I should feel obliged by your doing the following things.
1.

Hunting up and lending me your Anglo-Saxon Dictionary as soon as possible, for Grundtvig wishes me to assist him in the translation of some Anglo-Saxon Proverbs.
2.