Excerpt from A Memoir of the Life of Adam Lindsay Gordon; The "Laureate of the Centaurs" With New Poems, Prose Sketches, Political Speeches and Reminiscences, and an "in Memoriam" By Kendall In general build, Gordon was tall and gaunt, with a stoop in his gait that was attributed to his short-sightedness. An enthusiastic friend once described him as looking like an ancient Viking, and riding like an Assyrian of old and, though always neatly dressed in the bush costume of a slouch hat, blue jumper tucked in at the waist, and Wellington boots, he carried the air of a gentleman. His appearance, though eccentric, was fascinating, and commanded respect. He had a large, well-formed head, covered with short, curly, brown hair, and a pale complexion, and the whole contour of his face, says the Rev. E. T. Woods, reminded one a good deal of the portraits of Byron. His clean-shaven mouth and chin and side whiskers bespoke the Britisher of his day, says a popular journalist. His eyes had a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.