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XXII. _Selections from Chaucer modernised_.

487. Of the Volume, &c 488. The Prioress's Tale

XXIII. _Poems referring to Old Age_.

489. The Old c.u.mberland Beggar *490. Ibid.

491 and 492. Farmer of Tilsbury Vale 493. The small Celandine *494. The two Thieves *495. Animal Tranquillity, &c.

XXIV. _Epitaphs and Elegiac Pieces_.

*496. From Chiabrera *497. By a blest Husband, &c.

498. Cenotaph *499. Epitaph, &c.

*500. Address to Scholars *501. Elegiac Stanzas, &c.

502. Elegiac Verses 503. Moss Campion 504. Lines 189 *505. Invocation to the Earth *506. Elegiac Stanzas *507. Elegiac Musings 508. Charles Lamb *509. Ibid.

*510. James Hogg, Mrs. Hemans, &c.

511. Dead Friends *512. Ode: Intimations of Immortality, &c.

XXV. _The Excursion_.

*513. On the leading Characters and Scenes 514. The Aristocracy of Nature 515. Eternity 516. Of Mississippi, &c.

517. Richard Baxter 518. Endowment of Immortal Power, &c.

519. Samuel Daniel, &c.

520. Spires 521. Sycamores 522. The Transitory 523. Dyer and The Fleece 524. Dr. Bell

II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.

1. Autobiographical Memoranda, &c.

2. Schoolmistress 3. Books and Reading 4. Tour on the Continent, 1790: Letter to Miss Wordsworth 5. In Wales 6. Melancholy of a Friend 7. Holy Orders 8. The French Revolution 9. Failure of Louvet's Denunciation of Robespierre 10. Of inflammatory political Opinions 11. At Milkhouse, Halifax; 'Not _to take orders_'

12. Literary Work, &c.

13. Employment on a London Newspaper 14. Raisley Calvert's Last Illness 15. Family History 16. Reading 17. Satire: Juvenal, &c., 1795 18. Visit to Thelwall 19. Poetry added to, 1798 20. On the Wye 21. At Home again 22. Early Visit to the Lake District 23. On a Tour, 1799 24. At the Lakes: Letter to Coleridge 25. Inconsistent Opinions on Poems 26. On his Scottish Tour: To Scott 27. The Grove: Capt. Wordsworth 28. Spenser and Milton 29. Death of Capt. Wordsworth 30. Of Dryden: To Scott 31. Of Marmion 32. Topographical History 33. The War in Spain, &c.

34, 35, 36. The Convention of Cintra 37. Home at Grasmere *38. On Education of the Young 39. Roman Catholics, &c.

40. Death of Children 41. Letter of Introduction: Humour 42. The Peninsular War 43. Of Southey 44. Of alleged Changes in political Opinions 45. Of his Poems, &c.

46. Of Thanksgiving Ode, &c.

47. Of Poems in Stanzas 48 and 49. The Cla.s.sics: Aeneid, &c.

50. Tour on the Continent, 1820 51. Shakspeare's Cliff at Dover 52. Of Affairs on the Continent, 1828 *53. Style: Francis Edgeworth, &c.

54. Of the Icon Basilike, &c.

55. Of the R. Catholic Question 56. Of the R.C. Emanc.i.p.ation Bill 57. Of Ireland and the Poor Laws 58. Of Lonsdale: Virgil, &c.

59. Poems of Moxon *60. Of Hamilton's, 'It haunts,' &c.

61. Of Collins, Dyer, &c.

62. Verses and Counsels 63. Annuals and Roguery 64. Works of Peele, &c.

65. Lady Winchelsea, Tickell, &c.

*66. Hamilton's 'Spirit of Beauty,' &c.

67. Play, Home, &c.

68. Summer, Quillinan, &c.

69. Works of Webster, &c.

70. French Revolution, 1830 *71. Nonsense: Rotten Boroughs, &c.

*72. Verses: Edgeworth, &c.

73. Tour in Scotland 74. Sir Walter Scott 75. Of writing more Prose 76. Of Poetry and Prose, &c.

77. Of the Reform Bill 78. Of political Affairs 79. Family Affliction, &c.

*80. Illness of Sister, &c.

81. Lucretia Davidson, &c.

82. Tuition at the University 83. Dissenters in University 84. Skelton 85. James s.h.i.+rley 86. Literary Criticism, &c.

87. Of Elia, &c.

88. English Sonnets, &c.

89. Lady Winchelsea, &c.

90. Popularity of Poetry 91. Sonnets and Female Poets, &c.

92. Mrs. Hemans' Dedication 93. Verse-attempts 94. Mrs. Hemans' Poems 95. Church of England 96. Omnipresence of the Deity 97. and 98. New Church at c.o.c.kermouth *99. Cla.s.sic Scenes: Holy Land 100. American ed. of Poems 101. Quillinan's Poems 102. On a Tour 103. Bentley and Akenside *104. Presidency of Royal Irish Academy, &c.

*105. Prose-writing: Coleridge, &c.

106. Of his own Poems, &c.

107. In the Sheldonian Theatre 108. New edition of Poems 109 and 110. Death of a Nephew 111. On Death of a young Person 112. Religion and versified Religion 113. Sacred Poetry 114. Visit of Queen Adelaide 115. Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Act, &c.

116. Samuel Rogers and Wordsworth 117. An alarming Accident 118. Of Alston and Haydon, &c.

119. Of Peace's Apology for Cathedrals 120. Of Cowper's Task 121. On a Tour 122. Marriage of Dora 123. Letters to Brother 124. Episcopal Church of America: Emerson and Carlyle 125. Old Haunts revisited 126. No Pension sought 127. The Master of Trinity 128. Alston's Portrait of Coleridge 129. Southey's Death 130. Tropical Scenery: Grace Darling 131. Contemporary Poets: Southey's Death, &c.

132. The Laureates.h.i.+p *133. The same: Landor, &c.

134. Alston: Home Occupations 135. Socinianism 136. Sacred Hymns 137. Bereavements 138. Birthday in America, &c.

139. Cla.s.s-fellows and School-fellows 140. From Home: Queen, &c.

141. The Laureates.h.i.+p: Tennyson, &c.

142. Poems of Imagination, &c.

143. Of the College of Maynooth, &c.

144. Of the Heresiarch Church of Rome 145. Family Trials 146. Bishop White: Mormonites, &c.

147. Governor Malartie: Lord Rector, &c.

148 and 149. Death of Dora 150. To John Peace, Esq.

151. A Servant's Illness and Death 152. Humility

III. CONVERSATIONS AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF WORDSWORTH.

From 'Satyrane's Letters:' Klopstock Personal Reminiscences of the Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge Recollections of a Tour in Italy, by H.C. Robinson Reminiscences of Lady Richardson and Mrs. Davy Conversations and Reminiscences recorded by the Bishop of Lincoln Reminiscences of the Rev. R.P. Graves On the Death of Coleridge Further Reminiscences and Memorabilia, by Rev. R.P. Graves An American's Reminiscences Recollections of Aubrey de Vere, Esq.

From 'Recollections of the Last Days of Sh.e.l.ley and Byron,' by E.J. Trelawny, Esq.

From Letters of Professor Tayler Anecdote of Crabbe Later Opinion of Lord Brougham

CRITICAL AND ETHICAL.

I. NOTES AND ILl.u.s.tRATIONS OF THE POEMS, INCORPORATING

(a) THE NOTES ORIGINALLY ADDED TO THE FIRST AND SUCCESSIVE EDITIONS.