The Prose Works of William Wordsworth / For the First Time Collected, With Additions from Unpublished Manuscripts. In Three Volumes.

by William Wordsworth

CONTENTS OF VOL. II

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• [I. Of Literary Biography and Monuments:]
  • [(a) A Letter to a Friend of Robert Burns, 1816]
  • [(b) Letter to a Friend on Monuments to Literary Men, 1819]
  • [(c) Letter to John Peace, Esq., of Bristol, 1844]
• [II. Upon Epitaphs:]
  • [(a) From 'The Friend']
  • [*(b) From the Author's MSS.: The Country Churchyard, and critical Examination of Ancient Epitaphs]
  • [*(c) From the Author's MSS.: Celebrated Epitaphs Considered]
• [ III. Essays, Letters, and Notes Elucidatory and Confirmatory of the Poems, 1798-1935]
  • [(a) Of the Principles of Poetry and the 'Lyrical Ballads,' 1798-1802]
  • [(b) Of Poetic Diction]
  • [(c) Poetry as a Study, 1815]
  • [(d) Of Poetry as Observation and Description and Dedication of 1815]
  • [(e) Of 'The Excursion:' Preface']
  • [ *(f) Letters to Sir George and Lady Beaumont and others on the Poems and Related Subjects][1]
  • [(g) Letter to Charles Fox with the 'Lyrical Ballads' and his Answer, &C.]
  • [(h) Letter on the Principles of Poetry and his own Poems to (afterwards) Professor John Wilson]
• [IV. DESCRIPTIVE.]
  • [(a) A Guide through the District of the Lakes, 1835]
  • [(b) Kendal and Windermere Railway: two Letters reprinted from the Morning Post. Revised, with Additions, 1844]
• [NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.]

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