"Story-Lives of Great Authors."—Rowbotham.
"Essays in Criticism."—Arnold.
"Biographia Literaria."—Coleridge.
"The Makers of Modern English."—Dawson.
"Essays on the Poets."—De Quincey.
"The Age of Wordsworth" ("Handbooks of English Literature").—Herford.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
(1772–1834)
A victim of the opium habit after the age of thirty and by nature irresolute and dreamy, Coleridge led a wandering life, leaving his family with his friend Southey.