H. Buxton Forman's Complete Works of John Keats (includes the Letters, the best edition).
Masson's Life of De Quincey. (E.M.L.)
Minto's Manual of English Prose Literature (De Quincey).
SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
Blake.—Some of his best poems are given in Ward, IV., 601-608; Bronson, III., 385-403; Manly, I., 301-304; Oxford, 558-566; Century, 485-489, and in the volume in The Canterbury Poets.
Point out in Blake's verse (a) the new feeling for nature, (b) evidences of wide sympathies, (c) mystical tendencies, and (d) compare his verses relating to children and nature with Wordsworth's poems on the same subjects.
Cowper.—Read the opening stanzas of Cowper's Conversation and note the strong influence of Pope in the cleverly turned but artificial couplets. Compare this poem with the one On the Receipt of my Mother's Picture or with The Task, Book IV., lines 1-41 and 267-332, Cassell's National Library, Canterbury Poets, or Temple Classics and point out the marked differences in subject matter and style. What forward movement in literature is indicated by the change in Cowper's manner? John Gilpin should be read for its fresh, beguiling humor.
For selections, see Bronson,[28] III., 310-329; Ward, III., 422-485; Century, 470-479; Manly, I., 285-294.
Burns.—Read The Cotter's Saturday Night, For a' That and a' That,
To a Mouse, Highland Mary, To Mary in Heaven, Farewell to Nancy, I
Love My Jean, A Red, Red Rose. The teacher should read to the class
parts of Tam o' Shanter.
The Globe edition contains the complete poems of Burns with
Glossary. Inexpensive editions may be found in Cassell's National
Library, Everyman's Library, and Canterbury Poets. For selections,
see Bronson, III., 338-385; Ward. III., 512-571; Century, 490-502;
Manly, I., 309-326; Oxford, 492-506.