[488] This is spoken of in Ellis Yarnall’s Reminiscences as having no date. When John Locken—the first publisher—failed, the plates passed into the possession of Messrs. Uriah Hunt and Son. They retired from business, and Messrs. Leavitt and Co. took the plates. It is possible that there was an edition earlier than 1843.
C. M. St. John.
[489] The last two named are exactly as in 1843, except that they are printed on larger paper. Why one is put down 32mo and the other 24mo is a mystery!
C. M. St. John.
[490] If this edition was published, it seems to have disappeared. It is advertised in A. V. Blake’s American Booksellers’ Complete Trade List, published at Claremont, N.H., 1847.
C. M. St. John.
[491] Copyright in 1848. It contains about one-fifth of all Wordsworth’s poems. The Essay, which occupies ten pages, is taken “by permission” from Tuckerman’s Thoughts on Poets.
C. M. St. John.
[492] In connection with this edition, I can vouch for the five firms of Publishers in Philadelphia, but I cannot explain it.
C. M. St. John.