[P. 288], ll. 1-3. These lines might have gone into the closing book of 'The Prelude,' but I have failed to trace or recall them.
[P. 223]. Long verse-quotation. From 'The Prelude,' book xiii. ll. 220-277.
[P. 311], footnote [A], viz. Captain T. Ashe's 'Travels in America in the year 1806, for the purpose of exploring the rivers of Alleghanny, Monongahela, Ohio, and the Mississippi, and ascertaining the Produce and Condition of their Banks and Vicinity.' 3 vols. 12mo, 1808. Alexander Wilson, the 'Ornithologist,' vainly sought to accompany Ashe. Had he done so the incredibilities of these Travels had probably been omitted. (See his Works by me, 2 vols. 8vo, 1875.)
[P. 326]. Verse-quotation at close. From close of 'Ode to Duty' (xix. 'Poems of Sentiment and Reflection').
[P. 353], ll. 7-8. Verse-quotation. Whence? It sounds familiarly.
[P. 353], ll. 20-25. From Milton, 'Sonnet xiv.'
[P. 356], ll. 16-24. Verse-quotation. From Burns' 'Cottar's Saturday Night.' It may be noted here that the 'saint, the father, and the husband' of this imperishable celebration of lowly Scottish godliness was William Burns (or Burness), father of the Poet; and whilst this note is being written a copy of a most interesting MS. (about to be published) by William Burness, prepared by him for his children, reaches me. It is entitled, 'Manual of Religious Belief, by William Burness, in the form of a Dialogue between a Father and his Son.' G.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] 'Memoirs,' vol. ii. p. 466.