Part 23 (1/2)
_WITH ADDITIONS FROM UNPUBLISHED Ma.n.u.sCRIPTS_.
Edited, with Preface, Notes and Ill.u.s.trations,
BY THE REV. ALEXANDER B. GROSART, ST. GEORGE'S, BLACKBURN, LANCAs.h.i.+RE.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
AESTHETICAL AND LITERARY.
LONDON: EDWARD MOXON, SON, AND CO. 1 AMEN CORNER, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1876.
AMS Press, Inc. New York 10003 1967 Manufactured in the United States of America
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
*** A star [*] designates publication herein _for the first time_ G.
AESTHETICAL AND LITERARY.
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 Church-yard, 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, 1798-1835: (_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 ILl.u.s.tRATIONS
[1] The Beaumont Letters are given from the originals, and in many cases, as elsewhere, contain important additions and corrections. G.
AESTHETICAL AND LITERARY.
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.