This three-volume collection gathers William Wordsworth’s prose for the first time, including political and ethical essays, prefaces, letters and addresses. Edited by Alexander B. Grosart, it ranges from the French Revolution and the Convention of Cintra to Catholic relief. Listen for a poet’s sustained reflections on politics, conscience and society.
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THE PROSE WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. FOR THE FIRST TIME COLLECTED, WITH ADDITIONS FROM UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS. Edited, with Preface, Notes and Illustrations, BY THE REV. ALEXANDER B. GROSART, ST. GEORGE'S, BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. POLITICAL AND ETHICAL. 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 THREE VOLUMES
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CONTENTS OF VOL. III.
INDEX.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
*** A star [*] designates publication herein for the first time G.
• The Dedication to the Queen • *Poem addressed to her Majesty with a Gift-copy of the Poems • The Preface • I. POLITICAL ○ *I. Apology for the French Revolution, 1793 ○ ■ Appendix to Bishop Watson's Sermon ○ II. The Convention of Cintra ○ ■ Appendix by De Quincey ○ III. Vindication of Opinions in the Treatise on the 'Convention of Cintra' ○ ■ (a) Letter to Major-General Sir Charles W. Pasley, K.C.B. on his 'Military Policy and Institutions of the British Empire,' 1811 ■ *(b) Letter enclosing the Preceding to a Friend unnamed ○ IV. Two Addresses to the Freeholders of Westmoreland, 1818 ○ *V. Of the Catholic Relief Bill, 1829
• II. ETHICAL. • ○ I. Of Legistration for the Poor, the Working Classes and the Clergy: Appendix to Poems, 1835 ○ II. Advise to the Young: ○ ■ (a) Letter to the Editor of 'The Friend,' signed 'Mathetes' ■ (b) Answer to the Letter of 'Mathetes,' 1809 ○ III. Of Education: ○ ■ (a) On the Education of the Young: Letter to a Friend, 1806 ■ (b) Of the People, their Ways and Needs: Letter to Archdeacon Wrangham, 1808 ■ (c) Education: Two Letters to the Rev. Hugh James Rose, Horsham, Sussex ■ (d) Education of Duty: Letter to Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, 1839 ■ *(e) Speech on Laying the Foundation-stone of the New School in the Village of Bowness, Windermere, 1836 • NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS • Footnotes
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