The Prose Works of William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth
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OF CRABBE.
(n) LATER OPINION OF LOUD BROUGHAM.
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.
*** A star [*] designates publication herein for the first time G.
*Poem addressed to her Majesty with a Gift-copy of the Poems
I. POLITICAL*I. Apology for the French Revolution, 1793Appendix to Bishop Watson's SermonII. The Convention of CintraAppendix by De QuinceyIII. 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 unnamedIV. Two Addresses to the Freeholders of Westmoreland, 1818*V. Of the Catholic Relief Bill, 1829
I. Of Legistration for the Poor, the Working Classes and the Clergy: Appendix to Poems, 1835II. Advise to the Young:(a) Letter to the Editor of 'The Friend,' signed 'Mathetes'(b) Answer to the Letter of 'Mathetes,' 1809III. 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
TO THE QUEEN.
MADAM,
I have the honour to place in your Majesty's hands the hitherto uncollected and unpublished Prose Works of
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
—name sufficient in its simpleness to give lustre to any page.
Having been requested thus to collect and edit his Prose Writings by those who hold his MSS. and are his nearest representatives, one little discovery or recovery among these MSS. suggested your Majesty as the one among all others to whom the illustrious Author would have chosen to dedicate these Works, viz. a rough transcript of a Poem which he had inscribed on the fly-leaf of a gift-copy of the collective edition of his Poems sent to the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. This very tender, beautiful, and pathetic Poem will be found on the other side of this Dedication. It must 'for all time' take its place beside the living Laureate's imperishable verse-tribute to your Majesty.
I venture to thank your Majesty for the double permission so appreciatively given—of this Dedication itself and to print (for the first time) the Poem. The gracious permission so pleasantly and discriminatingly signified is only one of abundant proofs that your Majesty is aware that of the enduring names of the reign of Victoria, Wordsworth's is supreme as Poet and Thinker.
Gratefully and loyally,
ALEXANDER B. GROSART.
Deign, Sovereign Mistress! to accept a lay, No Laureate offering of elaborate art; But salutation taking its glad way From deep recesses of a loyal heart.
Queen, Wife, and Mother! may All-judging