William Motherwell. BORN 1797; DIED 1835.

THE SWORD CHANT OF THORSTEIN RAUDI,

Hon. Mrs. Norton. BORN 1808.

THE MOTHER'S HEART,

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Coventry Patmore. BORN 1823.

A WEDDING Sermon,

THE CIRCLES,

Winthrop Mackworth Praed. BORN 1802; DIED 1839.

SKETCH OF A YOUNG LADY FIVE MONTHS OLD,

QUINCE,

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THE HAPPY HOURS,

THE STORMY PETREL,

FULLER'S BIRD,

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Algernon Charles Swinburne. BORN 1843.

THE DEATH OF CHASTELARD,

CHORUS (from “ Atalanta in Calydon"),

Sir Henry Taylor. BORN 1801.

THE DREAM,

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Richard Chenebix Trenck, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin.

William Wordsworth. BORN 1770; DIED 1850.

MORS OMNIA VINCIT: REFLECTIONS IN A CHURCHYARD,

THE SHADOW IN THE STREAM,..

A SELECTION FROM WORDSWORTH'S SONNETS:-

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8. The Brook,

Biographical and Critical Authorities.

AIRD, THOMAS (pp. 1-6).—Memoir in Men of the Time,' and 'Imperial Dictionary of Biography.'-See Gilfillan's 'Gallery of Portraits.' ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM (pp. 7-11).-Reviews in 'The Spectator,' 'The Athenæum,' and other journals of criticism.

ARNOLD, MATTHEW (pp. 11-19).—' Fortnightly Review,' vol. i. (N.S.), by Swinburne; 'Essays,' by W. C. Roscoe; 'Dublin Lectures,' by the Bishop of Derry; 'Quarterly Review,' Oct. 1868, April 1869; 'Westminster Review,' July and Oct. 1863: 'Edinburgh Review,' April 1869; see also Clough's 'Life and Works,' vol. ii.; and 'British Quarterly Review,' April 1872.

AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE, (pp. 19-27).—Life, by Theodore Martin; 'North British Review,' Sept. 1866; 'Blackwood's Magazine,' April 1868.

BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES (pp. 27-31).-Memoir in Men of the Time,' Chambers's English Literature,' and 'Imperial Dictionary of Biography.'-See Critical Opinions at end of 'Festus,' ed. 1864, Bell and Daldy.

BAILLIE, JOANNA (pp. 31, 32).—' English Cyclopædia of Biography.' BEDDOES, THOMAS LOVELL (pp. 33-36).—Memoir prefixed to collected edition of his Works.

Bennett, WILLIAM Cox (pp. 36-40).—Memoir in 'Men of the Time,' Chambers's 'English Literature,' and 'Imperial Dictionary of Biography.'

BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (pp. 40-55).—Memoir in 'Imperial Dictionary of Biography.' See also, for criticism, Essays,' by Peter Bayne, M.A.; Essays,' by W. C. Roscoe; 'Macmillan's Magazine,' vol. iv.; Quarterly Review,' April 1869.

BROWNING, Robert (pp. 56-67).-Memoir in Men of the Time.' See, too, 'Essays on Browning's Poetry,' by H. T. Nettleship; 'Essays,' by R. H. Hutton; 'Fortnightly Review,' vol. v. (N.S.), by J. Morley; 'Quarterly Review,' April 1869, and July and Oct. 1865; 'Edinburgh Review,' July and Oct. 1864, and July 1869; 'North British Review,'

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Dec. 1868; British Quarterly Review,' April 1869; Contemporary Review,' 1867; 'Fraser's Magazine,' Oct. 1867, and Feb. 1863. BUCHANAN, ROBERT (pp. 68-74).-Memoir in 'Men of the Time.' See also 'Fortnightly Review,' vol. i. (O.S.); 'The Spectator,' &c. BYRON, GEORGE Gordon (pp. 74-99).-Life, by Moore, Scott, Galt, Egerton Brydges, Sir Henry Bulwer, and Karl Elze; Guiccioli's 'Recollections;' Leigh Hunt's 'Byron and his Contemporaries;' Swinburne's Preface to Moxon's miniature edition of Byron's 'Poems;' Sir Henry Taylor's Preface to his own 'Poems;' W. M. Rossetti's Preface to Byron's 'Poems;' 'Essays,' by Jeffrey; 'Spirit of the Age,' by Hazlitt; English Poets,' by Hazlitt; 'Essays,' by Lord Macaulay; 'Miscellanies,' by Rev. Charles Kingsley.

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CAMPBELL, THOMAS (pp. 99-111).-Life, by Dr. Beattie; Hazlitt's ' lish Poets,' and 'Spirit of the Age;' and Jeffrey's 'Essays.' CLARE, JOHN (pp. 112-114).-Life, by Frederick Martin. CLOUGH, ARTHUR HENRY (pp. 114-120).-Life, by J. A. Symonds, appended to collected edition of 'Letters and Works,' 2 vols.; Memoir, by F. T. Palgrave, prefixed to one vol. edition of 'Poems' (Macmillan). See also 'Essays,' by R. H. Hutton; 'Quarterly Review,' April 1869; 'Fortnightly Review,' vol. iv. (N.S.); Contemporary Review,' Dec. 1869; 'Fraser's Magazine,' Oct. 1866; 'Macmillan's Magazine,' vols. vi. and xv.; 'Cornhill Magazine,' Oct. 1866. COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (pp. 121, 122).—See 'Macmillan's Magazine,' vol. v. (by Sir J. D. Coleridge).

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (pp. 122-138).-Life, by Gilman; 'Macmillan's Magazine,' vol. ix.; 'Westminster Review;' Carlyle's 'Life of Sterling;' Leigh Hunt's 'Autobiography;' 'Recollections,' by Cottle; Coleridge's own 'Biographia Literaria,' and 'Table Talk;' and De Quincey's 'Works.' Also, for criticism, 'Studies in Poetry,' by J. C. Shairp; Introduction, Moxon's miniature edition of 'Poems,' by A. C. Swinburne; Hazlitt's 'English Poets;' Leigh Hunt's 'Imagination and Fancy;' 'Quarterly Review,' July 1868; and 'Westminster Review,' Jan. 1868.

CONINGTON, JOHN (pp. 138-143).—See ‘Macmillan's Magazine,' in loco. CRABBE, GEORGE (pp. 143-154).-Life, by his son. See also, for criticism, Jeffrey's 'Essays,' and 'Essays' by W. C. Roscoe; 'St. James's Magazine,' Feb. 1869.

CROSS, ELIZABETH D. (pp. 155, 156).-See 'Spectator,' 'Athenæum,' 'Saturday Review,' for 1868.

DERBY, EARL OF (pp. 157-161).—' Quarterly' and 'Edinburgh Reviews,' in loco.

DOBELL, SYDNEY (pp. 162-165).-Memoir in 'Men of the Time;' also 'Last Leaves,' by Alexander Smith.