The Prose Works of William WordsworthTHE PROSE WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.Reading editionChapter navigation89 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE PROSE WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.VOL. I.TO THE QUEEN.PREFACE.VOL. I.VOL. II.VOL. III.I. APOLOGY FOR THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 1793.CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRACONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 2)CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 3)CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 4)CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 5)CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 6)V. OF THE CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL, 1829.II. ETHICAL.II. ADVICE TO THE YOUNG.III. OF EDUCATION.NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.THE PROSE WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.VOL. II.AESTHETICAL AND LITERARY.LETTERA FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS:A FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS: (continued 2)A FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS: (continued 3)A FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS: (continued 4)A FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS: (continued 5)IV. DESCRIPTIVE.GUIDEIntroductory materialDIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR THE TOURIST.DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES.DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES. (continued 2)MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS.EXCURSIONS TO THE TOP OF SCAWFELL AND ON THE BANKS OF ULSWATER.ODE.ITINERARY OF THE LAKES,TWO LETTERSNOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.THE PROSE WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.VOL. III.Introductory materialCRITICAL AND ETHICAL.I. NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE POEMS, INCORPORATING:I. POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.II. POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD.III. POEMS FOUNDED ON THE AFFECTIONS.IV. POEMS ON THE NAMING OF PLACES.V. POEMS OF THE FANCY.VI. POEMS OF THE IMAGINATION.PART I.PART II.PART III.VIII. MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1803.IX. MEMORIALS OF A SECOND TOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1814.X. POEMS DEDICATED TO NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND LIBERTY.267. The Oak of Guernica. [Part II. Sonnet XXVI.]268. Thanksgiving Ode. [Part II. XLVI.]270. Spenser. [Part II. Sonnet XLIII.]XI. MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820.XII. MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN ITALY, 1837.XIII. THE RIVER DUDDON: A SERIES OF SONNETS.XIV. ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.PART I. FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PAPAL DOMINION.PART II. TO THE CLOSE OF THE TROUBLES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.XV. 'YARROW REVISITED,' AND OTHER POEMS.XVI. EVENING VOLUNTARIES.XVII. POEMS COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR IN THE SUMMER OF 1833.XVIII. POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.XIX. SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND ORDER.XX. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.XXI. INSCRIPTIONS.487. Of the Volume in which the 'Selections' appeared.XXIII. POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF OLD AGE.XXIV. EPITAPHS AND ELEGIAC PIECES.XXV. 'THE EXCURSION.'II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. (continued 2)II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. (continued 3)II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. (continued 4)II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. (continued 5)III. CONVERSATIONS AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF WORDSWORTH.III. CONVERSATIONS AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF WORDSWORTH. (continued 2)PART I.PART II.NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.INDEX.THE PROSE WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →VOL. I.All chapters and sections (89)Other sectionsTHE PROSE WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.Sections1Volume 1 · Other sectionsTO THE QUEEN.PREFACE.Volume 1 · Sections1Sections23Volume 3 · Other sectionsI. APOLOGY FOR THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 1793.CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRACONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 2)CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 3)CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 4)CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 5)CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA (continued 6)V. OF THE CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL, 1829.II. ETHICAL.II. ADVICE TO THE YOUNG.III. OF EDUCATION.NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.THE PROSE WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.Volume 2 · Sections2Volume 2 · Other sectionsAESTHETICAL AND LITERARY.LETTERA FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS:A FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS: (continued 2)A FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS: (continued 3)A FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS: (continued 4)A FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS: (continued 5)IV. DESCRIPTIVE.GUIDEVolume 2 · Opening pagesIntroductory materialVolume 2 · Other sectionsDIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR THE TOURIST.DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES.DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES. (continued 2)MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS.EXCURSIONS TO THE TOP OF SCAWFELL AND ON THE BANKS OF ULSWATER.ODE.ITINERARY OF THE LAKES,TWO LETTERSNOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.THE PROSE WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.Volume 3 · Sections3Volume 3 · Opening pagesIntroductory materialVolume 3 · Other sectionsCRITICAL AND ETHICAL.I. NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE POEMS, INCORPORATING:I. POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.II. POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD.III. POEMS FOUNDED ON THE AFFECTIONS.IV. POEMS ON THE NAMING OF PLACES.V. POEMS OF THE FANCY.VI. POEMS OF THE IMAGINATION.Volume 3 / Part 1 · Parts1Volume 3 / Part 2 · Parts2Volume 3 / Part 3 · Parts3Volume 3 / Part 3 · Other sectionsVIII. MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1803.IX. MEMORIALS OF A SECOND TOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1814.X. POEMS DEDICATED TO NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND LIBERTY.Volume 3 / Part 2 · Parts222Volume 3 / Part 2 · Other sectionsXI. MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820.XII. MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN ITALY, 1837.XIII. THE RIVER DUDDON: A SERIES OF SONNETS.XIV. ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.Volume 3 / Part 1 · Parts1Volume 3 / Part 2 · Parts2Volume 3 / Part 2 · Other sectionsXV. 'YARROW REVISITED,' AND OTHER POEMS.XVI. EVENING VOLUNTARIES.XVII. POEMS COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR IN THE SUMMER OF 1833.XVIII. POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.XIX. SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND ORDER.XX. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.XXI. INSCRIPTIONS.487. Of the Volume in which the 'Selections' appeared.XXIII. POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF OLD AGE.XXIV. EPITAPHS AND ELEGIAC PIECES.XXV. 'THE EXCURSION.'II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. (continued 2)II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. (continued 3)II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. (continued 4)II. LETTERS AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. (continued 5)III. CONVERSATIONS AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF WORDSWORTH.III. CONVERSATIONS AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF WORDSWORTH. (continued 2)Volume 3 / Part 1 · Parts1Volume 3 / Part 2 · Parts2Volume 3 / Part 2 · Other sectionsNOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.INDEX.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. →