WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 'He is one of the very chief glories of English poetry; and by nothing is England so glorious as by her poetry.'Matthew Arnold. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS OF THE FIRST EDITION. 'A book of very great interest, for which all lovers of the mighty Lake Poet will be duly grateful.'- Wit and Wisdom. 'It may be said at once that this story is well written.'Manchester Courier. 'A modest and valuable biography.'-St. James's Gazette. a work which all admirers of Wordsworth will buy, and which will be read with pleasure even by persons who have little or no taste for the works of any poet.'-Yorkshire Gazette. 'A thoughtful study of the Poet Wordsworth's life and work.'-Quiver. 'A very comprehensive and satisfactory piece of work.'Yorkshire Post. 'This brief and popular story of his life is told with unpretending simplicity.'--Daily News. 'It would be difficult to find any distinct fault with the book.'-Liverpool Daily Post. 'Mr. Sutherland has made himself thoroughly familiar with the circumstances and scenes and incidents of Wordsworth's life, and has the literature of the matter at his fingers' ends.'-Literary World. 'A bright and entertaining book. . . . Mr. Sutherland has told his story with full knowledge of his facts. Into some 225 pages he has compressed a general statement of all that it concerns the public to know of the life of one of the first of English poets. . . No more ardent Wordsworthian has yet written.'-Liverpool Mercury. For fuller extracts from the Reviews see the close of this volume. |