ENGLISH SCHOOL-CLASSICS Edited by FRANCIS STORR, B.A., ASSISTANT-MASTER AT MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE, LATE SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND BELL UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR. The object of these Volumes is to supply preparatory Schools, and the fourth or fifth forms of larger Schools, with cheap Annotated Text-books for English reading. It is intended that each Volume should contain enough for one Term's work. Fcap. 8vo. THOMSON'S SEASONS: Winter. With an Introduction to the Series, by the Rev. J. FRANCK COWPER'S TASK. By FRANCIS STORR, B. A., Assistant-Master at Marlborough BACON'S ESSAYS. By FRANCIS STORR, B. A., Assistant-Master at Marlborough SCOTT'S LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. By J. SURTEES PHILLPOTS, M.A., Assistant - Master at Rugby School, formerly Fellow of New College, Oxford. SIMPLE POEMS. By W. C. MULLINS, M. A., Assistant - Master at Marlborough College. SELECTIONS FROM WORDSWORTH'S POEMS. By H. H. TURNER, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. WORDSWORTH'S EXCURSION. By H. H. TURNER, M. A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. Rivingtons LONDON, OXFORD, AND CAMBRIDGE SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. EDITED, WITH NOTES BY H. H. TURNER TRIN. COLL. CAMB. RIVINGTONS London, Oxford, and Cambridge 1874 26 PREFACE. IN N the arrangement of the following Selections. from Wordsworth, the poems have been placed in the same order as in the "Popular Edition" of 1869, published by Messrs. Moxon, an order which originated with the poet himself, and which is partly classificatory and partly chronological. The text of editions published previous to 1832 has been retained, and subsequent alterations, where they have appeared worthy of remark, have been mentioned in the notes. The numbers at the end of each poem refer to the date of its composition. |