# Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, etc., being selections from the Remains of Henry Crabb Robinson

BLAKE,
COLERIDGE, WORDSWORTH,
LAMB, ETC.
being
Selections from the Remains
of
HENRY CRABB ROBINSON
Edited by
EDITH J. MORLEY
1922
| Manchester | At The University Press |
| London, New York, &c. | Longmans, Green & Co. |
All rights reserved
Made in Great Britain
To
PROFESSOR W. P. KER
this volume is gratefully dedicated by his former pupil:
THE EDITOR
"Of studie took he moost cure and moost heede,  Not o word spak he moore than was neede,  And that was seyd in forme and reuerence,  And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence.  Sownynge in moral vertu teas his speche,  And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche."
CONTENTS
| Prefatory Note | Prefatory Note | page | ix |
| Introduction: HENRY CRABB ROBINSON, by the Editor | Introduction: HENRY CRABB ROBINSON, by the Editor | Introduction: HENRY CRABB ROBINSON, by the Editor | xi |
| Diary Account of BLAKE | Diary Account of BLAKE | Diary Account of BLAKE | 1 |
| Extracts from a Letter from Crabb Robinson to Dorothy Wordsworth referring to BLAKE | Extracts from a Letter from Crabb Robinson to Dorothy Wordsworth referring to BLAKE | Extracts from a Letter from Crabb Robinson to Dorothy Wordsworth referring to BLAKE | 14 |
| Extracts from the Reminiscences of BLAKE | Extracts from the Reminiscences of BLAKE | (a) 1810 | 17 |
| | | (b) 1825-27 | 18 |
| Reminiscences: COLERIDGE, WORDSWORTH, LAMB, etc. | Reminiscences: COLERIDGE, WORDSWORTH, LAMB, etc. | Reminiscences: COLERIDGE, WORDSWORTH, LAMB, etc. | 28 |
| COLERIDGE'S LECTURES | COLERIDGE'S LECTURES | | |
| | Introduction by the Editor | | 92 |
| I | Summary of the Lecture on Poetry, Feb. 5, 1808 | Summary of the Lecture on Poetry, Feb. 5, 1808 | 102 |
| II | Letters from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (May 7 and May 15, 1808) | Letters from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (May 7 and May 15, 1808) | 104 |
| III | (a) Prospectus of the Lectures delivered in 1811 | (a) Prospectus of the Lectures delivered in 1811 | 112 |
| | (b) Account in Diary of the 1811–12 Lectures | (b) Account in Diary of the 1811–12 Lectures | 113 |
| IV | (a) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (Nov. 29, 1811) | (a) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (Nov. 29, 1811) | 121 |
| | (b) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (Dec. 13, 1811) | (b) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (Dec. 13, 1811) | 123 |
| | (c) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Thomas Robinson (Dec. 14, 1811) | (c) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Thomas Robinson (Dec. 14, 1811) | 126 |
| | (d) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (Jan. 3, 1812) | (d) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (Jan. 3, 1812) | 128 |
| | (e) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (Jan. 28, 1812) | (e) Letter from Crabb Robinson to Mrs. Clarkson (Jan. 28, 1812) | 129 |
| V | Account in Diary of the Lectures in May and June, 1812 | Account in Diary of the Lectures in May and June, 1812 | 130 |
| VI | (a) Syllabus of Lectures, 1812–13 | (a) Syllabus of Lectures, 1812–13 | 132 |
| | (b) Account in Diary of the Lectures, 1812–13 | (b) Account in Diary of the Lectures, 1812–13 | 134 |
| VII | The 1818 Lectures | The 1818 Lectures | |
| | (a) Letter from Coleridge to Crabb Robinson | | 137 |
| | (b) Prospectus and Syllabus | (b) Prospectus and Syllabus | 138 |
| | (c) Account in the Diary of the Lectures, 1818 | (c) Account in the Diary of the Lectures, 1818 | 143 |
| The Estrangement between COLERIDGE and WORDSWORTH | The Estrangement between COLERIDGE and WORDSWORTH | The Estrangement between COLERIDGE and WORDSWORTH | |
| | (a) Extracts from the Diary | (a) Extracts from the Diary | 146 |
| | (b) Letters: Crabb Robinson to Thomas Robinson (May 20, 1812) | (b) Letters: Crabb Robinson to Thomas Robinson (May 20, 1812) | 156 |
| | Mrs. Clarkson to Crabb Robinson (May 29, 1812) | Mrs. Clarkson to Crabb Robinson (May 29, 1812) | 157 |
| Appendix: BLAKE autograph | Appendix: BLAKE autograph | Appendix: BLAKE autograph | 159 |
| Index | Index | Index | 163 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
Henry Crabb Robinson (æt. 86) Frontispiece
Henry Crabb Robinson facing page 96