The Letters of the Late William Cowper, Esq., Vol. 1: To His Friends (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

J. Johnson

9780331830446: The Letters of the Late William Cowper, Esq., Vol. 1: To His Friends (Classic Reprint)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331830442 ISBN 13: 9780331830446

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from The Letters of the Late William Cowper, Esq., Vol. 1: To His Friends

Southey, who went to work in a sensible and workmanlike way, did his best. But even his edition is extremely defective. In the first place, the so-called private correspondence' having been re fused him, he was unable to keep to chronological order. His Life and Works of William. Cowper originally occupied fourteen volumes, of which 1, 2, and part of 3 are taken up with the Ly'e and quota tions from the copyright letters, and the rest of 3 and 4, 5, 6, and 7 with the bulk of the correspondence. As soon as possible he added a fifteenth volume, consisting of the letters that had previously been denied him. The whole thing is therefore in a confused state.

In the second place, through his misfortune in not being able to see many of the originals, most of his letters are also mutilated, though not so badly as Grimshawe's.

In the third place, numbers of letters have since been brought to light. Some have appeared in scarce books and forgotten periodicals, but many are unpublished. For ten years I have been collecting these scattered letters and arranging the whole series, and the result is now offered to the public.

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