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Excerpt from The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth
The distinctive features of this edition are the latest text adopted by the poet; the chronological order of the poems; the date of composition and that of publica tion of each poem; the Essays and Prefaces on Poetry written between 1800 and 1845; a body of notes which Wordsworth printed in his various editions; notes at the head of each poem, dictated by the poet himself late in life to Miss Fenwick, and known as the I. F. Notes; notes revealing the time, place, occasion, and circumstance, so far as can be ascertained, out of which each poem had its origin bibliography of Wordsworth's works; a list of biographical and critical reviews.
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