Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) ; William Wordsworth (1770-1850) ms, dwj Small notebook of miscellanous descriptions and notes by Dorothy Wordsworth including her Grasmere journal from February 14 to May 2 1802 in her hand. Front cover of the notebook is written 'Diaries'. Also contains fragments of essays and verse by William Wordsworth in his hand, leaves 68-72 are just stubs. Contents include Dorothy's Hamburg journal and drafts towards 'The Prelude', for example 'Nutting' and 'There was a Boy'. Size 148mm x 95mm (hxw). Small notebook bound in boards, originally made of 96 leaves in gatherings of 16, 7 leaves have been torn out. Watermark is two warriors and PRO PATRIA. See below for a full list of the contents of this manuscript (DCMS 19.1-19-7). Provenance: Bequest of Gordon Graham Wordsworth, 1935 Exhibited: A Picture of Britain, Tate Britain, 2005 Writing Britain, The British Library, 2012 Dorothy Wordsworth: Wonders of the Everyday, The Wordsworth Trust, 2013-4 Dorothy: Writer, Sister, Friend, Wordsworth Grasmere, 2021-2 RW Literature: Butler, J.Green, K.1992, The Cornell Wordsworth, Cornell University Press, Lyrical Ballads, and Other Poems, 1797-1800 (p.xxiii, 725-9) Parrish, S.1982, The Cornell Wordsworth, Cornell University Press, The Prelude, 1798-1799 (p.3-26, 71-130) Reed, M.L.1991, The Cornell Wordsworth, Cornell University Press, The Thirteen-book Prelude (I : p.5) Owen, W.J.B. and Smyser, J.W.1974, The Prose Works of William Wordsworth, Clarendon Press, I (p.89-98, 101-104) Ed. Pamela Woof2002, Dorothy Wordsworth, The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals, Oxford University Press, See also: DCMS 19.1 (Notes about meeting with Klopstock by William Wordsworth.) DCMS 19.2 (Description of journey from Hamburg to Goslar by Dorothy Wordsworth.) DCMS 19.3 (Notes on German grammar by Dorothy Wordsworth.) DCMS 19.4 (Grasmere Journal, 1802 by Dorothy Wordsworth.) DCMS 19.5 (Essay on Morals by William Wordsworth.) DCMS 19.6 (German text in the hand of Dorothy Wordsworth.) DCMS 19.7 (Lines written towards the Prelude by William Wordsworth.) DCMS 20 (Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal; 14 May - 22 December 1800.) DCMS 25 (Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal; 10 October 1801 - 14 February 1802.) DCMS 31 (Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal; May 1802 - January 1803.)

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