Essays, Addresses and Lyrical Translations (Classic Reprint)

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The mss., although not prepared for the press by the author, were so carefully written that they could be used, as they stood, for the present purpose. It was felt that no changes could be attempted except by the omission of certain portions to lighten the essay, or by slight verbal alterations, in accordance with the requirements of this volume. Even as regards omission, the presence of certain marks in the mss. Frequently allowed of this being done in accordance with his own ideas.

The author had not included in his list the first paper in this volume - on Tennyson's In Memoriam. He had prepared in 1870 a somewhat elaborate series of notes as a Commentary on In Memoriam, and he had used these in various prelections. He intended at one time to publish this Commentary, but on the appearance of Dean Catty's volume he hesitated and postponed. The notes referred to seem of too detailed a character to be suitable for any but close students of the poem, and so they have not been included in this volume; his more popular essay, however, on the same subject, is here given. The Commentary may yet appear by itself if this is desired.

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