To find out more about the project or give your opinion on the quality of a recording, please visit audiobook aka.ms slash. Studies and literature of John Morley 1907 Note. The contents of this collection have all been printed previously, either in the of the two periodicals named to authorize the reproduction of my articles here. J.M. October 1890 Wordsworth's main aphorisms on popular government, a few words on French models on the study of literature The ring of 93 turns by Victor Hugo and a man's memorial book of farewell letters Wordsworth. 1. footnote 1 Originally published as an introduction to the new complete edition of Poetic Works of Wordsworth, 1888. The poet whose works are contained in the present volume was born in the small town of Cockermouth, Cumberland, April 7, 1770. He died at Rydelmount, in neighboring Westmoreland County, on April 23, 1850. In this long period of mortal years, events of vast and lasting moments have shaken the world. A handful of scattered and dependent colonies on the northern continent of America transformed into one of the most powerful and beneficent States. strange diplomatic combinations, after numerous social convulsions, after numerous prodigious mutations of the empire, that Europe has once again settled for a season in an established order and system. In England alone, after the loss of its great possessions on the other side of the Atlantic | || tenacity and courage, have led to a still more wonderful display of ingenuity, industry and enterprise in the most successful field of commerce and manufacturers. Wealth, despite occasional vicissitudes, increased with astonishing rapidity. In England almost alone, after the loss of her great possessions across the Atlantic Ocean, the fabric of the state stood fast and firm. Yet here, too, in these 80 years, an old order slowly gave place to new. The restoration of peace, after a war conducted with extraordinary tenacity and fortitude, led to a still more wonderful display of ingenuity, industry, and enterprise in the more fruitful field of commerce and of manufacturers. Wealth, in spite of occasional vicissitudes, increased with amazing rapidity. The population of England and Wales increased from seven and a half million in 1770 to almost eighteen million in 1850. Political power was partially transferred from a territorial aristocracy to the middle and merchant classes. in which peace gave birth to new times, Wordsworth during for half a century, from 1799 to 1850, Dwellt maintained unbroken composure and firmness in in his chosen home amid the mountains and lakes of his native region, working his own ideal of the high function of poet. The interpretation of life in books and the development of imagination have undergone changes which are specific to it. Most of the great lights of the 18th century still shone, albeit dimly, when Wordsworth came into the world. The pope, in fact, had been dead for twenty-six years, and all the rest of the queen and men was gone. But Gray did not die until