sketch (circ. 1818) by C. R. Leslie, R.A., in the possession of the
Editor. An engraving of the sketch, by Henry Meyer, is dated
April, 1819.

I desire to express my thanks to my kinsman Lord Coleridge
for opportunity kindly afforded me of collating the text of the
fragments first published in 1893 with the original MSS. in his
possession, and of making further extracts; to Mr. Gordon
Wordsworth for permitting me to print a first draft of the
poem addressed to his ancestor on the 'Growth of an Individual
Mind'; and to Miss Arnold of Fox How for a copy of the first
draft of the lines 'On Revisiting the Sea-shore'.

I have also to acknowledge the kindness and courtesy of the
Authorities of Rugby School, who permitted me to publish
first drafts of The Eolian Harp and other poems which had
formerly belonged to Joseph Cottle and were presented by
Mr. Shadworth Hodgson to the School Library.

I am indebted to my friend Mr. Thomas Hutchinson for
valuable information with regard to the authorship of some of
the fragments, and for advice and assistance in settling the text
of the 'Metrical Experiments' and other points of difficulty.

Lastly, I wish to thank Mr. H. S. Milford for the invaluable
assistance which he afforded me in revising my collation
of the Songs of the Pixies and the Introduction to the Tale
of the Dark Ladié, and some of the earlier poems, and the
Reader of the Oxford University Press for numerous hints and
suggestions, and for the infinite care which he has bestowed
on the correction of slips of my own or errors of the press.

ERNEST HARTLEY COLERIDGE.

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