CHAPTER I

. STUDENT LIFE, 1785-1794.

I. THOMAS POOLE, February, 1797. (Biographia Literaria, 1847, ii. 313) 4

II. THOMAS POOLE, March, 1797. (Biographia Literaria, 1847, ii. 315) 6

III. THOMAS POOLE, October 9, 1797. (Biographia Literaria, 1847, ii. 319) 10

IV. THOMAS POOLE, October 16, 1797. (Biographia Literaria, 1847, ii. 322) 13

V. THOMAS POOLE, February 19, 1798. (Biographia Literaria, 1847, ii. 326) 18

VI. MRS. COLERIDGE, Senior, February 4, 1785. (Illustrated London News, April 1, 1893) 21

VII. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, undated, before 1790. (Illustrated London News, April 1, 1893) 22

VIII. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, October 16, 1791. (Illustrated London News, April 8, 1893) 22

IX. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, January 24, 1792 23

X. MRS. EVANS, February 13, 1792 26

XI. MARY EVANS, February 13, 1792 30

XII. ANNE EVANS, February 19, 1792 37

XIII. MRS. EVANS, February 22 [1792] 39

XIV. MARY EVANS, February 22 [1792] 41

XV. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, April [1792]. (Illustrated London News, April 8, 1893) 42

XVI. MRS. EVANS, February 5, 1793 45

XVII. MARY EVANS, February 7, 1793. (Illustrated London News, April 8, 1893) 47

XVIII. ANNE EVANS, February 10, 1793 52

XIX. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, July 28, 1793 53

XX. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE [Postmark, August 5, 1793] 55

XXI. G. L. TUCKETT, February 6 [1794], (Illustrated London News, April 15, 1893) 57

XXII. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, February 8, 1794 59

XXIII. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, February 11, 1794 60

XXIV. CAPT. JAMES COLERIDGE, February 20, 1794. (Brandl’s Life of Coleridge, 1887, p. 65) 61

XXV. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, March 12, 1794. (Illustrated London News, April 15, 1893) 62

XXVI. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, March 21, 1794 64

XXVII. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, end of March, 1794 66

XXVIII. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, March 27, 1794 66

XXIX. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, March 30, 1794 68

XXX. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, April 7, 1794 69

XXXI. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, May 1, 1794 70

XXXII. ROBERT SOUTHEY, July 6, 1794. (Sixteen lines published, Southey’s Life and Correspondence, 1849, i. 212) 72

XXXIII. ROBERT SOUTHEY, July 15, 1794. (Portions published in Letter to H. Martin, July 22, 1794, Biographia Literaria, 1847, ii. 338) 74

XXXIV. ROBERT SOUTHEY, September 18, 1794. (Eighteen lines published, Southey’s Life and Correspondence, 1849, i. 218) 81

XXXV. ROBERT SOUTHEY, September 19, 1794 84

XXXVI. ROBERT SOUTHEY, September 26, 1794 86

XXXVII. ROBERT SOUTHEY, October 21, 1794 87

XXXVIII. ROBERT SOUTHEY, November, 1794 95

XXXIX. ROBERT SOUTHEY, Autumn, 1794. (Illustrated London News, April 15, 1893) 101

XL. REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE, November 6, 1794 103

XLI. ROBERT SOUTHEY, December 11, 1794 106

XLII. ROBERT SOUTHEY, December 17, 1794 114

XLIII. ROBERT SOUTHEY, December, 1794. (Eighteen lines published, Southey’s Life and Correspondence, 1849, i. 227) 121

XLIV. MARY EVANS, (?) December, 1794. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, A Narrative, 1894, p. 38) 122

XLV. MARY EVANS, December 24, 1794. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, A Narrative, 1894, p. 40) 124

XLVI. ROBERT SOUTHEY, December, 1794 125

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