1839. _American Methodist Review._[541] Vol. xxi. p. 449. [521] An enthusiastic announcement. C. M. ST. JOHN. [522] An appreciatory and critical Introductory Note to _The Waterfall and the Eglantine_. C. M. ST. JOHN. [523] Editorial reporting the increasing popularity of “Lyrical Ballads,” and further commendation of the poems. C. M. ST. JOHN. [524] Note on _The Fountain_. C. M. ST. JOHN. [525] An editorial announcement that “Lyrical Ballads” had reached a third edition, and containing one of the most ardent tributes to Wordsworth in the language. C. M. ST. JOHN. [526] Not long, but of much interest. C. M. ST. JOHN. [527] An unsigned and excellent review of the 1824 (Boston) edition of the poems. The writer remarks that not a volume of Wordsworth’s poems has been published in America since 1802. Attributed to F.W.P. Greenwood. C. M. ST. JOHN. [528] Anonymous review of the 1824 (Boston) edition of the poems. One of the very best. C. M. ST. JOHN. [529] Sectarian in spirit, but on the whole fair to Wordsworth. C. M. ST. JOHN. [530] Anonymous. A well-written article of about twenty-four pages, reviewing _Yarrow Revisited_. It was one of the earliest reviews in an American journal that claimed for Wordsworth a high order of genius. It was probably written by Robert Walsh, the editor of the _Review_. C. M. ST. JOHN. [531] An article on Wordsworth’s sonnets on Capital Punishment, in an article on “The English Sonnet.” Judge Henry Reed found this to have been written by his father, Professor Henry Reed. C. M. ST. JOHN. [532] An appreciative criticism of eight pages. C. M. ST. JOHN. [533] Entitled “Wordsworth and his Poetry.” A review of the 1824 edition and of _Yarrow Revisited_, Boston, 1835. An estimate of Wordsworth’s claims as a poet, and as a man. A more comprehensive, stronger, more inviting criticism (in appealing to those to whom the poetry is unknown) has not been written. It ranks, in my opinion, among the best criticisms on Wordsworth written in America. C. M. ST. JOHN. [534] H. Tuckerman wrote an article on Wordsworth for his magazine. This may be the article. C. M. ST. JOHN. [535] The number for 7th March contains a notice of Wordsworth, in a review of Reed’s _Complete Poetical Works of Wordsworth_ (1837). C. M. ST. JOHN. [536] Another mention of Reed’s edition, and of the discovery that “a fellow-townsman,” Dr. T. C. James, anticipated the fact of Wordsworth’s popularity. A quotation from “Memoirs of Historical Society of Pennsylvania” to prove Dr. James’ prophecy. C. M. ST. JOHN. [537] Writer unknown. C. M. ST. JOHN. [538] To class this review with others of an early date, I have placed it among Periodical Reviews. It appeared in _The North American Review_, 1844; and again, in 1850, in _Essays and Reviews_. C. M. ST. JOHN.