1896. THEODORE W. HUNT in _Bibliotheca Sacra_. No. 66. “William Wordsworth.” 32 1896. J. W. BRAY. _The Literary Democracy of Wordsworth_ in “Poet Love.” Vol. iii. No. 6. [568] On “The Homiletic Value of Wordsworth’s Poetry.” One of the ablest papers ever written on Wordsworth. It contains the best reply to Matthew Arnold’s estimate of his poetry. C. M. ST. JOHN. [569] This is a review of Rolf’s _Wordsworth’s Selected Poems_. It contains one of the most appreciative tributes to Wordsworth’s influence which has appeared in America. C. M. ST. JOHN. [570] On “Wordsworth and the Modern Age.” Illustrated by W. St. J. Harper, and other artists. It deals with the especial need of Wordsworth’s “calming influence in the exacting competition for success,” and gives a comparison between Virgil and Wordsworth. C. M. ST. JOHN. [571] Of interest to Americans. C. M. ST. JOHN. [572] It aims to give some explanation of the lack of interest in Wordsworth’s poetry in later days. C. M. ST. JOHN. [573] An attempt, the writer says, to point out the corrections, leaving their interpretation to the reader. C. M. ST. JOHN. [574] Written by an Englishman, but published first in an American magazine. C. M. ST. JOHN. VII VISITS TO WORDSWORTH BY EMINENT AMERICANS The following books record visits made by eminent Americans to Wordsworth. C. M. ST. JOHN. 1 1863. HAWTHORNE, N. _Our Old Home, and English Note-Books._ Vol. ii. pp. 24-56, etc.; also, 1883. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. “A Visit to Wordsworth.” 2 1856. EMERSON, R. W. _English Traits._ Boston: James Munroe and Co. pp. 24-31; also, 1881. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. Visit to Wordsworth, in chapter entitled “First Visit to England.” 3 1876. TICKNOR, GEORGE. _Life, Letters, and Journals._ Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 2 vols. Vol. i. pp. 287, 288, etc. Vol. ii. p. 167, etc. 4 1836. DEWEY, ORVILLE. _The Old World and the New._ Boston: 2 vols. pp. 89-96. 5 1884. BRYANT, W. C. Prose Works. In a chapter on “Poets and Poetry of the English Language” (New York: D. Appleton and Co.) a few pages deal with Wordsworth. VIII A FEW POEMS ON WORDSWORTH 1 1846. WALLACE, W. _Poem on Wordsworth._ New York: 12mo. 2 1850. FIELD, JAMES T. _Graham Magazine_ (October). “Wordsworth.” 3 1850. ALEXANDER, W. _Graham Magazine_ (November), p. 221. “Wordsworth. (A Sonnet.)” 4 1850. H. M. R. _Harpers Magazine._ “Sonnet on the Death of Wordsworth.” Vol. i. p. 218. 5 1850. E. A. W. _Literary World._ “Sonnet on Wordsworth.” Vol. vii. p. 255. 6 1874. WHITTIER, J. G. Whittier’s Works. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. “Poem on Wordsworth. Written on a blank leaf of _Wordsworth’s Memoirs_, 1851.” Vol. iv. p. 66. 7 1890. SCOLLARD, CLINTON (?) _Northern Christian Advocate._ “The Poet’s Seat. A Sonnet on Wordsworth. Written at Ambleside, 1890.” 8 1893. “To Wordsworth, after reading his XXX Ecclesiastical Sonnets” in _The Echo and the Poet_, by William Cushing Bamburgh. N. Y. 1893. IX