LETTERS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

Edited By Ernest Hartley Coleridge

IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II



CONTENTS OF VOLUME II

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CHAPTER VII. A LONG ABSENCE, 1804-1806.
CXLIV. Richard Sharp, January 15, 1804. (Life of Wordsworth, 1889, ii. 9) 447
CXLV. Thomas Poole, January 15, 1804. (Forty lines published, Thomas Poole and his Friends, 1887, ii. 122) 452
CXLVI. Thomas Poole [January 26, 1804] 454
CXLVII. The Wordsworth Family, February 8, 1804. (Life of Wordsworth, 1889, ii. 12) 456
CXLVIII. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge, February 19, 1804 460
CXLIX. Robert Southey, February 20, 1804 464
CL. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge, April 1, 1804 467
CLI. Robert Southey, April 16, 1804 469
CLII. Daniel Stuart, April 21, 1804. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 33) 475
CLIII. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge, June, 1804 480
CLIV. Daniel Stuart, October 22, 1804. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 45) 485
CLV. Robert Southey, February 2, 1805 487
CLVI. Daniel Stuart, April 20, 1805. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 46) 493
CLVII. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge, July 21, 1805 496
CLVIII. Washington Allston, June 17, 1806. (Scribnerâ?Ts Magazine, January, 1892) 498
CLIX. Daniel Stuart, August 18, 1806. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 54) 501
 
CHAPTER VIII. HOME AND NO HOME, 1806-1807.
CLX. Daniel Stuart, September 15, 1806. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 60) 505
CLXI. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge, September 16 [1806] 507
CLXII. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge, December 25, 1806 509
CLXIII. Hartley Coleridge, April 3, 1807 511
CLXIV. Sir H. Davy, September 11, 1807. (Fragmentary Remains, 1858, p. 99) 514
 
CHAPTER IX. A PUBLIC LECTURER, 1807-1808.
CLXV. The Morgan Family [November 23, 1807] 519
CLXVI. Robert Southey [December 14, 1807] 520
CLXVII. Mrs. Morgan, January 25, 1808 524
CLXVIII. Francis Jeffrey, May 23, 1808 527
CLXIX. Francis Jeffrey, July 20, 1808 528
 
CHAPTER X. GRASMERE AND THE FRIEND, 1808-1810.
CLXX. Daniel Stuart [December 9, 1808]. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 93) 533
CLXXI. Francis Jeffrey, December 14, 1808. (Illustrated London News, June 10, 1893) 534
CLXXII. Thomas Wilkinson, December 31, 1808. (Friendsâ?T Quarterly Magazine, June, 1893) 538
CLXXIII. Thomas Poole, February 3, 1809. (Fifteen lines published, Thomas Poole and his Friends, 1887, ii. 228) 541
CLXXIV. Daniel Stuart, March 31, 1809. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 136) 545
CLXXV. Daniel Stuart, June 13, 1809. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 165) 547
CLXXVI. Thomas Poole, October 9, 1809. (Thomas Poole and his Friends, 1887, ii. 233) 550
CLXXVII. Robert Southey, December, 1809 554
CLXXVIII. Thomas Poole, January 28, 1810 556
 
CHAPTER XI. A JOURNALIST, A LECTURER, A PLAYWRIGHT, 1810-1813.
CLXXIX. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge, Spring, 1810 563
CLXXX. The Morgans, December 21, 1810 564
CLXXXI. W. Godwin, March 15, 1811. (William Godwin, by C. Kegan Paul, ii. 222) 565
CLXXXII. Daniel Stuart, June 4, 1811. (Gentlemanâ?Ts Magazine, 1838) 566
CLXXXIII. Sir G. Beaumont, December 7, 1811. (Memorials of Coleorton, 1887, ii. 158) 570
CLXXXIV. J. J. Morgan, February 28, 1812 575
CLXXXV. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge, April 21, 1812 579
CLXXXVI. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge, April 24, 1812 583
CLXXXVII. Charles Lamb, May 2, 1812 586
CLXXXVIII. William Wordsworth, May 4, 1812 588
CLXXXIX. Daniel Stuart, May 8, 1812. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 211) 595
CXC. William Wordsworth, May 11, 1812. (Life of Wordsworth, 1889, ii. 180) 596
CXCI. Robert Southey [May 12, 1812] 597
CXCII. William Wordsworth, December 7, 1812. (Life of Wordsworth, 1889, ii. 181) 599
CXCIII. Mrs. S. T. Coleridge [January 20, 1813] 602
CXCIV. Robert Southey, February 8, 1813. (Illustrated London News, June 24, 1894) 605
CXCV. Thomas Poole, February 13, 1813. (Six lines published, Thomas Poole and his Friends, 1887, ii. 244) 609
 
CHAPTER XII. A MELANCHOLY EXILE, 1813-1815.
CXCVI. Daniel Stuart, September 25, 1813. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 219). 615
CXCVII. Joseph Cottle, April 26, 1814. (Early Recollections, 1837, ii. 155) 616
CXCVIII. Joseph Cottle, May 27, 1814. (Early Recollections, 1837, ii. 165) 619
CXCIX. Charles Mathews, May 30, 1814. (Memoir of C. Mathews, 1838, ii. 257) 621
CC. Josiah Wade, June 26, 1814. (Early Recollections, 1837, ii. 185) 623
CCI. John Murray, August 23, 1814. (Memoir of John Murray, 1890, i. 297) 624
CCII. Daniel Stuart, September 12, 1814. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 221) 627
CCIII. Daniel Stuart, October 30, 1814. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 248) 634
CCIV. John Kenyon, November 3 [1814] 639
CCV. Lady Beaumont, April 3, 1815. (Memorials of Coleorton, 1887, ii. 175) 641
CCVI. William Wordsworth, May 30, 1815. (Life of Wordsworth, 1889, ii. 255) 643
CCVII. Rev. W. Money, 1815 651
 
CHAPTER XIII. NEW LIFE AND NEW FRIENDS, 1816-1821.
CCVIII. James Gillman [April 13, 1816]. (Life of Coleridge, 1838, p. 273) 657
CCIX. Daniel Stuart, May 8, 1816. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 255) 660
CCX. Daniel Stuart, May 13, 1816. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 262) 663
CCXI. John Murray, February 27, 1817 665
CCXII. Robert Southey [May, 1817] 670
CCXIII. H. C. Robinson, June, 1817. (Diary of H. C. Robinson, 1869, ii. 57) 671
CCXIV. Thomas Poole [July 22, 1817]. (Thomas Poole and his Friends, 1887, ii. 255) 673
CCXV. Rev. H. F. Cary, October 29, 1817 676
CCXVI. Rev. H. F. Cary, November 6, 1817 677
CCXVII. Joseph Henry Green, November 14, 1817 679
CCXVIII. Joseph Henry Green [December 13, 1817] 680
CCXIX. Charles Augustus Tulk, 1818 684
CCXX. Joseph Henry Green, May 2, 1818 688
CCXXI. Mrs. Gillman, July 19, 1818 690
CCXXII. W. Collins, A. R. A., December, 1818. (Memoirs of W. Collins, 1848, i. 146) 693
CCXXIII. Thomas Allsop, December 2, 1818. (Letters, Conversations, and Recollections of S. T. Coleridge, 1836, i. 5) 695
CCXXIV. Joseph Henry Green, January 16, 1819 699
CCXXV. James Gillman, August 20, 1819 700
CCXXVI. Mrs. Aders [?], October 28, 1819 701
CCXXVII. Joseph Henry Green [January 14, 1820] 704
CCXXVIII. Joseph Henry Green, May 25, 1820 706
CCXXIX. Charles Augustus Tulk, February 12, 1821 712
 
CHAPTER XIV. THE PHILOSOPHER AND DIVINE, 1822-1832.
CCXXX. John Murray, January 18, 1822 717
CCXXXI. James Gillman, October 28, 1822. (Life of Coleridge, 1838, p. 344) 721
CCXXXII. Miss Brent, July 7, 1823 722
CCXXXIII. Rev. Edward Coleridge, July 23, 1823 724
CCXXXIV. Joseph Henry Green, February 15, 1824 726
CCXXXV. Joseph Henry Green, May 19, 1824 728
CCXXXVI. James Gillman, November 2, 1824 729
CCXXXVII. Rev. H. F. Cary, December 14, 1824 731
CCXXXVIII. William Wordsworth [? 1825]. (Fifteen lines published, Life of Wordsworth, 1889, ii. 305) 733
CCXXXIX. John Taylor Coleridge, April 8, 1825 734
CCXL. Rev. Edward Coleridge, May 19, 1825 738
CCXLI. Daniel Stuart, July 9, 1825. (Privately printed, Letters from the Lake Poets, p. 286) 740
CCXLII. James Gillman, October 10, 1825 742
CCXLIII. Rev. Edward Coleridge, December 9, 1825 744
CCXLIV. Mrs. Gillman, May 3, 1827 745
CCXLV. Rev. George May Coleridge, January 14, 1828 746
CCXLVI. George Dyer, June 6, 1828. (The Mirror, xxxviii. 1841, p. 282) 748
CCXLVII. George Cattermole, August 14, 1828 750
CCXLVIII. Joseph Henry Green, June 1, 1830 751
CCXLIX. Thomas Poole, 1830 753
CCL. Mrs. Gillman, 1830 754
CCLI. Joseph Henry Green, December 15, 1831 754
CCLII. H. N. Coleridge, February 24, 1832 756
CCLIII. Miss Lawrence, March 22, 1832 758
CCLIV. Rev. H. F. Cary, April 22, 1832. (Memoir of H. F. Cary, 1847, ii. 194) 760
CCLV. John Peirse Kennard, August 13, 1832 762
 
CHAPTER XV. THE BEGINNING OF THE END, 1833-1834.
CCLVI. Joseph Henry Green, April 8, 1833 767
CCLVII. Mrs. Aders [1833] 769
CCLVIII. John Sterling, October 30, 1833 771
CCLIX. Miss Eliza Nixon, July 9, 1834 773
CCLX. Adam Steinmetz Kennard, July 13, 1834. (Early Recollections, 1837, ii. 193) 775

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, aged sixty-one. From a pencil-sketch by J. Kayser, of Kaserworth,
now in the possession of the editor 		Frontispiece
Mrs. Wilson. From a pencil-sketch by Edward Nash, 1816, now in the possession of the editor 460
Hartley Coleridge, aged ten. After a painting by Sir David Wilkie, R. A., now in the
possession of Sir George Beaumont, Bart. 		510
The Room in Mr. Gillmanâ?Ts House, The Grove, Highgate, which served as study and
bedroom for the poet, and in which he died. From a water-colour drawing now in the
possession of Miss Christabel Coleridge, of Cheyne, Torquay 		616
Derwent Coleridge, aged nineteen. From a pencil-sketch by Edward Nash, now in the
possession of the editor 		704
The Reverend George Coleridge. From an oil painting now in the possession of the
Right Honourable Lord Coleridge 		746
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, aged (about) fifty-six. From an oil painting (taken at the
Argyll Baths), now in the possession of the editor 		758





AIDS TO REFLECTION
AND THE CONFESSIONS OF AN INQUIRING SPIRIT.

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

CONTENTS.

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Aids to Reflection:
Author's Original Title-page, 1825 ix
Mr. H. N. Coleridge's Advertisement to the Fourth Edition xi
Author's Address to the Reader xiii
Author's Preface and Advertisement xv
Dr. Marsh's Preliminary Essay xxiii
Introductory Aphorisms 1
On Sensibility 22
Prudential Aphorisms 27
Moral and Religious Aphorisms 35
Elements of Religious Philosophy 88
Aphorisms on Spiritual Religion 96
Aphorisms on that which is indeed Spiritual Religion 102
On the Difference in kind of Reason and the Understanding (after Aphorism VIII.) 143
On Instinct in Connection with the Understanding (in Comment on Aphorism IX.) 162
On Original Sin (Aphorism X.) 172
Paley not a Moralist (Aphorism XII.) 196
On Redemption (in Comment on Aphorism XIX.) 223
On Baptism 242
Conclusion 258
Appendix A: Summary of the Argument on Reason and the Understanding 277
Appendix B: On Instinct; by Prof. J. H. Green 278
Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit: Letters on the Inspiration of the Scriptures 285
The Pentad of Operative Christianity 288
Questions as to the Divine Origin of the Bible 289
Letter I. 291
Letter II. 296
Letter III. 301
Letter IV. 308
Letter V. 321
Letter VI. 322
Letter VII. 333
Essay on Faith 341
Notes on the Book of Common Prayer 350
A Nightly Prayer 360
Index 363