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    Southey And Coleridge At The

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    matic Beddoes Institution , the eminent Bristol scientist the , at two the Cottles Pneu-;

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    And Bat Joseph Cottle , , not of Bristol he that , the Alfred brother ' made of Amos famous , ,

    A little later on appear the names of Robert ¦ Southey — and ¦ Samuel — — — Taylor — Colerid — ge ; their

    page signatures ~ of the are reg very ister- close r-Southey qj together ' s in on a ^^ the neat 1 same

    unassuming writing — ^^ . hand , Coleridge's in a bolder style of — ,

    With _ regard to Southey , it appears as if his many biographers had blindly followed Joseph

    Cottle in his ' Recollections , ' attributing his return from Oxford to Bristol to the end of

    1794 ; whereas we find him subscribing as a member I rfta 1 of the Bristol A m « Library V Societ a y Vin — ^ _ . ^* pIPp ^ ph . ^ pB ^^^ ppk ^ ^ _

    King 1793 , Street and in continuall fact visiting y between the old October library 25 in

    1793 , and October 14 , 1795 , exchanging books , and — ^—^ ~ ^—^ ^— writing » ^ ^ p ^^ ^^ h ~^ h- ¦ hh ^^ h ^ p ^ p ^ p ^ p . his ^^^ h ¦ ^ ppppi pf ^ p ^ si p ^^ p ^ p * ¦ h gnature ^ P ^ ppph ^^ " *^ pr ^ P ^ ^ P ^ ^™~ *^ P ^^ P" PPPPPPF ^ P ^ P ^ in PHPPV PPP » ^ PPPP the ^ PP" W PPP" ^ PPP" ^ librarian PJP ^ PPP PPPPPP P ^ PP * ^ P ^ PPP ^ P ^^ PP" ^ P ^ PP ^^ " ^ P ^^ " P ^ Pp ^ PppF ' " s P ^ PpF

    register , for the books taken out . The following are the books borrowed by

    Southey at that time : —Enfield's ' History of ; 1 Philosop ^^^^^ ¦ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ - ^ " |^^^ h ^^^ ^^^ y T ; 7 ' Gil ^^^^ ¦ ¦ ^ " ^^ p V «^^ ^ in ^* ^^ v ^*^^ ' V s ^^ ' History S ^^^ B'B ^^^^ ^^^ v ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ W of ^ k ^ ^ H ^ v Greece ^^^ r ' ^^^ V ^ . ^ V ^^^ F ^^^^ ^ H ^ ; ^ M '

    ! Smith ' s ' Wealth of Nations ; ' ' Goodwyn on { Political Justice ; ' Gilpin ' s * Forest Scenery ;'

    1 Mary Wollstonecraft ' s ' Rights of Women ;' Headley's ' Ancient English Poetry ; ' Cowper 9 ' s

    * Homer ; ' Polwhele ' s ' Theocritus ; Hook ' s * Roman History ; ' Mitford's * History of

    Greece ; ' Gast's * History of Greece ; ' 'Hartley on Man ; ' Cox ' s ' Travels ' in Poland ; '

    Cartwri Helvetius ght's ' ' Diary Child of ; N Clavi ature ger ; ' ' Burnet s ' Mexico ' s ' His ; - '

    tory by of Boy His d ; Own l Lillo Time ' s ; D ' Dante atic ' s ' Inferno Wor « ks , ' Holinshed ilolinsned' ' s s * GhronioA ( Jhronicle ft ; : ' Williama Williams' ' ' Ob

    Oh--Priestley servations ' s ' Corruptions the Discover of y Christianity of America ; 9 '

    ; , . ' Ray ' Burns nal ' ' s Poems l European ; ' ' History Settlements of ; Paraguay ' ' History ;'

    of ' Worthies George ' Maclarin the Third ' s ' ' s Newton Reign ' ; Michaelis ' Fuller ' s Vol . 2 ^( ? Lexicon ; ) * Wadstrom ; on Colonisa- ,

    tion ; ' ' Edda Saemundar ; ; ' ' Ferguson's 1 theque ' Roman Oriental Republic © . ' ; ' Dr . Herbelot ' s *

    Biblioi t th at roug this It , bu is h time t so at it first much will be surprising in his remembered + comparativel cours tir e how of his he Southey y t «/ so orical could short was l geb ee a giving

    -•• — " ^ — ¦^ r-r ^ tf - ^ - » rr xrr v- » J & iv , > L A / CV JL A t T ures hey in were Bris "" ( th t ol en in ¦ /" l conj odging unc ti at ** on No ' with *¦ . * . "^ 48 Col College ^ erid ^ ge ^_<* ^ X . Street , Bristol , together with their college

    and tnends friends were . , Kobert Robert all bent Novell L upon ovell their and nnrl Georg Ofinntrfi grand e scheme Burnett "Riirn ^ f . of f . , commenced emigration lec and ' pantisocracy . ' Coleridge

    coramencea with the hope lecturing turing of raising in in . Bristol Bristol funds early earl for v that in in 1 IVflft 71 ) 5 . - , pose ; in whichhoweve ¦ rhe was pj disappointed pur

    ^ a At this — w time ^^ ^^ — — , ^ we ^ ' ^^ ^*^ find " ^ r * ^*^ him *^* , ^» . * ^* mtr visiting w w ** . p ^ y ^ s ^ fe m n j the ^> w B **^ W ^ 1 ^ Bristol p * 4 k Jfc J * ^^ ^ ^ ^^ j ^^ ^ . library . An examination of the library

    registers shows frequent entries of his exchange of 1798 books . Colerid between ge ' s writing March 2 and , 1795 signature , and June appear 1 ,

    he in nearl has y probabl every y instance sent a , but messenge on some rf occasions 6 r there

    dPB am , are the a librarian few ^ entries . as ' Mr of . books 8 ajn ^ >* entered Coldrid . ^ ge to « . him ^ d b y

    The ^^•^^^ m ^ P ) following i ^ h ^ ai ^ H ^ is A a list ^ Pi ^ » of the _ ^ pk books ^^ ^ A borrowed ^ Pft by Coleridge , from the Bristol Library , at this

    time : —* Poetical Tracts / Yol . 2 ; Enfield ' s ' History — _ _ _ of — — Philosop __^ _ hy ; ' Young _ _ ' s — ^ Yorks — — —

    Yol . 5 ; Mosheim ' s ' Ecclesiastical ^ j j ^ -y History j / , Yol ^ MA * ^^^ flfe . 3 ; Burnet - * ^^^^^^^^ ^ ' s ' History ^^ ta I a ¦ - of PM His «^_^ PPL Wm Own ^ *^ PPB < P * Time J , '

    Yol . 1 ; ' History of George III ^^^ ^^^ . / Vol . 2 ^^^ ( presumably Belsham ' s * Memoirs of the Reign of

    •/ t 3 George . ^^« HI ^^ m * «^ i ^^ ^^ . ^ . / which ^ n ^ ^ . « was then ^ pi coming ^ out ) ; Cud VUU worth nVil / U ' O s ' Intellectual JLJ . J . UC / . I . XC'l / l / llCbX System KJJOU * jlS . Ji f / Michaelis U . TJL 1 V / X 1 C « I ^; XXD ,,

    on Yol . Colonisatibn 1 ; ' Clarkson / on Edwards Slave Trade 1 ' West / Wadstrom Indies /

    Yol . 2 ; Rowley ' s « Poems ; ' Burgh's ' Political Disquisitions' Yols . 1 and 2 ; 'Essay on

    Material World ; ' , Akenside ' s Poems ; ' Poetical Tracts / Yol . 3 ; * Ossian ' s Poems / Yols . 1

    and ' Berkeley 2 ; f Annual ' s Works Reg / ister Vol . , 1782 2 ; ' and Antholog 17 — 83 ;'

    «/ » CJ Hibernica ^^ P «^ PP ^ M ^ ^ ; ' ' Harleian 4 « Pb *^ PP » B ^ A Miscellany flPPPh ^ PPV ^ ^ ^ / Yol ^ V ^ P ^ 4 ^ . 6 ^« ; * Observer / Yols . 1 and 5 ; ' Essay on Existence

    and 4 ' Dante Nature ; ' ' of Yet an . External PerBonum World Reli ; g ' io Bo { y I ) d ; ' s

    Williams on Education ; ' Ramsay ' s Philosop X hical Princip X les / Yols . 1 ' and 2 ; Lowth ' s

    ' Hebroeorum Praelectiones ; Taylor ' s ' Sermons ^ pk ^^^ ¦ ^^ r ^ p » ^ pr rw ; w ' * Critical ^^^ ^ ppi ^ w ^ h * ippv pi ^ v ^ ^ ^^^ pp ^ ppi Review a ^^^ ^ v ^ ppv ¦ ^ v A ^^ vr r ^ h / 9 A May ^ pppr" ^^ ^^ j ^ w pp ¦¦¦¦¦» v ^ ph 1796 H ^^ _ ^> ^ ^ m ; V ^ pi < ^ Fos mttr . ipp ^^ ^^ ppqpr ter ^ pv ^^ ^ pk ^^

    on Accent and Quantity ; Cudworth ' s * Intellectual System ; ' 'Bruck . Hist . Crit . / Yols . 1

    and 2 ( Bruckeri Historia Critica Philosophias ) ; * Nash ' s Worcestershire / Yols . 1 and 2 ; A ^^ - A — ¦¦ — * A ¦> ^^ i ^ B ^ I ^ 1 ^ * A ^ ^ P ^ d ^^ A t f ^ V ^^ B ^

    Work Amos s Cottle Yol . ' s 7 ' Edda Middleton of Saemund ' s Life / Rousseau of Cicero ' / s ;

    Yol piwp" ^^ p * . ^ pk . 1 _ , ; ' Man 4 pk Apiv chester ^ pl - Memoirs fpph ^ p . ^ / Yol pq ^ ^ ppv ^ . 2 ^^^ ; * Philosophical Transactions' Yol . 75 ; '

    Transactions of the Society for the , Encouragement of Arts , & c . / Nos . 10 and ll . It is

    noteworthy that in many instances Coleridge and Southey appear to have visited the library

    together , aad to have borrowed the same work , as in the case of ' Burnet's History /

    Coleridge taking the first and Southey the second volume ; andagainthe history of

    ^ a ^ flPP ^ M ^ ^ WF ^^~ M ^ Pi A H , w ^ , . V George Southey * ^ —~ ^ - ^ —~ ~ ^~ ^ - ^ m HI the ^ " ^ . , ~^ third ^ C ^ olerid ^~ ^ ^ ~ ' m volume — ¦ ¦ ge - — ^^ r ^ w — ¦ taking " ^ ^^™ ^^^ , ^ pj ^ althoug ^^ r ^ ™ ™ ^^ " vw v the ^^ ™ ^ ^^^^» ^ pppph ^ h ^ second ^ b ^ Coleridge - ^^^ ~^ m ~ ^^ m ^^^ f ^ ^^ p ^^ i" ^^ and ^^^ ^^^^^^^ H —

    has , Cottl in eac e h in case his , Recollections signed for both / publishes himself , the

    , following written jp * 4 <« * to characteristi Greorg * e Catcott M . c letter 1 m - the ^ Sub of - Colerid ^^ Librari ^ t ^ ^ ^ ge an ' s

    in response to repeated , applications for the , return of books : —

    the # M enclosed r . Catcott - » -r letters , — . I You beg your must AAA acceptance not think lig of htly all

    of poor *¦«•¦» - »¦ the ** r m man , a \* r preseat m . - ^ r ^ , n ^ J 9 . > e , * s shillings as v ¦ % - * +. m they ^ m . « . . cost ^ n ^ . me MV V , who W <^ AAA am -lAA * i a . T" } very

    thoug With h , by respect accident to the , they * Bruck were . Hist reg . istered Crit ., ' al on

    library March 23 for , yet a fortni they g-h were t after not and removed when I from received the your weeks first . Our letter learned , I had ' and had , ing the -enions books comniittee just three

    pages IT may D , ) read V of * . close " 1 thro UUV printed ugh J ^ llIlVVU two Latin A _^ C 4 quartos < 1 / Jk !_¦ . UttM and . ± \ A , Greek VJ that I JL V >^ -J- * V , , is in , , - th 1 JJUi , 500 ree * vw .

    tend weeks to , for no augh isuch intenseness know to the of contrary application ; I pre , or

    rapidity or genius .

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    ' I I s The Publishers' Circular May 15 , 1889

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 518, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/8/