It is earnestly to be hoped that one of the Family who is admirably qualified for the task of love will address himself to write adequately and confidingly the Life of his immortal relative; and toward this every one possessed of anything in the handwriting or from the mind of WORDSWORTH may be appealed to for co-operation.

The 'Memoirs' of the (now) Bishop of Lincoln, within its own limits, was a great gift; but it is avowedly not a 'Life,' and _the world wants a Life_.

Collation of the originals of these letters has restored sentences and words and things of the most characteristic kind.

Very gross mistakes have also been corrected.[11] [11] It may be well to point out here specially a mistake in heading two of the WORDSWORTH letters to Sir W.R.

HAMILTON: 'Royal Dublin Society,' instead of 'Royal Irish Academy' (see vol.iii.pp.