In his Letters (vol.
iii.) will be found incidental allusions and vindications of the principles maintained in the 'Apology.' _( b) Concerning the Relations of Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal, to each other and the common Enemy, at this Crisis; and specifically as affected by the Convention of Cintra: the whole brought to the test of those Principles, by which alone the Independence and Freedom of Nations can be Preserved or Recovered_.

1809.
As stated in its 'Advertisement,' two portions of this treatise (rather than 'Tract'), 'extending to p.

25' of the completed volume, were originally printed in the months of December and January (1808-9), in the 'Courier' newspaper.

In this shape it attracted the notice of no less a reader than Sir WALTER SCOTT, who thus writes of it: 'I have read WORDSWORTH'S lucubrations[3] in the 'Courier,' _and much agree with him_.

Alas! we want everything but courage and virtue in this desperate contest.