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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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The
originals
of
these
two
Journals
still
exist,
and
it
is
hard
to
say
whether
the
jottings
taken
at
the
time
by
the
wife,
or
the
extended
Journal
afterwards
written
by
the
sister,
is
the
more
admirable,
both
as
a
record
of
travel
and
as
a
commentary
on
the
poet's
work.
Dorothy's
MS.
is
nearly
as
long
as
her
Recollections
of
the
Scottish
Tour
of
1803.
Extracts
from
both
Journals
were
published
in
the
library
edition
of
the
Poems
in
1884,
and
in
the
Life
of
William
Wordsworth
in
1889;
but
these
were
limited
to
passages
illustrative
of
the
Poems.
It
is
not
expedient
to
print
either
Journal
in
full.
There
are,
however,
so
many
passages
of
interest
and
beauty
in
each--presenting
a
vivid
picture
of
the
towns
and
countries
through
which
the
Wordsworths
passed,
and
of
the
style
of
continental
travelling
in
those
days--that
it
seems
desirable
to
insert
more
numerous
extracts
from
them
than
those
which
have
been
already
printed.
They
will
be
found
to
illustrate
much
of
the
state
of
things
in
Germany,
Switzerland,
Italy
and
France
in
the
first
quarter
of
the
present
century;
while
they
afford
an
interesting
contrast
to
that
which
meets
the
eye
of
the
traveller,
and
ministers
to
his
wants,
at
the
present
day.
In
the
80
pages
extracted
from
Dorothy's
Journal
alone,
it
is
such
passages
that
have,
in
the
main,
been
selected.
In
October
1821,
Mr.
Robinson
was
a
visitor
at
Rydal
Mount;
and
after
reading
over
the
Journals
of
Mrs.
and
Dorothy
Wordsworth,
he
wrote
thus
in
his
Diary:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
