Coleridge's life which refuse to be bridged over; and one cannot but
think that there must be enough unpublished matter in the possession
of his relatives and the representatives of his friends and
correspondents to enable some at least, though doubtless not all, of
these missing links to be supplied. Perhaps upon a fitting occasion
and for an adequate purpose these materials would be forthcoming.




CONTENTS.



_POETICAL PERIOD._

CHAPTER I.
[1772-1794.]
Birth, parentage, and early years--Christ's Hospital--Jesus College,
Cambridge.

CHAPTER II.
[1794-1797.]
The Bristol Lectures--Marriage--Life at Clevedon--The _Watchman_--
Retirement to Stowey--Introduction to Wordsworth.

CHAPTER III.
[1797-1799.]
Coleridge and Wordsworth--Publication of the _Lyrical Ballads_--The
_Ancient Mariner_--The first part of _Christabel_--Decline of