time printed in the next volume of this collection; but the original plan, that of reserving entire for Volume VIII. all the Poems destined by Mr. Crabbe himself for a posthumous publication, has not been departed from.

April 14. 1834.

CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

THE BOROUGH-continued.

LETTER XX.. THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH ELLEN

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The Widow's Cottage Blind Ellen one- - Hers not the Sor-

rows or Adventures of Heroines What these are, first

described Deserted Wives; rash Lovers; courageous

Damsels in desolated Mansions; in grievous Perplexity—

These Evils, however severe, of short Duration-Ellen's

Story-Her Employment in Childhood- First Love;

Adventure; its miserable Termination - An idiot Daughter

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A Husband- Care in Business without Success- The

Men's Despondency and its Effect-Their Children: how

disposed of One particularly unfortunate - Fate of the

Daughter-Ellen keeps a School and is happy-becomes
Blind: loses her School-Her Consolations

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LETTER XXI. THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH ABEL

KEENE.

Abel, a poor Man, Teacher of a School of the lower Order; is

placed in the Office of a Merchant; is alarmed by Discourses

of the Clerks; unable to reply; becomes a Convert; dresses,

drinks, and ridicules his former Conduct-The Remonstrance

of his Sister, a devout Maiden-Its Effect-The Merchant

dies - Abel returns to Poverty unpitied; but relieved-His

abject Condition-His Melancholy-He wanders about: is

found-His own Account of himself, and the Revolutions in

his Mind

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LETTER XXII.

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THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH-PETER

GRIMES.

The Father of Peter a Fisherman - Peter's early Conduct-

His Grief for the old Man-He takes an Apprentice-

The Boy's Suffering and Fate-A second Boy: how he

died- Peter acquitted-A third Apprentice-A Voyage

by Sea: the Boy does not return — Evil Report on Peter:

he is tried and threatened-Lives alone - His Melancholy

and incipient Madness Is observed and visited - He

escapes and is taken: is lodged in a Parish House: women

attend and watch him-He speaks in a Delirium: grows

more collected-His Account of his Feelings and visionary

Terrors previous to his Death

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The Mind of Man accommodates itself to all Situations; Pri-

sons otherwise would be intolerable-Debtors: their different

Kinds; three particularly described; others more briefly –

An arrested Prisoner: his Account of his Feelings and his

Situation - The Alleviations of a Prison - Prisoners for

Crimes-Two condemned: a vindictive Female: a High-

wayman-The Interval between Condemnation and Execu-

tion-His Feelings as the Time approaches - His Dream

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Schools of every Kind to be found in the Borough-The School

for Infants-The School Preparatory: the Sagacity of the

Mistress in foreseeing Character-Day Schools of the lower

Kind-A Master with Talents adapted to such Pupils: one

of superior Qualifications-Boarding-Schools: that for young

Ladies: one going first to the Governess, one finally return-

ing Home School for Youth: Master and Teacher;

various Dispositions and Capacities-The Miser-Boy-The

Boy-Bully-Sons of Farmers: how amused-What Study

will effect, examined-A College Life: one sent from his

College to a Benefice; one retained there in Dignity-The

Advantages in either Case not considerable--Where then

the Good of a literary Life? — Answered-Conclusion

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