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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
-
ORFORD.
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
:
first
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.
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