"Nutting": Textual History

Collated Manuscripts in Order of Creation:

*DCMS stands for Dove Cottage Manuscript.

DCMS 15.10
Date 1798–1799 Notes In William Wordsworth's hand. The version in this MS. includes various revisions, and the introductory poem. Composed 1798; transcribed between December 1798 and April 1799.
(DCMS 15 is also known as “The Christabel Notebook.”)

DCMS 16.25
Date 1798–1799
In the hand of Dorothy Wordsworth. Work towards ‘Nutting’ that ends in mid-sentence before leaf 83, which is a stub.

DCMS 19.7
Date 1798–1799
In William Wordsworth's hand. Lines towards the draft of ‘Nutting’ in DCMS 15 and 16.
Leaves 79v-89v. of MS JJ/DCMS 19 (“The Goslar Notebook”)

DCMS 24.1
Date 1798–1800
Contains introductory poem and lines 1-14 of ‘Nutting’. Fair copy by Mary Hutchinson, with revisions by William Wordsworth. Original version composed between October and December 1798, revisions and additions made between 1799 and 1800; transcribed sometime between April 1799 and June 1800.

Letter to STC from Goslar
Dated December 14 or 21, 1798.
Contains early draft versions of two 'Lucy' poems by William Wordsworth with the first lines 'She dwelt among the untrodden ways...' and 'Strange fits of passion have I known:...' (cf. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, 5 volumes, ed. E. de Selincourt, II, 29, 30). Also the latter part of ‘Nutting’ and parts of the 1799 'Prelude' (The Prelude 1798-99, edited by Stephen Parrish): the Skating Scene (150-185) and Boat-stealing Scene (81-129). No. 105 in The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, 1787-1805, ed. E. de Selincourt, revised by Chester L. Shaver.

Editions Published During the Poet's Life Containing "Nutting":

Compiled by George Harris Healey for THE CORNELL WORDSWORTH COLLECTION (1957).
For full bibliographic citations, see "Writings in Book Form" pp. 5-10.

1800
LYRICAL BALLADS, | WITH | OTHER POEMS. | IN TWO VOLUMES. | By W. WORDSWORTH VOL. I. | SECOND EDITION* | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR T.N. LONGMAN AND O. REES, PATERNOSTER-ROW, | BY BIGGS AND .CO BRISTOL. | 1800.

LYRICAL BALLADS, | WITH | OTHER POEMS. | IN TWO VOLUMES. | By W. WORDSWORTH VOL. II. | FIRST EDITION | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR T.N. LONGMAN AND O. REES, PATERNOSTER-ROW, | BY BIGGS AND CO. BRISTOL. | 1800.

1802
LYRICAL BALLADS, | WITH | PASTORAL | AND OTHER POEMS. | IN TWO VOLUMES. | By W. WORDSWORTH VOL. I. | THIRD EDITION* | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR T.N. LONGMAN AND O. REES, PATERNOSTER-ROW, | BY BIGGS AND COTTLE, CRAN-COURT, FLEET-STREET. | 1802.

LYRICAL BALLADS, | WITH | PASTORAL | AND OTHER POEMS. | IN TWO VOLUMES. | By W. WORDSWORTH VOL. II. | SECOND EDITION* | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR T.N. LONGMAN AND O. REES, PATERNOSTER-ROW, | BY BIGGS AND COTTLE, CRAN-COURT, FLEET-STREET. | 1802.

LYRICAL BALLADS, | WITH | OTHER POEMS: | IN TWO VOLUMES. | BY W. WORDSWORTH. VOL. I [II]. | FROM THE LONDON SECOND EDITION. | PHILADELPHIA: | PRINTED AND SOLD BY JAMES HUMPHREYS. | 1802.

LYRICAL BALLADS, | WITH | OTHER POEMS: | IN TWO VOLUMES. | BY W. WORDSWORTH. VOL. I [II]. | FROM THE LONDON SECOND EDITION. | PHILADELPHIA: | PRINTED AND SOLD BY JAMES HUMPHREYS. | FOR JOSEPH GROFF, | 1802.

1805
LYRICAL BALLADS, | WITH | PASTORAL | AND OTHER | POEMS. | IN TWO VOLUMES. | By W. WORDSWORTH VOL. I [II]. | FOURTH EDITION* | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, | By R. Taylor and Co. 38, Show-Lane. | 1805.

1815
POEMS | BY | WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: | INCLUDING | LYRICAL BALLADS, | AND THE | MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE AUTHOR. | WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS, | A NEW PREFACE, AND A SUPPLEMENTARY ESSAY. | IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I [II]. | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, | PATERNOSTER-ROW. | 1815.

1815
POEMS | BY | WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: | INCLUDING | LYRICAL BALLADS, | AND THE | MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE AUTHOR. | WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS, | A NEW PREFACE, AND A SUPPLEMENTARY ESSAY. | IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I [II]. | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, | PATERNOSTER-ROW. | 1815.

1820
THE | MISCELLANEOUS | POEMS | OF | WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. | IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. I [ETC.]. | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME AND BROWN, | PATERNOSTER-ROW. | 1820.

1824
THE | POETICAL WORKS | OF | WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. | IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. I [ETC.]. | BOSTON: | PUBLISHED BY CUMMINGS, HILLIARD & CO. | HILLIARD AND METCALF, PRINTERS. | 1824.

1827
THE | POETICAL WORKS | OF | WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. | IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. I [ETC.]. | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, | PATERNOSTER-ROW. | 1827.

1828
THE | POETICAL WORKS | OF | WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. | COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. | PARIS | PUBLISHED BY A. AND W. GALIGNANI, | NO 18, RUE VIVIENNE. | 1828.

1832
THE | POETICAL WORKS | OF | WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. | AND NEW EDITION. | IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. I [ ETC.] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR | LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN& LONGMAN, | PATERNOSTER-ROW. | 1832.
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