A collection of over 600 letters (1840-1853) recording the poet and his sister in old age. This edition contains many previously unpublished letters plus correspondence to Henry Crabb Robinson, Henry Reed and others. 'The art of the commentator on letters is to draw the reader more and more closely towards the intimacy of writers and their correspondents which the mere act of writing a familiar letter implies. In this Mr Hill has shown increasing mastery over the years, and this volume is a fine climax to his labours.' W.J.B. Owen, McMaster University, Review of English Studies