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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends, by John Keats, Edited by Sidney Colvin
Title: Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends
Author: John Keats
Editor: Sidney Colvin
Release Date: March 28, 2011 [eBook #35698]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LETTERS OF JOHN KEATS TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS***
E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net)
JOHN KEATS.
Portrait by Joseph Severn in the National Portrait Gallery.
LETTERS
OF
JOHN KEATS
TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
EDITED BY
SIDNEY COLVIN
WITH FRONTISPIECE
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
1925
COPYRIGHT
First Edition (Globe 8vo) June 1891
Reprinted October 1891, 1918, 1921
Reprinted (Crown 8vo) 1925
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
CONTENTS
LETTER DATE PAGE Preface xi 1. To Charles Cowden Clarke Oct. 13, 1816 1 2. To Benjamin Robert Haydon Nov. 20, 1816 1 3. " " Nov. 20, 1816 2 4. To Charles Cowden Clarke Dec. 17, 1816 2 5. To John Hamilton Reynolds Mar. 2, 1817? 3 6. " " Mar. 17, 1817 4 7. To George and Thomas Keats April 15, 1817 4 8. To John Hamilton Reynolds April 17, 1817 6 9. To Leigh Hunt May 10, 1817 10 10. To Benjamin Robert Haydon May 10, 1817 13 11. To Messrs. Taylor and Hessey May 16, 1817 17 12. " " July 8, 1817 19 13. To Mariane and Jane Reynolds Sept. 5, 1817 19 14. To Fanny Keats Sept. 10, 1817
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@35698@[email protected]#Page_21" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">21 15. To Jane Reynolds Sept. 14, 1817 24 16. To John Hamilton Reynolds Sept. 21, 1817 28 17. To Benjamin Robert Haydon Sept. 28, 1817 32 18. To Benjamin Bailey Oct. 8, 1817 33 19. " " About Nov. 1, 1817 36 20. " " Nov. 5, 1817 39 21. To Charles Wentworth Dilke Nov. 1817 40 22. To Benjamin Bailey Nov. 22, 1817 40 23. To John Hamilton Reynolds Nov. 22, 1817 44 24. To George and Thomas Keats Dec. 22, 1817 46 25. " " Jan. 5, 1818 48 26. To Benjamin Robert Haydon Jan. 10, 1818 53 27. To John Taylor Jan. 10, 1818 53 28. To George and Thomas Keats Jan. 13-20, 1818 54 29. To John Taylor Jan. 23, 1818 56 30. To George and Thomas Keats Jan. 23, 1818 57 31. To Benjamin Bailey Jan. 23, 1818 61 32. To John Taylor Jan. 30, 1818
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">64 33. To John Hamilton Reynolds Jan. 31, 1818 65 34. " " Feb. 3, 1818 67 35. To John Taylor Feb. 5, 1818 71 36. To George and Thomas Keats Feb. 14, 1818 71 37. To John Hamilton Reynolds Feb. 19, 1818 73 38. To George and Thomas Keats Feb. 21, 1818 75 39. To John Taylor Feb. 27, 1818 77 40. To Messrs. Taylor and Hessey Mar. 1818? 78 41. To Benjamin Bailey Mar. 13, 1818 78 42. To John Hamilton Reynolds Mar. 14, 1818 82 43. To Benjamin Robert Haydon Mar. 21, 1818 85 44. To Messrs. Taylor and Hessey Mar. 21, 1818 88 45. To James Rice Mar. 24, 1818 88 46. To John Hamilton Reynolds Mar. 25, 1818 90 47. To Benjamin Robert Haydon April 8, 1818 94 48. To John Hamilton Reynolds April 9, 1818 96 49. " " April 10, 1818 98 50. To John Taylor April 24, 1818 99
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">51. To John Hamilton Reynolds April 27, 1818 100 52. " " May 3, 1818 103 53. To Benjamin Bailey May 28, 1818 109 54. " " June 10, 1818 111 55. To John Taylor June 21, 1818 114 56. To Thomas Keats June 29-July 2, 1818 114 57. To Fanny Keats July 2-4, 1818 118 58. To Thomas Keats July 2-9, 1818 123 59. " " July 10-14, 1818 127 60. To John Hamilton Reynolds July 11-13, 1818 132 61. To Thomas Keats July 17-21, 1818 136 62. To Benjamin Bailey July 18-22, 1818 142 63. To Thomas Keats July 23-26, 1818 147 64. " " Aug. 3, 1818 153 65. To Mrs. Wylie Aug. 6, 1818 158 66. To Fanny Keats Aug. 18, 1818 161 67. " " Aug. 25, 1818 162 68. To Jane Reynolds Sept. 1, 1818 162 69. To Charles Wentworth Dilke
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Sept. 21, 1818 163 70. To John Hamilton Reynolds About Sept. 22, 1818 165 71. To Fanny Keats Oct. 9, 1818 166 72. To James Augustus Hessey Oct. 9, 1818 167 73. To George and Georgiana Keats Oct. 13-31, 1818 168 74. To Fanny Keats Oct. 16, 1818 182 75. " " Oct. 26, 1818 183 76. To Richard Woodhouse Oct. 27, 1818 183 77. To Fanny Keats Nov. 5, 1818 185 78. To James Rice Nov. 24, 1818 186 79. To Fanny Keats Dec. 1, 1818 187 80. To George and Georgiana Keats About Dec. 18, 1818-Jan. 4, 1819 187 81. To Richard Woodhouse Dec. 18, 1818 210 82. To Mrs. Reynolds Dec. 22, 1818 211 83. To Benjamin Robert Haydon Dec. 22, 1818 211 84. To John Taylor Dec. 24, 1818 212 85. To Benjamin Robert Haydon Dec. 27, 1818 213 86. To Fanny Keats Dec. 30, 1818 213 87. To Benjamin Robert Haydon Jan. 4, 1819
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@35698@[email protected]#Page_214" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">214 88. " " Between Jan. 7 and 14, 1819 214 89. " " Jan. 1819 215 90. To Fanny Keats Jan. 1819 215 91. " " Feb. 11, 1819 216 92. To George and Georgiana Keats Feb. 14-May 3, 1819 217 93. To Fanny Keats Feb. 27, 1819 262 94. " " Mar. 13, 1819 263 95. " " Mar. 24, 1819 264 96. To Joseph Severn Mar. 29? 1819 265 97. To Fanny Keats April 13, 1819 265 98. To Benjamin Robert Haydon April 13, 1819 267 99. To Fanny Keats April 17, 1819? 268 100. " " May 13, 1819 270 101. " " May 26, 1819 270 102. " " June 9, 1819 271 103. To James Elmes June 12, 1819 272 104. To Fanny Keats June 14, 1819 272 105. " " June 16, 1819
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">273 106. To Benjamin Robert Haydon June 17, 1819 274 107. To Fanny Keats July 6, 1819 275 108. To John Hamilton Reynolds July 11, 1819 276 109. To Charles Wentworth Dilke July 31, 1819 277 110. To Benjamin Bailey Aug. 15, 1819 280 111. To John Taylor Aug. 23, 1819 281 112. To John Hamilton Reynolds Aug. 25, 1819 282 113. To Fanny Keats Aug. 28, 1819 283 114. To John Taylor Sept. 1, 1819 286 115. " " Sept. 5, 1819 286 116. To George and Georgiana Keats Sept. 17-27, 1819 290 117. To John Hamilton Reynolds Sept. 22, 1819 319 118. To Charles Wentworth Dilke Sept. 22, 1819 322 119. To Charles Brown Sept. 23, 1819 325 120. " " Sept. 23, 1819 327 121. To Charles Wentworth Dilke Oct. 1, 1819 328 122. To Benjamin Robert Haydon Oct. 3, 1819 328 123. To Fanny Keats Oct. 16, 1819 331
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align="right">124. To Joseph Severn Oct. 27? 1819 332 125. To John Taylor Nov. 17, 1819 333 126. To Fanny Keats Nov. 17, 1819 334 127. To Joseph Severn Dec. 6? 1819 334 128. To James Rice Dec. 1819 335 129. To Fanny Keats Dec. 20, 1819 335 130. " " Dec. 22, 1819 337 131. To Georgiana Keats Jan. 13-28, 1820 338 132. To Fanny Keats Feb. 6, 1820 347 133. " " Feb. 8, 1820 348 134. " " Feb. 11, 1820 350 135. " " Feb. 14, 1820 350 136. To James Rice Feb. 16, 1820 350 137. To Fanny Keats Feb. 19, 1820 352 138. To John Hamilton Reynolds Feb. 23 or 25, 1820 352 139. To Fanny Keats Feb. 24, 1820 353 140. To Charles Wentworth Dilke Mar. 4, 1820 354 141. To Fanny Keats Mar. 20, 1820 355
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@35698@[email protected]#CXLII" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">142. " " April 1, 1820 356 143. " " April 1820 357 144. " " April 12, 1820 357 145. " " April 21, 1820 357 146. " " May 4, 1820 358 147. To Charles Wentworth Dilke May 1820 359 148. To John Taylor June 11, 1820 360 149. To Charles Brown June 1820 360 150. To Fanny Keats June 26, 1820 362 151. " " July 5, 1820 363 152. To Benjamin Robert Haydon July 1820 363 153. To Fanny Keats July 22, 1820 364 154. " " Aug. 14, 1820 364 155. To Percy Bysshe Shelley Aug. 1820 365 156. To John Taylor Aug. 14, 1820 367 157. To Benjamin Robert Haydon Aug. 1820 367 158. To Charles Brown Aug. 1820 368 159. To Fanny Keats Aug. 23, 1820 368
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">160. To Charles Brown Aug. 1820 370 161. " " Sept. 28, 1820 370 162. To Mrs. Brawne Oct. 24, 1820 372 163. To Charles Brown Nov. 1,2, 1820 374 164. " " Nov. 30, 1820 376