Table of Contents

• About this Edition ^UPDATED


• Introduction ^UPDATED
  • A Guide for the Twenty-first Century
  • Joseph Wilkinson and Select Views (1810)
  • William Wordsworth: Ghost Writer
  • Drafting and Publishing the First Edition
  • Expanding and Revising the Guide (1820–1835)
  • Writing the Lake District
  • The Originality of Wordsworth’s Guide


• The Guide to the Lakes (1835)
  Annotated and illustrated text of Wordsworth’s fifth and final edition


• Select Views of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire (1810)
  Page scans and searchable text of Wordsworth’s first version of the Guide
  • Wordsworth's Essay
    • Full-text Transcription (searchable version of entire letterpress) ^UPDATED
    • Select Views Letterpress (scans of original printing) ^NEW
  • Wilkinson’s Sketches (scans of all 48 prints)


• Parallel-Text Table: Five Versions of the Guide (1810–1835) ^UPDATED
  Downloadable pdf showing sequential revisions, deletions, and additions across first 5 eds.


• Appendices
  Scholarly resources for studying the Guide
  • Appendix 1: The Serial Publication of Select Views ^NEW
  • Appendix 2: Annotated Bibliography of Scholarly Sources on the Guide
  • Appendix 3: Selected Letters Related to the Guide ^UPDATED
  • Appendix 4: Geospatial Mapping of Wordsworth’s Guide