ABSTRACT
In his Preface to the ‘first volume devoted to the criticism and study of Clough’ (some copies appeared in 1882), Waddington states, ‘I have more especially availed myself of the notices, reviews and other fugitive papers respecting him, which have been published during the last quarter of a century.’ As Hutton argues in the next item, Waddington is relatively weak on the critical side— the extract given below being the best he can offer. He is primarily concerned with the Life and the content of the poems, but he wisely warns readers to guard against premature disappointment with the latter by reading them ‘whole’, not dipping merely.
