Letter from John Wordsworth to his father Revd Wordsworth

Letter from John Wordsworth, Commoners, to his father Revd Wordsworth, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge - 2 Jun 1822

In this letter, John Wordsworth (the poet’s nephew) writes to his father Christopher with details of what he is studying in 6^th Book. For Latin they were reading Cicero, Horace, Virgin and Longinus, and for Greek they had to learn a book of Homer (about 600 lines) every week. On a Saturday morning, twenty lines from the book were chosen for the boys to translate, and at the end of the half, those with the fewest faults were given a book. The letter includes a copy of his entry for the Latin verse medal task.