Dorothy Wordsworth began this journal in 1800 to give her poet brother pleasure. For three years she noted the walks and weathers, the friends, the country neighbours and beggars on the Grasmere roads. The journal has many stories: of William Wordsworth’s marriage, of their concern for Coleridge, of the composition of poetry. The original manuscripts have been freshly examined for this edition which provides much information about William Wordsworth and his circle, and about his methods of writing and working on his poetry.