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Addenda 1821

The eleven addenda included with the 11th edition of the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, 1821, are listed below:-
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Introduction Notes about the addenda
    page 193
ARTICLE I. Dr Brown's letter describing vale and the lake of Keswick.
    page 193
ARTICLE II. Extract from Dr Dalton's descriptive poem enumerating the beauties of the Vale of Keswick
First printed in Pearch's Collection of Poems, vol.1, 1775.
    page 197
ARTICLE III. Mr Gray's Journal, in a letter to Dr Wharton, 18 October 1769.
    page 199
ARTICLE IV. Ode to the Sun, by Mr Cumberland, 1776.
    page 224
ARTICLE V. A Night Piece on the Banks of Windermere, by Rev James Plumtre, Summer 1797.
    page 229
ARTICLE VI. A Description of Dunald Mill Hole, by A Walker, 1760.
    page 236
ARTICLE VII. A Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
    page 238
ARTICLE VIII. Further Account of Furness Fells
Or, Observations on placing objects on the eminences, and planting trees in the vallies seen in this tour.
    page 284
ARTICLE IX. Account of Ennerdale.
    page 293
ARTICLE X Specimens of the Cumberland Dialect:-
Harvest; or, the Bashful Shepherd
Horace book.2 ode.7, translated in the Cumberland dialect.
    page 298
ARTICLE XI. Mrs Radcliffe's Description of the Scenery in a Ride over Skiddaw, 1794.
    page 304

Addenda in Other Editions

The addenda to West's Guide have not always been the same. Three other articles were included in one edition or another:-
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Article 6 Description of the natural curiosities in the edge of Yorkshire
in the 2nd to 7th editions; replaced by the Night Piece from the 8th edition onwards.
Article 10 Some remarks on the provincial words ...
in the 2nd to 5th editions; replaced by Mrs Radcliffe's article from the 6th edition onwards.
Article 11 Address to the Genius of the Caves
in the 3rd edition; replaced by Ennerdale from the 4th edition onwards.

Summary
edition 1st 2nd 3rd 4/5th 6/7th 8-11th
article numbers
Dr Brown; Keswick - 1 1 1 1 1
Dr Dalton; Keswick - 2 2 2 2 2
Mr Gray's journal - 3 3 3 3 3
Ode to the Sun - 4 4 4 4 4
Dunald Mill Hole - 5 5 5 5 5
Curiosities of Yorks. - 6 6 6 6
Night Piece - 6
Tour to the Caves - 7 7 7 7 7
on Furness - 8 8 8 8 8
Cumberland Dialect - 9 9 9 9 9
Provincial words - 10 10 10
Mrs Radcliffe; Skiddaw - 10 10
Genius of the Caves - 11
Ennerdale - 11 11 11

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