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Lyrical Ballads (1798, vol. 1) (by W. Wordsworth and S. T. Coleridge) is published anonymously. Joseph Cottle prints a few copies in Bristol, then in a confusing series of maneuvers (perhaps motivated by financial difficulties) attempts to pass on his interest in the volume to London publishers--first Longman and then J. Arch.
The volume is finally published by J. Arch on Oct. 4. Enroute to Germany, meanwhile, Wordsworth tries futiley to have Cottle transfer the volume to the Joseph Johnson in London, with whom Wordsworth has come to an independent agreement for publication.
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