The Notebooks of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - v. 2 : 1804-1808

Nearly 1,400 entries, throwing light on a little-known period: Coleridge's voyage from England to the Mediterranean, his government service in Malta, and his travels in Sicily and Italy.

Together with his metrical experiments, studies of Italian poetry and language, and attempts at writing cipher, there are revealing glimpses into such intimate matters as his addiction to opium and his love for Sara Hutchinson.