There are many other aids for a thorough study of The Prelude and its background. The editors provide a concise history of the texts and describe the principles by which each has been transcribed from the manuscripts. The texts are fully annotated, and the notes for all three versions of The Prelude are arranged so that each version may be read independently.
JJ (Wordsworth's earliest drafts for parts of The Prelude) as well as transcriptions of other important passages in manuscript which Wordsworth failed to include in any fair copy of his poem. Working with these materials, the editors have prepared an accurate reading version of 1799 and have newly edited from manuscripts the texts of 18-thus freeing the latter poem from the unwarranted alterations made by Wordsworth's literary executors.
There are no fewer than seventeen manuscripts of The Prelude in the Wordsworth library at Grasmere.
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