A MIND FOR EVER VOYAGING: WORDSWORTH AT WORK PORTRAYING NEWTON AND SCIENCE W.K. Thomas and Warren U. Ober Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 1989. 328pp, cloth, $30.00 ISBN 0-88864-135-4. CIP Post-secondary / Adult Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan. Volume 17 Number 5 1989 September Professors Thomas and Ober have written an extremely scholarly work that will be of interest primarily to other scholars of English literature. Their thesis is that Wordsworth was not only a poet of inspiration, but also a poet who was concerned with issues of science and philosophy. In their view, this concern becomes obvious to those who are prepared to study Wordsworth in some depth. The professors state that they have been accused of "bordering on the maniacal" in their quest for substantiation of their views in the works of Wordsworth. This kind of painstaking and devoted research is part and parcel of the scholar's desire to truly understand the work of a poetic genius such as Wordsworth. The authors attempt to explain their thesis by studying works about the poet, examining his correspondence, and drawing conclusions. They have provided lengthy appendices with such titles as "The Myth of Wordsworth's Reading But Little," "The Myth of Wordsworth's Total Originality," and "The Availability of Sources for the Hymn to Science." There are extensive notes and a lengthy bibliography. Although the reader can admire the scholarship of a work such as this, it is obvious that its rightful place is in a university library where other scholars can peruse it for its point of view and painstaking research. Students below the university level would find the work totally comprehensible. Joan Kerrigan, Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ont.