Abstract In the fifth book of The Prelude, lines 50 to 165, Wordsworth relates a dream about Don Quijote. It is too long to quote in full in this short paper and I must therefore ask the reader to have it by his side in following this commentary on it. This same passage has also been studied by Mr. W. H. Auden in his book The Enchaféd Flood (New York 1950), and I may therefore perhaps be permitted a personal note. I first studied this portion of The Prelude in the autumn of 1945, when my earlier attitude to Wordsworth, too Hispanic in character, was changing to one of more just appreciation, and, particularly, I was struck by this intuition of Wordsworth into the meaning of Cervantes’ creation. I felt impelled to write an analysis of the “dream”, but other occupations intervened and Mr. Auden's brilliant study (though not concerned with Don Quixote) forestalled me. Now, however, after fifteen years, I feel enough time has elapsed to allow me to offer this modest comment, without being overshadowed by the longer work. BSS Subject Index: CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE (1547–1616) DON QUIJOTEDON QUIJOTE (1605) [M. DE CERVANTES]