The collection contains the printed text of Tennyson's poem, "In memoriam, " and Keats's poem, "The eve of St. Agnes, " mounted in the volumes, interleaved with Fish's manuscript commentary, notes, references, and newspaper clippings. The two-volume study of "In memoriam" contains the disbound pages from a Tauchnitz edition of Collection of British Authors, Vol. 502. The first volume has reviews of the poem hand-copied by Fish and a page-by-page critique. The second volume includes clippings about the Tennyson-Locker wedding, consolation, and botanical poetry; and an index to Fish's volumes.