VI. SINGLE WORKS.

[Arranged Alphabetically.]

1808. Adventures of Ulysses (The), by Charles Lamb. London, 1808. 12mo.
The First Edition.
1819. Adventures of Ulysses (The) [by C. L.]. A new edition. London, 1819. 12mo.
1827. Adventures of Ulysses [by C. L.]. Designed as a supplement to the Adventures of Telemachus. A new edition. Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, London, 1827. 12mo.
1839. Adventures of Ulysses (The) [by C. L.]. [Engraving.] London, 1839. 12mo.
1840.—— Another edition. To which are added Mrs. Leicester’s School, etc. London, 1840. 8vo.
1845.—— Another edition. London, 1845. 12mo.
1848.—— Another edition. London, 1848. 12mo.
1879. Adventures of Ulysses [Half Hour Series]. N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1879. 32mo.
1886. Adventures of Ulysses. Edited with notes for schools. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1886. 16mo.
1890. Adventures of Ulysses. With an introduction by Andrew Lang. [Map.] London, [1890.] Square 12mo.
1830. Album Verses, with a few others, by Charles Lamb. [Engraved title.] London, 1830. 12mo.
1798. Blank Verse, by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd. London, 1798. 12mo.
[1811.?] Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a Gentle Heart. A poetical version of an ancient Tale. Illustrated with a series of Elegant Engravings, and Beauty’s Song at her Spinning-wheel, set to music by Mr. Whitaker. London, n.d. [1811?]. Square 24mo.
The First Edition.
1813.—— Another edition, 1813. 24mo.
1825. Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a Gentle Heart, etc. London, William Jackson & Co., at the Juvenile Library, 195 St. Clemens, Strand, 1825. 3s. plain, 5s. colored.
1886. Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a Gentle Heart. A Poem by Charles Lamb, now first reprinted from the original edition of 1811, with Preface and Notes by Richard Herne Shepherd. London, 1886. 12mo.
1887. Beauty and the Beast, by Charles Lamb, with an Introduction by Andrew Lang. Illustrated. London, n.d. [1887?]. Square 12mo. [Published with plates in two states.]
1823. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. London, 1823. 12mo.
The First Edition.
1828. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. 18mo.
The First American Edition. An exact reprint of the English.
1828. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Second Series. Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. 18mo.
A curious fact concerning this is that the second series was reprinted five years before the English Edition appeared. It was done by some one who did not know Lamb’s style thoroughly, as several of his best Essays were not included, and others, not his, were, viz.: “Nuns and Ale of Caverswell,” by Allan Cunningham, and “Valentine’s Day,” “Twelfth Night: or What you Will,” by B. W. Procter.
1833. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature, etc. A New Edition. London, 1833. Post 8vo.
1835. Elia, etc. London, 1835. Post 8vo.
1838. Elia, etc. London, 1838. Post 8vo.
1840. Elia, etc. London, 1840. 12mo.
1833. [Elia.] Last Essays of Elia (The). Being a sequel to Essays published under that name. [Second Series.] London, 1833. Small 8vo.
The First Edition. reprinted the same year in Philadelphia, 12mo.
1835.—— The Same. [Both Series.] A New Edition. London, 1835. 8vo. 2 vols.
1836.—— The Same. [Both Series.] A New Edition. London, 1836. 8vo.
1840.—— The Same. [Both Series.] Complete in One Volume. London, 1840. 12mo.
The series are paged separately.
1843.—— The Same. [Both Series.] A New Edition. Portrait. London, 1843. 8vo.
The edition was also issued in two volumes.
1845. Essays of Elia (The). [Library of Choice Reading.] New York, Wiley & Putnam, 1845. 2 vols. 12mo.
1847.—— The Same. [Both Series.] London, 1847. 12mo.
1849.—— The Same. [Both Series.] London, 1849. 12mo.
1852.—— The Same. [Both Series.] New York. 1852. 12mo.
1853.—— The Same. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. [Portrait.] London, 1853. 2 vols. 16mo.
1865.—— The Same. New Edition. New York, Widdleton, 1865. 8vo.
1867.—— The Same. A New Edition, with a Dedication and Preface hitherto unpublished, and a few Reminiscences by E. Oliver. London, J. C. Hotten, 1867. 8vo.
1867.—— The Same. London, Moxon, 1867. 12mo.
1867. Essays of Elia, and Eliana (The), with a Biographical Essay by H. S. London, 1867. 12mo.
Bohn’s Standard Library.
1872.—— Another edition. London, 1872. 8vo.
1878. Essays of Elia. [Vest-Pocket Series.] Boston, 1878, 32mo.
1879. Essays of Elia, and Eliana, with a memoir by Barry Cornwall [B. W. Procter]. London, George Bell & Sons, 1879. 2 vols. 18mo.
1879. [Elia.] Twenty Selected Essays by G. H. Greene. London, 1879. 8vo.
1879.—— The Same. [Handy Volume Series.] N. Y., Appleton, 1879, 16mo.
1883.—— The Same, with Introduction and Notes by Alfred Ainger. London, Macmillan & Co., 1883. 12mo.
Reprinted 1884-1887, [with corrections and additions], 1888.
1883. Essays of Elia, by Charles Lamb. [Illustrated with etchings by R. Swain Gifford, James D. Smillie, Charles A. Platt, F. S. Church.] [Islington Edition.] New York, 1883. 4to.
This edition was limited to 250 copies.
1884.—— The Same, reissued on thinner paper. 1884.
1885.—— Another edition. [Illustrated.] Edinburgh, 1885. 8vo.
1885. Essays of Elia and Other Pieces, with an Introduction by Henry Morley. [Morley’s Universal Library.] London, 1885. 12mo.
The notes are by Charles Kent.
1886. [Elia.] Some Essays of Elia [with illustrations by C. O. Murray]. London, 1886. 8vo.
1886. Essays of Elia, etc., with a preface by H. R. Haweis. London, 1886. Square 16mo.
1887.—— The Same. London, 1887.
—— —— The Same. 1888.
1888. Essays of Elia (The), edited by Augustine Birrell with etchings by Herbert Railton. [The Temple Library]. London, J. M. Dent & Co., 1888. 2 vols. 24mo.
This edition was also made in Large Paper.
1889. Essays of Elia (The) [Illustrated from Photographs taken by Walter Collett.] London, David Stott, 1889. 32mo.
This was made also in Large Paper, only 100 copies printed.
1802. John Woodvil. A Tragedy; to which are added Fragments of Burton, the author of the Anatomy of Melancholy. London, 1802. 16mo.
The First Edition. incorporated in the Works thereafter.
1807. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. London, 1807.
The First Edition.
1809. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. The Second Edition. London, 1809. 16mo.
The Second Edition.
1810. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. Third Edition. [Frontispiece.] London, 1810. 16mo.
The Third Edition.
1814.—— The Same. London, 1814.
The Fourth Edition.
1825. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. Ninth Edition. [Frontispiece by Harvey.] London, 1825. 12mo.
1827. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. Tenth Edition. London, 1827.
1836.—— Another edition. London, 1836. Post 8vo.
1844.—— Another edition. London, 1844. 12mo.
1855.—— Another edition. London, 1855.
1881.—— Another edition, with illustrations. London, 1881. 8vo.
1884. Mrs. Leicester’s School, etc. New Edition. London, 1884. 12mo.
1885. Mrs. Leicester’s School and other writings in Prose and Verse, by Charles Lamb, with Introduction and Notes by Alfred Ainger. London, 1885. 12mo.
1809. Poetry for Children. Entirely original, by the author of “Mrs. Leicester’s School.” In two volumes. London, 1809. 2 vols. 12mo.
The First Edition.
1812. Poetry for Children. Entirely original, by the author of “Mrs. Leicester’s School.” Boston, West and Richardson, and Edward Cotton, 1812.
The first copy known, and the first American reprint.
1872. Poetry for Children, by Charles and Mary Lamb. Edited and prefaced by Richard Herne Shepherd. London, 1872. 16mo.
1877. Poetry for Children, by Charles and Mary Lamb. To which are added “Prince Dorus,” and some uncollected Poems by Charles Lamb. Edited, Prefaced, and Annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd. London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. 12mo.
1877.—— The Same. Reprinted. New York, 1877, Charles Scribner’s Sons. 16mo.
1889. Poetry for Children, by Charles and Mary Lamb. To which are added “Prince Dorus,” and some uncollected Poems by Charles Lamb. Edited, Prefaced, and Annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd. New York, 1889. 16mo.
An exact reprint of the edition of 1877.
1811. [?] Prince Dorus; or, Flattery put out of Countenance. A Poetical version of an Ancient Tale. Illustrated with a series of Elegant Engravings. London, 1811. 12mo.
The First Edition.
1877. [Prince Dorus.] Poetry for Children, by Charles and Mary Lamb. To which are added “Prince Dorus,” and some uncollected Poems by Charles Lamb. Edited, Prefaced, and Annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd. London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. 12mo.
1889. Prince Dorus, by Charles Lamb. With Nine Illustrations in fac-simile (hand-coloured). London, Field & Tuer, 1889. 8vo.
Only 500 copies printed, each numbered.
This contains an Introduction by A. W. T. [A. W. Tuer], and is an exact fac-simile of the original edition.
1835. Recollections of Christ’s Hospital, by the late Charles Lamb, originally published in 1813, now reprinted by some of his schoolfellows and friends, etc. London, 1835. 8vo.
1831. Satan in Search of a Wife; with the whole process of his Courtship and Marriage, and who danced at the wedding, by an Eye-Witness. London, 1831. 12mo.
The First Edition.
1808. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes, by Charles Lamb. London, 1808. 12mo.
The First Edition.
1813. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes. Second Edition. London, John Bumpus, 1813.
The Second Edition.
1814. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes. London, 1814, Moxon. 2 vols. 12mo.
1835. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes. A new edition. In two volumes. London, 1835. 16mo.
1844. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, of about the time of Shakespeare, etc. London, 1844. 2 vols.
1845.—— Another edition. New York, 1845. 2 vols. in 1.
1847. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes, by Charles Lamb. A new edition, including the extracts from the Garrick Plays. [Bohn’s Antiquarian Library.] London, 1847. 12mo.
This edition contains a short Prefatory note by H. G. Bohn.
1852.—— The same, London, 1852. Crown 8vo.
1854. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, etc. London, 1854. Crown 8vo.
1854. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, etc. N. Y., W. P. Hazard, 1854. 12mo.
1798. Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret (A). London, 1798. 12mo.
1835. Tale of Rosamund Gray, Recollections of Christ’s Hospital (A), etc., etc. London, 1835. 8vo.
1838. Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret (A), etc. London, 1838. 8vo.
1841. Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret (A). London, 1841. 12mo.
Essays, Letters, etc. [Double column.]
1849. Tale of Rosamund Gray, etc. London, 1849. 12mo.
1850. Tale of Rosamund Gray, etc. (Bohn.) London, 1850. 12mo.
1807. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons, by Charles Lamb. Embellished with Copper. Plates. In two volumes. London, 1807. 2 vols. 12mo.
The First Edition.
1809. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons. [20 plates, engraved by Blake.] [Portrait of Shakespeare.] London, 1809. 2 vols. 12mo.
The Second Edition.
1810.—— Another edition. London. 12mo. 2 vols.
1813. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons. Philadelphia, Bradford and Inskeep, 1813. 2 vols. 12mo.
The First American Edition.
1816. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons. The Third Edition. [20 plates, engraved by Blake]. London 1816. 2 vols. 12mo.
This edition contains the “Advertisement” to the second, but is in other respects a reprint.
1822. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons. The Fourth Edition. London, 1822. 2 vols. 12mo.
The Fourth Edition, omitting the “Advertisement.”
1831. Tales from Shakespeare, designed for the Use of Young Persons [with designs by Harvey]. London, Moxon, 1831. 12mo.
The Fifth Edition, the printers being changed from M. J. Godwin to Moxon.
1837.—— Another edition. London, 1837. 12mo.
1838. Tales from Shakespeare, designed for the Use of Young Persons, by Mr. and Miss Lamb. Sixth Edition, ornamented with designs by Harvey. London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1838.
The Sixth Edition.
1839. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Baldwin [Godwin], 1839. 12mo.
1843. Tales from Shakespeare. London, H. G. Bohn, 1843. 12mo.
1844. Tales from Shakespeare. London, 1844, Groombridge. 32mo.
—— —— The Same. London, 1844, Cox. 2 vols. 18 mo.
—— —— The Same. London, Moxon, 1844. 24mo.
1846. Tales from Shakespeare, with vocabulary, compiled by E. Amchor. Leipsic, 1846. 16mo.
1859. Tales from Shakespeare. Edited by Charles Knight. London, 1859, Griffin. 18mo.
Reprinted, London, 1865. 12mo.
1861. Tales from Shakespeare. London, 1861, Bell & Daldy. 24mo.
1863. Tales from Shakespeare, with woodcuts, by Harvey. London, 1863. 12mo.
1864. Tales from Shakespeare. New York, F. H. Dodd, 1864. 32mo.
1864. Tales from Shakespeare. New York, Hurd & Houghton, 1864. 12mo.
1865. Tales from Shakespeare. London, 1865. 12mo.
1866.—— Another edition. London, 1866. 8vo.
1867. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Routledge, 1867.
1873.—— Another edition. London, 1873. 8vo.
1875. Tales from Shakespeare. [Illustrated.] London, 1875. 12mo.
1876. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Barrett, 1876. Crown 8vo.
1877. Tales from Shakespeare. [Half-Hour Series.] N. Y., Harper Bros., 1877. 32mo.
1877. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Lockwood, 1877. 12mo.
1877. Tales from Shakespeare. [Little Classics.] Boston, Osgood. 18mo.
1877. Tales from Shakespeare. New edition. [Illustrated by Gilbert.] London, 1877. 16mo.
1878. Tales from Shakespeare. [Illustrated.] London, 1878, Chatto & Windus. 4to.
1878. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Warne, 1878.
1878. Tales from Shakespeare. With twelve illustrations in permanent photography from the Boydell Gallery. London, Bickers & Son, 1878. Crown 8vo.
1879. Tales from Shakespeare. London, 1879. 2 vols. 12mo.
1879. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Whittaker, 1879. 32mo.
1879. Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb. Edited, with an Introduction, by Alfred Ainger. London, Macmillan & Co. [Golden Treasury Series.] 16mo.
Reprinted, 1883, 1886, in 12mo.
——Another edition. London, 1887.
1879.—— Another edition. London, 1879. 4to.
1881. Tales from Shakespeare. [Colored Plates.] London, Routledge, 1881. 12mo.
1881. Tales from Shakespeare. [Illustrated Chandos Classics.] London, Warne, 1881. 12mo.
1882. Tales from Shakespeare. [Illustrated by Gilbert.] London, 1882, Routledge. 4to.
1883. Tales from Shakespeare. Edited by Ainger. London, 1883. 12mo.
1883.—— Another edition. Edited by Alfred Ainger. [Globe Readings.] London, 1883. 12mo.
1885. Tales from Shakespeare, designed for the Use of Young Persons. 16th Edition. [With steel Portrait. Engravings by Harvey.] London, 1885. Lockwood. 12mo.
1886.—— Another edition. [Routledge’s World Library.] 1886. 16mo.
1888. Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb. [Chiswick Series.] London, 1888. 18mo.
1888.—— Another edition. Edited by A. Gardiner. [Heywood’s Literary Readers.] London, 1888. 8vo.