The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 11 (of 12)

by William Hazlitt

THE PRESS, Etc.

Hazlitt was a very frequent contributor to John Hunt’s ‘Weekly Miscellany,’ The Yellow Dwarf, which ran from Jan. 1 to May 23, 1818. Most of his contributions were included in Political Essays. See vol. III. pp. 254 et seq. Of those included in the present volume ‘The Opera’ was reprinted with some omissions and variations in Literary Remains, the rest are now republished for the first time, on the strength of what the editors regard as the conclusive internal evidence of Hazlitt’s authorship. All the essays are reprinted verbatim from the Magazine.

[411]. M. Jollivet. Jean Baptiste Moïse, Comte Jollivet (1753–1818), a prominent French politician. [412]. ‘Had’st thou believed,’ etc. Zapolya, Prelude, Sc. 1.