CONTENTS

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[Rosamund Gray][1][438]
[Curious fragments, extracted from a commonplace-book which belonged to Robert Burton, the famous Author of The Anatomy of Melancholy][35][440]
[Early Journalism][41][442]
I.[G. F. Cooke in "Richard the Third"][41][442]
II.[Grand State Bed][44][442]
III.[Fable for Twelfth Day][44][444]
IV.[The Londoner][46][444]
[Characters of Dramatic Writers, Contemporary with Shakspeare][48][445]
[On the Inconveniences Resulting from Being Hanged][65][445]
[On the Danger of Confounding Moral with Personal Deformity: with a Hint to those who have the Framing of Advertisements for Apprehending Offenders][74][448]
[On the Ambiguities Arising from Proper Names][80][448]
[On the Genius and Character of Hogarth; with some Remarks on a Passage in the Writings of the Late Mr. Barry][81][448]
[On the Custom of Hissing at the Theatres, with some Account of a Club of Damned Authors][101][449]
[On Burial Societies; and the Character of an Undertaker][107][451]
[On the Tragedies of Shakspeare, Considered with Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation][112][451]
[Specimens from the Writings of Fuller, the Church Historian][130][453]
[Edax on Appetite][138][454]
[Hospita on the Immoderate Indulgence of the Pleasures of the Palate][145][454]
[The Good Clerk, a Character; with some Account of "The Complete English Tradesman"][148][455]
[Memoir of Robert Lloyd][153][455]
[Confessions of a Drunkard][154][456]
[Recollections of Christ's Hospital][162][460]
[Table-Talk in The Examiner][174][464]
I.[Reynolds and Leonardo Da Vinci][174][464]
II.[The New Acting][176][465]
III.[Books with one Idea in them][178][466]
IV.[A Sylvan Surprise][179][467]
V.[Street Conversation][179][467]
VI.[A Town Residence][180][467]
VII.[Gray's Bard][181][468]
VIII.[An American War for Helen][182][468]
IX.[Dryden and Collier][183][468]
X.[Play-house Memoranda][184][468]
[Review of The Excursion][187][469]
[On the Melancholy of Tailors][200][473]
[On Needle-work][204][477]
[On the Poetical Works of George Wither][210][477]
[Five Dramatic Criticisms][215][484]
I.[Mrs. Gould (Miss Burrell) in "Don Giovanni"][215][484]
II.[Miss Kelly at Bath][217][485]
III.[Richard Brome's "Jovial Crew"][219][486]
IV.[Isaac Bickerstaff's "Hypocrite"][221][489]
V.[New Pieces at the Lyceum][222][490]
[Four Reviews][225][491]
I.[Falstaff's Letters][225][491]
II.[Charles Lloyd's Poems][229][493]
III.[Barron Field's Poems][232][493]
IV.[Keats' "Lamia"][235][494]
[Sir Thomas More][239][495]
[The Confessions of H. F. V. H. Delamore, Esq.][246][496]
[The Gentle Giantess][248][497]
[Letter to an Old Gentleman whose Education has been Neglected][251][497]
[Ritson versus John Scott the Quaker][257][498]
[Letter of Elia to Robert Southey][265][498]
[Guy Faux][278][509]
[Nugæ Criticæ: On a Passage in "The Tempest"][285][511]
[Original Letter of James Thomson][288][512]
[Biographical Memoir of Mr. Liston][292][512]
[A Vision of Horns][299][513]
[The Illustrious Defunct][304][514]
[Unitarian Protests][310][514]
[Autobiography of Mr. Munden][314][515]
[The "Lepus" Papers][317][515]
I.[Many Friends][317][516]
II.[Readers against the Grain][319][516]
III.[Mortifications of an Author][322][516]
IV.[Tom Pry][324][516]
V.[Tom Pry's Wife][326][517]
VI.[A Character][327][517]
[Reflections in the Pillory][329][518]
[The Last Peach][333][519]
["Odes and Addresses to Great People"][335][519]
[The Religion of Actors][337][521]
[A Popular Fallacy][340][523]
[Reminiscences of Juke Judkins, Esq., of Birmingham][342][523]
[Contributions to Hone's Every-Day Book and Table Book][349][523]
I.[Remarkable Correspondent][349][527]
II.[Captain Starkey][351][528]
III.[Twelfth of August][354][528]
IV.[The Ass][356][529]
V.[In re Squirrels][359][530]
VI.[An Appearance of the Season][360][531]
VII.[The Months][361][531]
VIII.[Reminiscence of Sir Jeffery Dunstan][366][532]
IX.[Mrs. Gilpin Riding to Edmonton][368][533]
X.[The Defeat of Time][369][534]
[An Autobiographical Sketch][375][535]
[Shakspeare's Improvers][376][535]
[Saturday Night][379][537]
[Estimate of De Foe's Secondary Novels][381][537]
[Clarence Songs][383][539]
[Recollections of a Late Royal Academician][385][540]
[The Latin Poems of Vincent Bourne][391][544]
[The Death of Munden][397][545]
[Thoughts on Presents of Game, &c.][398][546]
[Table-Talk by the Late Elia][400][547]
[The Death of Coleridge][406][549]
[Cupid's Revenge][407][550]

APPENDIX

Essays and Notes Not Certain To Be Lamb's, But Probably His

[Scraps of Criticism][425][551]
[The Miscellany][427][552]
[Review of Dibdin's Comic Tales][429][552]
[Dog Days][430][553]
[The Progress of Cant][431][554]
[Mr. Ephraim Wagstaff][432][554]
[Review of Moxon's Sonnets][435][554]

[NOTES][437]

FRONTISPIECE

Charles Lamb (aged 30) in the Dress of a Venetian Senator
From A Painting By William Hazlitt Now in the National Portrait Gallery