TO

CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE,

THE INTIMATE COMPANION OF KEATS,

ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVING FRIENDS OF LAMB, HAZLITT, AND HUNT;

A DISCRIMINATING AND GENIAL CRITIC

OF OUR GREAT POETS, DRAMATISTS, AND PROSE-WRITERS,

(ESPECIALLY OF CHAUCER AND SHAKESPERE);

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AS WELL AS AN ABLE EXPOSITOR OF THE GENIUS OF MOLIERE:

AND WHO,

IN HIS HALE AND CHEERFUL OLD AGE, PRESERVES

ALL THE FRESHNESS, ENTHUSIASM, AND GENEROUS SYMPATHIES OF YOUTH:

AND TO HIS WIFE,

MARY COWDEN CLARKE,

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WHOSE ADMIRABLE AND INDISPENSABLE CONCORDANCE TO SHAKESPERE

(THE RESULT OF SIXTEEN YEARS' LABOUR of love),

WILL EVER HOLD AN HONOURABLE PLACE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE,

AS A MONUMENT OF

UNEXAMPLED INDUSTRY AND FAITHFUL ACCURACY,

THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED

BY THEIR OLD AND ATTACHED FRIEND,

THE COMPILER.

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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

BRIEF TRIBUTES to the GENIUS, CHARACTER, AND ME-

MORY OF WILLIAM HAZLITT AND LEIGH HUNT

SONNETS ON WILLIAM HAZLITT AND LEIGH HUNT, BY
MRS. BRYAN AND MRS. CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE

RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES LAMB-REVIEW OF AND

EXTRACTS FROM BARRY CORNWALL'S "MEMOIR OF

CHARLES LAMB;" WITH A FEW WORDS ON WILLIAM

HAZLITT AND HIS WRITINGS.......

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE WRITINGS OF CHARLES

LAMB

TO "ELIA," AND "THE SISTER OF ELIA." BY WALTER

SAVAGE LANDOR

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OPINIONS REGARDING WILLIAM HAZLITT'S CHARACTER,

GENIUS, AND WRITINGS

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE WRITINGS OF WILLIAM

HAZLITT; WITH NOTES, DESCRIPTIVE, CRITICAL, AND

EXPLANATORY

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SPECIMENS OF CRITICISMS ON WILLIAM HAZLITT'S WRIT-
INGS; FROM THE EARLY VOLUMES OF "THE QUAR-
TERLY REVIEW" AND "BLACKWOOD'S Magazine”

OPINIONS REGARDING LEIGH HUNT'S CHARACTER, Genius,
AND WRITINGS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE WRITINGS OF LEIGH
HUNT; WITH NOTES, DESCRIPTIVE, CRITICAL, AND
EXPLANATORY

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THOMAS CARLYLE ON LEIGH HUNT

SPECIMENS OF CRITICISMS ON LEIGH HUNT AND HIS

WRITINGS; FROM THE EARLY VOLUMES OF "THE
QUARTERLY REVIEW" AND "BLACKWOOD'S MAGA-

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