Chapter VII: Letters

1837. The Letters of Charles Lamb, with a Sketch of his Life, by Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. In two volumes. [Portraits.] London, Edward Moxon, 1837. 2 vols. 8vo.

The Letters in this edition are not published entire. A mistaken
scrupulousness prompted the omission of much.

1848. The Final Memorials of Charles Lamb: consisting chiefly of his Letters not before published, with Sketches by some of his contemporaries, by Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. In two volumes. London, Edward Moxon, 1848.

Not published until after Mary’s death. The first full-length
portrait of Lamb the public had obtained.

1849.---- Another edition. London, Moxon, 1849. 12mo.

---- Another Edition. Appleton, New York. 1849. 12mo.

1850.---- Another edition. London, 1850. 12mo.

1854.---- The Same. Life and Letters, etc., etc. Philadelphia, W. P. Hazard, 1854. 12mo.

1886. Letters of Charles Lamb, with some account of the writer, his friends and correspondents, and explanatory notes, by the late Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. An entirely new edition. Carefully revised and greatly enlarged by W. Carew Hazlitt. London, George Bell & Sons, 1886. 2 vols. 12mo.

Printed in Bohn Library. This edition contains Talfourd’s original
prefaces, and gives the Letters in full but rearranged, with
additions, freely interspersed with original matter. They are also
arranged chronologically.

1888. The Letters of Charles Lamb, newly arranged, with additions, edited, with Introductions and Notes, by Alfred Ainger. [Portrait.] London, Macmillan & Co., 1888. 2 vols. 12mo.

The recension of the Manning and Barton correspondence, a set of
letters to Dibdin, a letter to Chambers and Dodwell, and a complete
chronological arrangement of the Letters are the chief features of
this, by all means, best edition.

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