Chapter XXXIX: Appendix: Page 425. SCRAPS OF CRITICISM

_London Magazine_, December, 1822. Not signed.

In December, 1822, the editor of the _London Magazine_ inaugurated a new department to be called "The Miscellany"--a place of refuge for small ingenious productions. To ask Lamb's assistance would be the most natural thing in the world, and though no signature is attached, there is, I think, enough internal evidence for us to consider his the contribution to the first instalment which has the sub-title, "Scraps of Criticism."

The first two notes, on Gray, may be taken as companions to that in _The Examiner_ Table-Talk (page 181), on the beard of Gray's Bard. The note on Richard III. is of a part with Lamb's Shakespearian criticisms, and it comes here as a kind of postscript to his examination of Cooke's impersonation (see page 41 and note to the same).

Page 425, second quotation. This passage describing Milton is in Gray's _Progress of Poesy_, III., 2, and not, as Lamb inadvertently says, in _The Bard_.

Page 425, foot. _Salmasius._ Salmasius, Claude de Saumaise (1588-1653), a professor at Leyden who wrote a defence of Charles I. in Latin, 1649, to which Milton replied, 1650, also in Latin. It was while engaged in this work that Milton lost his sight.

Page 426, second paragraph. _Howell's Letters. Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ: Familiar Letters, Domestic and Foreign, divided into Sundry Sections, partly Historical, Political and Philosophical, 1645-1655._ By James Howell (1594?-1666). It was James Russell Lowell's theory (shared by other critics) that Lamb borrowed the name Elia from _Ho-Elianæ_. But this was not the case. The letter referred to in line 22 is to Captain Thomas Porter, July 10, 1623; and the fourth letter from which Lamb quotes is to Sir James Crofts, August 21, 1623. I have restored Howell's capitals. The italics are Lamb's.

Page 427, at the end. _The Salutation._ Lamb was probably wrong in this theory. According to Larwood and Hotten's _History of Signboards_, 1867, the sign originally represented an angel saluting the Virgin Mary. In the time of the Commonwealth this was changed to a soldier saluting a civilian; and later it became the salutation of two citizens: the form of the old sign of the Salutation in Newgate Street, where Coleridge lived a while, and where Lamb and he talked into the night over egg-hot. Ben Jonson's Salutation, referred to in "Bartholomew Fair," was in Billingsgate. Salutation and Cat was a blend of two signs.

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Page 427. THE CHOICE OF A GRAVE. _London Magazine_, January, 1823. Not signed.

There is a passage in the _Elia_ essay on "Distant Correspondents," concerning Lord Camelford's fantastic instructions concerning the burial of his body, which bears upon this same subject.

Page 428. WILKS. _London Magazine_, January, 1823. Not signed.

John Wilkes (1727-1797) of _The North Briton_. Barry Cornwall writes in his Memoir of Lamb: "I remember that, at one of the monthly magazine dinners, when John Wilkes was too roughly handled, Lamb quoted the story (not generally known) of his replying, when the blackbirds were reported to have stolen all his cherries, 'Poor birds, they are welcome.' He said that those impulsive words showed the inner nature of the man more truly that all his political speeches."

Page 428. MILTON. _London Magazine_, February, 1823. Not signed.

Page 428, foot. _Mr. Todd._ Henry John Todd (1763-1845), whose edition of Milton in six volumes, for long the standard, was first published in 1801. The lines in question are crossed out in the original manuscript of _Comus_, now preserved at Trinity College, Cambridge, and are not printed in ordinary editions of Milton. Todd was the first to print them, in his edition of _Comus_, 1798.

Page 429. A CHECK TO HUMAN PRIDE. _London Magazine_, February, 1823. Not signed.

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Page 429. REVIEW OF DIBDIN'S "COMIC TALES."

_The New Times_, January 27, 1825.

I have no doubt that Lamb wrote this review, both from internal evidence and from what we know, through the medium of his _Letters_, of his feelings towards the book and its author; and it has been retained in the appendix instead of taking its place in the text proper through an oversight. In a letter to John Bates Dibdin, the author's son, dated January 11, 1825, Lamb writes:

"Pray return my best thanks to your father for his little volume. It is like all of his I have seen, spirited, good humoured, and redolent of the wit and humour of a century ago. He should have lived with Gay and his set. The Chessiad is so clever that I relish'd it in spite of my total ignorance of the game. I have it not before me, but I remember a capital simile of the Charwoman letting in her Watchman husband, which is better than Butler's Lobster turned to Red. Hazard is a grand Character Jove in his Chair."

Butler's simile, in _Hudibras_, runs:--

The sun had long since in the lap
Of Thetis taken out his nap,
And, like a lobster boiled, the morn
From black to red began to turn.

Charles Dibdin the younger (1768-1853) was the author of a number of plays and songs and also of a _History of the London Theatres_, 1826. The full title of the _Comic Tales_ was _Comic Tales and Lyrical Fancies; including The Chessiad, a mock-heroic, in five cantos; and The Wreath of Love, in four cantos_, 1825.

The adaptation from Milton in the first sentence is very Elian. See _Paradise Lost_, VII., 21-23.

Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound
Within the visible diurnal spheare,
Standing on earth, not rapt above the Pole.

Page 430, line 13. _Hoyle ... Phillidor._ Meaning more at home in whist than in chess. From Edmond Hoyle (1672-1769), author of _A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist_, 1742, and François André Philidor (1726-1795), the composer and an authority upon chess. Lamb was, of course, a great whist player.

Page 430, line 16. _Swift and Gay._ Swift wrote a short but admirably observant city poem, "A Description of the Morning." Gay's _Trivia; or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London_, would be the work in Lamb's mind.

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Page 430. DOG DAYS.

_Every-Day Book_, July 14, 1825.

This humane letter is considered by Mr. J. A. Rutter, a profound student of Lamb, to be probably Lamb's work, a protest against Hone's remark in the _Every-Day Book_ that dogs would have to be exterminated. There certainly is no difficulty in conceiving it to be from Lamb's pen, although there is no overwhelming internal evidence. Writing to Hone on July 25, 1825, Lamb offers further hints as to the "Dog Days" for the _Every-Day Book_.

Lamb's interest in dogs became more personal after Hood gave him Dash for a companion. In the letter to P. G. Patmore, dated from Enfield, September, 1827, he speaks of mad dogs:--

"All the dogs here are going mad, if you believe the overseers; but I protest they seem to me very rational and collected. But nothing is so deceitful as mad people, to those who are not used to them. Try him [Dash] with hot water: if he won't lick it up it is a sign he does not like it. Does his tail wag horizontally, or perpendicularly? That has decided the fate of many dogs in Enfield. Is his general deportment cheerful? I mean when he is pleased--for otherwise there is no judging. You can't be too careful. Has he bit any of the children yet? If he has, have them shot, and keep _him_ for curiosity, to see if it was the hydrophobia. They say all our army in India had it at one time; but that was in Hyder-Ally's time."

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Page 431. HOOD'S "PROGRESS OF CANT."

There can be, I think, very little doubt that Lamb was the author of this criticism of Hood's picture "The Progress of Cant" in the _New Monthly Magazine_ for February, 1826. Lamb, we know, praised the detail of the Beadle, reproduced in Hone's _Every-Day Book_, under the title "An Appearance of the Season" (see page 360).

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Page 432. MR. EPHRAIM WAGSTAFF.

In _The Table Book_, 1827, beginning on column 185, Vol. II., is this humorous story which there is some reason to believe is by Lamb. The late Mr. Dykes Campbell had no doubt whatever, the proof residing not only in internal evidence but in the rhymed story of "Dick Strype," which we may safely assume Lamb to have written. The subject of the two stories, prose and verse, is the same, and the style of Ephraim Wagstaff is not unlike that of Juke Judkins. "Dick Strype" is printed in Vol. IV. of this edition.

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Page 435. REVIEW OF MOXON'S SONNETS.

_The Athenæum_, April 13, 1833. Not signed.

Edward Moxon (1801-1858), the publisher, and Lamb's protégé and adopted son-in-law, was himself a poet in a modest way. His first book, _The Prospect_, 1826, he dedicated to Samuel Rogers, another patron; _Christmas_ followed in 1829, dedicated to Lamb; and in 1830 his first collection of Sonnets was issued. In the second series, 1835, are some touching lines on Lamb.

I have no proof that _The Athenæum_ review is by Lamb, but I believe it to be so. Attention was first drawn to it by Mr. J. A. Rutter in _Notes and Queries_, December 22, 1900, who remarked upon the phrase "integrity above his avocation" as being perhaps the only instance that exists of unconscious humour on the part of Charles Lamb.

Page 435, line 12. _Humphrey Mosely._ Humphrey Moseley (d. 1661), the bookseller of St. Paul's Churchyard and publisher of the first collected edition of Milton, 1645, and also of Waller, Crashaw, Donne, Vaughan. He prefixed to the Milton the words: "It is the love I have to our own language that hath made me diligent to collect and set forth such pieces, both in prose and verse, as may renew the wonted honour and esteem of our English tongue."

Page 435, line 20. _What we hope E. M. will be in his._ Moxon nobly fulfilled the wish. He published Tennyson's first book in 1833 and all that followed during his lifetime; he became Wordsworth's publisher in 1835; he published Browning's _Sordello_ and _Bells and Pomegranates_; and he commissioned fine editions of the old dramatists.

INDEX

A

Abbey, Westminster, the charge for admittance, 276, 508.

ACTING, THE NEW, 176, 465.

ACTORS, THE RELIGION OF, 337, 521.
-- contrasted with dramatists, 113.

Actresses, their scarcity in 1813, 177.

Advertisements for apprehending offenders, 74.

"Alaham," by Lord Brooke, 58.

_Album Verses_, Lamb's review of, 391, 544.

"Alchemist, The," by Ben Jonson, 60, 306.

Allan Clare. _See_ ROSAMUND GRAY.

"All's Well that Ends Well," by Shakespeare, 62.

Allsop, Thomas, 269, 504, 550.

AMERICAN WAR FOR HELEN, AN, 182, 468.

_Anatomy of Melancholy, The_, 35, 440.

Anaxarchus, the death of, 530.

André, Major John, 277, 508.

Anstey on nobility, 340.

"Antonio and Mellida," by Marston, 51.

Apparel, Lamb on distinctions in, 52.

APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON, AN, 360, 531.

APPETITE, EDAX ON, 138, 454.

_Arcadia, The_, by Sir Philip Sidney, 62.

"Artaxerxes," by Arne, Lamb's first play, 186, 469.

Articles conjecturally attributed to Lamb, 425, 427, 429, 430, 431,
432, 435, 443.

"Artificial Comedy," Lamb's essay supplemented, 513.

Ashmole, Elias, on nobility, 340.

ASS, THE, 356, 529.

_Athenæum, The_, Lamb's contributions to, 397, 398, 400, 435.

Audiences in Lamb's time, 57, 185.

August 12th, its petition, 354, 528.

Authorship, its mortifications, 322.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, AN, 375, 535.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MR. MUNDEN, 314, 515.

Ayrton, William, 270, 505.

B

Bacon, Lord, on the care of turf, 365.

Barbers, their loquacity, 202, 474.

_Bard, The_, by Thomas Gray, 181, 468.

"Barnwell, George," by Lillo, 118.

BARRON FIELD'S POEMS, 232, 493.

Barry, James, on Hogarth, 92.

Baskett Prayer Book, a plate from, 282.

Beadle, Lamb on the, 360, 531.

Beaumont, Francis, 62.
-- and Fletcher, paraphrased by Lamb, 407.

_Bees, The Fable of the_, 141, 455.

"Belles without Beaux," by Peake, 222, 490.

Bethams, the length and tediousness of them, 318, 516.

Bickerstaff, Isaac, his "Hypocrite," 221, 489.

Bills of Mortality, 531.

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF MR. LISTON, 292, 512.

Bird, Mr. William, the Lambs' schoolmaster, 351.

Blackett, The Widow, "The Gentle Giantess," 248, 497.

Blakesware and Lamb, 28, 439, 440.

Blind man at the play, a, 184.

BOOKS WITH ONE IDEA IN THEM, 178, 466.

Bourne, Vincent, Lamb's praise of, 391, 544.

Bowles, Carrington, 386, 543.

Boyer, James, his joke, 530.

Braham, his renunciation of Judaism, 338, 522.

Brandon, Charles, his motto, 201, 475.

_British Lady's Magazine_, Mary Lamb contributes to, 204.

"Broken Heart, The," by Ford, 57.

Brome, Richard, his "Jovial Crew," 219, 486.

Brooke, Lord (Fulke Greville), 58.

Browne, Sir Thomas, 200, 476.

Bunyan, unjust neglect of his secondary works, 381.

Burial societies, Lamb's essay on, 107.

Burnet's _History of His Own Times_ quoted, 450.

Burney, Admiral, his card boys, 270, 505.
-- Martin, Lamb's sonnet to, 437.
-- -- the Lambs' affection for, 437.

Burns, Robert, quoted, 22.

Burrell, Miss Lamb's article upon, 215, 484.

Burton, Robert, and Lamb, 35, 204, 440.

"Bussy d'Ambois," by Chapman, 61.

"Byron's Conspiracy," by Chapman, 61.

"Byron's Tragedy," by Chapman, 61.

C

"Cabbage," a slang term applied to tailors, 476.

Campbell, J. Dykes, quoted, 471.

Capital punishment, Lamb on, 527.

CAPTAIN STARKEY, 351, 528.

Carlyle, Thomas, and Lamb, 509.

Cary, Henry Francis, Lamb's friend, 269, 504.

"Case is Altered, The," by Ben Jonson, 59.

"Cato," as performed by Mary Lamb's schoolfellows, 353.

Chambers family, Lamb's friends, 547.

_Champion, The_, Lamb's contribution to, 200, 473.

Chapman, George, 61.

CHARACTER, A, 327, 517.

CHARACTERS OF DRAMATIC WRITERS CONTEMPORARY WITH
SHAKESPEARE, 48, 445.

Charles II. and the Exchequer, 332, 519.

Charnwood, its sombre influence on Liston, 295.

Charron, Pierre, his _De la Sagesse_, quoted, 178, 466.

"Chessiad, The," by Dibdin, 429, 552.

Chimney-sweep, the, in the fields, 179, 467.

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, RECOLLECTIONS OF, 162, 460.
-- -- its purpose, 162.
-- -- scandals, 461.
-- -- carols, 463.

Civilisation in New South Wales, 233.

Clare, Allan. _See_ ROSAMUND GRAY.
-- Elinor. _See_ ROSAMUND GRAY.

CLARENCE SONGS, 383, 539.

Clarkson, Thomas, Lamb's friend, 270, 505.

CLERK, THE GOOD, 148, 455.

COLERIDGE, THE DEATH OF, 406, 549.

Coleridge, S. T., on Hogarth, 91.
-- -- Lamb's friend, 269, 504.
-- -- and Leigh Hunt, 273.

Coleridge, S. T., on men of genius, 486.
-- -- on _Odes and Addresses_, 519.
-- -- on George Dawe, 541.
-- -- his bequest to Lamb, 550.

Collier, Jeremy, on music, 183.
-- -- on Shakespeare, 183, 468.
-- -- on anti-music, 358.
-- John Payne, his _Poetical Decameron_, 356, 529.
-- -- -- his _Old Man's Diary_ quoted, 441.

Collins, William, his _Oriental Eclogues_, 258.

Colman, George, licenser of plays, 521.

Colnett, Isaac, his epitaph in Waltham Abbey churchyard, 526.

Comedians, Lamb's favourite, 176, 465.

_Comic Tales_ by Dibdin, reviewed, 429.

_Complete English Tradesman, The_, by Defoe, 150, 455.

_Comus_, Lamb on a suppressed passage in, 428.

CONFESSIONS OF A DRUNKARD, 154, 456.
-- -- H. F. V. H. DELAMORE, ESQ., 246, 496.

COOKE, G. F., IN "RICHARD III.," 41, 442.
-- -- as Lear, 443.

"Cooper's Hill," by Denham, 258.

Cornwall, Barry (B. W. Procter), his _Rosamund Gray_, 440.

Correggio, his "Vice," 159.

Cowper, William, his "John Gilpin," continued by Lamb, 368, 533.
-- -- on squirrels, 359, 531.
-- -- on Vincent Bourne, 544.

Cruelty to animals, 356.
-- -- donkeys, 530.

Cuckoldry, a fantasy upon, 299.

Cunningham, Allan, 269, 504.

CUPID'S REVENGE, 407, 550.

Curiosity, a study of, 324, 326.

CURIOUS FRAGMENTS FROM BURTON, 35, 440.

D

Damned authors, a club of, 451.

Daniel, Samuel, his "Hymen's Triumph" quoted, 9.
-- -- on nobility, 341.

Davenant, William, his improved "Macbeth," 377, 536.

Da Vinci, Leonardo, his portrait of Francis, 175.

Dawe, George, Lamb's recollections of, 385, 540.
-- -- his life, 541.
-- -- and the negro, 542.

DEFEAT OF TIME, THE, 369, 534.

DE FOE'S SECONDARY NOVELS, 381, 537.

De Foe, Daniel, his _Complete English Tradesman_, 150.
-- -- Lamb's letter upon, 538.

Deformity, Moral and Personal, essay on, 74, 448.
-- not a sign of nobility, 340.

DEFUNCT, THE ILLUSTRIOUS, 304, 514.

Dekker, Thomas, 50, 55, 64.

DELAMORE, H. F. V. H., CONFESSIONS OF, 246, 496.

Denham, John, his "Cooper's Hill," 258.

Dennis, John, and Pope, 203, 476.
-- -- his character by Aaron Hill, 261.

De Quincey parodied by Lamb, 251, 497.

"Deserted Village, The," by Goldsmith, 259.

Devils, Leigh Hunt upon, 495.

Dibdin, Charles, jr., reviewed by Lamb, 429, 552.

Dilke, C. W., on Lamb as critic, 545.

"Distressed Poet," by Hogarth, 96.

"Doctor Faustus," by Marlowe, 49.

DOG DAYS, 430, 553.

"Don Giovanni in London," 215.

DRAMATIC CRITICISMS, FIVE, 215, 484.

Drayton, Michael, 53.

Drink, its dangers, 154.

DRUNKARD, A, CONFESSIONS OF, 154, 456.

DRYDEN AND COLLIER, 183, 468.

"Duchess of Malfi, The," by Webster, 56.

DUNSTAN, SIR JEFFREY, REMINISCENCE OF, 366, 532.

Dyer, George, quoted from, 174.
-- -- Lamb's friend, 270, 505.
-- John, his "Ruins of Rome," 257.

E

EARLY JOURNALISM, 41, 442.

EDAX ON APPETITE, 138, 454.

"Edmonton, The Merry Devil of," 52.

Education, suitable for an old gentleman, 251.

"Edward II.," by Marlowe, 49.

Egotism, a study of, 327.

"Election Entertainment," by Hogarth, 98.

"Elegy on a Country Churchyard," by Gray, 259.

ELIA, HIS LETTER TO SOUTHEY, 265, 498.
-- -- essay on "New Year's Eve," 266.
-- -- -- "Saying Grace," 266.

Elinor Clare. _See_ ROSAMUND GRAY.

Eliott, General (Lord Heathfield), his famous troop, 201, 475.

"English Traveller," by Heywood, 53.

_Englishman's Magazine_, Lamb's contributions to, 385, 391.

Erasmus and Sir Thomas More, 240.

"Eve of St. Agnes, The," by Keats, 235, 494.

_Examiner, The_, Lamb's contributions to, 174, 176, 178, 179, 180,
181, 182, 183, 184, 215, 219, 221, 222, 225, 229, 232.

"EXCURSION, THE," LAMB'S REVIEW OF, 187, 469.

F

_Fable of the Bees, The_, by Mandeville, 141, 455.

"Fair Quarrel, A," by Middleton and Rowley, 53.

Fairies, Lamb's prose poem, 369.

"Faithful Shepherdess," by Fletcher, 64.

FALLACY, A POPULAR, 340, 523.

FALSTAFF'S LETTERS, 225, 491.

Fauntleroy, Henry, the forger, 333, 519.

"Faustus, Doctor," by Marlowe, 49.

FAUX, GUY, 278, 509.
-- -- Hazlitt upon, 278, 509.
-- -- Jeremy Taylor upon, 279.

February 29th, the plea of, 349, 527.

_Felix Farley's Bristol Journal_, Lamb's contribution to, 217.

FIELD, BARRON, HIS POEMS, 232, 493.

Fielding and Hogarth, 97, 101.

Fire places, how to decorate, in summer, 364.

_First-Fruits of Australian Poetry_, 232, 493.

FIVE DRAMATIC CRITICISMS, 215, 484.

Fletcher, John, 62, 63.

Foote, Marie, and Col. Berkeley, 521.

Foppington, Lord, on books, 367, 533.

Ford, John, 55, 57.

Forster, John, on Lamb, 444, 549.

"Fortunatus, Old," by Dekker, 50.

"Four Groups of Heads," by Hogarth, 100.

FOUR REVIEWS, 225, 491.

Friends who invade the home, 317, 516.

Fuller, John, M.P., 511.

FULLER, SPECIMENS FROM THE WRITINGS OF, 130, 453.

Fulton, Alexander, his epigrams, 182, 468.

G

GAME, THOUGHTS ON PRESENTS OF, 398, 546.

Garrat election, the, 366, 532.

Garrick, David, lines on his tomb, 113, 452.
-- -- and Dr. Johnson, 309.

_Gem, The_, Lamb's contribution to, 379.

GENTLE GIANTESS, THE, 248, 497.

GENTLEMAN, LETTER TO AN OLD, 251, 497.

_Gentleman's Magazine_, Lamb's contributions to, 153, 162.

"George Barnwell," by Lillo, 118, 452.

George IV., his true and State birthdays, 354, 528.

GIANTESS, THE GENTLE, 248, 497.

Gibbs, Sir Vicary, 511.

Gifford, William, his treatment of Lamb, 470, 471.

Gilman, James, 269, 504.

GILPIN, MRS., RIDING TO EDMONTON, 368, 533.

"Gin Lane," by Hogarth, 85.

Gluttony analysed, 138, 145.

Godwin, Mrs., as Mrs. Pry, 517.
-- William, jr., an unwelcome guest, 515.

Goldsmith, Oliver, "The Deserted Village," 259.

GOOD CLERK, THE, A CHARACTER, 148, 455.

Goodenough, Rev. Mr., his awful death, 294.

GOULD, MRS. (MISS BURRELL) IN "DON GIOVANNI IN LONDON," 215, 484.

"Governor," Lamb's objection to the word, 475.

GRAND STATE BED, 44, 444.

GRAVE, THE CHOICE OF A, 427, 552.

GRAY, ROSAMUND, 1, 438.
-- -- First Edition, 438.

GRAY'S "BARD," 181, 468.

Gray, Thomas, Lamb's criticisms upon, 181, 259, 425, 551.
-- -- "The Elegy," 259.

Gresham, Sir Thomas, legend of, 535.

Greville, Fulke (Lord Brooke), 58.

Grimaldi, Joseph, Hood's ode to, 335.
-- -- his religious symbolism, 339.

Gunpowder Treason. _See_ GUY FAUX.

Gutch, John Matthew, and Miss Kelly, 217, 485.
-- -- -- and Wither, 477.

GUY FAUX, 278, 509.
-- -- and Carlyle, 509.

H

Hamlet, the character of, 116.

HANGED, ON THE INCONVENIENCES RESULTING FROM BEING, 65, 445.

Hares, their merits in life and death, 399.

"Harlot's Progress, The," by Hogarth, 84.

_Harper's Magazine_, Lamb's contribution to, 407.

Hay, William, on deformity, 341, 523.

Hazlitt, William, Lamb's friend, 274, 507.
-- -- on Guy Faux, 278, 509.
-- -- on Hogarth and Lamb, 448.
-- -- on "Mr. H.," 450.
-- -- and the Burneys, 505.
-- -- on Lamb's letter to Southey, 505.

Heathfield, Lord, his famous troop, 201, 475.

Helen of Troy and America, 182, 468.

Heywood, Thomas, 53.

Hill, Aaron, his character of Dennis, 261.
-- Thomas, the original of "Tom Pry," 516.

Hissing at theatres, essay on, 101, 449.

_Histriomastix_, a mock forerunner of, 292.

HOOD'S "PROGRESS OF CANT," 431, 554.

HOGARTH, THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF, 81, 448.
-- and Reynolds compared, 88.

Hogarth analogous to Smollett and Fielding, 97, 100, 101.

Holcroft, Thomas, Lamb's friend, 272, 506.

Hone's _Every-Day Book_ and _Table Book_, Lamb's contributions to,
349, 351, 354, 356, 359, 360, 361, 366, 368, 369, 430, 526, 554.

Hone, William, his career, 523.
-- -- his eulogies of Lamb, 525.
-- -- -- dedication to Lamb, 525.
-- -- Lamb's letters to, 526, 533.

"Honest Whore, The," by Dekker, 51, 89.

Hood, Thomas, his _Odes and Addresses_, 335, 519.
-- -- his drawing of Mary Lamb, 368, 533.
-- -- -- "Plea of the Midsummer Fairies," paraphrased, 369.
-- -- on Lamb's religion, 515.
-- -- and Coleridge, 520.
-- -- his dedication to Lamb, 534.

HORNS, A VISION OF, 299, 513.

HOSPITA ON THE IMMODERATE INDULGENCE OF THE PLEASURES OF THE PALATE,
145, 454.

HOWELL'S "LETTERS," 426, 551.

Hunt, Leigh, Lamb's friend, 272, 445, 506.
-- -- his poem to his son, 274, 507.
-- -- on Lamb's _Table Talk_, 466.
-- -- -- Lamb as dramatic critic, 490.
-- -- -- -- and Keats, 495.
-- -- -- devils, 495.
-- Thornton, his training, 272, 502.
-- -- Leigh Hunt's poem to, 274, 507.
-- -- Lamb's poem to, 506.

Hutchinson, Mr. Thomas, quoted, 441, 456.

"Hymen's Triumph," quoted, 9.

"Hypocrite, The," by Bickerstaff, 221.

I

ILLUSTRIOUS DEFUNCT, THE, 304, 514.

_Indicator, The_, Lamb's contribution to, 239.

"Industry and Idleness," by Hogarth, 96.

IN RE SQUIRRELS, 359, 530.

"Isabella and the Pot of Basil," by Keats, 235.

J

Jew, Lamb on the modern, 49.

Jews, their Christianity, 338.

Johnson, Dr., and David Garrick, 309.

Jonson, Ben, 59.
-- -- quoted from, 306.

Jordan, Mrs., compared with Miss Kelly, 217.

JOURNALISM, EARLY, 41, 442.

"JOVIAL CREW," RICHARD BROME'S, 219, 486.

JUDKINS, JUKE, REMINISCENCES OF, 342, 523.

K

"Kangaroo, The," by Field, 234.

KEATS' "LAMIA," 235, 494.

Keats, John, and Lamb, 495.

KELLY, MISS, AT BATH, 217, 485.
-- -- Lamb's praises of, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 484, 485.
-- -- compared with Mrs. Jordan, 217.
-- -- in various parts, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223.
-- -- Lamb proposes marriage to, 487, 488.
-- -- her reply to Lamb, 488.
-- -- Lamb's reply to, 489.

Kemble, J. P., in Macbeth, 124.

Kenneys, Lamb's letter to, 517.

Ketch, Jack, his origin, 447.

L

"Lælius," his reply to Lamb, 511.

Lamb, Charles, his story of "Rosamund Gray," 1, 438.

Lamb, Charles, his imitations of Burton, 35, 440.
-- -- on Cooke's acting, 41, 442.
-- -- on Richard III., 41, 122, 426, 442.
-- -- on the joys of London, 46, 180, 444, 467.
-- -- on Shakespeare's contemporaries, 48, 445.
-- -- on modern Jews, 49.
-- -- on love's sectaries, 50.
-- -- on distinctions in apparel, 52.
-- -- on the humours of hanging, 65, 445.
-- -- on moral and personal deformity, 74, 448.
-- -- on proper names, 80, 448.
-- -- on the genius of Hogarth, 81, 448.
-- -- on Mr. Barry, R.A., 92.
-- -- on hissing in theatres, 101, 449.
-- -- on burial societies, 107, 451.
-- -- on the character of an undertaker, 110.
-- -- on the tragedies of Shakespeare, 112, 451.
-- -- on Garrick's tomb, 112.
-- -- on the character of Hamlet, 116.
-- -- on Macbeth, 123, 126.
-- -- on King Lear, 124, 376, 401.
-- -- on stage accessories, 127.
-- -- on Thomas Fuller, 130, 453.
-- -- on inordinate appetite, 138, 454.
-- -- on the good clerk, 148, 455.
-- -- on Defoe's _Complete Tradesman_, 150.
-- -- on the character of Robert Lloyd, 153, 455.
-- -- on a drunkard's fate, 154, 456.
-- -- on Christ's Hospital, 162, 460.
-- -- on Reynolds and Da Vinci, 174, 464.
-- -- on acting in 1813, 176, 465.
-- -- on books with one idea in them, 178, 466.
-- -- his recollections of a chimney-sweeper, 179, 467.
-- -- on street conversation, 179, 467.
-- -- on a town residence, 180, 467.
-- -- on Gray's poems, 181, 425, 468, 551.
-- -- on Fulton's epigrams, 182, 468.
-- -- on Dryden and Collier, 183, 468.
-- -- on his first play, 184, 468.
-- -- on theatre audiences, 184.
-- -- on Wordsworth's _Excursion_, 187, 469.
-- -- on the character of tailors, 200, 473.
-- -- on the loquacity of barbers, 202, 474.
-- -- on Wither's poetry, 210, 477.
-- -- on long lines in poetry, 214.
-- -- on Miss Burrell's acting, 215, 484.
-- -- on Mrs. Jordan and Miss Kelly, 217, 485.
-- -- in praise of Miss Kelly, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 485.
-- -- on Brome's "Jovial Crew," 219, 486.
-- -- on Bickerstaff's "Hypocrite," 221, 487.
-- -- on the acting of Dowton, 221.
-- -- on the acting of Pearman, 222.
-- -- on Wilkinson in "A Walk for a Wager," 224.
-- -- on _Falstaff's Letters_, 225, 491.
-- -- on Charles Lloyd's "Nugæ Canoræ," 229, 493.
-- -- on Barron Field's poems, 232, 493.
-- -- on Australia, 232.
-- -- on John Keats, 235, 494.
-- -- on Sir Thomas More, 239, 495.
-- -- on being put in the stocks, 246, 496.
-- -- on a Cambridge giantess, 248, 497.
-- -- on the education of an old gentleman, 251, 497.
-- -- and De Quincey, 251, 497.
-- -- on Scott of Amwell's criticisms, 257, 498.
-- -- on the character of Ritson, 258.
-- -- on Southey's intolerance, 265, 498.
-- -- on personal religion, 266.
-- -- on his friends, 269, 503.
-- -- on the charges at Westminster Abbey, 275, 508.
-- -- on the Gunpowder Treason, 279, 509.
-- -- on Sycorax in "The Tempest," 286, 511.
-- -- his invented life of Liston, 292, 512.
-- -- on cuckoldry, 299, 513.
-- -- on lotteries, 304, 514.
-- -- is taken to the Guildhall to see the lottery drawn, 305.
-- -- on the marriage of Nonconformists, 310, 514.
-- -- his invented autobiography of Munden, 314, 515.
-- -- his essay signed "Lepus," 317, 515.
-- -- on thoughtless visitors, 317, 516.
-- -- on spurious book lovers, 320.
-- -- on the mortifications of authorship, 322.
-- -- and the last peach, 333, 519.
-- -- on the temptation to pilfer, 333.
-- -- on _Odes and Addresses_, 335, 519.
-- -- on punning, 335, 520.
-- -- on the religion of actors, 337, 521.
-- -- on the conversion of a Jew, 338.
-- -- on deformity and nobility, 340.
-- -- on a stingy man, 342.
-- -- on February 29, 349.
-- -- on his earliest school-days, 351.
-- -- on George IV.'s birthday, 354, 528.
-- -- on the character of the ass, 356, 529.
-- -- on cruelty to animals, 356, 530.
-- -- on squirrels, 359, 530.
-- -- on beadles, 360, 531.
-- -- and the bookseller, 361.
-- -- on the _Queenlike Closet_, 361, 532.
-- -- on Sir Jeffrey Dunstan, 366, 532.
-- -- his continuation of "John Gilpin," 368, 533.
-- -- on Enfield stiles, 369, 533.
-- -- his paraphrase of Hood, 369. 534.
-- -- his autobiography, 375, 535.
-- -- on Shakespeare's "improvers," 376, 535.
-- -- on cleanliness and godliness, 379.
-- -- on the tender mercies of grandmothers, 380, 537.
-- -- on Defoe, 381, 537.
-- -- on Clarence songs, 383, 539.
-- -- on George Dawe, 385, 540.
-- -- on Vincent Bourne, 391, 544.
-- -- on his own _Album Verses_, 395, 544.
-- -- on the death of Munden, 397, 545.
-- -- on presents of game, 398, 546.
-- -- on beggars, 400, 547.
-- -- on marriage, 400.
-- -- on beautiful wives, 400.
-- -- on elopements, 400.
-- -- his story on Will Dockwray, 401.
-- -- on Milton, 401, 428.
-- -- on parenthesis, 402, 548.
-- -- on advice, 403.
-- -- on laxity in words, 404.
-- -- on absurd images, 405.
-- -- on Shakespeare's character, 405.
-- -- on sauces, 406.
-- -- on the death of Coleridge, 406, 549.
-- -- on the choice of a grave, 427, 552.
-- -- on a passage in _Comus_, 428.
-- -- on John Wilkes, 428, 552.
-- -- on pride, 429.
-- -- on Dibdin's _Comic Tales_, 429, 552.
-- -- on mad dogs, 430, 553.
-- -- on Moxon's _Sonnets_, 435, 554.
-- -- his _Works_, 437.
-- -- his sonnet to Martin Burney, 437.
-- -- and the _Morning Post_, 440.
-- -- on Shakespeare and Burton, 441.
-- -- and his sister in London late in life, 444.
-- -- his hallucination, 453.
-- -- on Donne and Cowley, 454.
-- -- and stimulants, 456.
-- -- on his "Confessions of a Drunkard," 456.
-- -- his signatures in _The Examiner_, 464.
-- -- and the chimney-sweeper, 467.
-- -- letter to Wordsworth, 470.
-- -- letter to John Scott, 473.
-- -- on Dr. Nott, 478.
-- -- proposes marriage to Miss Kelly, 487, 488.
-- -- refused by Miss Kelly, 488.
-- -- his reply to Miss Kelly, 489.
-- -- his private letters to Southey, 501.
-- -- as Captain and Mr. Lion, 524.
-- -- his letter to Hone on Colnett's epitaph, 526.
-- -- on reticence in writing, 548.
-- -- articles conjecturally attributed to him, 425, 427, 429, 430,
431, 432, 435, 443, 484, 492, 544.
-- Mary, on needlework, 204, 477.
-- -- on the duty of wives, 208.
-- -- her reminiscences of school days, 353.

"Lamia," by Keats, reviewed by Lamb, 235, 494.

LAST PEACH, THE, 333, 519.

LATIN POEMS OF VINCENT BOURNE, 391, 544.

"Lear, King," unsuitable for the stage, 124.
-- -- improved by Tate, 376, 535.
-- -- the final scene, 401, 548.

"LEPUS," PAPERS, THE, 317, 319, 322, 324, 326, 327, 515.

Leslie, C. R., on Lamb, 459.
-- Maria. _See_ ROSAMUND GRAY.

LETTER OF ELIA TO ROBERT SOUTHEY, 265, 498.

LETTER TO AN OLD GENTLEMAN WHOSE EDUCATION HAS BEEN NEGLECTED, 251, 497.

Lewis, "Gentleman," and "Mr. H.," 545.

Lillo's "George Barnwell," 118.

Lion, Mr., his joke, 524.

LISTON, MR., BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR, 292, 512.
-- John, as Lord Grizzel, 177.
-- -- his real life, 512.

_Literary Gazette_ and Lamb, 502.

Livingstone, L. S., and Wither, 481, 482.

LLOYD, CHARLES, HIS "NUGÆ CANORÆ," 229, 493.
-- -- on Lamb, 493.

-- ROBERT, MEMOIR OF, 153, 455.
-- -- Lamb's letter to, 442.

London home, Lamb's choice of a, 180.

_London Magazine_, Lamb's contributions to, 246, 248, 251, 257, 265,
278, 285, 288, 292, 299, 310, 314, 329, 333, 425, 427, 457.

LONDONER, THE, 46, 444.

Lotteries, a lament for, 304.

"Lust's Dominion," by Marlowe, 48.

M

"Macbeth" and the witches, 55.
-- his murder of Duncan, 123.
-- unsuitable for the stage, 126.
-- improved by Davenant, 377, 536.

"Maid's Tragedy, The," by Beaumont and Fletcher, 62.

Mandeville, Bernard, his _Fable of the Bees_, 141, 454, 455.

MANY FRIENDS, 317, 516.

"March to Finchley," by Hogarth, 92.

Margaret, Old. _See_ ROSAMUND GRAY.

Maria Leslie. _See_ ROSAMUND GRAY.

Marlowe, Christopher, 48.

"Marriage à la Mode," by Hogarth, 95.
-- law for Nonconformists, 310.

Marston, John, 51.

Massinger, Philip, 64.

Matravis. _See_ ROSAMUND GRAY.

Meanness personified in Juke Judkins, 342.

"Measure for Measure," by Shakespeare, 72, 446.

_Melancholy, Anatomy of_, 35, 440.

MEMOIR OF ROBERT LLOYD, 153, 455.

"Merry Devil of Edmonton, The," 52.

Middleton, Thomas, 53, 55, 64.

Milton's description of hissing, 102.

Milton, his _Tractate on Education_, 256.
-- Lamb and Johnson on _Paradise Lost_, 401.
-- a suppressed passage in _Comus_, 428, 552.

Minikin, Mrs., Lamb's cook, 547.

MISCELLANY, THE, 427, 552.

Monkhouse, Thomas, Lamb's friend, 270, 504.

MONTHS, THE, 361, 531.

More, Sir Thomas, 239, 495.
-- on Sir Thomas Hytton, 239.
-- and Erasmus, 240.
-- on relics of the cross, 241.
-- on the miracle of conception, 243.

Morland, George, his dependence on stimulants, 160, 460.

_Morning Post_, Lamb's contributions to, 41, 44, 46, 440, 444.

MORTIFICATIONS OF AN AUTHOR, 322, 516.

Moseley, Humphrey, the bookseller, 435, 554.

Moxon, Edward, reviewed by Lamb, 435, 554.
-- -- his _Sonnets_, 435.
-- -- his career, 554.

MR. EPHRAIM WAGSTAFF, HIS WIFE AND PIPE, 432, 554.

"Mr. H.," Lamb's farce, its fate, 449.

MRS. GILPIN RIDING TO EDMONTON, 368, 533.

MUNDEN, MR., THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF, 314, 515.
-- THE DEATH OF, 397, 545.

Munden, Joseph, his genius, 397.
-- -- his true life, 515.

Murderers, difficulty of describing, 79.

Music, its reverse, 358.

"Mustapha," by Lord Brooke, 58.

N

NEEDLEWORK, ON, 204, 477.

NEW ACTING, THE, 176, 465.

_New Monthly Magazine_, Lamb's contributions to, 304, 337, 340, 342,
375, 406, 554.

NEW PIECES AT THE LYCEUM, 222, 490.

New South Wales, Lamb's hopes for it, 233.

_New Times, The_, Lamb's contributions to, 235, 317, 319, 322, 324,
326, 327, 335, 429.

"New Wonder, A," by Rowley, 54.

Nobility and deformity, 340.

Norris, Randal, 269, 503.

North, Christopher (John Wilson), on Lamb and Southey, 499.

Nott, Dr. John, on Lamb and Wither, 478.

Novel, fragment of, by Lamb, 342.

"Nugæ Canoræ," by Charles Lloyd, reviewed, 229, 493.

NUGÆ CRITICÆ ON A PASSAGE IN "THE TEMPEST," 285, 511.

O

"O. P." Riots, 451.

"ODES AND ADDRESSES TO GREAT PEOPLE," 335, 519.

Ogilby, John, on Algiers, 286.

"Old Fortunatus," by Dekker, 50

OLD GENTLEMAN, LETTER TO, 251, 497.

"Old Law," by Massinger, Middleton and Rowley, 64.

ON THE AMBIGUITIES ARISING FROM PROPER NAMES, 80, 448.
-- BURIAL SOCIETIES AND THE CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER, 107, 451.
-- THE CUSTOM OF HISSING AT THEATRES, 101, 449.
-- -- DANGER OF CONFOUNDING MORAL WITH PERSONAL DEFORMITY, 74, 448.
-- -- GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF HOGARTH, 81, 448.
-- -- INCONVENIENCES RESULTING FROM BEING HANGED, 65, 445.
-- -- MELANCHOLY OF TAILORS, 200, 473.
-- NEEDLEWORK, 204, 477.
-- THE POETICAL WORKS OF GEORGE WITHER, 210, 477.
-- -- TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE, CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR
FITNESS FOR STAGE REPRESENTATION, 112, 451.

_Oriental Eclogues_, by Collins, 258.

ORIGINAL LETTER OF JAMES THOMSON, 288, 512.

"Othello," unsuitable for the stage, 125.

P

Parliament under explosion, 284, 510.

Passion, debased, in modern theatre, 56.

Patmore, P. G., Lamb's letter to, 553.

PEACH, THE LAST, 333, 519.

Penny, Mr., and Hogarth, 93.

"Philaster," by Beaumont and Fletcher, 63.

Phillips, Colonel, Lamb's friend, 270, 505.

Pig superseded by hare as a delicacy, 399.

_Pilgrim, The_, by Bishop Patrick, 178, 466.

PILLORY: REFLECTIONS IN THE, 329, 518.
-- 518.

PLAY-HOUSE MEMORANDA, 184, 468.

"Poetaster, The," by Jonson, 60.

_Poetical Decameron_, by J. P. Collier, 356, 529.

Poetry, Lamb on length of lines in, 214.

Pope, Alexander, his satire against Dennis, 203, 476.

POPULAR FALLACY, A, 340, 523.

PRIDE, A CHECK TO, 429, 552.

Prior, Matthew, his "Henry and Emma," 548.

Procter, B. W. (Barry Cornwall), 269, 504.

"PROGRESS OF CANT, THE," 431, 554.

"Progress of Poesy," by Gray, quoted, 425, 551.

Proper names, essay on, 80, 448.

PRY, TOM, 324, 516.
-- -- HIS WIFE, 326, 517.

Prynne parodied by anticipation, 292.

Pulham, John Brook, and Lamb, 496.

Punning, the theory of, 335.

Puns and civilisation, 233.

Q

_Quarterly Review_, its attitude to Lamb, 458, 471, 498.
-- -- Lamb on _The Excursion_, 187, 469.
-- -- Southey's review of _Elia_, 265, 498.

_Queenlike Closet_, The, by Hannah Woolley, 361, 532.

R

"Rake's Progress, The," by Hogarth, 82, 87, 95.

READERS AGAINST THE GRAIN, 319, 516.

READING AS A FASHION, 321.

RECOLLECTIONS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, 162, 460.
-- -- A LATE R.A., 385, 540.

REFLECTIONS IN THE PILLORY, 329, 518.

_Reflector, The_, Lamb's contributions to, 65, 74, 80, 81, 101, 107,
112, 130, 138, 145, 148, 162, 210, 278, 445.

"Relapse, The," quoted from, 367, 533.

RELIGION OF ACTORS, THE, 337, 521.

REMARKABLE CORRESPONDENT, 349, 527.

REMINISCENCE OF SIR JEFFREY DUNSTAN, 366, 532.

REMINISCENCES OF JUDE JUDKINS, 342, 523.

REPRINTS OF "ELIA," 457.

"Revenger's Tragedy, The," by Tourneur, 56.

REVIEW OF DIBDIN'S "COMIC TALES," 429, 552.
-- -- "THE EXCURSION," 187, 469.
-- -- HOOD'S "ODES AND ADDRESSES," 335, 519.
-- -- KEATS' "LAMIA," 235, 494.
-- -- LLOYD'S POEMS, 229, 493.
-- -- MOXON'S "SONNETS," 435, 554.
-- -- WHITE'S "FALSTAFF'S LETTERS," 225, 491.

Reynolds, J. H., his _Odes and Addresses_, 335, 519.
-- AND LEONARDO DA VINCI, 174, 464.
-- Sir Joshua, 85, 87, 174, 449, 464.

"Rich Jew of Malta, The," by Marlowe, 49.

Richard III., his character, 41, 122, 426.

Richard III., his deformity no precedent of nobility, 341.

Richardson, Samuel, against virtue, 50.

"Rimini, The Story of," by Leigh Hunt, 272, 506.

RITSON VERSUS JOHN SCOTT THE QUAKER, 257, 498.

Robinson, H. Crabb, 270, 459, 504.

ROSAMUND GRAY, 1, 438.

Rowley, William, 53, 54, 55, 64.

_Roxana_, by Defoe, 539.

"Ruins of Rome," by Dyer, 257.

Rutter, Mr. J. A., 553.

S

Salutation, The, in Newgate Street, 551.

Samson and Delilah, painted by Dawe, 388, 543.

SATURDAY NIGHT, 379, 537.

Sauces, Lamb on, 406.

Scott, John, of Amwell, and Ritson, 257, 498.

SCRAPS OF CRITICISM, 425, 551.

_Seasons, The_, by Thomson, 262.

Shadwell, Thomas, his improved "Timon," 377, 536.

SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES, 112, 451.

Shakespeare: character of Richard III., 41, 122, 426.
-- his poetical contemporaries, 48.
-- "All's Well that Ends Well," 62.
-- his richness, 63.
-- "Measure for Measure" quoted, 72.
-- "Timon of Athens," 82, 377, 536.
-- "Tarquin and Lucrece," 86.
-- his tragedies unfitted for stage, 112.
-- "Lear," 124, 376, 401, 536, 548.
-- "Tempest," 127, 285, 511.
-- and Jeremy Collier, 183, 468.
-- his characters, 405.

Shirley, James, 65.

SIR THOMAS MORE, 239, 495.

Sittingbourne, Mrs. Liston's supposed aunt, 295.

Smith, Mrs., the biggest woman in Cambridge, 497.

Smollett, Tobias, his _Ferdinand Count Fathom_ quoted, 449.
-- -- and Hogarth, 97, 100, 101.

Snakes typifying stage critics, 104, 105.

Sonnet occasioned by reading Elia's Letter to Dr. Southey, 508.

SOUTHEY, ROBERT, ELIA'S LETTER TO, 265, 498.
-- -- his ecclesiastical levities, 267.
-- -- on infidelity, 270.
-- -- and "Rosamund Gray," 439, 440.
-- -- his letter to Lamb, 501.
-- -- his verses on Lamb, 502.
-- -- on Thornton Hunt, 502.
-- -- on scepticism, 506.

SPECIMENS FROM THE WRITINGS OF FULLER, THE CHURCH HISTORIAN, 130, 453.

_Spectator, The_, Lamb's contribution to, 376, 383.

Spencer, Robert William, 80, 448.

Spenser, Edmund, and his namesake, 80, 448.

SQUIRRELS, IN RE, 359, 530.

Stage lighting in Lamb's time, 453.

"Stages of Cruelty," by Hogarth, 96.

STARKEY, CAPTAIN, 351, 528.

STATE BED, GRAND, 44, 444.

Steele, Sir Richard, his "Funeral," 451.

Stocks, Lamb in the, 247.

STREET CONVERSATION, 179, 467.

"Strolling Players," by Hogarth, 90.

SURPRISE, A SYLVAN, 179, 467.

Swinburne, Mr. A. C., quoted, 478.

Sycorax, the witch, in "The Tempest," 286, 511.

SYLVAN SURPRISE, A, 179, 467.

T

TABLE FOR TWELFTH DAY, 44, 444.

TABLE TALK IN "THE EXAMINER," 174, 464.
-- -- BY THE LATE ELIA, 400, 547.

TAILORS, ON THE MELANCHOLY OF, 200, 473.

Talfourd, T. N., 269, 503.
-- -- -- his criticism of Munden, 546.

"Tamburlaine the Great," by Marlowe, 49.

"Tarquin and Lucrece," by Shakespeare, 86.

Tate, Nahum, his improved "King Lear," 376.

Taylor, Jeremy, on the Gunpowder Treason, 279, 510.

"Tempest, The," as altered by Dryden, 127.
-- -- ON A PASSAGE IN, 285, 511.
-- -- criticism by "Lælius," 511.

Theatre, Lamb's delight in, 185.

"Thierry and Theodoret," by Fletcher, 63.

Thompson, Marmaduke, Lamb's dedication to, 438.

THOMSON, JAMES, ORIGINAL LETTER OF, 288, 512.
-- -- _The Seasons_, 262, 473.

THOUGHTS ON PRESENTS OF GAME, 398, 546.

TIME, THE DEFEAT OF, 369, 534.

_Times, The_, on Lamb and Southey, 499.

"Timon of Athens" and "The Rake's Progress," 82.
-- -- improved by Shadwell, 377, 536.

Tobacco, the perils of, 157.

TOM PRY, 324, 516.
-- PRY'S WIFE, 326, 517.

Tourneur, Cyril, 56, 159.

TOWN RESIDENCE, A, 180, 467.

Tudors and Stuarts contrasted, 405.

TWELFTH DAY, TABLE FOR, 44, 444.

TWELFTH OF AUGUST, 354, 528.

U

Undertaker, the character of an, 110.

Undertaking, its humours, 107.

UNITARIAN PROTESTS, 310, 514.

Unitarianism and Lamb, 507, 515.

Upcott, William, 535.

V

Vertot, the Abbé de, as historian, 304.

"Vicar and Moses," the song, 282.

"Virgin Martyr, The," by Massinger and Dekker, 64.

VISION OF HORNS, A, 299, 513.

"Vittoria Corombona" ("The White Devil"), 57.

W

WAGSTAFF, MR. EPHRAIM, 432, 554.

Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths, 269, 503, 518.

Waiting at table, rules for, 365.

Wales, William, master at Christ's Hospital, 171, 463.

Wealth for ten minutes, 308.

Webster, John, 56.

Westminster Abbey, charge for admittance, 275, 508.

"What you Will," by Marston, 52.

White, James, his _Falstaff's Letters_, 225, 491, 492.

"White Devil, The," by Webster, 57.

"Whore, The Honest," by Dekker, 51, 89.

Wicliffe, his ashes, 137, 453.

Widford in Hertfordshire, 27, 440.

Wilkes, John, and the blackbirds, 428, 552.
-- -- in Southey's "Vision of Judgment," 503.

Wilkinson, T. P., in "A Walk for a Wager," 224, 491.

William IV., songs referring to, 383, 539.

Wilson, John. _See_ Christopher North.
-- Walter, Lamb's friend, 537.
-- -- on Charles Lamb, 539.

"Witch, The," by Middleton, 55.

"Witch of Edmonton, The," by Rowley, Dekker and Ford, 55.

WITHER, GEORGE, HIS POETICAL WORKS, 210, 477.
-- -- his life, 483.

"Woman Killed with Kindness," by Heywood, 53.

Woolley, Hannah, her _Queenlike Closet_, 361, 532.

Wordsworth, William, 269, 504.
-- -- Lamb's review of his _Excursion_, 187, 469.
-- -- his sonnet on "Wicliffe," 453.

_Works_, by Charles Lamb, 437.

Wrench, B., in "The Hypocrite," 222.

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Transcriber's Notes

Page 147

'dish of sweatbreads' may be 'dish of sweetbreads'. Unchanged.

Page 160

'to be perferred' may be 'to be preferred'. Unchanged.

Page 165

'Philip Quarll's Island' spelled as in original.

Page 221

'adminsters the dose' may be 'administers the dose'. Unchanged.

Page 227

'--an the rogues forswore themselves,' may be '--and the rogues forswore themselves,'. Unchanged.

Page 235

'On Creation's hoilday.' changed to 'On Creation's holiday.'.

Page 263

'Give me a lie wth a spirit in it.' may be 'Give me a lie with a spirit in it.'. Unchanged.

Page 263

'Qute Miltonic--' Unchanged from original.

Page 298

'fit of violent horse' may be 'fit of violent hoarse'. Unchanged.

Page 430

'passions, coprices, impulses,' may be 'passions, caprices, impulses,'. Unchanged.

Page 469 and 485

'were in the caste' may be 'were in the cast'. Unchanged.

Page 473

'scription; since Lamb's' is likely 'description; since Lamb's'. Unchanged.

Page 510

'he is not the prepetrator;' is likely 'he is not the perpetrator;'. Unchanged.

Page 564

'on absurb images, 405.' is likely 'on absurd images, 405.'. Changed.

These words are used in hyphenated and non-hyphenated forms in this book.

a-foot
ante-dating
bed-fellow
be-scribbled
birth-day
black-guard
bug-bear
by-standers
church-yard
co-evals
co-exist
common-place
cross-wise
day-time
death-bed
eye-lid
fire-side
good-will
grave-digger
grave-stone
hand-maids
hand-writing
law-suit
life-time
loco-motive
moon-struck
needle-work
often-times
out-skirts
over-looking
pit-falls
play-fellows
play-goer
play-house
Queen-like
re-print
re-publication
re-written
robe-maker
run-away
school-boy
school-fellow
shop-keeper
story-teller
three-score
tread-mill
two-fold
two-pence
work-shop