THE LAST

ESSAYS OF ELIA

BY

CHARLES LAMB

EDITED

WITH A MEMOIR AND NOTES

BY

WILLIAM MACDONALD

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

C. E. BROCK

LONDON

J. M. DENT & CO.
New York: E. P. DUTTON & CO.

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BARBARA S

THE TOMBS IN THE ABBEY

AMICUS REDIVIVUS

SOME SONNETS OF Sir Philip SYDNEY .

NEWSPAPERS THIRTY-Five YEARS AGO

BarrenNESS OF THE IMAGINATIVE FaculTY IN THE

PRODUCTIONS OF MODERN Art *.

REJOICINGS UPON THE New Year's Coming of

AGE.

The WEDDING

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The Child ANGEL

Old China

CONFESSIONS OF A DRUNKARD

Popular FALLACIES

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Headpiece—Blakesmoor

Mine was that gallery of good old family portraits'.

• The terror of luckless poacher'

Headpiece-Poor Relations .

• He casually looketh in about dinner-time'.

"She begs to be helped—after the gentlemen'

Headpiece—Stage Illusion

• The pitiable infirmities of old men'.

Tailpiece-Stage Illusion

Headpiece—To the Shade of Elliston
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Headpiece-Ellistoniana
Headpiece-Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading
• A fellow will get up and spell out a paragraph'

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• Keeping clear of secular contacts' . Tailpiece-Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading . 52 Headpiece—The Old Margate Hoy

53 • The o'er-washing billows'

55 They go wandering on the shingles' Tailpiece—The Old Margate Hoy Headpiece—The Convalescent

66 • His broths, and his cordials'

69 Tailpiece—The Convalescent

72 Headpiece—Sanity of True Genius

73 Tailpiece do.

77 Headpiece Captain Jackson • Dear, cracked spinnet'

81 Headpiece—The Superannuated Man

86 • A formal harangue'

91 Tailpiece—The Superannuated Man

97 Headpiece—The Genteel Style in Writing • These twelve, one with another, made up twelve hundred

years' Tailpiece—The Genteel Style in Writing

104 Headpiece-Barbara S

105 • An unusual weight of metal' Headpiece—The Tombs in the Abbey.

113 • 'They must rob from their attendance on the worship’ 115 Headpiece—Amicus Redivivus

119 • The stifle of conflicting judgments'. Headpiece—Some Sonnets of Sir Philip Sydney

126 Tailpiece—Some Sonnets of Sir Philip Sydney

135 Headpiece—Newspapers Thirty-five Years Ago • Pink-coloured hose'

141 • The detestable hag of a domestic'

144 Headpiece~Barrenness of the Imaginative Faculty, &c. 148 • Imagine the confusion of the guests'

153 Tailpiece-Barrenness of the Imaginative Faculty, &c. .

164 Headpiece—Rejoicings upon the New Year's Coming of Age 165

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