Part 9

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_Note._ On pages 428-9, Vol. III., appears Lamb’s criticism on “De Foe’s Works of Genius.” [Mr. Wilson says: “The following remarks upon De Foe’s Works of Genius are from the pen of the Author’s highly esteemed friend, Charles Lamb, and are original.”] Pages 636, 7, 8, 9, Lamb’s remarks on “De Foe’s Secondary Novels” appear. These are of so characteristic a nature that they are well worth perusal. [Wilson adds: “To recall the attention of the public to his other fictions, the present writer is happy to enrich his work with some original remarks upon his Secondary Novels, by his early friend Charles Lamb, whose competency to form an accurate judgment upon the subject, no one will doubt who is acquainted with his genius.”]

_Price._ Scribner & Welford [Full calf], $18.00.

1830.

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_Collation_: Title, 1 page. pp. vii. pp. 150. Size 7⅝ × 4¾.

_Note._ Dedication to Moxon. “Enfield, 1st June,” 1830. This volume contains “Album Verses,” “Miscellaneous,” “Sonnets,” “Commendatory Verses,” “Acrostics,” “Translations from the Latin of Vincent Bourne,” “Pindaric ode to the Treadmill,” “Epicedium,” and “The Wife’s Trial.”

_Price._ Scribner & Welford [uncut, original boards], $15.00. Sotheby’s, 1889 [calf], £1 5_s._ Sotheby’s, 1890 [original boards], £1 10_s._

1831.

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_Collation_: Engraved (wood) Frontispiece, 1 page, Engraved (wood) Title, 1 page, Dedication, 1 unnumbered page. pp. 36. [Frontispiece and four illustrations.] Size 6¼ × 3¾.

_Note._ See “Letter to Moxon, October 24, 1831.” Illustrations, [woodcuts,] should face pages 8, 21, 32, with tail-piece [“To delicate bosoms, that have sighed over the ‘Loves of the Angels,’ this poem is with tenderest regard consecrated”]. The original cover should be preserved.

_Price._ Sotheby’s, 1888 [calf, gilt edge], £2 3_s._ Sotheby’s, 1890 [original wrappers], £8.

1833.

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_Collation_: Advertisement, 1 page, Title, 1, Dedication, 1 page, Preface, 1 page, Prologue, 1 page, Dramatis Personæ, 1 page. pp. 120. Size 8¼ × 5.

_Note._ The Epilogue was written by Charles Lamb and spoken by Miss Ellen Tree. Knowles, in the edition of his plays 1833, speaks of his debt to Lamb, etc.

_Price._ $2.50.

1833.

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_Collation_: Bastard Title, 1 page, Title, 1 page. pp. xii. pp. 283. Size 8 × 5.

_Note._ The Preface, somewhat changed, was originally published in the _London Magazine_ and signed Phil-Elia.

_Price._ Johnson Sale, New York, 1890 [Full morocco, uncut, with First Series], $42.00. Sotheran, London, 1890 [Full calf], £5 10_s._ [Both Series, half morocco,] £2 10_s._ J. Pearson, 1890, Both Series [original boards, uncut], £10 10_s._ Scribner & Welford [morocco gilt on the rough], $60.00.

1796.

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_Collation_: Frontispiece, 1 page, Title, 1 page. pp. xxiv. pp. 123. Size 6¼ × 4.

_Note._ Canon Ainger states [See page 404 “Elia”] that Southey believed Lamb had a hand in this work. The Preface in particular bears some traces of his peculiar vein. See also Letter from Gutch to Mr. Bliss, page 155, Hazlitt’s “Charles and Mary Lamb.”

_Price._ New York, 1886, [calf, gilt,] $15.00. Robson & Kerslake [calf, uncut], £3 3_s._ 1888.

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III. THE “ELIA” ESSAYS.

All Fools’ Day April, 1821, _London Magazine_.

Amicus Redivivus Dec. 1823, “ “

Bachelor’s Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People (A) Sept. 1822, “ “

Barbara S---- April, 1825, “ “

Barrenness of the Imaginative Jan. } Faculty in the Productions } 1825, _Athenæum_. of Modern Art Feb. }

Blakesmoor in H.----shire Sept. 1824, _London Magazine_.

Captain Jackson Nov. 1824, “ “

Chapter on Ears (A) March, 1821 “ “

Character of the Late Elia Jan. 1823, “ “

Child Angel: A Dream (The) June, 1823, “ “

Christ’s Hospital Five and Thirty Years Ago Nov. 1820, “ “

Complaint of the Decay of Beggars in the Metropolis (A) June, 1822, “ “

Confessions of a Drunkard Aug. 1822, “ “

Convalescent (The) July, 1825, “ “

Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading July, 1822, “ “

Dissertation upon Roast Pig (A) Sept. 1822, “ “

Distant Correspondents Mar. 1822, “ “

Dream-Children; A Reverie Jan. 1822, _London Magazine_.

Ellistoniana Aug. 1831, _Englishman’s Mag._

Genteel Style in Writing (The) March, 1826, _New Monthly Mag._

Grace before Meat Nov. 1821, _London Magazine_.

Imperfect Sympathies Aug. 1821, “ “

Mackery End, in Hertfordshire July, 1821, “ “

Modern Gallantry Nov. 1822, “ “

Mrs. Battle’s Opinions on Whist Feb. 1821, “ “

My First Play Dec. 1821, “ “

My Relations June, 1821, “ “

Newspapers Thirty-five Years Ago Oct. 1831, _Englishman’s Mag._

New Year’s Eve Jan. 1821, _London Magazine_.

Old and the New Schoolmaster (The) May, 1821, “ “

Old Benchers of the Inner Temple (The) Sept. 1821, “ “

Old China March 1823, “ “

Old Margate Hoy (The) July, 1823, “ “

On Some of the Old Actors Feb. 1822, “ “

On the Artificial Comedy of the Last Century April, 1822, “ “

On the Acting of Munden Oct. 1822, “ “

Oxford in the Vacation Oct. 1820, “ “

Poor Relations May, 1823, “ “

Popular Fallacies: { Jan. to Sept. } _New Monthly Mag._ { 1826, } 1. That a Bully is always a Coward “ “ 2. That Ill-gotten Gain never prospers “ “ 3. That a man must not laugh at his own jest “ “ 4. That such a one shows his breeding, etc. “ “ 5. That the Poor copy the vices of the Rich “ “

6. That Enough is as good as a Feast _New Monthly Mag._

7. Of two Disputants, the Warmest is generally in the Wrong “ “

8. That verbal Allusions are not Wit, because they will not bear translation “ “

9. That the Worst Puns are the Best “ “

10. That Handsome is that Handsome Does “ “

11. That we must not look a Gift-Horse in the Mouth “ “

12. That Home is Home though it is never so Homely “ “

13. That you must love me and love My Dog “ “

14. That we should rise with the Lark “ “

15. That we should lie down with the Lamb “ “

16. That a sulky temper is a Misfortune “ “

Praise of Chimney-Sweepers (The) May, 1822, _London Magazine_.

Quakers’ Meeting (A) April, 1821, “ “

Rejoicings upon the New Year’s Coming of Age Jan. 1823, “ “

Sanity of True Genius May, 1826, _New Monthly Mag._

Some Sonnets of Sir Philip Sydney Sept. 1823, _London Magazine_.

South-Sea House (The) Aug. 1820, “ “

Stage Illusion Aug. 1825, “ “

Superannuated Man (The)

To the Shade of Elliston Aug. 1831, _Englishman’s Mag._

Tombs in the Abbey (The) Oct. 1823, _London Magazine_.

Two Races of Men (The) Dec. 1820, “ “

Valentine’s Day Feb. 14, 1821, _The Indicator_.

Wedding (The) June, 1825, _London Magazine_.

Witches, and Other Night Fears Oct. 1821, “ “

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IV. REVIEWS, POEMS, ESSAYS, ETC.

_Annual Anthology_ (Cottle’s), 1799, “Living without God in the World.”

_Athenæum_ (_The_), [Prose] February 11, 1832, “On the Death of Munden.” January 12, 19, 26, February 2, 1833, “On the Total Defect of the Quality of Imagination observable in the works of Modern British Artists.” November 30, 1833, “Thoughts on Presents of Game.” January 4, May 31, June 7, July 19, 1834, “Table Talk by the Late Elia.” [Poems] January 7, 1832, “The Self Enchanted.” February 25, “The Parting Speech of the Celestial Messenger to the Poet.” July 7, “Existence, considered in itself, no blessing.” March 9, 1833, “Christian Names of Women.” December 7, “To a friend on his Marriage.” December 21, “To T. Stothard, Esq., on his Illustrations of the Poems of Mr. Rogers.” February 15, 1834, “Cheap Gifts: A Sonnet.” July 26, 1834, “To Clara N.” March 14, 1835, “To Margaret W.”

_Blackwood’s Magazine_, December, 1828, “The Wife’s Trial.” January, 1829, “The Gipsy’s Malison.” May, 1829, “The Christening.”

_Bristol Journal_ (_The_), February 7, 1819, “Miss Kelley at Bath.” (Signed, ****)

_Champion_ (_The_), December 4, 1814, “On the Melancholy of Tailors.” (Signed, Burton Junior.)

_Examiner_ (_The_), 1822, “Work.” June 6, 1813, “The Reynolds Gallery,” “Theatrical Notices.” July 4, 1819, “Richard Brome’s Jovial Crew,” “Isaac Bickerstaff’s Hypocrite,” August 2, 1819. “New Pieces at the Lyceum,” August, 1819. (These were all signed ****) January 16, 1820, “First Fruits of Australian Poetry,” (numerous Epigrams, etc.)

_Englishman’s Magazine_, September, 1831, “Recollections of a late Royal Academician.”

_Gentleman’s Magazine_ (_The_), June, 1813, “Recollections of Christ’s Hospital.”

_Gem_ (_The_), 1830, “Saturday Night.”

_Hone’s Every Day Book_, April 16, 1826, “The Months.” June 22, 1826, “Reminiscence of Sir Jeffrey Dunstan.” July 21, 1825, “Captain Starkey.” October 5, 1825, “The Ass.” October 17, 1825, “In Re Squirrels.” May 1, 1825, “Remarkable Correspondent.” August 12, 1825. “The Humble Petition of an Unfortunate Day.” July 9, 1825, “Quatrains to the Editor.”

_Hone’s Table Book_, p. 454 [1827]. “Mrs. Gilpin riding to Edmonton.” 1827, “Epicedium,” “Gone or Going,” p. 387.

_Indicator_ (_The_), January, 1831, “Elia to his Correspondents.”

_London Magazine_, April, 1821, “Leisure.” December, 1822, “Guy Faux.” October, 1823, “Letter to Robert Southey, Esq.” October, 1823, “Letter of Elia to his Correspondents.” November, 1823, “The Gentle Giantess.” November, 1823, “On a Passage in the Tempest.” January, 1825, “Letter to an Old Gentleman whose Education has been Neglected.” January, 1825, “Biographical Memoirs of Mr. Liston.” February, 1825, “Autobiography of Mr. Munden.” March, 1825, “Reflections in the Pillory.” April, 1825, “The Last Peach.”

_Morning Chronicle_, 1794, Sonnet, commencing: “As when a child on some long winter’s night.” [Written probably in conjunction with Coleridge.]

_Monthly Magazine_, January, 1797, “To Sara and her Samuel.”

_New Monthly Magazine_, 1825, “The Illustrious Defunct.” 1826, “The Religion of Actors.” June, 1826. “A Popular Fallacy.” April, 1835. “Charles Lamb’s Autobiography.” 1835, “On the Death of Coleridge.”

_Quarterly Review_, October, 1814, “Wordsworth’s Excursion.”

_Reflector_ (_The_) [Leigh Hunt’s], 1811, Vol. IV., “A Farewell to Tobacco.”

Theatralia (No. 1). “On the Tragedies of Shakespeare,” 1811. “Specimens from the writings of Fuller,” 1811 (No. 4). “On the Genius and Character of Hogarth,” 1811 (No. 3). “On Burial Societies, and the Character of an Undertaker,” 1811 (No. 2, Art. 15). “On the Inconveniences resulting from being hanged,” 1811 (No. 3, Art. 13), “On the Danger of Confounding Moral with Personal Deformity,” 1811 (No. 2, Art. 15). “Hospita on the Immoderate Indulgence of the Pleasures of the Palate,” 1811 (No. 4). “Edax on Appetite,” 1811 (No. 4). “On the Custom of Hissing at Theatres,” 1811 (No. 3, Art. 11). “The Good Clerk,” 1811 (No. 4, Art. 23).

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V. COLLECTED WORKS.

1818. The Works of Charles Lamb. In two volumes. London, C. & J. Oilier, 1818. 2 vols. 12mo.

The first collected edition.

1835. The Prose Works of Charles Lamb. London, Moxon, 1835. 3 vols. 12mo.

1836. Prose Works of Charles Lamb. London, Moxon. 1836. 3 vols. 8vo.

1838. The Prose Works of Charles Lamb. London, Moxon, 1838. 3 vols. 12mo.

---- The Same, 1839.

---- The Same. 4 vols. 1840.

---- Another edition, 1847.

1838. The Works of Charles Lamb, comprising his Letters, Poems, Essays of Elia, etc., etc., with Sketch of his Life, by T. N. Talfourd. New York, Harper & Bros., 1838. 2 vols. 12mo.

1840. The Works of Charles Lamb [edited by Talfourd, with Sketch of Life, portrait and engraved title]. London, Moxon, 1840. 8vo.

---- The Same. 1845. 8vo.

---- The Same. 1852. 8vo.

1850. The Prose and Poetical Works of Charles Lamb, with his Letters and Life, by T. N. Talfourd. London, Moxon, 1850. 4 vols. 12mo.

---- Another edition. London, 1852.

---- Another edition. London, 1855.

1855. Works, with a Sketch of his Life and Final Memorials, by Sir T. N. Talfourd. New York, Harper & Bros., 1855. 2 vols. 12mo.

1856.---- Another edition. Philadelphia, W. P. Hazard, 1856. 4 vols. 8vo.

1857. Works, with Life, by Sir T. N. Talfourd. New York, 1857. 2 vols. 12mo.

1859. The Works of Charles Lamb. A new edition. [Portrait by Wageman, engraved title of Christ’s Hospital.] London, Moxon & Co., 1859. 8vo.

1865. The Works of Charles Lamb. A new edition. In five volumes. [Portrait by Wageman.] Boston, William Veazie, 1865. 5 vols. 12mo.

A large paper edition of only 100 copies was issued at the same time.

1865. The Works of Charles Lamb, corrected and revised, with Portrait. New York, Widdleton, 1865. 5 vols. 12mo.

1867. The Works of Charles Lamb, including his most interesting Letters, collected and edited, with Memorials, by Sir T. N. Talfourd. A new edition. London, Bell & Daldy, 1867. 8vo.

1868. The Complete Correspondence and Works of Charles Lamb, with an “Essay on the Genius of Charles Lamb,” by George Augustus Sala [edited by W. C. Hazlitt]. London, E. Moxon & Co., 1868. 4 vols. 12mo.

It is only justice to Mr. Hazlitt to say that this edition was issued without his name upon the title-page; he did not even see the proofs.

1870. The Complete Correspondence and Works of Charles Lamb, with an Essay on his | Life and Genius, by Thomas Purnell, aided by the Recollections of the author’s adopted daughter [Mrs. Moxon]. [Portrait of Charles and Mary, the former seated.] London, Edward Moxon, 1870. 4 vols. 12mo.

This edition contains a new Preface by Thomas Purnell. It has the first volume withdrawn of the issue of 1868.

1870. Works and Letters, by Talfourd. London, Bell & Daldy, 1870. 8vo.

1874. The Complete Works, in Prose and Verse, of Charles Lamb, from the original editions, with the cancelled passages restored, and many pieces now first collected. Edited and prefaced by R. H. Shepherd. [Portrait.] London, Chatto & Windus, 1874. 8vo.

---- The Same, 1875.

---- The Same, 1878.

1875. The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb, edited, with Notes and Illustration by Percy Fitzgerald. [Portrait by William Hazlitt.] London, Edward Moxon, 1875. 6 vols. 8vo.

In this edition the narrative portion of Talfourd’s two works has been retained, condensed into one continuous narrative, with additions both in text and notes, while the Letters are separated from Talfourd’s original matter and arranged in groups, forty new ones being added.

---- The Same, 1876.

---- The Same, 1882-4.

1876. Works. Edited by Charles Kent. [Routledge’s Standard Library.] London, 1876. Crown 8vo.

---- The Same. London, 1889.

1876. Works, Poetical and Dramatic, Tales, etc. Routledge, 1876. 8vo.

1879. The Complete Works: with a Sketch of his Life, by Sir T. N. Talfourd. Personal Reminiscences of Lamb, Coleridge, Southey, Wordsworth, and J. Cottle, by an American Friend. [Enfield Edition.] Portrait and Engravings. Philadelphia, 1879, Amies Pub. Co. 8vo.

1880. Works, etc., new edition. [Standard.] New York, 1880. 3 vols. 12mo.

1884. Works, etc. New York, 1884. 5 vols. 12mo.

1886. The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb. Edited, with Notes and Illustrations, by Percy Fitzgerald. London, John Slark, 1886. 6 vols. 12mo.

An exact reprint of the edition of 1875.

1883. [Collected edition. Edited, with Notes and Introductions, by Alfred Ainger.] Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb, 1878.--The Essays of Elia, 1883.--Poems, Plays, and Miscellaneous Essays, 1884.--Mrs. Leicester’s School and other Writings in Prose and Verse, 1885.--The Letters of Charles Lamb, newly arranged, with additions. Portrait. 2 vols. 1888.--Charles Lamb, 1888.

This is by far the best edition of Lamb’s Works. Excepting the biography, the dates given are those of the first editions. The latter was published in the “English Men of Letters” Series, in 1878, but is slightly enlarged so as to be uniform.

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VI. SINGLE WORKS.

[_Arranged Alphabetically._]

1808. Adventures of Ulysses (The), by Charles Lamb. London, 1808. 12mo.

The First Edition.

1819. Adventures of Ulysses (The) [by C. L.]. A new edition. London, 1819. 12mo.

1827. Adventures of Ulysses [by C. L.]. Designed as a supplement to the Adventures of Telemachus. A new edition. Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, London, 1827. 12mo.

1839. Adventures of Ulysses (The) [by C. L.]. [Engraving.] London, 1839. 12mo.

1840.---- Another edition. To which are added Mrs. Leicester’s School, etc. London, 1840. 8vo.

1845.---- Another edition. London, 1845. 12mo.

1848.---- Another edition. London, 1848. 12mo.

1879. Adventures of Ulysses [Half Hour Series]. N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1879. 32mo.

1886. Adventures of Ulysses. Edited with notes for schools. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1886. 16mo.

1890. Adventures of Ulysses. With an introduction by Andrew Lang. [Map.] London, [1890.] Square 12mo.

1830. Album Verses, with a few others, by Charles Lamb. [Engraved title.] London, 1830. 12mo.

1798. Blank Verse, by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd. London, 1798. 12mo.

[1811.?] Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a Gentle Heart. A poetical version of an ancient Tale. Illustrated with a series of Elegant Engravings, and Beauty’s Song at her Spinning-wheel, set to music by Mr. Whitaker. London, n.d. [1811?]. Square 24mo.

The First Edition.

1813.---- Another edition, 1813. 24mo.

1825. Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a Gentle Heart, etc. London, William Jackson & Co., at the Juvenile Library, 195 St. Clemens, Strand, 1825. 3_s._ plain, 5_s._ colored.

1886. Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a Gentle Heart. A Poem by Charles Lamb, now first reprinted from the original edition of 1811, with Preface and Notes by Richard Herne Shepherd. London, 1886. 12mo.

1887. Beauty and the Beast, by Charles Lamb, with an Introduction by Andrew Lang. Illustrated. London, n.d. [1887?]. Square 12mo. [Published with plates in two states.]

1823. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the _London Magazine_. London, 1823. 12mo.

The First Edition.

1828. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the _London Magazine_. Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. 18mo.

The First American Edition. An exact reprint of the English.

1828. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the _London Magazine_. Second Series. Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. 18mo.

A curious fact concerning this is that the second series was reprinted five years before the English Edition appeared. It was done by some one who did not know Lamb’s style thoroughly, as several of his best Essays were not included, and others, not his, were, viz.: “Nuns and Ale of Caverswell,” by Allan Cunningham, and “Valentine’s Day,” “Twelfth Night: or What you Will,” by B. W. Procter.

1833. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature, etc. A New Edition. London, 1833. Post 8vo.

1835. Elia, etc. London, 1835. Post 8vo.

1838. Elia, etc. London, 1838. Post 8vo.

1840. Elia, etc. London, 1840. 12mo.

1833. [Elia.] Last Essays of Elia (The). Being a sequel to Essays published under that name. [Second Series.] London, 1833. Small 8vo.

The First Edition, reprinted the same year in Philadelphia, 12mo.

1835.---- The Same. [Both Series.] A New Edition. London, 1835. 8vo. 2 vols.

1836.---- The Same. [Both Series.] A New Edition. London, 1836. 8vo.

1840.---- The Same. [Both Series.] Complete in One Volume. London, 1840. 12mo.

The series are paged separately.

1843.---- The Same. [Both Series.] A New Edition. Portrait. London, 1843. 8vo.

The edition was also issued in two volumes.

1845. Essays of Elia (The). [Library of Choice Reading.] New York, Wiley & Putnam, 1845. 2 vols. 12mo.

1847.---- The Same. [Both Series.] London, 1847. 12mo.

1849.---- The Same. [Both Series.] London, 1849. 12mo.

1852.---- The Same. [Both Series.] New York. 1852. 12mo.

1853.---- The Same. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. [Portrait.] London, 1853. 2 vols. 16mo.

1865.---- The Same. New Edition. New York, Widdleton, 1865. 8vo.

1867.---- The Same. A New Edition, with a Dedication and Preface hitherto unpublished, and a few Reminiscences by E. Oliver. London, J. C. Hotten, 1867. 8vo.

1867.---- The Same. London, Moxon, 1867. 12mo.

1867. Essays of Elia, and Eliana (The), with a Biographical Essay by H. S. London, 1867. 12mo.

Bohn’s Standard Library.

1872.---- Another edition. London, 1872. 8vo.

1878. Essays of Elia. [Vest-Pocket Series.] Boston, 1878, 32mo.

1879. Essays of Elia, and Eliana, with a memoir by Barry Cornwall [B. W. Procter]. London, George Bell & Sons, 1879. 2 vols. 18mo.

1879. [Elia.] Twenty Selected Essays by G. H. Greene. London, 1879. 8vo.

1879.---- The Same. [Handy Volume Series.] N. Y., Appleton, 1879, 16mo.