# Modern English Books of Power

Author: Fitch, George Hamlin, 1852-1925

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19222

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Modern+English+Books+of+Power+Fitch&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It is a curious fact that the first complete edition of De Quincey's works was issued in Boston in twenty volumes (1850-1855) by Ticknor & Fields. Much of the material was gathered from English periodicals, as De Quincey was the greatest magazine writer of his age. This was followed by the Riverside edition in twelve volumes (Boston, 1877). The standard English edition is _The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey_, fourteen volumes, edited by David Masson (1889-1890). A.H. Japp wrote the standard English _Life of De Quincey_ (London, two volumes, 1879). The best short life is Masson's in the English Men of Letters series. George Saintsbury gives a good sketch of De Quincey in _Essays i...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-english-books-of-power-19222/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-english-books-of-power-19222/chapters/1/index.md)