THE

WORKS

OF

CHARLES LAMB

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

HIS LETTERS,

AND

A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE,

BY

THOMAS NOON TALFOURD,

ONE OF HIS EXECUTORS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

NEW-YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF-ST.

1851.

DEDICATION.

PREFACE

THE FIRST VOLUME.

Letters to Coleridge

CONTENTS

Letters to Coleridge

CHAPTER I.

[1775 to 1796.]

Lamb's Parentage, Schooldays, and Youth, to the Commencement

of his Correspondence with Coleridge

OF

CHAPTER II.

[1796.]

CHAPTER IIL

[1797.]

CHAPTER IV.

[1798.]

Lamb's Literary Efforts and Correspondence with Southey

CHAPTER V.

[1799, 1800.]

Letters to Southey, Coleridge, Manning, and Wordsworth

CHAPTER VI.

[1800.]

Letters to Manning, after Lamb's removal to the Temple.

CHAPTER VIII.

[1804 to 1806.]

Letters to Manning, Wordsworth,

written, accepted, damned

:::

CHAPTER VII.

[1801 to 1804.]

John Woodvil Rejected, Published, and Reviewed.-Letters to Man-

ning, Wordsworth, and Coleridge

CHAPTER IX.

[1807 to 1814.]

Letters to Manning, Montague, Wordsworth, and Coleridge

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