THE WORKS OF
CHARLES AND MARY LAMB
1. MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
(1798-1834)
BY THE SAME EDITOR
- The Life of Charles Lamb
- Mr. Ingleside
- Over Bemerton's
- Listener's Lure
- One Day and Another
- Fireside and Sunshine
- Character and Comedy
- Old Lamps for New
- The Hambledon Men
- The Open Road
- The Friendly Town
- Her Infinite Variety
- Good Company
- The Gentlest Art
- The Second Post
- A Swan and Her Friends
- A Wanderer in London
- A Wanderer in Holland
- A Wanderer in Paris
- Highways and Byways in Sussex
- Anne's Terrible Good Nature
- The Slowcoach
- Sir Pulteney
and
The Pocket Edition of the Works of Charles Lamb: I. Miscellaneous Prose;II. Elia; III. Children's Books; IV. Poems and Plays; V. and VI.Letters.
Charles Lamb (aged 30)In the dress of a Venetian Senator,
From a painting by William Hazlitt.
MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
BY
CHARLES AND MARY LAMB
EDITED BY
E. V. LUCAS
WITH A FRONTISPIECE
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First Published in this form (Fcap. 8vo) in 1912
This Work was first Published in Seven Volumes (Demy 8vo) in 1903-5
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
This edition is the same as that in seven large volumes publishedbetween 1903 and 1905, except that it has been revised and amended andarranged in more companionable shape. Some new matter is included; somedoubtful matter has been removed; and the notes, although occasionallyenriched, have been reduced in number and often condensed. For completerannotation as well as for portraits and accessory illustrations the oldedition must be consulted.
The present volume contains all Lamb's prose, with the exception of hiswork for children, his full notes in the Dramatic Specimens and GarrickExtracts, his prose plays and the Elia essays. The contents have beenarranged in their order of publication, the earliest dating from 1798,when Lamb was twenty-three, and the latest belonging to 1834, the yearof his death—thus covering the whole of his literary life.
In Mr. Bedford's design for the cover of this edition certain Eliansymbolism will be found. The upper coat of arms is that of Christ'sHospital, where Lamb was at school; the lower is that of the InnerTemple, where he was born and spent many years. The figures at the bellsare those which once stood out from the façade of St. Dunstan's Churchin Fleet Street, and are now in Lord Londesborough's garden in Regent'sPark. Lamb shed tears when they were removed. The tricksy sprite and thecandles (brought by Betty) need no explanatory words of mine.
E. V. L.
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