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THE WORKS OF CHARLES AND MARY LAMB, VOLUME 2
WITH A FRONTISPIECE
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA TEXT NOTE PAGE PAGE
APPENDIX TEXT NOTE PAGE PAGE
FRONTISPIECE
ELIA
OXFORD IN THE VACATION
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FIVE AND THIRTY YEARS AGO
THE TWO RACES OF MEN
NEW YEAR'S EVE
MRS. BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST
A CHAPTER ON EARS
ALL FOOLS' DAY
THE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER
VALENTINE'S DAY
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES
WITCHES, AND OTHER NIGHT-FEARS
MY RELATIONS
MACKERY END, IN HERTFORDSHIRE
MODERN GALLANTRY
THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE
GRACE BEFORE MEAT
MY FIRST PLAY
DREAM-CHILDREN
DISTANT CORRESPONDENTS
THE PRAISE OF CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS
A COMPLAINT OF THE DECAY OF BEGGARS IN THE METROPOLIS
A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG
A BACHELOR'S COMPLAINT OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF MARRIED PEOPLE
ON SOME OF THE OLD ACTORS
ON THE ARTIFICIAL COMEDY OF THE LAST CENTURY
ON THE ACTING OF MUNDEN
THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA
PREFACE
BLAKESMOOR IN H——-SHIRE
POOR RELATIONS
STAGE ILLUSION
TO THE SHADE OF ELLISTON
ELLISTONIANA
DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING
THE OLD MARGATE HOY
THE CONVALESCENT
SANITY OF TRUE GENIUS
CAPTAIN JACKSON
THE SUPERANNUATED MAN
THE GENTEEL STYLE IN WRITING
BARBARA S——
THE TOMBS IN THE ABBEY
AMICUS REDIVIVUS
SOME SONNETS OF SIR PHILIP SYDNEY
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
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
THE CHILD ANGEL
A DEATH-BED
OLD CHINA
POPULAR FALLACIES
I.—THAT A BULLY IS ALWAYS A COWARD
II.—THAT ILL-GOTTEN GAIN NEVER PROSPERS
III.—THAT A MAN MUST NOT LAUGH AT HIS OWN JEST
IV.—THAT SUCH A ONE SHOWS HIS BREEDING.—THAT IT IS EASY TO PERCEIVE HE IS NO GENTLEMAN
V.—THAT THE POOR COPY THE VICES OF THE RICH
VI.—THAT ENOUGH IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST
VII.—OF TWO DISPUTANTS, THE WARMEST IS GENERALLY IN THE WRONG
VIII.—THAT VERBAL ALLUSIONS ARE NOT WIT, BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BEAR A TRANSLATION
IX.—THAT THE WORST PUNS ARE THE BEST
X.—THAT HANDSOME IS THAT HANDSOME DOES
XI.—THAT WE MUST NOT LOOK A GIFT-HORSE IN THE MOUTH
XII.—THAT HOME IS HOME THOUGH IT IS NEVER SO HOMELY
XIII.—THAT YOU MUST LOVE ME, AND LOVE MY DOG
XIV.—THAT WE SHOULD RISE WITH THE LARK
XV.—THAT WE SHOULD LIE DOWN WITH THE LAMB
XVI.—THAT A SULKY TEMPER IS A MISFORTUNE
APPENDIX
ON SOME OF THE OLD ACTORS
THE OLD ACTORS
THE OLD ACTORS
MR. SUETT
MR. MUNDEN
NOTES
THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA
APPENDIX
INDEX
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