The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 1ROSAMUND GRAYReading editionChapter navigation91 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…1. MISCELLANEOUS PROSE (1798-1834)MISCELLANEOUS PROSEPREFACE TO THE NEW EDITIONIntroductory materialROSAMUND GRAYChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIIICURIOUS FRAGMENTS,EARLY JOURNALISMCHARACTERS OF DRAMATIC WRITERS, CONTEMPORARY WITH SHAKSPEARE.ON THE INCONVENIENCES RESULTING FROM BEING HANGEDON THE DANGER OF CONFOUNDING MORAL WITH PERSONAL DEFORMITY; WITH A HINT TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE FRAMING OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR APPREHENDING OFFENDERSON THE AMBIGUITIES ARISING FROM PROPER NAMESON THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF HOGARTH; WITH SOME REMARKS ON A PASSAGE IN THE WRITINGS OF THE LATE MR. BARRYON THE CUSTOM OF HISSING AT THE THEATRES, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF A CLUB OF DAMNED AUTHORSON BURIAL SOCIETIES; AND THE CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKERON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKSPEARE, CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR FITNESS FOR STAGE REPRESENTATIONSPECIMENS FROM THE WRITINGS OF FULLER, THE CHURCH HISTORIANEDAX ON APPETITEHOSPITA ON THE IMMODERATE INDULGENCE OF THE PLEASURES OF THE PALATETHE GOOD CLERK, A CHARACTER; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF "THE COMPLETE ENGLISH TRADESMAN"MÉMOIR OF ROBERT LLOYDCONFESSIONS OF A DRUNKARDRECOLLECTIONS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITALTABLE-TALK IN THE EXAMINERREVIEW OF THE EXCURSION; A POEMON THE MELANCHOLY OF TAILORSON NEEDLE-WORKON THE POETICAL WORKS OF GEORGE WITHERFIVE DRAMATIC CRITICISMSFOUR REVIEWSSIR THOMAS MORETHE CONFESSIONS OF H. F. V. H. DELAMORE, Esq.THE GENTLE GIANTESSLETTER TO AN OLD GENTLEMAN WHOSE EDUCATION HAS BEEN NEGLECTEDRITSON VERSUS JOHN SCOTT THE QUAKERLETTER OF ELIA TO ROBERT SOUTHEYGUY FAUXNUGÆ CRITICÆORIGINAL LETTER OF JAMES THOMSONBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF MR. LISTONA VISION OF HORNSTHE ILLUSTRIOUS DEFUNCT[49]UNITARIAN PROTESTSAUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MR. MUNDENTHE "LEPUS" PAPERSREFLECTIONS IN THE PILLORYTHE LAST PEACH"ODES AND ADDRESSES TO GREAT PEOPLE"THE RELIGION OF ACTORSA POPULAR FALLACYREMINISCENCES OF JUKE JUDKINS, ESQ., OF BIRMINGHAMCONTRIBUTIONS TO HONE'S EVERY-DAY BOOK AND TABLE BOOKAN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHSHAKSPEARE'S IMPROVERSSATURDAY NIGHTESTIMATE OF DE FOE'S SECONDARY NOVELSCLARENCE SONGSRECOLLECTIONS OF A LATE ROYAL ACADEMICIANTHE LATIN POEMS OF VINCENT BOURNETHE DEATH OF MUNDENTHOUGHTS ON PRESENTS OF GAME, &c.TABLE-TALK BY THE LATE ELIATHE DEATH OF COLERIDGECUPID'S REVENGEAPPENDIXSCRAPS OF CRITICISMTHE MISCELLANYCOMIC TALES, Etc.,DOG DAYSTHE PROGRESS OF CANTMR. EPHRAIM WAGSTAFF, HIS WIFE, AND PIPEREVIEW OF MOXON'S SONNETSNOTESNOTES (continued 2)NOTES (continued 3)NOTES (continued 4)APPENDIXINDEXTranscriber's NotesPrevious chapter ←Introductory materialNext chapter →Chapter IAll chapters and sections (91)Other sections1. MISCELLANEOUS PROSE (1798-1834)MISCELLANEOUS PROSEPREFACE TO THE NEW EDITIONOpening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsROSAMUND GRAYChapters12345678910111213Other sectionsCURIOUS FRAGMENTS,EARLY JOURNALISMCHARACTERS OF DRAMATIC WRITERS, CONTEMPORARY WITH SHAKSPEARE.ON THE INCONVENIENCES RESULTING FROM BEING HANGEDON THE DANGER OF CONFOUNDING MORAL WITH PERSONAL DEFORMITY; WITH A HINT TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE FRAMING OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR APPREHENDING OFFENDERSON THE AMBIGUITIES ARISING FROM PROPER NAMESON THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF HOGARTH; WITH SOME REMARKS ON A PASSAGE IN THE WRITINGS OF THE LATE MR. BARRYON THE CUSTOM OF HISSING AT THE THEATRES, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF A CLUB OF DAMNED AUTHORSON BURIAL SOCIETIES; AND THE CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKERON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKSPEARE, CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR FITNESS FOR STAGE REPRESENTATIONSPECIMENS FROM THE WRITINGS OF FULLER, THE CHURCH HISTORIANEDAX ON APPETITEHOSPITA ON THE IMMODERATE INDULGENCE OF THE PLEASURES OF THE PALATETHE GOOD CLERK, A CHARACTER; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF "THE COMPLETE ENGLISH TRADESMAN"MÉMOIR OF ROBERT LLOYDCONFESSIONS OF A DRUNKARDRECOLLECTIONS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITALTABLE-TALK IN THE EXAMINERREVIEW OF THE EXCURSION; A POEMON THE MELANCHOLY OF TAILORSON NEEDLE-WORKON THE POETICAL WORKS OF GEORGE WITHERFIVE DRAMATIC CRITICISMSFOUR REVIEWSSIR THOMAS MORETHE CONFESSIONS OF H. F. V. H. DELAMORE, Esq.THE GENTLE GIANTESSLETTER TO AN OLD GENTLEMAN WHOSE EDUCATION HAS BEEN NEGLECTEDRITSON VERSUS JOHN SCOTT THE QUAKERLETTER OF ELIA TO ROBERT SOUTHEYGUY FAUXNUGÆ CRITICÆORIGINAL LETTER OF JAMES THOMSONBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF MR. LISTONA VISION OF HORNSTHE ILLUSTRIOUS DEFUNCT[49]UNITARIAN PROTESTSAUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MR. MUNDENTHE "LEPUS" PAPERSREFLECTIONS IN THE PILLORYTHE LAST PEACH"ODES AND ADDRESSES TO GREAT PEOPLE"THE RELIGION OF ACTORSA POPULAR FALLACYREMINISCENCES OF JUKE JUDKINS, ESQ., OF BIRMINGHAMCONTRIBUTIONS TO HONE'S EVERY-DAY BOOK AND TABLE BOOKAN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHSHAKSPEARE'S IMPROVERSSATURDAY NIGHTESTIMATE OF DE FOE'S SECONDARY NOVELSCLARENCE SONGSRECOLLECTIONS OF A LATE ROYAL ACADEMICIANTHE LATIN POEMS OF VINCENT BOURNETHE DEATH OF MUNDENTHOUGHTS ON PRESENTS OF GAME, &c.TABLE-TALK BY THE LATE ELIATHE DEATH OF COLERIDGECUPID'S REVENGEAPPENDIXSCRAPS OF CRITICISMTHE MISCELLANYCOMIC TALES, Etc.,DOG DAYSTHE PROGRESS OF CANTMR. EPHRAIM WAGSTAFF, HIS WIFE, AND PIPEREVIEW OF MOXON'S SONNETSNOTESNOTES (continued 2)NOTES (continued 3)NOTES (continued 4)APPENDIXINDEXTranscriber's Notes(Written 1797-1798. First Edition 1798. Text of 1818)◇← Introductory materialCHAPTER I →