The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 Charles Lamb, et al, Edited by E. V. Lucas The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 Table of Contents The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2.........................................................................................1 Charles Lamb, et al, Edited by E. V. Lucas.............................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................4 ELIA.....................................................................................................................................................................4 THE SOUTH−SEA HOUSE...................................................................................................................5 OXFORD IN THE VACATION.............................................................................................................9 CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FIVE AND THIRTY YEARS AGO...............................................................12 THE TWO RACES OF MEN................................................................................................................18 NEW YEAR'S EVE...............................................................................................................................21 MRS. BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST...........................................................................................25 A CHAPTER ON EARS.......................................................................................................................28 ALL FOOLS' DAY................................................................................................................................31 THE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER.................................................................................35 VALENTINE'S DAY............................................................................................................................39 IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES...............................................................................................................41 WITCHES, AND OTHER NIGHT−FEARS.........................................................................................45 MY RELATIONS..................................................................................................................................48 MACKERY END, IN HERTFORDSHIRE..........................................................................................51 MODERN GALLANTRY.....................................................................................................................54 THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE............................................................................56 GRACE BEFORE MEAT.....................................................................................................................62 MY FIRST PLAY..................................................................................................................................66 DREAM−CHILDREN...........................................................................................................................68 DISTANT CORRESPONDENTS.........................................................................................................70 THE PRAISE OF CHIMNEY−SWEEPERS........................................................................................73 A COMPLAINT OF THE DECAY OF BEGGARS IN THE METROPOLIS.....................................77 A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG..............................................................................................81 A BACHELOR'S COMPLAINT OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF MARRIED PEOPLE..........................85 ON SOME OF THE OLD ACTORS.....................................................................................................89 ON THE ARTIFICIAL COMEDY OF THE LAST CENTURY..........................................................95 ON THE ACTING OF MUNDEN........................................................................................................99 THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA........................................................................................................................100 PREFACE............................................................................................................................................101 BLAKESMOOR IN H——−SHIRE...................................................................................................103 POOR RELATIONS............................................................................................................................106 STAGE ILLUSION.............................................................................................................................109 TO THE SHADE OF ELLISTON.......................................................................................................111 ELLISTONIANA................................................................................................................................113 DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING...............................................................116 THE OLD MARGATE HOY..............................................................................................................119 THE CONVALESCENT.....................................................................................................................123 SANITY OF TRUE GENIUS..............................................................................................................125 CAPTAIN JACKSON.........................................................................................................................127 THE SUPERANNUATED MAN........................................................................................................129 THE GENTEEL STYLE IN WRITING..............................................................................................133 BARBARA S——...............................................................................................................................136 THE TOMBS IN THE ABBEY..........................................................................................................139 AMICUS REDIVIVUS.......................................................................................................................141 i The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 Table of Contents The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 SOME SONNETS OF SIR PHILIP SYDNEY...................................................................................144 NEWSPAPERS THIRTY−FIVE YEARS AGO.................................................................................151 BARRENNESS OF THE IMAGINATIVE FACULTY IN THE PRODUCTIONS OF MODERN ART..................................................................................................................................155 REJOICINGS UPON THE NEW YEAR'S COMING OF AGE........................................................160 THE WEDDING..................................................................................................................................163 THE CHILD ANGEL..........................................................................................................................166 A DEATH−BED..................................................................................................................................168 OLD CHINA........................................................................................................................................169 POPULAR FALLACIES.....................................................................................................................172 APPENDIX..........................................................................................................................................184 ON SOME OF THE OLD ACTORS...................................................................................................185 THE OLD ACTORS............................................................................................................................190 THE OLD ACTORS............................................................................................................................196 NOTES.................................................................................................................................................199 THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA...........................................................................................................245 APPENDIX..........................................................................................................................................274 ii The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 1 The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 Charles Lamb, et al, Edited by E. V. Lucas This page copyright © 2003 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • INTRODUCTION • ELIA • THE SOUTH−SEA HOUSE • 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