xiv WILEY AND PUTNAM'S ADVERTISEMENT. 



* Through the green plains of pleasant Hertfordshire ;' 



or he will discourse to thee on modern gallantry, or point out to thee the 

 old Benchers of the Inner Temple ; or describe to thee his first visit to old 

 Drury, and introduce thee to his old favorites now forgotten ; or thou -halt 

 hear him for he loved those whom none loved speak in the purest strain 

 of humanity in praise of chimneysweepers, 'innocent blacknesses,' as ha 

 calls them, and of beggars and lament the decay of the latter ; or he \\ ill 

 rouse thy fancy, and make thy mouth water with his savory dissertation on 

 roast pig (many were the porklings that graced his table, kind presents frcra 

 admiring and unknown correspondents) ; or take thee with him in the old 

 Margate Hoy to the sea side, or introduce thee to his friend Captain Jack 

 son ; or discourse to thee of himself the convalescent and the superan- 

 nuated man ; or on old China, or on old books on the latter with what 

 relish ! or of Barbara S. (Miss Kelley), or of Alice (his first love), or of 

 Bridget Elia (his sister). Let these, reader, have a by-place in thy mind ; 

 they will not only please thy imagination, but enlarge thy heart, its sphere 

 of action and its humane capabilities. They will lead thee to new sources 

 of delight springs fresh as the waters of Horeb." Edward Moxon. 



" We hope all our readers know something of Charles Lamb, for to know 

 him is to become wiser and better one's self with a keener enjoyment of all 

 that makes life valuable, a refinement of the imagination, a truer love of 

 friends, a more eager participation in the show r s and humors of the world, a 

 true (not the fashionable maudlin) benevolence. New Yark Morning 

 JVews. 



XXIV. 

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" This interesting volume, we venture to say, will be found productive of 

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****** We are enabled to testify that his descriptions are correct, 

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