THE

WORK S

OF

CHARLES LAM B,

WITH

A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE

AND

FINAL MEMORIALS.

BY

SIR THOMAS NOON TALFOURD,

ONE OF HIS EXECUTORS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1875.

ΤΟ

MARY ANNE LAM B,

These Letters,

THE MEMORIALS OF MANY YEARS WHICH SHE SPENT WITH THE

WRITER IN UNDIVIDED AFFECTION;

OF THE Sorrows and THE JOYS SHE SHARED;

OF

THE GENIUS WHICH SHE CHERISHED;

AND OF

THE EXCELLENCE WHICH SHE BEST KNEW,

ARE RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY THE EDITOR.