THE

OF

CHARLES LAMB.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR C. AND J. OLLIER,

VERE-STREET, BOND-STREET.

1818.

CONTENTS.

Essays.

Page

On the Tragedies of Shakspeare

1

Characters of Dramatic Writers contemporary with

Shakspeare

37

Specimens from the Writings of Fuller

72

On the Character and Genius of Hogarth

88

On the Poetical Works of George Wither

- 127

Letters

Under assumed Signatures.

The Londoner

139

On Burial Societies, &c.

- 143

On the Danger of confounding Moral with Personal

Deformity

154

On the Inconveniences resulting from being Hanged 166

On the Melancholy of Tailors

· 184

Hospita on the immoderate Indulgence of the Plea-

sures of the Palate

. 193

Edax on Appetite

- 199