SKETCHES AND LETTERS:

BEING THE

FINAL MEMORIALS

OF

CHARLES LAMB,

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

BY

THOMAS NOON TALFOURD,

ONE OF HIS EXECUTORS.

SECOND EDITION.

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D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY.

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MDCCCXLIX.

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, Esq., D. C. L.,

POET LAUREATE,

THESE FINAL MEMORIALS

OF ONE WHO CHERISHED HIS FRIENDSHIP AS A COMFORT AMIDST

GRIEFS, AND A GLORY AMIDST DEPRESSIONS,

ARE, WITH AFFECTION AND RESPECT,

INSCRIBED

BY ONE WHOSE PRIDE IS TO HAVE BEEN IN OLD TIME HIS

EARNEST ADMIRER,

AND ONE OF WHOSE FONDEST WISHES IS

THAT HE MAY BE LONG SPARED TO ENJOY FAME, RARELY ACCORDED TO THE LIVING.