Annual Anthology (Cottle’s), 1799, “Living without God in the World.”

Athenæum (The), [Prose] February 11, 1832, “On the Death of Munden.” January 12, 19, 26, February 2, 1833, “On the Total Defect of the Quality of Imagination observable in the works of Modern British Artists.” November 30, 1833, “Thoughts on Presents of Game.” January 4, May 31, June 7, July 19, 1834, “Table Talk by the Late Elia.” [Poems] January 7, 1832, “The Self Enchanted.” February 25, “The Parting Speech of the Celestial Messenger to the Poet.” July 7, “Existence, considered in itself, no blessing.” March 9, 1833, “Christian Names of Women.” December 7, “To a friend on his Marriage.” December 21, “To T. Stothard, Esq., on his Illustrations of the Poems of Mr. Rogers.” February 15, 1834, “Cheap Gifts: A Sonnet.” July 26, 1834, “To Clara N.” March 14, 1835, “To Margaret W.”

Blackwood’s Magazine, December, 1828, “The Wife’s Trial.” January, 1829, “The Gipsy’s Malison.” May, 1829, “The Christening.”

Bristol Journal (The), February 7, 1819, “Miss Kelley at Bath.” (Signed, ****)

Champion (The), December 4, 1814, “On the Melancholy of Tailors.” (Signed, Burton Junior.)

Examiner (The), 1822, “Work.” June 6, 1813, “The Reynolds Gallery,” “Theatrical Notices.” July 4, 1819, “Richard Brome’s Jovial Crew,” “Isaac Bickerstaff’s Hypocrite,” August 2, 1819. “New Pieces at the Lyceum,” August, 1819. (These were all signed ****) January 16, 1820, “First Fruits of Australian Poetry,” (numerous Epigrams, etc.)

Englishman’s Magazine, September, 1831, “Recollections of a late Royal Academician.”

Gentleman’s Magazine (The), June, 1813, “Recollections of Christ’s Hospital.”

Gem (The), 1830, “Saturday Night.”

Hone’s Every Day Book, April 16, 1826, “The Months.” June 22, 1826, “Reminiscence of Sir Jeffrey Dunstan.” July 21, 1825, “Captain Starkey.” October 5, 1825, “The Ass.” October 17, 1825, “In Re Squirrels.” May 1, 1825, “Remarkable Correspondent.” August 12, 1825. “The Humble Petition of an Unfortunate Day.” July 9, 1825, “Quatrains to the Editor.”

Hone’s Table Book, p. 454 [1827]. “Mrs. Gilpin riding to Edmonton.” 1827, “Epicedium,” “Gone or Going,” p. 387.

Indicator (The), January, 1831, “Elia to his Correspondents.”

London Magazine, April, 1821, “Leisure.” December, 1822, “Guy Faux.” October, 1823, “Letter to Robert Southey, Esq.” October, 1823, “Letter of Elia to his Correspondents.” November, 1823, “The Gentle Giantess.” November, 1823, “On a Passage in the Tempest.” January, 1825, “Letter to an Old Gentleman whose Education has been Neglected.” January, 1825, “Biographical Memoirs of Mr. Liston.” February, 1825, “Autobiography of Mr. Munden.” March, 1825, “Reflections in the Pillory.” April, 1825, “The Last Peach.”

Morning Chronicle, 1794, Sonnet, commencing: “As when a child on some long winter’s night.” [Written probably in conjunction with Coleridge.]

Monthly Magazine, January, 1797, “To Sara and her Samuel.”

New Monthly Magazine, 1825, “The Illustrious Defunct.” 1826, “The Religion of Actors.” June, 1826. “A Popular Fallacy.” April, 1835. “Charles Lamb’s Autobiography.” 1835, “On the Death of Coleridge.”

Quarterly Review, October, 1814, “Wordsworth’s Excursion.”

Reflector (The) [Leigh Hunt’s], 1811, Vol. IV., “A Farewell to Tobacco.”

Theatralia (No. 1). “On the Tragedies of Shakespeare,” 1811. “Specimens from the writings of Fuller,” 1811 (No. 4). “On the Genius and Character of Hogarth,” 1811 (No. 3). “On Burial Societies, and the Character of an Undertaker,” 1811 (No. 2, Art. 15). “On the Inconveniences resulting from being hanged,” 1811 (No. 3, Art. 13), “On the Danger of Confounding Moral with Personal Deformity,” 1811 (No. 2, Art. 15). “Hospita on the Immoderate Indulgence of the Pleasures of the Palate,” 1811 (No. 4). “Edax on Appetite,” 1811 (No. 4). “On the Custom of Hissing at Theatres,” 1811 (No. 3, Art. 11). “The Good Clerk,” 1811 (No. 4, Art. 23).

V. COLLECTED WORKS.

1818. The Works of Charles Lamb. In two volumes. London, C. & J. Oilier, 1818. 2 vols. 12mo.

The first collected edition.

1835. The Prose Works of Charles Lamb. London, Moxon, 1835. 3 vols. 12mo.

1836. Prose Works of Charles Lamb. London, Moxon. 1836. 3 vols. 8vo.

1838. The Prose Works of Charles Lamb. London, Moxon, 1838. 3 vols. 12mo.

—— The Same, 1839.

—— The Same. 4 vols. 1840.

—— Another edition, 1847.

1838. The Works of Charles Lamb, comprising his Letters, Poems, Essays of Elia, etc., etc., with Sketch of his Life, by T. N. Talfourd. New York, Harper & Bros., 1838. 2 vols. 12mo.

1840. The Works of Charles Lamb [edited by Talfourd, with Sketch of Life, portrait and engraved title]. London, Moxon, 1840. 8vo.

—— The Same. 1845. 8vo.

—— The Same. 1852. 8vo.

1850. The Prose and Poetical Works of Charles Lamb, with his Letters and Life, by T. N. Talfourd. London, Moxon, 1850. 4 vols. 12mo.

—— Another edition. London, 1852.

—— Another edition. London, 1855.

1855. Works, with a Sketch of his Life and Final Memorials, by Sir T. N. Talfourd. New York, Harper & Bros., 1855. 2 vols. 12mo.

1856.—— Another edition. Philadelphia, W. P. Hazard, 1856. 4 vols. 8vo.

1857. Works, with Life, by Sir T. N. Talfourd. New York, 1857. 2 vols. 12mo.

1859. The Works of Charles Lamb. A new edition. [Portrait by Wageman, engraved title of Christ’s Hospital.] London, Moxon & Co., 1859. 8vo.

1865. The Works of Charles Lamb. A new edition. In five volumes. [Portrait by Wageman.] Boston, William Veazie, 1865. 5 vols. 12mo.

A large paper edition of only 100 copies was issued at the same time.

1865. The Works of Charles Lamb, corrected and revised, with Portrait. New York, Widdleton, 1865. 5 vols. 12mo.

1867. The Works of Charles Lamb, including his most interesting Letters, collected and edited, with Memorials, by Sir T. N. Talfourd. A new edition. London, Bell & Daldy, 1867. 8vo.

1868. The Complete Correspondence and Works of Charles Lamb, with an “Essay on the Genius of Charles Lamb,” by George Augustus Sala [edited by W. C. Hazlitt]. London, E. Moxon & Co., 1868. 4 vols. 12mo.

It is only justice to Mr. Hazlitt to say that this edition was issued without his name upon the title-page; he did not even see the proofs.

1870. The Complete Correspondence and Works of Charles Lamb, with an Essay on his | Life and Genius, by Thomas Purnell, aided by the Recollections of the author’s adopted daughter [Mrs. Moxon]. [Portrait of Charles and Mary, the former seated.] London, Edward Moxon, 1870. 4 vols. 12mo.

This edition contains a new Preface by Thomas Purnell. It has the first volume withdrawn of the issue of 1868.

1870. Works and Letters, by Talfourd. London, Bell & Daldy, 1870. 8vo.

1874. The Complete Works, in Prose and Verse, of Charles Lamb, from the original editions, with the cancelled passages restored, and many pieces now first collected. Edited and prefaced by R. H. Shepherd. [Portrait.] London, Chatto & Windus, 1874. 8vo.

—— The Same, 1875.

—— The Same, 1878.

1875. The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb, edited, with Notes and Illustration by Percy Fitzgerald. [Portrait by William Hazlitt.] London, Edward Moxon, 1875. 6 vols. 8vo.

In this edition the narrative portion of Talfourd’s two works has been retained, condensed into one continuous narrative, with additions both in text and notes, while the Letters are separated from Talfourd’s original matter and arranged in groups, forty new ones being added.

—— The Same, 1876.

—— The Same, 1882-4.

1876. Works. Edited by Charles Kent. [Routledge’s Standard Library.] London, 1876. Crown 8vo.

—— The Same. London, 1889.

1876. Works, Poetical and Dramatic, Tales, etc. Routledge, 1876. 8vo.

1879. The Complete Works: with a Sketch of his Life, by Sir T. N. Talfourd. Personal Reminiscences of Lamb, Coleridge, Southey, Wordsworth, and J. Cottle, by an American Friend. [Enfield Edition.] Portrait and Engravings. Philadelphia, 1879, Amies Pub. Co. 8vo.

1880. Works, etc., new edition. [Standard.] New York, 1880. 3 vols. 12mo.

1884. Works, etc. New York, 1884. 5 vols. 12mo.

1886. The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb. Edited, with Notes and Illustrations, by Percy Fitzgerald. London, John Slark, 1886. 6 vols. 12mo.

An exact reprint of the edition of 1875.

1883. [Collected edition. Edited, with Notes and Introductions, by Alfred Ainger.] Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb, 1878.—The Essays of Elia, 1883.—Poems, Plays, and Miscellaneous Essays, 1884.—Mrs. Leicester’s School and other Writings in Prose and Verse, 1885.—The Letters of Charles Lamb, newly arranged, with additions. Portrait. 2 vols. 1888.—Charles Lamb, 1888.

This is by far the best edition of Lamb’s Works. Excepting the biography, the dates given are those of the first editions. The latter was published in the “English Men of Letters” Series, in 1878, but is slightly enlarged so as to be uniform.

VI. SINGLE WORKS.

[Arranged Alphabetically.]

1808. Adventures of Ulysses (The), by Charles Lamb. London, 1808. 12mo.
 The First Edition.
1819. Adventures of Ulysses (The) [by C. L.]. A new edition. London, 1819. 12mo.
1827. Adventures of Ulysses [by C. L.]. Designed as a supplement to the Adventures of Telemachus. A new edition. Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, London, 1827. 12mo.
1839. Adventures of Ulysses (The) [by C. L.]. [Engraving.] London, 1839. 12mo.
1840.—— Another edition. To which are added Mrs. Leicester’s School, etc. London, 1840. 8vo.
1845.—— Another edition. London, 1845. 12mo.
1848.—— Another edition. London, 1848. 12mo.
1879. Adventures of Ulysses [Half Hour Series]. N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1879. 32mo.
1886. Adventures of Ulysses. Edited with notes for schools. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1886. 16mo.
1890. Adventures of Ulysses. With an introduction by Andrew Lang. [Map.] London, [1890.] Square 12mo.
1830. Album Verses, with a few others, by Charles Lamb. [Engraved title.] London, 1830. 12mo.
1798. Blank Verse, by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd. London, 1798. 12mo.
[1811.?] Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a Gentle Heart. A poetical version of an ancient Tale. Illustrated with a series of Elegant Engravings, and Beauty’s Song at her Spinning-wheel, set to music by Mr. Whitaker. London, n.d. [1811?]. Square 24mo.
 The First Edition.
1813.—— Another edition, 1813. 24mo.
1825. Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a Gentle Heart, etc. London, William Jackson & Co., at the Juvenile Library, 195 St. Clemens, Strand, 1825. 3s. plain, 5s. colored.
1886. Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a Gentle Heart. A Poem by Charles Lamb, now first reprinted from the original edition of 1811, with Preface and Notes by Richard Herne Shepherd. London, 1886. 12mo.
1887. Beauty and the Beast, by Charles Lamb, with an Introduction by Andrew Lang. Illustrated. London, n.d. [1887?]. Square 12mo. [Published with plates in two states.]
1823. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. London, 1823. 12mo.
 The First Edition.
1828. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. 18mo.
 The First American Edition. An exact reprint of the English.
1828. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Second Series. Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. 18mo.
 A curious fact concerning this is that the second series was reprinted five years before the English Edition appeared. It was done by some one who did not know Lamb’s style thoroughly, as several of his best Essays were not included, and others, not his, were, viz.: “Nuns and Ale of Caverswell,” by Allan Cunningham, and “Valentine’s Day,” “Twelfth Night: or What you Will,” by B. W. Procter.
1833. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature, etc. A New Edition. London, 1833. Post 8vo.
1835. Elia, etc. London, 1835. Post 8vo.
1838. Elia, etc. London, 1838. Post 8vo.
1840. Elia, etc. London, 1840. 12mo.
1833. [Elia.] Last Essays of Elia (The). Being a sequel to Essays published under that name. [Second Series.] London, 1833. Small 8vo.
 The First Edition. reprinted the same year in Philadelphia, 12mo.
1835.—— The Same. [Both Series.] A New Edition. London, 1835. 8vo. 2 vols.
1836.—— The Same. [Both Series.] A New Edition. London, 1836. 8vo.
1840.—— The Same. [Both Series.] Complete in One Volume. London, 1840. 12mo.
 The series are paged separately.
1843.—— The Same. [Both Series.] A New Edition. Portrait. London, 1843. 8vo.
 The edition was also issued in two volumes.
1845. Essays of Elia (The). [Library of Choice Reading.] New York, Wiley & Putnam, 1845. 2 vols. 12mo.
1847.—— The Same. [Both Series.] London, 1847. 12mo.
1849.—— The Same. [Both Series.] London, 1849. 12mo.
1852.—— The Same. [Both Series.] New York. 1852. 12mo.
1853.—— The Same. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. [Portrait.] London, 1853. 2 vols. 16mo.
1865.—— The Same. New Edition. New York, Widdleton, 1865. 8vo.
1867.—— The Same. A New Edition, with a Dedication and Preface hitherto unpublished, and a few Reminiscences by E. Oliver. London, J. C. Hotten, 1867. 8vo.
1867.—— The Same. London, Moxon, 1867. 12mo.
1867. Essays of Elia, and Eliana (The), with a Biographical Essay by H. S. London, 1867. 12mo.
 Bohn’s Standard Library.
1872.—— Another edition. London, 1872. 8vo.
1878. Essays of Elia. [Vest-Pocket Series.] Boston, 1878, 32mo.
1879. Essays of Elia, and Eliana, with a memoir by Barry Cornwall [B. W. Procter]. London, George Bell & Sons, 1879. 2 vols. 18mo.
1879. [Elia.] Twenty Selected Essays by G. H. Greene. London, 1879. 8vo.
1879.—— The Same. [Handy Volume Series.] N. Y., Appleton, 1879, 16mo.
1883.—— The Same, with Introduction and Notes by Alfred Ainger. London, Macmillan & Co., 1883. 12mo.
 Reprinted 1884-1887, [with corrections and additions], 1888.
1883. Essays of Elia, by Charles Lamb. [Illustrated with etchings by R. Swain Gifford, James D. Smillie, Charles A. Platt, F. S. Church.] [Islington Edition.] New York, 1883. 4to.
 This edition was limited to 250 copies.
1884.—— The Same, reissued on thinner paper. 1884.
1885.—— Another edition. [Illustrated.] Edinburgh, 1885. 8vo.
1885. Essays of Elia and Other Pieces, with an Introduction by Henry Morley. [Morley’s Universal Library.] London, 1885. 12mo.
 The notes are by Charles Kent.
1886. [Elia.] Some Essays of Elia [with illustrations by C. O. Murray]. London, 1886. 8vo.
1886. Essays of Elia, etc., with a preface by H. R. Haweis. London, 1886. Square 16mo.
1887.—— The Same. London, 1887.
—— —— The Same. 1888.
1888. Essays of Elia (The), edited by Augustine Birrell with etchings by Herbert Railton. [The Temple Library]. London, J. M. Dent & Co., 1888. 2 vols. 24mo.
 This edition was also made in Large Paper.
1889. Essays of Elia (The) [Illustrated from Photographs taken by Walter Collett.] London, David Stott, 1889. 32mo.
 This was made also in Large Paper, only 100 copies printed.
1802. John Woodvil. A Tragedy; to which are added Fragments of Burton, the author of the Anatomy of Melancholy. London, 1802. 16mo.
 The First Edition. incorporated in the Works thereafter.
1807. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. London, 1807.
 The First Edition.
1809. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. The Second Edition. London, 1809. 16mo.
 The Second Edition.
1810. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. Third Edition. [Frontispiece.] London, 1810. 16mo.
 The Third Edition.
1814.—— The Same. London, 1814.
 The Fourth Edition.
1825. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. Ninth Edition. [Frontispiece by Harvey.] London, 1825. 12mo.
1827. Mrs. Leicester’s School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies related by themselves. Tenth Edition. London, 1827.
1836.—— Another edition. London, 1836. Post 8vo.
1844.—— Another edition. London, 1844. 12mo.
1855.—— Another edition. London, 1855.
1881.—— Another edition, with illustrations. London, 1881. 8vo.
1884. Mrs. Leicester’s School, etc. New Edition. London, 1884. 12mo.
1885. Mrs. Leicester’s School and other writings in Prose and Verse, by Charles Lamb, with Introduction and Notes by Alfred Ainger. London, 1885. 12mo.
1809. Poetry for Children. Entirely original, by the author of “Mrs. Leicester’s School.” In two volumes. London, 1809. 2 vols. 12mo.
 The First Edition.
1812. Poetry for Children. Entirely original, by the author of “Mrs. Leicester’s School.” Boston, West and Richardson, and Edward Cotton, 1812.
 The first copy known, and the first American reprint.
1872. Poetry for Children, by Charles and Mary Lamb. Edited and prefaced by Richard Herne Shepherd. London, 1872. 16mo.
1877. Poetry for Children, by Charles and Mary Lamb. To which are added “Prince Dorus,” and some uncollected Poems by Charles Lamb. Edited, Prefaced, and Annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd. London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. 12mo.
1877.—— The Same. Reprinted. New York, 1877, Charles Scribner’s Sons. 16mo.
1889. Poetry for Children, by Charles and Mary Lamb. To which are added “Prince Dorus,” and some uncollected Poems by Charles Lamb. Edited, Prefaced, and Annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd. New York, 1889. 16mo.
 An exact reprint of the edition of 1877.
1811. [?] Prince Dorus; or, Flattery put out of Countenance. A Poetical version of an Ancient Tale. Illustrated with a series of Elegant Engravings. London, 1811. 12mo.
 The First Edition.
1877. [Prince Dorus.] Poetry for Children, by Charles and Mary Lamb. To which are added “Prince Dorus,” and some uncollected Poems by Charles Lamb. Edited, Prefaced, and Annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd. London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. 12mo.
1889. Prince Dorus, by Charles Lamb. With Nine Illustrations in fac-simile (hand-coloured). London, Field & Tuer, 1889. 8vo.
 Only 500 copies printed, each numbered.
 This contains an Introduction by A. W. T. [A. W. Tuer], and is an exact fac-simile of the original edition.
1835. Recollections of Christ’s Hospital, by the late Charles Lamb, originally published in 1813, now reprinted by some of his schoolfellows and friends, etc. London, 1835. 8vo.
1831. Satan in Search of a Wife; with the whole process of his Courtship and Marriage, and who danced at the wedding, by an Eye-Witness. London, 1831. 12mo.
 The First Edition.
1808. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes, by Charles Lamb. London, 1808. 12mo.
 The First Edition.
1813. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes. Second Edition. London, John Bumpus, 1813.
 The Second Edition.
1814. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes. London, 1814, Moxon. 2 vols. 12mo.
1835. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes. A new edition. In two volumes. London, 1835. 16mo.
1844. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, of about the time of Shakespeare, etc. London, 1844. 2 vols.
1845.—— Another edition. New York, 1845. 2 vols. in 1.
1847. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare, with Notes, by Charles Lamb. A new edition, including the extracts from the Garrick Plays. [Bohn’s Antiquarian Library.] London, 1847. 12mo.
 This edition contains a short Prefatory note by H. G. Bohn.
1852.—— The same, London, 1852. Crown 8vo.
1854. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, etc. London, 1854. Crown 8vo.
1854. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, etc. N. Y., W. P. Hazard, 1854. 12mo.
1798. Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret (A). London, 1798. 12mo.
1835. Tale of Rosamund Gray, Recollections of Christ’s Hospital (A), etc., etc. London, 1835. 8vo.
1838. Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret (A), etc. London, 1838. 8vo.
1841. Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret (A). London, 1841. 12mo.
 Essays, Letters, etc. [Double column.]
1849. Tale of Rosamund Gray, etc. London, 1849. 12mo.
1850. Tale of Rosamund Gray, etc. (Bohn.) London, 1850. 12mo.
1807. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons, by Charles Lamb. Embellished with Copper. Plates. In two volumes. London, 1807. 2 vols. 12mo.
 The First Edition.
1809. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons. [20 plates, engraved by Blake.] [Portrait of Shakespeare.] London, 1809. 2 vols. 12mo.
 The Second Edition.
1810.—— Another edition. London. 12mo. 2 vols.
1813. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons. Philadelphia, Bradford and Inskeep, 1813. 2 vols. 12mo.
 The First American Edition.
1816. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons. The Third Edition. [20 plates, engraved by Blake]. London 1816. 2 vols. 12mo.
 This edition contains the “Advertisement” to the second, but is in other respects a reprint.
1822. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons. The Fourth Edition. London, 1822. 2 vols. 12mo.
 The Fourth Edition, omitting the “Advertisement.”
1831. Tales from Shakespeare, designed for the Use of Young Persons [with designs by Harvey]. London, Moxon, 1831. 12mo.
 The Fifth Edition, the printers being changed from M. J. Godwin to Moxon.
1837.—— Another edition. London, 1837. 12mo.
1838. Tales from Shakespeare, designed for the Use of Young Persons, by Mr. and Miss Lamb. Sixth Edition, ornamented with designs by Harvey. London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1838.
 The Sixth Edition.
1839. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Baldwin [Godwin], 1839. 12mo.
1843. Tales from Shakespeare. London, H. G. Bohn, 1843. 12mo.
1844. Tales from Shakespeare. London, 1844, Groombridge. 32mo.
—— —— The Same. London, 1844, Cox. 2 vols. 18 mo.
—— —— The Same. London, Moxon, 1844. 24mo.
1846. Tales from Shakespeare, with vocabulary, compiled by E. Amchor. Leipsic, 1846. 16mo.
1859. Tales from Shakespeare. Edited by Charles Knight. London, 1859, Griffin. 18mo.
 Reprinted, London, 1865. 12mo.
1861. Tales from Shakespeare. London, 1861, Bell & Daldy. 24mo.
1863. Tales from Shakespeare, with woodcuts, by Harvey. London, 1863. 12mo.
1864. Tales from Shakespeare. New York, F. H. Dodd, 1864. 32mo.
1864. Tales from Shakespeare. New York, Hurd & Houghton, 1864. 12mo.
1865. Tales from Shakespeare. London, 1865. 12mo.
1866.—— Another edition. London, 1866. 8vo.
1867. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Routledge, 1867.
1873.—— Another edition. London, 1873. 8vo.
1875. Tales from Shakespeare. [Illustrated.] London, 1875. 12mo.
1876. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Barrett, 1876. Crown 8vo.
1877. Tales from Shakespeare. [Half-Hour Series.] N. Y., Harper Bros., 1877. 32mo.
1877. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Lockwood, 1877. 12mo.
1877. Tales from Shakespeare. [Little Classics.] Boston, Osgood. 18mo.
1877. Tales from Shakespeare. New edition. [Illustrated by Gilbert.] London, 1877. 16mo.
1878. Tales from Shakespeare. [Illustrated.] London, 1878, Chatto & Windus. 4to.
1878. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Warne, 1878.
1878. Tales from Shakespeare. With twelve illustrations in permanent photography from the Boydell Gallery. London, Bickers & Son, 1878. Crown 8vo.
1879. Tales from Shakespeare. London, 1879. 2 vols. 12mo.
1879. Tales from Shakespeare. London, Whittaker, 1879. 32mo.
1879. Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb. Edited, with an Introduction, by Alfred Ainger. London, Macmillan & Co. [Golden Treasury Series.] 16mo.
 Reprinted, 1883, 1886, in 12mo.
——Another edition. London, 1887.
1879.—— Another edition. London, 1879. 4to.
1881. Tales from Shakespeare. [Colored Plates.] London, Routledge, 1881. 12mo.
1881. Tales from Shakespeare. [Illustrated Chandos Classics.] London, Warne, 1881. 12mo.
1882. Tales from Shakespeare. [Illustrated by Gilbert.] London, 1882, Routledge. 4to.
1883. Tales from Shakespeare. Edited by Ainger. London, 1883. 12mo.
1883.—— Another edition. Edited by Alfred Ainger. [Globe Readings.] London, 1883. 12mo.
1885. Tales from Shakespeare, designed for the Use of Young Persons. 16th Edition. [With steel Portrait. Engravings by Harvey.] London, 1885. Lockwood. 12mo.
1886.—— Another edition. [Routledge’s World Library.] 1886. 16mo.
1888. Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb. [Chiswick Series.] London, 1888. 18mo.
1888.—— Another edition. Edited by A. Gardiner. [Heywood’s Literary Readers.] London, 1888. 8vo.

VII. LETTERS.

1837. The Letters of Charles Lamb, with a Sketch of his Life, by Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. In two volumes. [Portraits.] London, Edward Moxon, 1837. 2 vols. 8vo.

The Letters in this edition are not published entire. A mistaken scrupulousness prompted the omission of much.

1848. The Final Memorials of Charles Lamb: consisting chiefly of his Letters not before published, with Sketches by some of his contemporaries, by Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. In two volumes. London, Edward Moxon, 1848.

Not published until after Mary’s death. The first full-length portrait of Lamb the public had obtained.

1849.—— Another edition. London, Moxon, 1849. 12mo.

—— Another Edition. Appleton, New York. 1849. 12mo.

1850.—— Another edition. London, 1850. 12mo.

1854.—— The Same. Life and Letters, etc., etc. Philadelphia, W. P. Hazard, 1854. 12mo.

1886. Letters of Charles Lamb, with some account of the writer, his friends and correspondents, and explanatory notes, by the late Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. An entirely new edition. Carefully revised and greatly enlarged by W. Carew Hazlitt. London, George Bell & Sons, 1886. 2 vols. 12mo.

Printed in Bohn Library. This edition contains Talfourd’s original prefaces, and gives the Letters in full but rearranged, with additions, freely interspersed with original matter. They are also arranged chronologically.

1888. The Letters of Charles Lamb, newly arranged, with additions, edited, with Introductions and Notes, by Alfred Ainger. [Portrait.] London, Macmillan & Co., 1888. 2 vols. 12mo.

The recension of the Manning and Barton correspondence, a set of letters to Dibdin, a letter to Chambers and Dodwell, and a complete chronological arrangement of the Letters are the chief features of this, by all means, best edition.

VIII. POETICAL WORKS.

1836. The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb. A new edition. London, Edward Moxon, 1836. 8vo.

The first edition in separate form. Those in italics are by Mary. Contents: Poems, Sonnets, Blank Verse, Album Verses.

1838. The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb. Third Edition. London, Moxon, 1838. 16mo.

An exact reprint of the edition of 1836.

1839.—— The Same. London, 1839. Medium 8vo.

1840.—— The Same. London, 1840. 12mo.

1842.—— The Same. London, Bohn, 1842. 12mo.

1849.—— The Same. London, 1848. 8vo.

1852.—— The Same. Philadelphia, 1852. 8vo.

1884. Poems, Plays, and Miscellaneous Essays, with Notes and Introduction by Alfred Ainger. London, Macmillan & Co., 1884. 12mo.

IX. LAMBIANA.

BIOGRAPHY, CRITICISMS, ETC.

Ainger (Alfred). Charles Lamb [English Men of Letters Series]. London, 1882. 16mo.
Ainger (Alfred). Charles Lamb. London, 1888. 12mo.
Rewritten and enlarged from the former work.
Allibone (S. A.). Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American authors. Philadelphia, 1870. 3 vols. 8vo. Vol. II. Article: Charles Lamb.
Allsop (Thomas). Letters, Conversations, and Recollections of S. T. Coleridge. London, 1836. 2 vols. 12mo.
This contains many items of interest concerning Lamb.
American Cyclopedia (Appleton’s). New York, 1873. 16 vols. 8vo. Article: Charles Lamb.
Babson (J. E.). Eliana: being the hitherto uncollected writings of Charles Lamb. New York and Boston, 1865. 12mo. Contents: Preface, Essays and Sketches, The Pawnbroker’s Daughter, The Adventures of Ulysses, Tales, Poems, Letters, etc. This was a valuable addition to the knowledge of Lamb.
Balmanno (Mary). Pen and Pencil. New York, 1858. Square 8vo. Pp. 121-146.
Barton (Bernard), Memoirs, Letters, and Poems of. Edited by his daughter. Philadelphia, 1856. 12mo.
Charles Lamb, pp. 168-184.
Bates (William). The Maclise Portrait Gallery of “Illustrious Literary Characters,” with Memoirs, etc. London, 1883. 8vo.
Charles Lamb, pp. 290-300.
[Birrell (Augustine).] Obiter Dicta. [Second Series.] London, 1887. 12mo.
Charles Lamb, pp. 222-236. A review of “Works” reprinted from Macmillan’s Magazine.
Blessington (Countess of). The Literary Life and Correspondence of. Edited by R. R. Madden, London, 1855. 3 vols. 8vo. Vol. II. p. 369; Vol. III. p. 176.
Bric à Brac Series [edited by R. H. Stoddard]. Personal Recollections of Lamb, Hazlitt, and others. New York, 1875. 12mo. Introductory Preface, p. 1-47.
Bulwer-Lytton (E. L.). Prose Works. London, 1868. 3 vols. 12mo. Vol. I. pp. 89-123.
Calvert (George H.). The Gentleman. Boston, 1861. 12mo. Pp. 32-42.
Carlyle (Thomas). A History of the First Forty Years of his Life, 1795-1835. By J. A. Froude. London, 1882. 2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. p. 222; Vol. II. pp. 209, 210.
Chambers’s Cyclopedia of English Literature. London, 1876. 2 vols. 8vo. Vol. II. pp. 90-95.
Chambers’s Encyclopedia, etc. Revised Edition. Edinburgh, 1882. 8vo. Article: Charles Lamb.
Chorley (H. F.). The Authors of England. A series of Medallion Portraits, etc. London, 1838. 4to.
Charles Lamb.
Clarke (Charles and Mary Cowden). Recollections of Writers, with Letters. New York, 1878. 12mo.
Charles Lamb and his Letters—Mary Lamb, pp. 158-189.
Clarke (F. L.). Golden Friendships, etc. London, 1884. 8vo. Lamb and Coleridge, pp. 160-188.
Clayden (P. W.). Rogers and his Contemporaries. London, 1886. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. Vol. I. p. 350.
Coleridge (S. T.). Life of, by Hall Caine [Great Writers’ Series.] London, 1887. 8vo. Numerous references to Charles Lamb.
Collins (Stephen). Autobiography and Miscellanies. Philadelphia, 1872. 12mo. P. 39.
Cottle (Joseph). Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. London, 1847. 12mo. Frequent mention of Lamb.
Craddock (Thomas). Charles Lamb. Liverpool. 1867. 12mo.
Craik (G. L.). Compendious History of English Literature, &c. New York, 1875. 12mo. Vol. II. pp. 478, 534, 553, 554, 555.
Cunningham (Allan). Biographical and Critical History of the Literature of the last Fifty Years. [Waldie’s Library, Vol. III.] Philadelphia, 1833-1849. 12 vols. 16mo.
Daniel (George). Love’s Last Labor not Lost. London, 1863. 16mo. Recollections of Charles Lamb, pp. 1-31.
De Quincey (Thomas). Biographical Essays. 1851. 12mo. Pp. 167-228.
—— Literary Reminiscences. Boston, 1852. 2 vols. 12mo. Vol. I. pp. 62-135.
Elliston (R. W.). The Life and Enterprise of. By George Raymond. London, 1857. 12mo. Pp. 266, etc.
Encyclopedia Britannica. The Encyclopedia Britannica. Eighth Edition. Edinburgh, 1856. 4to. Article: Lamb, by R. Carruthers.
—— The Same. Ninth Edition. Edinburgh, 1876. 4to. Article: Charles Lamb.
English Cyclopedia. A new Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. (Charles Knight’s.) Article: Charles Lamb.
English Poets (The). Selections, with Critical Introductions, etc. [Edited by T. H. Ward.] London, 1889. 4 vols. 12mo. Charles Lamb, Vol. IV. pp. 326-333.
Fields (James T.). Yesterdays with Authors. Boston, 1871. 12mo. Article: “Barry Cornwall and some of his Friends,” contains numerous references to Lamb and his sister.
Fitzgerald (Percy). Afternoon Lectures. Second Series. London, 1864. 12mo. Vol. II. pp. 67-101.
—— Art of the Stage (The), as set out in Lamb’s Dramatic Essays, with a Commentary. London, 1885. 12mo.
—— Charles Lamb: His Friends, his Haunts, and his Books. [Portraits.] London, 1866. Square 12mo.
—— Little Essays, Sketches, and Characters, by C. L. Selected from his Letters. London, 1884. 12mo.
—— Recreations of a London Literary Man. London, 1882. 2 vols. 12mo. Vol. I. p. 235.
Fox (Caroline). Memoirs of Old Friends, etc., 1835-1871. Edited by H. N. Pym. London, 1882. 8vo.
Mentions Lamb, pp. 12, 19, 46, 52, 145.
Francis (John). Literary Chronicle of a Half Century. London, 1882. 2 vols. 12mo.
Frequent mention of Lamb and his connection with The Athenæum.
Gilchrist (Mrs.). Mary Lamb. [Famous Women Series.] 16mo. London, W. H. Allen, 1883. 16mo. Numerous mention of her brother.
Gilfillan. (George). A Gallery of Literary Portraits. London, 1845-54. 3 vols. 12mo. Vol. I. pp. 338-345. Sketch of Lamb, with Portrait.
Godwin (William). His Friends and Acquaintances. By C. Kegan Paul. London, 1876. 2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I., p. 362; Vol. II., p. 321.
Hall (S. C.). Retrospect of a Long Life. From 1815 to 1883. London, 1883. 2 vols. 8vo. Vol. II. contains Anecdotes, etc., of Lamb.
Hall (Mr. and Mrs. S. C.). Memories of Great Men and Women. London, 1876. 8vo. P. 11.
Haydon (B. R.). Life of. Edited by Tom Taylor. London, 1853. 3 vols. 12mo. Numerous references to Lamb.
Hazlitt (W. Carew). Mary and Charles Lamb. Poems, Letters, and Remains. Now first collected. With Reminiscences and Notes. Portraits, Fac-similes, and Illustrations. London, 1874. 4to. Unusually interesting and important, containing matter not in any of the earlier editions. Issued also in 8vo.
—— Spirit of the Age; or, Contemporary Portraits. London, 1825. 12mo. Pp. 395-405.
—— Table Talk. London, 1845-6. 2 vols. 16mo. Vol. II. On Conversation of Authors.
—— Memoirs. With Portions of his Correspondence. By W. C. Hazlitt. London, 1867. 2 vols. 12mo. References to Lamb.
—— Literary Remains. By his Son. London, 1836. 2 vols. 12mo. References to C. L.
Hood (Thomas). Memorials, by his Daughter. London, 1860. 2 vols. 12mo.
Howitt (William). The Northern Heights of London. London, 1869. 8vo. Pp. 882-885.
Hunt (Leigh). Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries, etc. London, 1828. 4to. Charles Lamb, pp. 296, 299. [With Portrait by Meyer.]
—— Autobiography. With Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries. London, 1850. 3 vols. 12mo. Numerous references to Lamb.
Hutton (Laurence). Literary Landmarks of London. Boston, 1885. 12mo. Pp. 182-193. The most accurate account extant.
Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography (The). Glasgow, n.d. 8vo. Vol. III. Article: Charles Lamb, by Charles Taylor.
Imitation of Celebrated Authors; or, Imaginary Rejected Articles. London, 1844. 12mo. P. 30 contains imitation of Lamb.
Ireland (Alexander). List of the writings of William Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt, etc., preceded by a review of, and extracts from Barry Cornwall’s “Memorials of Charles Lamb,” etc., and a chronological list of the works of Charles Lamb. London: 1868. 12mo. Pp. 3-26. Charles Lamb.
Jesse (J. Heneage). London, its celebrities, characters, and remarkable places. London, 1851. 3 vols. 12mo. Vol. I. pp. 330, 345, 388; Vol. III. pp. 220, 228, 313.
Johnson’s Universal Cyclopædia, etc. New York, 1886. 2 vols. 8vo. Article. Charles Lamb. P. C. Bliss.
Mathews (William). The Great Conversers and other Essays. Chicago, 1876. 12mo. Pp. 32, 117, 165, 173.
Macmillan (Daniel). Memoirs of. By Thomas Hughes. London, 1822. 12mo. P. 141.
Mathews (Charles). Life and Correspondence, etc. Edited by his Widow. London, 1838. 4 vols. 8vo. Numerous references to Lamb.
Minto (William), A Manual of English Prose Literature, etc. London, 1886. 12mo.Pp. 537, 539.
Moir (D. M.), Sketches of the Poetical Literature of the past Half Century. Edinburgh, 1851. 16mo.
Moore (Thomas). Journal and Correspondence. Edited by Lord John Russell. London, 1853. 8 vols. 8vo. Lamb Anecdotes, etc., Vol. III. p. 136; Vol. IV. pp. 50, 51; Vol. V. p. 317; Vol. VI. p. 249.
Munden (J. S.). Memoirs of. By his Son. London, 1844. 8vo. Refers to Charles Lamb.
Mylius (W. F.). The First Book of Poetry for the Use of Schools, etc. London, 1815. 16mo. This contains selections from “Poetry for Children.” Notes and Queries. General Index to Notes and Queries. Seven Series. London, 1856, 1890. 4to. Numerous references to Lamb.
Oliphant (Mrs.). Literary History of England. London, 1889. 3 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. 230, 250; Vol. II. pp. 65, 176, 177, 250, etc.; Vol. III. 1, 7, 240.
Pater (W. H.). Appreciations, with an Essay on Style. London, 1889. 12mo. Pp 107-126, Charles Lamb.
Patmore (P. G.). My Friends and Acquaintances. London, 1884. 4 vols. 12mo. Numerous and most important references to, and reminiscences of Lamb.
[Patmore (P. G.).] Rejected Articles. London, 1826. 12mo. Contains imitation of Lamb.
Pen and Ink Sketches of Poets, Preachers, and Politicians. [By John Dix.] London, 1846. 8vo. Lamb and Coleridge, pp. 122, 140.
Penny Cyclopædia (The). [Chas. Knight’s.] London, 1839. 8vo. Vol. XIII. Article: Charles Lamb.
Personal Traits of British Authors—Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, Procter. Edited by E. T. Mason. New York, 1885. 12mo. Pp. 113-173. Charles Lamb.
Poole (Thomas). Thomas Poole and his Friend. By Mrs. Sandford. London, 1888. 12mo. 2 vols. 8vo. Numerous references to Charles Lamb.
Procter (B. W.). Charles Lamb. A Memoir, by Barry Cornwall. London, 1868. 8vo. This contains portraits theretofore unknown.
Robinson (Henry Crabb). Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence, selected and edited by Thomas Sadler. London, 1866. 3 vols. 8vo. This is crowded with references to Lamb and his sister.
Russell (W. Clark). The Book of Authors. London, 1876. 8vo. Pp. 71, 105, 144, 204, 392, 399, 427, 447. St. Albans (Duchess of). Memoirs of Miss Mellon, by Mrs. C. Barron-Wilson. London, 1840. 2 vols. 12mo. Account of the production of “Mr. H.”—a Farce. Vol I. p. 296.
Shaw (Thomas B.). Complete Manual of English Literature, etc. New York, 1867. 12mo. Pp. 470-472.
Southey (Robert). Life and Correspondence. Edited by C. C. Southey. London, 1850. 6 vols. 8vo. Many references to Lamb.
Swinburne (A. C.). “William Blake,” a critical Essay. London, 1868. 8vo. P. 8.
—— Miscellanies. London, 1886. 12mo.
Charles Lamb and George Wither, pp. 152-200. Originally published in the Nineteenth Century.
Taine, H. A. History of English Literature. Translated by H. Van Laun. London, 1886. 4 vols. 8vo. Charles Lamb, Vol. III. pp. 423-427.
Thompson (Mrs. K. B.). Celebrated Friendships. London, 1881. 2 vols. 12mo. Vol. II. pp. 53-98.
Ticknor (George). Life, Letters, and Journals of. [Edited by G. S. Hilliard, George Stillman, and others.] Boston, 1876. 2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. p. 294, contains a curious account of an evening with Lamb.
Timbs (J.). Anecdote Lives of the Later Wits and Humourists. London, 1874. 2 vols. 12mo. Vol. I. contains numerous allusions, etc., to Lamb.
Trollope (Wm.). A History of the Royal Foundation of Christ’s Hospital, with an account of the plan of education, etc., and Memoirs of Eminent Blues, etc. London, 1834. 4to. Numerous references to Lamb.
Tuckerman (H. T.). Characteristics of Literature. First Series. Philadelphia, 1849. 12 mo. Pp. 130, 170. Charles Lamb, the Humourist.
Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. [Edited by Joseph Thomas.] Philadelphia, 1889. 4to. Article: Charles Lamb.
Wainewright (Thomas Griffiths). Essays and Criticisms. Now first collected, with some account of the author, by W. C. Hazlitt. London, 1880. 12mo. Numerous references to Lamb.
Wilson (John). Noctes Ambrosianæ. New York, 1863. 5 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. 170, 224; Vol. II. p. 106.
Willis (N. P.). Pencillings by the Way. New York. 1853. 12mo.
Wordsworth (William). Life, by William Knight. Edinburgh, 1889. 3 vols. 8vo. Full of references to Charles Lamb.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES.