The Lectures on The English Poets. Delivered at the Surrey Institution. By William Hazlitt, were published in 8vo. (8¾ × 5¼), in the year of their delivery, 1818; a second edition was published in 1819, of which the present issue is a reprint. The imprint reads, ‘London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 93, Fleet Street. 1819,’ and the volume was printed by ‘T. Miller, Printer, Noble Street, Cheapside.’ Behind the half-title appears the following advertisement: ‘This day is published, Characters of Shakespear’s Plays, by William Hazlitt. Second Edition, 8vo. price 10s. 6d. boards.’ A four-page advertisement of ‘Books just published by Taylor and Hessey’ ends the volume, with ‘Characters of Shakspeare’s Plays’ at the top, and a notice of it from the Edinburgh Review.
| LECTURE I. | |
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Introductory.—On Poetry in General | 1 |
| LECTURE II. | |
| On Chaucer and Spenser | 19 |
| LECTURE III. | |
| On Shakspeare and Milton | 44 |
| LECTURE IV. | |
| On Dryden and Pope | 68 |
| LECTURE V. | |
| On Thomson and Cowper | 85 |
| LECTURE VI. | |
| On Swift, Young, Gray, Collins, etc. | 104 |
| LECTURE VII. | |
| On Burns, and the Old English Ballads | 123 |
| LECTURE VIII. | |
| On the Living Poets | 143 |