My Friends and Acquaintance
Vol I Contents
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CONTENTS
TO
THE FIRST VOLUME.
CHARLES LAMB.
Page
I.
MY FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH CHARLES LAMB.—HIS PERSONAL
APPEARANCE
3
II.
CHARLES LAMB AT HOME, ABROAD, AND AMONG HIS BOOKS
20
III.
LAMB AND HIS PET DOG.—LETTERS—C. LAMB TO
P. G. PATMORE—P. G. PATMORE TO C.
LAMB.—THE LAMBS AT ENFIELD
29
IV.
THE LAMBS’ DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS.—TOO HONEST BY
HALF
41
V.
LAMB’S SYMPATHIES AND SELF-SACRIFICES.—HIS LOVE OF LONDON AND
HATRED OF THE COUNTRY
47
VI.
LETTER OF CHARLES LAMB TO P. G.
PATMORE.—ELIA AT A FUNERAL.—UNPUBLISHED
“SPECIMENS” OF HIS CRITICAL POWERS
59
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VII.
HIS SINGULAR INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER.—THE TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE OF HIS EARLY
LIFE.—HIS HEROIC CONDUCT UNDER IT
67
VIII.
ODD CORRESPONDENT OF LAMB.—HIS SYMPATHY WITH THE POOR AND
VILE. HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH HAZLITT
77
IX.
LAMB AT HOME AND ABROAD.—ANECDOTES OF NORTHCOTE,
L. E. L., &c.—EVENING AT LEIGH
HUNT’S.—ANECDOTES OF COLERIDGE AND
LAMB
82
X.
CHARLES LAMB AND THE LORD MAYOR.—LAMB,
HAZLITT, AND
SOUTHEY.—LAMB AND THE AUTHOR OF “TREMAINE.”—LAMB’S DEATH
90
THOMAS CAMPBELL.
I.
HIS SOCIAL HABITS AND POLITICAL TENDENCIES.—HIS EDITORSHIP OF THE “NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE”
103
II.
ANECDOTES OF CAMPBELL’S EDITORSHIP OF THE
“NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE”
113
II.
MORE ANECDOTES OF HIS EDITORSHIP.—HAZLITT AND
NORTHCOTE.—BOSWELL REDIVIVUS
121
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IV.
CAMPBELL AT HOME.—HIS INCAPACITY FOR FRIENDSHIP.—THE POETICAL
TEMPERAMENT
133
V.
CAMPBELL AND LORD AND LADY BYRON
142
VI.
HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER, AS MODIFIED BY THE POETICAL TEMPERAMENT
145
VII.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF CAMPBELL AND
ROGERS. LETTERS OF CAMPBELL
156
THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON.
I.
II.
LADY BLESSINGTON IN ITALY.—HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH LORD
BYRON. HER INFLUENCE OVER HIM
177
III.
LADY B. AT PARIS DURING THE REVOLUTION OF 1830.—HER RETURN TO
ENGLAND.—SKETCH FROM THE RING IN HYDE PARK
190
IV.
LADY BLESSINGTON’S POWERS OF CONVERSATION.—HER LETTERS TO
P. G. PATMORE
197
V.
THE HABITUÉS OF SEAMORE PLACE AND GORE HOUSE.—THE COUNTESS
G——. DUC AND DUCHESSE DE GUICHE.—BARON
D’HAUSSEZ.—COUNT D’ORSAY.—EMPEROR
LOUIS NAPOLEON
213
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R PLUMER WARD.
I.
II.
MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OP THE AUTHOR OF “TREMAINE” AND “DE VERE”
245
III.
GILSTON.—ITS ANTIQUARIAN AND PICTORIAL TREASURES DESCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR OF
“TREMAINE”
252
IV.
CHARLES LAMB AT GILSTON
272
V.
MR. WARD’S PERSONAL CHARACTER, AS ILLUSTRATING AND ILLUSTRATED
BY HIS WRITINGS
280
VI.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE AUTHOR OF “TREMAINE”
297
