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THE WORKS OF

CHARLES AND MARY
LAMB



EDITED BY
E. V. LUCAS





VOLUME VII.
LETTERS
1821-1834





METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W. C.
LONDON

CONTENTS
** New Letter. * New Collation, or Addition to Text.
PAGE LETTER
1821
549. 252 **Charles Lamb to Mrs. William Ayrton
From the original, lately in the possession of Mr. Edward Ayrton.
Jan. 23
549. 253 **Charles Lamb to Miss Humphreys
From the original at Rowfant.
Jan. 27
550. 254 **Charles Lamb to Mrs. William Ayrton
From the original, lately in the possession of Mr. Edward Ayrton.
March 15
551. 255 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
March 30
551. 256 Charles Lamb to Leigh Hunt
From Leigh Hunt’s Correspondence.
April 18
551. 257 Charles Lamb to S. T. Coleridge
From the Life of Charles Mathews.
May 1
552. 258 Charles Lamb to James Gillman
From the Life of Charles Mathews,
May 2
553. 259 Charles Lamb to John Payne Collier
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
May 16
555. 260 *Charles Lamb to B. W. Procter
From facsimile in Mrs. Field’s A Shelf of Old Authors.
? Summer
556. 261 Charles Lamb to John Taylor
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
June 8
557. 262 Charles Lamb to John Taylor
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
July 21
558. 263 Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke
From Recollections of Writers.
Summer
559. 264 Mary Lamb to Mrs. William Ayrton
From the original in the possession of Mr. A. M. S. Methuen.
No date
560. 265 **Charles Lamb to William Ayrton
From the original, lately in the possession of Mr. Edward Ayrton.
Oct. 27
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1822
561. 266 Charles Lamb to S. T. Coleridge
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 March 9
562. 267 *Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 March 20
565. 268 Charles Lamb to W. Harrison Ainsworth
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 May 7
566. 269 Charles Lamb to William Godwin
Mr. Kegan Paul’s text (William Godwin: His Friends, etc.).
 May 16
568. 270 **Charles Lamb to Mrs. John Lamb
From the original in the Bodleian.
 May 22
569. 271 Charles Lamb to Mary Lamb (fragment)
From Crabb Robinson’s Diary.
 Aug.
569. 272 Charles Lamb to John Clare
From the original (British Museum).
 Aug. 31
571. 273 Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Sept. 11
573. 274 *Charles Lamb to Barron Field
From the original in the possession of Mr. B. B. Mac-george.
 Sept. 22
575. 275 Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne
From the Century Magazine.
 Autumn
576. 276 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Oct. 9
578. 277 Charles Lamb to B. R. Haydon
From Haydon’s Correspondence and Table Talk.
 Oct. 9
578. 278 Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne
From the Century Magazine.
 Oct. 22
580. 279 Charles Lamb to B. R. Haydon From
Haydon’s Correspondence and Table Talk.
 Oct. 29
580. 280 Charles Lamb to Sir Walter Scott
From Scott’s Familiar Letters.
 Oct. 29
581. 281 **Charles Lamb to Thomas Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 Nov. 11
581. 282 Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne
From the Century Magazine.
 Nov. 13
583. 283 Mary Lamb to Mrs. James Kenney
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 ? Early Dec.
585. 284 Charles Lamb to John Taylor
From Elia (Bell’s edition).
 Dec. 7
586. 285 *Charles Lamb to Walter Wilson
From the original (Bodleian).
 Dec. 16
588. 286 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the origmal (British Museum).
 Dec. 23
CONTENTS. vii
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1823
590. 287 Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne
From the Century Magazine.
 Jan.
591. 288 **Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 Jan.
592. 289 Charles Lamb to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Collier
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. B. Adam
 Jan. 6
594. 290 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Jan. 9
596. 291 Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne
From the Century Magazine.
 Jan. 23
596. 292 Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne
From the Century Magazine.
 Feb. 9
598. 293 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Feb. 17
600. 294 Charles Lamb to Walter Wilson
From Mr. Hazlitt’s text.
 Feb. 24
602. 295 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 March 11
604. 296 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 April 5
607. 297 *Charles Lamb to B. W. Procter
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn) with alterations.
 April 13
608. 298 *Charles Lamb to Sarah Hutchinson
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 April 25
610. 299 Charles Lamb to Miss Hutchinson (?) (fragment)
From Notes and Queries.
 No date
610. 300 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 No date
612. 301 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 May 3
613. 302 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 May 6
614. 303 Mary Lamb to Mrs. Randal Norris
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 June 18
616. 304 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 July 10
618. 305 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 July
618. 306 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Sept. 2
620. 307 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 Sept. 6
620. 308 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 Sept. 9
621. 309 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 Sept. 10
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1823
621. 310 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
Sept.
621. 311 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
Sept. 17
623. 312 Charles Lamb to Charles Lloyd (fragment)
From Letters and Poems of Bernard Barton.
Autumn
624. 313 Charles Lamb to H. F. Cary
From Memoir of H. F. Cary.
Oct. 14
624. 314 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
? Oct,
625. 315 Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
Oct. 28
626. 316 Charles Lamb to Sarah Hazlitt
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
Early Nov.
627. 317 Charles Lamb to Robert Southey
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
Nov. 21
629. 318 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
Nov. 22
630. 319 *Charles Lamb to W. Harrison Ainsworth
From the original.
Dec. 9
632. 320 *Charles Lamb to W. Harrison Ainsworth
From the original.
Dec. 29
1824
633. 321 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
Jan. 9
634. 322 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
Jan. 23
637. 323 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
Feb. 25
638. 324 Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
March 24
639. 325 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
Early spring
641. 326 Charles Lamb to Mrs. Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
April 13
641. 327 **Charles Lamb to William Hone
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. A. Potts.
April
642. 328 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original in the possession of Mr. B. B. Mac-george.
May 15
644. 329 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
July 7
646. 330 Charles Lamb to W. Marter
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
July 19
647. 331 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
July 28
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1824
647. 332 *Charles Lamb to Thomas Hood (1 fragment)
From the original.
 Aug. 10
650. 333 *Charles Lamb to C. A. Elton
From the original in the possession of Sir Edmund Elton.
 Aug. 17
652. 334 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Aug. 17
654. 335 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Sept. 30
655. 336 *Charles Lamb to Mrs. John Dyer Collier
From the original (South Kensington Museum).
 Nov. 2
656. 337 *Charles Lamb to B. W. Procter
From Barry Cornwall’s Charles Lamb with alterations.
 Nov. 11
657. 338 **Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 Nov. 20
658. 339 *Charles Lamb to Sarah Hutchinson
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 Nov. 25
659. 340 *Charles Lamb to Leigh Hunt
From Leigh Hunt’s Correspondence with alterations.
 ? Nov.
662. 341 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Dec. 1
664. 341 (Postscript) *Charles Lamb to Lucy Barton Dec. 1
1825
665. 342 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 Jan. 11
667. 343 *Charles Lamb to Sarah Hutchinson
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 Jan. 20
668. 344 *Charles Lamb to Vincent Novello
From the original (British Museum).
 Jan. 25
669. 345 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Feb. 10
671. 346 Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 ? Feb.
671. 347 **Charles Lamb to Sarah Hutchinson
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 March 1
672. 348 Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 March 23
673. 349 **Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 March 29
674. 350 *Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 April 6
676. 351 Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 April 6
677. 352 *Charles Lamb to Sarah Hutchinson
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original. (Last paragraph from original scrap at Welbeck Abbey.)
 April 18
678. 353 *Charles Lamb to William Hone
From the original at Rowfant.
 May 2
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1825
679. 354 *Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 May
680. 355 Charles Lamb to Charles Chambers
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 ? May
683. 356 Charles Lamb to S. T. Coleridge
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 ? June
684. 357 *Charles Lamb to Henry Colburn (?)
From the original (South Kensington).
 June 14
684. 358 *Charles Lamb to S. T. Coleridge
From the original (Morrison Collection).
 July 2
688. 359 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum). [For Letter 359A—Charles Lamb to John Aitken—see Appendix page 974.]
 July 2
689. 360 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Aug. 10
691. 361 Charles Lamb to Robert Southey
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Aug. 10
694. 362 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 Sept. 9
694. 363 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 Sept. 24
695. 364 *Charles Lamb to William Hone
From the original at Rowfant.
 Oct. 24
696. 365 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 Dec. 5
696. 366 *Charles Lamb to Charles Ollier
From the original (South Kensington).
 ? Dec.
1826
697. 367 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 See note
697. 368 Charles Lamb to Charles Oilier
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Early in year
698. 369 Charles Lamb to Charles Oilier
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Jan.
698. 370 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Feb. 7
699. 371 **Charles Lamb to Charles Ollier
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. A. Potts.
 March 16
700. 372 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 March 20
702. 373 Charles Lamb to S. T. Coleridge
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 March 22
703. 374 Charles Lamb to H. F. Cary
Mr. Hazlitt’s text.
 April 3
704. 375 *Charles Lamb to Vincent Novello
From the original|(British Museum).
 May 9
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1826
704. 376 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 May 16
706. 377 Charles Lamb to S. T. Coleridge
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 June 1
707. 378 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 June 30
710. 379 Charles Lamb to Thomas Hill
From the original (British Museum).
 No year
710. 380 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 July 14
712. 381 **Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 Sept. 6
715. 382 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 Sept. 9
716. 383 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Sept. 26
718. 384 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original in the possession of Mr. Henry Poulton.
 ? Sept.
719. 385 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 No date
1827
720. 386 Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 1827.
723. 387 **Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 Jan. 20
723. 388 **Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 Jan. 20
724. 389 **Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 Jan. 29
724. 390 Charles Lamb to B. R. Haydon
From Taylor’s Life of Haydon.
 Jan.
725. 391 *Charles Lamb to William Hone
From the original at Rowfant.
 March
726. 392 Charles Lamb to Thomas Hood
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 April
726. 393 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 No date
729. 394 *Charles Lamb to William Hone
From the original at Rowfant.
 May
729. 395 *Charles Lamb to William Hone
From the original at Rowfant.
 June
730. 396 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 June 11
733. 397 **Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (British Museum).
 June 26
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1827
733. 398 *Charles Lamb to William Hone
From the original at Rowfant.
 July
734. 399 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 July 17
735. 400 Charles Lamb to P. G. Patmore
From Patmore’s My Friends and Acquaintances.
 July 19
738. 401 Charles Lamb to Mrs. Shelley
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 July 26
740. 402 Charles Lamb to Mrs. Basil Montagu
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Summer
742. 403 *Mary Lamb to Lady Stoddart *Charles Lamb to Sir John Stoddart
From the original (Messrs. Maggs).
 Aug. 9
745. 404 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Aug. 10
746. 405 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Aug. 28
749. 406 Charles Lamb to P. G. Patmore
From My Friends and Acquaintances.
 Sept.
750. 407 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 Sept. 5
751. 408 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 Sept. 13
751. 409 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the original in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 Sept. 18
752. 410 *Charles Lamb to Thomas Hood
From the facsimile in Mrs. Balmanno’s Pen and Pencil.
 Sept. 18
755. 411 *Charles Lamb to Henry Colburn
From the original (South Kensington).
 Sept. 25
756. 412 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original in the possession of Mr. Henry Poulton.
 ? Sept. 26
756. 413 **Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 Oct. 1
757. 414 *Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin
From the orginal in the possession of Mr. R. W. Dibdin.
 Oct. 2
757. 415 Charles Lamb to Barron Field
From the Memoirs of Charles Mathews.
 Oct. 4
759. 416 Charles Lamb to William Hone
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 ? Oct.
760. 417 Charles Lamb to Thomas Hood
From the National Review.
 No date
761. 418 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum). From the original (British Museum).
 No date
762. 419 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Dec. 4
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1827
763 420 Charles Lamb to Leigh Hunt
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Dec.
764 421 Charles Lamb to William Hone Dec. 15
764 422 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 ? Dec.
765 423 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 Dec. 20
765 424 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Dec. 22
766 425 * Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 End of year
1828
767 426 *Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine with alterations.
 Jan. 9
767 427 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 ? Jan.
768 428 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Feb. 18
769 429 Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke
From Reminiscences of Writers.
 Feb. 25
772 430 **Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 Feb. 26
772 431 Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 March 19
773 432 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 April 21
774 433 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 May 1
774 434 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original.
 May 3
774 435 *Charles Lamb to Walter Wilson
From the original (British Museum).
 May 17
775 436 **Charles Lamb to T. N. Talfourd
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 May
775 437 **Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 May
776 438 Mary Lamb to the Thomas Hoods
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 ? Summer
778 439 Charles Lamb to B. R. Haydon
From Taylor’s Life of Haydon. [For Letter 439A—the translation of a Latin letter from Lamb to John Rickman—see Appendix II., page 975.]
 Aug.
779. 440 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Oct. 11
781. 441 Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke
From Recollections of Writers.
 Oct.
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1828
782. 442 Charles Lamb to Vincent Novello
From Recollections of Writers.
 Nov. 6
785. 443 Charles Lamb to Thomas Hood
From Hood’s Own.
 Late autumn
786. 444 Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
Text from Mr. Samuel Davey.
 Dec. 5
787. 445 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Dec.
791. 446 Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke
From Recollections of Writers.
 End of year
1829
792. 447 Charles Lamb to T. N. Talfourd
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 ? Jan.
793. 448 *Charles Lamb to George Dyer
From the original (British Museum).
 Jan. 19
793. 449 Charles Lamb to B. W. Procter
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Jan. 22
796. 450 *Charles Lamb to B. W. Procter
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn) with alterations.
 Jan. 28
798. 451 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 Jan. 29
798. 452 *Charles Lamb to B. W. Procter
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn) with alterations.
 Early in year
800. 453 *Charles Lamb to B. W. Procter
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn) with alterations.
 Feb. 2
801. 454 Charles Lamb to B. W. Procter
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Feb. 2
802. 455 Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke
From Recollections of Writers.
 Feb. 27
803. 456 *Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
804. 457 Charles Lamb to Samuel Rogers
From Rogers and His Contemporaries.
 March 22
805. 458 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 March 25
806. 459 Charles Lamb to Miss Sarah James
Text from Mr. Samuel Davey.
 ? April
807. 460 *Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library).
 ? April
808. 461 *Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (Dr. Williams’ Library). [For Letter 461A—Charles Lamb to George Dyer—see Appendix II., page 978.]
 April 17
809. 462 Charles Lamb to Thomas Hood
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 ? May
810. 463 Charles Lamb to
Edward Moxon From The Autographic Mirror.
 No date
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1829
810. 464 Charles Lamb to Walter Wilson
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 May 28
811. 465 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 June 3
812. 466 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 See note
813. 467 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (Britishj Museum).
 July 25
815. 468 Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop
From Harper’s Magazine.
 Late July
815. 469 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Sept. 22
816. 470 Charles Lamb to James Gillman
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Oct. 26
818. 471 *Charles Lamb to Vincent Novello
From the original (British Museum).
 Nov. 10
818. 472 Charles Lamb to Walter Wilson
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Nov. 15
821. 473 Charles Lamb to James Gillman
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 ? Nov. 29
821. 474 Charles Lamb to James Gillman
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Nov. 30
824. 475 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Dec. 8
1830
826. 476 *Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth **Mary Lamb to Dorothy Wordsworth
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 Jan. 22
831. 477 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Feb. 25
832. 478 Charles Lamb to Mrs. Williams
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 Feb. 26
833. 479 Charles Lamb to Mrs. Williams
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 March 1
834. 480 Charles Lamb to Sarah Hazlitt
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 March 4
835. 481 Charles Lamb to Mrs. Williams
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 March 5
836. 482 Charles Lamb to James Gillman
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 March 8
837. 483 Charles Lamb to William Ayrton
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 March 14
839. 484 Charles Lamb to Mrs. Williams
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 March 22
840. 485 *Charles Lamb to Mrs. Williams
From the original in the possession of Mr. Yates Thompson.
 April 2
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1830
842. 486 Charles Lamb to Mrs. Williams
From the original.
 April 9
843. 487 Charles Lamb to James Gillman
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 ? Spring
843. 488 Charles Lamb to James Vale Asbury
From The Athæneum.
 ? April
844. 489 Charles Lamb to James Vale Asbury
By permission of Mr. Edward Hartley.
 No date
846. 490 Charles Lamb to Mrs. Williams
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 April 21
847. 491 Charles Lamb to Robert Southey
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 May 10
851. 492 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 May 12
852. 493 *Charles Lamb to Vincent Novello
From the original (British Museum).
 May 14
852. 494 *Charles Lamb to Vincent Novello
From the original (British Museum).
 May
853. 495 Charles Lamb to William Hone
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 May 21
853. 496 Charles Lamb to Sarah Hazlitt
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 May 24
856. 497 Charles Lamb to Sarah Hazlitt
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 June 3
857. 498 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 June 28
858. 499 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 Aug. 30
860. 500 Charles Lamb to Samuel Rogers From
Rogers and His Contemporaries.
 Oct. 5
861. 501 Charles Lamb to Vincent Novello
From Recollections of Writers.
 Nov. 8
861. 502 Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Nov. 12
862. 503 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 ? Dec.
863. 504 *Charles Lamb to George Dyer
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn) with alterations.
 Dec. 20
864. 505 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original (South Kensington).
 ? Christmas
1831
866. 506 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Feb. 3
868. 507 Charles Lamb to George Dyer
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Feb. 22
871. 508 *Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton
From the original (British Museum).
 April 30
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1831
873. 509 Charles Lamb to H. F. Gary
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 May 6
874. 510 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 July 14
877. 511 “Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Early Aug.
878. 512 “Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Aug. 5
879. 513 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Sept. 5
880. 514 Charles Lamb to William Hazlitt, junior
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Lamb and Hazlitt).
 Sept. 13
880. 515 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Oct. 24
882. 516 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Dec. 15
1832
883. 517 Charles Lamb to Joseph Hume’s daughters
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 No date
884. 518 **Charles Lamb to C. W. Dilke
From Sir Charles Dilke’s original.
 March 5
885. 519 Charles Lamb to S. T. Coleridge
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 April 14
886. 520 Charles Lamb to James Sheridan Knowles
From the original (South Kensington).
 ? April
886. 521 Charles Lamb to John Forster
From the original (South Kensington).
 ? Late April
887. 522 “Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon?
From the original (South Kensington).
 June 1
887. 523 “”Charles Lamb to Walter Wilson
From the original in the Bodleian.
 Aug.
888. 524 Charles Lamb to Crabb Robinson
From the original (South Kensington).
 ? Early Oct.
889. 525 “Charles Lamb to Walter Savage Landor
From the original (South Kensington).
 Oct.
891. 526 *”Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Late in year
891. 527 Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Winter
893. 528 “Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original (South Kensington).
 Dec.
894. 529 “Charles Lamb to John Forster
From the original (South Kensington).
 Dec. 23
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1833
894. 530 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From Sir Charles Dilke’s original.
 Jan.
895. 531 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Jan. 3
895. 532 *Charles Lamb to John Forster
From the original (South Kensington).
 No date
896. 533 Charles Lamb to John Forster
From the original (South Kensington).
 No date
896. 534 *Charles Lamb to John Forster
From the original (South Kensington).
 No date
896. 535 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Jan. 24
897. 536 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original (South Kensington).
 Feb. 11
898. 537 Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original (South Kensington).
 Feb.
898. 538 Charles Lamb to T. N. Talfourd
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Feb.
899. 539 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original in the possession of Mr. Henry Poulton.
 No date
900. 540 *Charles Lamb to C. W. Dilke
From Sir Charles Dilke’s original.
 Feb.
900. 541 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Early in year
901. 542 Charles Lamb to B. W. Procter
From Procter’s Autobiographical Fragment.
 No date
902. 543 *Charles Lamb to William Hone
From the original (National Portrait Gallery).
 March 6
902. 544 Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original (South Kensington).
 March 19
903. 545 Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original (South Kensington).
 ? Spring
904. 546 Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 March 30
904. 547 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Spring
905. 548 *Charles Lamb to John Forster
From the original (South Kensington).
 ? March
906. 549 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 ? April 10
906. 550 **Charles Lamb to C. W. Dilke
From Sir Charles Dilke’s original.
 April
907. 551 **Charles Lamb to Mrs. William Ayrton
From the original, lately in the possession of Mr. Edward Ayrton.
 April 16
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1833
908. 552 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 April 25
908. 553 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 April 27
909. 554 Charles Lamb to the Rev. James Gillman May 7
910. 555 *Charles Lamb to John Forster
From the original (South Kensington).
 May
911. 556 *Charles Lamb to John Forster
From the original (South Kensington).
 May 12
911. 557 *Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 End of May
913. 558 *Charles Lamb to Sarah Hazlitt
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn) with alterations.
 May 31
913. 559 Charles Lamb to Matilda Betham
From Fraser’s Magazine.
 June
914. 560 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 July 14
915. 561 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 July 24
916. 562 *Charles and Mary Lamb to Edward and Emma Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 ? July 31
917. 563 Charles Lamb to H. F. Cary
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Sept. 9
918. 564 *Charles and Mary Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Sept. 26
919. 565 **Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original at Rowfant.
 Oct. 17
920. 566 Charles Lamb to Edward and Emma Moxon
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Nov. 29
923. 567 **Charles Lamb to C. W. Dilke
From Sir Charles Dilke’s original.
 Mid. Dec.
923. 568 *Charles Lamb to Samuel Rogers
From Rogers and His Contemporaries.
 Dec. 21
1834
926. 569 Charles Lamb to C. W. Dilke
From Sir Charles Dilke’s original.
 No date
926. 570 Charles Lamb to C. W. Dilke
From Sir Charles Dilke’s original.
 No date
926. 571 Charles Lamb to C. W. Dilke
From Sir Charles Dilke’s original.
 Spring
927. 572 *Charles Lamb to Mary Betham
From the original in the possession of Mr. B. B. Mac-george.
 Jan. 24
927. 573 *Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon
From the original (South Kensington).
 Jan. 28
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928. 574 Charles Lamb to Miss Fryer
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Feb. 14
929. 575 *Charles Lamb to Miss Fryer
From the original in the possession of Mr. A. M. S. Methuen.
 No date
930. 576 Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth
From Mr. Gordon Wordsworth’s original.
 Feb. 22
932. 577 Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke (fragment)
From the Life and Labours of Vincent Novello.
 End of June
932. 578 *Charles Lamb to John Forster
From the original (South Kensington).
 June 25
932. 579 Charles Lamb to J. Fuller Russell
From Notes and Queries.
 Summer
934. 580 Charles Lamb to J. Fuller Russell
From Notes and Queries.
 Summer
936. 581 Charles Lamb to C. W. Dilke
From Sir Charles Dilke’s original.
 End of July
937. 582 Charles Lamb to the Rev. James Gillman
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Aug. 5
938. 583 Charles and Mary Lamb to H. F. Cary
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Sept. 12
938. 584 Charles Lamb to H. F. Cary
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Oct.
940. 585 Charles Lamb to H. F. Cary
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Oct. 18
941. 586 Charles Lamb to Mr. Childs
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 ? Dec.
942. 587 Charles Lamb to Mrs. George Dyer
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (Bohn).
 Dec. 22
943. 588 Mary Lamb to Jane Norris
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 Dec. 25
944. 589 Mary Lamb to Jane Norris
Mr. Hazlitt’s text (The Lambs).
 Oct. 3
944. 590 Miss James to Jane Norris July 25

ADDITIONAL LETTERS IN APPENDIX II
970. 170A Charles Lamb to George Dyer From The Mirror. Dec. 5
973. 237A **Charles and Mary Lamb to S. J. Arnold ? 1819.
973. 246A Charles Lamb to Thomas Allsop July 13
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974. 359A Charles Lamb to John Aitken July 5
975. 439A *Charles Lamb to John Rickman (translation) Oct. 3
978. 461A Charles Lamb to George Dyer From The Mirror. April 29

CONTENTS OF APPENDIX I
PAGE

Coleridge’s “Ode on the Departing Year”
947
Wither’s “Supersedeas”
950
Dyer’s “Poetic Sympathies” (fragment)
951
Haydon’s Party (from Taylor’s Life of Haydon)
954
Southey’s “To the Chapel Bell”
956
Barton’s “Spiritual Law”
957
Barton’s “Translation of Enoch”
957
Talfourd’s “Verses in Memory of a Child Named Charles Lamb”
958
FitzGerald’s “Meadows in Spring”
960
Montgomery’s “The Common Lot”
961
Barry Cornwall’s “Epistle to Charles Lamb “
962

CONTENTS OF APPENDIX III
Notes on Vol. I.
979
Early Journalism, I.
980
Grand State Bed
980
Early Journalism, II.
980
A Fable for Twelfth Day
980
Miss Kelly
981
“Letter to an Old Gentleman” (note)
982
“Letter to Southey” (note)
982
Hood’s Progress of Cant
983
Mr. Ephraim Wagstaff
984
Waltham, Essex
986
“Mrs. Battle” (note)
986
“Praise of Chimney-Sweepers” (note)
987
“The Tombs in the Abbey” (note)
987
Lamb’s Earliest Poem
988
Dick Strype
989
“Farewell to Tobacco” (note)
990
“Harmony in Unlikeness” (note)
992
“To Emma” (note)
992
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A New Epigram
992
“On the Literary Gazette” (note)
992
“Prologue to ‘Remorse’” (note)
993
“Mr. H.” (note)
994
A New Poem
995
Sapphics
995
A Poem Possibly by Lamb
996
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LETTERS
997
INDEX
1008
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  Charles Lamb. From the drawing by Thomas Wageman about 1825; reproduced by permission of Mr. F. W. Halsey Frontispiece
  Facsimile of a Note from Lamb to Mrs. William Ayrton. From the original lent by the late W. S. Ayrton To face page 550
  The Bellows Portrait of Shakespeare. From the original in the possession of Mr. B. B. Macgeorge 574
  Mr. Alexander Pope, Ætat. 38. From the painting by M. Dahll 606
  Reduced Facsimile of Letter from Lamb to Sarah Hutchinson. From the original in the possession of Mr. Gordon Wordsworth 608
  Reduced Facsimile of Letter from Lamb to Sarah Hutchinson (Page 2). From the original in the possession of Mr. Gordon Wordsworth 610
  Lamb’s House in Colebrooke Row, Islington, as it is to-day (1904) 626
  Death of the Wicked Man. Plate from Blair’s Grave, designed by William Blake 644
  Charles Lamb, Aged 50. From the etching by Brook Pulham (First State) 706
  “Very Deaf Indeed,” by Thomas Hood 706
  Hollingdon Rural Church 709
  The Young Catechist. Painted and engraved by Henry Meyer To face page 728
  The Picture sent by Lamb to Bernard Barton. From the original in the possession of Mrs. Edmund Lyons 730
  Mary Lamb, by Thomas Hood 734
  Lamb’s First House at Enfield 754
  The Lamb Country. From a map drawn by Miss M. C. G. Jackson To face page 792
  Westwood Cottage (front) 817
  Westwood Cottage (back) 824
  Thomas Westwood, by Charles Lamb 829
  Lamb’s House at Edmonton 910
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