PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1850 ESSAY I MY FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH POETS ESSAY II OF PERSONS ONE WOULD WISH TO HAVE SEEN ESSAY IV ON THE FEELING OF IMMORTALITY IN YOUTH ESSAY X ON CONSISTENCY OF OPINION ESSAY XI PROJECT FOR A NEW THEORY OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LEGISLATION ESSAY XII ON THE CHARACTER OF BURKE ESSAY XIII ON THE CHARACTER OF FOX ESSAY XIV ON THE CHARACTER OF MR. PITT ESSAY XV ON THE CHARACTER OF LORD CHATHAM ESSAY XVI BELIEF, WHETHER VOLUNTARY? ESSAY XVII A FAREWELL TO ESSAY-WRITING BY WILLIAM HAZLITT Publisher's logo LONDON The World’s Classics XXV THE WORKS OF WINTERSLOW These Essays were first published collectively in the year 1839. In ‘The World’s Classics’ they were first published in 1902. Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. Constable The World’s Classics I. JANE EYRE. By Charlotte BrontË. [Second Impression. II. THE ESSAYS OF ELIA. By Charles Lamb. [Second Impression. III. THE POEMS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, 1830-1858. [Second Impression. IV. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. By Oliver Goldsmith. V. TABLE-TALK: Essays on Men and Manners. By William Hazlitt. [Second Impression. VI. ESSAYS. By Ralph Waldo Emerson. [Second Impression. VII. THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS. [Second Impression. VIII. OLIVER TWIST. By Charles Dickens. IX. THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. By Thomas Ingoldsby. [Second Impression. X. WUTHERING HEIGHTS. By Emily BrontË. XI. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. By Charles Darwin. [Second Impression. XII. THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS. By John Bunyan. XIII. ENGLISH SONGS AND BALLADS. Selected by T. W. H. Crosland. XIV. SHIRLEY. By Charlotte BrontË. XV. SKETCHES AND ESSAYS. By William Hazlitt. XVI. THE POEMS OF ROBERT HERRICK. XVII. ROBINSON CRUSOE. By Daniel Defoe. XVIII. HOMER’S ILIAD. Translated by Alexander Pope. XIX. SARTOR RESARTUS. By Thomas Carlyle. XX. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS. By Jonathan Swift. XXI. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION. By Edgar Allan Poe. XXII. NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. By Gilbert White. XXIII. CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER. By T. De Quincey. XXIV. BACON’S ESSAYS. XXV. WINTERSLOW. By William Hazlitt. XXVI. THE SCARLET LETTER. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. XXVII. LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME. By Lord Macaulay. XXVIII. HENRY ESMOND. By W. M. Thackeray. XXIX. IVANHOE. By Sir Walter Scott. Other volumes in preparation. Pott 8vo. Cloth, 1s. net. Leather, 2s. net. |