Half-hours with the Best Authors

WITH

THE BEST AUTHORS

SELECTED AND ARRANGED,

WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES

BY CHARLES KNIGHT.

VOL. IV.

NEW YORK:
JOHN WILEY, 167 BROADWAY.

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CONTENTS.

VARIOUS ....

Dar.
SUBJECT.

AUTHOR. Page.

263. Let Winter Come..

1

264. Hogarth ......

.C. LAMB..

265. Sympathetic Imitation.

.D. STEWART.

10

266. Artegal and the Giant ..

Spenser..

18

267. Of the Lord's Day...

CAVE......

24

268. Some Account of the Great Law Suit be-

KNIGHT'S QUAR-

tween the Parishes of St. Dennis and St.

29

TERI.Y MAG.

George in the Water.....

269. Robin Hood......

.ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. 37

270. A Little Geste of Robin Hood.

.ANONYMOUS....

43

271. The War in La Vendée, Part 1 ....

JEFFREY

50

272. The War in La Vendée, Part 2.... .JEFFREY.

60

273. The War in La Vendée, Part 3.

JEFFREY

70

274. Of the Emmortalsty of the Soul ...... ARCHBP, LEIGHTON.. 79

275. The Quarrel of Squire Bull and his Son...

.....PAULDING

86

276. The Third Canto of the Inferno....... ..DANTE (Wright's Tr.) 89

277. The Nile and the Desert.

..H. MARTINEAU...... 93

278. Happiness......

Colton....

100

279. The Death of Agrippina, the Mother of Nero. Tacitus (Long's Tr.) 103

280. Address to the Mummy in Belzoni's Exhibition. Horace SMITH..... 108

281. Of the Mappiness of the Life to Come... . ARCHBP. LEIGIITCN.. 111

282. Thomas Chatterton.....

..CAMPBELL..

116

283. The Hall of Eblis..

.BECKFORD.

123

284. Mortality at Sea..

ANSON.....

130

285. Imitation in Art...

REYNOLDS

137

286. Of Security ..

JEREMY BENTHAM... 143

287. Sancho Panza in his Island.

CERVANTES

151

288. Special Means of Contentment

.Bishop SANDERSON. 158

289. Society at Naples ....

.H. MACKENZIE...... 176

292. Value of Time...

S. JOHNSON

184

293. Imitation of Horace.

.Swift and POPE.... 188

234. Fame..

..SOUTHEY.

194

290. Field Sports, Agriculture, and Trade of the } HALLAM .....

THOMAS ERSKINE... 200

296. The Married Life of Albert Durer.

. LEOPOLD Scherer.. 204

297. A Farewell to Tobacco ....

.C. LAMB...... 210

298. The Vicar of Wakefield

.JOHN FORSTER .. 214

299-300. Charlotte Corday..

DE LAMARTINE 222

301. The Clouds.....

..SHELLEY.

248

302. Of the Goodness of the Delty ...

307. An Irish Village.

309. The fasthful Minister...

T. FULLER

296

310. The Doctor's Family Feeling ...

SOUTHEY.....

303

311. Scottish Music...

. BEATTIE.

310

312. Scottish Songs..

315. Advice to his Son.

..LORD BURLEIGH..... 332

316. False and True Bnowledge ..

Sir J. Davies... 336

317. The Landlord and the Agent.

MARIA EDGEWORTH, 342

318. Dream of Eugene Aram ....

Hoop...

318

319. The Poet's Year .

..Goethe.....

355

3:20. Decision of Character..

..J. Foster

359

321. Resolution and Independence..

WORDSWORTH

364

322. A Word to the Wise ....

...Bishop BERKELEY... 368

323. The knfluence of the Parental Character... Rev. R. CECIL...... 374

3:21. Christmas .....

VARIOUS

377

3:25. The Modern Dramatic Poets, Part I.. VARIOUS..

385

326. The Canadian Indians ,

Sir F. B, HEAD..... 394

327. Songs

VARIOUS

403

3:38. Character of Colonel Hutchinson

MRS. HUTCHINSON .. 409

329. The Rising of the Waters .....

GALT....

415

330. Wymn on the Tatíbíty..

Milton....

419

331. The Deail of Lord Hastings..

R. HALL...

426

332. Christmas in the North of Germany.

COLERIDGE.

433

333. The Old and Young Courtier..

ANONYMOUS.. 437

334. Or his own Studies..

MILTON...

439

435. Enigmas......

W. M. PRAED....... 446

336. The Defence of Pocsy.

SIR P. SIDNEY.. 450

337. Of fraud....

Bishop Wilson..... 459

338. The Modern Dramatic Poets, Part II... VARIOUS

340. The llaunch of Venison..

341. The Candid Man..

342. The Plague of Florence.

343. Priam and Achilies.....

Sir E. B. LYTTON... 481

& Hunt's Tr.)

.Plato (Taylor's Tr.) 500

DOUGLAS JERROLD... 528

.Richd. BRATHWAYTE 534
DRYDEN

537

Boswell..

541

Moncton MilNES ... 546

. SHERLOCK..

562

344. The Tays of God...

345. The Death of Socrates

346. The Best English People..

317. Newstead Abbey.

348. Or the Public Good.

349. The Modern Dramatic Poets, Part III.

350. A Gossip at Reculvers ..

351, The New Dress

352. The Good Parson.....

353. Dr. Johnson's Dinner Talk..

354. Character of Keats ....

355. Education ....

356. The Difference of Wits

357. Winter Walk at Noon..

358. The Xmmortality of the Soul

359. Sonnets .....

360. Character of Charles II..

361. Another Year

362. The Voluble Lady

363. Modern Dramatic Poets..

364. Knowledge......

365. Wymn on the Seasons .

POSTSCRIPT....

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