P. 150. Boswell, James (1740-1795), made his literary reputation by his Life of Johnson." the king of good fellows. Burns's "Auld Rab Morris." inventory of all he said. Cf. Ben Jonson's "Alchemist," iii, 2: 'And ta’en an inventory of what they are." Goldsmith asked. Boswell's "Johnson," II, 260. If that fellow Burke. II, 450. What, is it you. I, 250. P. 151. with some unidead girls. I, 251. Now, I think. II, 362. his quitting the society. I, 201. his dining with Wilkes. III, 64. his sitting with the young ladies. II, 120. his carrying the unfortunate victim. IV, 321. an act which realises the parable. Talfourd, who heard this lecture, reports that on Hazlitt's allusion to this incident "a titter arose from some who were struck by the picture as ludicrous, and a murmur from others who deemed the allusion unfit for ears polite he paused for an instant, and then added, in his sturdiest and most impressive manner-an act which realizes the parable of the Good Samaritan'-at which his moral, and his delicate hearers shrank, rebuked, into deep silence. where they. Gray's "Elegy." P. 152. The Adventurer ran from November 7, 1752, to March 9, 1754. John Hawkesworth (1715-1773) was its chief contrib utor. The World ran from January 4, 1753, to December 30, 1756. The Connoisseur ran from January 31, 1754, to September 30, 1756. one good idea. The paper referred to is No. 176 of The World, by Edward Moore, the dramatist. Citizen of the World, in two volumes, 1762. To cozen go about to cozen. Cf. "Merchant of Venice," ii, 9, 37: fortune and be honorable Without the stamp of merit." Persian Letters. "Letters from a Persian in England to his Friend at Ispahan" (1735), by Lord Lyttleton. P. 153. The bonzes. " Citizen of the World," Letter X. Edinburgh. We are positive. Ibid., Letter V. Beau Tibbs. Letters XXIX, LIV, LV, LXXXI. Lounger ran from February 5, 1785, to January 6, 1786, The Mirror from January 23, 1779, to May 27, 1780. The chief contributor to both was Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831), author of the celebrated sentimental novels: "The Man of Feeling" (1771), The Man of the World" (1773), "Julia de Roubigné" (1777). the story of La Roche. Mirror, 42, 43, 44. the story of Le Fevre. "Tristram Shandy," Bk. VI, ch. 6. P. 154. author of Rosamond Gray. Charles Lamb. THE ENGLISH NOVELISTS From the sixth lecture on the "Comic Writers." Most of the matter had appeared in the Edinburgh Review for February, 1815, as a review of Madame D'Arblay's “Wanderer." (See Works, X, 25-44.) In "A Farewell to Essay-Writing" (Works, XII, 327) Hazlitt harks back to his days with Charles and Mary Lamb: "I will not compare our hashed mutton with Amelia's; but it put us in mind of it, and led to a discussion, sharply seasoned and well sustained, till midnight, the result of which appeared some years after in the Edinburgh Review." P. 155. Be mine to read. To Richard West, April, 1742. Marivaux, Pierre (1688-1763), and Crebillon, Claude Prosper (1707-1777), French novelists. something more divine. Cf. p. 254. P. 156. Fielding . . . says, 'Joseph Andrews," Bk. III, ch. 1. description somewhere given. 'Reflections on the French Revolution," ed. Bohn, II, 351-352. P. 157. Echard. John Eachard (1636-1697), author of "The Grounds and Occasions of the Contempt of the Clergy and Religion Enquired into." (1670.) worthy of all acceptation. I Timothy, i, 15. the lecture. "Joseph Andrews,” Bk. IV, ch. 3. Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780), author of "Commentaries on the Laws of England" (1765-69). De Lolme, John Louis (1740?-1807), author of The Constitution of England" (1771). Cervantes, Miguel (1547-1616), Spanish novelist whose most famous work is "Don Quixote." Le Sage, Alain René (1668-1747), French novelist, author of “Gil Blas." Fielding, Henry (1707-1754). His most important novels are "Joseph Andrews" (1742), "Tom Jones" (1749), “ Amelia" (1751), "Jonathan Wild" (1743). 46 Smollett, Tobias (1721-1771), wrote "Roderick Random" (1748), Peregrine Pickle" (1751), "Ferdinand Count Fathom" (1753), "Launcelot Greaves", (1762), “Humphrey Clinker” (1771). 66 Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761), wrote "Pamela" (1740), Clarissa Harlowe" (1747-48), “Sir Richard Grandison" (1753). Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768), wrote "Tristram Shandy (175967), "A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy" (1768). P. 158. in these several writers. A few paragraphs are here omitted treating of "Don Quixote," "Lazarillo de Tormes" (1553), Guzman d'Alfarache" by Mateo Aleman (1599), and "Gil 66 Blas." They are thoroughly English. In the review of Walpole's Letters (Works, X, 168), Hazlitt says: “There is nothing of a tea inspiration in any of his [Fielding's] novels. They are assuredly the finest thing of the kind in the language; and we are Englishmen enough to consider them the best in any language. They are indubitably the most English of all the works of Englishmen." Hogarth, William (1697-1764), painter and engraver of moral and satirical subjects. His two most famous series of paintings are 'The Rake's Progress" and "Marriage à la Mode." Lamb in his 'Essay on the Genius and Character of Hogarth" observes: "Other pictures we look at,-his prints we read." Hazlitt, sharing this view, includes an account of Hogarth in the seventh lecture of the "Comic Writers," which opens as follows: "If the quantity of amusement, or of matter for more serious reflection which their works have afforded, is that by which we are to judge of precedence among the intellectual benefactors of mankind, there are, perhaps, few persons who can put in a stronger claim to our gratitude than Hogarth. It is not hazarding too much to assert, that he was one of the greatest comic geniuses that ever lived." P. 159. the gratitude of the elder Blifil. Bk. I, ch. 13. the Latin dialogues, etc. Bk. II, chs. 3-4. P. 160. honesty of Black George. Bk. VI, ch. 13. I was never so handsome. Bk. XVII, ch. 4. the adventure with the highwayman. Bk. VII, ch. 9. Sophia and her muff. Bk. V, ch. 4. coquetry of her cousin. Bk. XVI, ch. 9. the modest overtures. Bk. XV, ch. 1I. the story of Tom Jones. Cf. Coleridge's “Table Talk,” July 5, 1834: "I think the Edipus Tyrannus, the Alchemist, and Tom Jones, the three most perfect plots ever planned." L account of Miss Matthews and Ensign Hibbert [Hebbers]. Bk. I, chs. 7-9. P. 161. the story of the miniature picture. Bk. XI, ch. 6. the hashed mutton. Bk. X, ch. 6. the masquerade. Bk. X, ch. 2. the interview. Bk. X, P. 162. His declaring. chs. 2, 8. Bk. III, ch. 3. P. 163. Roderick Random's carroty locks. ch. 13. intus et in cute. Persius' "Satires," III, 30. P. 164. scene on ship-board. ch. 24. ch. 27. profligate French friar. chs. 42-43. P. 166. the long description. The allusions to Miss Byron's dress in Vol. VII, Letter III, can scarcely be called a long description. P. 167. Dr. Johnson seems to have preferred. Cf. Boswell's "Johnson," ed. Hill, II, 174: “Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all Tom Jones." P. 168. reproaches to her "lumpish heart." "Pamela," ed. Dobson and Phelps, I, 268. its lightness. I, 276. the joy. II, 7-25. the artifice of the stuff-gown. I, 51. the meeting with Lady Davers. II, 145 ff. the trial-scene with her husband. IV, 122 ff. P. 169. her long dying-scene. “Clarissa Harlowe," ed. Dobson and Phelps, Vol. VIII, Letter 29. the closing of the coffin-lid. VIII, Letter 50. the heart-breaking reflections. VI, Letter 29. Books are a real world. Wordsworth's "Personal Talk." Lovelace's reception and description of Hickman. VI, Letter 80. the scene at the glove-shop. VII, Letter 70. Belton, so pert. I, Letter 31. his systematically preferring. Cf. "Why the Heroes of Ro mances are Insipid" (Works, XII, 62): "There is not a single thing that Sir Charles Grandison does or says all through the. book from liking to any person or object but himself, and with a view to answer to a certain standard of perfection for which he pragmatically sets up. He is always thinking of himself, and trying to show that he is the wisest, happiest, and most virtuous person in the whole world. He is (or would be thought) a code of Christian ethics; a compilation and abstract of all gentlemanly accomplishments. There is nothing, I conceive, that excites so little sympathy as this inordinate egotism; or so much disgust as this everlasting selfcomplacency. Yet this self-admiration, brought forward on every occasion as the incentive to every action and reflected from all around him, is the burden and pivot of the story." P. 170. a dull fellow. Boswell's "Johnson," ed. Birkbeck Hill, II, 222. the tale of Maria. Bk. IX, ch. 24. the apostrophe to the recording angel. Bk. VI, ch. 8. the story of Le Fevre. Bk. VI, ch. 6. The rest of the lecture treats of Fanny Burney, Anne Radcliffe, Elizabeth Inchbald, William Godwin, and Sir Walter Scott. CHARACTER OF MR. BURKE First published in the "Eloquence of the British Senate" and republished in "Political Essays." P. 172. The following speech. Hazlitt refers to the speech On the Economic Reform (February 11, 1780). See Burke's Works, ed. Bohn, II, 55-126. P. 174. the elephant to make them sport. "Paradise Lost," IV, 345. native and endued. "Hamlet," iv, 7, 180. Lord Chatham. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778), the great English statesman. P. 176. a new creation. Goldsmith's "Traveler," 296. P. 178. All the great changes. Cf. Morley's "Life of Burke," ch. 8: All really profound speculation about society comes in time to touch the heart of every other object of speculation, not by directly contributing new truths or directly corroborating old ones, but by setting men to consider the consequences to life of different opinions on these abstract subjects, and their relations to the great |