Among the lighter satirical essays of the eighteenth century “The Citizen of the World” is second only to the _Spectator_, if not equal to it. WILLIAM HAZLITT (1778-1830). _Essays._ A good selection appears in the _Camelot Series_. “Though we are mighty fine fellows nowadays,” says Stevenson, “we cannot write like Hazlitt.” (See Hazlitt’s “English Comic Writers” and “Lectures on the English Poets” for his studies of Shakespeare). LAFCADIO HEARN. _Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan._ _Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life._ OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (1809-94). _Autocrat of the Breakfast Table._ _Professor at the Breakfast Table._ _Poet at the Breakfast Table._ In _Everyman’s Library_ and in inexpensive editions, published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. A wise, witty, beautifully lucid mind. Holmes snatched philosophy from the library and brought it to the breakfast table so that the poorest boarder goes to his day’s work from the company of an immortal who has met him halfway and talked to him without condescension. JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT (1784-1859). _Essays._ One volume of selections in the _Camelot Series_. Also in two volumes with his poems in the _Temple Classics_ (Dent & Co.). Young readers who will look at Hunt’s essay “On Getting Up on Cold Mornings” will not need to be urged further into his delightful society. RICHARD JEFFERIES (1848-87). _An English Village._ _Field and Hedgerow._ _The Open Air._ _The Story of My Heart._ SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-84). _Lives of the Poets._ Students of literature will wish to read one or two of Johnson’s criticisms. He was a much greater man than writer, better as a talker and letter writer than as an essayist. A good selection from the “Lives of the Poets” is edited by Matthew Arnold. CHARLES LAMB (1775-1834). _Essays of Elia._ See pages 183-6 of this Guide. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-65). _Letters and Speeches._ To be found in the complete works, edited by Nicolay and Hay, and in several small volumes of selections; the volume in _Everyman’s Library_ has an introduction by James Bryce. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-91). _Among My Books._ _My Study Windows._ _Democracy and Other Addresses._ _Political Essays._ _Letters._ The foremost American critic. Interest in the bookish and literary side of Lowell should not lead us to overlook his ringing political essays, notably that on Lincoln, written during the war and remarkable as having phrased at the moment the judgment of the next generation. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY (1800-59). _Essays._