_So that I have sketched him just as he lives for me--the lines and the wrinkles of his aspect, the shine and the shadow of his soul: just as he moved in the crowd, among his friends, by his sister’s side, and alone. To show exactly what he was, rather than what he did, I have used his own words wherever this was possible; altering them as to their letter alone, where it has seemed essential. In this spirit of affectionate allegiance I have followed him faithfully in all his wanderings, from his cradle close by the Thames to his grave not far from the Lea._ _B. E. M._ _NEW YORK, October, 1890._ List of Illustrations. CHARLES LAMB, FRONTISPIECE PAGE _The Temple Gardens, from Crown Office Row_, 14 _By John Fulleylove._ _A Corner in the Blue-Coat School_, 18 _By Herbert Railton._ _The East India House_, 26 _By Herbert Railton._ _No. 7 Little Queen Street_, 32 _The House in Pentonville_, 39 _The Feathers Tavern_, 48 _By Herbert Railton._ _No. 20 Russell Street, Covent Garden_, 78 _By Herbert Railton._ _The Cottage in Colebrook Row_, 96 _By Herbert Railton._ _Lamb’s two Houses at Enfield_, 102 _By John Fulleylove._ _No. 34 Southampton Buildings_, 122 _By Herbert Railton._ _Charles Lamb--the Maclise Portrait_, 126 _Fac-simile of a Receipt for a Legacy_, 128 _Signed by Charles Lamb as Guardian for his Sister Mary._ _The Walden House at Edmonton_, 130 _By John Fulleylove._ _Edmonton Church, from Lamb’s Grave_, 136 _By John Fulleylove._ _The Grave of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb at Edmonton_, 140 _By John Fulleylove._ [Illustration: _In the_ Footprints _of_ Charles Lamb.] “The sun set; but set not his hope: Stars rose; his faith was earlier up: Fixed on the enormous galaxy, Deeper and older seemed his eye; And matched his sufferance sublime The taciturnity of time. He spoke, and words more soft than rain Brought the Age of Gold again: His action won such reverence sweet, As hid all measure of the feat.” --EMERSON.