1888. Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb. [Chiswick
Series.] London, 1888. 18mo.
1888.---- Another edition. Edited by A. Gardiner. [Heywood’s Literary
Readers.] London, 1888. 8vo.
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VII. LETTERS.
1837. The Letters of Charles Lamb, with a Sketch of his Life, by Thomas
Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. In two volumes. [Portraits.]
London, Edward Moxon, 1837. 2 vols. 8vo.
The Letters in this edition are not published entire. A mistaken
scrupulousness prompted the omission of much.
1848. The Final Memorials of Charles Lamb: consisting chiefly of his
Letters not before published, with Sketches by some of his
contemporaries, by Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. In two
volumes. London, Edward Moxon, 1848.
Not published until after Mary’s death. The first full-length
portrait of Lamb the public had obtained.
1849.---- Another edition. London, Moxon, 1849. 12mo.
---- Another Edition. Appleton, New York. 1849. 12mo.
1850.---- Another edition. London, 1850. 12mo.
1854.---- The Same. Life and Letters, etc., etc. Philadelphia, W. P.
Hazard, 1854. 12mo.
1886. Letters of Charles Lamb, with some account of the writer, his
friends and correspondents, and explanatory notes, by the late Sir
Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. An entirely new edition.
Carefully revised and greatly enlarged by W. Carew Hazlitt. London,
George Bell & Sons, 1886. 2 vols. 12mo.
Printed in Bohn Library. This edition contains Talfourd’s original
prefaces, and gives the Letters in full but rearranged, with
additions, freely interspersed with original matter. They are also
arranged chronologically.
1888. The Letters of Charles Lamb, newly arranged, with additions,
edited, with Introductions and Notes, by Alfred Ainger. [Portrait.]
London, Macmillan & Co., 1888. 2 vols. 12mo.
The recension of the Manning and Barton correspondence, a set of
letters to Dibdin, a letter to Chambers and Dodwell, and a complete
chronological arrangement of the Letters are the chief features of
this, by all means, best edition.
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VIII. POETICAL WORKS.
1836. The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb. A new edition. London, Edward
Moxon, 1836. 8vo.
The first edition in separate form. Those in italics are by Mary.
Contents: Poems, Sonnets, Blank Verse, Album Verses.
1838. The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb. Third Edition. London, Moxon,
1838. 16mo.
An exact reprint of the edition of 1836.
1839.---- The Same. London, 1839. Medium 8vo.
1840.---- The Same. London, 1840. 12mo.
1842.---- The Same. London, Bohn, 1842. 12mo.
1849.---- The Same. London, 1848. 8vo.
1852.---- The Same. Philadelphia, 1852. 8vo.
1884. Poems, Plays, and Miscellaneous Essays, with Notes and
Introduction by Alfred Ainger. London, Macmillan & Co., 1884. 12mo.
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IX. LAMBIANA.
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