THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WILLIAM HAZLITT IN TWELVE VOLUMES VOLUME ONE _All rights reserved_ [Illustration: _William Hazlitt._ _Aged 13. from a Miniature on Ivory Painted by his Brother._ ] THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WILLIAM HAZLITT EDITED BY A. R. WALLER AND ARNOLD GLOVER WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY W. E. HENLEY ❦ The Round Table Characters of Shakespear’s Plays A Letter to William Gifford, Esq. ❦ 1902 LONDON: J. M. DENT & CO. McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.: NEW YORK Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, (late) Printers to Her Majesty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY vii EDITORS’ PREFACE xxvii THE ROUND TABLE xxix CHARACTERS OF SHAKESPEAR’S PLAYS, 165 A LETTER TO WILLIAM GIFFORD, ESQ., 363 NOTES 415 INTRODUCTION