1. In _The Liberal_ (vol. 11. 1823) appeared an essay entitled ‘A Sunday’s Fête at St. Cloud’ which was reprinted (without mention being made of its source) under the title ‘A Fête at St. Cloud’ and attributed to Hazlitt in a volume of miscellanies called ‘The Talisman; or Bouquet of Literature and the Fine Arts’ (1831), edited by Mrs. Alaric A. Watts. The essay shows no trace of Hazlitt’s handiwork, and seems to have been written ‘under a foreign sky,’ whereas Hazlitt did not start for his tour in France and Italy till after the publication of the essay in _The Liberal_. An editorial paragraph published in _The London Magazine_ for October 1824, under the heading of ‘The Lion’s Head,’ would seem to show that the writer of the sketch had sent it to that magazine for publication. ‘_The Fête of St. Cloud_’ (the paragraph runs), ‘though not unamusing, would not suit our pages. French subjects, as all Editors and Kings can testify, are lively and dangerous. They are very irregular, or very poor.’ The editor of _The London Magazine_, though he had at the time a grievance against Hazlitt (see Vol. XI. note to essay on ‘Peveril of the Peak’), would hardly have spoken so patronisingly of one of his most distinguished contributors. III. In _The London Weekly Review_. 1. An essay entitled ‘Brummelliana’ (Feb. 2, 1828). IV. In _The Atlas_. 1. ‘Manners make the man’ (March 29, 1829). 2. ‘Mr. Jeffrey’s Resignation of the Editorship of the Edinburgh Review’ (June 21, 1829). 3. ‘Autographs’ (June 28, 1829). 4. ‘A Hint upon Education’ (Aug. 9, 1829). 5. ‘A Newspaper Sketch’ (Oct. 18, 1829). CONTENTS[1] _CONTRIBUTIONS TO_ THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE PAGE The Fight 1 Merry England 15 Of Persons One would Wish to have Seen 26 On the Conversation of Lords 38 On a Sun-dial 51 Why the Heroes of Romance are insipid 59 The Shyness of Scholars 68 The Main-Chance 78 Self-Love and Benevolence 95 The Same Subject continued 104 *The Free Admission 119 The Sick Chamber 125 Footmen 131