Curious fragments, extracted from a commonplace-book which belonged to Robert Burton, the famous Author of _The Anatomy of Melancholy_ 35 440 Early Journalism 41 442 I. G. F. Cooke in "Richard the Third" 41 442 II. Grand State Bed 44 442 III. Fable for Twelfth Day 44 444 IV. The Londoner 46 444 Characters of Dramatic Writers, Contemporary with Shakspeare 48 445 On the Inconveniences Resulting from Being Hanged 65 445 On the Danger of Confounding Moral with Personal Deformity: with a Hint to those who have the Framing of Advertisements for Apprehending Offenders 74 448 On the Ambiguities Arising from Proper Names 80 448 On the Genius and Character of Hogarth; with some Remarks on a Passage in the Writings of the Late Mr. Barry 81 448 On the Custom of Hissing at the Theatres, with some Account of a Club of Damned Authors 101 449 On Burial Societies; and the Character of an Undertaker 107 451 On the Tragedies of Shakspeare, Considered with Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation 112 451 Specimens from the Writings of Fuller, the Church Historian 130 453 Edax on Appetite 138 454 _Hospita_ on the Immoderate Indulgence of the Pleasures of the Palate 145 454 The Good Clerk, a Character; with some Account of "The Complete English Tradesman" 148 455 Memoir of Robert Lloyd 153 455 Confessions of a Drunkard 154 456 Recollections of Christ's Hospital 162 460 Table-Talk in _The Examiner_ 174 464 I. Reynolds and Leonardo Da Vinci 174 464 II. The New Acting 176 465 III. Books with one Idea in them 178 466 IV. A Sylvan Surprise 179 467 V. Street Conversation 179 467 VI. A Town Residence 180 467 VII. Gray's _Bard_ 181 468 VIII. An American War for Helen 182 468 IX. Dryden and Collier 183 468 X. Play-house Memoranda 184 468