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Page 384. X.—Arabella Hardy. "The Sea Voyage."
By Charles Lamb. Nothing else that Lamb wrote is quite so far from the ordinary run of his thoughts; and nothing has, I think, more charm.
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Page 389. The King and Queen of Hearts This is probably the first of Charles Lamb's books for children. Of its history nothing is known: the proof that Charles Lamb wrote it is to be found in a letter from Lamb to Wordsworth, now in America, dated February 1, 1806, the concluding portion of which, and the only portion that has been printed—beginning "Apropos of Spenser"—will be found in most editions of the correspondence tacked on to the letter dated June, 1806. In the earlier part of this missive Lamb enumerates the books which he has just despatched to Wordsworth by carrier from London. Among these is an edition of Spenser, leading to the "apropos." Also: "there comes W. Hazlitt's book about Human Action for Coleridge; a little song book for Sarah Coleridge; a Box for Hartley ...; a Paraphrase on The King and Queen of Hearts, of which I, being the author, beg Mr. Johnny Wordsworth's acceptance and opinion. Liberal Criticism, as G. Dyer declares, I am always ready to attend to."
As Charles Lamb is not known to have written children's books for any one but the Godwins, who in 1806 were still publishing under cover of Thomas Hodgkins' name, in Hanway Street, it is reasonable to assume that if a paraphrase of The King and Queen of Hearts nursery rhyme could be found, bearing Hodgkins' or Godwin's name, and dated 1805 or 1806, Lamb would be its author. That such a work did exist was proved by the advertisements at the end of other of Godwin's juvenile books. In the first edition of Mrs. Leicester's School, 1809, is this announcement:—
"Likewise, the following elegant and approved Publications, containing each of them the Incidents of an agreeable Tale, exhibited in a Series of Engravings, Price 1s. plain, or 1s. 6d. coloured.
"1. The King and Queen of Hearts: showing how notably the Queen made her Tarts, and how Scurvily the Knave stole them away. &c."
This series was called the Copperplate Series. In due course a copy of No. 1, The King and Queen of Hearts, was found in the library of Miss Edith Pollock, bought by her at the sale of the late Mr. Andrew W. Tuer, an authority upon old children's literature and the publisher to whose enterprise we owe the facsimile editions of Prince Dorus and Poetry for Children. Mr. Tuer, however, had not suspected Lamb's authorship. The cover of Miss Pollock's copy bears the date 1809, which means that the little book was re-bound as required with the date of the current year upon it. Copies of the first edition have since been discovered and sold for enormous sums. The date is 1806.
In a copy of The Looking Glass, another of Godwin's books, The King and Queen of Hearts is thus advertised, with a new quatrain, probably also from Lamb's pen:—
"Price 1s. Plain; or 15. 6ed. Coloured, The King and Queen of Hearts, With the Rogueries of the Knave who stole away the Queen's Pies. Illustrated in Fifteen elegant Engravings: Agreeably to the famous Historical Ballad on the Subject.
"I write of Tarts; how sweet a tale! You'll lick your lips to hear it told: I show you mighty Kings and Queens, Robes of scarlet, Crowns of gold."
This little book, The Looking Glass, which relates the early life of William Mulready (1786-1863), was issued in facsimile by Mr. F.G. Stephens in 1885, with an interesting account of its history. Therein Mr. Stephens wrote: "Mr. Linnell told me that the cuts to the once well-known Nongtong Paw [Vol. 6 of "The Copperplate Series;" see above], The Sullen Woman and the Pedlar [Vol. 2 of the same series], Think before you speak, and The King and Queen of Hearts, were designed by Mulready." We thus discover who was the illustrator. My own feeling is that the plates came first and Lamb's verses later.
The King and Queen of Hearts cannot be said to add anything characteristic to the body of Lamb's writings. But its discovery is historically valuable in establishing—by the date 1805 on the engraved title-page—the fact that before the Tales from Shakespear, which are usually thought to be the brother and sister's first experiment in writing for children, Charles at any rate had tried his hand at that pastime. The King and Queen of Hearts thus becomes his first juvenile work.
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Page 404. POETRY FOR CHILDREN.
This little book, attributed on the title-page merely to the author of Mrs. Leicester's School, was published in two minute volumes at three shillings by Mrs. Godwin in 1809.
Robert Lloyd, writing from London to his wife in April, 1809, says of Charles and Mary Lamb: "If we may use the expression, their Union of affection is what we conceive of marriage in Heaven. They are the World one to the other. They are writing a Book of Poetry for children together." Later: "It is task work to them, they are writing for money, and a Book of Poetry for Children being likely to sell has induced them to compose one." Writing to Coleridge of the Poetry for Children, in June, 1809, Lamb says: "Our little poems are but humble, but they have no name. You must read them, remembering they were task-work; and perhaps you will admire the number of subjects, all of children, picked out by an old Bachelor and an old Maid. Many parents would not have found so many." Charles Lamb, by the way, was then thirty-four, and Mary Lamb forty-four. In sending the book to Manning, Lamb said that his own share of the poems was only one-third.
The little book seems to have been quickly allowed by its publisher to pass into the void. Possibly the two-volume form was found to be impracticable: at any rate Poetry for Children disappeared, many of its pieces at various times reappearing with the signature Mrs. Leicester in The Junior Class-Book (two pieces), in The First Book of Poetry (twenty-two pieces) and The Poetical Class Book (three pieces), all compiled by William Frederic Mylius, a Christ's Hospital master, and published by Mrs. Godwin. Hence the extreme rarity of Poetry for Children, which seemed to be completely lost until, in 1877, a copy was found in Australia. Two or three other copies of the English edition have since come to light. Mylius used also the frontispieces to the two volumes. As I have not seen all the editions of these compilations, it is possible that my figures may not be complete.
An American edition of Poetry for Children was published in 1812 at Boston. The poems "Clock Striking," "Why not do it, Sir, To-day?" and "Home Delights," were omitted.
I have placed against the poems, in the notes that follow, the authorship—brother or sister's—which seems to me the more probable. But I hope it will be understood that I do this at a venture, and, except in a few cases, with no exact knowledge.
Page 404. Envy.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 404. The Reaper's Child.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 405. The Ride.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 406. The Butterfly.
(?) Mary Lamb. The poet referred to was William Roscoe, author of The Butterfly's Ball, 1807.
Page 407. The Peach.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 408. Chusing a Name.
By Charles Lamb; as we know from a letter from Lamb to Robert Lloyd.
Page 408. Crumbs to the Birds.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 409. The Rook and the Sparrows.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 410. Discontent and Quarrelling.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 411. Repentance and Reconciliation.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 412. Neatness in Apparel.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 412. The New-born Infant.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 413. Motes in the Sun-beams.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 413. The Boy and Snake.
(?) Mary Lamb. This poem was the subject of the frontispiece to Vol. I. of the original edition. According to a letter from Jean D. Montgomery printed in The County Gentleman in August, 1907, there is extant in Kirkcudbrightshire a legend on which this poem is probably based. She writes thus:—
"At the farm of Newlaw, in the parish of Rerrick, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, some people named Crosbie lived about the year 1782—at least, they had a son, Douglas, who was born there in that year. When the child grew old enough to trot about by himself his mother was in the habit of giving him his plate of porridge and milk to take outside the farm and eat every morning. He had probably done so for long enough, when one day, his mother, happening to go out, saw him seated on the ground eating his porridge in company with an adder, who, however, instead of hurting the child, merely supped up the milk. When the reptile edged a little nearer to the boy than was quite equal, Douglas slapped the adder on his head with his horn spoon, saying, "Keep yer ain side o' the plate, Grey Bairdie."
The mother was, of course, terrified, but waited until the boy had finished his meal, when she called in the neighbours and killed the adder.
Curiously enough a precisely similar story turned up in Hungary in 1907 and was telegraphed to the London press from Budapest.
Page 415. The First Tooth.
Mary Lamb. The last line was quoted by Lamb in his Popular Fallacy "That Home is Home": "It has been prettily said, that 'a babe is fed with milk and praise.'"
Page 416. To a River in which a Child was Drowned.
By Charles Lamb. It was reprinted by him in the Works, 1818, the text of which is here given. I imagine Lamb to have found the metre and manner of the poem in the ballad "Gentle River, Gentle River" (translated from the Spanish "Rio Verde, Rio Verde"), which is printed in the Percy Reliques. Reprinted by Mylius in The Junior Class-Book.
Page 416. The First of April.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 417. Cleanliness.
(?) Charles Lamb. In the little essay "Saturday Night," written in 1829, Lamb disputes the truth of the adage "Cleanliness is next to Godliness."
Page 418. The Lame Brother.
(?) Mary Lamb. John Lamb, Charles's elder brother, was lamed when a young man (much older than the brother in the verses) by a falling stone. In "Dream-Children" Lamb states that he himself was once lame-footed too, and had to be carried by John. Somewhere between the two brothers the historical truth of this poem probably resides.
Page 419. Going into Breeches.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 420. Nursing.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 421. The Text.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 422. The End of May.
Mary Lamb. Talfourd writes, apparently with reference to this poem: "One verse, which she did not print—the conclusion of a little poem supposed to be expressed in a letter by the son of a family who, when expecting the return of its father from sea, received news of his death,—recited by her to Mr. Martin Burney, and retained in his fond recollection, may afford a concluding example of the healthful wisdom of her lessons:—
'I can no longer feign to be A thoughtless child in infancy; I tried to write like young Marie, But I am James her brother; And I can feel—but she's too young— Yet blessings on her prattling tongue, She sweetly soothes my mother.'"
Page 424. Feigned Courage.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 425. The Broken Doll.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 426. The Duty of a Brother.
(?) Mary Lamb, amended by Charles Lamb.
Page 427. Wasps in a Garden.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 428. What is Fancy?
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 429. Anger.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 429. Blindness.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 430. The Mimic Harlequin.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 430. Written in the First Leaf of a Child's Memorandum Book.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 431. Memory.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 432. The Reproof.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 432. The Two Bees.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 434. The Journey from School and to School.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 435. The Orange.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 436. The Young Letter-writer.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 437. The Three Friends.
By Charles Lamb. Reprinted by him in his Works, 1818, with the text now given, which differs very slightly from that of 1809.
Page 442. On the Lord's Prayer.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 443. "Suffer little Children ..."
(?) Mary Lamb. With this poem ended Vol. I. of the original edition of Poetry for Children. With the following poem Vol. II. began.
Page 445. The Magpye's Nest, or a Lesson of Docility.
(?) Mary Lamb. In this poem some trace of John Lamb senior's poetical manner may be seen. Fables drawn from bird life stand at the beginning of his Poetical Pieces on Several Occasions (see Vol. II.).
Page 447. The Boy and the Sky-lark.
(?) Charles Lamb. The frontispiece to Vol. II. of Poetry for Children took its subject from this poem.
Page 449. The Men and Women, and the Monkeys.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 449. Love, Death, and Reputation.
(?) Charles Lamb. Mr. Swinburne contributed to The Athenaeum of February 2, 1878, a note on this poem:—
At the 96th page of the new edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's 'Poetry for Children' is a little poem of which the authorship can hardly be doubtful, done into rhyme from the blank verse of Webster; a translation by no means to its advantage. The original is to be found in the third act of the "Duchess of Malfi," in the magnificent scene where the privacy of the wedded lovers is invaded by Ferdinand; in whose mouth the apologue transferred or "conveyed" by Lamb into the quaint and delightful little book over the recovery of which all the hearts of his lovers are yet warm with rejoicing, has a tragic and terrible significance. It may be worth remark that the Poetry for Children appeared the year after that—most fortunate of years for all students of the higher English drama—which was made nobly memorable by the appearance of the matchless and priceless volume of 'Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakespear,' in which the fratricide's apologue is translated at length; so that while some part of Lamb's too rare leisure was given to the gentle "task work" of making rhymes for little children, the first strong savour of a fierce delight in his new intimacy with the third and most tragic of English tragic poets must have been fresh and hot upon him.
Page 450. The Sparrow and the Hen.
(?) Charles Lamb. Mrs. Glasse would be Hannah Glasse, of The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy, 1747.
Page 451. Which is the Favourite?
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 451. The Beggar-Man.
By John Lamb, Charles and Mary's brother; as we know from a letter from Charles Lamb to Robert Lloyd.
Page 452. Choosing a Profession.
By Mary Lamb, as we know on the evidence of Robert Lloyd.
Page 453. Breakfast.
This also, on Robert Lloyd's evidence, is by Mary Lamb.
Page 454. Weeding.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 455. Parental Recollections.
(?) Charles Lamb. The first line was quoted by him in the Elia essay "The Old and the New Schoolmaster." The poem may be considered as the poetical correlative of the beautiful Elia essay "Dream-Children."
Page 455. The Two Boys.
By Mary Lamb. Quoted by Lamb, as by "a quaint poetess," in his Elia essay "Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading."
Page 456. The Offer.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 456. The Sister's Expostulation on the Brother's Learning Latin.
(?) Charles Lamb. Many years later Mary Lamb wrote a sonnet in Blackwood on a kindred subject, addressed to Emma Isola. Mary Lamb taught Latin to Mary Cowden Clarke (when Mary Victoria Novello) and to William Hazlitt's son, also to Miss Kelly.
Page 457. The Brother's Reply.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 459. Nurse Green.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 460. Good Temper.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 460. Moderation in Diet.
(?) Mary Lamb. The "splendid shilling" (borrowed from Phillips' parody of Milton) suggests a touch of Charles Lamb.
Page 462. Incorrect Speaking.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 462. Charity.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 463. My Birth-day.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 464. The Beasts in the Tower.
(?) Charles Lamb. There is a hint of Blake's "Tiger, tiger burning bright" (which Lamb so greatly admired) in—
That cat-like beast that to and fro Restless as fire doth ever go.
Page 466. The Confidant.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 466. Thoughtless Cruelty.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 467. Eyes.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 468. Penny Pieces.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 469. The Rainbow.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 470. The Force of Habit.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 470. Clock Striking.
(?) Charles Lamb. The late R.H. Shepherd, in his edition of Lamb, remarks upon the resemblance between lines 10 and 11 and the couplet in "Hester"—
if 'twas not pride It was a joy to that allied—
as proving Charles Lamb to be the author.
Page 471. Why not do it, Sir, To-day?
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 471. Home Delights.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 472. The Coffee Slips.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 473. The Dessert.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 474. To a Young Lady, on being too fond of Music.
(?) Mary Lamb. Melesinda also was the name of the heroine in "Mr. H."
Page 475. Time spent in Dress.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 476. The Fairy.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 476. Conquest of Prejudice.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 478. The Great Grandfather.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 479. The Spartan Boy.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 480. Queen Oriana's Dream.
By Charles Lamb. Reprinted by him in his Works, 1818, the text of which is here given.
Page 481. On a Picture of the Finding of Moses, etc.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 483. David.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 486. David in the Cave of Adullam.
Reprinted by Lamb, with Mary Lamb's name to it, in the Works, 1818, the text of which is here given. This was the last poem in Poetry for Children.
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Page 488, Summer Friends.
By Mary Lamb. This poem was sent by Robert Lloyd to his wife in April, 1809, as being one of the poems which Mary Lamb was writing for Poetry for Children. It was not, however, included in that collection.
Page 488. A Birth-day Thought.
This poem is printed by Mylius in his First Book of Poetry. In the edition of 1811 the initials M.L. are appended; in later editions, C.L. Hence it is included here. But we have no proof that M.L. stands for Mary Lamb, or C.L. for Charles Lamb; although the coincidence would be very striking if they did not.
Page 489. The Boy, the Mother, and the Butterfly.
These verses, which have not before been collected with Lamb's writings, exist in an album which belonged probably to Thomas Westwood, son of the Lambs' providers at Enfield. They are signed Charles Lamb and dated October 9, 1827, at Enfield Chase.
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Page 490. PRINCE DORUS, OR FLATTERY PUT OUT OF COUNTENANCE.
Apart from the internal evidence, which is very strong, I think, the only reason for attributing this tale to Charles Lamb is an entry in Crabb Robinson's diary for May 15, 1811: "A very pleasant call on Charles and Mary Lamb. Read his version of Prince Dorus, the Long-Nosed King." In his reminiscences of Lamb and others (in MS.) Robinson said, under 1811: "C. Lamb wrote this year for children a version of the Nursery Tale of Prince Dorus. I mention this, because it is not in his collected works and like two vols. of Poems for Children likely to be lost. I this year tried to persuade him to make a new version of the old Tale of Reynard the Fox. He said he was sure it would not succeed—sense for humour, said L., is extinct." What particular version of the story was used by Lamb we cannot tell, but in a little book called Adventures of Musul; or, The Three Gifts, printed for Vernor & Hood and E. Newbery in 1800, "The Prince that had a Long Nose" is one of the tales. Lamb's version does not call for annotation.
INDEX
A
"Adventures of Ulysses," 240, 505. "All's Well that Ends Well," 115. Allsop, Thomas, and Coleridge, 509. Amwell and the Lambs, 510. "Anger," 429, 518. "Ann Withers," 334, 511. Anti-Jacobin and Review, The, 499. "Arabella Hardy," 384, 513. "As You Like It," 44.
B
Baldwin, Edward (Godwin's pseudonym), 500. Barbauld, Mrs., Lamb on, 500. Barton, Bernard, Lamb's letters to, 505, 508. "Beasts in the Tower, The," 464, 520. "Beggar Man, The," 451, 520. Bells and Lamb, 513. "Birthday Thought, A," 488, 522. Blake, William, 503, 520. Blakesware and the Lambs, 511. "Blindness," 429, 518. "Boy and the Sky-lark, The," 447, 519. "Boy and the Snake, The," 413, 516. "Boy, Mother, and Butterfly, The," 489, 522. "Breakfast," 453, 520. "Broken Doll, The," 425, 518. "Brother's Reply, The," 457, 520. Burney, Martin, and the Lambs, 502, 510, 518. "Butterfly, The," 406, 516.
C
"Changeling, The," 334, 511. Chapman, George, his Homer, 505, 507. "Charity," 462, 520. "Charlotte Wilmot," 375, 513. "Choosing a Profession," 452, 520. "Chusing a Name," 408, 516. Clairmont, Mrs. (afterwards Mrs. Godwin), 499. "Cleanliness," 417, 517. "Clock Striking," 470, 521. "Coffee Slips, The," 472, 521. Coleridge, S.T., Lamb's letters to, 500, 505, 515. —— on Mrs. Leicester's School, 509. "Comedy of Errors," 136. "Confidant, The," 466, 521. "Conquest of Prejudice," 476, 521. "Crumbs to the Birds," 408, 516. "Cymbeline," 81.
D
"David," 483, 521. "—— in the Cave of Adullam," 486, 522. "Dessert, The," 473, 521. "Discontent and Quarrelling," 410, 516. "DORUS, PRINCE," 490, 522. "Duchess of Malfi," Lamb's paraphrase from, 449, 519. "Duty of a Brother, The," 426, 518.
E
Elia in translation, 504. "Elinor Forester," 350, 511. "Elizabeth Villiers," 319, 510. "Emily Barton," 360, 511. "End of May, The," 422, 518. "Envy," 404, 516. "Eyes," 467, 521.
F
"Fairy, The," 476, 521. "Farmhouse, The," 328, 310. "Father's Wedding Day, The," 350, 511. "Feigned Courage," 424, 518. Fenelon, his Telemachus, 507. Field, Mary, the Lambs' grandmother, 511. "First Going to Church," 378, 513. "—— of April, The," 416, 517. "—— Tooth, The," 415, 517. "Force of Habit, The," 470, 521.
G
Gillray, James, his caricature of Lamb, 499. Glanvill, Joseph, on witchcraft, 513. Godwin, Mrs., Lamb's hostility to, 500. —— her choice in pictures, 502. —— her preface to Mrs. Leicester's School (?), 509. — William, his meeting with Lamb, 499. —— becomes a publisher, 500. —— his influence on Lamb's career, 500. —— his preface to Tales from Shakespear, 503. —— his criticism of The Adventures of Ulysses, 506. —— Lamb's reply to him, 506. "Going into Breeches," 419, 517. "Good Temper," 460, 520. "Great Grandfather, The," 478, 521.
H
"Hamlet," 199. Hazlitt, Sarah. See Sarah Stoddart. Hazlitt, William, 500, 501. Hodgkins, Thomas, Godwin's manager, 500. "Home Delights," 471, 521. Homer, in Chapman's translation, 505, 507.
I
"Incorrect Speaking," 462, 520.
J
"JOHN WOODVIL" quoted, 513. "Journey from School and to School, The," 434, 518. Juvenile literature, Lamb on, 500.
K
"King Lear," 92. "KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS," 389, 513.
L
Lamb, Charles, and books for children, 499. —— and William Godwin, 499, 505. —— and Mrs. Godwin, 500, 502. —— on Mrs. Barbauld and Mrs. Trimmer, 500, 501. —— and Tales from Shakespear, 501. —— and the Godwins' illustrator, 502. —— and The Adventures of Ulysses, 505. —— kisses Chapman's Homer, 505. —— commends it to Coleridge, 505. —— on publishers and authors, 506. —— and Mrs. Leicester's School, 508. —— his affection for St. Dunstan's giants, 512. —— and Stackhouse's picture of the witch, 513. —— his father and Lincolnshire, 513. Lamb, Charles, and church bells, 513. —— his first children's book, 513. —— and The King and Queen of Hearts, 513. —— and Poetry for Children, 515. —— his union with his sister, 515. —— and Prince Dorus, 522. — Elizabeth, the Lambs' mother, 512. — John, the Lambs' father, 513. —— the Lambs' brother, his poem, 451, 520. —— his lameness, 517. — Mary, and Tales from Shakespear, 501. —— her difficulty with "All's Well that Ends Well," 502. —— her anonymity, 504. —— and Mrs. Leicester's School, 508. —— her "new source of the pathetic," 509. —— a preface in her name, 509. —— her memory of Mackery End (?), 510. —— her recollections of Blakesware, 511. —— her relations with her grandmother, 511. —— her first play, 511. —— on her aunt Hetty and her mother, 512. —— and Poetry for Children, 515. —— her union with her brother, 515. "Lame Brother, The," 418, 517. Landor, Walter Savage, on Mrs. Leicester's School, 508. "LEICESTER, MRS., HER SCHOOL," 316, 508. Lloyd, Robert, and the Lambs, 515. Looking Glass, The, 514. "Louisa Manners," 328, 510. "Love, Death, and Reputation," 449, 519.
M
"Macbeth," 106. Mackery End and the Lambs, 510. "Magpye's Nest, The," 445, 519. Manning, Thomas, Lamb's letters to, 501, 505. "Margaret Green," 354, 511. "Maria Howe," 368, 512. "Measure for Measure," 148. "Memory," 431, 518. "Men and Women, and the Monkeys, The," 449, 519. "Merchant of Venice, The," 69. "Merchant's Daughter, The," 375, 513. "Midsummer Night's Dream," 13. "Mimic Harlequin, The," 430, 518. "Moderation in Diet," 460, 520. "Motes in the Sunbeams," 413, 516. "MRS. LEICESTER'S SCHOOL," 316, 508. —— in translation, 510. "Much Ado About Nothing," 33. Mulready, William, 500, 503, 515. "My Birthday," 463, 520. Mylius, W.F., his gleanings from Lamb, 516.
N
"Neatness in Apparel," 412, 516. Newbery's art of advertisement, 512. "New-born Infant, The," 412, 516. "Nurse Green," 459, 520. "Nursing," 420, 518.
O
Odyssey, The. See Chapman. "Offer, The," 456, 520. "On a Picture of the Finding of Moses," 481, 521. "On the Lord's Prayer," 442, 519. "Orange, The," 435, 518. "Othello," 213.
P
"Parental Recollections," 455, 520. "Peach, The," 407, 516. Pearson, Miss, 512. "Penny Pieces," 468, 521. "Pericles," 225. Plumer, Mrs., and Mary Lamb, 511. "POETRY FOR CHILDREN," 404, 515. "PRINCE DORUS," 490, 522.
Q
"Queen Oriana's Dream," 480, 521.
R
"Rainbow, The," 469, 521. "Reaper's Child, The," 404, 516. "Repentance and Reconciliation," 411, 516. "Reproof, The," 432, 518. "Ride, The," 405, 516. Robinson, Crabb, and Lamb, 522. —— and Landor, 508. "Romeo and Juliet," 184. "Rook and the Sparrows, The," 409, 516.
S
"Sailor Uncle, The," 319, 510. St. Dunstan's giants, 512. "Sea-Voyage, The," 384, 513. "SHAKESPEAR, TALES FROM," 1, 501. Shakespeare, William, and the Lambs, 1, 501. "Sister's Expostulation on the Brother's Learning Latin, The," 456, 520. "Sparrow and the Hen, The," 450, 519. "Spartan Boy, The," 479, 521. Stoddart, Sarah, Mary Lamb's letters to, 501, 502, 508, 512. "Suffer Little Children...," 443, 519. "Summer Friends," 488, 522. "Susan Yates," 378, 513. Swinburne, Mr. A.C., on Lamb, 519.
T
"TALES FROM SHAKESPEAR," 1. —— how written, 501. —— how illustrated, 502. —— Godwin's preface, 503. —— translation, 504. "Taming of the Shrew," 126. Telemachus, The Adventures of, 507. "Tempest, The," 3. "Text, The," 421, 518. "Thoughtless Cruelty," 466, 521. "Three Friends, The," 437, 519. "Time Spent in Dress," 475, 521. "Timon of Athens," 173. "To a River in which a Child was Drowned," 416, 517. "To a Young Lady, on being Too Fond of Music," 474, 521. Translations of Lamb's work, 504, 510. Trimmer, Mrs., Lamb on, 501. "Twelfth Night," 161. "Two Bees, The," 432, 518. "—— Boys, The," 455, 520. "—— Gentlemen of Verona," 58.
U
"ULYSSES, ADVENTURES OF," 240, 505.
V
"Visit to the Cousins," 360, 511.
W
"Wasps in a Garden," 427, 518. Webster, Thomas, and Lamb, 519. "Weeding," 454, 520. "What is Fancy?" 428, 518. "Which is the Favourite?" 451, 519. "Why not do it, Sir, To-day?" 471, 521. "Winter's Tale, The," 23. "Witch Aunt, The," 368, 512. Wollstonecraft, Mary, 499. "WOODVIL, JOHN," quoted, 513. Wordsworth, William, Lamb's letters to, 502, 514. "Written in the First Leaf of a Child's Memorandum-Book," 430, 518.
Y
"Young Letter-Writer, The," 436, 519. "—— Mahometan," 354, 511.
INDEX OF FIRST LINES
A bird appears a thoughtless thing, 408. A child's a plaything for an hour, 455. A Creole boy from the West Indies brought, 452. A dinner party, coffee, tea, 453. A dozen years since in this house what commotion, 463. A little boy with crumbs of bread, 409. A little child, who had desired, 470. A Sparrow, when Sparrows like Parrots could speak, 450. A wicked action fear to do, 447. Abject, stooping, old, and wan, 451. After the tempest in the sky, 469. An infant is a selfish sprite, 425. Anger in its time and place, 429. Anna was always full of thought, 466. As busy Aurelia, 'twixt work and 'twixt play, 454. Brothers and sisters I have many, 451. But a few words could William say, 432. Can I, all gracious Providence, 488. Come my little Robert near, 417. David and his three captains bold, 486. Dear Sir, Dear Madam, or Dear Friend, 436. Did I hear the church-clock a few minutes ago, 470. Do, my dearest brother John, 406. For gold could Memory be bought, 431. Henry was every morning fed, 413. High on a Throne of state is seen, 390. Horatio, of ideal courage vain, 424. I am to write three lines, and you, 429. I have got a new-born sister, 408. I have taught your young lips the good words to say over, 442. I keep it, dear Papa, within my glove, 468. I saw a boy with eager eye, 455. I'll make believe, and fancy something strange, 430. If you go to the field where the Reapers now bind, 404. In a stage-coach, where late I chanc'd to be, 429. In days of yore, as Ancient Stories tell, 490. In many a lecture, many a book, 475. In whatsoever place resides, 460. In your garb and outward clothing, 412. Incorrectness in your speech, 462. It is not always to the strong, 483. Joy to Philip, he this day, 419. Lately an Equipage I overtook, 405. Lucy, what do you espy, 467. Mamma gave us a single Peach, 407. Mamma heard me with scorn and pride, 432. Mamma is displeased and look very grave, 411. Miss Lydia every day is drest, 410. My father's grandfather lives still, 478. My neat and pretty book, when I thy small lines see, 430. My parents sleep both in one grave, 418. O hush, my little baby brother, 420. O what a joyous joyous day, 434. O why your good deeds with such pride do you scan, 462. On a bank with roses shaded, 480. Once on a time, Love, Death, and Reputation, 449. One Sunday eve a grave old man, 421. Our Governess is not in school, 422. Said Ann to Matilda, I wish that we knew, 476. Shut these odious books up, brother, 456. Sister, fie, for shame, no more, 457. Smiling river, smiling river, 416. Tell me what is the reason you hang down your head, 416. Tell me, would you rather be, 456. The drunkard's sin, excess in wine, 460. The month was June, the day was hot, 435. The motes up and down in the sun, 413. The Swallow is a summer bird, 488. The wall-trees are laden with fruit, 427. There, Robert, you have kill'd that fly, 466. This Picture does the story express, 481. This rose-tree is not made to bear, 404. Three young maids in friendship met, 437. Through the house what busy joy, 415. To Jesus our Saviour some parents presented, 443. To operas and balls my cousins take me, 471. Unto a Yorkshire school was sent, 476. When beasts by words their meanings could declare, 449, When I the memory repeat, 479. When the arts in their infancy were, 445. Whene'er I fragrant coffee drink, 472. Whether beneath sweet beds of roses, 412. Why is your mind thus all day long, 474. Why on your sister do you look, 427. Why so I will, you noisy bird, 471. With the apples and the plums, 473. Within the precincts of this yard, 464. Young William held the Butterfly in chase, 489. Your prayers you have said, and you've wished Good night, 459.
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