COPYRIGHT, 1860.

By SHELDON AND COMPANY.

The Works of Lord Macaulay.

ESSAYS.

VOL. I.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE. (Knight's Quarterly

Magazine, June 1823.)

ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE. (Knight's

Quarterly Magazine, June 1823.)

SCENES FROM “ATHENIAN REVELS." (Knight's Quar-

terly Magazine, January 1824.)

CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS.

No. I. DANTE. (Knight's Quarterly Magazine, Jan-

uary 1824.)

CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS.

No. II. PETRARCH. (Knight's Quarterly Magazine,

April 1824.)

SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT LAWSUIT BETWEEN

THE PARISHES OF ST. DENNIS AND ST. GEORGE

IN THE WATER. (Knight's Quarterly Magazine,

April 1824.)

A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. ABRAHAM COWLEY

AND MR. JOHN MILTON TOUCHING THE GREAT

CIVIL WAR. (Knight's Quarterly Magazine, August
1824.)

ON THE ATHENIAN ORATOR. (Knight's Quarterly Mag-

azine, August 1824.)

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