William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in complete form.
List of abbreviations -- Introductory note -- Brief biographical
directory of selected personages -- Political Essays -- Dedication -- Preface
-- The Marquis Wellesley -- Mr Southey, Poet Laureat -- Mr Southeys
New-Years Ode -- Dottrel-Catching -- The Bourbons and Bonaparte -- Vetus --
On the Courier and Times Newspapers -- Illustrations of Vetus --
Illustrations of Vetus (continued) -- Illustrations of Vetus (continued) --
Illustrations of Vetus -- Illustrations of Vetus (concluded) -- On the Late
War -- Prince Maurices Parrot; or, French Instructions to a British --
Plenipotentiary -- Whether the Friends of Freedom can Entertain any Sanguine
-- Hopes of the Favourable Results of the Ensuing Congress -- The Lay of the
Laureate, Carmen Nuptiale, by Robert Southey -- The Lay of the Laureate,
Carmen Nuptiale, by Robert Southey (concluded) -- To the Editor of the
Examiner -- A New View of Society, by Robert Owen -- The Speeches of Charles
C. Western, MP, and Henry Brougham, MP -- Speeches in Parliament on the
Distresses of the Country, Mr Western and Mr Brougham (concluded) -- A
Lay-Sermon on the Distresses of the Country, addressed -- the Middle and
Higher Orders. By S. T. Coleridge -- The Statesmans Manual. By S. T.
Coleridge -- Mr Coleridges Lay-Sermon. To the Editor of the Examiner --
Bonaparte and Muller, The Celebrated Historian of Switzerland --
Illustrations of the Times Newspaper: On Modern Apostates -- Illustrations of
the Times Newspaper: On Modern Lawyers and Poets -- The Times Newspaper: On
the Connexion Between Toad-Eaters and Tyrants -- Interesting Facts relating
to the Fall and Death of Joachim Murat, by Francis Macirone -- Interesting
Facts relating to the Fall of Murat, by F. Macirone (concluded) -- Wat Tyler;
A Dramatic Poem. The Quarterly Review: Article, On Parliamentary Reform --
The Courier and The Wat Tyler -- A Letter to William Smith, Esq. MP from
Robert Southey, Esq. -- A Letter to William Smith, Esq. MP from Robert
Southey, Esq. -- A Letter to William Smith, Esq. MP from Robert Southey, Esq.
(concluded) -- On the Spy-System -- On the Same Subject -- On the Treatment
of the State Prisoners -- The Opposition and the Courier -- England in
1798.
By S. T. Coleridge -- On the Effects of War and Taxes -- Character of Mr
Burke -- On Court-Influence -- On Court-Influence (concluded) -- On the
Clerical Character -- On the Clerical Character -- On the Clerical Character
-- What is the People? -- What is the People? (concluded) -- On the Regal
Character -- The Fudge Family in Paris. Edited by Thomas Brown -- Character
of Lord Chatham, 1807 -- Character of Mr Burke, 1807 -- Character of Mr Fox,
1807 -- Character of Mr Pitt, 1806 -- Pitt and Buonaparte. From the Morning
Post -- An Examination of Mr Malthuss Doctrines -- On the Originality of Mr
Malthuss Essay -- On the Principle Population as Affecting the Schemes --
Utopian Improvement -- On the Application of Mr Malthuss Principle to the
Poor Laws -- Queries Relating to the Essay on Population -- Appendix I:
Chronological listing of political articles -- Appendix II: Hazlitts The
Stripling Bard -- Notes -- Books referred to in the notes to volume 4.