PREFACE. Of the following Essays, two-those on Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and on Edward FitzGerald-first appeared in "The Quarterly Review"; one-that on Gray-in Murray's Magazine "; the study of Cowper in "Macmillan's. Magazine"; and that of Gibbon in the "Fortnightly Review." A few slight 66 alterations and corrections have been made in reprinting them. With these exceptions, they are republished in their original form; and, for permission to do this, I am indebted, in the several cases, to the courtesy of Mr. Murray, Messrs. Macmillan & Co., and Messrs. Chapman & Hall, which I take this opportunity of acknowledging. The Essays on Swift, Johnson, and Lamb appear now for the first time. 177711 |