This book is a collection of works by the English essayist Charles Lamb. It includes essays from his popular collection Essays of Elia, as well as other notable works such as Recollections of Christ's Hospital and Essays on the Tragedies of Shakespeare. The book also includes letters published under assumed signatures in The Reflector, as well as other rare fragments of Lamb's writing.

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