description of him, 377. —— his
chivalry, 377. —— Barry Cornwall’s
anecdote of him, 377. —— his birthplace,
379. —— his patron, 380. ——
his father, 381. —— and Baron Maseres,
383. —— and Southey’s criticism
of Elia, 384. —— as a landowner,
385. —— his letter to his tenant,
386. —— and his mother, 387. ——
his sonnet to Mrs. Siddons, 388. ——
and Alice W——, 389. ——
his love period, 389. —— and chimney-sweepers,
390. —— at Bartholomew Fair, 391.
—— his acquaintance with Hood, 393.
—— his joke to a beggar, 394. ——
on the “Beggar’s Petition,” 394.
—— his joke on Wainewright, 395.
—— the origin of his “Roast
Pig,” 395. —— his recantation,
397. —— his aunts, 397. ——
on Mrs. John Rickman, 397. —— criticised
by Macaulay, 399. —— praised by
Hartley Coleridge, 400. —— on Elia’s
character, 402. —— on the East India
House clerks, 404. —— letter to
Southey about Blakesware, 406. ——
letter to Barton on same subject, 406. ——
his excursion with Elliston and Munden, 410. ——
his books described by Leigh Hunt, 412. ——
his affectation of affectation, 414. ——
and watering-places, 415. —— at
Hastings, 416. —— leaves the India
House, 417. —— letter to Barton
on his liberty, 417. —— on the Puritans,
418. —— his love of walking, 419.
—— his sonnet on “Work,”
419. —— his remark to Macready,
423. —— his remark to Allsop about
Dyer, 425. —— the last book he read,
426. —— on Lord’s Thurlow’s
poems, 427. —— his paragraphs for
the Morning Post, 429. ——
as he appeared to Dan Stuart, 430. ——
his epigrams on Mackintosh, 433. ——
his real opinion of Titian’s “Ariadne,”
434. —— letter to Barton on John
Martin, 435. —— at Hazlitt’s
wedding, 436. —— his clothes, 438.
—— his pun at Cary’s, 441.
—— his treatment of presentation
copies, 441. — Elizabeth, Lamb’s
mother, 387. — John (Lovel), 100,
381. —— his boyhood, 183, 408.
—— quoted, 437. ——
jr., his character, 81. —— his childhood,
117. —— at the South-Sea House,
344. —— and Hazlitt, 347. ——
his Letter ... on Cruelty to Animals, 374.
—— his death, 388. —
Mary (Bridget Elia), Lamb’s sister, 43, 86, 362,
376. —— her account of a schoolmaster,
62. —— a quaint poetess, 200, 414.
—— her first play, 387. ——
her poem “Helen,” 407. —
Sarah (Lamb’s aunt), 15, 142, 350, 397. ——
her character, 80. Lamb, Sarah, her sarcasm,
184. — family, 81, 373. “LAST
ESSAYS OF ELIA,” 339. Laughter, Lamb on,
287. “Lazarus, The Raising of,” by
Piombo, 262, 435. Le Grice, Charles Valentine,
25, 110, 354, 384. —— Samuel, 25,
355. Leisure, Lamb on, 420. Letter-writing,
Lamb on, 118. Liar, a good, 202. Libraries,
Lamb on, 11. Life of John Buncle, by Amory,
30, 357. Lincoln, John Lamb’s boyhood,
183, 408. Liston, John, 169, 401, 423.
Lloyd, Charles, 360. Lombardy and the pawnbrokers,
254. London, Lamb’s homes in, 379. London
Magazine, history of, 340. ——
Lamb’s contributions to, 1-56, 66-185, 195-208,
215, 219, 230,
235, 237, 242, 271, 276, 281, 315, 322,
235, 237, 242, 271, 276, 281, 315, 322,