| Edition |
Riverside ed. ... |
| Description |
12 volumes : frontispiece (portrait) ; 19 cm |
| Note |
Half-title; each volume has special t.p. |
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Vol. I, a much later insertion, has imprint: Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company [1881?]; v. 6-12 have imprint: New York, Hurd and Houghton; Boston, H.O. Houghton and company. |
| Contents |
I. Confessions of an English opium-eater, and kindred papers. 42. ed.--II. Autobiographic sketches.--III. Literary reminiscences.--IV. Literary criticism.--V. The eighteenth century in scholarship and literature.--VI. Biographical and historical essays.--VII. Essays in ancient history and antiquities.--VIII. Essays on Christianity, paganism, and superstition.--IX. Essays in philosophy. |
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X. Politics and political economy.--XI. Romances and extravaganzas: Klosterheim. The household wreck. The avenger. The fatal marksman. The incognito; or, Count Fitz Hum. The dice. The King of Hayti. On murder, considered as one of the fine arts. Supplementary paper on murder considered as one of the fine arts. Three memorable murders.--XII. Narrative and miscellaneous papers. With a general index. |
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