| Description |
x, 468 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 413-445) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Leigh Hunt as political essayist / by Carl R. Woodring -- Essays by Hunt: On the separation of Russia from the British interest -- A letter of strong advice to his royal highness, the Prince of Wales, on his character and connections -- Deliverance of Europe -- France and England -- Dinner in honour of "the immortal Pitt" -- Proposed monument to Locke -- Continental princes -- On certain terms magnanimously applied to the French ruler -- Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge -- Bonaparte, his present aspect and character -- Late Mr. Horne Tooke -- Manufacturers -- To the Right Honourable Lord Ellenborough ... -- French fashions -- Christmas and other old national merry-makings considered -- Distressed seamen, and distress of the poor in general -- On the intellectual inferiority of Parliament to the demands of the age -- Cause of the inferiority of Parliament to the demands of the present age -- Death and character of the queen -- Crowding of convicts in prison-ships -- Mr. Cobbett, and what is wanted in Parliament -- Late Queen of England, her funeral, etc. -- On the keeping of Twelfth-Night -- Christmas Day -- Wishing Cap. No. III: undue inequalities in society ... -- Wishing Cap. No. VII: answer to a singular argument of the Tories -- Townsman Nos. II, III, IV: a ramble in Mary-Le-Bone -- Townsman No. V: Newman Street, Mr. Irving, Mr. Stothard, recollections of Mr. West and his house -- Townsman No. XI (et seq.): a walk to Chelsea -- Townsman: street-lights, gas, and illuminations -- Explanation and retrospection: The examiner twenty years ago -- Twelfth Night -- Christmas Day divided between two worlds ... -- Occasional Nos. XIII, XIV: young old statesmen -- Appendix: Occasional Leigh Hunt / by Edmund Ollier. |
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History, Modern.
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History, Modern. |
| Added Author |
Houtchens, Lawrence Huston, 1898-
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Houtchens, Carolyn Washburn.
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