A compact study in Bell’s Miniature Series of Great Writers. Walter Jerrold tells the story of Lamb’s life as clerk at the East India House and devoted brother of Mary Lamb, then surveys his principal writings, the Essays of Elia and the later essays for the London Magazine, his letters and the qualities of his style, ending with a chronological list of works.
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