BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAYS. REPRINTED FROM REVIEWS, WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. BY A. HAYWARD, ESQ., Q.C. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, AND ROBERTS. 1858. 161932-B PREFATORY NOTICE. IN forming this collection, I have taken care to confine it to contributions which aimed at the general and comprehensive treatment of subjects or characters, rather than the mere criticism of books; and a preference has been given to those which I have been fortunately enabled to enrich from peculiar sources of information,- such as the reminiscences of distinguished friends and contemporaries. The two Essays entitled "George Selwyn" and "Lord Chesterfield" had been already reprinted in Messrs. Longmans' "Traveller's Library;" and "The Art of Dining" forms part of "Murray's Railway Reading." Although the second edition had been stereotyped, Mr. Murray kindly permitted me to include it in this compilation, as well as any articles of mine that I might choose from "The Quarterly Review." March, 1858. A. H. Recently published, by the same Writer. JURIDICAL TRACTS. PART I. Containing 1. Historical Sketch of the Law of Real Property in England. — 2. The Principles and Practice of Pleading. Reforms in the Criminal Law. 3. Historical Sketch of Preparing for publication. PART II. Containing 1. History and Present State of the Laws relating to the Settlement and Removal of the Poor in England, Scotland, and Ire land. 2. Sketch of the Criminal Courts and Procedure of France. 3. Outline of the Criminal Jurisprudence of the leading States of Germany. W. G. BENNING & CO. Law Booksellers 43 FLEET STREET, LONDON. |