Three centuries of English essays ; from Francis Bacon to Max Beerbohm / edited by V. H. Collins.

Introduction.
Of friendship, by F. Bacon.
Sir Roger at church. Meditations in Westminster Abbey, by J. Addison.
Beau Tibbs, a character. To the printer, by O. Goldsmith.
Christ's Hospital five-and-thirty years ago. The convalescent, by C. Lamb.
The Indian jugglers, by W. Hazlitt.
The English mail-coach, by T. De Quincey.
On getting up on cold mornings, by J. H. L. Hunt.
Boscastle, by W. Bagehot.
Walking tours, by R. L. Stevenson.
The little river, by H. Belloc.
On lying in bed, by G. K. Chesterton.
On good resolutions, by R. Lynd.
Rain, by E. Thomas.
On going back to school, by M. Beerbohm.
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