THE

W O R K S

OF

CHARLES L AM B,

WITHI

A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE

AND

FINAL MEMORIALS.

BY

SIR THOMAS NOON TALFOURD,

ONE OF HIS EXECUTORS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

TO

MARY ANNE LAMB,

These Letters,

THE MEMORIALS OF MANY YEARS WHICH SHE SPENT WITH THE

WRITER IN UNDIVIDED AFFECTION;

OF THE SORROWS AND THE JOYS SHE SHARED;

OF

THE GENIUS WHICH SHE CHERISHED;

AND OF

THE EXCELLENCE WHICH SHE BEST KNEW,

ARE RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY THE EDITOR.