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Title: The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols)
Author: Thomas De Quincey
Editor: Alexander H. Japp
Release Date: December 9, 2007 [EBook #23788]
Language: English
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THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS
OF
THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
_EDITED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.,
WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES._
BY
ALEXANDER H. JAPP,
LLD., F.R.S.E.
_VOLUME I._
LONDON:
WILLIAM HEINEMANN.
1891.
[_All rights reserved._]
SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS.
=With Other Essays,=
_CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL,
PHILOSOPHICAL, IMAGINATIVE
AND HUMOROUS,_
BY
THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
[Illustration]
LONDON:
WILLIAM HEINEMANN.
1891.
[_All rights reserved._]
_To
Mrs. BAIRD SMITH and Miss DE QUINCEY,
who put into my hands the remains in manuscript
of their father, that I might select and
publish from them what was deemed
to be available for such a purpose,
this volume is dedicated,
with many and
grateful thanks for
their confidence
and aid, by
their devoted
friend,_
_ALEXANDER H. JAPP._
PREFACE.
* * * * *
It only needs to be said, by way of Preface, that the articles in the
present volume have been selected more with a view to variety and
contrast than will be the case with those to follow. And it is right
that I should thank Mr. J. R. McIlraith for friendly help in the reading
of the proofs.
A. H. J.
[Transcriber's Note: This etext contains letters with macrons, and have
been noted as such: =u represents "u" with a macron, and )o represents
o with a breve.]
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
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