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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