rom the lack of it. In putting his
opinions and experiences in the first person, we feel that Lamb did so
almost unconsciously, because it was for him the easiest way of
expressing himself. It was not, in fact, egotism at all in the
commonly accepted sense of meaning, too frequent or self-laudatory use
of the personal pronoun.

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKS

Those books with an asterisk against their date were only in part the
work of Charles Lamb.

*1796. Poems on Various Subjects, by S. T. Coleridge (included four
sonnets signed C. L., described in the preface as by "Mr. Charles Lamb
of the India House").

*1796. Poems on the Death of Priscilla Farmer, by her grandson,
Charles Lloyd (included "The Grandame," by Lamb).

*1797. Poems by S. T. Coleridge, second edition, to which are now
added Poems by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd.

*1798. Blank Verse by Charles Lloyd and Charles Lamb.

1798. A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret (afterwards
simply entitled "Rosamund Gray").

1802. John Woodvil, a Tragedy; with Fragments of Burton.

1805. The King and Queen of Hearts: Showing how notably the Queen made
her Tarts and how scurvily the Knave stole them away with other
particulars belonging thereunto.

*1807. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the use of young Persons. 2
vols. (By Charles and Mary Lamb, though only the name of the
former appeared on the original title-page.)

*1807 or 1808. Mrs. Leicester's School, or the History of several
young Ladies related by themselves (by Charles and
Mary Lamb).

1808. The Adventures of Ulysses.

1808. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who lived about the Time of
Shakespeare.

*1809. Poetry for Children. Entirely original. By the author of "Mrs.
Leicester's School."

1811. Prince Dorus; or Flattery put out of Countenance. A Poetical
Version of an Ancient Tale.

[1811. Beauty and the Beast; or a Rough Outside with Gentle Heart. A
Poetical Version of an Ancient Tale; credited to Lamb by some
authorities but on inconclusive evidence.]

1818. The Works of Charles Lamb. In 2 vols.

1823. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that title in the "London
Magazine" (now known as "Essays of Elia"):

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