HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL

ESSAYS.

BY

THOMAS DE QUINCEY,

AUTHOR OF

'CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

BOSTON:

TICKNOR, REED, AND FIELDS.

M DCCC LIII.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by

TICKNOR, REED, AND FIELDS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

THURSTON, TORRY, AND EMERSON, PRINTERS.