The Lake English Classics

REVISED EDITION WITH HELPS TO STUDY

ESSAYS

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN

EDITED BY

RAYMOND MACDONALD ALDEN

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY

SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY

CHICAGO

NEW YORK

Janef

HAZLITT

IN GOING A JOURNEY

THE FIGHT.

SIR WALTER SCOTT

ON THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS

LEIGH HUNT

• ON THE GRACES AND ANXIETIES OF PIG-DRIVING.

SPRING AND DAISIES

DE QUINCEY

ON THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE IN MACBETH

INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF STRIFE