An Eighteenth-Century Gentleman and Other Essays

Cambridge: University Press, 1933. Second edition. Dark red small octavo; 131 p; 20 cm. Faint scuff to spine foot fold & spine head, barely rubbed corners, few marks to fore-edge, else very good+. Hardcover.

Contents: Preface.--An eighteenth-century gentleman [George Lyttelton]--Johnsoniana: Johnson in Grub street. Johnson's books. The focus of the Lichfield lamps. Two imitations-- Lord Macaulay, the preeminent Victorian. English literature -- History and criticism.