CRITICAL

AND

HISTORICAL ESSAYS

CONTRIBUTED TO

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW

BY

LORD MACAULAY

TENTH EDITION

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. I.

LONDON

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS

1860

PR 4963 A16

18602

ΤΟ

FRANCIS JEFFREY

THESE ESSAYS ARE DEDICATED,

IN TOKEN

OF THE ESTEEM, ADMIRATION, AND AFFECTION

OF HIS FRIEND

THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.