THE ATHENÆUM PRESS SERIES

G. L. KITTREDGE AND C. T. WINCHESTER

GENERAL EDITORS

The

Athenæum Press Series.

This series is intended to furnish a

library of the best English literature

from Chaucer to the present time in a

form adapted to the needs of both the

student and the general reader. The

works selected are carefully edited, with

biographical and critical introductions,

full explanatory notes, and other neces

sary apparatus.

FROM THE

ESSAYS OF FRANCIS JEFFREY

EDITED

WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

BY

LEWIS E. GATES

INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

BOSTON, U.S.A.

GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

1894