[Illustration: CHARLES LAMB AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-ONE.
BY HENRY MEYER.
From the original painting at the India Office, reproduced by permission
of the Secretary of State for India in Council.]


Bell's Miniature Series of Great Writers


CHARLES LAMB


BY

WALTER JERROLD




LONDON
GEORGE BELL & SONS
1905




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THE STORY OF HIS LIFE