ON THE

ENGLISH COMIC WRITERS.

BY WILLIAM HAZLITT.

FROM THE THIRD LONDON EDITION,

EDITED BY HIS SON.

"It is a very good office one man does another, when he tells him the manner of his
being pleased."-STEELE.

NEW-YORK:

WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1845.

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED

TO ONE OF

THE BEST ENGLISH COMIC WRITERS OF HIS TIME,

LAMAN BLANCHARD,

AS A TOKEN OF

THE EDITOR'S SINCERE ATTACHMENT AND RESPECT.