Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays (Vol. 1-6)

This anthology, a labor of love spanning six volumes, showcases the diverse talents of Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British historian and politician. Macaulay's brings together unparalleled essays, offering readers a holistic view of his erudition, historical insights, and literary critiques. Table of Contents: Volume 1: Fragments of a Roman Tale On the Royal Society of Literature Scenes from 'Athenian Revels' Criticism on the Principal Italian Writers Some Account of the Great Lawsuit between the Parishes of St. Dennis and St. George in the Water A Conversation between Mr. Abraham Cowley and Mr. John Milton, Touching the Great Civil War, Set Down by a Gentleman of the Middle Temple On the Athenian Orators A Prophetic Account of a Grand National Epic Poem, to be Entitled 'The Wellingtoniad,' and to be Published A. D. 2824 On Mitford's History of Greece Milton Machiavelli John Dryden History Hallam Volume 2: Mill on Government Westminster Reviewer's Defence of Mill Utilitarian Theory of Government Southey's Colloquies Mr. Robert Montgomery Sadler's Law of Population John Bunyan Sadler's Refutation Refuted Civil Disabilities of the Jews Moore's Life of Lord Byron Samuel Johnson John Hampden Volume 3: Burleigh and His Times Mirabeau War of the Succession in Spain Horace Walpole William Pitt, Earl of Chatham Sir James Mackintosh Lord Bacon Volume 4: Sir William Temple Gladstone on Church and State Lord Clive Von Ranke Leigh Hunt Lord Holland Volume 5: Warren Hastings Frederic the Great Madame D'Arblay The Life and Writings of Addison Barère Volume 6: The Earl of Chatham Francis Atterbury John Bunyan Oliver Goldsmith Samuel Johnson William Pitt The West Indies The London University Social and Industrial Capacities of Negroes The Present Administration

Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) was a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist, on contemporary and historical sociopolitical subjects, and as a reviewer. His The History of England and its literary style has remained an object of praise since its publication, including subsequent to the widespread condemnation of its historical contentions which became popular in the 20th century.