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THE
PLAIN SPEAKER:
OPINIONS
ON
BOOKS, MEN, AND THINGS.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON-STREET.
1826.
BELIND
28 MAN 1912
PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
Page
Essay I.-On the Qualifications necessary to Success in
Essay VII.-On the Difference between Writing and
Speaking
163
Essay VIII.-On a Portrait of an English Lady, by
Essay XI.-Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars.
309
Essay XII.-Sir Walter Scott, Racine, and Shakespear 335
Essay XIII.-On Depth and Superficiality
361
Essay XIV.-On Respectable People
397
Essay XV.-On Jealousy and Spleen of Party
409