CRITICAL

AND

HISTORICAL ESSAYS,

BY LORD MACAULAY.

VOL. I.

LONDON

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, & GREEN

1862

161936-B

TO

FRANCIS JEFFREY

THESE ESSAYS ARE DEDICATED,

IN TOKEN

OF THE ESTEEM, ADMIRATION, AND AFFECTION

OF HIS FRIEND

THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.