THE WORKS

OR

LORD MACAULAY.

VOL. V.

LONDON PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO.

NEW-STREET SQUARE

CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL

ESSAYS.

TO

FRANCIS JEFFREY

THESE ESSAYS ARE DEDICATED

IN TOKEN OF THE

ESTEEM, ADMIRATION, AND AFFECTION OF HIS FRIEND

THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.