Document attributed to William Hazlitt [manuscript], n.d.

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Document attributed to William Hazlitt [manuscript], n.d.

The document consists of a manuscript note, n.d., written on the back of an advertisement, concerning an unknown English actress. Note was attributed to William Hazlitt, but now thought not to be in his hand. There is also a photoprint of a page of an essay by Hazlitt, used for comparison with manuscript note.

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Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830

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In October 1812, William Hazlitt was hired by the Morning Chronicle as a parliamentary reporter. Soon he met John Hunt, publisher of the Examiner, and his younger brother Leigh Hunt, the poet and essayist, who edited the weekly paper. Hazlitt began to contribute miscellaneous essays to the Examiner in 1813, and the scope of his work for the Chronicle was expanded to include drama criticism, literary criticism, and political essays. In 1814 the Champion was added to the list of periodicals that a...