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'''William Carew Hazlitt''' (22 August 1834 |
'''William Carew Hazlitt''' (22 August 1834{{snd}}8 September 1913),<ref>''Who's Who 1914'', p. xxii</ref> known professionally as '''W. Carew Hazlitt''', was an [[England|English]] lawyer, [[bibliographer]], editor and writer. He was the son of the barrister and registrar [[William Hazlitt (registrar)|William Hazlitt]], a grandson of the essayist and critic [[William Hazlitt]],{{sfn|Dictionary of National Biography}} and a great-grandson of the Unitarian minister and author [[William Hazlitt (Unitarian minister)|William Hazlitt]]. William Carew Hazlitt was educated at the [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors' School]] and was called to the bar of the [[Inner Temple]] in 1861. |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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Among Hazlitt's many publications are ''Handbook to the Popular, Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain: From the Invention of Printing to the Restoration'' (1867).<ref>{{cite book|author=William Carew Hazlitt|title=Handbook to the Popular, Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain: From the Invention of Printing to the Restoration|url=https://archive.org/details/handbooktopopul00hazlgoog|year=1867|publisher=J.R. Smith}}, supplemented in 1876, 1882, 1887 and 1889, a General Index by J. G. Gray appearing in 1893.</ref> Hazlitt published further contributions to the subject in ''Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature, Made During the Years 1893–1903'' (1903), and a ''Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays ...'' (1892). He was also the chief editor of an edition of Warton's ''[[The History of English Poetry|History of English Poetry]]'' (1871) and compiled the ''Catalogue of the Huth Library'' (1880).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=120}} |
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He edited ''A Select Collection of Old English Plays'', 4th edition (London: Reeves and Turner, 1874–76), which had been originally published by [[Robert Dodsley|Dodsley]] in 1744. |
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He also published ''Collections and Notes, 1867-1876'' (London: Reeves & Turner, 1876, containing detailed bibliographical entries on many early English printed books) followed by {{cite book|author= |
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His autobiography is {{cite book|author=<!-- William Carew Hazlitt -->|title=The Confessions of a Collector|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41393/41393-h/41393-h.htm|year=1897}}. |
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⚫ | He also published ''Collections and Notes, 1867-1876'' (London: Reeves & Turner, 1876, containing detailed bibliographical entries on many early English printed books) followed by ''Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature 1474-1700: Second Supplement'' (1882).<ref>{{cite book|author=William Carew Hazlitt|title=Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature 1474-1700: Second Supplement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKDEngEACAAJ|year=1882|publisher=[[Bernard Quaritch|Quaritch]]}}</ref> |
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In 1875, he published an edition of the works of [[Thomas Randolph (poet)|Thomas Randolph]].<ref>{{cite web |url= |
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In 1897 Hazlitt published his autobiography under the title ''The Confessionsofa Collector''.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Carew Hazlitt|title=The Confessions of a Collector|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41393/41393-h/41393-h.htm|year=1897}}</ref> |
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⚫ | In 1875, he published an edition of the works of [[Thomas Randolph (poet)|Thomas Randolph]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/poeticalanddrama01randuoft/poeticalanddrama01randuoft_djvu.txt |website=archive.org |title=Poetical and Dramatic Works of Thomas Randolph of Trinity College, Cambridge |last=Hazlitt |first=W. Carew |publisher=Reeves and Turner |location=London |year=1875 |access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> In 1877 he published a new edition of [[Charles Cotton]]'s translation of [[Montaigne]]'s ''[[Essays (Montaigne)|Essays]]''.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3581/pg3581.html Essays of Michel de Montaigne], gutenberg.org. Retrieved 28 June 2021.</ref> |
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Of great use, interest and delight to gardeners and collectors of herbals, etc. is his ''[[Gleanings in Old Garden Literature]]'', published by [[ |
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He also published ''The History of the Venetian Republic: Her Rise, Her Greatness, and Her Civilization'' (1860)<ref>{{cite book|author=William Carew Hazlitt|title=The History of the Venetian Republic: Her Rise, Her Greatness, and Her Civilization|url=https://archive.org/details/historyvenetian05hazlgoog|year=1860|publisher=Smith}}</ref> and ''Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine'' (1886).<ref>{{cite book|author=William Carew Hazlitt|title=Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12293|year=1886}}, reviewed in {{cite journal|author=Peacock, Mabel|author-link=Mabel Peacock|title=Review of ''Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine'' by H. Carew Hazlitt|journal=The Academy and Literature|date=24 July 1886|volume=30|issue=742|page=61|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.79227477;view=1up;seq=55}}</ref> |
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Compendious in scope and idiosyncratic in selection is his {{cite book |
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⚫ | Of great use, historical interest and delight to gardeners and collectors of herbals, etc., is his ''[[Gleanings in Old Garden Literature]]'', published by [[Elliot Stock]], London, 1887, in ''The Book-Lover's Library''. This book includes, in its final chapter, a ''Bibliography of Gardening Literature, 1603–1800, and of Herbals and Bee Culture''. The book focuses on European gardening and British adoptions and modifications thereof from the 15th through the 17th century.<ref>Hazlitt, William Carew. [https://archive.org/details/gleaningsinoldga00hazlrich ''Gleanings in Old Garden Literature'']. London: Elliot Stock, 1887.</ref> |
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⚫ | Compendious in scope and idiosyncratic in selection is his {{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Faiths and Folk Lore|publisher=Reeves & Turner|year=1905|author=<!-- William Carew Hazlitt -->|oclc = 647632425}}, which preserves evidence of numerous folk customs now extinct. |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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== References == |
== References == |
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* {{EB1911|wstitle=Hazlitt, William|display=Hazlitt, William ''s.v.'' William Carew Hazlitt|volume=13|pages=119–120}} |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [http://www.wsu.edu/~whamlin/important.html Early Modern English Library Catalogues, William M Hamlin, 2006.] |
* [http://www.wsu.edu/~whamlin/important.html Early Modern English Library Catalogues, William M Hamlin, 2006.] |
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| NAME = Hazlitt, William Carew |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British biblographer |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 22 August 1834 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 8 September 1913 |
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William Carew Hazlitt (22 August 1834 – 8 September 1913),[1] known professionally as W. Carew Hazlitt, was an English lawyer, bibliographer, editor and writer. He was the son of the barrister and registrar William Hazlitt, a grandson of the essayist and critic William Hazlitt,[2] and a great-grandson of the Unitarian minister and author William Hazlitt. William Carew Hazlitt was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and was called to the bar of the Inner Temple in 1861.
Among Hazlitt's many publications are Handbook to the Popular, Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain: From the Invention of Printing to the Restoration (1867).[3] Hazlitt published further contributions to the subject in Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature, Made During the Years 1893–1903 (1903), and a Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays ... (1892). He was also the chief editor of an edition of Warton's History of English Poetry (1871) and compiled the Catalogue of the Huth Library (1880).[4]
He edited A Select Collection of Old English Plays, 4th edition (London: Reeves and Turner, 1874–76), which had been originally published by Dodsley in 1744.
He also published Collections and Notes, 1867-1876 (London: Reeves & Turner, 1876, containing detailed bibliographical entries on many early English printed books) followed by Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature 1474-1700: Second Supplement (1882).[5]
In 1897 Hazlitt published his autobiography under the title The Confessions of a Collector.[6]
In 1875, he published an edition of the works of Thomas Randolph.[7] In 1877 he published a new edition of Charles Cotton's translation of Montaigne's Essays.[8]
He also published The History of the Venetian Republic: Her Rise, Her Greatness, and Her Civilization (1860)[9] and Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine (1886).[10]
Of great use, historical interest and delight to gardeners and collectors of herbals, etc., is his Gleanings in Old Garden Literature, published by Elliot Stock, London, 1887, in The Book-Lover's Library. This book includes, in its final chapter, a Bibliography of Gardening Literature, 1603–1800, and of Herbals and Bee Culture. The book focuses on European gardening and British adoptions and modifications thereof from the 15th through the 17th century.[11]
Compendious in scope and idiosyncratic in selection is his A Dictionary of Faiths and Folk Lore. Reeves & Turner. 1905. OCLC 647632425., which preserves evidence of numerous folk customs now extinct.
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