An Index to the Collected Works of William Hazlitt

This is not the works themselves, but the key that unlocks them. Compiled by A.R. Waller in 1902 as a labor of scholarly devotion, this index was originally meant to serve as a supplementary appendix to the twelfth volume of Hazlitt's collected writings. Then the researchers discovered dozens of previously unrecognized essays and critiques buried across periodicals and anthologies, forcing expansion into this standalone volume. The result is an meticulous map of one of English literature's most fertile minds: a reference guide to every name dropped, every quotation deployed, every subject traversed across twelve volumes of essays on theater, painting, philosophy, human nature, and the ephemeral pleasures of conversation. Arnold Glover worked alongside Waller until his death during the project's completion. For anyone seeking to navigate Hazlitt's vast and interconnected body of work, this index transforms wandering into purpose. It is, in essence, the table of contents to a life's reading.