William Carew Hazlitt (22 August 18348 September 1913), known professionally as W. Carew Hazlitt, was an

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lawyer,

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, editor and writer. He was the son of the barrister and registrar

William Hazlitt William Hazlitt (10 April 177818 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English lan ...

, a grandson of the essayist and critic

, and a great-grandson of the Unitarian minister and author

. William Carew Hazlitt was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and was called to the bar of the

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in 1861.

Works

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). 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). 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). In 1897 Hazlitt published his autobiography under the title ''The Confessions of a Collector''. In 1875, he published an edition of the works of Thomas Randolph. In 1877 he published a new edition of

Charles Cotton Charles Cotton (28 April 1630 – 16 February 1687) was an English poet and writer, best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French, for his contributions to ''The Compleat Angler'', and for the influential ''The Comp ...

's translation of

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's ''

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''. He also published ''The History of the Venetian Republic: Her Rise, Her Greatness, and Her Civilization'' (1860) and ''Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine'' (1886). 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 Elliot Stock (1838 - 1 March 1911) was an English publisher and bibliophile who collected first editions. The publishing company that bore his name was in business from 1859 to 1939. His father was wealthy but died when Elliot was in his infancy ...

, 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.Hazlitt, William Carew
''Gleanings in Old Garden Literature''
London: Elliot Stock, 1887. Compendious in scope and idiosyncratic in selection is his , which preserves evidence of numerous folk customs now extinct.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hazlitt, William Carew 1834 births 1913 deaths English bibliographers People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood William Hazlitt