Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
The publication Of the authoritative edition of his writings, by the Messrs. Black, Of Edinburgh (1889 has awakened fresh interest in the opium-eater. This revival has natu rally manifested itself chie?y in the universities, but is ex tending rapidly into the secondary schools.
De Quincey's greatest masterpiece, however, has been less frequently edited for college students than those Of Burke, Lamb, Macaulay, Carlyle, or, indeed, most writers Of his class, with the exception Of Ruskin. This fact alone is, I hope, sufficient reason for Offering the Confessions in its present form.
The introduction makes no claims to original research, but is intended to give, in condensed form, a biographical Sketch Of the author, and such critical material as the student would hardly have time, at this stage, to collate at first hand.
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