Memoirs of William Hazlitt
Ch. XII 1812
Extract from the Minutes of the Russell Institution; 19 December 1811
“Russell Institution,
“December 19th, 1811.
“At a meeting of committee held this day, Mr. Whishaw in the chair. . . .
“Resumed* the consideration of Mr. Hazlitt’s Letter, dated ——† and
Resolved that Mr. Hazlitt’s proposal for giving a
course of Lectures be accepted, and a letter be written to him by the
Secretary, acquainting him with this resolution, and desiring that he will
transmit the Draft of an advertisement for insertion in the public newspapers,
to be considered and approved by the committee.
William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
English essayist and literary critic; author of
Characters of
Shakespeare's Plays (1817),
Lectures on the English Poets
(1818), and
The Spirit of the Age (1825).
John Whishaw (1764 c.-1840)
Barrister, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; he was Secretary to the African
Association and biographer of Mungo Park. His correspondence was published as
The “Pope” of Holland House in 1906.
