THE PLAIN SPEAKER: OPINIONS ON BOOKS, MEN, AND THINGS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON-STREET. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. Page Essay I.-On the Qualifications necessary to Success in Essay VII.-On the Difference between Writing and Speaking 163 Essay VIII.-On a Portrait of an English Lady, by Essay XI.-Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars . 309 Essay XII.-Sir Walter Scott, Racine, and Shakespear 335 Essay XIII.-On Depth and Superficiality 361 Essay XIV.-On Respectable People 397 Essay XV.-On Jealousy and Spleen of Party 409 |