author
William Carew Hazlitt
1834–1913
Best known as W. Carew Hazlitt, he was a prolific English bibliographer, editor, and writer with a deep connection to one of Britain’s most famous literary families. His work ranged from literary scholarship to historical research, helping preserve early English texts for later readers.
5 Audiobooks
The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
by William Carew Hazlitt
Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters A Contribution to the History of Educational Development in Great Britain
by William Carew Hazlitt
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine
by William Carew Hazlitt
The Confessions of a Collector
by William Carew Hazlitt
Studies in jocular literature : A popular subject more closely considered
by William Carew Hazlitt
About the author
Born in London in 1834, William Carew Hazlitt was the grandson of the celebrated essayist William Hazlitt and built a career of his own as a lawyer, bibliographer, editor, and man of letters. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, though he became better known for his literary and scholarly work than for legal practice.
Writing professionally as W. Carew Hazlitt, he produced a large body of work on English literature, bibliography, and cultural history. He edited and studied many older texts, especially from the Elizabethan and early modern periods, and also wrote on his grandfather, helping to preserve the Hazlitt literary legacy for new generations.
He died in 1913. Today he is remembered less as a creative author than as a diligent literary historian and editor whose books remain valuable to readers interested in early English writing and the history of the book.