William Carew HazlittWilliam Carew Hazlitt, a.k.a. W. Carew Hazlitt, was an English attorney, writer, editor, and bibliographer. He was the great-grandson of Unitarian pastor and author William Hazlitt, and the son of William Hazlitt, registrar and barrister, as well as he grandson of essayist and critic William Hazlitt. After completing his education at the Merchant Taylors' School, William Carew Hazlitt was admitted to the Inner Temple bar in 1861. Handbook to the Popular, Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain: From the Invention of Printing to the Restoration (1867) is one of Hazlitt's numerous books. In addition, he wrote Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine (1886) and The History of the Venetian Republic: Her Rise, Her Greatness, and Her Civilization (1860). Elliot Stock, London, 1887, The Book-Lover's Library, Gleanings in Old Garden Literature, is of much utility, historical interest, and pleasure to gardeners and collectors of herbals, etc. A Bibliography of Gardening Literature, 1603-1800, as well as one on herbal remedies and beekeeping, is included in the book's last chapter. The book mostly discusses gardening in Europe and how it was adopted and altered in Britain between the 15th and the 17th centuries. His A Dictionary of Faiths and Folk Lore is extensive in breadth and quirky in its choice. Reeves & Turner, 1905. OCLC 647632425., which conserves proof of a variety of long-gone traditional traditions. Read More Read Less