Charles Lamb is considered the Prince of English Essayists. In Essays of Elia, he ?invests places and persons with the poetry of deep pathos?. Lamb? recollections of the past amply bring out the charm of his personality as his humour ranges from ?delicate , pathos to boisterous laughter". Lamb? recollection of the past amply bring out the charm of his personality as his humour ranges from ?delicate pathos to boisterous laughter?. The essays, steeped in nostalgia and ?pining for what is not?, account for the enduring popularity of ?the gentle-hearted C harles", as Coleridge called his friend. The present critical study originally prepared by Dr. Raghukul Tilak, has now been thoroughly revised, edited and updated by Prof. Shakti Batra.