Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
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- CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
- ISAAC DISRAELI.
- A New Edition EDITED, WITH MEMOIR AND NOTES,
- THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD.
- IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II.
- LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. AND NEW YORK
- CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
- CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
- CHARLES THE FIRST.
- DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
- THE DEATH OF CHARLES IX.
- ROYAL PROMOTIONS.
- NOBILITY.
- MODES OF SALUTATION, AND AMICABLE CEREMONIES, OBSERVED IN VARIOUS NATIONS.
- FIRE, AND THE ORIGIN OF FIREWORKS.
- THE BIBLE PROHIBITED AND IMPROVED.
- ORIGIN OF THE MATERIALS OF WRITING.
- ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS.
- THE EARLY DRAMA.
- THE MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS.
- A CONTRIVANCE IN DRAMATIC DIALOGUE.
- THE COMEDY OF A MADMAN.
- SOLITUDE.
- LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS.
- ANECDOTES OF ABSTRACTION OF MIND.
- SONNET FROM METASTASIO.
- SONNET—IMITATED.
- RICHARDSON.
- INFLUENCE OF A NAME.
- THE JEWS OF YORK.
- THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEAS.
- ON THE CUSTOM OF KISSING HANDS.
- POPES.
- LITERARY COMPOSITION.
- POETICAL IMITATIONS AND SIMILARITIES.
- EXPLANATION OF THE FAC-SIMILE.
- LITERARY FASHIONS.
- THE PANTOMIMICAL CHARACTERS.
- EXTEMPORAL COMEDIES.
- MASSINGER, MILTON, AND THE ITALIAN THEATRE.
- SONGS OF TRADES, OR SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE.
- INTRODUCERS OF EXOTIC FLOWERS, FRUITS, ETC.
- USURERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
- CHIDIOCK TITCHBOURNE.
- ELIZABETH AND HER PARLIAMENT.
- ANECDOTES OF PRINCE HENRY, THE SON OF JAMES I., WHEN A CHILD.
- THE DIARY OF A MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES.
- DIARIES—MORAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL.
- LICENSERS OF THE PRESS.
- OF ANAGRAMS AND ECHO VERSES.
- THE ECHO.
- ORTHOGRAPHY OF PROPER NAMES.
- NAMES OF OUR STREETS.
- SECRET HISTORY OF EDWARD VERE, EARL OF OXFORD.
- ANCIENT COOKERY, AND COOKS.
- ANCIENT AND MODERN SATURNALIA.
- RELIQUIÆ GETHINIANÆ.
- A POEM IN PRAISE OF THE AUTHOR.
- ROBINSON CRUSOE.
- CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT DRAMAS.
- THE HISTORY OF THE THEATRE DURING ITS SUPPRESSION.
- DRINKING-CUSTOMS IN ENGLAND.
- LITERARY ANECDOTES.
- CONDEMNED POETS.
- ACAJOU AND ZIRPHILE.
- TOM O' BEDLAMS.
- INTRODUCTION OF TEA, COFFEE, AND CHOCOLATE.
- CHARLES THE FIRST'S LOVE OF THE FINE ARTS.
- SECRET HISTORY OF CHARLES THE FIRST, AND HIS QUEEN HENRIETTA.
- THE MINISTER—THE CARDINAL DUKE OF RICHELIEU.
- THE MINISTER—DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, LORD ADMIRAL, LORD GENERAL, &c. &c. &c.
- FELTON, THE POLITICAL ASSASSIN.
- JOHNSON'S HINTS FOR THE LIFE OF POPE.
- MODERN LITERATURE—BAYLE'S CRITICAL DICTIONARY
- CHARACTERISTICS OF BAYLE.
- CICERO VIEWED AS A COLLECTOR.
- THE HISTORY OF THE CARACCI.
- AN ENGLISH ACADEMY OF LITERATURE.[274]
- QUOTATION.
- THE ORIGIN OF DANTE'S INFERNO.
- OF A HISTORY OF EVENTS WHICH HAVE NOT HAPPENED.
- OF FALSE POLITICAL REPORTS.
- OF SUPPRESSORS AND DILAPIDATORS OF MANUSCRIPTS.
- PARODIES.
- ANECDOTES OF THE FAIRFAX FAMILY.
- MEDICINE AND MORALS.
- PSALM-SINGING.
- ON THE RIDICULOUS TITLES ASSUMED BY ITALIAN ACADEMIES.
- ON THE HERO OF HUDIBRAS; BUTLER VINDICATED.
- SHENSTONE'S SCHOOL-MISTRESS.
- BEN JONSON ON TRANSLATION.
- THE LOVES OF "THE LADY ARABELLA."[322]
- DOMESTIC HISTORY OF SIR EDWARD COKE.
- OF COKE'S STYLE, AND HIS CONDUCT.
- SECRET HISTORY OF AUTHORS WHO HAVE RUINED THEIR BOOKSELLERS.
- END OF VOL. II.
- FOOTNOTES:
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