Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Literary Collections

Authors: Isaac D'Israeli In Year : 0

Book Language: English

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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
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
Orthography of Proper Names
Names of Our Streets
Secret History of Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford
Ancient Cookery, and Cooks
Ancient and Modern Saturnalia
Reliquiae Gethinianae
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, etc. etc. etc.
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
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 Johnson on Translation
The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella'
Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke
Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct
Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers

This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tour around literature, with a dash of history and politics here and there. The subjects are so varied that all listeners can count on learning something new. - Summary by Carolin