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Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1

by Isaac D'ISRAELI (1766 - 1848)

Portraits of Authors

This is a collection of short essays on literature. Various subjects are discussed, such as libraries, critics, the classics, and all sorts of things which, in the opinion of Mr. Disraeli, a writer or a reader can do right or wrong. Any bibliophile may expect to be entertained and edified by Mr. Disraeli's musings. - Summary by Carolin

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Listen next episodes of Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1:
A Catholic's Refutation , A Glance into the French Academy , A Jansenist Dictionary , A Literary Wife , A Senate of Jesuits , Abelard and Eloisa , Abridgers , Alchymy , Anecdotes of Censured Authors , Anecdotes of Fashion , Angelo Politian , Anne Bullen , Ariosto and Tasso , Aristotle and Plato , Bayle , Ben Jonson, Feltham, and Randolph , Bonaventure de Periers , Cardinal Richelieu , Cervantes , Characters Described by Musical Notes , Cicero's Puns , Critical History of Poverty , 'Critical Sagacity' and 'Happy Conjecture', Or, Bentley's Milton , Critics , De La Rochefoucault , Dedications , Destruction of Books , Dethroned Monarchs , Douglas , Early Printing , Edward the Fourth , Elizabeth , English Astrologers , Errata , Fame Contemned , Female Beauty and Ornaments , Feudal Customs , Gaming , General Monk and his Wife , Geographical Style , Grotius , Hell , Imitators , Inequalities of Genius , James the First , Jocular Preachers , Legends , Literary Blunders , Literary Controversy , Literary Dutch , Literary Follies , Literary Impostures , Little Books , Love and Folly, an Ancient Morality , Magliabechi , Manuscripts and Books , Masterly Imitators , Medical Music , Men of Genius Deficient in Conversation , Metempsychosis , Milton , Minute Writing , Modern Platonism , Monarchs , Mysteries, Moralities, Farces, and Sotties , Natural Productions Resembling Artificial Compositions , Noblemen Turned Critics , Numerical Figures , Of the Titles of Illustrious, Highness, and Excellence , On the Custom of Saluting after Sneezing , Origin of Newspapers , Original Letter of Queen Elizabeth , Pamphlets , Pasquin and Marforio , Patrons , Perpetual Lamps of the Ancients , Peter Corneille , Philip and Mary , Philosophical Descriptive Poems , Physiognomy , Poetical and Grammatical Deaths , Poets , Poets Laureat , Poets, Philosophers, and Artists, Made by Accident , Prefaces , Prior's Hans Carvel , Professors of Plagiarism and Obscurity , Quodlibets, or Scholastic Disquisitions , Rabbinical Stories , Relics of Saints , Religious Nouvellettes , Romances , Royal Divinities , Saint Evremont , Scarron , Singularities Observed by Various Nations in Their Repasts , Solomon and Sheba , Some Notices of Lost Works , Spanish Etiquette , Spanish Poetry , Spenser, Jonson, and Shakespeare , The Absent Man and Wax-Work , The Arabic Chronicle , The Astrea , The Chinese Language , The Good Advice of an Old Literary Sinner , The Goths and the Huns , The History of Gloves , The Inquisition , The Lover's Heart , The Poetical Garland of Julia , The Port-Royal Society , The Productions of the Mind not Seizable by Creditors , The Progress of Old Age in New Studies , The Scuderies , The Six Follies of Science , The Student in the Metropolis , The Talmud , The Turkish Spy , Titles of Books , Titles of Sovereigns , Tragic Actors , Trials and Proofs of Guilt in Superstitious Ages , Vicars of Bray , Vida , Virginity