Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
by Isaac D'ISRAELI (1766 - 1848)
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
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Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2:
A Contrivance in Dramatic Dialogue ,
Acajou and Zirphile ,
An English Academy of Literature ,
Ancient and Modern Saturnalia ,
Ancient Cookery, and Cooks ,
Anecdotes of Abstraction of Mind ,
Anecdotes of European Manners ,
Anecdotes of Prince Henry, the Son of James I, when a Child ,
Anecdotes of the Fairfax Family ,
Ben Johnson on Translation ,
Catholic and Protestant Dramas ,
Characteristics of Bayle ,
Charles the First's Love of the Fine Arts ,
Chidiock Titchbourne ,
Cicero Viewed as a Collector ,
Condemned Poets ,
Diaries - Moral, Historical, and Critical ,
Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke ,
Drinking-Customs in England ,
Elizabeth and her Parliament ,
Explanation of the Fac-Simile ,
Extemporal Comedies ,
Felton, the Political Assassin ,
Fire, and the Origin of Fireworks ,
Influence of a Name ,
Introducers of Exotic Flowers, Fruits, etc. ,
Introduction of Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate ,
Johnson's Hints for the Life of Pope ,
Licensers of the Press ,
Literary Anecdotes ,
Literary Composition ,
Literary Fashions ,
Literary Friendships ,
Massinger, Milton, and the Italian Theatre ,
Medicine and Morals ,
Modern Literature - Bayle's Critical Dictionary ,
Modes of Salutation, and Amicable Ceremonies, Observed in Various Nations ,
Names of Our Streets ,
Nobility ,
Of a History of Events which have not Happened ,
Of Anagrams and Echo Verses ,
Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct ,
Of False Political Reports ,
Of Suppressors and Dilapidators of Manuscripts ,
On the Custom of Kissing Hands ,
On the Hero of Hudibras, Butler Vindicated ,
On the Ridiculous Titles Assumed by Italian Academies ,
Origin of the Materials of Writing ,
Orthography of Proper Names ,
Parodies ,
Poetical Imitations and Similarities ,
Popes ,
Psalm-Singing ,
Quotation ,
Reliquiae Gethinianae ,
Richardson ,
Robinson Crusoe ,
Royal Promotions ,
Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers ,
Secret History of Charles the First, and his Queen Henrietta ,
Secret History of Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford ,
Shenstone's School-Mistress ,
Solitude ,
Songs of Trades, or Songs for the People ,
The Bible Prohibited and Improved ,
The Comedy of a Madman ,
The Death of Charles IX ,
The Diary of a Master of the Ceremonies ,
The Early Drama ,
The History of the Caracci ,
The History of the Theatre during its Suppression ,
The Jews of York ,
The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella' ,
The Marriage of the Arts ,
The Minister - Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, Lord General, etc. etc. etc. ,
The Minister - the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu ,
The Origin of Dante's Inferno ,
The Pantomimical Characters ,
The Sovereignty of the Seas ,
Tom o' Bedlams ,
Usurers of the Seventeenth Century