Curiosities of Literature (Vol. 1-3). Disraeli Isaac

       Isaac Disraeli

      Curiosities of Literature (Vol. 1-3)

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Table of Contents

       Volume 1

       Volume 2

       Volume 2

      VOLUME 1

       Table of Contents

Table of Contents

       ADVERTISEMENT.

       ON THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MR. DISRAELI.

       PREFACE.

       LIBRARIES.

       THE BIBLIOMANIA.

       LITERARY JOURNALS.

       RECOVERY OF MANUSCRIPTS.

       SKETCHES OF CRITICISM.

       THE PERSECUTED LEARNED.

       POVERTY OF THE LEARNED.

       IMPRISONMENT OF THE LEARNED.

       AMUSEMENTS OF THE LEARNED.

       PORTRAITS OF AUTHORS.

       DESTRUCTION OF BOOKS.

       SOME NOTICES OF LOST WORKS.

       QUODLIBETS, OR SCHOLASTIC DISQUISITIONS.

       FAME CONTEMNED.

       THE SIX FOLLIES OF SCIENCE.

       IMITATORS.

       CICERO'S PUNS.

       PREFACES.

       EARLY PRINTING.

       ERRATA.

       PATRONS.

       POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND ARTISTS, MADE BY ACCIDENT.

       INEQUALITIES OF GENIUS.

       GEOGRAPHICAL STYLE.

       LEGENDS.

       THE PORT-ROYAL SOCIETY.

       THE PROGRESS OF OLD AGE IN NEW STUDIES.

       SPANISH POETRY.

       SAINT EVREMOND.

       MEN OF GENIUS DEFICIENT IN CONVERSATION.

       VIDA.

       THE SCUDERIES.

       DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT.

       PRIOR'S HANS CARVEL.

       THE STUDENT IN THE METROPOLIS.

       THE TALMUD.

       RABBINICAL STORIES.

       ON THE CUSTOM OF SALUTING AFTER SNEEZING.

       BONAVENTURE DE PERIERS.

       GROTIUS.

       NOBLEMEN TURNED CRITICS.

       LITERARY IMPOSTURES.

       CARDINAL RICHELIEU.

       ARISTOTLE AND PLATO.

       ABELARD AND ELOISA.

       PHYSIOGNOMY.

       CHARACTERS DESCRIBED BY MUSICAL NOTES.