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
On the Life and Writings of Mr. Disraeli, part 1On the Life and Writings of Mr. Disraeli, part 2On the Life and Writings of Mr. Disraeli, part 3PrefaceLibrariesThe BibliomaniaLiterary JournalsRecovery of ManuscriptsSketches of CriticismThe Persecuted LearnedPoverty of the LearnedImprisonment of the LearnedAmusements of the LearnedPortraits of AuthorsDestruction of BooksSome Notices of Lost WorksQuodlibets, or Scholastic DisquisitionsFame ContemnedThe Six Follies of ScienceImitatorsCicero's PunsPrefacesEarly PrintingErrataPatronsPoets, Philosophers, and Artists, Made by AccidentInequalities of GeniusGeographical StyleLegendsThe Port-Royal SocietyThe Progress of Old Age in New StudiesSpanish PoetrySaint EvremontMen of Genius Deficient in ConversationVidaThe ScuderiesDe La RochefoucaultPrior's Hans CarvelThe Student in the MetropolisThe TalmudRabbinical StoriesOn the Custom of Saluting after SneezingBonaventure de PeriersGrotiusNoblemen Turned CriticsLiterary ImposturesCardinal RichelieuAristotle and PlatoAbelard and EloisaPhysiognomyCharacters Described by Musical NotesMiltonOrigin of NewspapersTrials and Proofs of Guilt in Superstitious AgesThe InquisitionSingularities Observed by Various Nations in Their RepastsMonarchsOf the Titles of Illustrious, Highness, and ExcellenceTitles of SovereignsRoyal DivinitiesDethroned MonarchsFeudal CustomsGamingThe Arabic ChronicleMetempsychosisSpanish EtiquetteThe Goths and the HunsVicars of BrayDouglasCritical History of PovertySolomon and ShebaHellThe Absent Man and Wax-WorkPasquin and MarforioFemale Beauty and OrnamentsModern PlatonismAnecdotes of FashionA Senate of JesuitsThe Lover's HeartThe History of GlovesRelics of SaintsPerpetual Lamps of the AncientsNatural Productions Resembling Artificial CompositionsThe Poetical Garland of JuliaTragic ActorsJocular PreachersMasterly ImitatorsEdward the FourthElizabethThe Chinese LanguageMedical MusicMinute WritingNumerical FiguresEnglish AstrologersAlchymyTitles of BooksLiterary FolliesLiterary ControversyLiterary BlundersA Literary WifeDedicationsPhilosophical Descriptive PoemsPamphletsLittle BooksA Catholic's RefutationThe Good Advice of an Old Literary SinnerMysteries, Moralities, Farces, and SottiesLove and Folly, an Ancient MoralityReligious Nouvellettes'Critical Sagacity' and 'Happy Conjecture', Or, Bentley's MiltonA Jansenist DictionaryManuscripts and BooksThe Turkish SpySpenser, Jonson, and ShakespeareBen Jonson, Feltham, and RandolphAriosto and TassoBayleCervantesMagliabechiAbridgersProfessors of Plagiarism and ObscurityLiterary DutchThe Productions of the Mind not Seizable by CreditorsCriticsAnecdotes of Censured AuthorsVirginityA Glance into the French AcademyPoetical and Grammatical DeathsScarronPeter CorneillePoetsRomancesThe AstreaPoets LaureatAngelo PolitianOriginal Letter of Queen ElizabethAnne BullenJames the FirstGeneral Monk and his WifePhilip and Mary
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