Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3


This is the third and final volume of Isaac D'Israeli's monumental work Curiosities of Literature. It covers a great range of diverse topics, by no means limited to literature only, but also containing numerous essays on history, politics, and customs of English society. Therefore, this book will not only interest students of literature, but any reader should be able to find something matching his or her particular interests. - Summary by Carolin (25 hr 53 min)

Chapters

Local Descriptions
Masques
Of des Maizeaux, and the secret History of Anthony Collins’s Manuscripts
History of new Words
The Philosophy of Proverbs, part 1
The Philosophy of Proverbs, part 2
The Philosophy of Proverbs, part 3
Confusion of Words
Political Nicknames
The domestic Life of a Poet - Shenstone vindicated
Secret History of the Building of Blenheim
Secret History of Sir Walter Rawleigh
An authentic Narrative of the last Hours of Sir Walter Rawleigh
Literary Unions
Of a Biography Painted
Cause and Pretext
Political Forgeries and Fictions
Expression of suppressed Opinion
Autographs
The History of Writing-masters
The Italian Historians
Of Palaces built by Ministers
'Taxation no Tyranny'
The Book of Death
History of the Skeleton of Death
The Rival Biographers of Heylin
Of Lenglet du Fresnoy
The Dictionary of Trevoux
Quadrio’s Account of English Poetry
'Political Religionism'
Toleration
Apology for the Parisian Massacre
Prediction, part 1
Prediction, part 2
Dreams at the Dawn of Philosophy
On Puck the Commentator
Literary Forgeries
Of Literary Filchers
Of Lord Bacon at Home
Secret History of the Death of Queen Elizabeth
James the First as a Father and a Husband
The Man of one Book
A Bibliognoste
Secret History of an elective Monarchy
Buildings in the Metropolis, and Residence in the Country
Royal Proclamations
True Sources of secret History
Literary Residences
Whether allowable to ruin oneself?
Discoveries of secluded Men
Sentimental Biography
Literary Parallels
The Pearl Bibles, and six Thousand Errata
View of a particular Period of the State of Religion in our Civil Wars
Buckingham’s political Coquetry with the Puritans
Sir Edward Coke’s Exceptions against the high Sheriff’s Oath
Secret History of Charles the First and his first Parliaments, part 1
Secret History of Charles the First and his first Parliaments, part 2
Secret History of Charles the First and his first Parliaments, part 3
The Rump
Life and Habits of a literary Antiquary - Oldys and his Manuscripts, part 1
Life and Habits of a literary Antiquary - Oldys and his Manuscripts, part 2