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Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

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 (27 hr 0 min)

Chapters

Charles the First

Duke of Buckingham

The Death of Charles IX

Royal Promotions

Nobility

Modes of Salutation, and Amicable Ceremonies, Observed in Various Nations

Fire, and the Origin of Fireworks

The Bible Prohibited and Improved

Origin of the Materials of Writing

Anecdotes of European Manners

The Early Drama

The Marriage of the Arts

A Contrivance in Dramatic Dialogue

The Comedy of a Madman

Solitude

Literary Friendships

Anecdotes of Abstraction of Mind

Richardson

Influence of a Name

The Jews of York

The Sovereignty of the Seas

On the Custom of Kissing Hands

Popes

Literary Composition

Poetical Imitations and Similarities

Explanation of the Fac-Simile

Literary Fashions

The Pantomimical Characters

Extemporal Comedies

Massinger, Milton, and the Italian Theatre

Songs of Trades, or Songs for the People

Introducers of Exotic Flowers, Fruits, etc.

Usurers of the Seventeenth Century

Chidiock Titchbourne

Elizabeth and her Parliament

Anecdotes of Prince Henry, the Son of James I, when a Child

The Diary of a Master of the Ceremonies

Diaries - Moral, Historical, and Critical

Licensers of the Press

Of Anagrams and Echo Verses

Orthography of Proper Names

Names of Our Streets

Secret History of Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford

Ancient Cookery, and Cooks

Ancient and Modern Saturnalia

Reliquiae Gethinianae

Robinson Crusoe

Catholic and Protestant Dramas

The History of the Theatre during its Suppression

Drinking-Customs in England

Literary Anecdotes

Condemned Poets

Acajou and Zirphile

Tom o' Bedlams

Introduction of Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate

Charles the First's Love of the Fine Arts

Secret History of Charles the First, and his Queen Henrietta

The Minister - the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu

The Minister - Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, Lord General, etc. etc. etc.

Felton, the Political Assassin

Johnson's Hints for the Life of Pope

Modern Literature - Bayle's Critical Dictionary

Characteristics of Bayle

Cicero Viewed as a Collector

The History of the Caracci

An English Academy of Literature

Quotation

The Origin of Dante's Inferno

Of a History of Events which have not Happened

Of False Political Reports

Of Suppressors and Dilapidators of Manuscripts

Parodies

Anecdotes of the Fairfax Family

Medicine and Morals

Psalm-Singing

On the Ridiculous Titles Assumed by Italian Academies

On the Hero of Hudibras, Butler Vindicated

Shenstone's School-Mistress

Ben Johnson on Translation

The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella'

Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke

Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct

Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers