Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Isaac D'Israeli Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Table of Contents Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1.........................................................................................................................1 Isaac D'Israeli...........................................................................................................................................2 ADVERTISEMENT................................................................................................................................6 CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE....................................................................................................................19 LIBRARIES...........................................................................................................................................20 THE BIBLIOMANIA............................................................................................................................25 LITERARY JOURNALS......................................................................................................................27 RECOVERY OF MANUSCRIPTS.......................................................................................................30 SKETCHES OF CRITICISM................................................................................................................34 THE PERSECUTED LEARNED..........................................................................................................36 POVERTY OF THE LEARNED...........................................................................................................38 IMPRISONMENT OF THE LEARNED...............................................................................................41 AMUSEMENTS OF THE LEARNED.................................................................................................43 PORTRAITS OF AUTHORS................................................................................................................45 DESTRUCTION OF BOOKS...............................................................................................................48 SOME NOTICES OF LOST WORKS..................................................................................................54 QUODLIBETS, OR SCHOLASTIC DISQUISITIONS.......................................................................56 FAME CONTEMNED..........................................................................................................................59 THE SIX FOLLIES OF SCIENCE.......................................................................................................60 IMITATORS..........................................................................................................................................61 CICERO'S PUNS...................................................................................................................................63 PREFACES............................................................................................................................................64 EARLY PRINTING...............................................................................................................................65 ERRATA...............................................................................................................................................68 PATRONS.............................................................................................................................................71 POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND ARTISTS, MADE BY ACCIDENT..............................................73 INEQUALITIES OF GENIUS..............................................................................................................75 GEOGRAPHICAL STYLE...................................................................................................................76 LEGENDS.............................................................................................................................................77 THE PORT−ROYAL SOCIETY...........................................................................................................80 THE PROGRESS OF OLD AGE IN NEW STUDIES.........................................................................82 SPANISH POETRY..............................................................................................................................84 SAINT EVREMOND............................................................................................................................86 MEN OF GENIUS DEFICIENT IN CONVERSATION......................................................................87 VIDA......................................................................................................................................................88 THE SCUDERIES.................................................................................................................................89 DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT................................................................................................................92 PRIOR'S HANS CARVEL....................................................................................................................93 THE STUDENT IN THE METROPOLIS............................................................................................94 THE TALMUD......................................................................................................................................95 RABBINICAL STORIES......................................................................................................................99 ON THE CUSTOM OF SALUTING AFTER SNEEZING................................................................102 BONAVENTURE DE PERIERS........................................................................................................104 GROTIUS............................................................................................................................................105 NOBLEMEN TURNED CRITICS......................................................................................................106 LITERARY IMPOSTURES................................................................................................................107 CARDINAL RICHELIEU...................................................................................................................111 ARISTOTLE AND PLATO................................................................................................................113 i Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Table of Contents Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 ABELARD AND ELOISA..................................................................................................................115 PHYSIOGNOMY................................................................................................................................117 CHARACTERS DESCRIBED BY MUSICAL NOTES....................................................................119 MILTON..............................................................................................................................................120 ORIGIN OF NEWSPAPERS..............................................................................................................122 TRIALS AND PROOFS OF GUILT IN SUPERSTITIOUS AGES...................................................126 THE INQUISITION............................................................................................................................129 SINGULARITIES OBSERVED BY VARIOUS NATIONS IN THEIR REPASTS.........................132 MONARCHS.......................................................................................................................................134 OF THE TITLES OF ILLUSTRIOUS, HIGHNESS, AND EXCELLENCE.....................................136 TITLES OF SOVEREIGNS................................................................................................................138 ROYAL DIVINITIES..........................................................................................................................139 DETHRONED MONARCHS.............................................................................................................140 FEUDAL CUSTOMS..........................................................................................................................142 GAMING.............................................................................................................................................144 THE ARABIC CHRONICLE..............................................................................................................146 METEMPSYCHOSIS.........................................................................................................................147 SPANISH ETIQUETTE......................................................................................................................149 THE GOTHS AND HUNS..................................................................................................................150 VICARS OF BRAY.............................................................................................................................151 DOUGLAS..........................................................................................................................................152 CRITICAL HISTORY OF POVERTY...............................................................................................153