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Title: Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3)
Edited, With Memoir And Notes, By His Son, The Earl Of Beaconsfield

Author: Isaac Disraeli

Release Date: July 24, 2005 [EBook #16350]

Language: English

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CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.

BY

ISAAC DISRAELI.

A New Edition

EDITED, WITH MEMOIR AND NOTES,

BY HIS SON,

THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. AND NEW YORK

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

CHARLES THE FIRST. 1

DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. 5

THE DEATH OF CHARLES IX. 7

ROYAL PROMOTIONS. 10

NOBILITY 11

MODES OF SALUTATION, AND AMICABLE CEREMONIES, OBSERVED IN
VARIOUS NATIONS. 12

FIRE, AND THE ORIGIN OF FIREWORKS. 15

THE BIBLE PROHIBITED AND IMPROVED. 19

ORIGIN OF THE MATERIALS OF WRITING. 23

ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS. 30

THE EARLY DRAMA. 40

THE MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS. 43

A CONTRIVANCE IN DRAMATIC DIALOGUE. 47

THE COMEDY OF A MADMAN. 48

SOLITUDE 50

LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS. 55

ANECDOTES OF ABSTRACTION OF MIND. 59

RICHARDSON. 62

INFLUENCE OF A NAME. 65

THE JEWS OF YORK. 75

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEAS. 79

ON THE CUSTOM OF KISSING HANDS. 81

POPES. 83

LITERARY COMPOSITION. 85

POETICAL IMITATIONS AND SIMILARITIES. 92

EXPLANATION OF THE FAC-SIMILE. 110

LITERARY FASHIONS. 113

THE PANTOMIMICAL CHARACTERS. 116

EXTEMPORAL COMEDIES. 130

MASSINGER, MILTON, AND THE ITALIAN THEATRE. 137

SONGS OF TRADES, OR SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE. 142

INTRODUCERS OF EXOTIC FLOWERS, FRUITS, ETC. 151

USURERS OF THE SEV