D 66

THE SIX FOLLIES OF SCIENCE 66

IMITATORS 67

CICERO'S PUNS 69

PREFACES 71

EARLY PRINTING 73

ERRATA 78

PATRONS 82

POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND ARTISTS, MADE BY ACCIDENT 85

INEQUALITIES OF GENIUS 88

GEOGRAPHICAL STYLE 88

LEGENDS 89

THE PORT-ROYAL SOCIETY 94

THE PROGRESS OF OLD AGE IN NEW STUDIES 98

SPANISH POETRY 100

SAINT EVREMOND 102

MEN OF GENIUS DEFICIENT IN CONVERSATION 103

VIDA 105

THE SCUDERIES 105

DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT 110

PRIOR'S HANS CARVEL 111

THE STUDENT IN THE METROPOLIS 112

THE TALMUD 113

RABBINICAL STORIES 120

ON THE CUSTOM OF SALUTING AFTER SNEEZING 126

BONAVENTURE DE PERIERS 128

GROTIUS 129

NOBLEMEN TURNED CRITICS 131

LITERARY IMPOSTURES 132

CARDINAL RICHELIEU 139

ARISTOTLE AND PLATO 142

ABELARD AND ELOISA 145

PHYSIOGNOMY 148

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