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Title: Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)

Author: Isaac Disraeli

Release Date: January 25, 2010 [EBook #31078]

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. III.

[Illustration]

LONDON:
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
AND NEW YORK

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

PAGE
LOCAL DESCRIPTIONS 1

MASQUES 4

OF DES MAIZEAUX, AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF ANTHONY COLLINS'S
MANUSCRIPTS 13

HISTORY OF NEW WORDS 23

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROVERBS 32

CONFUSION OF WORDS 65

POLITICAL NICKNAMES 80

THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF A POET--SHENSTONE VINDICATED 90

SECRET HISTORY OF THE BUILDING OF BLENHEIM 102

SECRET HISTORY OF SIR WALTER RAWLEIGH 111

AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE LAST HOURS OF SIR WALTER
RAWLEIGH 124

LITERARY UNIONS 131

OF A BIOGRAPHY PAINTED 136

CAUSE AND PRETEXT 141

POLITICAL FORGERIES AND FICTIONS 144

EXPRESSION OF SUPPRESSED OPINION 150

AUTOGRAPHS