Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

Chapters

1. Chapter 1

   Charles the First

   11:55
2. Chapter 2

   Duke of Buckingham

   06:45
3. Chapter 3

   The Death of Charles IX

   07:51
4. Chapter 4

   Royal Promotions

   06:18
5. Chapter 5

   Nobility

   01:55
6. Chapter 6

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

   11:30
7. Chapter 7

   Fire, and the Origin of Fireworks

   10:41
8. Chapter 8

   The Bible Prohibited and Improved

   12:33
9. Chapter 9

   Origin of the Materials of Writing

   21:32
10. Chapter 10

    Anecdotes of European Manners

    27:16
11. Chapter 11

    The Early Drama

    11:09
12. Chapter 12

    The Marriage of the Arts

    08:20
13. Chapter 13

    A Contrivance in Dramatic Dialogue

    05:19
14. Chapter 14

    The Comedy of a Madman

    05:10
15. Chapter 15

    Solitude

    13:33
16. Chapter 16

    Literary Friendships

    09:39
17. Chapter 17

    Anecdotes of Abstraction of Mind

    08:55
18. Chapter 18

    Richardson

    09:43
19. Chapter 19

    Influence of a Name

    30:46
20. Chapter 20

    The Jews of York

    11:33
21. Chapter 21

    The Sovereignty of the Seas

    04:12
22. Chapter 22

    On the Custom of Kissing Hands

    05:37
23. Chapter 23

    Popes

    05:20
24. Chapter 24

    Literary Composition

    20:26
25. Chapter 25

    Poetical Imitations and Similarities

    39:37
26. Chapter 26

    Explanation of the Fac-Simile

    08:54
27. Chapter 27

    Literary Fashions

    08:37
28. Chapter 28

    The Pantomimical Characters

    43:17
29. Chapter 29

    Extemporal Comedies

    22:06
30. Chapter 30

    Massinger, Milton, and the Italian Theatre

    12:34
31. Chapter 31

    Songs of Trades, or Songs for the People

    23:24
32. Chapter 32

    Introducers of Exotic Flowers, Fruits, etc.

    21:15
33. Chapter 33

    Usurers of the Seventeenth Century

    39:27
34. Chapter 34

    Chidiock Titchbourne

    24:26
35. Chapter 35

    Elizabeth and her Parliament

    23:02
36. Chapter 36

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

    21:16
37. Chapter 37

    The Diary of a Master of the Ceremonies

    31:17
38. Chapter 38

    Diaries - Moral, Historical, and Critical

    27:53
39. Chapter 39

    Licensers of the Press

    41:18
40. Chapter 40

    Of Anagrams and Echo Verses

    22:20
41. Chapter 41

    Orthography of Proper Names

    12:35
42. Chapter 42

    Names of Our Streets

    10:22
43. Chapter 43

    Secret History of Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford

    07:02
44. Chapter 44

    Ancient Cookery, and Cooks

    31:20
45. Chapter 45

    Ancient and Modern Saturnalia

    39:31
46. Chapter 46

    Reliquiae Gethinianae

    11:12
47. Chapter 47

    Robinson Crusoe

    08:40
48. Chapter 48

    Catholic and Protestant Dramas

    11:43
49. Chapter 49

    The History of the Theatre during its Suppression

    31:41
50. Chapter 50

    Drinking-Customs in England

    30:24
51. Chapter 51

    Literary Anecdotes

    08:59
52. Chapter 52

    Condemned Poets

    15:19
53. Chapter 53

    Acajou and Zirphile

    07:18
54. Chapter 54

    Tom o' Bedlams

    19:15
55. Chapter 55

    Introduction of Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate

    29:42
56. Chapter 56

    Charles the First's Love of the Fine Arts

    29:45
57. Chapter 57

    Secret History of Charles the First, and his Queen Henrietta

    41:42
58. Chapter 58

    The Minister - the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu

    19:49
59. Chapter 59

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

    56:53
60. Chapter 60

    Felton, the Political Assassin

    27:16
61. Chapter 61

    Johnson's Hints for the Life of Pope

    08:26
62. Chapter 62

    Modern Literature - Bayle's Critical Dictionary

    18:49
63. Chapter 63

    Characteristics of Bayle

    21:01
64. Chapter 64

    Cicero Viewed as a Collector

    09:13
65. Chapter 65

    The History of the Caracci

    20:50
66. Chapter 66

    An English Academy of Literature

    30:40
67. Chapter 67

    Quotation

    15:30
68. Chapter 68

    The Origin of Dante's Inferno

    20:17
69. Chapter 69

    Of a History of Events which have not Happened

    31:14
70. Chapter 70

    Of False Political Reports

    16:23
71. Chapter 71

    Of Suppressors and Dilapidators of Manuscripts

    30:22
72. Chapter 72

    Parodies

    23:17
73. Chapter 73

    Anecdotes of the Fairfax Family

    10:50
74. Chapter 74

    Medicine and Morals

    22:20
75. Chapter 75

    Psalm-Singing

    20:06
76. Chapter 76

    On the Ridiculous Titles Assumed by Italian Academies

    32:40
77. Chapter 77

    On the Hero of Hudibras, Butler Vindicated

    15:53
78. Chapter 78

    Shenstone's School-Mistress

    14:42
79. Chapter 79

    Ben Johnson on Translation

    03:52
80. Chapter 80

    The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella'

    47:50
81. Chapter 81

    Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke

    31:58
82. Chapter 82

    Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct

    06:46
83. Chapter 83

    Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers

    38:35