Curious Facts about Authors

• The Finding Of John Evelyn's Ms Diary At Wotton Chapter 1
• Families Of Literary Men Chapter 2
• The Blue-stocking Club Chapter 3
• Dr Johnson And Hannah More Chapter 4
• Miss Mitford's Farewell To Three Mile Cross Chapter 5
• Smollett's Hugh Strap Chapter 6
• Collins's Poems Chapter 7
• Captain Morris's Songs Chapter 8
• Literary Dinners Chapter 9
• Popularity Of The Pickwick Papers Chapter 10
• Swift's Disappointment Chapter 11
• Leigh Hunt And Thomas Carlyle Chapter 12
• Cowper's Poems Chapter 13
• Hearne's Love Of Ale Chapter 14
• Sheridan's Wit Chapter 15
• Smollett's History Of England Chapter 16
• Magna Charta Recovered Chapter 17
• Fox And Gibbon Chapter 18
• Dr Johnson's Pride Chapter 19
• Lord Byron's Corsair Chapter 20
• Booksellers In Little Britain Chapter 21
• Reconciling The Fathers Chapter 22
• Sir James Mackintosh's Humour Chapter 23
• Writings Of Lope De Vega Chapter 24
• Popularity Of Lope De Vega Chapter 25
• Swift's Loves Chapter 26
• Coleridge's Watchman Chapter 27
• Ireland's Shakspeare Forgeries Chapter 28
• Hoole The Translator Of Tasso The Ghost Puzzled Chapter 29
• Lord Byron's Vanity Chapter 30
• Lord Byron's Apology Chapter 31
• Fine Flourishes Chapter 32
• Mathematical Sailors Chapter 33
• Lewis's Monk Chapter 34
• Thomson's Recitations Chapter 35
• Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer Chapter 36
• Silence Not Always Wisdom Chapter 37
• Dr Chalmers In London Chapter 38
• Romilly And Brougham Chapter 39
• Physiognomy Of The French Revolutionists Chapter 40
• Death Of Sir Charles Bell Chapter 41
• Classic Pun Chapter 42
• Poetry Of The Sea Chapter 43
• Felon Literature Chapter 44
• Death Bed Revelations Chapter 45
• Stammering Wit Chapter 46
• Origin Of Bottled Ale Chapter 47
• Bad's The Best Chapter 48
• Ludicrous Estimate Of Mr Canning Chapter 49
• The Authorship Of Waverley Chapter 50
• Quid Pro Quo Chapter 51
• Hope's Anastasius Chapter 52
• Smart Repartee Chapter 53
• Colton's Lacon Chapter 54
• Bunyan's Copy Of The Book Of Martyrs Chapter 55
• Literary Localities Chapter 56
• Creed Of Lord Bolingbroke Chapter 57
• Bunyan's Preaching Chapter 58
• Hone's Every-day Book Chapter 59
• Bunyan's Escapes Chapter 60
• Drollery Spontaneous Chapter 61
• Origin Of Cowper's John Gilpin Chapter 62
• Hard Fate Of Authors Chapter 63
• James Smith One Of The Authors Of Rejected Addresses Chapter 64
• Contemporary Copyrights Chapter 65
• Miss Burney's Evelina Chapter 66
• Epitaph On Charles Lamb Chapter 67
• Tom Cringle's Log Chapter 68
• Chances For The Drama Chapter 69
• Fuller's Memory Chapter 70
• Lord Hervey's Wit Chapter 71
• Anacreontic Invitation By Moore Chapter 72
• The Poets In A Puzzle Chapter 73
• Sale Of Magazines Chapter 74
• Mrs Southey Chapter 75
• Devotion To Science Chapter 76
• Disadvantageous Correction Chapter 77
• Patronage Of Literature Chapter 78
• Dr Johnson's Wigs Chapter 79
• Sheridan's Pizarro Chapter 80
• Dr Johnson In London Chapter 81
• Regality Of Genius Chapter 82
• Fielding's Tom Jones Chapter 83
• Voltaire And Ferney Chapter 84
• Clean Hands Chapter 85
• Moderate Flattery Chapter 86
• Every-day Life Of James Smith Chapter 87
• French-english Jeu-de-mot Chapter 88
• Relics Of Izaak Walton Chapter 89
• Praise Of Ale Chapter 90
• Dangerous Fools Chapter 91
• Bulwer's Pompeian Drawing-room Chapter 92
• Sterne's Sermons Chapter 93
• Tom Hill Chapter 94
• Tycho Brahe's Nose Chapter 95
• Foote's Wooden Leg Chapter 96
• Rival Remembrance Chapter 97
• Who Wrote Junius's Letters? Chapter 98
• Literary Coffee-houses In The Last Century Chapter 99
• Lord Byron And My Grandmother's Review Chapter 100
• Walpole's Way To Win Them Chapter 101
• Dr Johnson's Criticisms Chapter 102
• Gibbon's House At Lausanne Chapter 103
• Origin Of Boz Dickens Chapter 104
• Boswell's Life Of Johnson Chapter 105
• Patronage Of Authors Chapter 106
• Learning French Chapter 107
• Johnson's Club-room Chapter 108
• Dr Chalmers's Industry Chapter 109
• Latest Of Dr Johnson's Contemporaries Chapter 110
• A Snail Dinner Chapter 111
• Curran's Imagination Chapter 112
• Cowley At Chertsey Chapter 113
• A Pretty Compliment Chapter 114
• Thomas Day And His Model Wife Chapter 115
• Washington Irving And Wilkie In The Alhambra Chapter 116
• Bolingbroke At Battersea Chapter 117
• Relics Of Milton Chapter 118
• Writing Up The Times Newspaper Chapter 119
• Relics Of The Boar's Head Tavern Eastcheap Chapter 120
• Origin Of The Edinburgh Review Chapter 121
• Clever Statesmen Chapter 122
• The First Magazine Chapter 123
• Boswell's Bear-leading Chapter 124
• Lord Elibank And Dr Johnson Chapter 125
• Relics Of Dr Johnson At Lichfield Chapter 126
• Coleridge A Soldier Chapter 127
• Cobbett's Boyhood Chapter 128
• Coleridge An Unitarian Preacher Chapter 129
• Fontenelle's Insensibility Chapter 130
• Pains And Toils Of Authorship Chapter 131
• Joe Miller At Court Chapter 132
• Collins' Insanity Chapter 133
• Moore's Epigram On Abbott Chapter 134
• Negroes At Home Chapter 135
• A String Of Jerrold's Jokes Chapter 136
• Conceited Alarms Of Dennis Chapter 137
• A Composition With Conscience Chapter 138
• Sale The Translator Of The Koran Chapter 139
• The Latter Days Of Lovelace Chapter 140
• Payment In Kind Chapter 141
• Chatterton's Profit And Loss Reckoning Chapter 142
• Locke's Rebuke Of The Card-playing Lords Chapter 143
• Haydn And The Ship Captain Chapter 144
• Haydn's Diploma Piece At Oxford Chapter 145
• Origin Of The Beggar's Opera Chapter 146
• The Two Sheridans Chapter 147
• Killing No Murder Chapter 148
• Sensitiveness To Criticism Chapter 149
• Butler And Buckingham Chapter 150
• The Mermaid Club Chapter 151
• Porson's Memory Chapter 152
• Wycherley's Wooing Chapter 153
• A Carouse At Boileau's Chapter 154
• Thomson's Indolence Chapter 155
• A Learned Young Lady Chapter 156
• A Hard Hit At Pope Chapter 157
• Dryden Drubbed Chapter 158
• Rogers And Junius Chapter 159
• Alfieri's Hair Chapter 160
• Smollett's Hard Fortunes Chapter 161
• Jerrold's Rebuke To A Rude Intruder Chapter 162
• An Odd Present To Shenstone Chapter 163
• Waller The Courtier-poet Chapter 164

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