LONDON:
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
[CHARLES THE FIRST.]
[DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.]
[THE DEATH OF CHARLES IX.]
[ROYAL PROMOTIONS.]
[NOBILITY.]
[MODES OF SALUTATION, AND AMICABLE CEREMONIES, OBSERVED IN VARIOUS NATIONS.]
[FIRE, AND THE ORIGIN OF FIREWORKS.]
[THE BIBLE PROHIBITED AND IMPROVED.]
[ORIGIN OF THE MATERIALS OF WRITING.]
[ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS.]
[THE EARLY DRAMA.]
[THE MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS.]
[A CONTRIVANCE IN DRAMATIC DIALOGUE.]
[THE COMEDY OF A MADMAN.]
[SOLITUDE.]
[LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS.]
[ANECDOTES OF ABSTRACTION OF MIND.]
[RICHARDSON.]
[INFLUENCE OF A NAME.]
[THE JEWS OF YORK.]
[THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEAS.]
[ON THE CUSTOM OF KISSING HANDS.]
[POPES.]
[LITERARY COMPOSITION.]
[POETICAL IMITATIONS AND SIMILARITIES.]
[EXPLANATION OF THE FAC-SIMILE.]
[LITERARY FASHIONS.]
[THE PANTOMIMICAL CHARACTERS.]
[EXTEMPORAL COMEDIES.]
[MASSINGER, MILTON, AND THE ITALIAN THEATRE.]
[SONGS OF TRADES, OR SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE.]
[INTRODUCERS OF EXOTIC FLOWERS, FRUITS, ETC.]
[USURERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.]
[CHIDIOCK TITCHBOURNE.]
[ELIZABETH AND HER PARLIAMENT.]
[ANECDOTES OF PRINCE HENRY, THE SON OF JAMES I., WHEN A CHILD.]
[THE DIARY OF A MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES.]
[DIARIES—MORAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL.]
[LICENSERS OF THE PRESS.]
[OF ANAGRAMS AND ECHO VERSES.]
[ORTHOGRAPHY OF PROPER NAMES.]
[NAMES OF OUR STREETS.]
[SECRET HISTORY OF EDWARD VERE, EARL OF OXFORD.]
[ANCIENT COOKERY, AND COOKS.]
[ANCIENT AND MODERN SATURNALIA.]
[RELIQUIÆ GETHINIANÆ.]
[ROBINSON CRUSOE.]
[CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT DRAMAS.]
[THE HISTORY OF THE THEATRE DURING ITS SUPPRESSION.]
[DRINKING-CUSTOMS IN ENGLAND.]
[LITERARY ANECDOTES.]
[CONDEMNED POETS.]
[ACAJOU AND ZIRPHILE.]
[TOM O' BEDLAMS.]
[INTRODUCTION OF TEA, COFFEE, AND CHOCOLATE.]
[CHARLES THE FIRST'S LOVE OF THE FINE ARTS.]
[SECRET HISTORY OF CHARLES THE FIRST, AND HIS QUEEN HENRIETTA.]
[THE MINISTER—THE CARDINAL DUKE OF RICHELIEU.]
[THE MINISTER—DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, LORD ADMIRAL, LORD GENERAL, &c. &c. &c.]
[FELTON, THE POLITICAL ASSASSIN.]
[JOHNSON'S HINTS FOR THE LIFE OF POPE.]
[MODERN LITERATURE—BAYLE'S CRITICAL DICTIONARY.]
[CHARACTERISTICS OF BAYLE.]
[CICERO VIEWED AS A COLLECTOR.]
[THE HISTORY OF THE CARACCI.]
[AN ENGLISH ACADEMY OF LITERATURE.]
[QUOTATION.]
[THE ORIGIN OF DANTE'S INFERNO.]
[OF A HISTORY OF EVENTS WHICH HAVE NOT HAPPENED.]
[OF FALSE POLITICAL REPORTS.]
[OF SUPPRESSORS AND DILAPIDATORS OF MANUSCRIPTS.]
[PARODIES.]
[ANECDOTES OF THE FAIRFAX FAMILY.]
[MEDICINE AND MORALS.]
[PSALM-SINGING.]
[ON THE RIDICULOUS TITLES ASSUMED BY ITALIAN ACADEMIES.]
[ON THE HERO OF HUDIBRAS; BUTLER VINDICATED.]
[SHENSTONE'S SCHOOL-MISTRESS.]
[BEN JONSON ON TRANSLATION.]
[THE LOVES OF "THE LADY ARABELLA."]
[DOMESTIC HISTORY OF SIR EDWARD COKE.]
[OF COKE'S STYLE, AND HIS CONDUCT.]
[SECRET HISTORY OF AUTHORS WHO HAVE RUINED THEIR BOOKSELLERS.]
[FOOTNOTES.]