Anecdotes about Authors, and Artists. John Timbs

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THE SEA.

       “FELON LITERATURE.”

       “THE LITERARY GENTLEMAN.

       DEATH BED REVELATIONS.

       STAMMERING WIT.

       ORIGIN OF BOTTLED ALE.

       BAD’S THE BEST.

       LUDICROUS ESTIMATE OF MR. CANNING.

       THE AUTHORSHIP OF “WAVERLEY.”

       QUID PRO QUO.

       HOPE’S “ANASTASIUS.”

       SMART REPARTEE.

       COLTON’S “LACON.”

       BUNYAN’S COPY OF “THE BOOK OF MARTYRS.”

       LITERARY LOCALITIES.

       CREED OF LORD BOLINGBROKE.

       BUNYAN’S PREACHING.

       HONE’S “EVERY-DAY BOOK.”

       BUNYAN’S ESCAPES.

       DROLLERY SPONTANEOUS.

       ORIGIN OF COWPER’S “JOHN GILPIN.”

       HARD FATE OF AUTHORS.

       JAMES SMITH, ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF “REJECTED ADDRESSES.”

       CONTEMPORARY COPYRIGHTS.

       MISS BURNEY’S “EVELINA.”

       EPITAPH ON CHARLES LAMB.

       “TOM CRINGLE’S LOG.”

       CHANCES FOR THE DRAMA.

       FULLER’S MEMORY.

       LORD HERVEY’S WIT.

       ANACREONTIC INVITATION, BY MOORE.

       THE POETS IN A PUZZLE.

       SALE OF MAGAZINES.

       MRS. SOUTHEY.

       DEVOTION TO SCIENCE.

       DISADVANTAGEOUS CORRECTION.

       PATRONAGE OF LITERATURE.

       DR. JOHNSON’S WIGS.

       SHERIDAN’S “PIZARRO.”

       DR. JOHNSON IN LONDON.

       REGALITY OF GENIUS.

       FIELDING’S “TOM JONES.”

       VOLTAIRE AND FERNEY.

       CLEAN HANDS.

       MODERATE FLATTERY.

       EVERY-DAY LIFE OF JAMES SMITH.

       FRENCH-ENGLISH JEU-DE-MOT.

       RELICS OF IZAAK WALTON.

       PRAISE OF ALE.

       DANGEROUS FOOLS.

       BULWER’S POMPEIAN DRAWING-ROOM.

      

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