AMENITIES OF LITERATURE,

CONSISTING OF

SKETCHES AND CHARACTERS OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE.

BY

ISAAC DISRAELI.

A New Edition,

EDITED BY HIS SON,

THE RIGHT HON. B. DISRAELI,

CHANCELLOR OF HER MAJESTY'S EXCHEQUER.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

ROUTLEDGE, WARNES, AND ROUTLEDGE,

FARRINGDON STREET.

NEW YORK: 56, WALKER STREET.

1859.

LONDON:

SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

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RHYMING DICTIONARIES

THE ARTE OF ENGLISH POESIE

THE DISCOVERIE OF WITCHCRAFT

THE FIRST JESUITS IN ENGLAND

HOOKER

SIR PHILIP SIDNEY

SPENSER

THE FAERY QUEEN

ALLEGORY

THE FIRST TRAGEDY AND THE FIRST COMEDY.

THE PREDECESSORS AND CONTEMPORARIES OF SHAKESPEARE

SHAKESPEARE

THE "HUMOURS" OF JONSON

DRAYTON

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF RAWLEIGH

THE OCCULT PHILOSOPHER, DR. DEE

THE ROSACRUSIAN FLUDD

BACON.

THE FIRST FOUNDER OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY

EARLY WRITERS, THEIR DREAD OF THE PRESS, -THE TRANSITION

TO AUTHORS BY PROFESSION

THE AGE OF DOCTRINES

PAMPHLETS