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1822.
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CONTENTS.
VOL. I.
NO.
1. INTRODUCTORY Paper. Some description of the pre-
sent work, particularly of the literary anecdotes
of Greece.
2. Sect of the Dampers described. Quotation from
Pliny's Letters.
3. Love of praise. Instances of flattery in the dedica-
tion of Sepulveda to the king of Spain, also in
Ben Jonson's masks in the court of James I.
That poet an imitator of Aristophanes. Vanity
of authors in prefixing their prints to their works.
Portrait of a citizen on horseback. Anecdote of
a dancing-master and his scholar.
4. Visit to Sir Theodore and Lady Thimble. Their
country house and family described.
5. Visit continued. Calliope reads part of an epic
poem. Doctor Mac Infidel discourses against
Christ's miracles,
6. Conversation with Calliope subsequent to Dr. Mac
Infidel's discourse. Two letters from Captain
Henry Constant to that young lady.
7. Calliope's interview and reconciliation with Captain
Constant described in a letter from that young
lady.
8. History of Pythagoras.
9. The same continued to his death.