261, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (folded) ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Subsequent editions of this work are designated "first series", to distinguish it from the second and third series which the author published after 1892.
Contents:
Steele's letters -- Prior's 'Kitty' -- Spence's 'Anecdotes' -- Captain Coram's charity -- 'The female Quixote'-- Fielding's 'Voyage to Lisbon' -- Hanway's travels -- A garret in Gough Square -- Hogarth's Sigismunda -- 'The citizen of the world'-- An old London bookseller -- Gray's library --The new Chesterfield -- A day at Strawberry Hill -- Goldsmith's library --In Cowper's arbour -- The Quaker of art -- Bewick's tailpieces -- A German in England -- Old Vauxhall gardens.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain -- Intellectual life. | English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. | Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900- -- Provenance (BAC,REF)