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Project Gutenberg's Calamities and Quarrels of Authors, by Isaac Disraeli This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Author: Isaac Disraeli Release Date: December 23, 2009 [EBook #30745] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CALAMITIES AND QUARRELS OF AUTHORS *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Katherine Ward, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net CALAMITIES AND QUARRELS OF AUTHORS. BY ISAAC DISRAELI. A NEW EDITION EDITED BY HIS SON THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD. LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. BEDFORD STREET, STRAND. LONDON: BRADBURY, AGNEW & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. CONTENTS. CALAMITIES OF AUTHORS. PREFACE 3 AUTHORS BY PROFESSION:--GUTHRIE AND AMHURST--DRAKE--SMOLLETT 7 THE CASE OF AUTHORS STATED, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF LITERARY PROPERTY 15 THE SUFFERINGS OF AUTHORS 22 A MENDICANT AUTHOR, AND THE PATRONS OF FORMER TIMES 25 COWLEY--OF HIS MELANCHOLY 35 THE PAINS OF FASTIDIOUS EGOTISM 42 INFLUENCE OF A BAD TEMPER IN CRITICISM 51 DISAPPOINTED GENIUS TAKES A FATAL DIRECTION BY ITS ABUSE 59 THE MALADIES OF AUTHORS 70 LITERARY SCOTCHMEN 75 LABORIOUS AUTHORS 83 THE DESPAIR OF YOUNG POETS 98 THE MISERIES OF THE FIRST ENGLISH COMMENTATOR 104 THE LIFE OF AN AUTHORESS 106 THE INDISCRETION OF AN HISTORIAN--CARTE 110 LITERARY RIDICULE, ILLUSTRATED BY SOME ACCOUNT OF A LITERARY SATIRE 114 LITERARY HATRED, EXHIBITING A CONSPIRACY AGAINST AN AUTHOR 130 UNDUE SEVERITY O
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