RABBINICAL STORIES 120

ON THE CUSTOM OF SALUTING AFTER SNEEZING 126

BONAVENTURE DE PERIERS 128

GROTIUS 129

n.o.bLEMEN TURNED CRITICS 131

LITERARY IMPOSTURES 132

CARDINAL RICHELIEU 139

ARISTOTLE AND PLATO 142

ABELARD AND ELOISA 145

PHYSIOGNOMY 148

CHARACTERS DESCRIBED BY MUSICAL NOTES 150

MILTON 152

ORIGIN OF NEWSPAPERS 155

TRIALS AND PROOFS OF GUILT IN SUPERSt.i.tIOUS AGES 161

INQUISITION 166

SINGULARITIES OBSERVED BY VARIOUS NATIONS IN THEIR REPASTS 170

MONARCHS 173

OF THE t.i.tLES OF ILl.u.s.tRIOUS, HIGHNESS, AND EXCELLENCE 175

t.i.tLES OF SOVEREIGNS 178

ROYAL DIVINITIES 179

DETHRONED MONARCHS 181

FEUDAL CUSTOMS 183

GAMING 187

THE ARABIC CHRONICLE 191

METEMPSYCHOSIS 192

SPANISH ETIQUETTE 194

THE GOTHS AND HUNS 196

VICARS OF BRAY 196

DOUGLAS 197

CRITICAL HISTORY OF POVERTY 198

SOLOMON AND SHEBA 202

h.e.l.l 203

THE ABSENT MAN 206

WAX-WORK 206

PASQUIN AND MARFORIO 208

FEMALE BEAUTY AND ORNAMENTS 211

MODERN PLATONISM 213

ANECDOTES OF FASHION 216

A SENATE OF JESUITS 231

THE LOVER'S HEART 233

THE HISTORY OF GLOVES 235

RELICS OF SAINTS 239

PERPETUAL LAMPS OF THE ANCIENTS 243

NATURAL PRODUCTIONS RESEMBLING ARTIFICIAL COMPOSITIONS 244

THE POETICAL GARLAND OF JULIA 247

TRAGIC ACTORS 248

JOCULAR PREACHERS 251

MASTERLY IMITATORS 258

EDWARD THE FOURTH 261

ELIZABETH 264