Amenities of Literature is a collection of essays and character sketches about English literature by Isaac Disraeli. It explores authors, books, and the changing tastes and opinions of readers across literary history. It offers curious anecdotes and reflections for anyone interested in the development of English letters.
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London, Frederick Warne & Co.
AMENITIES OF
LITERATURE,
CONSISTING OF
SKETCHES AND CHARACTERS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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.
PREFACE.
A ƒƗǪǵLjǡΏ of our vernacular literature has occupied my studies for many years. It was my design not to furnish an arid narrative of books or of authors, but following the steps of the human mind through the wide track of Time, to trace from their beginnings the rise, the progress, and the decline of public opinions, and to illustrate, as the objects presented themselves, the great incidents in our national
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