Part 6

MEN OF LETTERS.

Monk Lewis 417

Porson's Eccentricities 425

Parriana: Oddities of Dr. Parr 435

Oddities of John Horne Tooke 444

Mr. Canning's Humour 451

Peter Pindar.--Dr. Wolcot 460

The Author of "Dr. Syntax" 472

Mrs. Radcliffe and the Critics 475

Cool Sir James Mackintosh 478

Eccentricities of Cobbett 481

Heber, the Book-Collector 485

Sir John Soane Lampooned 488

Extraordinary Calculators 490

Charles Lamb's Cottage at Islington 494

Thomas Hood 497

A Witty Archbishop 504

Literary Madmen 508

A Perpetual-Motion Seeker 513

The Romantic Duchess of Newcastle 516

Sources of Laughter 520

CONVIVIAL ECCENTRICITIES.

Busby's Folly and Bull Feather Hall 525

Old Islington Taverns 526

The Oyster and Parched-Pea Club 529

A Manchester Punch-House 530

"The Blue Key" 533

Brandy in Tea 534