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Some Eccentrics
& a Woman
First Published in 1911
Some Eccentrics
& a Woman
By Lewis Melville
London
Martin Secker
Number Five John Street
Adelphi
NOTE
Of the eight papers printed here, “Some Eighteenth-CenturyMen About Town,” “A Forgotten Satirist:‘Peter Pindar’,” “Sterne’s Eliza,” and “WilliamBeckford, of Fonthill Abbey,” have appeared in theFortnightly Review; “Charles James Fox” appearedin the Monthly Review, “Exquisites of the Regency”in Chambers’s Journal, and “The Demoniacs” in theAmerican Bookman. To the editors of these periodicalsI am indebted either for permission to reprint, or fortheir courtesy in having permitted me to reserve theright of publication in book form. “Philip, Dukeof Wharton” is now printed for the first time.
Lewis Melville
Contents
| PAGE | |
| EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MEN ABOUT TOWN | 13 |
| SOME EXQUISITES OF THE REGENCY | 47 |
| A FORGOTTEN SATIRIST: “PETER PINDAR” | 103 |
| STERNE’S ELIZA | 129 |
| THE DEMONIACS | 161 |
| WILLIAM BECKFORD OF FONTHILL ABBEY | 189 |
| CHARLES JAMES FOX | 219 |
| PHILIP, DUKE OF WHARTON | 253 |
| INDEX | 283 |
List of Illustrations
| “A VIEW FROM THE PUMP ROOM, BATH” A Facsimile Reproduction of a Drawing by Richard Deighton | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |