CONTENTS.

DEAN SWIFT.

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FAMILY OF THE SWIFTS

JONATHAN SWIFT BORN.

CHILDHOOD OF SWIFT . . . . .

SWIFT AT SCHOOL

EARLY DISAPPOINTMENT

SWIFT AT COLLEGE

SWIFT IS INTRODUCED TO SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE

ECONOMY IN ASPARAGUS

SWIFT AT OXFORD-HIS FIRST VERSES

SWIFT AND DRYDEN . .

DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE .

THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

SWIFT'S FIRST SATIRE . . .

WHO WAS STELLA ?

WHO WAS VARINA ?

SWIFT'S PREFERMENT . .

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SWIFT'S JOURNEY TO LARACOR

SWIFT AT HIS VICARAGE .

STELLA REMOVES TO IRELAND

SWIFT'S FIRST POLITICAL PAMPHLET

SWIFT, A WHIG . .

“THE TALE OF A TUB”

TRACTS, 1708-1709 .

QUEEN ANNE'S FIFTY NEW CHURCHES IN LONDON SUGGESTED BY SWIFT

SWIFT GOES OVER TO THE TORIES.

SWIFT AND PARTRIDGE THE ASTROLOGER

6. THE TATLER” ESTABLISHED

DEATH OF SWIFT'S MOTHER.

SWIFT AT CHELSEA

“SID HAMET'S ROD" ..

THE “EXAMINER” ESTABLISHED . . . . . .

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A MODEL COURT LETTER

THE WINDSOR PROPHECY

SWIFT'S SYMPATHY FOR HARRISON.

POLITICAL INTRIGUE IN SWIFT'S DAYS ..

SWIFT OBTAINS HIS DEANERY

A CLERICAL RACE.

“BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION”.

THE DEAN IN HIGH FAVOUR.

POPE'S FIRST LETTER TO SWIFT

SWIFT AT HIS CLUBS AND COFFEE-HOUSES

SWIFT AND THE MOHOOKS

WHO WAS VANESSA ?

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SWIFT'S ANTIPATHY TO PROJECTORS

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STELLA TO SWIFT . . . . . ..

SWIFT'S ATTACHMENT TO THE EARL OF OXFORD

DRAPIER'S LETTERS . .

THE DEAN VERY POPULAR

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS . .

BARGAINING WITH THE PUBLISHERS

"THE BEGGAR'S OPERA” .

THE DEAN LAST IN ENGLAND

SWIFT PARTS FROM POPE

DEATH OF STELLA

WALPOLE'S INJUSTICE TO SWIFT

THE DEAN DEFENDED . . .

THE DUKE OF SCHOMBERG'S MONUMENT .

SWIFT'S LOSS OF FRIENDS . . .

A MOCK COURT OF LAW.

SWIFT AND BETTESWORTH

ST. PATRICK'S HOSPITAL FOUNDED .

SWIFT AND HIS HOUSEHOLD .

THE DEAN'S LAST ILLNESS . ..

BURIAL-PLACE OF SWIFT . ..

MEMORIALS OF THE DEAN

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PERSON OF JULIUS CÆSAR

THE DEAN OUTWITTED.

THE DEAN AND THE SURGEON

THE DEAN'S PARSIMONY

BENEFICIAL HOAX

SWIFT'S BONHOMIE .

INGRATITUDE TO SWIFT

WHY SWIFT DID NOT MARRY .

DID SWIFT EVER LAUGH ? .

LORD ORRERY'S “REMARKS"

THE DEAN AND HIS SERVANTS

“SHUT THE DOOR"

THE DEAN'S FOOTMAN . .

CARLOW CHURCH .

THE ECLIPSE HOAX

SWIFT'S LOVE OF LOW LIFE :

A TROUBLESOME NEIGHBOUR .

A BEGGARS' WEDDING

WORTH OF A RHYME

“ NABOTH'S VINEYARD”

THE DEAN SETS UP HIS CARRIAGE.

SWIFT AND THE BISHOP OF KILMORE

THE DEAN AND LADY BURLINGTON .

HOW SWIFT TRIED HIS COMPANY

THE DEAN AND THE PILKINGTONS .

SWIFT TO A FAVOURED FAIR CORRESPONDENT.

SWIFT AND RABELAIS . . .

LOVE OF TEASINGIRONY

PUNS AND PROVERBS

ANGLO-LATIN AND ANGLO-ENGLISH .

THE DEAN'S VERSES . .

THE LAST EPIGRAM

SWIFT AND ADDISON

SWIFT AND DR. JOHNSON

POPE, SWIFT, AND BYRON

HAZARDING A CRITICISM

ODD BLUNDER

THE DEAN'S CONVERSATION .

THE DEAN'S VERISIMILITUDE .

SWIFT'S WEEKLY RHYME .

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SWIFT'S BROADSIDES---PUNCH .

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GRUB-STREET . . . . . .

" HOSPITAL FOR INOURABLES

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BIRTH OF STEELE-HIS ANCESTRY.

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STEELE LOSES HIS FATHER

STEELE AT THE CHARTER-HOUSE

STEELE AND ADDISON AT OXFORD .

STEELE ENLISTS IN THE HORSE GUARDS .

STEELE'S FIRST PLAY . .

STEELE'S FIRST MARRIAGE . .

STEELE'S SECOND COURTSHIP, .

STEELE AFTER MARRIAGE

STEELE'S CORRESPONDENCE . .

THE IRISH UNDER-SECRETARYSHIP .

STEELE STARTS “THE TATLER” .

"THE SPECTATOR" STARTED .

“SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY” . .

THE COVERLEY HOUSEHOLD . .

" THE GUARDIAN” STARTED . .

STEELE IN PARLIAMENT

STEELE'S PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY.

STEELE'S "MULTIPLICATION TABLE”

SIR RICHARD STEELE AND THE PLAYERS.

STEELE AND ADDISON AT THE KIT-KAT CLUB .

A MEDICAL CONFESSION . .

A GREAT WHIG MEETING

STEELE AT “BUTTON'S ” . . . . .

THE TATLER'S CLUB, AT THE TRUMPET IN SHIRE-LANE

STEELE AND SWIFT QUARREL

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CHARACTER OF DICK EASTCOURT ,

STEELE AND WHISTON . . . . .

DENNIS ATTACKS STEELE, AND STEELE REPLIES

BISHOP HOADLY AND STEELE AT BLENHEIM

STEELE'S HOMAGE TO WOMEN. .

STEELE AND ADDISON FRIENDS

“POOR DICK ” . . .

MODES OF DYING. .

STEELE GIVES SAVAGE A DINNER .

SAVAGE LOSES STEELE'S FRIENDSHIP

STEELE AND HIS “LIVERIES”

WHO WAS “THE PERVERSE WIDOW " .

“THE LADIES' LIBRARY” .

BEAU FIELDING .

STEELE'S VISIT TO DON SALTERO'S AT CHELSEA

PORTRAITS OF STEELE

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