Nonfiction · 1886
The Battle of the Books, and Other Short Pieces
The Battle of the Books, and Other Short Pieces, first published in 1886, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.
Contents
- Introduction
- The Bookseller to the Reader
- The Preface of the Author
- A Full and True Account of the Battle Fought Last Friday Between the Ancient and the Modern Books in Saint James’s Library
- The Episode of Bentley and Wotton
- A Meditation Upon a Broomstick
- Predictions for the Year 1708
- Baucis and Philemon
- The Logicians Refuted
- The Puppet Show
- Cadenus and Vanessa
- Stella’s Birthday, 1718
- Stella’s Birthday, 1720
- Stella’s Birthday
- Stella’s Birthday, 1724
- Stella’s Birthday, March 13, 1726
- The First He Wrote Oct. 17, 1727
- The Second Prayer Was Written Nov. 6, 1727
- The Beasts’ Confession (1732)
- Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation
- Thoughts on Various Subjects
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About the author
1667–1745 · Enlightenment
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) was born in Dublin, educated at Trinity College, and ordained in the Church of Ireland; he was secretary to Sir William Temple in England, a Tory pamphleteer in London, and from 1713 Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. A Tale of a Tub (1704), the Drapier’s Letters (1724), Gulliver’s Travels (1726) and A Modest Proposal (1729) are the best known of his works, most of which he published anonymously.
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