Winter Evenings or, Lucubrations on Life and Letters / Knox

Winter Evenings or, Lucubrations on Life and Letters. By The Rev. Vicesimus Knox, D.D. With a life of the author. A new Edition, in three Volumes. Volume I-II-III. London, Printed for J. Richardson & Co. (enz.), 1823. XXXVI+226 (Volume I), VIII+280 (Volume II), VIII+306 (Volume III) bladzijden. These books are the product of serious study of education & moral essays. The author has chapters on Titles to Books, on such peculiarities in the Manner of writing detached essays, on marginal notes and quotations, on poetical satirists, on the fallaciousness of History, on commonplace wit and humour, on the masculine dress of ladies, on the character of Dr. Johnson, On the real and pretended motives of Writers, on the desire of distinction by living beyond the income, etc.