CALAMITIES OF AUTHORS. PREFACE 3 AUTHORS BY PROFESSION:--GUTHRIE AND AMHURST--DRAKE--SMOLLETT 7 THE CASE OF AUTHORS STATED, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF LITERARY PROPERTY 15 THE SUFFERINGS OF AUTHORS 22 A MENDICANT AUTHOR, AND THE PATRONS OF FORMER TIMES 25 COWLEY--OF HIS MELANCHOLY 35 THE PAINS OF FASTIDIOUS EGOTISM 42 INFLUENCE OF A BAD TEMPER IN CRITICISM 51 DISAPPOINTED GENIUS TAKES A FATAL DIRECTION BY ITS ABUSE 59 THE MALADIES OF AUTHORS 70 LITERARY SCOTCHMEN 75 LABORIOUS AUTHORS 83 THE DESPAIR OF YOUNG POETS 98 THE MISERIES OF THE FIRST ENGLISH COMMENTATOR 104 THE LIFE OF AN AUTHORESS 106 THE INDISCRETION OF AN HISTORIAN--CARTE 110 LITERARY RIDICULE, ILLUSTRATED BY SOME ACCOUNT OF A LITER…
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