The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces

The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces (1886)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Henry Morley

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153136The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces — Title and contents*1886Jonathan Swift

CASSELL'S NATIONAL LIBRARY.

THE

Battle of the Books

AND OTHER SHORT PIECES.

BY

JONATHAN SWIFT.

CASSELL & COMPANY, Limited:

LONDON, PARIS & MELBOURNE.

1891.

CONTENTS

	PAGE
The Battle of the Books	9
A Meditation upon a Broomstick	51
Predictions for the Year 1708	53
Accomplishment of the First Prediction	67
Baucis and Philemon	71
The Logicians Refuted	78
The Puppet Show	80
Cadenus and Vanessa	83
Stella's Birthdays	115
To Stella visiting me in my Sickness	127
Prayers on the Death of Stella	132
The Beasts' Confession	136
On the Inconvenience of Abolishing Christianity	145
Hints towards an Essay on Conversation	165
Thoughts on Various Subjects	178

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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