A Dictionary of Anecdotes, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from A Dictionary of Anecdotes, Vol. 1 of 2: Chiefly Historical, and Illustrative of Characters and Events, Ancient and Modern, Drawn From Genuine Sources, and Alphabetically Arranged According to the Respective Subjects Collections of Anecdotes are common in our language as well as in most others, nor has the Editor of the one now offered to the Public, any inclination to depreciate the value of those labours by which he has frequently been amused, and of which, in this Selection, he has occasionally profited. But it must be allowed, that even some of the best of these Compilations have deviated from the strict propriety of their title, by giving criticisms and opinions, fictitious narratives, and pieces of poetry, as Anecdotes, to which appellation most unquestionably such articles can have no legitimate claim. Most of these works are also defective in the mode of arrangement, the greater part of them being miscellaneous, observing no order in the disposition of the subjects, while those which preserve some form of classification, place the Anecdotes under the names of the persons concerning whom the matters are related. This last method, however, is not particularly objectionable, though it by no means possesses the advantages derived from the plan pursued by Wanley, in his "Wonders of the Little World, " where the most striking phenomena of human nature are disposed in a regular manner under their respective heads and qualities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.