Excerpt from The Humours and Conversations of the Town (1693)
Such a book IS The H amours and C onversations of the T own which IS here presented in facsimile over two centuries and a half after its publication in 1693. The allusion hunters have rifled its con tents for Shakespeare and Spenser, but Dryden, Cowley, Butler, Nat Lee, Otway, Denham, and Etherege lie here reputation-wise in their pristine states. Here, too, are Jo Hams and charming Phyllis and Whittington and his cat as well as Mr Rymer and Mr Creech, abundant observa tions on the Royal Society and the New Science, and repeated mention of the London haunts of the beau monde and the demimonde. There is much talk of the theater, of London Wits and rakehells. Of coquetry and sin, and an extenswe contrast of urban life with rural life that eclipses Horace’s Town Mouse and Country Mouse in convivial argument.
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.
