The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces
Swift's satire of the quarrel between ancient and modern learning, fought as a literal battle among the books of St. James's Library, with the other short pieces of the Cassell collection: A Meditation upon a Broomstick, the Bickerstaff predictions, the poems to Stella, and the Argument Against Abolishing Christianity.
- Introduction
- The Bookseller to the Reader
- The Preface of the Author
- A Full and True Account of the Battle Fought Last Friday Between the Ancient and the Modern Books in Saint James’s Library
- The Episode of Bentley and Wotton
- A Meditation upon a Broomstick
- Predictions for the Year 1708
- The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff’s Predictions; Being an Account of the Death of Mr. Partridge the Almanack-Maker, upon the 29th Instant
- Baucis and Philemon
- The Logicians Refuted
- The Puppet Show
- Cadenus and Vanessa
- Stella’s Birthday, 1718
- Stella’s Birthday, 1720
- Stella’s Birthday
- Stella’s Birthday, 1724
- Stella’s Birthday, March 13, 1726
- To Stella
- The First He Wrote Oct. 17, 1727
- The Second Prayer Was Written Nov. 6, 1727
- The Beasts’ Confession (1732)
- An Argument to Prove That the Abolishing of Christianity in England May, as Things Now Stand, Be Attended with Some Inconveniences, and Perhaps Not Produce Those Many Good Effects Proposed Thereby
- Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation
- Thoughts on Various Subjects