Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen

Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen,
by W. S. Landor , published 1824 – 9 , followed by Imaginary Conversations of Greeks and Romans, published 1853 . The conversations are between characters from classical times to the 19th cent.; some are dramatic, some idyllic, some satirical. There are some 150 dialogues and the quality is very uneven, for Landor's own passionate and often prejudiced views tend to obtrude. Wordsworth observed that the dialogues between classical characters, such as between Cicero and his brother, were often the best.