This is a list of the Imaginary Conversations of Walter Savage Landor, a series of dialogues of historical and mythical characters. It follows the retrospective order and arrangement of the five-volume collection, chosen by Landor himself and to be found in his Collected Works. These were then published separately (1883).
The original spelling and use of honorifics and titles is retained, but some names are made fuller in order to disambiguate.
First Series: Classical Dialogues
editGreek
edit- Achilles and Helen of Troy
- Aesop and Rhodopè (two)
- Solon and Pisistratus
- Anacreon and Polycrates
- Xerxes and Artabanus
- Pericles and Sophocles
- Diogenes and Plato
- Xenophon and Cyrus the Younger
- Alcibiades and Xenophon
- Demosthenes and Eubulides (two)
- Aeschines and Phocion
- Alexander and the Priest of Hammon
- Aristoteles and Callisthenes
- Epicurus, Leontion, and Ternissa
- Epicurus and Metrodorus
- Menander and Epicurus (two)
- Lucian and Timotheus
Roman
edit- Marcellus and Hannibal
- P. Scipio Aemilianus, Polybius, Panaetius
- Metellus and Marius
- Lucullus and Caesar
- Marcus Tullius Cicero and Quinctus Cicero
- Tibullus and Messala
- Tiberius and Vipsania
- Epictetus and Seneca
- Virgilius and Horatius
- Asinius Pollio and Licinius Calvus
Second Series: Dialogues of Sovereigns and Statesmen
edit- Richard I and the Abbot of Boxley
- Henry IV and Sir Arnold Savage
- Oliver Cromwell and Walter Noble
- James I and Isaac Casaubon
- Peter Leopold and President Du Paty
- Kosciusko and Poniatowski
- Wolfgang and Henry of Melctal
- George Washington and Benjamin Franklin
- Andrew Hofer, Count Metternich, and the Emperor Francis
- Lord Chesterfield and Lord Chatham
- Romilly and Perceval
- Peter the Great and Alexis
- Louis XIV and Father La Chaise
- Soliman and Mufti
- Mr. Pitt and Mr. Canning
- Archbishop Boulter and Philip Savage
- Mahomet and Sergius
- Fra Filippo Lippi and Pope Eugenius IV
- William Wallace and Edward I
- William Penn and Lord Peterborough
- Nicolas and Michel
- The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Inglis
- Bishop Shipley and Benjamin Franklin
- Windham and Sheridan
- Louis XVIII and Talleyrand
- Romilly and Wilberforce
- Oliver Cromwell and Sir Oliver Cromwell
- Admiral Blake and Humphrey Blake
Third Series: Dialogues of Literary Men
edit- Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney
- Robert Southey and Porson (two)
- Bishop Burnet and Humphrey Hardcastle
- Abbé Jacques Delille and Walter Landor
- Middleton and Magliabechi
- John Milton and Andrew Marvel
- Lord Bacon and Richard Hooker
- Samuel Johnson and John Horne Tooke (two)
- David Hume and John Home
- Alfieri and Salomon the Florentine Jew
- Rousseau and Malesherbes
- Joseph Scaliger and Montaigne
- Boccacio and Petrarca
- Chaucer, Boccacio and Petrarca
- Isaac Barrow and Isaac Newton
- Isaak Walton, Charles Cotton and William Oldways
- Machiavelli and Michel-Angelo Buonarroti
Fourth Series
editDialogues of Literary Men (continued)
edit- 18. Robert Southey and Walter Landor (two)
- 19. Andrew Marvell and Bishop Parker
- 20. Steele and Addison
- 21. La Fontaine and De La Rochefoucauld
- 22. Melanchthon and Calvin
- 23. Galileo, John Milton and a Dominican
- 24. Essex and Edmund Spenser
- 25. Archdeacon Hare and Walter Landor
- 26. Alfieri and Metastasio
- 27. Machiavelli and Guicciardini
- 28. John Milton and Andrew Marvel (two)
- 29. Martin and Jack
- 30. Tiziano Vecelli and Luigi Cornaro.
Dialogues of Famous Women
edit- Queen Elizabeth and Cecil
- Roger Ascham and Lady Jane Grey
- Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
- Beniowski and Aphanasia
- Bossuet and the Duchess of Fontanges
- John of Gaunt and Joan of Kent
- The Lady Lisle and Elizabeth Gaunt
- The Empress Catherine and Princess Dashkof
- Leofric and Godiva
- The Maid of Orleans and Agnes Sorel
- Rhadamistus and Zenobia
- Tancredi and Constantia
- Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth
- Philip II and Donna Juana Coello
- Dante and Beatrice
- Queen Elizabeth, Cecil, Duke of Anjou, and De La Motte Fénélon
- Mary and Bothwell
- Tasso and Cornelia
- Vittoria Colonna and Michel-Angelo Buonarroti
- The Count Gleichem; the Countess; their children; and Zaida
- Dante and Gemma Donati
- Leonora di Este and Father Panigarola
Miscellaneous Dialogues
edit- Marchese Pallavicini and Walter Landor
- General Kleber and French officers
- The Emperor Alexander and Capo D'Istria
- Bonaparte and the President of the Senate
- General Lascy and the Curate Merino
- Cavaliere Puntomichino and Mr. Denis Eusebius Talcranagh
- Prince Maurocordato and General Colocotroni
- Lopez Baños and Romero Alpuente
- Don Victor Saez and El Rey Netto
- Lord Coleraine, Rev. Mr. Bloombury, and Rev. Mr. Swan
Fifth Series: Miscellaneous Dialogues (concluded)
edit- 11. Duke de Richelieu, Sir Firebrace Cotes, Lady Glengrin. and Mr. Normanby
- 12. Florentine, English Visitor, and Landor
- 13. Pope Leo XII and his valet Gigi
- 14. M. Villele and M. Corbiere
- 15. Odysseus, Tersitza, Acrive, and Trelawny
- 16. Don Ferdinand and Don John-Mary-Luis
- 17. King of the Sandwich Isles, Mr. Peel, Mr. Croker, and Interpreter
- 18. King of Ava and Rao-Gong-Fao
- 19. Photo Zavellas and Kaido
- 20. Miguel and his mother
- 21. Sandt and Kotzebue
- 22. The Cardinal-Legate Albani and picture-dealers
- 23. Blucher and Sandt
- 24. Eldon and Encombe (courtesy title)
- 25. Queen Pomare, Pritchard, Captains Polverel and Des Mitrailles, Lieutenant Poignaunez, Mariners
- 26. Walker, Hattaji, Gonda, and Dewah
- 27. Talleyrand and Archbishop of Paris
- 28. Marshal Bugeaud and Arab chieftain
- 29. Emperor of China and Tsing-Ti
- 30. Louis Philippe and M. Guizot
- 31. M. Thiers and M. Lamartine
- 32. Nicholas, Frederic-William, and Nesselrode
- 33. Beranger and La Roche-Jaquelin
- 34. Nicholas and Nesselrode
- 35. King Carlo-Alberto and Princess Belgioioso
- 36. Garibaldi and Mazzini
- 37. Cardinal Antonelli and General Gemeau
- 38. Louis Bonaparte and Count Molé
- 39. Pope Pio Nono and Cardinal Antonelli
- 40. Archbishop of Florence and Francesco Madiai