The Battle of the Books
Jonathan Swift worked for William Temple during the time of the controversy, and Swift's "A Tale of a Tub" (1703/1705) takes part in the debate. From its first publication, Swift added a short satire entitled "The Battle of the Books" to the "Tale of a Tub." In this piece, there is an epic battle fought in a library when various books come alive and attempt to settle the arguments between moderns and ancients. In Swift's satire, he skilfully manages to avoid saying which way victory fell. He portrays the manuscript as having been damaged in places, thus leaving the end of the battle up to the reader.
Brian Burland
It was not until 1964, however, that Burland began to be published, with his first book, "St. Nicholas in the Tub", being produced in the US. His next novel, "A Fall From Aloft", was published in the United Kingdom in 1968, followed by "A Few Flowers for St. George" (1970), "Undertow" (1961) and in 1973, "The Sailor and the Fox". Burland's other published novels are "Surprise" (1975), "Stephen Decatur, the Devil and the Endymion" (1975), "Flight of the Cavalier" (1980) and "Love is a Durable Fire" (1985). His papers include the manuscripts of five as yet unpublished novels.