miscellany

[ mis-uh-ley-nee; British mi-sel-uh-nee ]

/ ˈmɪs əˌleɪ ni; British mɪˈsɛl ə ni /

a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.

a miscellaneous collection of literary compositions or pieces by several authors, dealing with various topics, assembled in a volume or book.

miscellanies, a miscellaneous collection of articles or entries, as in a book.

Origin of miscellany

First recorded in 1590–1600; Anglicized variant of miscellanea

2 anthology.

A small collection of his miscellanies was preserved by a faithful disciple, and afterwards republished.

A History of Chinese Literature |Herbert A. Giles
The work was published anonymously, and he only asserts that he had "never lent his name to recommend any miscellanies."

The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 |Alexander Pope
Aubrey writes, in his Miscellanies: "Most houses of the west end of London have the horse-shoe on the threshold."

Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites |John Nettin Radcliffe
The numerous writings of this versatile ecclesiastic may be divided into letters, miscellanies, discourses, poems.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 |Various

Of course, miscellanies by their very nature are likely to be organized according to principles of variety.

The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany |Hurlo Thrumbo (pseudonym)

miscellany

/ (mɪˈsɛlənɪ, US ˈmɪsəˌleɪnɪ) /

a mixed assortment of items

(sometimes plural) a miscellaneous collection of essays, poems, etc, by different authors in one volume

C16: from French miscellanées (pl) miscellanea