Wit from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702). [#14800]
8. Rapin’s _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).
[#14495]
9. T. Hanmer’s (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).
[#14899]
10. Corbyn Morris’ _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
etc._ (1744). [#16233]
11. Thomas Purney’s _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717). [#15313]
12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph
Wood Krutch.
THIRD YEAR (1948-1949)
13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720).
14. Edward Moore’s _The Gamester_ (1753). [#16267]
15. John Oldmixon’s _Reflections on Dr. Swift’s Letter to Harley_
(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring’s _The British Academy_ (1712).
16. Nevil Payne’s _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673).
17. Nicholas Rowe’s _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
Shakespeare_ (1709).
18. “Of Genius,” in _The Occasional Paper_, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719);
and Aaron Hill’s Preface to _The Creation_ (1720). [#15870]
FOURTH YEAR (1949-1950)
19. Susanna Centlivre’s _The Busie Body_ (1709).
20. Lewis Theobold’s _Preface to The Works of Shakespeare_ (1734).
[In Preparation]
21. _Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and
Pamela_ (1754).
22. Samuel Johnson’s _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749) and Two
_Rambler_ papers (1750). [#13350]
23. John Dryden’s _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681). [#15074]
24. Pierre Nicole’s _An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which
from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and
Rejecting Epigrams_, translated by J.V. Cunningham.
FIFTH YEAR (1950-51)
25. Thomas Baker’s _The Fine Lady’s Airs_ (1709). [#14467]
26. Charles Macklin’s _The Man of the World_ (1792). [#14463]
27. Frances Reynolds’ _An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of
Taste, and of the Origin of Our Ideas of Beauty, etc._ (1785).
[#13485]
28. John Evelyn’s _An Apologie for the Royal Party_ (1659); and
_A Panegyric to Charles the Second_ (1661).
29. Daniel Defoe’s _A Vindication of the Press_ (1718). [#14084]
30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooper’s _Letters Concerning
Taste_, 3rd edition (1757), & John Armstrong’s _Miscellanies_
(1770). [#13464]
31. Thomas Gray’s _An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard_ (1751);
and _The Eton College Manuscript_. [#15409]
32. Prefaces to Fiction; Georges de Scudéry’s Preface to _Ibrahim_
(1674), etc. [#14525]
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library: University of California
THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
_General Editors_
H. RICHARD ARCHER
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
R.C. BOYS
University of Michigan
E.N. HOOKER
University of California, Los Angeles
JOHN LOFTIS
University of California, Los Angeles
The Society exists to make available inexpensive reprints (usually
facsimile reproductions) of rare seventeenth and eighteenth century
works. The editorial policy of the Society continues unchanged. As in
the past, the editors welcome suggestions concerning publications. All
income of the Society is devoted to defraying cost of publication and
mailing.
Publications for the sixth year [1951-1952]
(At least six items, most of them from the following list, will be
reprinted.)
Thomas Gray: _An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard_ (1751).
Introduction by George Sherburn. [#15409]
James Boswell, Andrew Erskine, and George Dempster: _Critical
Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira_ (1763). Introduction by
Frederick A. Pottle. [#15857]
_An Essay on the New Species of Writing Founded by Mr. Fielding_
(1751). Introduction by James A. Work.
Henry Gally: _A Critical Essay on Characteristic Writing_ (1725).
Introduction by Alexander Chorney.
[John Phillips]: _Satyr Against Hypocrits_ (1655). Introduction by
Leon Howard.
_Prefaces to Fiction._ Selected and with an Introduction by Benjamin
Boyce. [#14525]
Thomas Tyers: _A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson_ ([1785]).
Introduction by Gerald Dennis Meyer.
* * * * *
[Problems Noted by Transcriber:
p. xv, xvii, xxiv
judg; knowledg
_spellings as in original_
p. 16
is said to have been done upon
_original has_ is sa d to...
p. 78
and in a very / jejune Manner
_original has_ ...j june Manner
p. 88
yet this Work shews
_original has_ ye this Work... (_with extra space_)
List of ARS Publications:
20. Lewis Theobold’s _Preface to The Works of Shakespeare_ (1734).
_so in original: correct spelling is_ Theobald
Publications for the sixth year:
...Gray’s _Elegy_ and ..._Prefaces to Fiction_)
_so in original: see titles 31 and 32, fifth year_ ]