The history of Boileau’s reputation 280 The _Art Poétique_ 281 Its false literary history 281 Abstract of it 282 Critical examination of it 286 Want of originality 287 Faults of method 287 Obsession of good sense 288 Arbitrary proscriptions 289 Boileau’s other works 290 The _Satires_ 290 The _Epigrams_ and _Epistles_ 292 Prose—The _Héros de Roman_; the _Réflexions sur Longin_ 292 The “Dissertation on _Joconde_” 293 A “Solifidian of Good Sense” 295 The plea for his practical services 296 Historical examination of this 296 Concluding remarks on him 299 La Bruyère and Fénelon 300 The “Des Ouvrages de l’Esprit” 301 General observations 302 Judgments of authors 303 Fénelon. The _Dialogues sur l’Eloquence_ 305 _Sur les Occupations de l’Académie Française_ 306 And its challenge to correctness 307 The Abbé D’Aubignac 309 His _Pratique du Théâtre_ 309 Rapin 310 His method partly good 311 His particular absurdities as to Homer in blame 311 As to Virgil in praise 312 As to others 313 The reading of his riddle 313 Le Bossu and the Abstract Epic 314 Bouhours 315 Encyclopædias and Newspapers 316 Bayle 316 Baillet 317 The ethos of a Critical Pedant 318 Gibert 319 The Ancient and Modern Quarrel 320