Criticism at Dryden’s death 426 Bysshe’s _Art of English Poetry_ 426 Gildon 429 Welsted 430 Dennis 431 On Rymer 432 On Shakespeare 434 On “Machines” 435 His general theory of Poetry 435 Addison 437 The _Account of the Best known English Poets_ 438 The _Spectator_ criticisms 440 On True and False Wit 441 On Tragedy 441 On Milton 443 The “Pleasures of the Imagination” 444 His general critical value 447 Steele 448 Atterbury 449 Swift 450 _The Battle of the Books_ 450 The _Tale of a Tub_ 451 Minor works 451 Pope 452 The _Letters_ 453 The Shakespeare Preface 454 Spence’s _Anecdotes_ 454 The _Essay on Criticism_ 455 The _Epistle to Augustus_ 457 Remarks on Pope as a critic 457 And the critical attitude of his group 460 Philosophical and Professional Critics 461