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). 30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooper's _Letters Concerning Taste_, 3rd edition (1757), & John Armstrong's _Miscellanies_ (1770). 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. All correspondence concerning subscriptions in the United States and Canada should be addressed to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2205 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles 18, California. Correspondence concerning editorial matters may be addressed to any of the general editors. The membership fee is $3.00 a year for subscribers in the United States and Canada and 15/-for subscribers in Great Britain and Europe. British and European subscribers should address B.H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England. * * * * * 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. JAMES BOSWELL, ANDREW ERSKINE, and GEORGE DEMPSTER: _Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira_ (1763). Introduction by Frederick A. Pottle. _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. THOMAS TYERS: _A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson_ ([1785]). Introduction by Gerald Dennis Meyer. Publications for the first five years (with the exception of NOS. 1-4, which are out of print) are available at the rate of $3.00 a year. Prices for individual numbers may be obtained by writing to the Society. * * * * * THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY _WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY_ 2205 WEST ADAMS BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES 18, CALIFORNIA Make check or money order payable to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. [Illustration: The Eton College Manuscript, Page 1] [Illustration: The Eton College Manuscript, Page 2]