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_ ]