Torrezaõ Coelho 295 Freire de Andrada, an opponent of the Gongorists and Marinists 296 Further decline of Portuguese taste--Ribeiro de Macedo--Correa de la Cerda 302 Violante do Ceo 304 Didactic epistles of Alvares da Cunha 307 Jeronymo Bahia 308 Francisco Vasconcellos 311 Telles da Sylva and Nunez da Sylva 312 Other sonneteers--continued intervention of the Spanish language in Portuguese poetry 315 Portuguese eloquence during the seventeenth century 317 Romantic prose--Matheus Ribeyro--Castanheira Turacem 318 Historical prose--Freire Andrada’s biography of Joaõ de Castro 322 Portuguese treatises on poetry and rhetoric written during the seventeenth century 327 BOOK III. FROM THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Preliminary observations 328 CHAP. I. GENERAL HISTORY OF POETICAL AND RHETORICAL CULTIVATION IN PORTUGAL DURING THIS PERIOD. Total decay of Portuguese literature towards the end of the seventeenth century 329 Establishment of the Portuguese academy in 1714 331 Administration of the Marquis of Pombal 333 Revived spirit of literature--utility of the Portuguese academy of sciences 334 CHAP. II. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY DURING THIS PERIOD. The Conde da Ericeyra 336 General character of his works 338 His Henriqueida 340 Continuance of corrupt taste in Portuguese poetry--Barros Pereira--Antonio de Lima 347 The Portuguese drama in the first half of the eighteenth century 350 Spurious dramas called operas ibid RESUMPTION OF AN IMPROVED STYLE IN PORTUGUESE POETRY. Manoel da Costa 357 His successful imitation of Cantatas in the style of Metastasio 362 Progress of Portuguese poetry in the latter part of the eighteenth century 364 Translations of latin classics into the Portuguese language 365