Prefaces to Four Seventeenth-Century Romances: Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill, preface to Parthenissa (1655) Sir George Mackenzie, "Apologie for romances," prefixed to Aretina, the serious romance (1660) Nathaniel Ingelo, preface to Bentivolio and Urania (1660) Robert Boyle, preface to Theodora and Didymus (1687)Boyle, Roger, Earl of Orrery
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Prefaces to Four Seventeenth-Century Romances: Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill, preface to Parthenissa (1655) Sir George Mackenzie, "Apologie for romances," prefixed to Aretina, the serious romance (1660) Nathaniel Ingelo, preface to Bentivolio and Urania (1660) Robert Boyle, preface to Theodora and Didymus (1687)
Boyle, Roger, Earl of Orrery
English fiction -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Prefaces
_Selections from the Tatler, the Spectator, the Guardian._ Introduction by
Donald F. Bond.
BERNARD MANDEVILLE: _A Letter to Dion_ (1732). Introduction by Jacob
Viner.
M. C. SARBIEWSKI: _The Odes of Casimire_ (1646). Introduction by
Maren-Sofie Rœstvig.
_An Essay on the New Species of Writing Founded by Mr. Fielding_ (1751).
Introduction by James A. Work.
[THOMAS MORRISON]: _A Pindarick Ode on Painting_ (1767). Introduction by
Frederick W. Hilles.
[JOHN PHILLIPS]: _Satyr Against Hypocrits_ (1655). Introduction by Leon
Howard.
_Prefaces to Fiction._ Second series. Selected with an introduction by
Charles Davies.
THOMAS WARTON: _A History of English Poetry: An Unpublished Continuation._
Introduction by Rodney M. Baine.
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FIRST YEAR (1946-47)
Numbers 1-6 out of print.
SECOND YEAR (1947-1948)
7. John Gay’s _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on Wit from
_The English Theophrastus_ (1702).
8. Rapin’s _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).
9. T. Hanmer’s (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).
10. Corbyn Morris’ _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc._
(1744).
11. Thomas Purney’s _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717).
12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood
Krutch.
THIRD YEAR (1948-1949)
13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720).
14. Edward Moore’s _The Gamester_ (1753).
15. John Oldmixon’s _Reflections on Dr. Swift’s Letter to Harley_ (1712);
and Arthur Mainwaring’s _The British Academy_ (1712).
16. Nevil Payne’s _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673).
17. Nicholas Rowe’s _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespeare_
(1709).
18. “Of Genius,” in _The Occasional Paper_, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719); and
Aaron Hill’s Preface to _The Creation_ (1720).
FOURTH YEAR (1949-1950)
19. Susanna Centlivre’s _The Busie Body_ (1709).
20. Lewis Theobold’s _Preface to The Works of Shakespeare_ (1734).
21. _Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela_
(1754).
22. Samuel Johnson’s _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749) and _Two Rambler_
papers (1750).
23. John Dryden’s _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681).
24. Pierre Nicole’s _An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which from
Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting
Epigrams_, translated by J. V. Cunningham.
FIFTH YEAR (1950-51)
25. Thomas Baker’s _The Fine Lady’s Airs_ (1709).
26. Charles Macklin’s _The Man of the World_ (1792).
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