The Society announces a special publication, a reprint of JOHN OGILBY, _The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse_ (1668), with an Introduction by Earl Miner. Ogilby's book is commonly thought one of the finest examples of seventeenth-century bookmaking and is illustrated with eighty-one plates. Publication is assisted by funds from the Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles. Price: to members of the Society, $2.50; to non-members, $4.00. THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 2205 WEST ADAMS BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90018 Make check or money order payable to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. * * * * * Errors and Inconsistencies noted by transcriber: The two pages beginning "does not Appear that he ..." and ending "...The Honours you have Conferr'd" are missing from the facsimile and had to be taken from a different source. Some readings are uncertain. This passage from the opening speech shows the original line length: Nobles, -- Commons -- Beaux, Bells -- Wits, Critics, -- Bards & Bardlins, -- and ye my very good Friends of Common Sense, -- tho' last, not least in Merit, -- Greeting, and Patience to you Introduction: Sir Archy MacSarcasm in _Love-a-la-Mode_, [_printed "Love/a-la-Mode" at line break_] Pett-en-l'air, which eighteenth-century costume books portray as a short, loose shift [_"Pet: en l'air" or "pet-en-l'air" literally translates as "fart in the air"_] Covent Garden: