[328] "Astrea ... translated by a person of quality," _i.e._, J. D[avies?], London, 1657-8, 3 vols. fol.; prefaces to vols. i and ii. Dramas with their plots taken from "Astree" were written in England and in France, such as "Tragi-comedie pastorale ou les amours d'Astree ... par le Sieur de Rayssiguier," Paris, 1632, 8vo; "Astrea, or true love's mirrour, a pastoral," by Leonard Willan. London, 1651, 8vo. [329] "The Grand Scipio ... by Monsieur de Vaumoriere, rendered into English by G. H.," London, 1660, fol. [330] "Loveday's letters, domestick and foreign," seventh impression. London, 1684, 8vo, p. 146 (first edition 1659). [331] By Scudery, translated by J. Philips, London, 1677, fol. part ii. bk. ii. p. 166. Books entirely made up of "conversations" were published by Mdlle. de Scudery, treating of pleasures, of passions, of the knowledge of others and of ourselves, &c. They read very much like dialogued essays; and it is interesting to compare them with Addison's essays which treat sometimes of the same subjects. They were received with great applause; Madame de Sevigne highly praises them. They were translated into English: "Conversations upon several subjects, ... done into English by F. Spence," London, 1683, 2 vol. 12mo. [332] About this curious little society see Mr. Gosse's "Seventeenth Century Studies," 1883, pp. 205 _et seq._ [333] "_Cathos_: Le nom de Polixene que ma cousine a choisi et celui d'Aminte que je me suis donne ont une grace dont il faut que vous demeuriez d'accord" ("Precieuses Ridicules," sc. v.). [334] "Natures pictures," London, 1656, fol., preface No. 2. [335] Her "Playes," 1662, are preceded by two dedications, one prologue, and _eleven_ prefaces. [336] "CCXI. Sociable Letters," London, 1664, fol. [337] "Lives of the Poets ... to the time of Dean Swift," London. 1753, 5 vols. 12mo; vol. ii. p. 164. [338] "Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-4," ed. Parry, London, 1888, 8vo. Letter ix. p. 60; Letter x. p. 64; Letter xxiv. p. 124, year 1653. [339] May 13, 1666; Feb. 24, 1667-8; Nov. 16, 1668. [340] Letter xxxiv. p. 162. Year 1653. [341] "Parthenissa, that most fam'd romance," London, 1654. [342] He assisted her in getting her translation of Corneille's "Pompee" represented at Dublin with embellishments, consisting in dances, music, songs, &c. He was born in 1621 and was held in great esteem both by Cromwell and by the Stuarts. He left dramas and other works and died in 1679. [343] "British Novelists," by David Masson, Cambridge, 1859, 8vo. p. 72. [344] Letter LI. p. 236, year 1654. [345] P. 54. Part of the tale, viz.: the adventures of Brandon, supplied Otway with the plot of his "Orphan" (performed 1680). [346] "Pandion and Amphigenia, or the history of the coy lady or Thessalia adorned with sculptures," London, 1665, 8vo. Crowne died about 1703; his dramatic works have been published in four vols., 1873. [347] Pp. 140, 141.