TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: A. This text uses UTF-8 (unicode) file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that your browser’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change the default font. FRONTISPIECE TO POPE'S WORKS, VOL. II. [Illustration: Frontispiece to the Essay on Man, designed by Pope to represent the vanity of human glory.] THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE. NEW EDITION. INCLUDING SEVERAL HUNDRED UNPUBLISHED LETTERS, AND OTHER NEW MATERIALS. COLLECTED IN PART BY THE LATE RT. HON. JOHN WILSON CROKER. WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES. BY REV. WHITWELL ELWIN. VOL. II. POETRY.--VOL. II. WITH PORTRAITS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1871. [_The right of Translation is reserved._] LONDON: BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. * * * * * AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1709. * * * * * AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM, 4to. ----Si quid novisti rectius istis, Candidus imperti; si non, his utere mecum.--HORAT. London: Printed for W. LEWIS, in Russel-Street, Covent Garden; and sold by W. TAYLOR, at the Ship, in Pater-Noster-Row, T. OSBORN, in Gray's-Inn, near the Walks, and J. GRAVES, in St. James's Street. 1711. Warton says that the poem was "first advertised in the Spectator, No. 65, May 15th, 1711." Pope informed Caryll that a thousand copies were printed. Lewis, the publisher, was a Roman Catholic, and an old schoolfellow of the poet. * * * * * AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. Written by Mr. POPE. The second edition, 8vo. London: Printed for W. LEWIS, in Russel-Street, Covent Garden, 1713.