Ward's _History of Dramatic Literature_ ends with the death of Queen Anne; and there is no adequate history of the English drama for the last two centuries, and no good bibliography. Genest continues to be the main source of information. Lowe's _Bibliographical Account_ and the histories of the theatre noted in the last chapter are useful for the matter of the present. In addition, _The History and Illustration of the London Theatres_, by Chas. Dibdin, Jr. (1826); Victor's _History of the Theatres of London and Dublin_ (1761); W. C. Dalton's _History of the Theatres_, 1771-95; and _The Dramatic Censor_ (1770) become available for this period. A large number of memoirs of actors also supply information in regard to the drama. _An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, written by himself_ (1750), reviews the Restoration period as well. Others of interest are: Davies's _Memoirs of Garrick_ (1780); Murphy's _Life of Garrick_ (1801); Boaden's _Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons_ (1827) and _Memoirs of Kemble_ (1825); Cumberland's _Memoir_ (1806); Mudford's _Critical Examination of the Writings of Richard Cumberland_, etc. (1812); Boaden's _Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald_ (1833); _Private Correspondence of David Garrick_ (1831-32); Holcroft's _Memoirs_, ed. by Hazlitt (1816); Cooke's _Memoirs of Charles Macklin_ (2d ed., 1808). The plays by authors of note can be found in the collected editions of their works, the more popular plays in the various collections noted in the last chapter. The majority of the tragedies, however, have never been reprinted and can be obtained only in the original editions. Dramatic criticism of the period can be studied in various essays by Addison, Steele, Gildon, Dennis, and Dr. Johnson, especially his Preface to the edition of Shakespeare and his _Lives of the Poets_. Lord Kames's _Elements of Criticism_ (1762) was highly approved in its own day; and several essays on tragedy are of historical interest: William Guthrie's _Essay on Tragedy_ (1747); Mrs. Montagu's _Essay on the Genius and Writing of Shakespeare_ (1769); Edwin Taylor's _Cursory Remarks on Tragedy_ (1774); William Cook's _Elements of Dramatic Criticism_ (1775); and Hodson's _Observations on Tragedy_, prefixed to his tragedy _Zoraida_ (1780).