A Letter to Dion

Chapter 4

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).

27. Frances Reynolds" _An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of Our Ideas of Beauty, etc._ (1785).

28. John Evelyn"s _An Apologie for the Royal Party_ (1659); and _A Panegyric to Charles the Second_ (1661).

29. Daniel Defoe"s _A Vindication of the Press_ (1718).

30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooper"s _Letters Concerning Taste_, 3rd edition (1757), & John Armstrong"s _Miscellanies_ (1770).

SIXTH YEAR (1951-1952)

31. Thomas Gray"s _An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard_ (1751); and _The Eton College Ma.n.u.script_.

32. Prefaces to Fiction; Georges de Scudery"s Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674), etc.

33. Henry Gally"s _A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings_ (1725).

34. Thomas Tyers" A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1785).

35. James Boswell, Andrew Erskine, and George Dempster. _Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch_ (1763).

36. Joseph Harris"s _The City Bride_ (1696).

37. Thomas Morrison"s _A Pindarick Ode on Painting_ (1767).

38. John Phillips" _A Satyr Against Hypocrites_.

39. Thomas Warton"s _A History of English Poetry_.

40. Edward Bysshe"s _The Art of English Poetry_.