Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) eBook

Lewis Theobald
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 68 pages of information about Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734).

Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) eBook

Lewis Theobald
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 68 pages of information about Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734).

SERIES IV:  MEN, MANNERS, AND CRITICS

John Dryden, His Majesties Declaration Defended (1681) [#15074] Daniel Defoe (?), Vindication of the Press (1718) [#14084] Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754)

SERIES V:  DRAMA

Thomas Southerne, Oroonoko (1696)
Mrs. Centlivre, The Busie Body (1709)
Charles Johnson, Caelia (1733)
Charles Macklin, Man of the World (1781) [#14463]

SERIES VI:  POETRY AND LANGUAGE

Andre Dacier, Essay on Lyric Poetry
Poems by Thomas Sprat
Poems by the Earl of Dorset
Samuel Johnson, Vanity of Human Wishes (1749), and one of the 1750
  Rambler papers. [#13350]

EXTRA SERIES: 

Lewis Theobald, Preface to Shakespeare’s Works (1733)

A few copies of the early publications of the Society are still available at the original rate.

GENERAL EDITORS

H. RICHARD ARCHER, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
R.C.  BOYS, University of Michigan
E.N.  HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles
H.T.  SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles

PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY

First Year (1946-1947)

 1.  Richard Blackmore’s Essay upon Wit (1716), and Addison’s
    Freeholder No. 45 (1716). (I, 1) [#13484]

 2.  Samuel Cobb’s Of Poetry and Discourse on Criticism (1707). 
    (II, 1) [#14528]

 3. Letter to A.H.  Esq.; concerning the Stage (1698), and Richard
    Willis’ Occasional Paper No.  IX (1698). (III, 1)

 4. Essay on Wit (1748), together with Characters by Flecknoe, and
    Joseph Warton’s Adventurer Nos. 127 and 133. (I, 2) [#14973]

 5.  Samuel Wesley’s Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and
    Essay on Heroic Poetry (1693). (II, 2)

 6. Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage (1704)
    and Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage (1704). (III, 2) [#15656]

Second Year (1947-1948)

 7.  John Gay’s The Present State of Wit (1711); and a section on Wit
    from The English Theophrastus (1702). (I, 3) [#14800]

 8.  Rapin’s De Carmine Pastorali, translated by Creech (1684). (II, 3)
    [#14495]

 9.  T. Hanmer’s (?) Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet (1736). 
    (III, 3) [#14899]

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