The Busie Body Part 24

[Transcriber's Note: Many of the listed t.i.tles are or will be available from Project Gutenberg. Where possible, the e-text number is given in brackets.]

(_At least six items will be printed in the main from the following list_)

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) [#16346]

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) [#14047]

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]

10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc._ (1744). (I, 4) [#16233]

11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717). (II, 4) [#15313]

12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. (III, 4) [#16335]

Third Year (1948-1949)

13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720). (IV, 1) [#15999]

14. Edward Moore's _The Gamester_ (1753). (V, 1) [#16267]

15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley_ (1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's _The British Academy_ (1712).

(VI, 1)

16. Nevil Payne's _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673). (V, 2) [_in preparation_]

17. Nicholas Rowe's _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear_ (1709). (Extra Series, 1) [#16275]

18. Aaron Hill's Preface to _The Creation_; and Thomas Brereton's Preface to _Esther_. (IV, 2) [#15870]