Note 360 — Chapter VII · (continued 2)
Reading edition
Those who wish to pursue the subject further will find the necessary references in Sommer's Erster Versuch über die Englische Hirtendichtung, and a full discussion in an elaborate 'Inquiry into the propriety of the rules prescribed for Pastoral Poetry,' prefixed to the edition of Ramsay's Gentle Shepherd, published at Edinburgh in 1808. Some judicious remarks will also be found in the Introduction to Chambers' English Pastorals, pp. xliv, &c.