The Augustan Reprint Society
Reading edition
General Editors
H. Richard Archer Wm. Andrews Clark Memorial Library
R. C. Boys University of Michigan
Ralph Cohen University of California, Los Angeles
Vinton A. Dearing University of California, Los Angeles
Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Edna C. Davis, Wm. Andrews Clark Memorial Library
The Society exists to make available inexpensive reprints (usually facsimile reproductions) of rare seventeenth and eighteenth century works. The editorial policy of the Society remains unchanged. As in the past, the editors welcome suggestions concerning publications. All income of the Society is devoted to defraying cost of publication and mailing.
All correspondence concerning subscriptions in the United States and Canada should be addressed to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2205 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles 18, California. Correspondence concerning editorial matters may be addressed to any of the general editors. The membership fee is $3.00 a year for subscribers in the United States and Canada and 15/- for subscribers in Great Britain and Europe. British and European subscribers should address B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England.
Publications for the seventh year [1952-1953]
(At least six items, most of them from the following list, will be reprinted.)
Selections from the Tatler, the Spectator, the Guardian. Introduction by Donald F. Bond.
Bernard Mandeville: A Letter to Dion (1732). Introduction by Jacob Viner.
M. C. Sarbiewski: The Odes of Casimire (1646). Introduction by Maren-Sofie Roestvig.
An Essay on the New Species of Writing Founded by Mr. Fielding (1751). Introduction by James A. Work.
[Thomas Morrison]: A Pindarick Ode on Painting (1767). Introduction by Frederick W. Hilles.
[John Phillips]: Satyr Against Hypocrits (1655). Introduction by Leon Howard.
Prefaces to Fiction. Second series. Selected with an introduction by Charles Davies.
Thomas Warton: A History of English Poetry: An Unpublished Continuation. Introduction by Rodney M. Baine.
Publications for the first six years (with the exception of NOS. 1-6, which are out of print) are available at the rate of $3.00 a year. Prices for individual numbers may be obtained by writing to the Society.
THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2205 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles 18, California
Make check or money order payable to The Regents of the University of California.
Transcriber's Notes
The main text dates from the 18th Century, when English spelling had not yet been normalised. Only the following obvious typos have been amended:
On title page of the main text, "THOUHGTS" amended to "THOUGHTS".
P. 1, "&c, yet the" amended to "&c., yet the".
P. 5, "2 Or the last ..." amended to "2. Or the last ..."
Also on P. 5, "Dry'd" amended to "Dryd.", and a missing period added after "Staff".
P. 6, After "In like manner the following Verses" the period has been amended to a comma.
P. 16, comma added after "W'are".
P. 20, "&cc," amended to "&c.," in "&c., are treble Rhymes".
P. 23, after "Or of 8; as", a comma has been added.
P. 33, "last" amended to "last." in "to the two last."
P. 34, "descib'd" amended to "describ'd" in "be better describ'd".
P. 36, "onr" amended to "our" in "most us'd in our Language".
In the Preface, the French phrase "consiste qu'en vn [typo for un?] certain nombre de syllabes, & non pas en pieds composez [composés] de syllabes" has been left unchanged.
Also in the Preface, in the quote from Boileau, missing accents have not been supplied in "Il doit regner par tout; & meme dans la Fable".
On P. 13, "Bower" should match "Pow'r" a few lines further on. Not amended as it is not clear whether "Bower" and "Bow'r" or "Power" and "Pow'r" was intended.
The one example of [oe], "Maren-Sofie Roestvig" on the final page, has been changed to oe.