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)
2. Samuel Cobb’s Of Poetry and Discourse on Criticism (1707). (II, 1)
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)
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)
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)
8. Rapin’s De Carmine Pastorali, translated by Creech (1684). (II, 3)
9. T. Hanmer’s (?) Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet (1736). (III, 3)
10. Corbyn Morris’ Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc. (1744). (I, 4)
11. Thomas Purney’s Discourse on the Pastoral (1717). (II, 4)
12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. (III, 4)
Third Year (1948-1949)
13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), The Theatre (1720). (IV, 1)
14. Edward Moore’s The Gamester (1753). (V, 1)
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)
17. Nicholas Rowe’s Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear (1709). (Extra Series, 1)
18. Aaron Hill’s Preface to The Creation; and Thomas Brereton’s Preface to Esther. (IV, 2)
The Editors of THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY are pleased to announce that
THE WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY of The University of California, Los Angeles will become the publisher of the Augustan Reprints in May, 1949. The editorial policy of the Society will continue unchanged. As in the past, the editors will strive to furnish members inexpensive reprints of rare seventeenth and eighteenth century works.
All correspondence concerning subscriptions in the United States and Canada should be addressed to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2205 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 7, California. Correspondence concerning editorial matters may be addressed to any of the general editors. Membership fee continues $2.50 per year ($2.75 in Great Britain and the continent). British and European subscribers should address B.H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England.
Publications for the fourth year (1949-1950) (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)
Daniel Defoe (?), Vindication of the Press (1718) 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)
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.
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
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