First Year (1946-1947)
1. Richard Blackmore'sEssay upon Wit(1716), and Addison'sFreeholderNo. 45 (1716).
2. Samuel Cobb'sOf PoetryandDiscourse on Criticism(1707).
3.Letter to A.H. Esq.; concerning the Stage(1698), and RichardWillis'Occasional Paper No. IX(1698). (OUT OF PRINT)
4.Essay on Wit(1748), together with Characters by Flecknoe, andJoseph Warton'sAdventurerNos. 127 and 133. (OUT OF PRINT)
5. Samuel Wesley'sEpistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry(1700) andEssay on Heroic Poetry(1693).
6.Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage(1704)andSome Thoughts Concerning the Stage(1704).
Second Year (1947-1948)
7. John Gay'sThe Present State of Wit(1711); and a section on Wit fromThe English Theophrastus(1702).
8. Rapin'sDe Carmine Pastorali, translated by Creech (1684).
9. T. Hanmer's (?)Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet(1736).
10. Corbyn Morris'Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc.(1744).
11. Thomas Purney'sDiscourse on the Pastoral(1717).
12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.
Third Year (1948-1949)
13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.),The Theatre(1720).
14. Edward Moore'sThe Gamester(1753).
15. John Oldmixon'sReflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Barley(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring'sThe British Academy(1712).
16. Nevil Payne'sFatal Jealousy(1673).
17. Nicholas Rowe'sSome Account of the Life of Mr. WilliamShakespear(1709).
18. Aaron Hilt's Preface toThe Creation; and Thomas Brereton'sPreface toEsther.
Fourth Year (1949-1950)
19. Susanna Centlivre'sThe Busie Body(1709).
20. Lewis Theobald'sPreface to The Works of Shakespeare(1734).
21.Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Gradison, Clarissa, and Pamela(1754).
22. Samuel Johnson'sThe Vanity of Human Wishes(1749) and TwoRamblerpapers (1750).
23. John Dryden'sHis Majesties Declaration Defended(1681).
24. Pierre Nicole'sAn Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams, translated by J.V. Cunningham.
End of Project Gutenberg's A Vindication of the Press, by Daniel Defoe