The Editors ofTHE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETYare pleased to announce thatTHE WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARYof The University of California, Los Angeleswill 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)Where available, Project Gutenberg e-text numbers are shown in brackets. The numbering system using “Series I-VI” was abandoned after Year 3, and earlier publications were retroactively renumbered.Series IV: Men, Manners, and CriticsJohn Dryden,His Majesties Declaration Defended(1681) [15074]Daniel Defoe (?),Vindication of the Press(1718) [14084(year 5)]Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela(1754) [present text]Series VI: Poetry and LanguageAndre Dacier,Essay on Lyric Poetry[not published]Poemsby Thomas Sprat [not published]Poemsby the Earl of Dorset [not published]Samuel Johnson,Vanity of Human Wishes(1749), and one of the 1750Ramblerpapers. [13350]Series V: DramaThomas Southerne,Oroonoko(1696) [not published]Mrs. Centlivre,The Busie Body(1709) [16740]Charles Johnson,Caelia(1733) [not published]Charles Macklin,Man of the World(1781) [14463(year 5)]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 EDITORSH. Richard Archer, William Andrews Clark Memorial LibraryR. C. Boys, University of MichiganE. N. Hooker, University of California, Los AngelesH. T. Swedenberg Jr., University of California, Los AngelesTo The Augustan Reprint SocietyWilliam Andrews Clark Memorial Library2205 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 7, California{The fourth year$2.50The third and fourth year5.00The second, third and fourth year7.50As membership feeI enclose for:The first, second, third, and fourth year10.00NameAddress[Add $.25 for each year if ordering from Great Britain or the continent]Make check or money order payable toThe Regents of the University of California.Note: All income of the Society is devoted to defraying cost of printing and mailing.PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETYAll titles are available from Project Gutenberg.First Year (1946-1947)1.Richard Blackmore’sEssay upon Wit(1716), and Addison’sFreeholdNo. 45 (1716). (I, 1)2.Samuel Cobb’sOf PoetryandDiscourse 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’sAdventurerNos. 127 and 133. (I, 2)5.Samuel Wesley’sEpistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry(1700) andEssay on Heroic Poetry(1693). (II, 2)6.Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage(1704) andSome Thoughts Concerning the Stage(1704). (III, 2)Second Year (1947-1948)7.John Gay’sThe Present State of Wit(1711); and a section on Wit fromThe English Theophrastus(1702). (I, 3)8.Rapin’sDe 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’sDiscourse 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’sThe Gamester(1753). (V, 1)15.John Oldmixon’sReflections on Dr. Swift’s Letter to Harley(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring’sThe British Academy(1712). (VI, 1)16.Nevil Payne’sFatal Jealousy(1673). (V, 2)17.Nicholas Rowe’sSome Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear(1709). (Extra Series, I)18.Aaron Hill’s Preface toThe Creation; and Thomas Brereton’s Preface toEsther. (IV, 2)
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.
(At least six items will be printed in the main from the following list)
Where available, Project Gutenberg e-text numbers are shown in brackets. The numbering system using “Series I-VI” was abandoned after Year 3, and earlier publications were retroactively renumbered.
John Dryden,His Majesties Declaration Defended(1681) [15074]
Daniel Defoe (?),Vindication of the Press(1718) [14084(year 5)]
Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela(1754) [present text]
Andre Dacier,Essay on Lyric Poetry[not published]
Poemsby Thomas Sprat [not published]
Poemsby the Earl of Dorset [not published]
Samuel Johnson,Vanity of Human Wishes(1749), and one of the 1750Ramblerpapers. [13350]
Thomas Southerne,Oroonoko(1696) [not published]
Mrs. Centlivre,The Busie Body(1709) [16740]
Charles Johnson,Caelia(1733) [not published]
Charles Macklin,Man of the World(1781) [14463(year 5)]
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.
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
To The Augustan Reprint Society
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2205 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 7, California
Name
Address
[Add $.25 for each year if ordering from Great Britain or the continent]
Make check or money order payable toThe Regents of the University of California.
Note: All income of the Society is devoted to defraying cost of printing and mailing.
All titles are available from Project Gutenberg.
First Year (1946-1947)1.Richard Blackmore’sEssay upon Wit(1716), and Addison’sFreeholdNo. 45 (1716). (I, 1)2.Samuel Cobb’sOf PoetryandDiscourse 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’sAdventurerNos. 127 and 133. (I, 2)5.Samuel Wesley’sEpistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry(1700) andEssay on Heroic Poetry(1693). (II, 2)6.Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage(1704) andSome Thoughts Concerning the Stage(1704). (III, 2)Second Year (1947-1948)7.John Gay’sThe Present State of Wit(1711); and a section on Wit fromThe English Theophrastus(1702). (I, 3)8.Rapin’sDe 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’sDiscourse 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’sThe Gamester(1753). (V, 1)15.John Oldmixon’sReflections on Dr. Swift’s Letter to Harley(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring’sThe British Academy(1712). (VI, 1)16.Nevil Payne’sFatal Jealousy(1673). (V, 2)17.Nicholas Rowe’sSome Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear(1709). (Extra Series, I)18.Aaron Hill’s Preface toThe Creation; and Thomas Brereton’s Preface toEsther. (IV, 2)
1.Richard Blackmore’sEssay upon Wit(1716), and Addison’sFreeholdNo. 45 (1716). (I, 1)
2.Samuel Cobb’sOf PoetryandDiscourse 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’sAdventurerNos. 127 and 133. (I, 2)
5.Samuel Wesley’sEpistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry(1700) andEssay on Heroic Poetry(1693). (II, 2)
6.Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage(1704) andSome Thoughts Concerning the Stage(1704). (III, 2)
7.John Gay’sThe Present State of Wit(1711); and a section on Wit fromThe English Theophrastus(1702). (I, 3)
8.Rapin’sDe 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’sDiscourse on the Pastoral(1717). (II, 4)
12.Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. (III, 4)
13.Sir John Falstaff (pseud.),The Theatre(1720). (IV, 1)
14.Edward Moore’sThe Gamester(1753). (V, 1)
15.John Oldmixon’sReflections on Dr. Swift’s Letter to Harley(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring’sThe British Academy(1712). (VI, 1)
16.Nevil Payne’sFatal Jealousy(1673). (V, 2)
17.Nicholas Rowe’sSome Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear(1709). (Extra Series, I)
18.Aaron Hill’s Preface toThe Creation; and Thomas Brereton’s Preface toEsther. (IV, 2)