A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717)

by Thomas Purney

ANNOUNCING

THE
Publications

OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY

General Editors

RICHARD C. BOYS EDWARD NILES HOOKER H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR.

THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY MAKES AVAILABLE Inexpensive Reprints of Rare Materials FROM ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

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The Augustan Reprint Society is a non-profit, scholarly organization, run without overhead expense. By careful management it is able to offer at least six publications each year at the unusually low membership fee of $2.50 per year in the United States and Canada, and $2.75 in Great Britain and the continent.

Libraries as well as individuals are eligible for membership. Since the publications are issued without profit, however, no discount can be allowed to libraries, agents, or booksellers.

New members may still obtain a complete run of the first year's publications for $2.50, the annual membership fee.

During the first two years the publications are issued in three series: I. Essays on Wit; II. Essays on Poetry and Language; and III. Essays on the Stage.

PUBLICATIONS FOR THE FIRST YEAR (1946-1947)

MAY, 1946: Series I, No. 1—Richard, Blackmore's Essay upon Wit (1716), and Addison's Freeholder No. 45 (1716).

JULY, 1946: Series II, No. 1—Samuel Cobb's Of Poetry and Discourse on Criticism (1707).

SEPT., 1946: Series III, No. 1—Anon., Letter to A. H. Esq.; concerning the Stage (1698), and Richard Willis' Occasional Paper No. IX (1698).

Nov., 1946: Series I, No. 2—Anon., Essay on Wit (1748),
together with Characters by Flecknoe, and Joseph
Warton's Adventurer Nos. 127 and 133.

JAN., 1947: Series II, No. 2—Samuel Wesley's Epistle to a
Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and Essay on
Heroic Poetry (1693).

MARCH, 1947: Series III, No. 2—Anon., Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage (1704) and anon., Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage (1704).

PUBLICATIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR (1947-1948)

MAY, 1947: Series I, No. 3—John Gay's The Present State of
Wit; and a section on Wit from The English
Theophrastus. With an Introduction by Donald Bond.

JULY, 1947: Series II, No. 3—Rapin's De Carmine Pastorali,
translated by Creech. With an Introduction by J.E.
Congleton.

SEPT., 1947: Series III, No. 3—T. Hanmer's (?) Some Remarks on
the Tragedy of Hamlet. With an Introduction by
Clarence D. Thorpe.

Nov., 1947: Series I, No. 4—Corbyn Morris' Essay towards
Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc. With an
Introduction by James L. Clifford.

JAN., 1948: Series II, No. 4—Thomas Purney's Discourse on the
Pastoral. With an Introduction by Earl Wasserman.

MARCH, 1948: Series III, No. 4—Essays on the Stage, selected,
with an Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.

The list of publications is subject to modification in response to requests by members. From time to time Bibliographical Notes will be included in the issues. Each issue contains an Introduction by a scholar of special competence in the field represented.

The Augustan Reprints are available only to members. They will never be offered at "remainder" prices.

GENERAL EDITORS

RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan
EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles
H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles

ADVISORY EDITORS

EMMET L. AVERY, State College of Washington
LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan
BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska
CLEANTH BROOKS, Louisiana State University
JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University
ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago
SAMUEL L. MONK, University of Minnesota
JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London

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