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 THEFIRST 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 Discourseon Criticism (1707) |
| SEPT., 1946: | Series III, No. 1--Anon., Letter to A.H. Esq.; concerning theStage (1698), and Richard Willis' Occasional Paper No. IX(1698). |
| NOV., 1946: | Series I, No. 2--Anon., Essay on Wit (1748), together withCharacters by Flecknoe, and Joseph Warton's Adventurer Nos. 127and 133. |
| JAN., 1947: | Series II, No. 2--Samuel Wesley's Epistle to a FriendConcerning Poetry (1700) and Essay on Heroic Poetry(1693). |
| MARCH, 1947: | Series III, No. 2--Anon., Representation of the Impiety andImmorality of the Stage (1704) and anon., Some ThoughtsConcerning 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 asection on Wit from The English Theophrastus. With anIntroduction by Donald Bond. |
| JULY, 1947: | Series II, No. 3--Rapin's De Carmine Pastorali, translatedby Creech. With an Introduction by J. E. Congleton. |
| SEPT., 1947: | Series III, No. 3--T. Hanmer's (?) Some Remarks on the Tragedyof Hamlet. With an Introduction by Clarence D. Thorpe. |
| NOV., 1947: | Series I, No. 4--Corbyn Morris' Essay towards Fixing the TrueStandards of Wit, etc. With an Introduction by James L.Clifford. |
| JAN., 1948: | Series II, No. 4--Thomas Purney's Discourse on thePastoral. With an Introduction by Earl Wasserman. |
| MARCH, 1948: | Series III, No. 4--Essays on the Stage, selected, with anIntroduction 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.