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THE CONTENTS.

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VOL. I. PART 1.

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Life of DRYDEN

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APPENDIX to the Life

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Numb. I. Dryden's Patent

553
II. Contract concerning the Fables,&c. 560
III. Russel's Bill of Charges for his
Funeral ..

562
IV. Epitaph in Tichmarsh Church, on

Dryden and his Ancestors. 564
V. List of Persons, in whose Cabinets

Letters written by Dryden pro-
bably may be found

567

VOL. I. PART II.

Letters from Dryden to several Persons.

LETTER

I. T. Madam Honor. Dryden

II. TO John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester ...

III. To the Rev. Dr. Busby

IV. To the same

V. To Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester .

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LETTER

VI. TO Jacob Tonson

VII. From Jacob Tonson to Dryden -

VIII. To Jacob Tonson...

IX. TO John Dennis

X. To Jacob Tonson

XI. To the same

XII. To the same

XIII. To the same

XIV. To the same

XV. To the same

XVI. To the same

XVII. To the same

XVIII. To the same

XIX. To the same

XX. To the same

XXI. To the Author's sons at Rome

XXII. To Jacob Tonson

XXIII. To the same

XXIV. To the same

XXV. To Mrs. Steward

XXVI. T. Elmes Steward, Esq.

XXVII. To Mrs. Steward ...

XXVIII. To the same

XXIX. To the same

XXX. To the same

XXXI. To the same

XXXII. To the same

XXXIII: T. Sannuel Pepys, Esq.

XXXIV. TOMrs. Steward.

XXXV. To the same

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"LETTER

XXXVI. To the Right Honourable Charles

Montague

90

XXXVII. T. Mrs. Steward..

XXXVIII. T. Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, Jun. 96

XXXIX. To the same

99

XL. T. Mrs. Steward

101

XLI. To the same

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XLII. T. Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, Jun. 108

XLIII. T. Mrs. Steward.

109

XLIV. To the same

127

XLV. To the same

129

Additions and EMENDATIONS

133

PROLEGOMENA.

Dedication of The Rival LADIES to

Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery

i Preface to Sir Robert Howard's Plays .. 15

Dedication of the Essay. OF. DRAMATICK

Poesy to Charles, Lord Buckhurst

25

ESSAY OF DRAMATICK POESY

33

Defence of the Essay OF DRAMATICK POESY

Preface to The Mock ASTROLOGER

187 .

ESSAY OF HEROICK PLAYS ...

207

Defence of the Epilogue to the Second Part of

The CONQUEST OF GRANADA

225

The Grounds of Criticism in Tragedy

255

Heads of an Answer to Rymer's Treatise on

the Tragedies of the last Age

299

Preface to The Wild GALLANT .

315