CRITICAL ESSAYS

ON

DRAMATIC POETRY.

Perry

Monsieur de VOLTAIR E.

Et vos, O Lauri, carpam, et te, proxima Myrte,
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GLASGOW,

Printed for ROBERTURIE,

MDCCLXI.

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C CO) N T E N T S.

ESSAY on tragedy. Addressed to Henry St.

John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.

Page 1

Of love-intrigues in tragedy. In a letter to fa-

ther Poree.

25

A defence of the laws of the drama, concerning

the unities of action, place and time; against

the. opinion of monsieur de la Motte. In

the preface to Oedipus.

26

Of elegance of expression in tragedy. In the

preface to Herod and Mariamne.

48

Of simplicity in tragedy, 'etc. Addressed to Sir

Everad Falkener, an English merchant. Pre-

fixed to the tragedy of Zara.

56

Of delicacy and decency in tragedy, etc.

second letter to Sir Everard Falkener, ambaf-

sador at Constantinople. Taken from the

second edition of Zara.

65

Of the advantage of literature to ladies of qua-

lity. In a letter to the marchionefs du Cha.

selet, on sending her the tragedy of Alzira.

77

Of

envy that attends merit and success in li-

terature. In a preliminary discourse to the

tragedy of Alzira.

85

A defence of the tragedy of Mahomet, against

the charge of encouraging fanaticism.

In a

In an