Prefaces to fiction : Georges de Scudéry, preface to Ibrahim (1674), Mary De la Riviere Manley, preface to The secret history of Queen Zarah (1705), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, The Jewish spy (1744), letter 35, William Warburton, preface to volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's Clarissa, Samuel Derrick, preface to d'Argens's Memoirs of the count du Beauval (1754) . A critical essay on characteristic-writings from his translation of The moral characters of Theophrastus (1725) . A biographical sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1785) . Critical strictures on the New tragedy of Elvira, written by Mr. David Malloch (1763) . The city bride (1696)

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Title: "Prefaces to fiction : Georges de Scudéry, preface to Ibrahim (1674), Mary De la Riviere Manley, preface to The secret history of Queen Zarah (1705), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, The Jewish spy (1744), letter 35, William Warburton, preface to volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's Clarissa, Samuel Derrick, preface to d'Argens's Memoirs of the count du Beauval (1754) . A critical essay on characteristic-writings from his translation of The moral characters of Theophrastus (1725) . A biographical sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1785) . Critical strictures on the New tragedy of Elvira, written by Mr. David Malloch (1763) . The city bride (1696)"

Statement of Responsibility: with an introduction by Benjamin Boyce . Henry Gally ; with an introduction by Alexander H. Chorney . Thomas Tyers ; with an introduction by Gerald Dennis Meyer . James Boswell, Andrew Erskine, and George Dempster ; with an introduction by Frederick A. Pottle . Joseph Harris ; with an introduction by Vinton A. Dearing

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Reprint. Originally published by W.A. Clark Memorial Library, 1952