THE

HISTORY OF FICTION.

THE

HISTORY OF FICTION:

BEING

A CRITICAL ACCOUNT

OF THE MOST CELEBRATED

PROSE WORKS OF FICTION,

FROM THE EARLIEST GREEK ROMANCES TO THE

NOVELS OF THE PRESENT AGE.

BY JOHN DUNLOP.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

SECOND EDITION.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Ballantyne and Co.

FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW, LONDON.

1816.