THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE, Esq. IN VERSE AND PROSE. WITH A SELECTION OF EXPLANATORY NOTES, AND THE ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE BY DR. JOHNSON. IN EIGHT VOLUMES. VOL. VI. LONDON: PRINTED FOR NICHOLS AND SON; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; OTRIDGE CONTENTS A Catalogue of the Surreptitious and Incorrect Edi- I. Of Mr. Dryden's death; his moral character; the Poets who fucceeded him; the temper III. Mr. Wycherley's humanity; his encourage- Page VIII. An account of the duller sort of Country X. From Mr. Wycherley. Of the Correction of XVIII. From Mr. Wycherley. Concerning the Mis- XXII. From Mr. Wycherley His desire of his company; and request to proceed in cor- XXIII. More about the Poems XXIV. Corrections fent XXV. From Mr. Wycherley. In answer to the ac- XXVI. The last advice about his Papers, to turn them into select Maxims and Reflections, 51 LETTERS to and from Mr. WALSH. From 1705 to 1707. treme of it. Of Pastoral Comedy, and its IV. From Mr. Walsh. On the same subjects V. From Mr. Walsh. Of Mechanical Critics; of Wit and Conceit; a request concerning V. Of his Translation of the First Book of Statius 70 |