Eighteenth Century

Essays on Shakespeare

Edited by

D. Nichol Smith, M.A.

Glasgow

James MacLehose and Sons

Publishers to the University

1903

Contents

• Preface.
• Introduction. Shakespearian Criticism in the Eighteenth Century.
• Nicholas Rowe: Some Account of the Life &c. ofMr. William Shakespear. 1709.
• John Dennis: On the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare. 1711.
• Alexander Pope: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1725.
• Lewis Theobald: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1733.
• Sir Thomas Hanmer: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1744.
• William Warburton: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1747.
• Samuel Johnson: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1765.
• Richard Farmer: An Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare:Addressed to Joseph Cradock, Esq. 1767.
• Maurice Morgann: An Essay on the Dramatic Character ofSir John Falstaff. 1777.
• Notes.
• Nicholas Rowe.
• John Dennis.
• Alexander Pope.
• Lewis Theobald.
• Sir Thomas Hanmer.
• William Warburton.
• Samuel Johnson.
• Richard Farmer.
• Maurice Morgann.
• Index.
• Footnotes