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. II.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Ballantyne and Co.

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

PATERNOSTER-ROW; AND JOHN MURRAY,

ALBEMARLE-STREET, LONDON;

AND JOHN BALLANTYNE AND CO., EDINBURGH.

1814.

LIBRARY

HISTORY OF FICTION, &c.

VOL. II.

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