THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS; WITH PREFACES, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, ALEXANDER CHALMERS, A. VOL. XXXVII. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, J.NICHOLS, R. BALDWIN, F. AND C.RIVING. TON, W.OTRIDGE AND SON, W. J. AND J.RICHARDSON, A. STRAHAN, J. SEWEL, R. FAULDER, G. AND W. NICOL, T. PAYNE, G. AND J. ROBINSON, W. LOWNDES, GWILKIE, J. MATHEWS, P. M'QUEEN, OGILVY AND SON, J. SCATCHERD, J. WALKER, VERNOR AND HOOD, R. LEA, DARTON AND HARVEY, J. NUNN, LACKINGTON AND CO. D. WALKER, CLARKE AND SON, G. KEARSLEY, C.LAW, J. WHITE, LONGMAN AND REES, CADELL JUN. AND DAVIES, J.BARKER, T.KAY, WYNNE AND CO. POTE AND CO. CARPENTER AND CO. W. MILLER, MURRAY AND HIGHLEY, S.BAGSTER, T.HURST, T.BOOSEY,R.PHENEY, W. BAYNES, J. HARDING, R. H. EVANS, J. MAWMAN, AND W. CREECH, EDINBURGH. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 201020 ASTOR, LENOX AND 'R TILDEN FOUNDATIONS L Printed by A. Strahan, CONTENTS. No: LETTER from Timothy Shuttleworth, stating his 75. Difficulties in reading the Newspapers-General 76. Dinner at Mr. Melfort's-Hard Drinking-Mr. Um- 77. The Effect of Difficulty in Attainment to heighten our Keenness in Pursuit-Argument deduced from this with Regard to the Rule of Poetical 78. Letter from John Hearty, giving an Account of his 79. Integer on negatively good Men-Scheme of a News- paper to relate what Things are not done-Ob- servations on Pastoral Poetry. 80. Critique on that Species of Composition known by 81. Distresses of an Heiress; in a Letter from Olivia. Page I |
