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Transcriber’s Note

There was no opening half-title in the source used to prepare this text.

The two column table of contents for each chapter is retained. Since the contents of Chapters II & V were split by a page break, the left column of the second page followed the right column of the preceding page. These have been reorganized as they would have been had they fit on a single page.

Only the validity of index references to footnotes have been checked. A number of them, listed below, were incorrect.

Index Notes

1: Arte Nuevo de Hacer Comedias refers to a note on p. 50, but there is no mention there.

2: Camoens refers to a note on p. 553, but there is no mention.

3: Cotin should refer to the text on p. 287 not to a note.

4: Courthope refers incorrectly to a note on p. 444. It should be p. 449

5: Crescimbeni references a non-existent note on p. 218.

6 De Vulgari Eloquio references a note on p 40. The nearest mention is in the text of p. 38.

7 John Dennis references a note p. 387, but should have been p. 278.

8 Donatus references notes on p. 48 which do not seem pertinent.

9: Herr Hamelius, refers to a note, apparently out of order, which should be p. 432, not p. 452.

10 Keble mentions a note on p. 312, where he is not mentioned. The same note is referenced in the entry for Prælections Academicæ.

11: La Casa should refer to the text on p. 540, not to a note.

12: Roman de la Rose refers a non-existent note. It is mentioned at p. 110n, p. 281, and p. 334.

13: Romeo and Juliet has no references. The sole reference appears on p. 512.

14: Professor Scott refers to a note on p. 519. The note appears on p. 319.

15: Syphilis should refer to the text on p. 44, not to a note there.

16: P.G. Thomas refers to a note on p. 18. The sole reference is to a note on p. 20.

17: Venice Preserved has no references. It is mentioned on p. 442.

Corrections

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original.

19.21 SHORT [“/‘]PRÉCIS’ OF THE DIALOGUES Replaced.
63.33 [“]Fuere et in Britannorum Added.
125.49 [‘/“]Su tu veux faire mourir Replaced.
168.34 [“]mea domina Immerita Added.
180.27 platform or Prosodia of versifying[”]: Added.
180.29 from their divine cogitations[”], Added.
198.34 I pray you[?] Added,
220.21 in that odd famil[i]arity Added.
228.3 the three centur[i]es Inserted.
235.1 a perpetual [“]Thou shalt not.” Restored.
291.39 for his public injustice[.] Added.
306.15 of the Acade[n/m]y Replaced.
331.34 (Ed. 2, 9 vols., Madrid, 1890-1896[)] Added.
431.9 more native and genuine population[.] Added.
516.13 Essai sur la Poésie [E/É]pique Replaced.
522.35 Les Beaux Arts r[e/é]duits à un même principe Replaced.
525.39 [E/É]léments de Littérature Replaced.
526.3 [E/É]léments de Littérature Replaced.
545.37 in any other country[.] Added.
588.16 Leandro Fernandez de M., [(]1760-1828) Added.