CONTENTS I. Of the Geography of Homer, a map done by the - Page III. From Mr. Blount. His disposition to quiet; reflec- IV. An account of the death of Mr. Wycherley V. Contemplations on the pleasures of separate Spirits, on the narrow conceptions of men, the vanity of VI. Consolations under persecution: The duty of mutual VIII. After the affair of Preston. The Author's removal, change of life, and resignation to it IX. To Mr. Blount, after his retirement into Flanders. XIII. Of his manner of life in the country, and of the Au- thor's near the town I. After a fit of sickness. Of the tragedy of Gorboduc. 39 II. Excuse for writing carelessly: The humour of the III. From Mr. Digby. Answer to the former IV. On the finishing his Translation of the Iliad. VIII. From Mr. Digby. On the same subject IX. 4 From the Same X. Character of Dr. Arbuthnot and his brother. Death of a friend XI. Character of the Digby Family XII. Lord Bathurst's Wood; the camp in Hyde-Park; the Bishop of Rochester's conversation XIII. A Winter invitation to a fire-side XIV. From Mr. Digby. A Letter of friendship: The XV. On the same subject XVI. On Lad 11's improvements XVII On the season of Christmas: Customs of hospita- 5599 LETTERS TO AND FROM DR. ATTERBURY, I. From the Bishop of Rochester. Concerning Mr. II. From the Same Page 73 V. On the fate of the South-Sea VI. From the Bishop of Rochester. Of Mr. Dryden's monument: The Arabian Tales: The South-sea VII. From the Same. On a manuscript of Huetius, and - ibid. IX. From the Bishop of Rochester. On his ill health. Waller's verses on sickness. Mr. Prior's funeral 91 X. From the Same. His love of the country. A pas- ibid. XIII. To the Bishop in the country: Wishes for his quiet 99 XIV. From the Bishop of Rochester, his desire of quiet, XV. An invitation to Twickenham: The vanity and XVII. From the Same, on the same subject. The state of his mind, and the world's mistake of his character 106 XVIII. From the Same. More concerning men of quality. 1. The Author's opinion of Mr. Gay's merit and mo- desty - - 133 II. His desire to do him service, and advice as to the III. Concerning painting; Mr. Gay's poem of the Fan 135 V. After the death of the Author's father, and the sale VIII. Of disappointments from great men: Friends com- memorated - X. To Mr. Gay in a dangerous sickness XI. To the Same XII. To the Same XV. Excuse for not writing. Of Mr. Fenton's death III. Of sickness, and dying young - IV. On the Emperor Adrian's Verses on his death- - - ibid. IX. Ode. The Dying Christian to his Soul X. To Mr. Addison. On Dennis's Remarks on Cato 259 XV. Of the Version of Homer: Party animosity XVI. Concerning some misunderstandings concerning Mr. Addison, XVIII. The vanity of Poetical Fame, serious thoughts XXI. To the Same, on the equal and easy terms of XXV. Dr. Parnelle, Dr. Berkley, Mr. Gay, and Dr. XXVI. To the Hon. James Craggs, Esq. on the same 294 XXVII. To Mr. Congreve. Of sincerity; the scurrilities XXVIII. To the Same, of the Farce called the What-d'ye |