CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY AND RETROSPECTIVE.

PAGE Scope of the volume 3 The term Modern 3 The origins 4 Need of caution here 5 Case of Butler on Rymer, Denham 5 And Benlowes 6

PAGE Of Addison and others 7 Of La Bruyère and “_Tout est dit_” 8 Of Fénelon and Gravina 9 Of Dryden and Fontenelle 9 The more excellent way 10