owed the judicious example of Warton and Mitford in
excluding several Prologues which appear in some editions, but which
reflect no honour on their author.

Dryden's Translations will be published in the separate series of
"Translations," which it is the intention of the Publisher to issue,
independent of the "Poetical Works" of the various authors.]

CONTENTS.

EPISTLES.

I. To my honoured friend, Sir Robert Howard, on his excellent
Poems

II. To my honoured friend, Dr Charleton, on his learned and
useful Works; but more particularly his Treatise of Stonehenge,
by him restored to the true founder

III. To the Lady Castlemain, upon her encouraging his first play

IV. To Mr Lee, on his "Alexander"

V. To the Earl of Roscommon, on his excellent Essay on Translated
Verse

VI. To the Duchess of York, on her return from Scotland in the
year 1682

VII. A Letter to Sir George Etherege

VIII. To Mr Southerne, on his Comedy called "The Wives' Excuse"

IX. To Henry Higden, Esq., on his translation of the Tenth
Satire of Juvenal

X. To my dear friend, Mr Congreve, on his Comedy called "The
Double-dealer"

XI. To Mr Granville, on his excellent Tragedy called "Heroic
Love"

XII. To my friend, Mr Motteux, on his Tragedy called "Beauty
in Distress"

XIII. To my honoured kinsman, John Dryden of Chesterton, in
the county of Huntingdon, Esq.

XIV. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, principal painter to his Majesty

XV. To his friend the author, John Hoddesdon, on his Divine
Epigrams

XVI. To my friend, Mr J. Northleigh, author of "The Parallel"
on his "Triumph of the British Monarchy"

ELEGIES AND EPITAPHS.

I. To the Memory of Mr Oldham

II. To the pious memory of the accomplished young lady, Mrs
Anne Killigrew, excellent in the two sister arts of Poesy
and Painting: an Ode

III. Upon the death of the Earl of Dundee

IV. Eleonora: a Panegyrical Poem, dedicated to the memory of
the late Countess of Abingdon

V. On the Death of Amyntas: a Pastoral Elegy

VI. On the Death of a very Young Gentleman

VII. Upon young Mr Rogers of Gloucestershire

VIII. On the Death of Mr Purcel