r. Cowley has said of it,

... Will no unskilful Touch endure,
But flings Writer and Reader too, that sits not sure.

I have, in another Place, endeavoured by Arguments to demonstrate
the Preference of this Kind of Verse to any other; I will here
observe only, from my Experience of other Writers, that it wins,
insinuates, and grows insensibly upon the Relish of a Reader,
till the little seeming Harshness, which is supposed to be in it,
softens gradually away, and leaves a vigorous Impression behind
it, of mixed Majesty and Sweetness.

A Man, who is just beginning to try his Ear in Pindaric, may be
compared to a new Scater; He totters strangely at first, and
staggers backward and forward; Every Stick, or frozen Stone in
his Way, is a Rub that he falls at. But when many repeated Trials
have embolden'd him to strike out, and taught the true Poize of
Motion, he throws forward his Body with a dextrous Velocity, and
becoming ravish'd with the masterly Sweep of his Windings, knows
no Pleasure greater, than to feel himself fly through that
well-measured Maziness, which he first attempted with Perplexity.
But I will detain you no longer, and hasten now to the Poem,
which has given me this pleasing Opportunity of telling you how
much I am,

Sir,

Your Most Humble
and Obedient Servant,

A. HILL

_THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY_

ANNOUNCES ITS

Publications for the Third Year(1948-1949)

_At least two_ items will be printed from each of the
_three_ following groups:

Series IV: Men, Manners, and Critics

Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre _(1720).

Aaron Hill, Preface to _The Creation; _and Thomas
Brereton, Preface to _Esther._

Ned Ward, Selected Tracts.

Series V: Drama

Edward Moore, _The Gamester _(1753).

Nevil Payne, _Fatal Jealousy _(1673).

Mrs. Centlivre, _The Busie Body _(1709).

Charles Macklin, _Man of the World _(1781).

Series VI: Poetry and Language

John Oldmixon, _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to
Harley _(1712); and
Arthur Mainwaring, _The British Academy _(1712).

Pierre Nicol