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A Vindication of the Press

Chapter 6: PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
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The pamphlet defends freedom of the press as essential to English liberties, dividing its argument into three parts: a defense of the usefulness of writing, a critique of censorious reviewers and abusive criticism, and a discussion of what makes a good author. It rebuts attacks on writers, praises figures such as Dryden and Pope while chastising partisan critics, and defends hack-writers who must produce for pay. It elevates natural genius and conversation over formal learning, advocates better education, travel, and vernacular training, and offers a practical, self‑justifying account of professional authorship and the public value of print.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY

First Year (1946-1947)

1. Richard Blackmore's Essay upon Wit (1716), and Addison's Freeholder No. 45 (1716).

2. Samuel Cobb's Of Poetry and Discourse on Criticism (1707).

 3. Letter to A.H. Esq.; concerning the Stage (1698), and Richard
    Willis' Occasional Paper No. IX (1698). (OUT OF PRINT)

 4. Essay on Wit (1748), together with Characters by Flecknoe, and
    Joseph Warton's Adventurer Nos. 127 and 133. (OUT OF PRINT)

 5. Samuel Wesley's Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and
    Essay on Heroic Poetry (1693).

 6. Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage (1704)
    and Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage (1704).

Second Year (1947-1948)

7. John Gay's The Present State of Wit (1711); and a section on Wit from The English Theophrastus (1702).

8. Rapin's De Carmine Pastorali, translated by Creech (1684).

9. T. Hanmer's (?) Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet (1736).

10. Corbyn Morris' Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc. (1744).

11. Thomas Purney's Discourse on the Pastoral (1717).

12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.

Third Year (1948-1949)

13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), The Theatre (1720).

14. Edward Moore's The Gamester (1753).

15. John Oldmixon's Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Barley (1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's The British Academy (1712).

16. Nevil Payne's Fatal Jealousy (1673).

17. Nicholas Rowe's Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
    Shakespear
(1709).

18. Aaron Hilt's Preface to The Creation; and Thomas Brereton's
    Preface to Esther.

Fourth Year (1949-1950)

19. Susanna Centlivre's The Busie Body (1709).

20. Lewis Theobald's Preface to The Works of Shakespeare (1734).

21. Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Gradison, Clarissa, and Pamela
    (1754).

22. Samuel Johnson's The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two
    Rambler papers (1750).

23. John Dryden's His Majesties Declaration Defended (1681).

24. Pierre Nicole's An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams, translated by J.V. Cunningham.

End of Project Gutenberg's A Vindication of the Press, by Daniel Defoe