The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 - With a Life of the Author

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Vol. I. by Sir Walter ScottThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Vol. I. With a Life of the AuthorAuthor: Sir Walter ScottRelease Date: March 18, 2004 [EBook #11623]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WORKS OD DRYDEN VOL. I. ***Produced by Stan Goodman, Jonathan Ingram, Carol David and PG Distributed ProofreadersTHEDRAMATIC WORKSOFJOHN DRYDENWITH ALIFE OF THE AUTHORBYSIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.EDITED BY GEORGE SAINTSBURYVOL. I.EDINBURGH: WILLIAM PATERSON1882[Illustration: M' John Dryden.]THE DRAMATIC WORKSOFJOHN DRYDENEDITOR'S PREFACE.The best-edited book in the English language is, according to Southey, Wilkin's edition of Sir Thomas Browne. If SirWalter Scott's "Dryden" cannot challenge this highest position, it certainly deserves the credit of being one of the best-edited books on a great scale in English, save in one particular,—the revision of the text. In reading it long ago, with noother object than to make acquaintance with Dryden; again, more recently and more minutely, for the purpose of a courseof lectures which I was asked to deliver at the Royal Institution; and again, more recently and more minutely ...