40 ON ENGr.TSH.yLA¥s, May 11, 



enou-h in one fignlficant line, whirh is orly-fpun but, Jrt the five fini- 

 cal modern ones, for no other reafon; but that the fag'cnd of the aft 

 may have a rhyme to jingle at it, to picafe a London audience. The 

 tondiia of the catafti-ophc, in fpite of our. moft wretchediYtltk'iceufure, 

 is adpirably judicious, ijitereftiug, and entertaining. ...j..- 



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Ihe Indian Emperor, a l^ra^edyy 



(Frt}m what is called a HeleR Col/eBioti of Ploys, in three -vo- 

 •1 lu/^es, by Mr. Doimldfon, Bookfeller,\ Edinburgh.) 



As bonkfellers, in general, are the dullfcft of mankind, thAre can be no 

 wonder, that their fcled coUcAinns are very ill chofcn. One of our 

 p6i.ts giv«s a pleafant enough reafon lor tliis charaiiter of boukftlleri. 

 ' '• Unlearned men, of bool:s aflinne the care, 

 ' "■ As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair." 

 The ill talle of London- has been gratified -with great variety, ft i< 

 hardto fay when it was at Ahc v,'oi(l. Heioic playsj as they were called, 

 were long in vog;a, till exploded by The ReJicarf.il. A uew train of 

 dramatic writings fucoeedeJ, wulujut the genius, aud with all the ab- 

 surdities of Dryden. P'-lt Buliris, Zara, I^Iahomet, 'Earbaioffa, the 

 Chriftian Hero, ^c. IS'c. A new Reliearfal is much wanted. ' 



All for Love, a "Tragedy. 



In tills elaborate P^^Xj Dryden imira;cs Shakcfpcare ; and, by that imi- 

 tation, excels htmfelf, thoueh Hill fir fliort of the judgment, genius, and_ 

 happy exprtfhon of that great mailer. How wretched our modern ])ro- 

 logues and epilogues, compared to thofe of Dryden ! How wretched 

 Dryden's plays, cuBipared to thofe'of the older jioets ! But the taife of 

 every age feems to be happily fuifcd to the talents of cotemporaiy 

 poets. \Ve have been charjned with the (juaint prglogues and epilogues 

 of Garrick ; and we are daily pleafed with the flat laboured produdlioijs 

 of our namelcfs dramatic poets. 



'Xheodofius, or the Force of Love, a 'Tragedy, hy Lee. 



A RAPTUROUS romantic play : It plcafes men, women, and children' 

 vIlo Lave x;ot formed their tafte upon the leufe and genius of Shake* 1 

 Ipcarc, but en modern novels and plays. 



. . :; Oroonokoo, a 'Tragedy, hy Southerne. 



T lilH is the only good play in the bookfellcrs klfii coUedlioD. 



