THE

WORKS

OF

JOHN DRYDEN,

NOW FIRST COLLECTED

IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES.

ILLUSTRATED

WITH NOTES,

HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND EXPLANATORY,

AND

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY

SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.

SECOND EDITION.

VOL. II.

EDINBURGH :

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;
AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. LONDON.

1821.

TO NEW YORK

PUBLIC LIBRARY

1487204

AUTOR, LENOX AND ULDEN FOUNDATIONS

1994

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Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh.

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME SECOND.

Dedication of Mr Congreve's edition of Dryden's Dra-

matic Works to the Duke of Newcastle,

The Wild Gallant, a Comedy,

The Rival Ladies, a Tragi-comedy,

Dedication to the Earl of Orrery,

The Indian Queen, a Tragedy,

PAGE.

. 5

13

The Indian Emperor, or the Conquest of Mexico by

the Spaniards,

Dedication to the Duchess of Monmouth and

Buccleuch,.

Defence of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy, .

Connexion of the Indian Emperor to the In-

dian Queen,

Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen,

Preface,