Chapter 1

PREFACE. FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE. (June 1823.) ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE. (June 1823.) SCENES FROM "ATHENIAN REVELS." (January 1824.) CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS. No. I. DANTE. (January 1824.) No. II. PETRARCH. (April 1824.) SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT LAWSUIT BETWEEN THE PARISHES OF ST DENNIS AND ST GEORGE IN THE WATER. (April 1824.) A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR ABRAHAM COWLEY AND MR JOHN MILTON, TOUCHING ON THE ATHENIAN ORATORS. (August 1824.) A PROPHETIC ACCOUNT OF A GRAND NATIONAL EPIC POEM, TO BE ENTITLED "THE ON MITFORD'S HISTORY OF GREECE. (November 1824.)