A FINAL APPEAL ΤΟ THE LITERARY PUBLIC, RELATIVE TO POPE. Published separately, or as a Supplement to Bowles's Edition of Pope FINAL APPEAL TO THE LITERARY PUBLIC, RELATIVE TO РОРЕ, IN REPLY TO CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS OF MR. ROSCOE, IN HIS EDITION OF THAT POET'S WORKS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SOME REMARKS ON LORD BYRON'S CONVERSATIONS, AS FAR AS THEY RELATE TO THE SAME SUBJECT IN LETTERS TO A LITERARY FRIEND. BY THE REV. WM. L. BOWLES, A. M. PREBENDARY OF SARUM, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, AND AUG 27 25 à l 824P81 DE68 ΤΟ GEORGE WATSON TAYLOR, Esq; M. P. MY DEAR SIR, As you have in your library the Works of Pope lately edited by Mr. Roscoe; and as you first informed me that some opinions of mine, (deliberately formed and publicly maintained, on the character of that poet as a man, and on his rank in his art,) were again brought into discussion by Mr. Roscoe:-Unwilling that you should think those opinions rashly entertained, or hastily advanced, I have taken the liberty of dedicating the following pages to you, requesting your impartial attention to the arguments on the different points of discussion; And I am, dear Sir, Most faithfully yours, Bremhill, Jan. 1, 1825. 338908 W. L. BOWLES. |