LETTER

OF THE

TENTH VOLUME.

I. Tm

O Dr. Swift. Retired from Court fome
months before the Queen's Death.

II. From Dr. Swift, at Dublin. How little he cares

to think of England: Concern at the violence of

party. Of the first volume of Mr. Pope's tran-

flation of Homer. His circumftances in Ireland.

III. Mr Pope's love and memory of Dr. Swift. The
Calumnies and Slanders upon him on account of
Religion, turned into raillery.

IV. Dr. Swift's anfwer. His enquiry concerning Mr.
P's principles. Poets generally follow the Court.
Raillery on the fubject of his enemies, and his Re-
ligion A Quaker-paftoral, and a Newgate-
pafloral, propofed as fubjects for Mr Gay.

V. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope: An apology for his con-
duct and writings after the Queen's death: With
an account of his principles in politics.

VI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Gay.

VII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift, occafioned by the former:

An account of his conduct and maxims in general.

VIII. From the L. Bolingbroke, a poffcript to the fore-

going letter, with fome account of his own fenti-` ̧

timents and fituation in private life.

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IX. Dr. Swift's answer.

X. From Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. An invitation

to England.

XI. From Dr. Swift: Of Gulliver's Travels, and his
Scheme of Mifanthropy: Concerning a lady at
Court: Character of Dr. Arbuthnot.

XII. To Dr. Swift. Character of fome of his friends
in England; with further invitations.

XIII. Dr. Swift's answer. Death of Lord Oxford's
fon: fomething concerning Ph-s: More of his
Mifanthropy.

XIV. Expectations of Dr. Swift's journey to England.
Character of low enemies and detractors; with
what temper they are to be borne. The amuse-
ments of his friends in England.-Lord B's poft-
Script on the fame occafion.

XV. From Dr. Swift, preparing to leave England

again.

XVI. Answer from Mr. Pope. The regret of his de-

parture, remembrance of the fatisfaction paft,

wishes for his welfare.-

XVII. Defires for his return, and fettlement in England:
the various fchemes of his other friends, and his

own.

XVIII. From Mr. Gay and Mr. Pope. An account of
the reception of Gulliver's Travels in England.
XIX. On the fame fubject from Mr. Pope. Advice
against party-writing.

LETTER

XX. From Dr. Swift. About Gulliver, and of a

fecond journey to England.

XXI. From the fame. Concerning party, and de-
pendency: And of the project of a joint volume
of Mifcellanies.

XXII. The answer. On the fame fubjects.

XXIII. On Dr. Swift's fecond departure for Ireland.

XXIV. From Dr. Swift: His reafons for departing.

XXV. From Dr. Swift. His remembrance of Mr.

P's friendship; with fome confideration of his

circumftances.

XXVI. From Mr. Gay. Raillery: What employ-
ment was offered him at Court, and why he
refused it.

XXVII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Gay. On the refufal of
that employment, and his quitting the Court.
Of the Beggars Opera.

XXVIII. From Lord Bolingbroke and Mr. Pope. Of
the Dunciad. Advice to the Dean in the
manner of Montaigne.-Of courtiers, and of
the Beggars Opera.

XXIX. Of a true Jonathan Gulliver in New-Eng-
land: The Dunciad, and the Treatife of the
Bathos. Reflections on mortality and decay:
What is defirable in the decline of life.

XXX. From Dr. Swift. Answer to the former:

His fituation in Ireland.

LETTER

XXXI. From the fame. His own and Mr. Pope's

temper.

XXXII. Lord Bolingbroke's life in the country. More

about the Dunciad.

XXXIII. From Dr. Swift. Advice how to publish the
Dunciad: Concerning Lord B. and Mr. Gay.
XXXIV. From Bath. The pleasure of being abused in
company with worthy men.

XXXV. From Dr. Swift. His manner of living with
a friend in the country. The death of Mr.
Congreve. Character of an indolent friend.

XXXVI. Dr. Swift to Lord Bolingbroke. Exhorta-

tion to him to write biftory. The Dean's

temper, his prefent amufements and difpofition.

XXXVII. From the fame on the fame fubjects, and con-

cerning economy; his Jentiments on the times,

and his manner of life-of the love of fame

and diftinction. His friendship for Mr.

Pope.

XXXVIII. From the fame. His condition: The fate of
Ireland: Character of Mrs. Pope: Reflections

on Mr. Pope's and Mr. Gay's circumftances.
XXXIX. Mr. Pope's anfwer: His fituation and con-
tentment: An account of his other friends.

XL. Lord Bolingbroke to Dr. Swift: A review
of his life, his thoughts of economy, and con-
cerning fame.