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lasting glory, as the great objects of attainment;—infusing into him a portion of that divine spirit, which produced in antient Greece the highest perfection of art,—and habituated the aspiring genius, to receive wealth as a meaner and inferior tribute, and to desire praise, and praise alone,

If Trismegistus had possessed as much of personal acquaintance, as he does of occult science, the initials affixed to the different papers in the Artist would have supplied, without conjuration, the names of the authors; and he would have found among the contributors, men of the first eminence, in the different walks of art and literature. He would have found the compositions of two of our most successful dramatists; of six of the most distinguished members of the Royal Academy; of a gentleman to whom the Director is indebted for several communications, and of a philosopher whose researches have added to the treasures of science in modern Europe. A work like THE ARTIST, will always be wanted in this country, to vindicate the pretensions of the liberal arts, to direct and purify the national taste, to impress the public mind with respect for the GRAPHIC MUSE, and for her intellectual and exalted powers, and at the same time to teach her votary to reverence himself, and to look to superior excellence and

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lasting glory, as the great objects of attainment; infusing into him a portion

of that divine spirit, which produced in antient Greece the highest perfection of art,—and habituated the aspiring genius, to receive wealth as a meaner and inferior tribute, and to desire praise, and praise alone.

Brand, Rev. John, late Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries,
Account of his books, ii. 83. Prices which some of them

brought at the sale, ii. 270, 306.

Brydges, Mr. John, Account of the Sale of his Library, i. 178.
Biographical Notice of, i. 188.

Britain, State of the Arts in, i. 39.

Bryant, William, Account of the Sale of his Books, ii. 83.

C.

Caxton, various editions of, ii. 314, 316. his Knight of the
Toure,' ii. 358.

Cervantes, his Don Quixote alluded to, i. 5, 6.

Collins, Antony, Esq. the Freethinker, some account of his li-
brary, ii. 45.

Comedy, origin of the term, i. 351 (in note).

Crotch, Dr. his Lectures' On Music,' delivered at the Royal In
stitution, i. 24, 60.

Crowe, Rev. Mr. Analyses of his Lectures 'On Poetry,' deliver-
at the Royal Institution, i. 27, 283, 285, 311, to S14, S75,
877. ii. 25, 54, 93, 123.

Cumberland, Mr. R. Tendency of his Plays, i. $61.

D.

Davy, Mr. Analyses of his Lectures On Vegetable Chemistry,
and the Chemical Phenomena of Nature,' delivered at the
Royal Institution, i. 23, 48, 87, 154, 185, 218, 255, S14, 579,
ii. 27, 55, 92, 150, 177.

De Bury, Richard, some Account of, i. 185.

Dibdin, Rev. Mr. Analyses of his Lectures 'On the History of
English Literature,' delivered at the Royal Institution, i. 24,
57, 88, 126, 155, 157.

Director, The, Explanation of the Title, i. 7, 172. (note.)
Dormer, Sir Clement Cottrell, some Account of his Library, ii.
115.

Drama, Remarks on, i. 349. ii. 65, 225.

Dramatic Poetry, Analyses of Mr. Crowe's Lectures thereon,
i. 283, 285.

E.

ESSAYS CONTAINED IN THE DIRECTOR.

1. Introductory, S.

VOL. I.

2. Causes of the Progress of Antient Art, 33.

3. Banks's Statue of Achilles, 65.

4. Connexion between Genius and Patronage, 97.

5. The same, 129.

6. Eminent Antient Artists, 161. On the Structure of our
Theatres, 171.

7. The Life of Proctor, the Sculptor, 193.

8. Sketches of Modern Characters, 225. On the Structure of
our Theatres, 240.

9. On the Art of Good Living, 257.

10. Further Sketches of Modern Characters, 289.

11. On the Gaelic Poems of Ireland, 321.

12. On the Drama, 349.

VOL. II.

13 On the Moral Effects of Music, 1.

14 Eminent Antient Artists, 33.

15 On the Drama, 65.

16 A Walk in London, 97.

17 Of Antient Works of Art, 129.

18 The same, 157.

19 Parallels between Art and Science, 193. Utility of Re-
mains of Antiquity, 198. On neglected English Literature,
206.

20 On the Drama, 225. On neglected English Literature, 243.
21 Eminent Antient Artists, 257.

22 The Mirror of Truth, 289.

23 The Alarmist, 321. On the Structure of our Theatres, 329.
24 Discovery of the Authors of the foregoing Essays, by their
different Styles, 367.

F.

Fashionable Friends, remarks on this play, ii. 75.

Fletewode, William, Esq. Sale of his Library, ii. 269.

Fly-flap, a Postscript, in reply to a pamphlet so called, i. 52.
Letter to the Director upon the same, i. 110. Author of the
pamphlet described, ii, 380.

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