Excerpt from Select Works of the British Poet: Chronological Series From Falconer to Sir Walter Scott; With Biographical and Critical Notices; Designed as a Continuation of Dr. Aikin's British Poets Tan following work has been exeflted with a view of completing the original design of Doctor Aikin, whose volume comprised a chronological series of the classical poets of Great Britain, from Ben Jonson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of the authors. The present volume commences with Falconer and ends with Scott. In the task of selecting, the compiler has kept in view, accord ing to the best of his judgment, what appears to have been the leading principle of his predecessor, namely, to choose the most popular works of the best poets. The notices have been necas sarily compiled entirely from British authorities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.