14. Among the non-jurors was William Sherlock, a divine then high in repute, born in 1641, educated at Eton and Peterhouse, Cambridge; in 1669 Rector of St. George's, Botolph Lane, and Prebendary of St. Paul's; then Master of the Temple, an active preacher and writer against the Roman Catholics. At the time of his deprivation, Sherlock published, in 1689, the most popular of his books, "Practical Discourse concerning Death." His deprivation was soon followed by his acceptance of the established authority in 1691, when he was restored to his office of Master of the Temple, and made Dean of St. Paul's. In 1692 appeared his "Practical Discourse concerning a Future Judgment; " and he was involved in a long and bitter controversy upon the Trinity, with Robert South, a learned, zealous, and good-natured divine. Sherlock died in 1707.

15. Robert South was born in 1633, and educated at Westminster and Oxford. Upon the Restoration, he was made orator of the university, and chaplain to Lord Clarendon; in 1670 he became canon of Christchurch, and in 1678 rector of Islip. He was distinguished for his wit, even in the pulpit. Eleven volumes of his sermons have been published. Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699) became Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and at the Revolution was made Bishop of Worcester. He published, besides sermons and visitationcharges, treatises on theology, church history, and church. government. Thomas Tenison (b. 1636, d. 1715) became Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1662; was made Bishop of Lincoln in 1691, and Archbishop of Canterbury in 1694. He published a treatise against Hobbes, a work on Idolatry, some writings of Francis Bacon and of Sir Thomas Browne, and several sermons.

CHAPTER XII.

FIRST HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: POETRY, THE DRAMA, AND CRITICISM.

1. "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse."-2. Charles Montague.-3. Matthew Prior.-4. Sir Richard Blackmore.-5. John Dennis; Charles Gildon; Joseph Spence.-6. Jonathan Swift. -7. Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.-8. John Philips.-9. Ambrose Philips.-10. Thomas Tickell.-11. Nicholas Rowe.-12. Susanna Centlivre.-13. John Hughes.-14. John Arbuthnot.— 15. Thomas Parnell.-16. Lewis Theobald; Colley Cibber.-17. John Gay. 18. Alexander Pope.-19. Matthew Green.-20. Allan Ramsay.-21. James Thomson.-22. John Dyer; William Somerville.-23. Gilbert West; John Armstrong.-24. William Shenstone.-25. George Lillo; Edward Moore; David Mallet; Vincent Bourne; William Whitehead; Paul Whitehead; Richard Glover; Christopher Pitt; Stephen Duck.-26. Edward Young; Robert Blair. -27. William Collins. 28. Richard Savage.

1. DRYDEN'S powerful poem, "The Hind and the Panther," published in 1687, represents a series of theological and political discussions carried on by animals, and all contrived for the support of Roman Catholicism. Such a poem invited caricature; and this soon came in the form of an imitation of "The Rehearsal. It was entitled "The Hind and the Panther Transversed to the Story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse." "Mr. Bayes" is boasting to "Mr. Johnson" of his fable of the hind and the panther, in defence of his religion. "An apt contrivance, indeed," says Johnson. "What, do you make a fable of your religion?" Bayes: "Ay, I'gad, and without morals, too; for I tread in no man's steps; and to show you how far I can outdo any thing that ever was writ in this kind, I have taken Horace's design, but, I'gad, have so outdone him, you shall be ashamed for your old friend. You remember in him the Story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse; what a plain, simple thing it is! it has no more life and spirit in it, I'gad, than a hobby-horse; and his mice talk so meanly, such common stuff, so like mere mice, that I wonder it has pleased