Excerpt from Vocal Poetry, or a Select Collection of English Songs: To Which Is Prefixed, an Essay on Song Writing The Editor of this volume jzublished, in 1772, 1 a work entitled Essays on Song writing, with; a Collection of such English Songs as are most' eminent' for [zoetical merit. The Essays were four in number one on Song-writing in gen eral and one on each of 'the' three classes into which the Collection of Songs was distributed. The [lieces in the collection itself were rather se lect than numerous and firinci/zally served as exemfili/fications of the ideas inculcated in the Essays relative to the character and diversities of this kind of [zoetical com/zositions. The vol ume was honoured with a rece/ztion which firo ducea'a demand for a second edition in 1774. For many years fiast, this imjzression hasalso been exhausted, and whim of the'work have been only occasionally to be met with. fls ia quiries were still from time to time made, after it among the booksellers, the Editor was asked the question whether he had any intention of re. 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.