PREFACE 1
CHAPTER Ⅰ SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE AND HIS PREDECESSORS 1
CHAPTER Ⅱ THE FREETHINKERS 44
CHAPTER Ⅲ THE JOURNALISTS 94
CHAPTER Ⅳ THE CONNOISSEURS 150
CHAPTER Ⅴ THE PLAYWRIGHTS 208
CHAPTER Ⅵ OLIVER GOLDSMITH 269
CONCLUSION 312
APPENDIX 320
Ⅰ Chronology 320
Ⅱ Three Essays Relating to the Chinese 323
BIBLIOGRAPHY 332
Ⅰ General Works 332
Ⅱ SpecialWorks 336