Part I. The History and Exhibition of the Greek Drama: 1. On the origin of dramatic exhibitions in general
2. History of the choral element. Rise of the dialogue
3. Union of the two elements. Thespis
4. On the proper classification of Greek plays. Origin of comedy
5. Tragedians
6. Comedians
7. On the representation of Greek plays
Part II: 1. Aristotle's Poetics, translated by Twining
2. From Bentley's Dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris
3. From Schlegel's Lectures on the drama
Part III. Excerpta critica: 1. Orthography
2. Syntax
3. Prosody
4. Appendix of examination papers.

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