Chapter IV: Book III

History of Spanish literature from its decline in the latter
half of the seventeenth to the end of the eighteenth century 538

CHAP. I.

General view of the state of poetical and rhetorical cultivation
in Spain during this period 540

CHAP. II.

Decay of the old Spanish poetry and eloquence, and introduction
of the French style into Spanish literature 547

Candamo, Zamora and Cañizares, dramatists in the old
national style ibid

Doña Juana Inez de la Cruz 551

Gerardo Lobo 556

Diffusion of the French taste--Luzan, his art of poetry, &c. 557

Luzan’s poetic compositions 568

Mayans y Siscar and Blas Nasarre 570

Montiano’s tragedies in the French style 571

Velasquez 574

CHAP. III.

Concluding period of the history of Spanish poetry and
eloquence 575

La Huerta 576

His tragedies 580

His Spanish theatre 584

Sedano 587

Yriarte 588

Leon de Arroyal 593

Juan Melendez Valdes 595

Brief notice of some of the more recent literary productions
of Spain 600

Conclusion 605