Chapter I: Reign of Philip the Fifth

Death of Charles the Second 213
His Will 214
War of the Succession 214
Peace of Utrecht 214
Philip the Fifth 215
Academy of the Language 216
State of the Language 217
Dictionaries of the Language 219
Dictionary of the Academy 219
Its Orthography 220
Its Grammar 221
Its other Labors 223
Other Academies 223
State of Poetry 224
Moraes 225
Reynosa, Cevallos 226
Lobo, Benegasi 227
Alvarez de Toledo 228
Antonio Muñoz 228
Sagradas’s Flores 228
Jorge de Pitillas 229

CHAPTER II.

REIGN OF PHILIP THE FIFTH, CONCLUDED.

Marquis of San Phelipe 230
French Influences 232
Translations from the French 233
Ignacio de Luzan 233
Elder Works on Criticism 235
Enzina, Rengifo, Lopez 236
Cascales, Salas 236
Luzan’s Poética 237
State of the Moral and Physical Sciences 239
State of the Universities 240
Low State of Spanish Culture 240
Benito Feyjoó 242
His Teatro Crítico 244
His Cartas Eruditas 244
Effect of his Works 245

CHAPTER III.

REIGNS OF PHILIP THE FIFTH AND FERDINAND THE SIXTH.

The Inquisition 246
Intolerance 247
Autos da Fé and Judaism 248
Culture under Ferdinand 249
The Inquisition 249
Policy of the State 250
Condition of Letters 250
Saldueña, Moraleja, Ortiz 250
Academy of Good Taste 251
Velazquez 251
Mayans y Siscar 252
Blas Nasarre 253