Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry, Vol. 1
Translated: With Notes on the Translation, and on the Original; And Two Dissertation, on Poetical, and Musical, Imitation (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry, Vol. 1: Translated: With Notes on the Translation, and on the Original; And Two Dissertation, on Poetical, and Musical, Imitation

Had a new Edition of this Translation been called for at an earlier period, and at a time when its Author possessed the opportunities of health and leisure, it is impossible to say what alterations or additions he might have made. That in the progress of preparing it he would have made some is most probable. But his removal to a situation in which his time was more occupied by professional duties, together with the declining state of his health, seems to have prevented him from turning much of his attention towards the accomplishment of this design. It is certain, however, that the publication of another Edition had sometimes been in his contemplation; and that in consequence he had even written down a few short Memoranda; - but it does not appear that a necessity of making many alterations or additions had ever occurred to him.

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