Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Contents XIII
4. I. Theobald’s Early Life 1
5. II. The Rage for Emending 31
6. III. Shakespeare Restored 61
7. IV. The Period of “The Dunciad” 100
8. V. The Edition of Shakespeare 156
9. VI. Theobald’s Later Life 193
10. VII. The Progress of the Method 217
11. Appendix A. Bibliotheca 254
12. Appendix B. Translation of Bentley’s Horace 256
13. Appendix C. Some Unpublished Letters of Theobald 258
14. Appendix D. A Chronological List of Theobald’s Works 347
15. Index 357
16. Vita 365