Spence, Joseph; Tindal, Nicholas [Editor]; Dodsley, James [Oth.]: A Guide To Classical Learning: Or, Polymetis Abridged: Containing, I. By Way of Introduction, the Characters of the Latin Poets and their Work ... II. An Inquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets and the Remains of the Antient Artists ... Being a Work absolutely necessary, not only for the Right Understanding of the Classics, but also for forming in Young Minds a True Taste for the Beauties of Poetry, Sculpture, and Painting (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1786)

PREFACE.
general notion of the pagan religion as
professed by the heathen world, and
other curious particulars.
As the two former editions were de-
signed for all persons in general, and as
this edition is adapted, in particular, for
the use of schools, it was thought proper
to make the following alterations.
1. Such passages in the introduction as
were deemed not to relate so immediately
to school-education, are omitted or con*
traded.
2. The Inquiry itself is enlarged and
illustrated with 28 prints, taken from
original antiques.
3. Several passages from the classics re-
ferred to in the notes are inserred in the
appendix, by way of specimen, for the
school-boy to follow.
4. The judicious remarks on the de-
fects of our modern artists, allegorists,
and translators, are thrown into the ap-
pendix, as they are fitter to be read after
the perusal of the Inquiry than before.
These remarks are of great use towards
forming a right judgement of the allego-
rical