ABSTRACT
The Three Literary Letters printed and translated in this volume cannot be fully understood, nor will they convey a true impression of the merits of Dionysius as a critic, unless they are viewed in connexion with the life and general literary activities of their author. Accordingly an endeavour will be made, in the following pages, to give some account of the literary work accomplished by Dionysius in the course of his laborious career, and his aims and efforts will, so far as it is possible, be described in his own words.
