The Art of Poetry: an Epistle to the Pisos [Ars Poetica]

Title

The Art of Poetry: an Epistle to the Pisos [Ars Poetica]

Text Read

The Art of Poetry: an Epistle to the Pisos [Ars Poetica]

Author

Horace. tr. Christopher Smart

Original Source

Philadelphia: Whetham, 1836. pp. 378-425

Digitized by

Internet Archive

Publication Date

1836

Date(s) of Reading

  • 1858-10-29

Evidence

"Oct. 29. George took the M.S. of the third volume up top. 216 to town, to be dispatched to Edinburgh. I finished this morning Horace's Epistle to the Pisos, which I have been reading at intervals." Diary 1854-1861 74

Citation

Horace. tr. Christopher Smart, The Art of Poetry: an Epistle to the Pisos [Ars Poetica], George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57747