The Lovers Assistant; Or, New Art of Love

by Henry Fielding · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 10 · 584 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Seduction — Poetry

Words worth knowing: gratis · heifer · subscriber · timorous · pollute · effeminate · bashful · commentator

Swedenberg, Jr., University of California, Los Angeles CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Edna C. Davis, Clark Memorial Library INTRODUCTION The publishing history of this translation has been sketched by Cross, in his History of Henry Fielding, and may simply be summarized here.

The first edition, entitled Ovid's Art of Love Paraphrased and Adapted to the Present Time (or Times) was first issued in February, 1747, and was advertised in the Gentleman's and Scots Magazines in that month.

During March, further advertisements appeared in the London Magazine and the _St.

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