1695 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1695. Events April – The Parliament of England decides not to renew the Licensing Order of 1643, thus effectively abolishing most press censorship. unknown dates After twelve years of de facto theatrical monopoly in London, the senior actors of the mismanaged United Company break away to form a rival cooperative company led by Thomas Betterton, Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle. This makes a brilliant start with the première on April 30 of William Congreve's comedy Love for Love, at the New Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Antoine Le Maistre and his brother Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy complete their translation of the Catholic Bible into French (the Bible de Port-Royal). Wren Library, Cambridge, the library of Trinity College, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed. New books Prose Mary Astell (anonymous) – A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest Charles Blount – Miscellaneous Works (ed. Charles Gildon) Gilbert Burnet – An Essay on the Memory of the Late Queen (see 1694 in literature, as many memorials were written to Mary II of England) Jeremy Collier – Miscellanies upon Moral Subjects: The second part John Dennis – The Court of Death John Dryden – De Arte Graphica (trans. of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy) Laurence Echard – The Roman History (vol. I) "N. H." – The Ladies Dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex: a work never attempted before in English (published by John Dunton) Nicolaas Heinsius the Younger – The Delightful Adventures and Wonderful Life of Mirandor William Laud – The History of the Troubles and Tryal of William Laud John Locke Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money The Reasonableness of Christianity as Delivered in the Scriptures A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity (reply to John Edwards) John Norris – Letters Concerning the Love of God (letters to Mary Astell) Sir William Petty – Quantulumcunque Concerning Money (published posthumously) John Phillips – A Reflection on Our Modern Poetry Sujan Rai – Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh Robert South – Tritheism (vs.