ch. 1. Franco-Italian controversy and the Arcadians -- ch. 2. Gian Vincenzo Gravina -- ch. 3. Lodovico Antonio Muratori -- ch. 4. Antonio Conti -- ch. 5. Pier Jacopo Martelli -- ch. 6. Scipione Maffei and his friends -- ch. 7. Pietro di Calepio -- ch. 8. Giambattista Vico -- ch. 9. Indebtedness of France to Italy -- ch. 10. Italian influence in Spain: Ignacio de Luzán -- ch. 11. Beginnings of a new aesthetics in England: Addison -- ch. 12. Italian influence on aesthetic theory in Germany.