must suppose them to have preceded the composition of the Battle. According, again, to Swift's Apology, the references in the Tale to Bentley and Wotton were added later, when the Battle was written.[1]
It may be suggested that the Battle was originally intended to form a part of the Tale of a Tub; that Swift determined to make a separate book of it, and that he added later those parts of it which deal particularly with Bentley, Wotton, and Boyle.
(c) Relation to Temple's Essay
Hawkesworth remarked in his edition of Vol. I of Swift's Works[2] that 'the account of the Battle of the Books is an allegorical representation of Sir William Temple's Essay.' A few points of resemblance between the two works have been noticed by Sir Walter Scott and other editors of Swift. These, and some other examples are referred to in the notes to this edition, and references to them are given below[3]
