They were edited by Congreve in 1717, and Scott used Congreve's text.

The non-dramatic poems were also published in 1701 in folio.

They appeared in more convenient forms in 1741, 1743, and 1760, but of these editions only the last was reasonably complete.

In 1800 the Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works were edited by Malone, who added a Life of Dryden which has furnished a large part of the material used by biographers since his time.

This biography was badly written, but with Johnson's brilliant essay it was the only Life of Dryden before Scott's that was worth considering.