1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 28… (1911)
“ He wrote a Dialogue concerning Women, being a Defence of the Sex (1691) , addressed to “Eugenia”, and Letters and Poems, Amorous and Gallant (preface dated 1692, printed in Jonson’s Miscellany, 1716, and separately, 1736) ; love lyrics designed, says the author, to impart to the world “the faithful image of an amorous heart.” It is not as a poet, however, but as the friend and correspondent of Pope that Walsh is remembered. Pope’s Pastorals were submitted for his criticism by Wycherley in 1705, and Walsh then entered on a direct correspondence with the young poet. ”
