No student of Moses Mendelssohn can read far into his works without being struck by the frequency and variety of his references to the English. Aside from constant references to Shakespeare, Shaftesbury, Locke, Burke, and the outstanding poets of his own time, the student finds such diverse matters as Amory's Life of John Buncle, Harris's Hermes, Edward Clarke's Letters concerning the State of Spain, Mandeville's Fable of the Bees, the tragedies of Moore, the criticism of Roscommon, the Monthly Review, quotations from English plays, translations from English poems, and imitations of the Spectator articles dealing with the Fear of May. These references begin at the earliest period of Mendelssohn's literary career and continue to the end of his life; they show that he was a lifelong student of every important phase of English literature.