Reissued the same
year as A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed,
etc.
year as A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed,
etc.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v09
Wherein The Merits of
the Clergy are consider'd, etc. 1720.
A Letter to the Independent Whig Occasioned by his Considerations of the
Importance of Gibraltar to the British Empire. 1720.
A True State of Publick Credit; or, a Short View of the Condition of the
Nation, with respect to our present Calamities. . . As also Some necessary
Observations on the Conduct of the Bank, in this Critical Juncture.
1721.
A Vindication of the Honour and Justice of Parliament Against a most
Scandalous Libel, Entituled, The Speech of John A[islabie], Esq. 1721.
Brief Observations on Trade and Manufactures; And particularly of our
Mines and Metals, and the Hard-Ware Works, etc. 1721.
A Collection of Miscellany Letters, Selected out of Mist's Weekly Journal.
2 vols. 1722.
Defoe contributed to these volumes and probably edited them.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, etc. Who was
Born in Newgate. . . . Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported
Felon in Virginia . . . . Written from her own Memorandums. 1722.
Due Preparations for the Plague, As well for Soul as Body. 1722.
Religious Courtship: Being Historical Discourses, on the Necessity of
Marrying Religious Husbands and Wives only. . . . With an Appendix Of
the Necessity of taking none but Religious Servants, and a Proposal for
the better managing of Servants. 1722.
A Journal of the Plague Year. . . . Written by a Citizen, etc. 1722. Ed.
Brayley, E. W. 1839.
Austin, William, (f. 1662). 'Etuoluia fm. or the Anatomy of the
Pestilence. A Poem in three parts, describing the deplorable
condition of the city of London under its merciless dominion, 1665.
1666.
An History of the Archbishops and Bishops, Who have been Impeach'd
and Attainted of High Treason, from William the Conqueror to this
time . . . Extracted from the Best Historians, Ancient and Modern. 1722.
An Impartial History of the Life and Actions of Peter Alexowitz, the
Present Czar of Muscovy: From his Birth to this present Time. . . .
Written by a British Officer in the Service of the Czar. 1722. Reissued,
with additions, as A True, Authentick and Impartial History . . . . The
Whole Compild from the Russian, High Dutch and French Languages,
State Papers, and other Publick Authorities, 1725.
The History and Remarkable Life of the truly Honourable Colonel Jacque,
Commonly Calld Col. Jack, etc. 1722.
Considerations on Publick Credit. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament.
1724.
The Fortunate Mistress: or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of
Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Calld The Countess de
Wintselsheim, in Germany. Being the Person known by the Name of
the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II. 1724. With a con-
tinuation, 1745. Abridged by Noble, F. , 1775.
The Great Law of Subordination consider'd; Or, The Insolence and Un-
sufferable Behaviour of Servants in England duly enquir'd into. . . . In
Ten Familiar Letters, etc. 1724. The same year as The Behaviour of
Servants in England Inquired into, etc.
A Tour Throʻ the whole Island of Great Britain, Divided into Circuits or
Journies. Giving a Particular and Diverting Account of Whatever is
Curious, etc. Vol. 1, 1724; vol. 11, 1725; vol. 111, 1726. [Defoe's work was
much altered in later editions. ]
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The Royal Progress: or, a Historical View of the Journeys, or Progresses,
which several Great Princes have made to visit their Dominions, etc.
1724.
A Narrative of the Proceedings in France, for Discovering and Detecting
the Murderers of the English Gentlemen, September 21, 1723, near
Calais, etc. 1724.
The History of the remarkable Life of John Sheppard, Containing A
particular Account of his many Robberies and Escapes, etc. 1724.
A New Voyage round the World, by a Course never sailed before, etc. 1724
(dated 1725).
A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, etc. of John Sheppard; Giving an
Exact Description of the Manner of his wonderful Escape from the Castle
in Newgate, etc. 1724.
Some farther Account of the Original Disputes in Ireland, about Farthings
and Half-pence. In a Discourse with a Quaker of Dublin. 1724. (No
place. )
Every-Body's Business, Is No-Body's Business; or Private Abuses, Publick
Grievances: Exemplified in the Pride, Insolence, and Exorbitant Wages
of our Women-Servants, Footmen, etc. . . . By Andrew Moreton, Esq. 1725.
The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan
Wild. 1725.
The Life of Jonathan Wild, from his Birth to his Death. Containing His
Rise and Progress in Roguery. . . By H. D. late Clerk to Justice R-
1725.
An Account of the Conduct and Proceedings of the late John Gow alias
Smith, Captain of the late Pirate, etc. 1725.
The Complete English Tradesman, in Familiar Letters, etc. Vol. I. 1725.
2nd ed. with Appendix. 1726. Vol. 11. 1727.
A General History of Discoveries and Improvements, In Useful Arts, Par-
ticularly in the Great Branches of Commerce, Navigation, and Plantation,
in all Parts of the Known World, etc. 1725-6. Four monthly parts,
Oct. , Nov. , 1725; Feb. , Dec. (? ), 1726, as The History of the Principal
Discoveries and Improvements, In the Several Arts and Sciences,
1727.
A Brief Case of the Distillers, and of the Distilling Trade in England . . . .
Humbly recommended to the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, in
the present Parliament Assembled. 1726.
A Brief Historical Account of the Lives of the Six notorious Street-Robbers,
etc. 1726.
An Essay upon Literature: or, an Enquiry into the Antiquity and Original
of Letters; Proving That the two Tables, written by the Finger of God
in Mount Sinai, was the first Writing in the World; and that all other
Alphabets derive from the Hebrew, etc. 1726.
The Political History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern: In Two
Parts, etc. 1726.
Unparalleld Cruelty: or, the Tryal of Captain Jeane Of Bristol. Who was
convicted at the Old Bailey for the Murder of his Cabbin-Boy, Who he
put to Death in the most horrid and barbarous Manner, etc. 1726.
The Friendly Daemon; or, The Generous Apparition. Being a True
Narrative of a Miraculous Cure newly performed upon. . . . Dr. Duncan
Campbell, By a familiar Spirit, that appeared to him in a white surplice,
like a Cathedral Singing Boy. 1726.
The Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts; Being a Series of Un-
common Events, Which befell him In a Voyage to the Islands of the
Canaries, Cape de Verde, and Barbadoes, eto. 1726.
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Mere Nature Delineated; or, a Body without a Soul. Being Observations
upon the Young Forester Lately brought to Town from Germany,etc. 1726.
Some Considerations upon Street-Walkers. With A Proposal for Lessening
the Present Number of them. In Two Letters to a Member of Parlia-
ment. To which is added, A Letter from One of those unhappy Persons,
when in Newgate, and who was afterwards executed, for picking a Gentle-
man's Pocket, to Mrs. in Great P -ney Street. 1726.
The Protestant Monastery: or, a Complaint against the Brutality of the
present Age. Particularly the Pertness and Insolence of our Youth
to aged Persons. . . By Andrew Moreton, Esq. , etc. 1726.
A System of Magick; or, a History of the Black Art. Being an Historical
Account of Mankind's most early Dealing with the Devil, etc. 1726. 2nd
ed. as by Andrew Moreton. 1731.
The Evident Approach of a War; And Something of The Necessity of It, In
Order to Establish Peace, and Preserve Trade, etc. 1727.
The Evident Advantages to Great Britain and its Allies from the Approaching
War, etc. 1727.
Conjugal Lewdness: or, Matrimonial Whoredom. 1727.
Reissued the same
year as A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed,
etc.
A Brief Deduction of the Original, Progress, and Immense Greatness of the
British Woollen Manufacture, etc. 1727.
An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions, etc. 1727. Reissued
1728 (dated 1729) as The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos'd: or An
Universal History of Apparitions Sacred and Prophane . . . . By Andrew
Moreton, Esq.
A New Family Instructor; in Familiar Discourses between a Father and his
Children, on the most Essential Points of the Christian Religion. In
Two Parts, etc. 1727.
Parochial Tyranny: or, the House-Keeper's Complaint against The in-
supportable Exactions, and partial Assessments of Select Vestries, etc.
1727.
Some Considerations on the Reasonableness and Necessity of Encreasing and
Encouraging the Seamen, eto. 1728.
Augusta Triumphans: or the Way to Make London The Most Flourishing
City in the Universe. First by establishing an University where Gentle-
men may have Academical Education under the Eye of their Friends,
etc. 1728.
Abridged as The Generous Projector or a Friendly Proposal to pre-
vent Murder and other enormous Abuses, By erecting an Hospital for
Foundlings and Bastard Children, etc. , 1730 (dated 1731).
A Plan of the English Commerce. Being a Compleat Prospect of the Trade
of this Nation, As well the Home Trade as the Foreign. In three Parts,
eto. 1728.
The Memoirs of an English Officer. . . By Capt. George Carleton. 1728. Re-
issued the same year as The Military Memoirs of Captain George Carleton,
etc. Rptd 1808, with an introduction by Scott, Sir Walter; included in
some modern editions of Defoe.
[Notwithstanding the arguments of Col. A. Parnell, English Historical
Review, January 1891, Defoe seems to have had a large share in the
composition of this book. ]
An Impartial Account Of the late Famous Siege of Gibraltar. . . By an
Officer who was at the Taking and Defence of Gibraltar by the Prince
Hesse, of Glorious Memory; and served in the Town, during the last
Siege. 1728.
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a
Second Thoughts are Best: or, a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to
prevent Street Robberies. By Andrew Moreton,'Esq. 1728.
Street-Robberies, Consider'd: The Reason of their being so Frequent. With
Probable Means to Prevent 'em. To which is added, Three Short
Treatises. . . . Also a Caution of delivering Goods: With the Relation of
several Cheats practiced lately upon the Publick. Written by a Converted
Thief, etc. 1728.
Reasons for a War, In order to Establish the Tranquility and Commerce of
Europe. 1729.
An Humble Proposal to the People of England, For the Encrease of their
Trade, And Encouragement of their Manufactures. . . By the Author of
the Compleat Tradesman. 1729.
An Enquiry Into the Pretensions of Spain to Gibraltar, etc. 1729.
The Advantages of Peace and Commerce; with Some Remarks on the East
India Trade. 1729.
Some Objections Humbly offered to the Consideration of the Hon. House
of Commons, Relating to the present intended Relief of Prisoners.
1729.
Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's Journal, during Fifteen Years Captivity on
that Island . . . Written by Himself, etc. 1729.
[There is a strong probability that Defoe had a large share in this book. ]
The Perjur'd Free Mason Detected; And yet The Honour and Antiquity of
the Society of Free Masons Preserv'd and Defended. By a Free Mason.
1730.
An Effectual Scheme, for the immediate Preventing of Street Robberies, etc.
1730. [Dated 1731. ]
A Brief State of the Inland or Home Trade, of England, etc. 1730.
The Compleat English Gentleman. By Daniel Defoe. Edited for the First
Time . . . By Bülbring, K. D. 1890.
Of Royall Educacion. A Fragmentary Treatise By Daniel Defoe. Ed.
Bülbring, K. D. 1895.
B. Periodicals with which Defoe was connected
A Review of the Affairs of France: and of all Europe, etc. 8 vols. 1705-12.
With several changes of name, finally as A Review of the State of the
British Nation; with at least one volume and part of another reprinted
at Edinburgh.
News from the Moon. A Review of the State of the British Nation,
etc. , Boston, Mass. , 1721, is a curiously belated reprint of the Review for
29 April 1710, Edinburgh edition.
The Review-a continuation of the above-from 2 August 1712 to 11 June
1713.
The London Post. 1704-5. [Defoe was charged, probably with justice, with
contributing to this paper. ]
The Edinburgh Courant. 1711. [Although Defoe had an interest in this
paper, it is not known certainly that he ever wrote for it. ]
The Protestant Post Boy. 1711-12.
Mercator: or, Commerce Retrieved, etc. 26 May 1713–20 July 1714.
The Monitor. Edited by Defoe. 22 April—7 August 1714.
The Flying Post and Medley. 27 July–21 August 1714.
Mercurius Politicus: Being Monthly Observations on the Affairs of Great
Britain, etc. May 1716—December(? ) 1720.
Dormer's News Letter. June 1716—August 1718. (No copies of this have
been found. ]
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The Weekly Journal; or Saturday's Post. [Printed by Nathaniel Mist. ]
1717-24.
The Wednesday Journal Being an Auxiliary Packet To the Saturday's Post,
eto. 25 September--23 October 1717.
Mercurius Britannicus. 1718-(? ).
The Whitehall Evening Post. 1718-(? ). 18 Sep 1718–June 1720(? ).
The Daily Post. 4 October 1719–27 April 1725 (? ).
The Manufacturer: or The British Trade truly Stated. Wherein The Case
of the Weavers, and the Wearing of Callicoes, are Consider'd. 30 October
1719-17 February 1720(? ).
The Original Weekly Journal [Applebee's]. 25 June 1720—12 March 1726.
The Director. 5 October 1720–16 January 1720/21(? ).
The Universal Spectator. No. 1, 12 October 1728. [Ed. by Defoe's son-in-
law, Henry Baker. ]
Fog's Weekly Journal. 11 January 1729.
Vols. II and in of Lee's Life and Newly Discovered Writings of Daniel
Defoe, 1869, contain selections, for the most part unquestionably authentic,
from Defoe's contributions to periodicals during the reign of George I.
Defoe's Letters and Memoranda in print number about two hundred and
thirty and are chiefly to be found in vols. Iv and v (1897, 1899) of the Fifteenth
Report of the Historical MSS Commission, MSS of the duke of Portland.
Sporadic letters are to be found in other reports of the commission, in Notes
and Queries, and in the chief biographies, notably Wright's; but the letters
to Harley contained in the Portland MSS give the best idea of Defoe as
& correspondent.
The above list of Defoe's writings does not take account of nearly three
hundred books and pamphlets which have been ascribed to him, but for the
authenticity of which I cannot vouch with entire confidence. Many of these
are almost as much entitled to be received into the accredited list as are
most of the items that have been accepted since the time of Chalmers and
Wilson; but, for one reason or another, it has seemed best to treat them
as plausible ascriptions only and to omit enumerating them here.
It may be added that there is reason to believe that two inaccessible
pamphlets, one vouched for by several bibliographers, including Lee, and one
by Crossley, will, when found, have to be added to Defoe's practically certain
- - writings. These are The Layman's Sermon upon the Late Storm, 1704,
and A Brief Debate upon the Dissolving the late Parliament, 1722.
III. OTHER JOURNALISTS
.
Cf. bibliography to vol. vii, chap. xv.
Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742). Terrae Filius. 11 January to 6 July 1721.
The Craftsman. 1726 to 1736. 14 vols. 1731-7. (Under the signature
of Caleb d'Anvers. ]
[Cf. bibliography to chap. VIII, post. ]
Arnall, William (17157-1741? ). The Free Briton. 1730-3.
The British Journal. [Under the signature of Francis Walsingham. ]
[Wrote in Walpole's pay against Bolingbroke, Pulteney and The
Craftsman. )
Baker, Henry (1698-1774). The Universal Spectator. [See under II B, ante. ]
Boyer, Abel (1667-1729). The Political State of Great Britain. (Monthly. )
38 vols.
the Clergy are consider'd, etc. 1720.
A Letter to the Independent Whig Occasioned by his Considerations of the
Importance of Gibraltar to the British Empire. 1720.
A True State of Publick Credit; or, a Short View of the Condition of the
Nation, with respect to our present Calamities. . . As also Some necessary
Observations on the Conduct of the Bank, in this Critical Juncture.
1721.
A Vindication of the Honour and Justice of Parliament Against a most
Scandalous Libel, Entituled, The Speech of John A[islabie], Esq. 1721.
Brief Observations on Trade and Manufactures; And particularly of our
Mines and Metals, and the Hard-Ware Works, etc. 1721.
A Collection of Miscellany Letters, Selected out of Mist's Weekly Journal.
2 vols. 1722.
Defoe contributed to these volumes and probably edited them.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, etc. Who was
Born in Newgate. . . . Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported
Felon in Virginia . . . . Written from her own Memorandums. 1722.
Due Preparations for the Plague, As well for Soul as Body. 1722.
Religious Courtship: Being Historical Discourses, on the Necessity of
Marrying Religious Husbands and Wives only. . . . With an Appendix Of
the Necessity of taking none but Religious Servants, and a Proposal for
the better managing of Servants. 1722.
A Journal of the Plague Year. . . . Written by a Citizen, etc. 1722. Ed.
Brayley, E. W. 1839.
Austin, William, (f. 1662). 'Etuoluia fm. or the Anatomy of the
Pestilence. A Poem in three parts, describing the deplorable
condition of the city of London under its merciless dominion, 1665.
1666.
An History of the Archbishops and Bishops, Who have been Impeach'd
and Attainted of High Treason, from William the Conqueror to this
time . . . Extracted from the Best Historians, Ancient and Modern. 1722.
An Impartial History of the Life and Actions of Peter Alexowitz, the
Present Czar of Muscovy: From his Birth to this present Time. . . .
Written by a British Officer in the Service of the Czar. 1722. Reissued,
with additions, as A True, Authentick and Impartial History . . . . The
Whole Compild from the Russian, High Dutch and French Languages,
State Papers, and other Publick Authorities, 1725.
The History and Remarkable Life of the truly Honourable Colonel Jacque,
Commonly Calld Col. Jack, etc. 1722.
Considerations on Publick Credit. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament.
1724.
The Fortunate Mistress: or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of
Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Calld The Countess de
Wintselsheim, in Germany. Being the Person known by the Name of
the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II. 1724. With a con-
tinuation, 1745. Abridged by Noble, F. , 1775.
The Great Law of Subordination consider'd; Or, The Insolence and Un-
sufferable Behaviour of Servants in England duly enquir'd into. . . . In
Ten Familiar Letters, etc. 1724. The same year as The Behaviour of
Servants in England Inquired into, etc.
A Tour Throʻ the whole Island of Great Britain, Divided into Circuits or
Journies. Giving a Particular and Diverting Account of Whatever is
Curious, etc. Vol. 1, 1724; vol. 11, 1725; vol. 111, 1726. [Defoe's work was
much altered in later editions. ]
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The Royal Progress: or, a Historical View of the Journeys, or Progresses,
which several Great Princes have made to visit their Dominions, etc.
1724.
A Narrative of the Proceedings in France, for Discovering and Detecting
the Murderers of the English Gentlemen, September 21, 1723, near
Calais, etc. 1724.
The History of the remarkable Life of John Sheppard, Containing A
particular Account of his many Robberies and Escapes, etc. 1724.
A New Voyage round the World, by a Course never sailed before, etc. 1724
(dated 1725).
A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, etc. of John Sheppard; Giving an
Exact Description of the Manner of his wonderful Escape from the Castle
in Newgate, etc. 1724.
Some farther Account of the Original Disputes in Ireland, about Farthings
and Half-pence. In a Discourse with a Quaker of Dublin. 1724. (No
place. )
Every-Body's Business, Is No-Body's Business; or Private Abuses, Publick
Grievances: Exemplified in the Pride, Insolence, and Exorbitant Wages
of our Women-Servants, Footmen, etc. . . . By Andrew Moreton, Esq. 1725.
The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan
Wild. 1725.
The Life of Jonathan Wild, from his Birth to his Death. Containing His
Rise and Progress in Roguery. . . By H. D. late Clerk to Justice R-
1725.
An Account of the Conduct and Proceedings of the late John Gow alias
Smith, Captain of the late Pirate, etc. 1725.
The Complete English Tradesman, in Familiar Letters, etc. Vol. I. 1725.
2nd ed. with Appendix. 1726. Vol. 11. 1727.
A General History of Discoveries and Improvements, In Useful Arts, Par-
ticularly in the Great Branches of Commerce, Navigation, and Plantation,
in all Parts of the Known World, etc. 1725-6. Four monthly parts,
Oct. , Nov. , 1725; Feb. , Dec. (? ), 1726, as The History of the Principal
Discoveries and Improvements, In the Several Arts and Sciences,
1727.
A Brief Case of the Distillers, and of the Distilling Trade in England . . . .
Humbly recommended to the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, in
the present Parliament Assembled. 1726.
A Brief Historical Account of the Lives of the Six notorious Street-Robbers,
etc. 1726.
An Essay upon Literature: or, an Enquiry into the Antiquity and Original
of Letters; Proving That the two Tables, written by the Finger of God
in Mount Sinai, was the first Writing in the World; and that all other
Alphabets derive from the Hebrew, etc. 1726.
The Political History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern: In Two
Parts, etc. 1726.
Unparalleld Cruelty: or, the Tryal of Captain Jeane Of Bristol. Who was
convicted at the Old Bailey for the Murder of his Cabbin-Boy, Who he
put to Death in the most horrid and barbarous Manner, etc. 1726.
The Friendly Daemon; or, The Generous Apparition. Being a True
Narrative of a Miraculous Cure newly performed upon. . . . Dr. Duncan
Campbell, By a familiar Spirit, that appeared to him in a white surplice,
like a Cathedral Singing Boy. 1726.
The Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts; Being a Series of Un-
common Events, Which befell him In a Voyage to the Islands of the
Canaries, Cape de Verde, and Barbadoes, eto. 1726.
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Mere Nature Delineated; or, a Body without a Soul. Being Observations
upon the Young Forester Lately brought to Town from Germany,etc. 1726.
Some Considerations upon Street-Walkers. With A Proposal for Lessening
the Present Number of them. In Two Letters to a Member of Parlia-
ment. To which is added, A Letter from One of those unhappy Persons,
when in Newgate, and who was afterwards executed, for picking a Gentle-
man's Pocket, to Mrs. in Great P -ney Street. 1726.
The Protestant Monastery: or, a Complaint against the Brutality of the
present Age. Particularly the Pertness and Insolence of our Youth
to aged Persons. . . By Andrew Moreton, Esq. , etc. 1726.
A System of Magick; or, a History of the Black Art. Being an Historical
Account of Mankind's most early Dealing with the Devil, etc. 1726. 2nd
ed. as by Andrew Moreton. 1731.
The Evident Approach of a War; And Something of The Necessity of It, In
Order to Establish Peace, and Preserve Trade, etc. 1727.
The Evident Advantages to Great Britain and its Allies from the Approaching
War, etc. 1727.
Conjugal Lewdness: or, Matrimonial Whoredom. 1727.
Reissued the same
year as A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed,
etc.
A Brief Deduction of the Original, Progress, and Immense Greatness of the
British Woollen Manufacture, etc. 1727.
An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions, etc. 1727. Reissued
1728 (dated 1729) as The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos'd: or An
Universal History of Apparitions Sacred and Prophane . . . . By Andrew
Moreton, Esq.
A New Family Instructor; in Familiar Discourses between a Father and his
Children, on the most Essential Points of the Christian Religion. In
Two Parts, etc. 1727.
Parochial Tyranny: or, the House-Keeper's Complaint against The in-
supportable Exactions, and partial Assessments of Select Vestries, etc.
1727.
Some Considerations on the Reasonableness and Necessity of Encreasing and
Encouraging the Seamen, eto. 1728.
Augusta Triumphans: or the Way to Make London The Most Flourishing
City in the Universe. First by establishing an University where Gentle-
men may have Academical Education under the Eye of their Friends,
etc. 1728.
Abridged as The Generous Projector or a Friendly Proposal to pre-
vent Murder and other enormous Abuses, By erecting an Hospital for
Foundlings and Bastard Children, etc. , 1730 (dated 1731).
A Plan of the English Commerce. Being a Compleat Prospect of the Trade
of this Nation, As well the Home Trade as the Foreign. In three Parts,
eto. 1728.
The Memoirs of an English Officer. . . By Capt. George Carleton. 1728. Re-
issued the same year as The Military Memoirs of Captain George Carleton,
etc. Rptd 1808, with an introduction by Scott, Sir Walter; included in
some modern editions of Defoe.
[Notwithstanding the arguments of Col. A. Parnell, English Historical
Review, January 1891, Defoe seems to have had a large share in the
composition of this book. ]
An Impartial Account Of the late Famous Siege of Gibraltar. . . By an
Officer who was at the Taking and Defence of Gibraltar by the Prince
Hesse, of Glorious Memory; and served in the Town, during the last
Siege. 1728.
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a
Second Thoughts are Best: or, a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to
prevent Street Robberies. By Andrew Moreton,'Esq. 1728.
Street-Robberies, Consider'd: The Reason of their being so Frequent. With
Probable Means to Prevent 'em. To which is added, Three Short
Treatises. . . . Also a Caution of delivering Goods: With the Relation of
several Cheats practiced lately upon the Publick. Written by a Converted
Thief, etc. 1728.
Reasons for a War, In order to Establish the Tranquility and Commerce of
Europe. 1729.
An Humble Proposal to the People of England, For the Encrease of their
Trade, And Encouragement of their Manufactures. . . By the Author of
the Compleat Tradesman. 1729.
An Enquiry Into the Pretensions of Spain to Gibraltar, etc. 1729.
The Advantages of Peace and Commerce; with Some Remarks on the East
India Trade. 1729.
Some Objections Humbly offered to the Consideration of the Hon. House
of Commons, Relating to the present intended Relief of Prisoners.
1729.
Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's Journal, during Fifteen Years Captivity on
that Island . . . Written by Himself, etc. 1729.
[There is a strong probability that Defoe had a large share in this book. ]
The Perjur'd Free Mason Detected; And yet The Honour and Antiquity of
the Society of Free Masons Preserv'd and Defended. By a Free Mason.
1730.
An Effectual Scheme, for the immediate Preventing of Street Robberies, etc.
1730. [Dated 1731. ]
A Brief State of the Inland or Home Trade, of England, etc. 1730.
The Compleat English Gentleman. By Daniel Defoe. Edited for the First
Time . . . By Bülbring, K. D. 1890.
Of Royall Educacion. A Fragmentary Treatise By Daniel Defoe. Ed.
Bülbring, K. D. 1895.
B. Periodicals with which Defoe was connected
A Review of the Affairs of France: and of all Europe, etc. 8 vols. 1705-12.
With several changes of name, finally as A Review of the State of the
British Nation; with at least one volume and part of another reprinted
at Edinburgh.
News from the Moon. A Review of the State of the British Nation,
etc. , Boston, Mass. , 1721, is a curiously belated reprint of the Review for
29 April 1710, Edinburgh edition.
The Review-a continuation of the above-from 2 August 1712 to 11 June
1713.
The London Post. 1704-5. [Defoe was charged, probably with justice, with
contributing to this paper. ]
The Edinburgh Courant. 1711. [Although Defoe had an interest in this
paper, it is not known certainly that he ever wrote for it. ]
The Protestant Post Boy. 1711-12.
Mercator: or, Commerce Retrieved, etc. 26 May 1713–20 July 1714.
The Monitor. Edited by Defoe. 22 April—7 August 1714.
The Flying Post and Medley. 27 July–21 August 1714.
Mercurius Politicus: Being Monthly Observations on the Affairs of Great
Britain, etc. May 1716—December(? ) 1720.
Dormer's News Letter. June 1716—August 1718. (No copies of this have
been found. ]
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The Weekly Journal; or Saturday's Post. [Printed by Nathaniel Mist. ]
1717-24.
The Wednesday Journal Being an Auxiliary Packet To the Saturday's Post,
eto. 25 September--23 October 1717.
Mercurius Britannicus. 1718-(? ).
The Whitehall Evening Post. 1718-(? ). 18 Sep 1718–June 1720(? ).
The Daily Post. 4 October 1719–27 April 1725 (? ).
The Manufacturer: or The British Trade truly Stated. Wherein The Case
of the Weavers, and the Wearing of Callicoes, are Consider'd. 30 October
1719-17 February 1720(? ).
The Original Weekly Journal [Applebee's]. 25 June 1720—12 March 1726.
The Director. 5 October 1720–16 January 1720/21(? ).
The Universal Spectator. No. 1, 12 October 1728. [Ed. by Defoe's son-in-
law, Henry Baker. ]
Fog's Weekly Journal. 11 January 1729.
Vols. II and in of Lee's Life and Newly Discovered Writings of Daniel
Defoe, 1869, contain selections, for the most part unquestionably authentic,
from Defoe's contributions to periodicals during the reign of George I.
Defoe's Letters and Memoranda in print number about two hundred and
thirty and are chiefly to be found in vols. Iv and v (1897, 1899) of the Fifteenth
Report of the Historical MSS Commission, MSS of the duke of Portland.
Sporadic letters are to be found in other reports of the commission, in Notes
and Queries, and in the chief biographies, notably Wright's; but the letters
to Harley contained in the Portland MSS give the best idea of Defoe as
& correspondent.
The above list of Defoe's writings does not take account of nearly three
hundred books and pamphlets which have been ascribed to him, but for the
authenticity of which I cannot vouch with entire confidence. Many of these
are almost as much entitled to be received into the accredited list as are
most of the items that have been accepted since the time of Chalmers and
Wilson; but, for one reason or another, it has seemed best to treat them
as plausible ascriptions only and to omit enumerating them here.
It may be added that there is reason to believe that two inaccessible
pamphlets, one vouched for by several bibliographers, including Lee, and one
by Crossley, will, when found, have to be added to Defoe's practically certain
- - writings. These are The Layman's Sermon upon the Late Storm, 1704,
and A Brief Debate upon the Dissolving the late Parliament, 1722.
III. OTHER JOURNALISTS
.
Cf. bibliography to vol. vii, chap. xv.
Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742). Terrae Filius. 11 January to 6 July 1721.
The Craftsman. 1726 to 1736. 14 vols. 1731-7. (Under the signature
of Caleb d'Anvers. ]
[Cf. bibliography to chap. VIII, post. ]
Arnall, William (17157-1741? ). The Free Briton. 1730-3.
The British Journal. [Under the signature of Francis Walsingham. ]
[Wrote in Walpole's pay against Bolingbroke, Pulteney and The
Craftsman. )
Baker, Henry (1698-1774). The Universal Spectator. [See under II B, ante. ]
Boyer, Abel (1667-1729). The Political State of Great Britain. (Monthly. )
38 vols.
