Contributed
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Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v09
Le Clerc, J. Observations upon Mr Addison's Travels through Italy.
1715.
Most of Addison's early work, including translations, was rptd in Poems on
Several occasions with a dissertation upon the Roman Poets, 1719; and, with
Tentamen de Scriptis Addisonianis, by R. Young, with Engl. trans. , in Poems
on several Occasions by Mr Addison, 1724.
Rosamond. An Opera. 1707. With the Opera of Operas: or Tom Thumb
the Great, 1743.
Tickell, T. To Mr Addison on his opera of Rosamond. In Works of
the most celebrated Minor Poets, 1749.
Cato. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By
Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr Addison. MDCCXIII. Rpts (without
the love scenes] English and Latin, 1764; Bell's British Theatre, vol. 111,
1776; ptd . . . from the prompt book. With remarks by Mrs Inchbald,
1806; adapted to the stage by J. P. Kemble, 1811.
Translations: French : Guillemard, G. , 1767; de La Bruère, C. , 1789;
Camarsac, G. , 1814. German: Gottsched, L. A. V. , 1735; anon. , 1763;
Gottsched, J. C. (Luise G. 's husband), produced, in 1731, Der Sterbende
Cato, for the most part copied from Caton d'Utique by Deschamps, J.
(1715), but with ending adapted from Addison's drama. Italian : Salvini,
A. M. , 1715, 1725; Corinteo, P. -A. [i. e. Golt, G. ), 1776.
Parodies : Parody on Cato’s Soliloquy (act iv, sc. 1), 1785 (? ); Steere,
W. Billing's Gate, 1860.
Comments and criticisms: Dennis, J. , Remarks upon Cato, 1713; The
Life and Character of . . . Cato. . . Design'd for the Readers of Cato, a
Tragedy, 1713; Cato examined: or, animadversions on the fable or plot
. . . of the new tragedy of Cato. Dedicated to Joseph Addison, 1713;
Mr Addison turn’d Tory; or, the scene inverted, wherein it is made
appear that the Whigs have misunderstood that author in his tragedy
call'd Cato . . . to which are added some cursory remarks upon the
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play itself. By a gentleman of Oxford, 1713. (All four pamphlets
were rptd in one vol. in same year. ] The Unfortunate general. . .
together with a key or explanation of the new play called Cato, s
tragedy, 1713 (? ). Sewell, G. A. , Vindication of the English stage,
exemplified in the Cato of Mr Addison, 1716; Tickell, T. , To Mr Addison
on his Tragedy of Cato. In Works of the most celebrated Minor
Poets, vol. II, 1749. A parallel betwixt the Tragedy of Cato. . . by
Mr Addison and the Cato of Utica by Mr Des Champs, 1719.
The Drummer; Or, the Haunted House. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the
Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. 1716. 2nd edn, with preface by Sir R.
Steele, Dedicated to William Congreve. . . occasioned by Mr Tickel's
preface to Addison's Works, 1721. Rptd in Bell's British Theatre, vol. 11,
1776. [Plot founded on story of the drummer of Tedworth, recounted
in Sadducismus Triumphatus by Glanvil (see ante, vol. VII, chap. XVI). ]
Translations: French: Destouches, N. , 1733; Desgranges, D. , 1737.
German : In Gottsched, J. C. , Die deutsche Schaubühne Bd. 2, 1742;
Gottsched, L. A. V. , Ein Lustspiel des Herrn Addison nach dem
Französischen des Herrn Destouches übersetzt, 1764. Italian : anon. ,
1750,
Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. (Probably composed
1703–5. ] First published in Tickell's ed. of Addison's Works. Vol. 1. 1721.
French trans. in vol. II of De L'Allégorie, ou Traités sur cette
matière par Winckelmann, Addison, Sulzer, an vii de la République
Françoise. See, also, Remarques sur les Dialogues d'Addison by Gibbon,
E. , rptd in the above, originally composed in French at Lausanne.
[Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, 1796. Vol. 11-Pièces Dé-
tachées. ]
Of the Christian Religion. Ibid. vol. iv. Rptd as Evidences of the Christian
Religion by Joseph Addison . . . . to which are added several discourses
against atheism and infidelity and in defence of the Christian Revelation.
. . 1730. Latin trans. by Seigneux de Correron, G. 1746.
A Discourse On Ancient and Modern Learning. By the late . . . Joseph
Addison, Esq. ; Now first published from an Original Manuscript. 1739.
[Of doubtful authenticity. ]
A. . . Collection of the Psalms. . . as imitated. . .
by
. . . Mr Addison. 1756.
C. Essays
The Tatler. See under II. Steele.
The Spectator. Begun 1 March 1711; appeared daily in a series of 555 nos, till
6 Dec. 1712, surviving imposition of stamp duty, 1 Aug. 1712. (See No. 445. ]
Addison contributed 274 papers, all signed by one of the letters of C LIO.
In 1714 The Spectator was revived 18 June-29 September, possibly by
Budgell (D. N. B. ), and Addison contributed 24 papers.
Rptd in seven octavo vols. , 1712-13 (see Wendell and Greenongh,
below,on the chronological order of the vols. ), vol. vill being added in 1715.
The complete edition, frequently rptd in eighteenth century,also in British
Classics, 1803, vols. V-XII; Chalmers, A. , British Essayists, vols. Vi-XV,
1817; vols. V-XII, 1823 and 1856; Lynam, R. , British Essayists, vols. IV-IX,
1827; Smith, G. G. with introd. essay by Dobson, A. , 1897-8; Aitken,
G. A. (with introd. , notes, etc. ), 1898. See, also, C[ampbell], J. D. , Some
portions of Essays.
Contributed to the Spectator by . . . Joseph Addison,
now first printed from his MS Note Book, 1864.
Translations: French, 1746. The Spectator inspired what were,
virtually, imitations in German, e. g. Diskurse der Maler, 1721-3; Bodmer
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and Breitinger, Die Maler der Sitten, Zürich, 1729; both rptd 1746, as
Die Maler der Sitten; Neue Beiträge zum Vergnügen des Verstandes und
Witzes (generally called Bremer Beiträge), Bremen und Leipzig, 1745-59;
Gerstenberg, Der Hypochondrist, 1763; Möser, Justus, Osnabrück-
ische Intelligenzblätter, 1768.
See Milberg, E. , Die moralischen Wochenschriften des 18 Jhts. Ein
Beitrag zur deutschen Literaturgesch. . . . Meissen; Kawcynski, M. ,
Studien zur Literaturgesch. des xviii Jhts. , Moralische Zeitschriften,
Leipzig, 1880; Koch, M. , Über die Beziehungen der Englischen
Literatur zur deutschen in 18 Jht. , Leipzig, 1883.
Selections and Commentaries : Arnold, T. , Oxford, 1866; Auszug des
Englischen Zuschauers, nach einer neuen Uebersetzung, 1782–3; Dobson,
A. , 1906; Ewald, A. C. , 1887; Green, J. R. , 1880, last edn 1910 (G. T. S. );
Les Beautés du Spectateur. . . en anglais et en français, 1804; Mézières,
M. L. , Encyclopédie Morale, ou choix des Essais du Spectateur, du
Babillard et du Tuteur, 1826; Wendell, B. and Greenough, C. N. , 1905
(Athenaeum Press Series), n. d.
Mottos: Mottoes in Five Volumes of The Tatler and to the Two
Volumes of Spectators, Latin and English, 1712; The Mottoes to the
Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, translated into English, 2nd edn, 1737.
Milton Papers: Bodmer, J. J. , Critische Abhandlung . . . des Gedichtes
J. Milton's von dem verlohrnen Paradiese; der beygefüget ist Joseph
Addison's Abhandlung von den Schönheiten in demselben Gedichte, 1740;
Cook, A. S. , Criticisms on P. L. , 1892; Lille, J. de, Paradise Lost. . .
(Remarques d’Addison sur le Paradis Perdu), 1805; Mariottini, F. ,
Critiche di Mr Addison al P. P. , 1894; Morley, H. , Criticisms on Milton
by J. A. , 1886; Paraiso Perdido. . . com o Paraiso Restaurado. . . e as
observaçoes de M. Addison sobre o Paraiso Perdido, 1789; Paraiso
Perdido. . . coñ notas de Addison, 1882; Rolli, P. , Note sopra i dodici
libri del Paradiso Perduto, 1742; Scolari, F. , Saggio di Critica sul
Paradiso Perduto. . . e sulle annotazioni di Giuseppe Addison, 1818.
Ballad Papers : See A Comment upon the history of Tom Thumb,
1711 (in ridicule of Addison's essays on Chevy-Chase).
Coverley Papers: Duke, R. E. H. , Reflection on the Character and
Doings of the Sir Roger le Coverley of Addison, 1900.
See Lillie, C. , Original and Genuine Letters sent to the Tatler and
Spectator, 1725.
The Medleys for the year1711. To which are prefixed the five Whig-Examiners.
1712. [The Whig-Examiner was by Addison. The Medley appeared
5 Oct. 1710-27 Nov. 1711, ed. by Maynwaring, A. and Oldmixon, J. ]
Addison also contributed 51 papers to The Guardian, two to The Lover
(for both of which see post), and edited The Freeholder (1st no. 23 Deo.
1715, rptd in book, 1716), containing among academic and political essays,
the papers on The Tory Foxhunter.
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D. Correspondence
Correspondence of J. Hughes and Mr Addison, 1773.
Johnson, Brimley. Eighteenth Century Letters, 1897, vol. 1 with introd. by
Lane-Poole, S.
Letters by several eminent persons deceased, 1772.
Letters of . . . Mr Addison and Mr Pope from 1711-1715, 1735.
Warner, Rebecca. Epistolary curiosities . . . consisting of unpublished letters
. . . illustrative of the Herbert family . . . from . . . Joseph Addison, part II,
1818.
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E. Biography, Criticism and Addisoniana
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below. )
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huitième siècle. 1881. (pp. 225-338. )
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and opinions. 1831.
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prefixed the life of Lancelot Addison . . . his father. 1733.
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Esq. ; with his Character by Sir Richard Steele. 1719.
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