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CHAPTER V
ARBUTINOT AND LESSER PROSE WRITERS
JOHN ARBUTHNOT
A. Collected Works
The Miscellaneous Works of the late Dr Arbuthnot. 2 vols. Glasgow, 1751.
Other editions, 1751 and 1770 (with a short life of Arbuthnot).
[These volumes contain a number of pieces which are not by Arbuth-
not. All the pieces in the collection are mentioned below, and are
distinguished by an asterisk. ]
The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot. By Aitken, George A. Oxford,
1892.
[This volume includes the pieces marked + below. ]
Valetes
1.
B. Single Works
*Of the Laws of Chance. 1692.
Theses Medicao de Secretione Animali. [St Andrews, 1696. ]
*An Examination of Dr Woodward's Account of the Deluge, &c. With a
Comparison between Steno's Philosophy and the Doctor, in the case of
Marine Bodies dug out of the Earth. 1697. [Said, by Thomas Hearno,
to have been suppressed by the author. ]
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*An Essay on the usefulness of Mathematical Learning, in a Letter from a
Gentleman in the City to his Friend in Oxford. Oxford, 1701. (Dated
25 November 1700. ]
Tables of the Grecian, Roman and Jewish Measures, Weights and Coins,
reduced to the English Standard. (1705? ]
*+A Sermon preachid to the People at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh, on the
Subject of the Union. Eccles. chap. I ven 27. Printed in the year 1706
[Edinburgh). –Dublin (1706). London, 1707 [Dec. 1706, according to
History of the Works of the Learned]: 1745[? ]. With a Preface-
reprinted in the Miscellaneous Works—which is attributed to Duncombe,
setting forth the advantages which had accrued to Scotland by the Union
(Nichols, Lit. Anecdotes, vol. viii, p. 269).
An Argument for Divine Providence, taken from the constant regularity
observed in the Births of both Sexes. (In Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society, 1710, vol. XXVII, p. 186, and rptd in the Abridgment,
vol. v, pt ii, p. 240. ]
+Law is a Bottomless Pit, Exemplified in the Case of The Lord Strutt, Joho
Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon, who spent all they had in s
Law-Suit. Printed from a Manuscript found in the Cabinet of the
famous Sir Humphrey Polesworth (Feb. 28—March 6). 1712.
+John Bull in His Senses: Being the Second Part of Law is a Bottomless
Pit. [March 13-20] 1712.
+John Bull still in his Senses: Being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless
Pit. [March 15-17] 1712.
+An Appendix to John Ball still in His Senses : or, Law is a Bottomless
Pit. [May 8] 1712.
+Lewis Baboon turned Honest and John Bull Politician. Being the Fourth
Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Printed from a Manuscript found in
the Cabinet of the famous Sir Humphrey Polesworth: And Published as
well as the Three former Parts and Appendix) by the Author of the
New Atalantis. [July 31; 1712.
**The History of John Bull. Edinburgh, 1712. (Law is a Bottomless Pit,
exemplified, &c. In three Parts. With the Appendix and a complete
Key. ] Other editions: 1753 [Le Procès sans Fin); Glasgow, 1766 (Law
is a Bottomless Pit, or the History of John Bull); 1883 (The English
Garner, vol. vi, ed. Edward Arber); 1889 (Cassell's National Library, ed.
Henry Morley, vol. 204).
[The History of John Ball first appeared in 1712, in a series of pamphlets,
each of which is described above under its own title: 1. Law is a Bottomless
Pit; 2. John Bull in his Senses; 3. John Bull still in his Senses; 4 An
Appendix to John Bull still in his Senses; 5. Lewis Baboon turned Honest
and John Bull Politician. ]
+ Proposals for printing a very Curious Discourse, in Two Volumes, in
Quarto, entitled VEYA0AOTI'A NOAITIKH' or A Treatise of the Art of
Political Lying, with an Abstract of the First Volume of the said
Treatise (Oct. 9-16] 1712. - Edinburgh, 1746.
+To the Right Honourable The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
London: The Humble Petition of the Colliers, Cooks, Cook-Maids, Black-
smiths, Jack-makers, Brasiers, and others. 1716.
Three Hours after Marriage. A Comedy. [By John Gay. ) 1717. [Gay
was assisted by Pope and Arbuthnot. ]
[In vol. 11, p. 872 of A History of Music, by Sir John Hawkins, 1853,
is given a burlesque-taken from Harl. MS 7316 p. 149, where it is
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stage in 1723. Pope's lines end 'Happy soil, adieu, adieu, Arbuthnot's
'Bubbles all, adieu, adieu. These lines are also given in the Annual
Register for 1775, and in the Additions to Pope's Works, 1776. ]
+Reasons humbly offered by the Company exercising the Trade and Mystery
of Upholders, against part of the Bill, For the better Viewing, Searching,
and Examining Drugs, Medicines, &c. 1724.
The Craftsman. 1726–7. (Probably contained contributions by Arbuthnot. ]
Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures, explained and exempli-
fied in several Dissertations. [Name not given, but prefixed are verses to
the King by the author's son, Charles Arbuthnot. ] 1727.
Tables of Ancient Coins, &c. 2nd edn. To which is added, An Appendix,
containing Observations on Dr Arbuthnots Dissertations on Coins,
Weights and Measures. By Benjamin Langwith, D. D. 1754. Other
editions, Utrecht, 1756, Leyden, 1764.
Oratio Anniversaria Harvaeana habita in Theatro Collegii Regalis Medicor.
Lond. Die XVIII Octobris A. D. 1727. 1727.
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. [Preface signed by Swift and Pope. ]
3 vols. 1727. [Vol. 11 contains The History of John Bull and the Art of
Political Lying. ]-4 vols. 1727-32. [Vol. III contains The Humble Petition
of the Colliers, &c. , The Essay concerning the Origin of Sciences and It
cannot rain but it pours. ]
+An Essay of the Learned Martinus Scriblerus concerning the Origin of
Sciences. [See Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 1727-32, vol. 111. )
+Virgilius Restauratus: seu Martini Scribleri Summi Critici Castiga-
tionum in Aeneidem Specimen. [See Dunciad, 1729, and Works
of Mr Alexander Pope in Prose, vol. 11. ]
+ Memoirs of the Life, Works and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus. [See
The Works of Mr Alexander Pope in Prose, vol. 11. ]
The Dunciad. With Notes Variorum. 1729. (Arbuthnot made contri-
butions to the notes, introductions, &c. , including Virgilius Restauratus. ]
*+A brief Account of Mr John Ginglicutt's Treatise concerning the Alterca-
tion or Scolding of the Ancients. By the Author. (February) 1731.
An Epitaph on Francis Chartres (in The London Magazine, 1732].
An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the choice of them,
according to the different Constitutions of Human Bodies. (May) 1731.
2 vols. 1731, 1732. —[May) 1732. To which is added, Practical Rules of
Diet in the various Constitutions and Diseases of Human Bodies. [These
Rules were sold separately to perfect the former edition. ] Later editions,
1731 (Dublin); 2 vols. 1735–6; 1744 (in German); 1751, 1756.
An Essay concerning the Effect of Air on Human Bodies. [July) 1733.
Other editions, 1742 (French); 1753 (Latin); 1756.
Esther, an Oratorio. (Libretto by Pope and Arbuthnot, with additions
by Humphreys. Brit. Mus. Cat. ] 1733.
**INNOI SE'AYTON. Know Yourself. A Poem. 1734. (Reprinted in
Dodsley's Collection of Poems by several hands. 1748. Vol. 1, p. 196. ]
A Supplement to Dr Swift's and Mr Pope's Works. Now first collected
into ope Volume. Dublin, 1739.
[The following pieces are ascribed to Arbuthnot in the Table of Con-
tents :- History of John Bull. A Wonderful Prophecy. Memoirs of
P. P. The Country Post. Stradling v. Styles. Proposals for Printing
the Art of Political Lying. Relation of the Circumcision of E. Curll.
God's Revenge against Punning. Petition of the Colliers, &o. The Up-
holders Reasons. Annus Mirabilis. Essay concerning the origin of
Sciences. Virgilius Restauratus. It cannot rain but it pours. True
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Vol. 11.
Narrative of what passed in London. Art of Sinking in Poetry. Epitaph
on Fr-, Ch-is.
]
Works of Mr Alexander Pope, In Prose.
1741. [Contains
Memoirs of Scriblerus, Virgilius Restauratus, and Essay on the Origin
of Sciences. )
Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerns. Dublin, 1741.
Literary Relics. Edited by Berkeley, George Monck. 1789. (Letters
from Berkeley to Arbuthnot, pp. 83-92. ]
Letters written by eminent persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Centuries. 3 vols. 1813. (Letters from Arbuthnot to Dr Charlett, vol. 1,
pp. 176, 178. ]
Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D. Ed. Scott, Sir Walter, Bart. 19 rols.
1824. (Letters to and from Arbuthnot. ]
Letters to and from Henrietta Countess of Suffolk. Ed. Croker, J. 2 vols.
1824. (Letters from Arbuthnot. ]
An Account of the Rev. John Flamstead. By Baily, F. 1835. [Contains
correspondence with Arbuthnot. ]
Lives of the Queens of England. By Strickland, Agnes. 12 vols
1840-8. (Vol. viii contains Letters to Arbuthnot. )
Works of Alexander Pope. Edd. Elwin, W. and Courthope, W. J. 10 vols.
1871-89. (Letters to and from Arbuthnot. ]
Works attributed to Arbuthnot
A Letter from the famous Sir Humphrey Polesworth to the Author of the
Examiner: with a Dialogue between Nic Frog, Tom Frog, his brother,
and Dick Frog his kinsman. [Printed in the 'Examiner' for May 8 to
15, 1712. )
The Story of the St Alb-ns Ghost, or the Apparition of Mother Haggy.
Collected from the best Manuscripts. (Feb. 16–19] 1712.
An Invitation to Peace: or Toby's Preliminaries to Nestor Ironside. 1713.
*The Longitude Examin'd. By Jeremy Thacker, of Beverley, in York.
shire. 1714.
**Notes and Memorandums of the Six Days preceding the Death of a late
Right Reverend. . . . Containing many remarkable Passages, with an
Inscription designed for his Monument. 1715.
* The State Quacks, or the Political Botchers. 1715.
*A Letter to the Reverend Mr Dean Swift, occasioned by a Satyre said to be
written by him, entitled, A Dedication to a Great Man, concerning Dedi-
cations, &c. [Signed P. A. , Jan. 30, 1718-9. ]
*+An Account of the Sickness and Death of Dr W-dw-d: As also of what
appeared upon opening his body. In a letter to a Friend in the Country,
By Dr Technicum. 1719.
* The Life and Adventures of Don Bilioso de L'Estomac. Translated from
the original Spanish into French: done from the French into English.
With a letter to the College of Physicians. 1719.
*An Epitaph on a Greyhound. (? )
A letter From the Facetious Dr Andrew Tripe, at Bath, To his Loving
Brother The profound Greshamite (1719]. In ‘Miscellaneous Works'
of Dr William Wagstaffe, 1726.
*A Supplement to Dean Sw-t's Miscellanies: By the Author. Containing
1. A Letter to the Students of both Universities, relating to the new
Discoveries in Religion and the Sciences, and the principal Inventor
of them. II. An Essay upon an Apothecary. 1. An Account of a sur-
prising Apparition, Oct. 20, 1722. 1723.
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*+The Most Wonderful Wonder, that ever appeared to the Wonder of the
British Nation. Being an Account of the Travels of Mynheer Veteranus,
through the Woods of Germany: And an account of his taking a most
monstrous She Bear, who had nursed up the Wild Boy; &c. Written
by the Copper-Farthing Dean. 1726. [The verses upon William Suther-
land given at the end of this tract are claimed for William Meston, in his
Poetical Works, 1767. ]
+It cannot rain but it pours: Or, London strowd with Rarities. Being an
Account of the arrival of a White Bear at the House of Mr Ratcliff in
Bishopsgate Street: As also of the Faustina, the celebrated Italian
Singing-woman: and of the Copper-Farthing Dean from Ireland. And
lastly, of the wonderful Wild Man that was nursed in the Woods of
Germany by a Wild Beast: &c. 1726.
*The Manifests of Lord Peter (Signed Solomon Andrian). 1726.
*A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling, its Dignity, Antiquity, and Excel-
lence. With a Word upon Pudding, &c. 1726. [By T. Gordon. ]
*The Devil to pay at St James's: or a full and true Account of a most
horrid and bloody Battle between Madame Faustina and Madame
Cuzzoni, &c. 1727.
*The Masquerade. A Poem Inscrib'd to C-t H-d-g-r. By Lemuel
Gulliver, Poet Laureate to the King of Lilliput. (Jan. 30] 1728. [By
Henry Fielding. )
*Kiss my a--
is no Treason. Or, an Historical and Critical Dissertation
upon the Art of Selling Bargains. 1728.
*Gulliver Decypherd: or Remarks on a late Book, intituled, Travels into
Several Remote Nations of the World. By Capt. Lemuel Gulliver,
Vindicating the Reverend Dean on whom it is maliciously father'd. With
some probable Conjectures concerning the Real Author. 2nd Edn, with
a complete Key. [1728? ]
*+An Account of the State of Learning in the Empire of Lilliput: together
with the History and Character of Bullum the Emperor's Library-Keeper.
1728.
* The Congress of Bees: or, Political Remarks on the Bees swarming at
St James's. With a Prognostication on that Occasion from the Smyrna
Coffee-house. (Published July 18, 1728, without date. ]
*Harmony in an Uproar: A Letter to F-d-k H-d-1 Esq: Mr of the
0-a H-e in the Hay-Market, from Hurlothrumbo Johnson, Esq. Com-
poser Extraordinary to all the Theatres in G-- B-t-n excepting that
of the Hay-Market. (Dated Feb. 12, 1733. ]
*The Freeholder's Political Catechism. 1733. Written by Dr Arbuthnot.
First printed in MDCCXXXIII and reprinted in MDCCLXIX.
*+Critical Remarks on Capt. Gulliver's Travels. By Doctor Bantley. Pub-
lished from the Author's Original MSS. Cambridge, 1735. [Dedication
signed 'R. B. ')
*The History of John Bull, Part 111. Containing among other curious
Particulars, a Faithful Narrative of the most Secret and Important
Transactions of the Worshipful and Ancient Family of the Bulls, from
Aug. 1, 1714 to June 11, 1727. By Nathan Polesworth, Sir Humphrey's
Nephew, and sole Executor. 1744.
C. Biography and Criticism.
Aitken, G. A. Life of Arbuthnot. [In Life and Works, 1892. ]
Chesterfield, earl of, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Letters of. Ed. Mahon, Lord.
1845. (Vol. 11 contains a Character of Dr Arbuthnot. ]
Hansen, A. M. En Engelsk Forfattergruppe. Copenhagen, 1892.
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Asclepiad, April 1887. [By Sir B. W. Richardson, M. D. ]
Athenaeum, 12 March 1892; 18 June 1892; 17 June 1893.
Biographia Britannica. Ed. Kippis. 1778.
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