No More Learning

A Satire. 1747.
Satires. 1748.
IV. OTHER PUBLIC LETTER-WRITERS, 1758-75
These will be found in the following:
The Public Advertiser (ed. Woodfall, H. S. ); The Gazetteer and Almon's
Political Register. The following were the principal signatures to letters
contributed to The Public Advertiser: Anti-Sejanus (1766); Cato Redi-
vivus (1766); A. B. (1766–7); Onustus (1767); One of the People (1767),
etc.
A full general account will be found in Parkes-Merivale, under
sec. v, B, post.
Scott, James. A collection of interesting letters. 1767. (These first appeared
in The Public Advertiser under the pseudonym of Anti-Sejanus. )
Fugitive Political Essays which have appeared in The Public Advertiser
during the last winter, 1769–70. 1770.
V. JUNIUS
The Letters of Junius originally appeared in The Public Advertiser.
A full annotated bibliography (12 columns) of the Letters of Junius,
and of the controversial literature relating to them, is given in Lowndes's
Bibliographer's Manual, new edn by Bohn, H. G. , part 5, 1860. In the
preface will be found some account of a secret letter addressed to Grafton
and signed Lucius. This letter cannot now be found.
An elaborate bibliography of 49 editions of the Letters and of 289 works
and articles about Junius, compiled by Edmunds, J. , appeared in vol. ii of
the Bulletin of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia, 1890–2.


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Bibliography
An annotated list, by Wheatley, H. B. , of the 46 persons to whom the
authorship of the Letters has been assigned is included in Halkett and
Laing's Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature (1882-8).
A. Collected Editions
The Political Contest; containing a series of letters between Junius and
Sir W. Draper; also the whole of Junius's letters to the D[uke] of
G[rafton]. 2 pts. 1769. 3rd edn. 1769.
Almon, J. A Collection of the Letters of Atticus, Lucius, Junius, and
others. 1769.
The Letters of Junius. 2 vols. 1772. (The first authorised edition; as to
the previous unauthorised editions by Wheble and others, see Bohn's
bibliography mentioned above. ) Other edns: 1783, 1788, 1789, 1797, 1802
(with notes by Heron, R. ), 1806 (ed. Almon, J. ), etc.
Junius, including letters by the same writer under other signatures (now
first collected). To which are added his confidential correspondence
with Mr Wilkes, and his private letters to H. S. Woodfall; with a
preliminary essay [by Good, J. M. ]. 3 vols. 1812. 2nd edn. 1814.
The Letters of Junius, with preliminary dissertations and copious notes by
Atticus Secundus (M'Diarmid, J. ]. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1822.
Junius. New edn, enlarged, with new evidence as to the authorship. 2 vols.
London, 1850. Reprinted.
[In vol. 11. is an important essay of 80 pages, in which the editor, Wade,
John, assumes Sir Philip Francis to be the author of the Junius Letters.
In addition to the letters collected by Junius himself, this edn contains
miscellaneous letters written by or attributed to him. ]
B. Critical and Controversial Works
Barker, E. H. 1. The claims of Sir Philip Francis to the authorship of
Junius's Letters disproved. II. Some enquiry into the claims of the
late Charles Lloyd, Esq. to the composition of them. 1831. [Opposes
the claims of Francis and Sackville, and advocates those of Charles
Lloyd. ]
Brockhaus, F. Die Briefe des Junius. Leipzig, 1876.
Chabot, C. The handwriting of Junius professionally investigated. With
preface and collateral evidence by Twisleton, Edward. 1871.
Chatham, William Pitt, earl of. Correspondence. Edd. by Taylor, W. S. and
Pringle, J. H. 4 vols. 1840. (Contains two secret letters of Junius to
Lord Chatham in 1768 and 1772. ]
Cockburn, Sir G. Inquiry as to who was the author of Junius. Dublin,
1845. [Argues strongly for Charles Lloyd. ]
Coleridge, S. T. Notes on Junius. Literary Remains. Ed. Coleridge, H. N.
Vol. 1. 1836.
Dilke, C. W. Junius. In Papers of a Critic, vol. 11. 1875.
Francis, H. R. Junius revealed, by his surviving grandson, Francis, H. R.
1894.
Francis, Sir P. Memoirs, with correspondence and journals. Commenced
by Parkes, J. Completed and edited by Merivale, H. 2 vols. 1867.
(Contains a cogent statement of the Franciscan case, especially with
regard to dates and to the identity of Francis's and Junius's political
opinions. It also has a full account of the principal letter-writers in The
Public Advertiser, unfortunately identifying them all with Francis and
Junius. ]
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527
of
Francis, Sir P. and others. The Francis Letters. By Sir Philip Francis
and other members of the family. Ed. by Francis, B. and Keary, E.
2 vols. 1901. [With a note on the Junius controversy by Keary, C. F. ]
Grafton, A. H. F. , 3rd duke of. Autobiography and political correspondence.
Ed. Anson, Sir W. R. 1898. [Gives the inner history of many political
events Commented upon by Junius. Sir William Anson suggests that
'whatever part Francis may have played in the composition of the
Letters, Temple directed their policy, supplied much of their information,
and may conceivably have polished their invective. ']
Grenville Papers. Correspondence of R. Grenville, Earl Temple, and Rt
Hon. G. Grenville, their friends and contemporaries. 4 vols. 1852-3.
[Contains three secret letters written by Junius to George Grenville in
1768. The editor, Smith, W. J. , argues that Lord Temple was Junius,
and gives much information on the political pamphleteering of the time
in a valuable preface to vol. 111. ]
Hayward, A. More about Junius. The Franciscan theory unsound. Rptd
from Fraser's Magazine. 1868. [Against Parkes and Merivale. ]
The handwriting of Junius. 1874.
Junius. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Edn 9, vol. XII. 1881.
Jaques, J. The history of Junius and his works. 1813.
Lecky, W E. H. History of England in the eighteenth century. 3rd edn.
Vol. 111. 1887. [Account and critique of Junius. ]
Macaulay, Lord. Essay on Warren Hastings. Works, vol. 1x. 1898.
Merivale, H.
Junius, Francis, and Lord_Mansfield in December 1770.
Fortnightly Review. 1 March 1868. [Replying to Hayward. ]
· Newhall, 1. Letters on Junius. . . showing that the author of that celebrated
work was Earl Temple. Boston, 1831.
Rae, W. Fraser. Facts about Junius and Francis, with other notes on the
Junius controversy. Contributed to the Athenaeum in 1888 and following
years.
Smith, James. Junius unveiled. 1909. [Argues that Gibbon was Junius. ]
Stephen, Sir L. Sir Philip Francis. D. of N. B. vol. xx. 1889.
Chatham, Francis, and Junius. Eng. Hist. Rev. April 1888.
Taylor, J. A discovery of the author of the Letters of Junius. 1813.
[In favour of Dr Philip Francis and Sir Philip Francis. ]
The identity of Junius with a distinguished living character [Sir
P. Francis] established. 1816. 2nd edn. 1818.
Supplement to Junius identified. 1817. 2nd edn. 1818.
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TABLE OF PRINCIPAL DATES
1641 Henry Dodwell born (d. 1711).
1657 William Wake born (d. 1737).
1663 Francis Atterbury bori (d.
1732).
1663 Thomas Wilson, bp of Sodor
and Man born (d. 1755).
1667? Susannah Centlivre born (d.
1723).
1674 Isaac Watts born (d. 1748).
1675 William Somerville born (d.
1742).
1676 Benjamin Hoadly born (d.
1761).
1678 Simon Ockley born (d. 1720).
1678 Thomas Sherlock born (d. 1761).
1683 Conyers Middleton born (d.
1750).
1683 Daniel Waterland born (d.
1740).
1683 Edward Young born (d. 1765).
1685. Aaron Hill born (d. 1750).
1686 Thomas Carte born (d. 1754).
1688? Thomas Warton the elder
born (d. 1745).
1689 Samuel Richardson born (d.
1761).
1692 Joseph Butler born (d. 1752).
1693 George Lillo born (d. 1739).
1696 Matthew Green born (d. 1737).
1699 Robert Blair born (d. 1746).
1700 Death of Dryden.
1700 James Thomson born (d. 1748).
1700? John Dyer born (d. 1758).
1702 Philip Doddridge born (d.
1751).
1703 John Wesley born (d. 1791).
1703? Henry Brooke born (d. 1783).
1705 Abraham Tucker born (d. 1774).
1707 Henry Fielding born (d. 1754).
1707 Charles Wesley born (d. 1788).
1708 Ockley's History of the Sara-
cens begins to appear (completed
1757).
1709 John Armstrong born (d. 1779).
1709 Samuel Johnson born (d. 1784).
1709 George, Lord Lyttelton born
(d. 1773).
1709 Mrs Centlivre's The Busy
Body.
1709 First Copyright Act passed.
1710 Thomas Reid born (d. 1796).
1711 David Hume born (d. 1776).
1712 Richard Glover born (d. 1785).
1712 Edward Moore born (d. 1757).
1713 Laurence Sterne born (d. 1768).
1714 James Hervey born (d. 1758).
1714 William Shenstone born (d.
1763).
1714 George Whitefield born (d.
1770).
1714-27 George I.
1715 Richard Graves born (d. 1804).
1715 Richard Jago born (d. 1781).
1715 William Whitehead born (d.
1785).
1716 Thomas Gray born (d. 1771).
1717 David Garrick born (d. 1779).
1717 Horace Walpole born (d. 1797).
1717–20 The Bangorian Controversy.
1719 Death of Addison.
1719 Edward Young's Busiris.
1720 Samuel Foote born (d. 1777).
1720 Mrs Elizabeth Montagu born
(d. 1800).
1720 Gilbert White born (d. 1793).
1721 Mark Akenside born (d. 1770).
1721 William Collins born (d. 1759).
1721 William Robertson born (d.
1793).
1721 Tobias Smollett born (d. 1771).


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Table of Principal Dates
529
1722 John Home born (d. 1808). 1736 Lillo's Fatal Curiosity.
1722 Thomas Leland born (d. 1785). 1737 Death of Queen Caroline.
1722 Christopher Smart born (d. 1737 Edward Gibbon born (d. 1794).
1771).
1737 Fielding's
Fielding's The Historical
1722 Joseph Warton born (d. 1800). Register for 1736.
1723 Richard Price born (d. 1791). 1737 Green's The Spleen.
1723 Sir Joshua Reynolds born (d. 1738 Johnson's London.
1792).
1739 Hugh Kelly born (d. 1777).
1723 Adam Smith born (d. 1790). 1739 War declared against Spain.
1726 Law's Absolute Unlawfulness 1739-40 Hume's Treatise of Human
of the Stage Entertainment Nature.
fully demonstrated.
1740 James Boswell born (d. 1795).
1726 Thomson's Winter.
1740 Sir Philip Francis born (d.
1727 Arthur Murphy born (d. 1805). 1818).