]
The Celebrated Letter from Samuel Johnson, LL.
The Celebrated Letter from Samuel Johnson, LL.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v10
] 1759.
The Idler. 2 vols. Newbery. 1761. Published originally in The Universal
Chronicle or Weekly Gazette (v. infra) from 15 April 1758 to 5 April
1760—104 numbers. (In the collected edition Johnson omitted No. 22 and
disclaimed in a prefatory note the authorship of Nos. 9, 15, 33, 42, 54, 67,
76, 79, 82, 93, 96, 98. ] 3rd edn; with Additional Essays. 2 vols. 1767.
(The additional essays are An Essay on Epitaphs, rptd from The
Gentleman's Magazine; A Dissertation on the Epitaphs written by
Pope, from the Universal Visiter; and The Bravery of the English
Common Soldiers. ) In Harrison's British Classicks, vol. viii, 1796; The
British Essayists, vols. XXXIII-XXXIV, 1802; and other collections.
Three Letters to The Idler. [1761. ]
[Reynolds's three papers, Nos. 76, 79 and 82. This little volume of
20 pages is printed in the type of the edition of 1761 and, as is stated in
olifonine bo
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a note in Malone's writing, was specially 'taken off' for Johnson for
private presentation to Reynolds. )
The Plays of William Shakespeare, 8 vols. , with the Corrections and Illus
trations of Various Commentators; To which are added Notes by Sam.
Johnson. Tonson, etc. 1765. Reissued, 1768. 10 vols. , with the Correc-
tions and Illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added
Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. With an Appendix.
1773. 2nd edn, revised and augmented, 1778; with Supplement, ed.
Malone, E. , 2 vols. , 1780; 3rd edn, revised and augmented by the Editor
of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays, 1785; 4th edn, 1793.
[Johnson's edition is the basis of the Variorum editions. ]
See, also, bibliography to vol. v, p. 429, ante.
Mr Johnson's Preface To his Edition of Shakespear's Plays. Tonson, etc.
1765.
[The preface to the edition issued separately, with a special title-page. ]
Variorům editions of Shakespeare. (See bibliography to vol. v, pp. 429-30,
ante. )
Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare. Ed. Smith, D. Nichol.
1903.
Johnson on Shakespeare. Essays and Notes with an introduction by
Walter Raleigh. 1908.
The False Alarm. 1770. 2nd edn. 1770.
Thoughts on the Late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands. 1771.
2nd edn. 1771.
[Two issues of the 1st edn, with different readings on p. 68: see Boswell,
ed. Hill, G. B. , vol. II, p. 135. ]
The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain. 1774.
Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the
American Congress. 1775. 4th edn. 1775.
Political Tracts. Containing: The False Alarm. Falkland's Islands.
The Patriot; and, Taxation no Tyranny. 1776.
[All Johnson's political pamphlets were anonymous. ]
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. 1775. Many other edns:
1785, 1791, etc. French transl. in Nouveau Recueil de Voyages au nord
de l'Europe, etc. Geneva, 1785.
The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical.
By Samuel Johnson. 68 vols. 1779-81. Enlarged edn. 75 vols. 1790.
Ed. Ch rs, A. 21 vols. 1810.
Johnson's Prefaces are in 10 vols. 1779 (I-IV)–1781 (v-x). [Each
Preface is paged separately. ) Revised and reissued, in different order, as—
The Lives of the most eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations
on their Works. By Samuel Johnson. 4 vols. 1781. New edn, corrected,
1783; with notes, by Cunningham, Peter, 3 vols. , 1854; with notes, by
Napier, Mrs A. , and an introduction by Hales, J. W. , 3 vols. , 1890; with
an introduction by Millar, John Hepburn, 3 vols. , 1896; with notes and
introduction by Waugh, A. , 6 vols. , 1896; edd. Hill, George Birkbeck,
and Scott, H. S. , 3 vols. , 1905.
The Six Chief Lives, with Macaulay's Life of Johnson. Ed. , with
a preface, by Arnold, Matthew. 1878.
Life of Milton. Ed. Firth, C. H. 1888.
And many other annotated editions of separate lives.
The Principal Additions and Corrections in the third edition of Dr Johnson's
Lives of the Poets; collected to complete the second edition. 1783.
Prayers and Meditations, composed by Samuel Johnson, LL. D. and published
from his manuscripts, by Strahan, George. 1785. 5th edn, 1817; new
:
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edn, with notes and an introduction by Higgins, Hinchcliffe, and a
preface by Birrell, Augustine, n. d. (1904).
Johnsonian Miscellanies. Ed. Hill, G. B. 2 vols. Oxford, 1897. [Vol. 1. ]
[Original manuscripts in the library of Pembroke college, Oxford. ]
Memoirs of Charles Frederick, King of Prussia . . . with notes and a con-
tinuation by Mr Harrison. . . . 1786. First printed in The Literary Maga-
zine; then in Davies's Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, 1774.
Debates in Parliament. [19 Nov. 1740 to 24 Feb. 1743. ] By Samuel
Johnson, LL. D. 2 vols. 1787. Rptd from The Gentleman's Magazine.
[Ed. by Chalmers, George: see Boswell, ed. Hill, G. B. , vol. 1, p. 152;
commonly said to be edited by Stockdale, who was the publisher, and is
sometimes confused with Percival Stockdale: see Boswell, ed. Hill, vol. I,
pp. 191, 335, and vol. vi, p. 253]. Also 1811, 1825.
A Sermon (on St John xi, 25, 26] written by the late Samuel Johnson for
the funeral of his wife. Published by Hayes, Samuel. 1788.
Sermons on Different Subjects, left for publication by John Taylor, LL. D.
Published by Hayes, Samuel. 2 vols. 1788–9. [The second volume has on
the title: To which is added a Sermon written by Samuel Johnson, LL. D. ,
for the Funeral of his Wife. See Boswell, ed. Hill, G. B. , vol. III,
p. 181.
]
The Celebrated Letter from Samuel Johnson, LL. D. to Philip Dormer
Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield; Now first published, With Notes. By
James Boswell, Esq. 1790.
A Conversation between His Most Sacred Majesty George III and Samuel
Johnson, LL. D. Illustrated with Observations. By James Boswell, Esq.
1790.
An Account of the Life of Dr Samuel Johnson, from his birth to his eleventh
year, written by himself. To which are added, Original Letters to Dr
Samuel Johnson, by Miss Hill Boothby: From the mss. preserved by the
Doctor; and now in Possession of Richard Wright (the editor). 1805.
Parliamentary Logick:. . . By the Right Hon. William Gerard Hamilton.
With an appendix, containing Considerations on the Corn Laws, by
Samuel Johnson, LL. D. never before printed. (Ed. Malone, E. ] 1808.
A Diary of a Journey into North Wales, in the year 1774; by Samuel
Johnson, LL. D. Ed. , with illustrative notes, by Duppa, R. 1816.
Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL. D. To which are added
some Poems never before printed. Published from the Original Manu-
scripts in her possession, by Piozzi, Hester Lynch. 2 vols. 1788.
Original Letters, from . . . Dr Samuel Johnson, . . . edited by Warner, Rebecca.
Bath and London, 1817.
Original Letters of Dr Samuel Johnson (thirteen in number), communi-
cated by Simeon, Sir John, in Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society,
vol. vi. 1860-1.
Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Collected and edited by Hill, G. B.
2 vols. Oxford, 1892.
Additional Letters. In Johnsonian Miscellanies, ed. Hill, G. B. 1897.
[Vol. 11. )
Wrongly attributed to Johnson
[There were other writers of the name S. Johnson publishing at the
same time-the author of Hurlothrumbo; the president of King's College,
New York; and the author of An Essay on Education, a Poem, 1771, An
Essay on Woman, a Poem, 1772, Sensibility, a Poem, 1773, and The Temple
of Fashion, a Poem, 1781. ]
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A Compleat Introduction to the Art of Writing Letters, Universally adapted
To all Classes and Conditions of Life. . . . To which is prefixed, A Short
but Useful Grammar of the English Language, etc. By S. Johnson.
1758.
[Some of the sentences in the Grammar are taken from the prefatory
matter to the Dictionary. ]
A History and Defence of Magna Charta. . . . With an introductory discourse,
containing a short account of the rise and progress of national freedom.
1769.
[By Samuel Johnson, rector of Corringham. ]
The Right of the British. Legislature to tax the American Colonies vindicated;
and the means of asserting that right proposed. 1774.
[Attributed to Johnson in British Museum catalogue. ]
Hypocrisy Unmasked; or, a short inquiry into the religious complaints of
our American Colonies. To which is added, a Word on the Laws against
Popery in Great Britain and Ireland. 1776.
[Attributed to Johnson in British Museum catalogue. ]
The Sixteenth Ode of the Third Book of Horace imitated. With a dedi-
cation to the Right Honourable the Lord N[ort]h. 1777.
[Dedication signed S. . . . IJ. . . . n. ]
The Patriot, A Tragedy. From a Manuscript of the Late Dr Samuel
Johnson, Corrected by Himself. 1785.
[By Joseph Simpson: see Boswell, ed. Hill, G. B. , vol. III, p. 28. ]
:
C. Contributions to Periodicals
The Gentleman's Magazine.
Most of the contributions marked as doubtful are ascribed to Johnson
by Boswell
Latin verses Ad Urbanum. (March 1738. )
Latin verses Ad Richardum Savage. (April. )
Greek and Latin verses to Eliza (Elizabeth Carter). (April. )
Latin verses 'to a Lady who spoke in defence of liberty' (April. )
(? ) Introduction to ‘Debates in The Senate of Magna Lilliputia. ' (June. )
(? ) English translation of verses 'to Eliza' signed Urbanus. (August. )
To Lady F[irebra]ce at Bury Assizes. (September. )
The Life of Father Paul Sarpi. (November. )
Greek verses 'to Birch. (December. )
"To the Reader' prefixed to the collected numbers for 1738.
Introductory letter to Mr Urban. (January 1739. )
The Life of Boerhaave. (Jan. , Feb. , March, April. )
An Appeal to the Publick. (March. )
To the Reader. (May. )
The Life of Admiral Blake. (June 1740. )
The Life of Sir Francis Drake (Aug. , Sept. , Oct. , Dec. , Jan. 1741. )
Epitaph upon Claudy Philips, Musician. (Sept. )
An Essay on Epitaphs. (Dec. )
Some Account of the Life of Barretier. (Dec. , and Feb. 1741. )
Preface to collected numbers for 1740.
(? ) A Debate upon the Petition of Parliament to Cromwell to assume the Title
of King. (February, March 1741. )
Translation of the Abbé de Guyon's Dissertation on the Amazons. (April. )
Translation of Fontenelle's Panegyric on Dr Morin, with two notes. (July. )
(7) Translation of the Jests of Hierocles, with introductory note. (September. )
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Debates on The Senate of Lilliput. (July-December, and Supplement. )
Preface to collected numbers for 1741.
Essay on the Account of the Conduct of the Duchess of Marlborough.
(March, April, May, June 1742. )
An Account of the Life of Peter Burman. (April. )
(? ) Additional Account of the Life of Barretier. (May. )
(? ) Essay on the Description of China by Père du Halde. (June. )
(The continuation in July is clearly not by Johnson. )
The Life of Dr Sydenham. (December. )
Proposals for printing Bibliotheca Harleiana, with an account of the Harleian
Library. (December. )
(? ) Abridgement of 'Foreign History. (December. )
Debates in The Senate of Lilliput. (January-December, and Supplement. )
Preface to collected numbers for 1742.
Considerations on Crousaz and Warburton. (March, November 1743. )
Friendship; an Ode. (July. )
The Young Author. (July. )
Ad Lauram parituram Epigramma. (July. )
Letter on the forthcoming Life of Savage. (August.
The Idler. 2 vols. Newbery. 1761. Published originally in The Universal
Chronicle or Weekly Gazette (v. infra) from 15 April 1758 to 5 April
1760—104 numbers. (In the collected edition Johnson omitted No. 22 and
disclaimed in a prefatory note the authorship of Nos. 9, 15, 33, 42, 54, 67,
76, 79, 82, 93, 96, 98. ] 3rd edn; with Additional Essays. 2 vols. 1767.
(The additional essays are An Essay on Epitaphs, rptd from The
Gentleman's Magazine; A Dissertation on the Epitaphs written by
Pope, from the Universal Visiter; and The Bravery of the English
Common Soldiers. ) In Harrison's British Classicks, vol. viii, 1796; The
British Essayists, vols. XXXIII-XXXIV, 1802; and other collections.
Three Letters to The Idler. [1761. ]
[Reynolds's three papers, Nos. 76, 79 and 82. This little volume of
20 pages is printed in the type of the edition of 1761 and, as is stated in
olifonine bo
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462
Bibliography
a note in Malone's writing, was specially 'taken off' for Johnson for
private presentation to Reynolds. )
The Plays of William Shakespeare, 8 vols. , with the Corrections and Illus
trations of Various Commentators; To which are added Notes by Sam.
Johnson. Tonson, etc. 1765. Reissued, 1768. 10 vols. , with the Correc-
tions and Illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added
Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. With an Appendix.
1773. 2nd edn, revised and augmented, 1778; with Supplement, ed.
Malone, E. , 2 vols. , 1780; 3rd edn, revised and augmented by the Editor
of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays, 1785; 4th edn, 1793.
[Johnson's edition is the basis of the Variorum editions. ]
See, also, bibliography to vol. v, p. 429, ante.
Mr Johnson's Preface To his Edition of Shakespear's Plays. Tonson, etc.
1765.
[The preface to the edition issued separately, with a special title-page. ]
Variorům editions of Shakespeare. (See bibliography to vol. v, pp. 429-30,
ante. )
Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare. Ed. Smith, D. Nichol.
1903.
Johnson on Shakespeare. Essays and Notes with an introduction by
Walter Raleigh. 1908.
The False Alarm. 1770. 2nd edn. 1770.
Thoughts on the Late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands. 1771.
2nd edn. 1771.
[Two issues of the 1st edn, with different readings on p. 68: see Boswell,
ed. Hill, G. B. , vol. II, p. 135. ]
The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain. 1774.
Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the
American Congress. 1775. 4th edn. 1775.
Political Tracts. Containing: The False Alarm. Falkland's Islands.
The Patriot; and, Taxation no Tyranny. 1776.
[All Johnson's political pamphlets were anonymous. ]
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. 1775. Many other edns:
1785, 1791, etc. French transl. in Nouveau Recueil de Voyages au nord
de l'Europe, etc. Geneva, 1785.
The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical.
By Samuel Johnson. 68 vols. 1779-81. Enlarged edn. 75 vols. 1790.
Ed. Ch rs, A. 21 vols. 1810.
Johnson's Prefaces are in 10 vols. 1779 (I-IV)–1781 (v-x). [Each
Preface is paged separately. ) Revised and reissued, in different order, as—
The Lives of the most eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations
on their Works. By Samuel Johnson. 4 vols. 1781. New edn, corrected,
1783; with notes, by Cunningham, Peter, 3 vols. , 1854; with notes, by
Napier, Mrs A. , and an introduction by Hales, J. W. , 3 vols. , 1890; with
an introduction by Millar, John Hepburn, 3 vols. , 1896; with notes and
introduction by Waugh, A. , 6 vols. , 1896; edd. Hill, George Birkbeck,
and Scott, H. S. , 3 vols. , 1905.
The Six Chief Lives, with Macaulay's Life of Johnson. Ed. , with
a preface, by Arnold, Matthew. 1878.
Life of Milton. Ed. Firth, C. H. 1888.
And many other annotated editions of separate lives.
The Principal Additions and Corrections in the third edition of Dr Johnson's
Lives of the Poets; collected to complete the second edition. 1783.
Prayers and Meditations, composed by Samuel Johnson, LL. D. and published
from his manuscripts, by Strahan, George. 1785. 5th edn, 1817; new
:
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m
:
edn, with notes and an introduction by Higgins, Hinchcliffe, and a
preface by Birrell, Augustine, n. d. (1904).
Johnsonian Miscellanies. Ed. Hill, G. B. 2 vols. Oxford, 1897. [Vol. 1. ]
[Original manuscripts in the library of Pembroke college, Oxford. ]
Memoirs of Charles Frederick, King of Prussia . . . with notes and a con-
tinuation by Mr Harrison. . . . 1786. First printed in The Literary Maga-
zine; then in Davies's Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, 1774.
Debates in Parliament. [19 Nov. 1740 to 24 Feb. 1743. ] By Samuel
Johnson, LL. D. 2 vols. 1787. Rptd from The Gentleman's Magazine.
[Ed. by Chalmers, George: see Boswell, ed. Hill, G. B. , vol. 1, p. 152;
commonly said to be edited by Stockdale, who was the publisher, and is
sometimes confused with Percival Stockdale: see Boswell, ed. Hill, vol. I,
pp. 191, 335, and vol. vi, p. 253]. Also 1811, 1825.
A Sermon (on St John xi, 25, 26] written by the late Samuel Johnson for
the funeral of his wife. Published by Hayes, Samuel. 1788.
Sermons on Different Subjects, left for publication by John Taylor, LL. D.
Published by Hayes, Samuel. 2 vols. 1788–9. [The second volume has on
the title: To which is added a Sermon written by Samuel Johnson, LL. D. ,
for the Funeral of his Wife. See Boswell, ed. Hill, G. B. , vol. III,
p. 181.
]
The Celebrated Letter from Samuel Johnson, LL. D. to Philip Dormer
Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield; Now first published, With Notes. By
James Boswell, Esq. 1790.
A Conversation between His Most Sacred Majesty George III and Samuel
Johnson, LL. D. Illustrated with Observations. By James Boswell, Esq.
1790.
An Account of the Life of Dr Samuel Johnson, from his birth to his eleventh
year, written by himself. To which are added, Original Letters to Dr
Samuel Johnson, by Miss Hill Boothby: From the mss. preserved by the
Doctor; and now in Possession of Richard Wright (the editor). 1805.
Parliamentary Logick:. . . By the Right Hon. William Gerard Hamilton.
With an appendix, containing Considerations on the Corn Laws, by
Samuel Johnson, LL. D. never before printed. (Ed. Malone, E. ] 1808.
A Diary of a Journey into North Wales, in the year 1774; by Samuel
Johnson, LL. D. Ed. , with illustrative notes, by Duppa, R. 1816.
Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL. D. To which are added
some Poems never before printed. Published from the Original Manu-
scripts in her possession, by Piozzi, Hester Lynch. 2 vols. 1788.
Original Letters, from . . . Dr Samuel Johnson, . . . edited by Warner, Rebecca.
Bath and London, 1817.
Original Letters of Dr Samuel Johnson (thirteen in number), communi-
cated by Simeon, Sir John, in Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society,
vol. vi. 1860-1.
Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Collected and edited by Hill, G. B.
2 vols. Oxford, 1892.
Additional Letters. In Johnsonian Miscellanies, ed. Hill, G. B. 1897.
[Vol. 11. )
Wrongly attributed to Johnson
[There were other writers of the name S. Johnson publishing at the
same time-the author of Hurlothrumbo; the president of King's College,
New York; and the author of An Essay on Education, a Poem, 1771, An
Essay on Woman, a Poem, 1772, Sensibility, a Poem, 1773, and The Temple
of Fashion, a Poem, 1781. ]
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464
Bibliography
A Compleat Introduction to the Art of Writing Letters, Universally adapted
To all Classes and Conditions of Life. . . . To which is prefixed, A Short
but Useful Grammar of the English Language, etc. By S. Johnson.
1758.
[Some of the sentences in the Grammar are taken from the prefatory
matter to the Dictionary. ]
A History and Defence of Magna Charta. . . . With an introductory discourse,
containing a short account of the rise and progress of national freedom.
1769.
[By Samuel Johnson, rector of Corringham. ]
The Right of the British. Legislature to tax the American Colonies vindicated;
and the means of asserting that right proposed. 1774.
[Attributed to Johnson in British Museum catalogue. ]
Hypocrisy Unmasked; or, a short inquiry into the religious complaints of
our American Colonies. To which is added, a Word on the Laws against
Popery in Great Britain and Ireland. 1776.
[Attributed to Johnson in British Museum catalogue. ]
The Sixteenth Ode of the Third Book of Horace imitated. With a dedi-
cation to the Right Honourable the Lord N[ort]h. 1777.
[Dedication signed S. . . . IJ. . . . n. ]
The Patriot, A Tragedy. From a Manuscript of the Late Dr Samuel
Johnson, Corrected by Himself. 1785.
[By Joseph Simpson: see Boswell, ed. Hill, G. B. , vol. III, p. 28. ]
:
C. Contributions to Periodicals
The Gentleman's Magazine.
Most of the contributions marked as doubtful are ascribed to Johnson
by Boswell
Latin verses Ad Urbanum. (March 1738. )
Latin verses Ad Richardum Savage. (April. )
Greek and Latin verses to Eliza (Elizabeth Carter). (April. )
Latin verses 'to a Lady who spoke in defence of liberty' (April. )
(? ) Introduction to ‘Debates in The Senate of Magna Lilliputia. ' (June. )
(? ) English translation of verses 'to Eliza' signed Urbanus. (August. )
To Lady F[irebra]ce at Bury Assizes. (September. )
The Life of Father Paul Sarpi. (November. )
Greek verses 'to Birch. (December. )
"To the Reader' prefixed to the collected numbers for 1738.
Introductory letter to Mr Urban. (January 1739. )
The Life of Boerhaave. (Jan. , Feb. , March, April. )
An Appeal to the Publick. (March. )
To the Reader. (May. )
The Life of Admiral Blake. (June 1740. )
The Life of Sir Francis Drake (Aug. , Sept. , Oct. , Dec. , Jan. 1741. )
Epitaph upon Claudy Philips, Musician. (Sept. )
An Essay on Epitaphs. (Dec. )
Some Account of the Life of Barretier. (Dec. , and Feb. 1741. )
Preface to collected numbers for 1740.
(? ) A Debate upon the Petition of Parliament to Cromwell to assume the Title
of King. (February, March 1741. )
Translation of the Abbé de Guyon's Dissertation on the Amazons. (April. )
Translation of Fontenelle's Panegyric on Dr Morin, with two notes. (July. )
(7) Translation of the Jests of Hierocles, with introductory note. (September. )
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Debates on The Senate of Lilliput. (July-December, and Supplement. )
Preface to collected numbers for 1741.
Essay on the Account of the Conduct of the Duchess of Marlborough.
(March, April, May, June 1742. )
An Account of the Life of Peter Burman. (April. )
(? ) Additional Account of the Life of Barretier. (May. )
(? ) Essay on the Description of China by Père du Halde. (June. )
(The continuation in July is clearly not by Johnson. )
The Life of Dr Sydenham. (December. )
Proposals for printing Bibliotheca Harleiana, with an account of the Harleian
Library. (December. )
(? ) Abridgement of 'Foreign History. (December. )
Debates in The Senate of Lilliput. (January-December, and Supplement. )
Preface to collected numbers for 1742.
Considerations on Crousaz and Warburton. (March, November 1743. )
Friendship; an Ode. (July. )
The Young Author. (July. )
Ad Lauram parituram Epigramma. (July. )
Letter on the forthcoming Life of Savage. (August.
