Chrysal, or the
Adventures
of a Guinea.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v10
)
CHAPTER XVII
POLITICAL LITERATURE, 1755–75
I. POLITICAL CONTROVERSY, 1754–75
A. Periodicals
The Auditor. June 1762-Feb. 1763. (Ed. Murphy, A. )
The Briton. May 1762-Feb. 1763. (Ed. Smollett, T. )
The Con-Test, Nos. 1-38. 23 Nov. 1756–6 Aug. 1757. (Ed. ? Roughead, O. ,
or ? Francis, P. )
The Monitor, or British Freeholder, Nos. 1-403. 9 Aug. 1755–6 Oct. 1763.
(Ed. ? Entick, John. )
The North Briton. 1762-3. (By John Wilkes and Charles Churchill. )
2nd edn, with notes. 3 vols. 1763. Continued 1768-9.
The Test, Nos. 1-35. 6 Nov. 1756-9 July 1757. (Ed. Murphy, A. )
Wilkes, J. C. The Political Controversy, or weekly magazine of ministerial
and anti-ministerial essays. 5 vols. 1762-3. (This includes reprints of
the issues for 1762-3 of The Monitor, The Auditor, The Briton, The
North Briton, and other papers. )
B. Separate Works
The most important tracts of this period (1763-1770) are reprinted in:
Almon, J. A Collection of scarce and interesting tracts. 4 vols. 1787-8.
Bath, W. Pulteney, Earl of. Seasonable hints from an honest man on the
new reign and the new parliament. 1761.
Burke, Edmund. Short account of a late short administration. 1766.
Observations on a late State of the nation. 1769.
Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents. 1770.
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a
Candor. A Letter to the Public Advertiser. 1764.
A Letter concerning libels, warrants, etc. 6th edn. 1766.
For a list and account of other pamphlets, some signed Phileleutherus
Anglicanus, which have been attributed to Candor, see W. J. Smith's
essay in Grenville Papers, vol. III, pp. clxxvi ff.
Francis, P. A Letter from the Cocoa Tree to the Country Gentleman. 1762.
Grenville, G. The present state of the nation. 1768.
Speech on the motion for expelling Mr Wilkes, 3 February, 1769.
Guthrie, W. An Address to the Public on the late dismission of a General
Officer (Conway). 1764.
Jenyns, Soame. Poems. 1752.
A Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil. 1757.
View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. 1776.
Disquisitions on Several Subjects. 1782.
Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform. 1784.
Works. Ed. Cole, C. N. 4 vols. 1790.
Johnson, Samuel. The False Alarm. 1770. [On the Middlesex Election. ]
Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands. 1771.
The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain. 1774.
Lloyd, Charles. A Vindication of the conduct of the ministry in the case of
Mr Wilkes. 1763.
The anatomy of a late negotiation. 1763.
A defence of the Majority in the House of Commons on the question of
general warrants. 1764.
A critical review of the new administration. 1765.
The conduct of the late administration examined. 1765.
An honest man's reasons for declining to take part in the new adminis-
tration. 1765.
An examination of the principles of a late Rt Hon. Gentleman [Pitt].
1766.
A true history of a short administration. 1766.
Massie, Joseph. An Essay on the governing causes of the natural rate of
Interest. 1750.
- A Representation concerning the Knowledge of Commerce as a National
Concern. 1760.
Shebbeare, J. Letters to the people of England. 8 parts. 1756-70.
Letters on the English nation. 2nd edn. 2 vols. 1756.
The history of the excellence and decline of the constitution. . . of the
Sumatrans. 2 vols. [1763. ]
Townshend, C. A Defence of the Minority in the House of Commons on the
question relating to general warrants. 1764.
The State of the Nation in 1766 and 1767.
Walpole, Horace. The opposition to the late Minister (Bute] vindicated.
1763.
A Counter Address to the Public on the late dismission of a General
Officer (General Conway). 1764.
Whately, T. Remarks on The Budget. 1765.
Considerations on the trade and finances of the kingdom. 1766.
Wilkes, John. A Letter to Earl Temple. 1763.
A Letter to the Duke of Grafton. 1767.
A Letter to Mr Grenville in answer to his Speech. 1769.
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c. Biography and Criticism
Almon, J. Biographical, literary, and political Anecdotes of several of the
most eminent persons of the present age. 3 vols. 1797.
Andrews, A. History of British Journalism to 1855. 2 vols. 1859.
Bourne, H. R. F. English Newspapers. Chapters in the history of Jour-
nalism. 2 vols. 1887.
Escott, T. H. S. Masters of English Journalism. 1911. (Chap. iv. )
Fitzgerald, P. Life and Times of John Wilkes. 2 vols. 1888.
Johnstone, C.
Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea. 4 vols. 1760-5.
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Stephens, A. Memoirs of John Horne Tooke, interspersed with original
documents. 2 vols. 1813.
Wilkes, J. Correspondence. . . With memoirs of his life by Almon, J.
5 vols. 1805.
Wright, T. England under the House of Hanover; its history during the
reigns of the three Georges, illustrated from caricatures and satires.
2 vols. 1848. Another edn. 1868.
II. CHARLES CHURCHILL
A. Collected Editions
Poems. 1763-5, 1766; 7th edn, 1772; 1774, 1776.
Poetical Works, with an authentic account of his life [by Tooke, W. ]. 2 vols.
1804.
Poetical Works. With notes and a life of the author by Tooke, W. (Aldine
a
Poets. ) 3 vols. 1844. (Tooke's edition of 1804 reprinted and enlarged. )
Poetical Works, with memoir, eto, by Gilfillan, G. Edinburgh, 1855.
Poetical Works, with a memoir by Hannay, J. L. , and copious notes by
Tooke, W. 2 vols. 1866. Revised edn. 1892.
B. Separate Works
The Rosciad. By the Author. 1761. 9th edn. 1765.
Reviewed in Critical Review, March 1761.
The Apology. Addressed to the Critical Reviewers. 1761.
These three reprinted and annotated by Lowe, R. W. , 1891.
Night. An Epistle to Robert Lloyd. 1762.
The Ghost. 4 books. 1762-3.
The North Briton. (By Churchill and Wilkes. ) 1762-3.
The Prophecy of Famine; a Scots pastoral inscribed to John Wilkes, Esq.
1763.
An Epistle to William Hogarth. 1763. 2nd edn. 1763.
The Conference. 1763.
The Duellist. In three books. 1763.
The Author. 1763.
Gotham. In three books. 1764.
The Candidate. 1764.
The Farewell. 1764.
The Times. 1764.
Independence. 1764.
Sermons, with a satirical dedication in verse to Warburton. (Published
posthumously. ) 1765.
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C. Biography and Criticism
(In addition to the memoirs cited above under sec. II, A. )
Courthope, W. J. History of English Poetry. 1905. (On Churchill: vol. v,
pp. 224–37. )
Forster, J. Charles Churchill, 1731-1764. The Edinburgh Review for January
1845. Rptd 1855 and in Historical and Biographical Essays, vol. 11, 1858.
Fitzgerald, P. The Life and Times of John Wilkes. 2 vols. 1888.
Gennine memoirs of Mr Charles Churchill. 1765.
Putschi, F. Charles Churchill, sein Leben und seine Werke. [Wiener
Beiträge zur engl. Philologie. ] Vienna and Leipzig, 1909.
Scott, R. F. Admissions to the College of St John the Evangelist. Cam-
bridge, 1903. [Notice of Churchill, pt 111, p. 580. ]
Stephen, Sir L. Charles Churchill. D. of N. B. vol. x. 1887.
III. OTHER SATIRISTS IN VERSE
Chatterton, T. The Consuliad. Poetical works. Ed. Roberts, H. D. 1906.
Falconer, W. The Demagogue. Poetical works. Aldine edn. 1836.
Mason, W. (Malcolm MacGreggor. ] Ode to Mr Pinchbeck upon his newly
invented patent candle-snuffers. 1776.
An Epistle to Dr Shebbeare; to which is added an Ode to Sir Fletcher
Norton. 1777.
The Dean and the Squire. A political eclogue, humbly dedicated to
Soame Jenyns, Esq. 1782.
Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774). Poems and miscellaneous compositions. Ed.
with a life by Thompson, E. 1777.
Manners. A Satire. 1739.
Honour. 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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526
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An annotated list, by Wheatley, H. B.
CHAPTER XVII
POLITICAL LITERATURE, 1755–75
I. POLITICAL CONTROVERSY, 1754–75
A. Periodicals
The Auditor. June 1762-Feb. 1763. (Ed. Murphy, A. )
The Briton. May 1762-Feb. 1763. (Ed. Smollett, T. )
The Con-Test, Nos. 1-38. 23 Nov. 1756–6 Aug. 1757. (Ed. ? Roughead, O. ,
or ? Francis, P. )
The Monitor, or British Freeholder, Nos. 1-403. 9 Aug. 1755–6 Oct. 1763.
(Ed. ? Entick, John. )
The North Briton. 1762-3. (By John Wilkes and Charles Churchill. )
2nd edn, with notes. 3 vols. 1763. Continued 1768-9.
The Test, Nos. 1-35. 6 Nov. 1756-9 July 1757. (Ed. Murphy, A. )
Wilkes, J. C. The Political Controversy, or weekly magazine of ministerial
and anti-ministerial essays. 5 vols. 1762-3. (This includes reprints of
the issues for 1762-3 of The Monitor, The Auditor, The Briton, The
North Briton, and other papers. )
B. Separate Works
The most important tracts of this period (1763-1770) are reprinted in:
Almon, J. A Collection of scarce and interesting tracts. 4 vols. 1787-8.
Bath, W. Pulteney, Earl of. Seasonable hints from an honest man on the
new reign and the new parliament. 1761.
Burke, Edmund. Short account of a late short administration. 1766.
Observations on a late State of the nation. 1769.
Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents. 1770.
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Chapter XVII
523
a
Candor. A Letter to the Public Advertiser. 1764.
A Letter concerning libels, warrants, etc. 6th edn. 1766.
For a list and account of other pamphlets, some signed Phileleutherus
Anglicanus, which have been attributed to Candor, see W. J. Smith's
essay in Grenville Papers, vol. III, pp. clxxvi ff.
Francis, P. A Letter from the Cocoa Tree to the Country Gentleman. 1762.
Grenville, G. The present state of the nation. 1768.
Speech on the motion for expelling Mr Wilkes, 3 February, 1769.
Guthrie, W. An Address to the Public on the late dismission of a General
Officer (Conway). 1764.
Jenyns, Soame. Poems. 1752.
A Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil. 1757.
View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. 1776.
Disquisitions on Several Subjects. 1782.
Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform. 1784.
Works. Ed. Cole, C. N. 4 vols. 1790.
Johnson, Samuel. The False Alarm. 1770. [On the Middlesex Election. ]
Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands. 1771.
The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain. 1774.
Lloyd, Charles. A Vindication of the conduct of the ministry in the case of
Mr Wilkes. 1763.
The anatomy of a late negotiation. 1763.
A defence of the Majority in the House of Commons on the question of
general warrants. 1764.
A critical review of the new administration. 1765.
The conduct of the late administration examined. 1765.
An honest man's reasons for declining to take part in the new adminis-
tration. 1765.
An examination of the principles of a late Rt Hon. Gentleman [Pitt].
1766.
A true history of a short administration. 1766.
Massie, Joseph. An Essay on the governing causes of the natural rate of
Interest. 1750.
- A Representation concerning the Knowledge of Commerce as a National
Concern. 1760.
Shebbeare, J. Letters to the people of England. 8 parts. 1756-70.
Letters on the English nation. 2nd edn. 2 vols. 1756.
The history of the excellence and decline of the constitution. . . of the
Sumatrans. 2 vols. [1763. ]
Townshend, C. A Defence of the Minority in the House of Commons on the
question relating to general warrants. 1764.
The State of the Nation in 1766 and 1767.
Walpole, Horace. The opposition to the late Minister (Bute] vindicated.
1763.
A Counter Address to the Public on the late dismission of a General
Officer (General Conway). 1764.
Whately, T. Remarks on The Budget. 1765.
Considerations on the trade and finances of the kingdom. 1766.
Wilkes, John. A Letter to Earl Temple. 1763.
A Letter to the Duke of Grafton. 1767.
A Letter to Mr Grenville in answer to his Speech. 1769.
## p. 524 (#550) ############################################
524
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c. Biography and Criticism
Almon, J. Biographical, literary, and political Anecdotes of several of the
most eminent persons of the present age. 3 vols. 1797.
Andrews, A. History of British Journalism to 1855. 2 vols. 1859.
Bourne, H. R. F. English Newspapers. Chapters in the history of Jour-
nalism. 2 vols. 1887.
Escott, T. H. S. Masters of English Journalism. 1911. (Chap. iv. )
Fitzgerald, P. Life and Times of John Wilkes. 2 vols. 1888.
Johnstone, C.
Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea. 4 vols. 1760-5.
New edn by Baker, E. A. 1908. [Contains an account of Medmenham. ]
Stephens, A. Memoirs of John Horne Tooke, interspersed with original
documents. 2 vols. 1813.
Wilkes, J. Correspondence. . . With memoirs of his life by Almon, J.
5 vols. 1805.
Wright, T. England under the House of Hanover; its history during the
reigns of the three Georges, illustrated from caricatures and satires.
2 vols. 1848. Another edn. 1868.
II. CHARLES CHURCHILL
A. Collected Editions
Poems. 1763-5, 1766; 7th edn, 1772; 1774, 1776.
Poetical Works, with an authentic account of his life [by Tooke, W. ]. 2 vols.
1804.
Poetical Works. With notes and a life of the author by Tooke, W. (Aldine
a
Poets. ) 3 vols. 1844. (Tooke's edition of 1804 reprinted and enlarged. )
Poetical Works, with memoir, eto, by Gilfillan, G. Edinburgh, 1855.
Poetical Works, with a memoir by Hannay, J. L. , and copious notes by
Tooke, W. 2 vols. 1866. Revised edn. 1892.
B. Separate Works
The Rosciad. By the Author. 1761. 9th edn. 1765.
Reviewed in Critical Review, March 1761.
The Apology. Addressed to the Critical Reviewers. 1761.
These three reprinted and annotated by Lowe, R. W. , 1891.
Night. An Epistle to Robert Lloyd. 1762.
The Ghost. 4 books. 1762-3.
The North Briton. (By Churchill and Wilkes. ) 1762-3.
The Prophecy of Famine; a Scots pastoral inscribed to John Wilkes, Esq.
1763.
An Epistle to William Hogarth. 1763. 2nd edn. 1763.
The Conference. 1763.
The Duellist. In three books. 1763.
The Author. 1763.
Gotham. In three books. 1764.
The Candidate. 1764.
The Farewell. 1764.
The Times. 1764.
Independence. 1764.
Sermons, with a satirical dedication in verse to Warburton. (Published
posthumously. ) 1765.
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Chapter X
525
C. Biography and Criticism
(In addition to the memoirs cited above under sec. II, A. )
Courthope, W. J. History of English Poetry. 1905. (On Churchill: vol. v,
pp. 224–37. )
Forster, J. Charles Churchill, 1731-1764. The Edinburgh Review for January
1845. Rptd 1855 and in Historical and Biographical Essays, vol. 11, 1858.
Fitzgerald, P. The Life and Times of John Wilkes. 2 vols. 1888.
Gennine memoirs of Mr Charles Churchill. 1765.
Putschi, F. Charles Churchill, sein Leben und seine Werke. [Wiener
Beiträge zur engl. Philologie. ] Vienna and Leipzig, 1909.
Scott, R. F. Admissions to the College of St John the Evangelist. Cam-
bridge, 1903. [Notice of Churchill, pt 111, p. 580. ]
Stephen, Sir L. Charles Churchill. D. of N. B. vol. x. 1887.
III. OTHER SATIRISTS IN VERSE
Chatterton, T. The Consuliad. Poetical works. Ed. Roberts, H. D. 1906.
Falconer, W. The Demagogue. Poetical works. Aldine edn. 1836.
Mason, W. (Malcolm MacGreggor. ] Ode to Mr Pinchbeck upon his newly
invented patent candle-snuffers. 1776.
An Epistle to Dr Shebbeare; to which is added an Ode to Sir Fletcher
Norton. 1777.
The Dean and the Squire. A political eclogue, humbly dedicated to
Soame Jenyns, Esq. 1782.
Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774). Poems and miscellaneous compositions. Ed.
with a life by Thompson, E. 1777.
Manners. A Satire. 1739.
Honour. 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.
## p. 526 (#552) ############################################
526
Bibliography
An annotated list, by Wheatley, H. B.
