On the
Goodness
of the Supreme Being.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v10
Transl.
into French and German.
London, or the Progress of Commerce. A poem. 1739.
Admiral Hosier's Ghost. 1740.
Boadicea. A tragedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane.
1753.
Medea. A tragedy. 1761.
The Athenaid. A poem. 1787. [Published posthumously. ]
As to this, see Retrospective Review, vol. 11, 1820.
Jason. A tragedy. 1799.
Memoirs by a celebrated literary and political character, from the resignation
of Sir Robert Walpole in 1742 to the establishment of Lord Chatham's
second administration. Written by himself. 1813. [Published by
Duppa, R. ]
An Inquiry concerning the author of the Letters of Junius, with
reference to the Memoirs of a celebrated literary and political
character. [By Duppa, R. ] 1814. [Suggesting Glover as the
author of the Letters of Junius. ]
James Grainger (1721 ? -1766)
The Sugar-Cane. A Poem in four books. 1764.
Poetical Works, with his life. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1836.
Matthew Green
The Spleen. An epistle inscribed to his particular friend, Mr C. J. (Ed.
Glover, R. ) 1737. [Published posthumously. ) 2nd edn, 1737; 3rd edn,
corrected, to which is added some other pieces by the same hand, 1738.
Ed. Aikin, J. 1796.
Henry Headley (1765-1788)
Poems and other pieces. 1786.
Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry. With Remarks. 2 vols. 1787.
John Langhorne (1735-1779)
Poetical Works. 2 vols. 1766. Ed. Langhorne, J. T. 2 vols. 1804.
Plutarch's Lives translated, with notes, by Langhorne, W. and J. 6 vols. 1770.
Robert Lloyd (1733-1764)
The Actor. A poetical epistle to Bonnell Thornton, Esq. 1760.
Poems. 1762.
Poetical Works. Ed. Kenrick, W. 2 vols. 1774.
Edward Lovibond (1724-1775)
Poems on several occasions. 1785.
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John Lowe (1750-1798)
Mary's Dream. Printed in Robert Hartley Cromek’s Remains of Nithsdale
and Galloway Song. 1810.
James Merrick (1720-1769)
Poems on sacred subjects. Oxford, 1763.
The Psalms translated or paraphrased in English verse. Reading, 1765.
Many of his original poems, including The Chameleon, will be found in
Dodsley's Collection.
William Julius Mickle (1735–1788)
The Lusiad . . . translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camöens.
1776. 2nd edn. 1778.
Poems, and a Tragedy. 1794.
Poetical Works, with life by Sim, J. 1806.
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Poetical amusements at a villa near Bath. 4 vols. 1775–81.
Letters from Italy. 3 vols. 1776.
Robert, Earl Nugent (1702-1788)
An Ode on Mr Pulteney. 1739.
Odes and Epistles. 1739.
Thomas Russell (1762-1788)
Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems. Oxford, 1789.
William Shenstone
Poems on various occasions, written for the entertainment of the author, and
printed for the amusement of a few friends prejudiced in his favour.
Privately ptd. Oxford, 1737.
The Judgment of Hercules. A poem, inscribed to George Lyttleton, Esq.
1741.
The Schoolmistress. 1742.
Contributions to Dodsley's Collection of Poems, vols. I, III, IV and v. 1748-58.
Works in verse and prose, most of which were never before printed. In two
volumes, with decorations. 1764. Vol. 111, containing Letters to particular
friends, from the year 1739 to 1763. 1769.
(Ed. by Dodsley, R. , who added an account of the Leasowes and a
character of Shenstone. ) 2nd edn, 3 vols. 1765; 5th edn, 3 vols. 1777;
6th edn, 3 vols. 1791.
Essays on Men and Manners. 1802. (First published in vol. 11 of the Works,
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Edinburgh, 1854.
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1912.
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1
1
1
1
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Chapter VII
457
Christopher Smart
Poems, consisting of his Prize Poems, Odes, Sonnets, and Fables, Latin and
English translations; together with many original compositions not
included in the quarto edition. To which is prefixed an account of his
life and writings. 2 vols. Reading, 1791.
[This edition by no means includes all Smart's poetical works. See
the bibliography by Gray, G. J. , post. A Song to David is among the
poems omitted from it. ]
Carmen cl. Alexandri Pope in S. Caeciliam Latine redditum a Christophero
Smart. Cambridge, 1743.
Ed. altera. To which is added Ode for Musick on Saint Cecilia's day by
C. Smart. Cambridge, 1746.
The Horatian Canons of Friendship. Being the Third Satire of the First
Book of Horace imitated. By Ebenezer Pentweazle [i. e. C. Smart].
1750.
On the Eternity of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1750. )
Cambridge, 1750. 2nd edn, Cambridge, 1752; 3rd edn, Cambridge, 1756.
On the Immensity of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1751. )
Cambridge, 1751. 2nd edn, Cambridge, 1753; 3rd edn, London, 1756.
Poems on several occasions. 1752.
On the Omniscience of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1752. )
Cambridge, 1752. 2nd edn. Cambridge, 1756.
The Hilliad. An epic poem. 1753.
On the Power of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1753. )
Cambridge, 1754. 2nd edn. Cambridge, 1758.
On the Goodness of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1755).
Cambridge, 1756. 2nd edn. Cambridge, 1756.
Hymn to the Supreme Being on recovery from a dangerous fit of illness. 1756.
The Works of Horace translated literally into English prose. 2 vols. 1756.
2nd edn, 1762; 3rd edn, 1770; 6th edn, 1790.
A Song to David. 1763.
Rptd 1819, 1895; 1898, ed. Tutin, J. R. ; 1901, ed. Streatfeild, R. A.
Poems. [Reason and Imagination, etc. ] [1763. ]
Poems on several occasions. [Munificence and Modesty, etc. ) (Probably
1763. )
Ode to the Rt Hon. the Earl of Northumberland on his being appointed Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. With some other pieces. 1764.
Hannah. An oratorio. (1764. ]
A Translation of the Psalms of David. 1765.
A poetical translation of the Fables of Phaedrus, with the Appendix of
Gudius. 1765.
The Works of Horace translated into verse. With a prose interpretation
for the help of students. 1767.
The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ done into familiar verse,
with occasional applications. 1768.
Abimelech. An oratorio. (1768. ]
Browning, R. Parleyings with certain People of Importance in their Day.
With Christopher Smart. Poetical Works, vol. 11. 1902.
Gosse, E. Smart's Poems. In Gossip in a Library. 1892.
Gray, G. J. Bibliography of the writings of Christopher Smart, with
biographical references. (Rptd from the Bibliographical Society's trans-
actions. ) 1903.
## p. 458 (#484) ############################################
458
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Anna Williams (1706-1783)
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. 1766.
Edward Young
(1) Collected Editions
Works. 6 vols. 1757-78.
New edn. 1774-8. Revised with a Life by Doran, J. 2 vols. 1854.
Poetical Works. With Life by Mitford, J. (Aldine Poets. ) 2 vols. 1834
and 1858.
(2) Particular Works
An Epistle to the Right Honourable the Lord Lansdown. 1713.
A Poem on the Last Day. Oxford, 1713. 2nd edn. 1713.
The Force of Religion, or Vanquish'd Love. Illustrated in the story of the
Lady Jane Gray. 1714. 2nd edn, 1715; 3rd edn, 1715.
On the late Queen's death and his Majesty's accession to the throne. 1714.
A Paraphrase on part of the Book of Job. 1719. 2nd edn. 1719.
Busiris, King of Egypt. A tragedy. 1719.
A Letter to Mr Tickell. Occasion'd by the death of the Rt Hon. Joseph
Addison. 1719. 2nd edn. 1719.
The Revenge. A tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury
Lane. 1721. Ed. Kemble, J. P. 1814.
The Universal Passion. 6 parts. 1725-8. 3rd edn, 1730; 4th edn, 1741.
The Instalment. 1726.
Ocean. An Ode, occasion'd by His Majesty's late royal encouragement of the
sea-service. To which is prefix'd an Ode to the King, and a discourse on
Ode. 1728.
A Vindication of Providence, or a true estimate of human life. 1728.
Imperium Pelagi. A naval lyrick, written in imitation of Pindar's spirit,
occasioned by His Majesty's return, September 1729, and the succeeding
Peace. 1730.
Two Epistles to Mr Pope concerning the authors of the age. 1730.
The Foreign Address. . . in the character of a Sailor. 1734.
The Complaint, or Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality. 9 parts.
1742–5. 8th edn. 1749. Transl. into French, 1769. The Complaint and
The Consolation. Illustrated by William Blake. 1797.
The Brothers. A tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. 1753.
The Centaur not fabulous. 1754. 4th edn. 1786.
Conjectures on original composition in a letter to the Author of Sir Charles
Grandison. 1759.
Resignation, in two parts and a postscript to Mrg******. 1762.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Eliot, G. Worldliness and Otherworldliness: the poet Young. Essays. 2nd
edn. 1884.
Kind, J. L. Edward Young in Germany. New York, 1906.
Texte, J. Jean Jacques Rousseau and the cosmopolitan spirit in literature.
Transl. by Matthews, J. W. 1899. (Young's influence in France. ]
Thomas, W. Le poète Edward Young (1683–1765). Paris, 1901.
A. T. B.
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Chapter VIII
459
CHAPTER VIII
JOHNSON AND BOSWELL
I. JOHNSON
A bibliography of Johnson's writings by Courtney, W. P. , is in prepara-
- tion, and will be shortly published.
A. Collections
(In chronological order)
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Together with his Life, and
Notes on his Lives of the Poets. By Hawkins, Sir John. 11 vols. 1787.
Vols. XII and xi (Debates [ed. Chalmers, George), printed for John
Stockdale; see sec. B, post). 1787. Vol. xiv (Miscellaneous Pieces,
printed for Stockdale. ) 1788. Vol. xv (Miscellaneous Pieces, ed. Gleig,
George). 1789.
A new edition in twelve volumes. With an Essay on his Life and
Genius. By Murphy, Arthur. 1792, 1796, 1801, etc.
London, or the Progress of Commerce. A poem. 1739.
Admiral Hosier's Ghost. 1740.
Boadicea. A tragedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane.
1753.
Medea. A tragedy. 1761.
The Athenaid. A poem. 1787. [Published posthumously. ]
As to this, see Retrospective Review, vol. 11, 1820.
Jason. A tragedy. 1799.
Memoirs by a celebrated literary and political character, from the resignation
of Sir Robert Walpole in 1742 to the establishment of Lord Chatham's
second administration. Written by himself. 1813. [Published by
Duppa, R. ]
An Inquiry concerning the author of the Letters of Junius, with
reference to the Memoirs of a celebrated literary and political
character. [By Duppa, R. ] 1814. [Suggesting Glover as the
author of the Letters of Junius. ]
James Grainger (1721 ? -1766)
The Sugar-Cane. A Poem in four books. 1764.
Poetical Works, with his life. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1836.
Matthew Green
The Spleen. An epistle inscribed to his particular friend, Mr C. J. (Ed.
Glover, R. ) 1737. [Published posthumously. ) 2nd edn, 1737; 3rd edn,
corrected, to which is added some other pieces by the same hand, 1738.
Ed. Aikin, J. 1796.
Henry Headley (1765-1788)
Poems and other pieces. 1786.
Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry. With Remarks. 2 vols. 1787.
John Langhorne (1735-1779)
Poetical Works. 2 vols. 1766. Ed. Langhorne, J. T. 2 vols. 1804.
Plutarch's Lives translated, with notes, by Langhorne, W. and J. 6 vols. 1770.
Robert Lloyd (1733-1764)
The Actor. A poetical epistle to Bonnell Thornton, Esq. 1760.
Poems. 1762.
Poetical Works. Ed. Kenrick, W. 2 vols. 1774.
Edward Lovibond (1724-1775)
Poems on several occasions. 1785.
## p. 456 (#482) ############################################
456
Bibliography
John Lowe (1750-1798)
Mary's Dream. Printed in Robert Hartley Cromek’s Remains of Nithsdale
and Galloway Song. 1810.
James Merrick (1720-1769)
Poems on sacred subjects. Oxford, 1763.
The Psalms translated or paraphrased in English verse. Reading, 1765.
Many of his original poems, including The Chameleon, will be found in
Dodsley's Collection.
William Julius Mickle (1735–1788)
The Lusiad . . . translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camöens.
1776. 2nd edn. 1778.
Poems, and a Tragedy. 1794.
Poetical Works, with life by Sim, J. 1806.
Anna, Lady Miller (1741-1781)
Poetical amusements at a villa near Bath. 4 vols. 1775–81.
Letters from Italy. 3 vols. 1776.
Robert, Earl Nugent (1702-1788)
An Ode on Mr Pulteney. 1739.
Odes and Epistles. 1739.
Thomas Russell (1762-1788)
Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems. Oxford, 1789.
William Shenstone
Poems on various occasions, written for the entertainment of the author, and
printed for the amusement of a few friends prejudiced in his favour.
Privately ptd. Oxford, 1737.
The Judgment of Hercules. A poem, inscribed to George Lyttleton, Esq.
1741.
The Schoolmistress. 1742.
Contributions to Dodsley's Collection of Poems, vols. I, III, IV and v. 1748-58.
Works in verse and prose, most of which were never before printed. In two
volumes, with decorations. 1764. Vol. 111, containing Letters to particular
friends, from the year 1739 to 1763. 1769.
(Ed. by Dodsley, R. , who added an account of the Leasowes and a
character of Shenstone. ) 2nd edn, 3 vols. 1765; 5th edn, 3 vols. 1777;
6th edn, 3 vols. 1791.
Essays on Men and Manners. 1802. (First published in vol. 11 of the Works,
1764. ]
Poetical Works. 1812.
With Life, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes by Gilfillan, G.
Edinburgh, 1854.
Wells, J. E. The Dating of Shenstone's Letters. Anglia, vol. xxxv. Halle,
1912.
See, also, bibliography to chap. XI, sec. II, post.
1
1
1
1
## p. 457 (#483) ############################################
Chapter VII
457
Christopher Smart
Poems, consisting of his Prize Poems, Odes, Sonnets, and Fables, Latin and
English translations; together with many original compositions not
included in the quarto edition. To which is prefixed an account of his
life and writings. 2 vols. Reading, 1791.
[This edition by no means includes all Smart's poetical works. See
the bibliography by Gray, G. J. , post. A Song to David is among the
poems omitted from it. ]
Carmen cl. Alexandri Pope in S. Caeciliam Latine redditum a Christophero
Smart. Cambridge, 1743.
Ed. altera. To which is added Ode for Musick on Saint Cecilia's day by
C. Smart. Cambridge, 1746.
The Horatian Canons of Friendship. Being the Third Satire of the First
Book of Horace imitated. By Ebenezer Pentweazle [i. e. C. Smart].
1750.
On the Eternity of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1750. )
Cambridge, 1750. 2nd edn, Cambridge, 1752; 3rd edn, Cambridge, 1756.
On the Immensity of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1751. )
Cambridge, 1751. 2nd edn, Cambridge, 1753; 3rd edn, London, 1756.
Poems on several occasions. 1752.
On the Omniscience of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1752. )
Cambridge, 1752. 2nd edn. Cambridge, 1756.
The Hilliad. An epic poem. 1753.
On the Power of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1753. )
Cambridge, 1754. 2nd edn. Cambridge, 1758.
On the Goodness of the Supreme Being. (Seatonian Prize Poem for 1755).
Cambridge, 1756. 2nd edn. Cambridge, 1756.
Hymn to the Supreme Being on recovery from a dangerous fit of illness. 1756.
The Works of Horace translated literally into English prose. 2 vols. 1756.
2nd edn, 1762; 3rd edn, 1770; 6th edn, 1790.
A Song to David. 1763.
Rptd 1819, 1895; 1898, ed. Tutin, J. R. ; 1901, ed. Streatfeild, R. A.
Poems. [Reason and Imagination, etc. ] [1763. ]
Poems on several occasions. [Munificence and Modesty, etc. ) (Probably
1763. )
Ode to the Rt Hon. the Earl of Northumberland on his being appointed Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. With some other pieces. 1764.
Hannah. An oratorio. (1764. ]
A Translation of the Psalms of David. 1765.
A poetical translation of the Fables of Phaedrus, with the Appendix of
Gudius. 1765.
The Works of Horace translated into verse. With a prose interpretation
for the help of students. 1767.
The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ done into familiar verse,
with occasional applications. 1768.
Abimelech. An oratorio. (1768. ]
Browning, R. Parleyings with certain People of Importance in their Day.
With Christopher Smart. Poetical Works, vol. 11. 1902.
Gosse, E. Smart's Poems. In Gossip in a Library. 1892.
Gray, G. J. Bibliography of the writings of Christopher Smart, with
biographical references. (Rptd from the Bibliographical Society's trans-
actions. ) 1903.
## p. 458 (#484) ############################################
458
Bibliography
Anna Williams (1706-1783)
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. 1766.
Edward Young
(1) Collected Editions
Works. 6 vols. 1757-78.
New edn. 1774-8. Revised with a Life by Doran, J. 2 vols. 1854.
Poetical Works. With Life by Mitford, J. (Aldine Poets. ) 2 vols. 1834
and 1858.
(2) Particular Works
An Epistle to the Right Honourable the Lord Lansdown. 1713.
A Poem on the Last Day. Oxford, 1713. 2nd edn. 1713.
The Force of Religion, or Vanquish'd Love. Illustrated in the story of the
Lady Jane Gray. 1714. 2nd edn, 1715; 3rd edn, 1715.
On the late Queen's death and his Majesty's accession to the throne. 1714.
A Paraphrase on part of the Book of Job. 1719. 2nd edn. 1719.
Busiris, King of Egypt. A tragedy. 1719.
A Letter to Mr Tickell. Occasion'd by the death of the Rt Hon. Joseph
Addison. 1719. 2nd edn. 1719.
The Revenge. A tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury
Lane. 1721. Ed. Kemble, J. P. 1814.
The Universal Passion. 6 parts. 1725-8. 3rd edn, 1730; 4th edn, 1741.
The Instalment. 1726.
Ocean. An Ode, occasion'd by His Majesty's late royal encouragement of the
sea-service. To which is prefix'd an Ode to the King, and a discourse on
Ode. 1728.
A Vindication of Providence, or a true estimate of human life. 1728.
Imperium Pelagi. A naval lyrick, written in imitation of Pindar's spirit,
occasioned by His Majesty's return, September 1729, and the succeeding
Peace. 1730.
Two Epistles to Mr Pope concerning the authors of the age. 1730.
The Foreign Address. . . in the character of a Sailor. 1734.
The Complaint, or Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality. 9 parts.
1742–5. 8th edn. 1749. Transl. into French, 1769. The Complaint and
The Consolation. Illustrated by William Blake. 1797.
The Brothers. A tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. 1753.
The Centaur not fabulous. 1754. 4th edn. 1786.
Conjectures on original composition in a letter to the Author of Sir Charles
Grandison. 1759.
Resignation, in two parts and a postscript to Mrg******. 1762.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Eliot, G. Worldliness and Otherworldliness: the poet Young. Essays. 2nd
edn. 1884.
Kind, J. L. Edward Young in Germany. New York, 1906.
Texte, J. Jean Jacques Rousseau and the cosmopolitan spirit in literature.
Transl. by Matthews, J. W. 1899. (Young's influence in France. ]
Thomas, W. Le poète Edward Young (1683–1765). Paris, 1901.
A. T. B.
## p. 459 (#485) ############################################
Chapter VIII
459
CHAPTER VIII
JOHNSON AND BOSWELL
I. JOHNSON
A bibliography of Johnson's writings by Courtney, W. P. , is in prepara-
- tion, and will be shortly published.
A. Collections
(In chronological order)
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Together with his Life, and
Notes on his Lives of the Poets. By Hawkins, Sir John. 11 vols. 1787.
Vols. XII and xi (Debates [ed. Chalmers, George), printed for John
Stockdale; see sec. B, post). 1787. Vol. xiv (Miscellaneous Pieces,
printed for Stockdale. ) 1788. Vol. xv (Miscellaneous Pieces, ed. Gleig,
George). 1789.
A new edition in twelve volumes. With an Essay on his Life and
Genius. By Murphy, Arthur. 1792, 1796, 1801, etc.
