Letters on the Prevalence of Christianity before its Civil
Establishment; with Observations on the late History of the Decline
of the Roman Empire.
Establishment; with Observations on the late History of the Decline
of the Roman Empire.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v10
2nd edn, corrected.
1770.
A view of society in Europe in its progress from rudeness to refinement.
1778. French tr. , by Boulard, A. H. M. , 2 vols. , Paris, 1789.
History of the establishment of the reformation in Scotland, a collection of
the principal records concerning it. * 1780.
The History of Scotland, from the establishment of the reformation to the
death of Queen Mary. 2 vols. 1782. 2nd edn, to which are added
Observations concerning the public law and constitution of Scotland,
originally published in 1779. 1784. [This book, written in a polished
style, with well-balanced sentences, and occasionally high-flown expres-
sions, contains a vindication of Mary; in an appendix are some letters
referring to the treatment of her by Robertson, against whom Stuart
had a personal grudge; cf. Gent. Mag. vol. LII (1782), p. 167. He was
editor of the Edinburgh Magazine and Review, 1773-6, and known as
an unprincipled and slashing reviewer; for his conduct with regard to
Robert Henry, see ante. ]
William Tytler
An historical and critical inquiry into the evidence against Mary, queen of
Scots, etc. 1760. 1772. With answer to Robertson, Hume, etc. , 1772.
With additional chapters. 2 vols. 1790. French tr. , Paris, 1772. Ed.
Prince Lobanov-Rostovsky. Paris, 1860.
Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford
Historic Doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. 4to. 1768. [The first
edn of 1200 copies sold so very fast that a new edition was undertaken the
next day of 1000 more. ') With additions and reply to Dr Milles, 1770.
H. W's Works, vol. 11, 1798, with replies to criticisms of Hume and others,
of Dr Milles, in Observations on the wardrobe account for 1483, 1770, and
in Archaeologia, vol. 1, p. 361, and of Masters, Robert, in Archaeologia,
vol. 11, p. 198.
Robert Watson
The History of the Reign of Philip II, King of Spain. 3 vols. 4to. 1777.
Several 8vo edns, 7th 1812. French tr. , by Mirabeau and Durival, J.
Amsterdam, 1778.
History of the Reign of Philip III. Ed. and completed by Thomson, W.
2 vols. 1783. 3rd edn, enlarged. 1808. French tr. , by Bonnet, L. J. A.
Paris, 1809.
Peter Whalley (1722-1791)
An Essay on the Manner of Writing History. [Anon. ] 1746.
An Enquiry into the Learning of Shakespeare. 1748.
The Works of Ben Jonson. Ed. by Whalley, P. 7 vols. 1756.
The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire. Compiled from the
manuscript collections of John Bridges. 2 vols. 1791.
John Whitaker
See bibliography to chap. XIII, post.
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Bibliography
CHAPTER XIII
HISTORIANS II
I. EDWARD GIBBON
.
A. MSS
The following MSS in the British Museum are unprinted, except in part.
(See Harrison, F. , Proceedings of the Gibbon Commemoration, 1794–1894,
p. 32. )
Journals of Edward Gibbon, 1762-4. Consisting of:
1. Journal de mon Voyage dans quelques endroits de la Suisse :
21 September-20 October 1755. (Autograph to 15 October. )
-
[In
English; partly printed in Miscellaneous Works, 1796. ]
2. Ephemerides, or Journal of my actions, studies and opinions :
vol. 11, 17 August 1762—May 1763. In French.
3. Ephemerides, or Journal de ma vie, de mes études et de mes
sentimens; vol. 111, August-November 1763. In French.
4. Journal (without title), including the tour in Italy; December
1763--June 1764. In French.
5. Journal (without title); written in Italy, June– December 1764.
In French.
[According to Harrison, F. , the above fill not less than 720 pp. of quarto
and folio in Gibbon's very close handwriting, and small excerpts of them
are inserted as notes in the published Memoirs and in a few other parts of
the Miscellaneous Works. ]
Outlines of the History of the World. Written (in Gibbon's early hand)
between 1758 and 1763.
Extraits raisonnés de mes Lectures, beginning with general remarks upon
Reading; written at Dover, 17 March 1761.
Common Place Book, in which I purpose to note what I find most remarkable
in my Historical Readings. Begun at Lausanne, March 19, 1755.
Observations on various subjects, written in French, at Lausanne and Buriton,
1756-8.
Note-Book, containing four pages of Materials for corrections and improve-
ments for the 1st vol. of my History, followed by two pages of Materials
for the fourth volume of [the same), November 8, 1781.
B. The Decline and Fall
(1) Editions
Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. I.
1776. Vols. II and III. 1781. Vols. IV-VI. 1788.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. With
notes by Milman, H. H. 12 vols. 1838-9. With notes by Milman, H. H.
and Guizot, F. P. G. With additional notes by Smith, William. 8 vols.
1854. New edn, 1872. [Of Milman's Preface a considerable part first
appeared in The Quarterly Review, vol. 1, January 1834. ]
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Ed. Bury,
J. B. 7 vols. 1896-1900. New edn. 7 vols. 1909-13. [Now the standard
edition, containing, besides a pregnant introduction, a series of longer
notes or excursuses, with select bibliographies of later works, appended to
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each volume, and forming a supplement to the work, especially in those
parts in which it falls short of the results of later research. ]
Gibbon, Edward. Histoire de la Décadence, etc. Trans. by Le Clerc de
Sept-Chênes (the reader of Louis XI, who was supposed to have been the
actual translator of this portion! ), Demeunier, Boulard, Cautwell and
Marignie. 18 vols. Paris, 1777-95. New edn, revised by Mme Guizot,
with Lettre sur la vie et le caractère de Gibbon by Suard, J. -B. A. , and
Notes by Guizot, F. P. G. , 13 vols. , Paris, 1812; 3rd edn, 1828–9.
Geschichte des Verfalls und Untergangs des Römischen Reiches. Übers.
und mit einigen Anm. herausg. von Wenck, Friedrich August Wilhelm.
19 vols. 1779. 2nd edn. 1820.
German translation of c. XLIV by Hugo, G. H. under the title:
Gibbon's Übersicht des römischen Rechts. Göttingen, 1789.
Istoria della Decadenza e Rovina dell'Imperio Romano. Trans. by Fabbroni
and Foggi, vols. 1-IX. Pisa, 1779–86. [Vol. x, though printed, was never
published. ]
e
&
(2) Adversaria, etc.
Apthorpe, East.
Letters on the Prevalence of Christianity before its Civil
Establishment; with Observations on the late History of the Decline
of the Roman Empire. 1778.
Burgh, William. An Enquiry into the Belief of the Christians of the first
three centuries respecting the one Godhead. York, 1778.
(Chelsum, James. ) Remarks on the two last Chapters of Mr Gibbon's
History, etc. , in a Letter to a Friend. 1776. Rptd in an enlarged form,
with the author's name, Oxford, 1778. [Chelsum was assisted in his
task by Thomas Randolph. ]
A Reply to Mr Gibbon's Vindication. Winchester, 1785.
Davis, Henry Edwards. An Examination of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Chapters of Mr Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall, etc. In which
his view of the Progress of the Christian Religion is shewn to be founded
on the Misrepresentation of the authors he cites: and Numerous In-
stances of his Inaccuracy and Plagiarism are produced. 1778.
Edwards, Thomas. The Jewish and Heathen Rejection of the Christian
Miracles. Preached before the University of Cambridge. March 7,
1790.
Hailes, Lord (Sir David Dalrymple). An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes
which Mr Gibbon has assigned for the Rapid Growth of Christianity.
1786.
Loftus, Smyth. A Reply to the Reasonings of Mr Gibbon, etc. Dublin,
1778.
Milner, Joseph. Gibbon's Account of Christianity considered; together
with some Strictures on Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion.
1781.
Priestley, Joseph. An History of the Corruptions of Christianity. 1782.
[The challenge to Gibbon is in Part 1 of the General Conclusion. ]
Randolph, Thomas (President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford). The
Proof of the Christian Religion drawn from its Successful and Speedy
Propagation, etc. In two sermons. Oxford, 1777. [Against Gibbon's
chap. xv. ]
Taylor, Henry. Thoughts on the Nature of the Grand Apostacy, with Re-
flections and Observations on the XVth Chapter of Mr Gibbon's History
of the Decline and Fall, etc. 1781.
- Further Thoughts, etc. 1783.
I
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Travis, George (archdeacon). Letters to Edward Gibbon, Esq. , author of
the History of the Decline and Fall, etc. Chester, 1785. 3rd edn (enlarged).
1794.
Porson, Richard. Letters to Archdeacon Travis in Answer to Defence
of the Three Heavenly Witnesses. The Gentleman's Magazine,
1788-9. Rptd 1790, and with an additional letter (or this only ? )
in Porson's Tracts and Miscellaneous Criticisms. Ed. Kidd, T.
1815.
Watson, Richard (bishop of Llandaff). An Apology for Christianity in a
Series of Letters to Edward Gibbon, Esq. 1776.
· Two Apologies, one for Christianity in a series of letters addressed to
Edward Gibbon, Esq. , 1776, the other for the Bible, in answer to Thomas
Paine, etc. , 1805.
Whitaker, John. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire, in vols. iv, v and vi quarto, reviewed. 1791. [Originally pub-
lished in The English Review. ]
White, Joseph. Sermons containing a View of Christianity and Mahome-
tanism, in their history, their evidence and their effects, preached before
the University of Oxford. Bampton Lectures, 1784. 3rd edn. 1789.
Gibbon, Edward. A Vindication of Some Passages in the XVth and XVIth
Chapters of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
By the Author. 1779. (Rptd in Misc. Works, vol. iv. )
C. Other Writings (including Memoirs and Letters)
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, with Memoirs of his Life and
Writings Composed by Himself. Ed. John, Lord Sheffield. Vols. I
and 11, 1796 ; vol. 111, 1814; new edn, 5 vols. , 1814. (Vol. 1: Memoirs and
Letters; vol. 11: Letters; vol. 111: Historical and Critical; vol. iv: Classical
and Critical; vol. v: Miscellaneous. ]
(1) Memoirs and Letters
Autobiographies, the, of Edward Gibbon. Printed verbatim from hitherto
unpublished MSS, with an introduction by the Earl of Sheffield. Ed.
Murray, John. 1896. Contains (though in different order):
A. The Memoirs of the Life of Edward Gibbon, with various observa-
tions and excursions by himself. Written in 1788-9, but only giving
particulars of his family.
B. My own Life. Written in 1789–90, and ending in April 1764.
C. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon ; written in
1789-90, and brought down to October 1772.
D. Memoirs (without title); written in 1790-1, and brought down to
October 1772.
E. My Own Life; dated at end 'Lausanne, March 2, 1791, and
ending with the death of Deyverdun in July 1789; with notes added in
1792-3.
F. Memoirs (without title); written in 1792-3, but only brought down
to the date of Gibbon's leaving Oxford in June, 1753. [Described by
Murray as the latest and most perfect. A fragment of headings from
June 1753 to April 1758, with two pages on ancestry, containing the
famous passage on Tom Jones and the house of Austria. ]
Life, the, of Edward Gibbon, Esq. , With Selections from his Correspondence,
and illustrations by Milman, H. H. 1839. [The Memoirs, divided into
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chapters, with extracts from the Journals, and selected Letters to Lord
Sheffield and others. ]
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753–1794). With an Introduction by
the Earl of Sheffield. Ed. by Prothero, Rowland E. 2 vols. 1896.
Memoirs, the, of the Life of Edward Gibbon, with various Observations and
Excursions by himself. Ed. Hill, George Birkbeck. 1900. [Contains
ample notes, and in the appendix, valuable excursuses. ]
(2) Other Writings
Antiquities of the House of Brunswick. Miscellaneous Works, vol. III.
1814.
Essai sur l'Étude de la Littérature. 1761. Rptd in Miscellaneous Works,
vol. iv.
Mémoire justificatif pour servir de réponse à l'Exposé, etc. , de la Cour de
France. 1779. [Published anonymously. ] Rptd in Miscellaneous Works,
vol. v, 1814.
Mémoires Littéraires de la Grande-Bretagne. 2 vols. 1767-8. [Ed. by
Gibbon and Deyverdun, George. ] Rptd in Miscellaneous Works, vol. iv,
1814.
Observations on the Design of the VIth Book of the Aeneid. Rptd in Mis-
cellaneous Works, vol. iv.
D. Biography and Criticism
(Writings not previously mentioned under B)
Adeane, Jane H. The Girlhood of Maria Josepha Holroyd (Lady Stanley
of Alderley), recorded in letters. Ed. J. H. A. 1896. [She was the
daughter of Gibbon's chief friend, the first Lord Sheffield. ]
See, also, Adeane, Jane H. , The Early Married Life of Maria Josepha,
Lady Stanley, 1899.
Bagehot, W. Estimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen: E. Gibbon.
1858.
Morison, James Cotter. Gibbon. (English Men of Letters series. ) 1878.
Proceedings of the Gibbon Commemoration, 1794-1894. Royal Historical
Society. 1895. [Contains Introductory Speech of Sir Mountstuart Grant
Duff, Address by Frederic Harrison, and Catalogue of the Exhibition at
the British Museum of Autograph Memoirs, Journals and Notebooks,
Correspondence, Early Impressions, Relics and Portraits. ]
Read, General Meredith. Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne and Savoy, from
Roman Times to Voltaire, Rousseau and Gibbon. 2 vols. 1897. [See vol. 11
for much about Gibbon and the relics of him at Lausanne and elsewhere. ]
Smith, James. Junius Unveiled. 1909. (An unconvincing attempt to prove
that Gibbon was Junius. ]
II. OTHER WRITERS ON ANCIENT HISTORY
See bibliography to chap. XII, ante.
Hooke, Nathaniel (d. 1673). Roman History, from the Building of Rome
to the Ruin of the Commonwealth. 4 vols. 1738-71.
For titles of a series of dissertations by Hooke on the Roman Senate
see art.
A view of society in Europe in its progress from rudeness to refinement.
1778. French tr. , by Boulard, A. H. M. , 2 vols. , Paris, 1789.
History of the establishment of the reformation in Scotland, a collection of
the principal records concerning it. * 1780.
The History of Scotland, from the establishment of the reformation to the
death of Queen Mary. 2 vols. 1782. 2nd edn, to which are added
Observations concerning the public law and constitution of Scotland,
originally published in 1779. 1784. [This book, written in a polished
style, with well-balanced sentences, and occasionally high-flown expres-
sions, contains a vindication of Mary; in an appendix are some letters
referring to the treatment of her by Robertson, against whom Stuart
had a personal grudge; cf. Gent. Mag. vol. LII (1782), p. 167. He was
editor of the Edinburgh Magazine and Review, 1773-6, and known as
an unprincipled and slashing reviewer; for his conduct with regard to
Robert Henry, see ante. ]
William Tytler
An historical and critical inquiry into the evidence against Mary, queen of
Scots, etc. 1760. 1772. With answer to Robertson, Hume, etc. , 1772.
With additional chapters. 2 vols. 1790. French tr. , Paris, 1772. Ed.
Prince Lobanov-Rostovsky. Paris, 1860.
Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford
Historic Doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. 4to. 1768. [The first
edn of 1200 copies sold so very fast that a new edition was undertaken the
next day of 1000 more. ') With additions and reply to Dr Milles, 1770.
H. W's Works, vol. 11, 1798, with replies to criticisms of Hume and others,
of Dr Milles, in Observations on the wardrobe account for 1483, 1770, and
in Archaeologia, vol. 1, p. 361, and of Masters, Robert, in Archaeologia,
vol. 11, p. 198.
Robert Watson
The History of the Reign of Philip II, King of Spain. 3 vols. 4to. 1777.
Several 8vo edns, 7th 1812. French tr. , by Mirabeau and Durival, J.
Amsterdam, 1778.
History of the Reign of Philip III. Ed. and completed by Thomson, W.
2 vols. 1783. 3rd edn, enlarged. 1808. French tr. , by Bonnet, L. J. A.
Paris, 1809.
Peter Whalley (1722-1791)
An Essay on the Manner of Writing History. [Anon. ] 1746.
An Enquiry into the Learning of Shakespeare. 1748.
The Works of Ben Jonson. Ed. by Whalley, P. 7 vols. 1756.
The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire. Compiled from the
manuscript collections of John Bridges. 2 vols. 1791.
John Whitaker
See bibliography to chap. XIII, post.
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Bibliography
CHAPTER XIII
HISTORIANS II
I. EDWARD GIBBON
.
A. MSS
The following MSS in the British Museum are unprinted, except in part.
(See Harrison, F. , Proceedings of the Gibbon Commemoration, 1794–1894,
p. 32. )
Journals of Edward Gibbon, 1762-4. Consisting of:
1. Journal de mon Voyage dans quelques endroits de la Suisse :
21 September-20 October 1755. (Autograph to 15 October. )
-
[In
English; partly printed in Miscellaneous Works, 1796. ]
2. Ephemerides, or Journal of my actions, studies and opinions :
vol. 11, 17 August 1762—May 1763. In French.
3. Ephemerides, or Journal de ma vie, de mes études et de mes
sentimens; vol. 111, August-November 1763. In French.
4. Journal (without title), including the tour in Italy; December
1763--June 1764. In French.
5. Journal (without title); written in Italy, June– December 1764.
In French.
[According to Harrison, F. , the above fill not less than 720 pp. of quarto
and folio in Gibbon's very close handwriting, and small excerpts of them
are inserted as notes in the published Memoirs and in a few other parts of
the Miscellaneous Works. ]
Outlines of the History of the World. Written (in Gibbon's early hand)
between 1758 and 1763.
Extraits raisonnés de mes Lectures, beginning with general remarks upon
Reading; written at Dover, 17 March 1761.
Common Place Book, in which I purpose to note what I find most remarkable
in my Historical Readings. Begun at Lausanne, March 19, 1755.
Observations on various subjects, written in French, at Lausanne and Buriton,
1756-8.
Note-Book, containing four pages of Materials for corrections and improve-
ments for the 1st vol. of my History, followed by two pages of Materials
for the fourth volume of [the same), November 8, 1781.
B. The Decline and Fall
(1) Editions
Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. I.
1776. Vols. II and III. 1781. Vols. IV-VI. 1788.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. With
notes by Milman, H. H. 12 vols. 1838-9. With notes by Milman, H. H.
and Guizot, F. P. G. With additional notes by Smith, William. 8 vols.
1854. New edn, 1872. [Of Milman's Preface a considerable part first
appeared in The Quarterly Review, vol. 1, January 1834. ]
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Ed. Bury,
J. B. 7 vols. 1896-1900. New edn. 7 vols. 1909-13. [Now the standard
edition, containing, besides a pregnant introduction, a series of longer
notes or excursuses, with select bibliographies of later works, appended to
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each volume, and forming a supplement to the work, especially in those
parts in which it falls short of the results of later research. ]
Gibbon, Edward. Histoire de la Décadence, etc. Trans. by Le Clerc de
Sept-Chênes (the reader of Louis XI, who was supposed to have been the
actual translator of this portion! ), Demeunier, Boulard, Cautwell and
Marignie. 18 vols. Paris, 1777-95. New edn, revised by Mme Guizot,
with Lettre sur la vie et le caractère de Gibbon by Suard, J. -B. A. , and
Notes by Guizot, F. P. G. , 13 vols. , Paris, 1812; 3rd edn, 1828–9.
Geschichte des Verfalls und Untergangs des Römischen Reiches. Übers.
und mit einigen Anm. herausg. von Wenck, Friedrich August Wilhelm.
19 vols. 1779. 2nd edn. 1820.
German translation of c. XLIV by Hugo, G. H. under the title:
Gibbon's Übersicht des römischen Rechts. Göttingen, 1789.
Istoria della Decadenza e Rovina dell'Imperio Romano. Trans. by Fabbroni
and Foggi, vols. 1-IX. Pisa, 1779–86. [Vol. x, though printed, was never
published. ]
e
&
(2) Adversaria, etc.
Apthorpe, East.
Letters on the Prevalence of Christianity before its Civil
Establishment; with Observations on the late History of the Decline
of the Roman Empire. 1778.
Burgh, William. An Enquiry into the Belief of the Christians of the first
three centuries respecting the one Godhead. York, 1778.
(Chelsum, James. ) Remarks on the two last Chapters of Mr Gibbon's
History, etc. , in a Letter to a Friend. 1776. Rptd in an enlarged form,
with the author's name, Oxford, 1778. [Chelsum was assisted in his
task by Thomas Randolph. ]
A Reply to Mr Gibbon's Vindication. Winchester, 1785.
Davis, Henry Edwards. An Examination of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Chapters of Mr Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall, etc. In which
his view of the Progress of the Christian Religion is shewn to be founded
on the Misrepresentation of the authors he cites: and Numerous In-
stances of his Inaccuracy and Plagiarism are produced. 1778.
Edwards, Thomas. The Jewish and Heathen Rejection of the Christian
Miracles. Preached before the University of Cambridge. March 7,
1790.
Hailes, Lord (Sir David Dalrymple). An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes
which Mr Gibbon has assigned for the Rapid Growth of Christianity.
1786.
Loftus, Smyth. A Reply to the Reasonings of Mr Gibbon, etc. Dublin,
1778.
Milner, Joseph. Gibbon's Account of Christianity considered; together
with some Strictures on Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion.
1781.
Priestley, Joseph. An History of the Corruptions of Christianity. 1782.
[The challenge to Gibbon is in Part 1 of the General Conclusion. ]
Randolph, Thomas (President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford). The
Proof of the Christian Religion drawn from its Successful and Speedy
Propagation, etc. In two sermons. Oxford, 1777. [Against Gibbon's
chap. xv. ]
Taylor, Henry. Thoughts on the Nature of the Grand Apostacy, with Re-
flections and Observations on the XVth Chapter of Mr Gibbon's History
of the Decline and Fall, etc. 1781.
- Further Thoughts, etc. 1783.
I
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1794.
Porson, Richard. Letters to Archdeacon Travis in Answer to Defence
of the Three Heavenly Witnesses. The Gentleman's Magazine,
1788-9. Rptd 1790, and with an additional letter (or this only ? )
in Porson's Tracts and Miscellaneous Criticisms. Ed. Kidd, T.
1815.
Watson, Richard (bishop of Llandaff). An Apology for Christianity in a
Series of Letters to Edward Gibbon, Esq. 1776.
· Two Apologies, one for Christianity in a series of letters addressed to
Edward Gibbon, Esq. , 1776, the other for the Bible, in answer to Thomas
Paine, etc. , 1805.
Whitaker, John. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire, in vols. iv, v and vi quarto, reviewed. 1791. [Originally pub-
lished in The English Review. ]
White, Joseph. Sermons containing a View of Christianity and Mahome-
tanism, in their history, their evidence and their effects, preached before
the University of Oxford. Bampton Lectures, 1784. 3rd edn. 1789.
Gibbon, Edward. A Vindication of Some Passages in the XVth and XVIth
Chapters of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
By the Author. 1779. (Rptd in Misc. Works, vol. iv. )
C. Other Writings (including Memoirs and Letters)
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, with Memoirs of his Life and
Writings Composed by Himself. Ed. John, Lord Sheffield. Vols. I
and 11, 1796 ; vol. 111, 1814; new edn, 5 vols. , 1814. (Vol. 1: Memoirs and
Letters; vol. 11: Letters; vol. 111: Historical and Critical; vol. iv: Classical
and Critical; vol. v: Miscellaneous. ]
(1) Memoirs and Letters
Autobiographies, the, of Edward Gibbon. Printed verbatim from hitherto
unpublished MSS, with an introduction by the Earl of Sheffield. Ed.
Murray, John. 1896. Contains (though in different order):
A. The Memoirs of the Life of Edward Gibbon, with various observa-
tions and excursions by himself. Written in 1788-9, but only giving
particulars of his family.
B. My own Life. Written in 1789–90, and ending in April 1764.
C. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon ; written in
1789-90, and brought down to October 1772.
D. Memoirs (without title); written in 1790-1, and brought down to
October 1772.
E. My Own Life; dated at end 'Lausanne, March 2, 1791, and
ending with the death of Deyverdun in July 1789; with notes added in
1792-3.
F. Memoirs (without title); written in 1792-3, but only brought down
to the date of Gibbon's leaving Oxford in June, 1753. [Described by
Murray as the latest and most perfect. A fragment of headings from
June 1753 to April 1758, with two pages on ancestry, containing the
famous passage on Tom Jones and the house of Austria. ]
Life, the, of Edward Gibbon, Esq. , With Selections from his Correspondence,
and illustrations by Milman, H. H. 1839. [The Memoirs, divided into
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chapters, with extracts from the Journals, and selected Letters to Lord
Sheffield and others. ]
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753–1794). With an Introduction by
the Earl of Sheffield. Ed. by Prothero, Rowland E. 2 vols. 1896.
Memoirs, the, of the Life of Edward Gibbon, with various Observations and
Excursions by himself. Ed. Hill, George Birkbeck. 1900. [Contains
ample notes, and in the appendix, valuable excursuses. ]
(2) Other Writings
Antiquities of the House of Brunswick. Miscellaneous Works, vol. III.
1814.
Essai sur l'Étude de la Littérature. 1761. Rptd in Miscellaneous Works,
vol. iv.
Mémoire justificatif pour servir de réponse à l'Exposé, etc. , de la Cour de
France. 1779. [Published anonymously. ] Rptd in Miscellaneous Works,
vol. v, 1814.
Mémoires Littéraires de la Grande-Bretagne. 2 vols. 1767-8. [Ed. by
Gibbon and Deyverdun, George. ] Rptd in Miscellaneous Works, vol. iv,
1814.
Observations on the Design of the VIth Book of the Aeneid. Rptd in Mis-
cellaneous Works, vol. iv.
D. Biography and Criticism
(Writings not previously mentioned under B)
Adeane, Jane H. The Girlhood of Maria Josepha Holroyd (Lady Stanley
of Alderley), recorded in letters. Ed. J. H. A. 1896. [She was the
daughter of Gibbon's chief friend, the first Lord Sheffield. ]
See, also, Adeane, Jane H. , The Early Married Life of Maria Josepha,
Lady Stanley, 1899.
Bagehot, W. Estimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen: E. Gibbon.
1858.
Morison, James Cotter. Gibbon. (English Men of Letters series. ) 1878.
Proceedings of the Gibbon Commemoration, 1794-1894. Royal Historical
Society. 1895. [Contains Introductory Speech of Sir Mountstuart Grant
Duff, Address by Frederic Harrison, and Catalogue of the Exhibition at
the British Museum of Autograph Memoirs, Journals and Notebooks,
Correspondence, Early Impressions, Relics and Portraits. ]
Read, General Meredith. Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne and Savoy, from
Roman Times to Voltaire, Rousseau and Gibbon. 2 vols. 1897. [See vol. 11
for much about Gibbon and the relics of him at Lausanne and elsewhere. ]
Smith, James. Junius Unveiled. 1909. (An unconvincing attempt to prove
that Gibbon was Junius. ]
II. OTHER WRITERS ON ANCIENT HISTORY
See bibliography to chap. XII, ante.
Hooke, Nathaniel (d. 1673). Roman History, from the Building of Rome
to the Ruin of the Commonwealth. 4 vols. 1738-71.
For titles of a series of dissertations by Hooke on the Roman Senate
see art.
