THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE, 1782-89, vols 1-16
Volume 1, 1782
1 (Jan. 1782): 10-13. A: "The Triumph of Beauty." Thomas Potter [?]. [Pitcher LRN 80: 132]
1 (Jan. 1782): 21. L: "Extract from a M. S. of Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle of England."
Rev. Samuel Ayscough. [Sherbo 97: 182] [Pseud.: "S.A."]
1 (Jan. 1782): 29. A: "Anecdotes of the Author [Dr. Hugh Downman]." Isaac Reed [?].
[Sherbo 84: 221]
1 (Jan. 1782): 31-34. R: William Julius Mickle's Almada Hill. Isaac Reed [?]. [Sherbo 84: 219,
n. 7]
1 (Feb. 1782): 79-81. A: "Account of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq." Isaac Reed [?].
[Sherbo 84: 221]
1 (Feb. 1782): 95-96. L: "The removal of the Houghton Collection of Pictures to Russia." Isaac
Reed. [Sig.: "C.D."; Sherbo 84: 212 overlooks this contribution.]
1 (Feb. 1782): 101-102. A: "Geographical Description of the Isle of Matrimony." Richard
Johnson. [Sig.: "R.J."; Pitcher L 79: 374]
1 (Feb. 1782): 108. A: "On the ridiculous Pride of outward Appearances." Richard Johnson.
[Sig.: "R.J."; Pitcher L 79: 374]
1 (Mar. 1782): 164-166. A: "On the Origin of Religion." Rev. Daniel Turner. [Pitcher ANQ
99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Fidelio"]
1 (Mar. 1782): 169-170. A: "Geographical Description of Bachelor's Island." Richard
Johnson. [Sig.: "J."; Pitcher L 79: 374]
1 (Mar. 1782): 177-178. A: "The Fountain of the Streams: A Northern Descriptive Allegory."
Thomas Potter [?]. [Pitcher LRN 80: 132] [Pseud.: "Zoroaster" of Lincolnshire]
1 (Mar. 1782): 178-179. A: "The Triumph of Beauty [cont.]." Thomas Potter [?]. [Pitcher
LRN 80: 132]
1 (Apr. 1782): 254-256. A: "Cause of the Irish Discontents." Leonard MacNally. [Pitcher NQ
81: 307] [Pseud." "M."]
1 (Apr. 1782): 259-260. A: "The Triumph of Beauty [conc.]." Thomas Potter [?]. [Pitcher
LRN 80: 132] [Pseud.: "S."]
1 (Apr. 1782): 265-266. A: "Opportunity An Allegory [re the Ministry's need to embrace
'opportunity' in its dealings with Ireland]." Leonard MacNally. [Pitcher NQ 81: 307]
[Pseud.: "M."]
1 (Apr. 1782): 266-268. A: "Essay II. On the Origin of Religion [conc.]." Rev. Daniel Turner.
[Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Fidelio"]
1 (Apr. 1782): 299-300. V: "The Rose and Cowslip. A Fable." Thomas "Clio" Rickman.
[Sig.: "Clio"; EM 3 (1783): 242 notes that "Our Correspondent Clio has had his Time too
much taken up, by a Matrimonial Expedition, to favour our Readers this month . . ."; DNB
16: 1152 states that Rickman was cast out by the Sussex Society of Friends in 1783, partly
because of his recent marriage to a non-Quaker; by contrast Rev. Thomas Harwood
(1767-1842), who contributed approximately a dozen poems and letters signed "Clio" to
the GM, 1786-93, could not have been the "Clio" referred to in EM 3 (1783): 242, as
Harwood was too young at the time and in any event did not marry until 1793.]
1 (Apr. 1782): 300. V: "On Ignorance." Thomas "Clio" Rickman. [Sig.: "Clio"; see entry for
EM 1 (1782): 299-300.]
1 (Apr. 1782): 306. V: "On the Marriage of Miss Sackville to Mr. Herbert." Richard
Cumberland. [Sig.: "Mr. Cumberland"]
1 (May 1782): 337-339. A: "Henry and Eliza. A Sentimental Tale." Thomas "Clio" Rickman.
[EM 1 (1782): 238 attributes "Henry and Eliza" to "Clio"; also see entry for 1 (1782):
299-300; Pitcher L 80: 329.]
1 (May 1782): 342-343. A: "Political State of the Utopian Warehouse." Richard Johnson.
[Sig.: "R.J."; Pitcher L 79: 374]
1 (May 1782): 385-386. V: "Ode Addressed to General [Benedict] Arnold." Elizabeth,
Countess of Craven and Margravine of Anspach. [Sig.: "Lady Craven"]
1 (June 1782): 408-411. A: "A Vision [in which a freed African slave extols the cause of
abolition to the House of Commons]."
Leonard MacNally. [Pitcher NQ 81: 307]
[Pseud.: "M."]
1 (June 1782): 412. V: "Epigramme ['Montrez moi le diable']." P. Mater. [First of three
French poems, the third of which is signed "P.M." and dated from Forty Hill; see EM 1
(1782): 157, which refers to "Our valuable Correspondent Mater of Forty-Hill . . ." and 4
(1783): 154, where P. Mater signs a French poem.]
1 (June 1782): 412. V: "Autre ['En son patois, Lucas, juroit comme un damné']." P. Mater.
[Second of three French poems, the third of which is signed "P.M." and dated from Forty
Hill; see EM 1 (1782): 157, which refers to "Our valuable Correspondent Mater of Forty-Hill . . ." and 4 (1783): 154, where P. Mater signs a French poem.]
1 (June 1782): 412. V: "Autre ['Un mari se voyait au moment d'expirer']." P. Mater. [Sig.:
"P.M."; dated from Forty Hill; see EM 1 (1782): 157, which refers to "Our valuable
Correspondent Mater of Forty-Hill . . ." and 4 (1783): 154, where P. Mater signs a French
poem.]
1 (June 1782): 413-415. A: "The Lost Daughter Recovered." Thomas Potter [?]. [Pitcher L
76: 26]
1 (June 1782): 418-420. A: "Edward and Egwina. A Tale." Thomas Potter [?]. [Pitcher LRN
80: 132]
1 (June 1782): 420-425. A: "On the Origin of Philosophy." Rev. Daniel Turner. [Pitcher ANQ
99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Fidelio"]
1 (June 1782): 451-452. A: "Anecdotes of William Julius Mickle, Esq." Isaac Reed [?].
[Sherbo 84: 219 ("almost surely by [Isaac] Reed")]
Volume 2, 1782
2 (July 1782): 11-14. A: "Henry and Eliza.
A Sentimental Tale [cont.]." Thomas "Clio"
Rickman. [EM 1 (1782): 238 attributes "Henry and Eliza" to "Clio"; also see entry for 1
(1782): 299-300; Pitcher L 80: 329.]
2 (July 1782): 23-27. A: "On the ancient Philosophy, as founded by the Seven Sages of Greece."
Rev. Daniel Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Fidelio"]
2 (July 1782): 69-70. A: "Account of the important Revolution in Ireland." Leonard MacNally.
[Pitcher NQ 81: 307]
2 (July 1782): 71. V: "An Ode, in Imitation of Callistratus." Sir William Jones. [Sig.: "Mr.
Jones, Author of Asiatic Poems, &c."; BMGC]
2 (Aug. 1782): 91-92. A: "The Lost Daughter Recovered [cont.]." Thomas Potter [?]. [Pitcher
L 76: 26]
2 (Aug. 1782): 148-150. A: "Account of the Important Revolution in Ireland [conc.]." Leonard
MacNally. [Pitcher NQ 81: 307]
2 (Aug. 1782): 151-152. V: "Tartana, or The Plaidie." John Ellis. [EM 21 (1792): 126,
correcting its earlier attribution of the poem to "the late Dr. Ellis"]
2 (Sept. 1782): 174-176. A: "The Shrubbery. A Tale. Part I." Thomas Potter [?]. [Mayo 590;
Pitcher L 76: 26] [Pseud.: "P.R."]
2 (Sept. 1782): 182-184. A: "Henry and Eliza. A Sentimental Tale [cont.]." Thomas "Clio"
Rickman. [EM 1 (1782): 238 attributes "Henry and Eliza" to "Clio"; also see entry for 1
(1782): 299-300; Pitcher L 80: 329.]
2 (Sept. 1782): 234-235. V: "Tartana, or The Plaidie [cont.]." John Ellis. [EM 21 (1792): 126,
correcting its earlier attribution of the poem to "the late Dr. Ellis"]
2 (Sept. 1782): 235-236. V: "Time's Answer to the Lady of Norwich." Samuel Jackson Pratt.
[Sig.: "Mr. Pratt"]
2 (Oct. 1782): 268-270. A: "The Lost Daughter Recovered [cont.]." Thomas Potter [?].
[Pitcher L 76: 26]
2 (Oct. 1782): 312. V: "On seeing a Lady at an opposite Window." Rev. James De La Cour.
[Sig.: "Dr. De-La-Cour"; see EM 32 (1797): 301-302.]
2 (Oct. 1782): 312. V: "Epitaph on Mr. [James] Thomson." Rev. James De La Cour. [Sig.:
"Dr. De-La-Cour"; see EM 32 (1797): 301-302.]
2 (Nov. 1782): 339-341. A: "A Descant on the Morality of the Seven Sages of Greece." Rev.
Daniel Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14]
2 (Nov. 1782): 391. V: "Chanson ['Au bord d'un clair ruisseau Lisette']." P. Mater. [Sig.:
"P.M."; dated from Forty-Hill; Mater contributed three French poems (the third of which
is signed "P.M." and dated Forty Hill) in EM 1 (1782): 412; see also 1 (1782): 157, which
refers to "Our valuable Correspondent Mater of Forty-Hill . . ." and 4 (1783): 154, where
P. Mater signs a French poem.]
2 (Nov. 1782): 391. V: "On the Author's Nativity." Rev. James De La Cour. [Sig.: "Dr. De
La Cour"; see EM 32 (1797): 301-302.]
2 (Dec. 1782): 409-412. A: "The Shrubbery. A Tale. Part II." Thomas Potter [?]. [Mayo
590; Pitcher L 76: 26] [Pseud.: "S***** R*****"]
2 (Dec. 1782): 420-422. A: "Henry and Eliza. A Sentimental Tale [cont.]." Thomas "Clio"
Rickman. [EM 1 (1782): 238 attributes "Henry and Eliza" to "Clio"; also see entry for 1
(1782): 299-300; Pitcher L 80: 329.]
2 (Dec. 1782): 423-425. A: "A Descant on the Morality of the Seven Sages of Greece [cont.]."
Rev. Daniel Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Fidelio"]
2 (Dec. 1782): 433-440. R: John Nichols's Biographical and literary Anecdotes of William
Bowyer. Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 211, n. 4]
2 (Dec. 1782): 469. V: "The Farewell. To a lady on her leaving Ireland." Rev. James De La
Cour. [Sig.: "Dr. De La Cour"; see EM 32 (1797): 301-302.]
Volume 3, 1783
3 (Jan. 1783): 8-11. A: "The Lost Daughter Recovered [conc.]." Thomas Potter [?]. [Pitcher L
76: 26]
3 (Jan. 1783): 72. V: "The Littleness of Human Wisdom." Thomas "Clio" Rickman. [Sig.:
"Clio"; see entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300.]
3 (Jan. 1783): 73. V: "Horace, Ode IX. Lib. I." Thomas "Clio" Rickman. [Sig.: "Clio"; see
entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300.]
3 (Jan. 1783): 73. V: "On Miss Poole of Croydon, lately deceased." Thomas "Clio" Rickman.
[Sig.: "Clio"; see entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300.]
3 (Jan. 1783): 74. V: "Lines written impromptu in a Pocket Volume of Thomson's Seasons."
Thomas "Clio" Rickman. [Sig.: "Clio"; see entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300.]
3 (Feb. 1783): 91-94. A: "A Tribute to the Memory of Charles de Polier, Esq. Addressed to the
Literary and Philosophical Society at Manchester, by Dr. Percival." Dr. Thomas
Percival. [Sig.: "Dr. Percival"; reference to Manchester, Percival's home]
3 (Feb. 1783): 126-130. R: Joseph Ritson's Observations on the three first volumes of . . .
[Thomas Warton's] History of English Poetry, in a familiar Letter to the Author.
William Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
3 (Feb. 1783): 149-150. V: "On Poesy; or, The Fine Arts." Rev. James De La Cour. [Sig.:
"Dr. De-La-Cour"; see EM 32 (1797): 301-302.]
3 (Mar. 1783): 178-179. A: "Henry and Eliza. A Sentimental Tale [cont.]." Thomas "Clio"
Rickman. [EM 1 (1782): 238 attributes "Henry and Eliza" to "Clio"; also see entry for 1
(1782): 299-300; Pitcher L 80: 329.]
3 (Mar. 1783): 186-188. A: "A Descant on the Antient Morality of Greece." Rev. Daniel
Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Fidelio"]
3 (Mar. 1783): 199-200. R: Thomas Warton's "Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds's painted
Window at New College, Oxford." William Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
3 (Mar. 1783): 231-233. V: "A Prospect of Poetry." Rev. James De La Cour. [Sig.: "Dr. De-La-Cour"; EM 32 (1797): 301]
3 (Apr. 1783): 257-260. A: "The New Pygmalion." Thomas Potter. [Pitcher PBS 80: 143]
3 (Apr. 1783): 260-262. A: "The Shrubbery. A Tale. Part III." Thomas Potter [?]. [Mayo
590; Pitcher L 76: 26] [Pseud.: "S.R."]
3 (Apr. 1783): 312. V: "Lines addressed to a Friend." Eliza Gilding Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14-15] [Pseud.: "Eliza"]
3 (May 1783): 326-330. A: "A Short History of, with Remarks upon, the Antient Philosophy."
Rev. Daniel Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Fidelio"]
3 (May 1783): 338-341. L: "Memoirs of [Wenceslaus] Hollar" enc. Joseph Cooper Walker.
[Sig.: "W.C.T.", an apparent misprint for "W.C.J.," an error the EM continued in 3
(1783): 430-432 and 4 (1783): 10-11, 86-88; dated from Dublin, Walker's home]
3 (May 1783): 341-344. A: "The New Pygmalion [conc.]." Thomas Potter. [Pitcher PBS 80:
143]
3 (May 1783): 349. L: A "geographical question" enc. ----- Dickens. [Sig.: "Snek-cid" (the
author's name spelled in reverse); EM 3 (1783): 162 refers to him as "Snek-Cid, of
Birmingham," and a Mr. Dickens of Birmingham submitted a signed contribution to the
EM in 1788.]
3 (May 1783): 350-352.
A: "Henry and Eliza. A Sentimental Tale [cont.]." Thomas "Clio"
Rickman. [EM 1 (1782): 238 attributes "Henry and Eliza" to "Clio"; also see entry for 1
(1782): 299-300; Pitcher L 80: 329.]
3 (May 1783): 390. V: "Soliloquy." Eliza Gilding Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14-15]
[Pseud.: "Eliza"]
3 (May 1783): 392. V: "Verses on a Lady's Hand." Rev. James De La Cour. [Sig.: "Dr. De-La-Cour"; see EM 32 (1797): 301-302.]
3 (June 1783): 430-432. L: "The Life of Dante Allighieri [sic]. Translated from the French of M.
Moutonnet de Clairsons" enc. Joseph Cooper Walker. [Sig.: "W.C.T.," which is a
misprint for "W.C.J." (see EM 4 [1783]: 247, in which "W.C.J." of Dublin
refers to the EM's publication of his life of Dante); dated from Dublin, Walker's home at the time;
subject matter anticipates Walker's later publications on Italian literature.]
3 (June 1783): 451-452. R: Anthony Highmore's A Digest of the Doctrine of Bail, in civil and
criminal Cases. ----- Dickens [?]. [EM 3 (1783): 322 states that "Snek-Cid may depend
on seeing the Review of the Digest of the Doctrine of Bail, in our next"; 3 (1783): 162
refers to him as "Snek-Cid, of Birmingham," and a Mr. Dickens ('Snek-Cid' spelled in
reverse) submitted a signed contribution, dated Birmingham, to the EM in 1788.]
Volume 4, 1783
4 (July 1783): 8-10. A: "Henry and Eliza. A Sentimental Tale. By Clio [cont.]." Thomas
"Clio" Rickman. [Sig.: "Clio"; also see entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300; Pitcher L 80:
329.]
4 (July 1783): 10-11. A: "The Life of Dante Allighieri [cont.]." Joseph Cooper Walker. [Sig.:
"W.C.T.," which is a misprint for "W.C.J."; see EM 4 [1783]: 247, in which "W.C.J."
refers to the EM's publication of his life of Dante); subject matter anticipates Walker's
later publications on Italian literature.]
4 (July 1783): 71. V: "Elegy on the death of Miss Eliza Perlis; of Marlow, in Buckinghamshire. .
. ." Thomas "Clio" Rickman. [Sig.: "Clio"; see entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300.]
4 (July 1783): 71-72. V: "Straight Hair, A Poem written at about 17 Years of Age." Thomas
"Clio" Rickman. [Sig.: "Clio"; see entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300.]
4 (July 1783): 72. V: "Wedlock." Eliza Gilding Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14-15] [Pseud.:
"Eliza" of Woolwich]
4 (Aug. 1783): 86-88. A: "The Life of Dante Allighieri [cont.]." Joseph Cooper Walker.
[Sig.:
"W.C.T.," which is a misprint for "W.C.J."; see EM 4 [1783]: 247, in which "W.C.J."
refers to the EM's publication of his life of Dante); subject matter anticipates Walker's
later publications on Italian literature.]
4 (Sept. 1783): 188-191. A: "A Short History of, and Remarks upon, the Antient Philosophy.
No. I [misprint for II]." Rev. Daniel Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14] [Pseud.:
"Fidelio"]
4 (Oct. 1783): 247-249. A: "Memoirs of the Abbe [César Vischard de] Saint Real." Joseph
Cooper Walker. [Sig.: "W.C.J."; dated from Dublin, Walker's home at the time;
"W.C.J." thanks the EM for accepting his contributions, adding, "my youth, perhaps,
excites your pity" (p. 247); Walker, who was 22 at the time, was already a highly
proficient scholar in classical and modern languages and would be elected to the Irish
Royal Academy at the age of 24.]
4 (Oct. 1783): 311. V: "A Familiar Epistle from a Young Gentleman at Brighthelstone, to his
intimate Friend in London. In the Style of the Bath Guide." Thomas "Clio" Rickman.
[Sig.: "Clio"; see entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300.
4 (Oct. 1783): 312. V: "A New Version of the Old Ballad, usually called, William and Margaret."
Eliza Gilding Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Eliza" of Woolwich]
4 (Nov. 1783): 325-326. A: "The Will. A Grecian Story translated." Joseph Cooper Walker.
[Sig.: "W.C.J."; Pitcher ANQ 99-b: 60 attributes this item to "Mr. W. C. Jackson," stating
that "[t]he notes to correspondents and variants of signature and address establish his
identity." A Mr. Jackson of Dublin did contribute two signed poems to the EM in 1783,
but substantial evidence in signatures, dating, and subject matter indicates that not "W. C.
Jackson" but Joseph Cooper Walker, the Irish antiquary and writer on Italian drama, was
the author of this and eight other items signed "W.C.J." (in four cases misprinted as
"W.C.T."), most dated from Dublin (Walker's home), appearing in the EM in 1783-84.]
4 (Nov. 1783): 340-344. A: "A Short History of, and Remarks upon, the Antient Philosophy.
No. III." Rev. Daniel Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Fidelio"]
4 (Nov. 1783): 390-391. V: "Pleasure. An Ode." Thomas "Clio" Rickman. [Sig.: "Clio"; see
entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300.]
Volume 5, 1784
5 (Feb. 1784): 99-103. A: "A short History of, and Remarks upon, the Antient Philosophy."
Rev. Daniel Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Fidelio"]
5 (Mar. 1784): 173-175. L: "Narrative of the Sufferings of Madame Godin in South America."
Joseph Cooper Walker. [Sig.: "W.C.J."; dated from Dublin, Walker's home at the time]
5 (May 1784): 334-335. A: "Character of Voltaire [trans.]." Joseph Cooper Walker. [Sig.:
"W.C.J."; dated from Dublin, Walker's home at the time]
5 (May 1784): 335. A: "Memoirs of [Antoine] Arnauld." Joseph Cooper Walker. [Sig.:
"W.C.J."; dated from Dublin, Walker's home at the time]
Volume 6, 1784
6 (Aug. 1784): 105-108. R: Anna Seward's Louisa, a Novel in Verse, in Four Epistles;
"Strictures on the popular Ballad of Auld Robin Gray." William Julius Mickle [?].
[Conc. (EM 7 [1785]: 107-112) is by Mickle.]
6 (Oct. 1784): 316-317. A: "A Dozen of Allegories." Rev. John Moir. [Pitcher 93: 13]
6 (Oct. 1784): 321-322. A: "The Monosyllable One, or Unanimity." Rev. John Moir. [Pitcher
NQ 98: 474]
6 (Nov. 1784): *361. A: "Some Thoughts upon the Study of Favorite Authors." James Bindley
[?]. [Sig.: "J.B."; Sherbo 84: 227 conjectures that James Bindley was "the 'J.B.' who
contributed many pieces to the EM" but does not identify most of those pieces.]
6 (Nov. 1784): 398. V: "The Praises of Ingenuous Love." Eliza Gilding Turner. [Pitcher ANQ
99-a: 14] [Pseud.: "Eliza" of Woolwich, Kent]
6 (Nov. 1784): 398-399. V: "Love Divine." Eliza Gilding Turner. [Pitcher ANQ 99-a: 14]
[Pseud.: "Eliza" of Woolwich, Kent]
6 (Dec. 1784): 411-413. A: "An Account of the Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson, including some
Incidents of his Life." George Steevens. [Greene 76; Sherbo 84: 225]
Volume 7, 1785
7 (Jan. 1785): 9-12. A: "An Account of the Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson, including some
Incidents of his Life [cont.]." George Steevens. [Greene 76; Sherbo 84: 225]
7 (Jan. 1785): 17. L: "Dr. [Samuel] Johnson's Vindication of some Remarks made by him on a
Performance intituled, 'Eight Days Journey,' by Mr. H-----." Isaac Reed. [Sig.: "C.D.";
Sherbo 84: 212 overlooks this contribution.]
7 (Jan. 1785): 51-55. A: "Johnsoniana." George Steevens. [Sherbo 84: 225]
7 (Feb. 1785): 81-84. A: "An Account of the Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson, including some
Incidents of his Life [cont.]." George Steevens. [Greene 76; Sherbo 84: 225]
7 (Feb. 1785): 107-112. R: "Conclusion of our Critique of Miss [Anna] Seward's Louisa, a
Novel, in Verse; and Strictures on The Sorrows of Werter." William Julius Mickle.
[Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
7 (Mar. 1785): 148. V: "The Author's Address to his Book." Rev. Samuel Badcock. [Sig.:
"Mr. Badcock"]
7 (Mar. 1785): 163-164. A: "Some Account of the Life and Writings of Dr. Charles Burney."
Charles Burney [?]. [Sherbo 84: 226, citing Roger Lonsdale, Dr. Charles Burney; a
Literary Biography (Oxford: Clarendon P, 1965), p. 54n, who says that it "was
undoubtedly authorized, if not written, by C. B. himself"]
7 (Mar. 1785): 180. L: Re differing versions of Edward Fairfax's trans. of Tasso, stanza 1. Isaac
Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212] [Pseud.: "C.D."]
7 (Mar. 1785): 190-192. A: "An Account of the Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson, including some
Incidents of his Life [cont.]." George Steevens. [Greene 76; Sherbo 84: 225]
7 (Apr. 1785): 246-247. L: "Reflections on the Imitation of the Antients." James Bindley [?].
[Sig.: "J.B."; Sherbo 84: 227 conjectures that James Bindley was "the 'J.B.' who
contributed many pieces to the EM" but does not identify most of those pieces.]
7 (Apr. 1785): 249-250. A: "An Account of the Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson, including some
Incidents of his Life [conc.]." George Steevens. [Greene 76; Sherbo 84: 225]
7 (Apr. 1785): 259-261. A: "Tragic Story of Abdullah and Zarima at the Seige [sic] of Bochara.
From the Arabian Writers." Richard Cumberland. [Pitcher 93: 156]
7 (May 1785): 321-322. A: "Fragments by Leo. Number I [comparison of a trans. of Cherokee
verse and the poetry of Ossian]." William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
7 (May 1785): 325-326. L: "Observations on the Imitation of the Moderns." James Bindley [?].
[Sig.: "J.B."; Sherbo 84: 227 conjectures that James Bindley was "the 'J.B.' who
contributed many pieces to the EM" but does not identify most of those pieces.]
7 (May 1785): 327-329. A: "The Diary of Chaubert the Misanthropist." Richard Cumberland.
[Pitcher L 76: 249]
7 (June 1785): 407. L: "Johnsoniana." James Bindley [?]. [Sig.: "J.B."; Sherbo 84: 227
conjectures that James Bindley was "the 'J.B.' who contributed many pieces to the EM"
but does not identify most of those pieces.]
7 (June 1785): 409-410. A: "Fragments by Leo. Number II. On the Unfitness of the French
Language for Epic Poetry." William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
7 (June 1785): 411-413. A: "The Diary of Chaubert the Misanthropist [conc.]." Richard
Cumberland. [Pitcher L 76: 249]
7 (June 1785): 413-415. L: "Observations on the Imitation of the Moderns [i.e., the imitation of
Classical poetry by modern authors]." James Bindley [?]. [Sig.: "J.B."; Sherbo 84: 227
conjectures that James Bindley was "the 'J.B.' who contributed many pieces to the EM"
but does not identify most of those pieces.]
Volume 8, 1785
8 (July 1785): 17-19. A: "Fragments by Leo. Number III. On Spenser's Faerie Queene."
William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
8 (July 1785): 28-30. A: "The Talisman of Truth: A Tale [trans.]." Justine Wynne, Countess
of Rosenberg-Orsini. [Pitcher 93: 153]
8 (Aug. 1785): 88. A: "An Inestimable Dissolvent for the Human Calculi." Philip Thicknesse.
[Sig.: "Polyxena"; Thicknesse, using that pseudonym, published articles on the same
subject in GM 55-ii (1785): 501-502 and 57-ii (1787): 695-696.]
8 (Aug. 1785): 106-110. R: John Pinkerton's Letters of Literature. By Robert Heron, Esq.
William Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
8 (Sept. 1785): 170-171. A: "Fragments by Leo. Number IV. On Spenser's Faerie Queene."
William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
8 (Sept. 1785): 175-176. L: "Dissertation upon Nonsense, Translated from the Original MSS. of
the learned Martinus Scriblerus" enc. James Bindley [?]. [Sig.: "J.B."; Sherbo 84: 227
conjectures that James Bindley was "the 'J.B.' who contributed many pieces to the EM"
but does not identify most of those pieces.]
8 (Sept. 1785): 195-200. R: Pinkerton's Letters of Literature, by Robert Heron, Esq. (cont.).
William Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
8 (Sept. 1785): 206-210. A: "Deo and Bettina: A Venetian Story [from the Countess of
Rosenberg's Moral and Sentimental Essays]." Justine Wynne, Countess of Rosenberg-Orsini. [Mayo 479]
8 (Oct. 1785): 262-265. A: "Deo and Bettina: A Venetian Story [from the Countess of
Rosenberg's Moral and Sentimental Essays; cont.]." Justine Wynne, Countess of
Rosenberg-Orsini. [Mayo 479]
8 (Oct. 1785): 271-272. A: "Fragments by Leo. Number V. On Simplicity in Writing."
William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
8 (Oct. 1785): 290-293. R: Pinkerton's Letters of Literature, by Robert Heron (cont.). William
Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
8 (Oct. 1785): 312. V: "Verses addressed to Miss S.P.H.G. of Aylsham, Norfolk." -----
Webster. [Sig.: "Retsbew," which is the author's name spelled in reverse]
8 (Oct. 1785): 312. V: "Impromptu. To a young Lady terrified with the apprehensions of a
storm of Thunder and Lightning." Edward Trapp Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P."; Pilgrim
contributed signed items to the EM in 1785.]
8 (Oct. 1785): 312. V: "Epigram. On seeing a Gentleman with two Watches." Edward Trapp
Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P."; Pilgrim contributed signed items to the EM in 1785.]
8 (Nov. 1785): 329. L: "Another plain, authentic, and faithful Narrative of the several Passages
of the Young Chevalier [Charles Edward, the Young Pretender], from the Battle of
Culloden to his embarkation from France" enc. Isaac Reed. [Sig.: "C.D."; Sherbo 84:
212 overlooks this contribution.]
8 (Nov. 1785): 334-335. A: "Fragments by Leo. No. VI. Cursory Observations on Critical
Sagacity." William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
8 (Nov. 1785): 348-352. A: "Deo and Bettina: A Venetian Story [from the Countess of
Rosenberg's Moral and Sentimental Essays; conc.]." Justine Wynne, Countess of
Rosenberg-Orsini. [Mayo 479]
8 (Nov. 1785): 376-379. R: Pinkerton's Letters of Literature. By Robert Heron (conc.).
William Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
8 (Dec. 1785): 435-438. A: "Eastern Apologues: or, the Lessons of Musladin Sadi. [From
Heron's (i.e., Pinkerton's) Letters of Literature, lately published.]." John Pinkerton.
[Pitcher 93: 48]
8 (Dec. 1785): 448-452. R: James Boswell's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. William
Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
Volume 9, 1786
9 (Jan. 1786): 13-14. A: "Fragments by Leo. Number VII. The delicate precision often
necessary in Translation." William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
9 (Feb. 1786): 87-89. L: "Strictures on [Robert] Heron's [i.e., John Pinkerton's] Letters of
Literature. By a Correspondent." William Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
[Pseud.: "Common Sense"]
9 (Feb. 1786): 122. V: "Song ['When Winter chills the dreary plain']." Robert Merry. [Sig.: "----- Merry"; see Sullivan 111.]
9 (Feb. 1786): 122-123. V: "Ode to Winter. By the Same [i.e., '----- Merry']." Robert Merry.
[Sig.: "----- Merry"; see Sullivan 111.]
9 (Mar. 1786): 168-173. R: Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (cont.). William
Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
9 (Mar. 1786): 206. V: "On a Young Lady expressing her partiality for the Weeping Willow."
Edward Trapp Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P."; Pilgrim contributed signed items to the EM in
1785.]
9 (Mar. 1786): 206. V: "Epitaph On an Old Maid." Edward Trapp Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P.";
Pilgrim contributed signed items to the EM in 1785.]
9 (Mar. 1786): 206. V: "Lines On seeing a Tombstone in Hampstead Church-Yard inscribed 'To
the Memory of _______, itinerant Linen-Draper.'" Edward Trapp Pilgrim. [Sig.:
"E.T.P."; Pilgrim contributed signed items to the EM in 1785.]
9 (Mar. 1786): 206. V: "Epigram." Edward Trapp Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P."; Pilgrim
contributed signed items to the EM in 1785.]
9 (Apr. 1786): 238-240. A: "Fragments by Leo, No. VIII. The Critical Club.--On the just
Standards of Homer's Merits." William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
9 (Apr. 1786): 288. V: "Hymn to Death." Robert Merry. [Sig.: "----- Merry"; see Sullivan
111.]
9 (May 1786): 340-344. R: Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (cont.). William Julius
Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
9 (May 1786): 367-368. V: "The Month of May." Edward Trapp Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P.";
Pilgrim contributed signed items to the EM in 1785.]
9 (June 1786): 393-395. A: "The Character of Eudoxus. By Dr. Colignon." Dr. Charles
Collignon. [Pitcher 93: 30]
9 (June 1786): 413-416. R: Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (conc.). William
Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
9 (June 1786): 452-453 V: "Ode to Indolence." Robert Merry. [Sig.: "----- Merry"; see
Sullivan 111.]
Volume 10, 1786
10 (Aug. 1786): 89-93. R: Helen Maria Williams's Poems. William Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84:
224, n. 12]
10 (Aug. 1786): 120-121. L: "Account of a whimsical Pamphlet [by Jacques A. Delaure], entitled
'Pogonologia; or, A Philosophical History of Beards.'" Isaac Reed. [Sig.: "C.D.";
Sherbo 84: 212 overlooks this contribution.]
10 (Sept. 1786): 153-155. A: "On Michael Drayton." Henry Headley. [Pitcher ANQ 82: 10]
[Pseud.: "C--T--O"]
10 (Sept. 1786): 177-180. R: Helen Maria Williams's Poems (conc.). William Julius Mickle.
[Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
10 (Oct. 1786): 241-243 [misnumbered as 249-243]. A: "Fragment by Leo. No. IX. The
Critical Club--A Profound Grecian." William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
10 (Oct. 1786): 291-292. V: "Lines Written at Waldershare." John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus";
dated Dover, which Dell (EM 39 [1801]: 124) claims as his native city; Biblio. Brit. 1:
294]
10 (Nov. 1786): 321-323. A: "On Cruelty towards Animals." Henry Headley. [Sig.: "C-T-O";
dated Norwich, where Headley resided; Edward W. Pitcher overlooks this contribution in
his attribution of several "C-T-O" items to Headley in Pitcher AN&Q 82: 10-11.]
10 (Nov. 1786): 361-362. A: "On Michael Drayton [cont.]." Henry Headley. [Sherbo 84: 224,
n. 12] [Pseud.: "C--T--O"]
10 (Nov. 1786): 380. V: "The Snow-Drop." Edward Trapp Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P."; Pilgrim
contributed signed items to the EM in 1785.]
10 (Nov. 1786): 380. V: "On the Sun shining in a young Lady's Eyes." Edward Trapp
Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P."; Pilgrim contributed signed items to the EM in 1785.]
10 (Nov. 1786): 380. V: "Impromptu. On a Tragedy being Damn'd the first Night of
Performance." Edward Trapp Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P."; Pilgrim contributed signed
items to the EM in 1785.]
10 (Nov. 1786): 382. V: "To Mr. Gainsborough, After seeing his Pictures. By the Author of the
Recess, Chapter of Accidents, &c." Sophia Lee. [BMGC]
10 (Nov. 1786): 383. V: "Song . . . ['The Persians stretch their votive arms']." Baptist Noel,
4th Earl of Gainsborough. [Sig.: "the late Earl of Gainsborough, who died aged 41, on
the 21st Mar., 1751"]
10 (Dec. 1786): 406-407. L: "Parallel Passages which chiefly relate to the Works of Pope."
Henry Headley. [Pitcher ANQ 82: 10] [Pseud.: "C--T--O"]
10 (Dec. 1786): 458. V: "Paraphrase, on Isaiah, chap. ix. ver. 6. Written for Christmas Day."
Edward Trapp Pilgrim. [Sig.: "E.T.P."; Pilgrim signed contributions to the EM in
1785.]
Volume 11, 1787
11 (Jan. 1787): 11-14. A: "Fragments by Leo. No. X. The Critical Club--Two Profound
Grecians." William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
11 (Jan. 1787): 15-18. A: "Optimism: a Dream. By M. Mercier." Louis Sébastien Mercier.
[Mayo 567]
11 (Jan. 1787): 23-25. L: "Bishop [Richard] Hurd's comments on [William] Mason's 'Ode to
Memory.'" Henry Headley. [Pitcher ANQ 82: 10] [Pseud.: "C--T--O"]
11 (Jan. 1787): 45*. L: "Verses upon the Road, to Lord John Cavendish. By the late D[avid]
Garrick, Esq." enc. Isaac Reed. [Sig.: "C.D."; Sherbo 84: 212 overlooks this
contribution.]
11 (Feb. 1787): 65-66. L: Extracts from Mist's Weekly Journal, 1727-28, re Milton enc. Isaac
Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212] [Pseud.: "C.D."]
11 (Feb. 1787): 69-71. A: "Marcus and Monimia [from Eliza Fowler Haywood's Epistles for the
Ladies]" enc. by "Spectator." Eliza Fowler Haywood. [Pitcher 93: 101]
11 (Feb. 1787): 113-115. A: "Optimism: a Dream. By M. Mercier [conc.]." Louis Sébastien
Mercier. [Mayo 567]
11 (Mar. 1787): 165-169. R: John Zephaniah Holwell's Dissertations on the Origin, Nature, and
Pursuits of Intelligent Beings, and of Divine Providence, Religion, and Religious
Worship. William Julius Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
11 (Mar. 1787): 202. V: "Woman: An Effusion." John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; one of a set of
three poems the last of which is dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
11 (Mar. 1787): 202. V: "Sonnet, written in Waldershare Wilderness." John Dell. [Sig.:
"Rusticus"; one of a set of three poems the last of which is dated Dover; see entry for EM
10 (1786): 291-292.]
11 (Mar. 1787): 202. V: "Lines written on a Retired Cottage." John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus";
dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
11 (Apr. 1787): 220-221. A: "Fragment by Leo. No. XI. Biography Parodied; or the History of
Pero, a Buckhound." William Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
11 (Apr. 1787): 221-222. A: "Character of Sir Paul Pindar." Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212]
[Pseud. "C.D."]
11 (Apr. 1787): 223-227. L: "Strictures on Sir John Hawkins's Life of Dr. Johnson." George
Steevens. [Davis 352-353, as cited in Sherbo 84: 224] [Pseud.: "Philo-Johnson"]
11 (Apr. 1787): 227. L: "Errors and Omissions in Sir John Hawkins's Edition of Johnson's
Works [inc. Hawkins's omission of Johnson's praise of George Steevens in Johnson's
preface to the 1773 edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare]." George Steevens.
[Sherbo 84: 225] [Pseud.: "Curio"]
11 (Apr. 1787): 227-229. L: "King Richard III.--Macbeth [strictures on Thomas Whately's
Remarks on some of the Characters of Shakespeare]." George Steevens. [Sherbo 84:
225]
11 (Apr. 1787): 288. V: "Inscription for the Tomb of Napier." David Steuart Erskine, 11th
Earl of Buchan. [Sig.: "The Earl of Buchan"]
11 (May 1787): 310-313. L: "Conclusion of Strictures on Sir John Hawkins's Life of Dr.
Johnson." George Steevens. [Davis 352-353, as cited in Sherbo 84: 224] [Pseud.:
"Philo Johnson"]
11 (May 1787): 319-323. R: Sir John Hawkins's The Life of Samuel Johnson. William Julius
Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
11 (May 1787): 367-368. V: "Lines written a few weeks since ['How loud the wind howls!']."
John Dell. [Sig.: "D. Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
11 (June 1787): 414-416. L: "Remarks on some of the Poems of Shakspeare [prompted by
Edmond Malone's previous edition of Shakespeare]." Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W.";
Watkins's letter in GM 66-ii (Dec. 1796): 1017 "acknowledging myself the author of . . .
every article that has appeared in the European Magazine under the signature of W.";
correction of Sherbo 82: 102-105, wherein this item is attributed provisionally to George
Steevens]
Volume 12, 1787
12 (July 1787): 20-23. R: Hawkins's Life of Samuel Johnson (cont.). William Julius Mickle.
[Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
12 (July 1787): 42-47. L: "The Fountains: A Fairy Tale. By the late Dr. Johnson" enc. Isaac
Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212] [Pseud.: "C.D."]
12 (July 1787): 58. V: "Verses to William Hayley, Esq." Rev. James Bicheno [?]. [Sig.: "P. B--o," a misprint for "J. B--o" (as corrected in EM 12 [1787]: 144 [2nd 144]); Bicheno's
son, James Ebenezer Bicheno (1785-1851) used the similar signature "J. E. B--o" for a
contribution to the GM 73-ii (1803): 719.]
12 (Aug. 1787): 107-108. L: "Original Letter from Mr. Garrick to the Secretary of the Customs"
enc. Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212] [Pseud.: "C.D."]
12 (Aug. 1787): 109-111. A: "Fragments by Leo, No. XII. Hints for the Improvement of the
Spelling of Proper Names; and on the Orthography of that of Shakespeare." William
Julius Mickle. [Taylor 206]
12 (Aug. 1787): 144 [2nd 144]. V: "Sonnet. To Miss Helena-Maria Williams." Rev. James
Bicheno [?]. [Sig.: "J. B--o"; Bicheno's son, James Ebenezer Bicheno (1785-1851) used
the similar signature "J. E. B--o" for a contribution to the GM 73-ii (1803): 719.]
12 (Sept. 1787): 179-180. A: "Miscellaneous Remarks. No. I [re John Langhorne's and William
Langhorne's trans. of Plutarch, John Pinkerton's Ancient Scottish Poems, Chaucer,
Milton, and a poem published by Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore]." Henry Headley.
[Sig.: "C-T-O"; Pitcher overlooks this item in his attribution of several "C-T-O" items to
Headley in Pitcher AN&Q 82: 10-11.]
12 (Sept. 1787): 181. L: "Letters between Sir Hans Sloane and Sir Richard Blackmore" enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212] [Pseud.: "C.D."]
12 (Sept. 1787): 193-200. R: Hawkins's Life of Samuel Johnson (conc.). William Julius
Mickle. [Sherbo 84: 224, n. 12]
12 (Sept. 1787): 235. V: "Elegy ['The blackbird whistles from the thorny brake']." John Dell.
[Sig.: "J. D. Rusticus"; Biblio. Brit. 1: 294]
12 (Sept. 1787): 235-236. V: "Receipt for a Cough." Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd. [Sig.: "Dr.
Ladd, of America"; see DAB 5: 526.]
12 (Oct. 1787): 262-264. L: "Strictures on Dr. [Thomas] Percival's Essay entitled, 'On
Inconsistency of Expectation in Literary Pursuits [including Percival's remarks on
Johnson]." George Steevens. [Davis 352-353, as cited in Sherbo 84: 224] [Pseud.:
"Philo Johnson"]
12 (Oct. 1787): 295-296. L: "Anecdote of J. J. Rousseau [re Rousseau's visit to Kent]." John
Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
12 (Oct. 1787): 309. V: "Idyl [' 'Tis gone! the bark that wafts my Love']." John Dell. [Sig.:
"Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
12 (Oct. 1787): 309. V: "Song, Adapted to the Music of 'Gentle River.' To My Heart." John
Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
12 (Oct. 1787): 311-312. V: "The Bachanalian." Rev. James Bicheno [?]. [Sig.: "J. B--o";
Bicheno's son, James Ebenezer Bicheno (1785-1851) used the similar signature "J. E. B--o" for a contribution to the GM 73-ii (1803): 719.]
12 (Nov. 1787): 424-425. V: "Elegy Written on the Plain of Fontenoy." Robert Merry. [Sig.:
"Della Crusca"; DNB 13: 295-296]
12 (Nov. 1787): 425-426. V: "[John] Howard, The Philanthrope: An Ode." Robert Merry.
[Sig.: "Della Crusca"; DNB 13: 296]
12 (Dec. 1787): 445-451. A: "The Power of Corrupt Society and False Shame over the Natural
Feelings of Virtue: Exemplified in the Story of Father Nicholas." Henry Mackenzie.
[Mayo 573]
12 (Supp. to Dec. 1787): unpaginated. V: "An Elegy, Written at Brussels, On the 31st of
December, 1787. By the Author of the 'Elegy written on the Plains of Fontenoy.'"
Robert Merry. [Sig.: "Della Crusca"; DNB 13: 296]
Volume 13, 1788
13 (Jan. 1788): 47-48. V: "Invocation to Horror." Hannah Cowley. [Sig.: "Anna Matilda";
DNB 4: 1308]
13 (Jan. 1788): 48. V: "Ode To Mrs. Siddons." Robert Merry. [Sig.: "Della Crusca"; DNB 13:
296]
13 (Jan. 1788): 49. V: "To Indifference ['Oh Nymph, long sought, of placid mien']." Hannah
Cowley. [Sig.: "Anna Matilda"; DNB 4: 1308]
13 (Jan. 1788): 49-50. V: "Ode to Death." Robert Merry. [Sig.: "Della Crusca"; DNB 13:
296]
13 (Feb. 1788): 77-78. L: "Of the Duty of a Journalist [enc. Samuel Johnson's 'Preface' to
Payne's Universal Chronicle]." Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212] [Pseud.: "C.D."]
13 (Feb. 1788): 108-109. V: "Ode to Anna Matilda." Robert Merry. [Sig.: "Della Crusca";
DNB 13: 296]
13 (Feb. 1788): 111-112. V: "To a Friend." John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see
entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
13 (Feb. 1788): 112. V: "Bagatelle. To my Friend abroad." John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated
Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
13 (Mar. 1788): 161. L: "Two original Letters of Colley Cibber Esq. [to Dr. William Oliver] on
the Influence of the Poet on the ancient Grecian States." Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212]
[Pseud.: "C.D."]
13 (Mar. 1788): 219-220. V: "The Slaves. An Elegy." Robert Merry. [Sig.: "Della Crusca";
DNB 13: 296]
13 (Mar. 1788): 220-221. V: "Anna Matilda to Della Crusca. Ode ['O Thou! / Who from "a
wilderness of Suns"']." Hannah Cowley. [Sig.: "Anna Matilda"; DNB 4: 1308]
13 (Mar. 1788): 221. V: "To Anna Matilda ['Nor will I more of Fate complain']." Robert
Merry. [Sig.: "Della Crusca"; DNB 13: 296]
13 (Mar. 1788): 221-222. V: "To Della Crusca ['I Hate the Elegiac lay']." Hannah Cowley.
[Sig.: "Anna Matilda"; DNB 4: 1308]
13 (Mar. 1788): 222. V: "From the Russian ['If life be doubtful as a dream']." Robert Merry.
[Sig.: "Della Crusca"; DNB 13: 296]
13 (Apr. 1788): 237-238. L: "Two original Letters respecting Spenser the Poet. By Mr. Tho.
Baker" enc. Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]
13 (Apr. 1788): 281-282. L: "Copy of a Letter from the late David Hume, Esq. to the late Sir
John Pringle, M.D. [re Charles Edward, the Young Pretender]" enc. Dr. John Watkins.
[Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
13 (Apr. 1788): 289-291. A: "The following Allegory [from L. S. Mercier's Songes
Philosophiques] lately made its Appearance in a Philadelphia News-Paper; and is said to
come from the Pen of the celebrated Doctor Franklin." Louis Sébastien Mercier, not
Benjamin Franklin. [Pitcher 93: 62]
13 (Apr. 1788): 293-294. V: "To Della Crusca ['Yes, on the mountain's haughty swell']."
Hannah Cowley. [Sig.: "Anna Matilda"; DNB 4: 1308]
13 (June 1788): 401-406. A: "Fragments by Leo. No. XIII. A Critique on the Samson
Agonistes of Milton, in Refutation of the Censures of Dr. Johnson." William Julius
Mickle. [Taylor 206]
13 (June 1788): 452-453. V: "An Effusion ['Where are my wonted pleasures flown?']." John
Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
Volume 14, 1788
14 (July 1788): 69. V: "An Elegy ['Where shall I find the smiling maid I love?']." John Dell.
[Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
14 (July 1788): 70. V: "A Song." Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle. [Sig.: "the Earl of
Carlisle"]
14 (Sept. 1788): 157-158. A: "The Peeper. Number I [setting forth the prospectus for the
series]." Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]
14 (Oct. 1788): 236-237. A: "The Heteroclite. Number I." Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher
NQ 76: 508]
14 (Oct. 1788): 241-243. A: "The Peeper. Number II [memorial to a deceased friend]." Dr.
John Watkins. [BMGC]
14 (Oct. 1788): 297-298. V: "An Apologetical Address ['Let those who on my conduct
frown']." John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
14 (Oct. 1788): 298-299. V: "Winter: a fragment." W. P. Taylor. [Sig.: "Rolyat," which is the
author's name spelled in reverse; see also EM 15 (1789): 46, which is signed "W.P.T."
and dated Brentingly, a misspelling for Brentingby, whence 14 (1788): 298-299 is also
dated.]
14 (Nov. 1788): 323-325. A: "The Peeper. Number III [on good and evil and the vicissitudes of
life]." Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]
14 (Nov. 1788): 329-331. A: "The Heteroclite. Number II." Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher
NQ 76: 508]
14 (Dec. 1788): 410-412. A: "The Peeper. Number IV [re winter amusements]." Dr. John
Watkins. [BMGC]
14 (Dec. 1788): 473-474. V: "Disappointment." Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii
(1796): 1017]
Volume 15, 1789
15 (Jan. 1789): 20-22. A: "The Peeper. Number V [meditation on the new year]." Dr. John
Watkins. [BMGC]
15 (Jan. 1789): 28-31. R: Jacques Necker's Of the Importance of Religious Opinions, trans.
Mary Wollstonecraft. Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Jan. 1789): 31-32. R: Robert Young's An Essay on the Powers and Mechanism of Nature.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Jan. 1789): 32. R: Rev. John Lloyd's Thesaurus Ecclesiasticus: an Improved Edition of the
Liber Valorum. Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Jan. 1789): 42. R: A Narrative of the extraordinary Case of George Lukins, of Yatton,
Somersetshire, who was possessed of evil spirits for 18 years; Samuel Norman's
Authentic Anecdotes of George Lukins; George Easterbrook's An Appeal to the Public
respecting George Lukins (called the Yatton Demoniac). Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.:
"W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Jan. 1789): 46. L: "Explanation of some Passages in Shakespeare." W. P. Taylor. [Sig.:
"W.P.T."; dated from Brentingby, whence Taylor's verses in EM 14 (1788): 298-299 are
dated]
15 (Feb. 1789): 88. L: "Extracts of Letters from Dr. Conyers Middleton to Lord Harvey [sic]
enc." Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]
15 (Feb. 1789): 91-96. A: "An Account of Jesse Ramsden [trans. by another hand]." Giuseppi,
Abbé Piazzi. [EM 15 (Apr. 1789): 266]
15 (Feb. 1789): 99. N: Note re John Hervey, the early Methodist. Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.:
"W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Feb. 1789): 111. R: Charles Edward De Coetlogon's A true Estimate of the Light of
Inspiration and the Light of Human Learning, before and since the Apostolic Age. Dr.
John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Feb. 1789): 112. R: George Tullie's A Discourse on the Government of the Thoughts. Dr.
John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Feb. 1789): 112. R: Philip Withers's Alfred; or, a Narrative of the daring and illegal
Measures to suppress a Pamphlet entitled Strictures on the Declaration of Horne Tooke,
Esq. respecting her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, commonly called Mrs.
Fitzherbert. Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Feb. 1789): 164-166. V: "Love Preferred to Glory: An Effusion." John Dell. [Sig.:
"Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
15 (Mar. 1789): 179-181. A: "Memoirs of Eyles Irwin, ESQ." Isaac Reed [?]. [Sherbo 84:
219]
15 (Mar. 1789): 187-189. A: "The Peeper. Number VI [re human wisdom]." Dr. John
Watkins. [BMGC]
15 (Mar. 1789): 194-195. A: "The Heteroclite. Number III." Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher
NQ 76: 508]
15 (Mar. 1789): 201-203. R: Joseph Towers's Memoirs of the Life and Reign of Frederick the
Third, King of Prussia. Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Mar. 1789): 210-213. R: Necker's Of the Importance of religious Opinions (conc.). Dr.
John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Apr. 1789): 270. L: Item (signed "J.B.") in "The Hive" enclosing "An Inscription said to
have been placed on the Quarters of the Grand Prevot in the Army of the Duke of
Marlborough." James Bindley [?]. [Sig.: "J.B."; Sherbo 84: 227 conjectures that James
Bindley was "the 'J.B.' who contributed many pieces to the EM" but does not identify
most of those pieces.]
15 (Apr. 1789): 276-278. A: "The Peeper. Number VII [in defense of the customs of the
author's forebears against the jeers of the young]." Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]
15 (Apr. 1789): 282-284. A: "The Heteroclite. Number IV." Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher
NQ 76: 508]
15 (Apr. 1789): 285-287. R: Captain George Dixon's A Voyage Round the World. Dr. John
Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (Apr. 1789): 336-337. V: "Ode on the Restoration of his Majesty." Robert Merry. [Sig.:
"Mr. Merry, Author of the Della Crusca Poems"; DNB 13: 296]
15 (May 1789): 356-357. A: "The Peeper. Number VIII [juxtaposing seriousness and mirth]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]
15 (May 1789): 378-380. A: "The Heteroclite. Number V." Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher
NQ 76: 508]
15 (May 1789): 382-384. R: Dixon's Voyage round the World (cont.). Dr. John Watkins.
[Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
15 (May 1789): 416. V: "Marquis Townshend's Verses on his niece, Miss Gardiner." George
Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquis Townshend. [Sig.: "Marquis Townshend"]
15 (June 1789): 428-430. A: "The Heteroclite. Number VI." Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher
NQ 76: 508]
15 (June 1789): 434-436. A: "The Peeper. Number IX [in defense of Laurence Sterne]." Dr.
John Watkins. [BMGC]
15 (June 1789): 457-458. R: Dixon's Voyage round the World (conc.). Dr. John Watkins.
[Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
Volume 16, 1789
16 (July 1789): 9-11. A: "The Peeper. Number X [re religious controversy]." Dr. John
Watkins. [BMGC]
16 (July 1789): 11-14. A: "Memoirs of John Wesley, M.A. including an History of, and
Observations on, Methodism." Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (July 1789): 19-21. L: "Remarks by the Author of the Dissertation on the Parian Chronicle on
Mr. [John] Hewlett's Criticisms on that Work." Rev. Joseph Robertson. [Sig.: "The
Author of the Parian Chronicle; BMGC]
16 (July 1789): 59-60. A: "The Heteroclite. Number VII." Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher
NQ 76: 508]
16 (July 1789): 63. V: "Sonnet ['Could then the babes from yon unshelter'd cot']." Rev.
Thomas Russell. [Sig.: "Mr. Russel"; EM 16 (1789): 63n; Alumni Oxon. 3: 1238]
16 (July 1789): 63. V: "Sonnet in the Comedy of False Appearances." Gen. Henry Seymour
Conway, Governor of Jersey. [Sig.: "Gen. Conway"]
16 (Aug. 1789): 99-101. A: "Memoirs of John Wesley . . . [cont.]." Dr. John Watkins. [Cont.
of EM 16 (1789): 11-14, which is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Aug. 1789): 102*-103*. A: "The Peeper. Number XI [re good nature]." Dr. John
Watkins. [BMGC]
16 (Aug. 1789): *120-124. L: "Second Letter of Observations on an Article [by Rev. John
Hewlett] in the Analytical Review for June, animadverting on 'Dissertation on the Parian
Chronicle.'" Rev. Joseph Robertson. [Sig.: "The Author of the Dissertation on the
Parian Chronicle"; BMGC]
16 (Aug. 1789): 137-138. V: "Ode on Caprice ['Offspring of Pride and lawless Pow'r']." Rev.
Richard Graves the Younger. [Sig.: "Rev. Mr. Graves of Claverton"]
16 (Sept. 1789): 155-157. A: "An Account of the Life and Writings of William Julius Mickle."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 211, n. 4]
16 (Sept. 1789): 161-162. L: "Original Letter of the late rev. pious and learned Mr. James
Hervey" enc. Dr. John Watkins [?]. [Sig.: "J.W."; EM16 (1789): 161n refers readers to
"our Magazine for Feb.," in which "W." contributed a note re John Hervey (15 [1789]:
99).]
16 (Sept. 1789): 162-164. A: "The Peeper. Number XII [re what to look for in friendship]." Dr.
John Watkins. [BMGC]
16 (Sept. 1789): 164-166. A: "Memoirs of John Wesley . . . [conc.]." Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.:
"W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Sept. 1789): 168-169. L: "Some Account of the Life of James Gibbs, Esq. the Celebrated
Architect [from the Scots Magazine]" enc. Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.:
"C.D."]
16 (Sept. 1789): 180-181. R: Accounts and Extracts of the Manuscripts in the Library of the
King of France. Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Sept. 1789): 184. R: Samuel Birch's The Abbey of Ambresbury. Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.:
"W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Sept. 1789): 214. V: "Sonnet from the Spanish of Cervantes ['Mother, with watchful eye you
strive']." Henry James Pye. [Sig.: "Mr. Pye"]
16 (Sept. 1789): 216. V: "Poor Jack." Charles Dibdin. [Sig.: "Mr. Dibdin"; DNB 5: 909]
16 (Oct. 1789): 243-245. A: "Drossiana. [Number I; re ennui]." William Seward. [Sherbo 84:
224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]
16 (Oct. 1789): 268-270. R: Accounts and Extracts of the Manuscripts in the Library of the
King of France (cont.). Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Oct. 1789): 291-293. A: "The Heteroclite. Number IX [misnumbered; should be VIII]."
Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher NQ 76: 508]
16 (Oct. 1789): 296-297. V: "Stanzas Written amidst the Ruins of a Country Seat." John Dell.
[Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
16 (Oct. 1789): 297. V: "A Wish ['Unnoted, lonely as I rove']." John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus";
dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292.]
16 (Nov. 1789): 317-321. A: "An Account of the Life and Writings of William Julius Mickle
[conc.]." Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 211, n. 4]
16 (Nov. 1789): 321-322. A: "Drossiana. Number II [re education]." William Seward.
[Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]
16 (Nov. 1789): 322-324. A: "The Heteroclite. Number IX." Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher
NQ 76: 508]
16 (Nov. 1789): 326-329. R: George Gregory's The Life of Thomas Chatterton. Dr. John
Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Nov. 1789): 334-336. R: Thomas Sheridan's A Complete Dictionary of the English
Language. Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Nov. 1789): 336. R: William Belsham's Essays Philosophical, Historical, and Literary. Dr.
John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Nov. 1789): 340-341. R: Private Worth the Basis of Public Decency. Dr. John Watkins.
[Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Nov. 1789): 341. R: Joseph Marie Brossays du Perray's Historical Remarks on the Castle of
the Bastille, ed. John Howard. Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Nov. 1789): 349-352. R: Anecdotes and Extracts of the Manuscripts in the Library of the
King of France (conc.). Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Nov. 1789): 353-355. R: Thomas Howel's A Journal of the Passage from India. Dr. John
Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]
16 (Nov. 1789): 376-377. L: "Dr. [Richard] Bentley's Comments on particular Passages in
[Charles] Boyle's Examination of the Doctor's Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris,
and the Fables of AEsop." W. P. Taylor [?]. [Sig.: "W.P.T."]
16 (Dec. 1789): 395-396. A: "Drossiana. Number III. On Education [cont.]." William
Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]
16 (Dec. 1789): 399. N: Paragraph (signed "W.") in "The Hive; or, Collection of Scraps,"
implicitly praising the Rev. Thomas Broughton's rejection of "the commonly received
notion of the eternity of Hell-torments. . . ." Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii
(1796): 1017]
16 (Dec. 1789): 402-403. A: "The Peeper. Number XIII [attacking obscene literature and its
corrupting tendency]." Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]
16 (Dec. 1789): 404-406. A: "The Heteroclite. Number XI [number X having been omitted]."
Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher NQ 76: 508]