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THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE, 1790-94, vols. 17-26

Volume 17, 1790



17 (Jan. 1790): 10-11. A: "Drossiana. Number IV. On Education [conc.]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


17 (Jan. 1790): 14-16. A: "The Peeper. Number XIV [re the benefits of confession]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]


17 (Jan. 1790): 57-58. V: "The Origin of Grog."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"; nautical subject matter]


17 (Feb. 1790): 89-91. A: "The Heteroclite. Number XII."
Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher NQ 76: 508]


17 (Feb. 1790): 96-99. A: "Drossiana. Number V. Anecdotes of some Extraordinary Persons [re Giulio, Cardinal Alberoni; Lord Peterbro' Mordaunt; Fénelon; Bernard Mandeville; Jean-François Regnard]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


17 (Feb. 1790): 99-101. A: "The Peeper. Number XV [re the folly of parents choosing professions for their children]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]


17 (Mar. 1790): 169-175. A: "Drossiana. Number VI. Biographical Anecdotes [re Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham; Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset; Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; Abbé de Saint Pierre; Wortley Montagu, Jun.; Marshal Nicolas Catinat; Pope and his contemporaries]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


17 (Mar. 1790): 176-177. A: "The Peeper. Number XVI [re cursing and swearing]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]


17 (Mar. 1790): 206-208. L: "Letter from the Author of the Dissertation on the Parian Chronicle on the Rev. Mr. [John] Hewlett's 'Answer to some Critical Strictures relative to the Controversy on the Parian Chronicle.'"
Rev. Joseph Robertson. [Sig.: "The Author of the Dissert. on the P. C."; BMGC]


17 (Mar. 1790): 233. V: "On the Death of Mr. [John] Howard."
Dr. John Aikin. [Sig.: "Dr. Aikin"; Aikin was Howard's literary executor and published View of the Character and Public Services of John Howard, esq.]


17 (Apr. 1790): 249-256. A: "Drossiana. Number VII. Biographical and Literary Anecdotes [re Frederick, Prince of Wales; Pope; Richelieu; Fontenelle; George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal; Sir Robert Walpole; Dr. Conyers Middleton; Henry Home, Lord Kames; Sir Walter Raleigh; John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury; Christian Gottlob Heyne; Philip Stanhope (son of the Earl of Chesterfield); John, Duke of Marlborough; Marshal de Saxe; Benedict XIV; Marshal Turenne; William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester; Salvator Rosa; Cardinal Fleury; Earl of Chatham; Robert Clive; Mary, Queen of Scots; Marguerite de Valois; Henri IV; Pierre Pithou; James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick; Rousseau]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


17 (Apr. 1790): 258-259. A: "The Peeper. Number XVII [re religious enthusiasm]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; BMGC]


17 (Apr. 1790): 265-267. A: "The Heteroclite. Number XIII."
Rev. James Hurdis [?]. [Pitcher NQ 76: 508]


17 (Apr. 1790): 310-311. V: "Verses To Sir Joshua Reynolds."
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle. [Sig.: "The Earl of Carlisle"]


17 (Apr. 1790): 312. V: "Verses To Miss Seward, on reading her Poem on the Death of Major [John] Andre. Written in 1782."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]


17 (May 1790): 329-333. A: "Drossiana. Number VIII. Biographical and Literary Anecdotes [re William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester; 'Desiderata in English Literature'; 'Miscellaneous and Detached Thoughts from Books, &c.'; Turgot; Voltaire; 'M.G.P.,' author of Mélanges de Literature (sic); Dr. John Monro; Etienne Maurice Falconet; Mr. Webbe; Fuseli; Jean-François-Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


17 (May 1790): 333-334. A: "The Peeper. Number XVIII [re marriage]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; BMGC]


17 (May 1790): 345-350. R: Edward Topham's The Life of John Elwes, Esq.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


17 (May 1790): 390-391. V: "Monody To the Memory of John Howard, Esq."
Robert Merry. [Sig.: "----- Merry"]


17 (June 1790): 409-412. A: "Drossiana. Number IX. Miscellaneous and Detached Thoughts from Books [re Nicolas Poussin; Horace Walpole; Paul Pelisson; Louis XIV; Montaigne]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


17 (June 1790): 420-421. A: "The Peeper. Number XIX [re defamation]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]

Volume 18, 1790


18 (July 1790): 9. L: "Two Original Letters of Bishop [William] Warburton [to Dr. William Oliver]" enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 219]


18 (July 1790): 11-16. A: "Drossiana. Number X. Miscellaneous and Detached Thoughts from Books [re English and French royal authors; education; John Law; Charles I; Dr. John Jortin; Earl of Chatham; Erasmus; Antoine Varillas; William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester; Dr. Robert Baillie]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


18 (July 1790): 16-17. A: "The Peeper. Number XX [which takes issue with Johnson's statement, 'there is generally a scoundrelism about a low-man']."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]


18 (July 1790): 45-47. L: "Calculation of the Increase of Annuity which may reasonably be expected in each Class, and also the real Value of the Annuity offered by the present Government Tontine."
John Hoole [?]. [Sig.: "J.H."; subject matter (Hoole had served for years as Auditor of Indian Accounts to the East India Company.)]


18 (July 1790): 70. V: "Verses on a Lady's Breast-Knot, Written in 1786. . . ."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]


18 (July 1790): 72. V: "The Cruize."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"; dated from shipboard]


18 (Aug. 1790): 96-98. A: "Drossiana. Number XI. Miscellaneous and Detached Thoughts from Books [re Sir Philip Warwick's Character of Lord Strafford; Provost Robert Baillie; Sir William Chambers on oriental gardens; 'respectful behaviour of persons of all ranks in Scotland to their pastors']."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


18 (Aug. 1790): 98-99. A: "The Peeper. Number XXI [re vanity]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]


18 (Sept. 1790): 163-165. A: "Some Account of the late Rev. Mr. Samuel Badcock."
Dr. John Watkins. [Conc. (EM 18 [1790]: 325-327) is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017.]


18 (Sept. 1790): 167-168. L: "Anecdotes of Anthony Benezet" enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


18 (Sept. 1790): 169-170. A: "The Peeper. Number XXII [asserting that woman is not inferior to man]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]


18 (Sept. 1790): 174-176. A: "Drossiana. Number XII. Miscellaneous and Detached Thoughts from Books [re art, architecture, and design; Gustavus III of Sweden]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


18 (Sept. 1790): 177-182. L: "Curious Letter of Dr. [John] Shebbeare to Miss Read; containing a Detail of his Dispute with Sir Robert Fletcher."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


18 (Sept. 1790): 206-207. A: "Milton. Reasons why it is improbable that the Coffin lately dug up in the Parish Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, should contain the Reliques of MILTON."
George Steevens. [Sherbo 84: 225]


18 (Sept. 1790): 225-226. V: "The Seasons Moralized."
Rev. Timothy Dwight. [Sig.: "Dr. Dwight, of America, Author of The Conquest of Canaan"; DAB 3: 575]


18 (Oct. 1790): 258-262. A: "Drossiana. Number XIII. Miscellaneous and Detached Thoughts from Books [re English orators; James Barry on Gothic architecture; Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de Saint-Evremond]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


18 (Oct. 1790): 267-268. A: "The Peeper. Number XXIII [re honor]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]


18 (Oct. 1790): 269-272. R: Charles John Ann Hereford's The History of France, from the first Establishment of that Monarchy, to the present Revolution.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


18 (Nov. 1790): 325-327. A: "Account of the Late Rev. Mr. Samuel Badcock [cont.]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


18 (Nov. 1790): 336-339. A: "Drossiana. Number XIV. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Dr. Isaac Barrow; Maximilian I; Charles V; Louis XII; Francis I; Martin Luther; Louis XIII; Richelieu; Louis XIV; Louvois; Cardinal d'Estrées; Sully; Bossuet; Abbé de Longuerue]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


18 (Nov. 1790): 353-356. R: John Obadiah Justamond's Surgical Tracts.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


18 (Nov. 1790): 356-360. R: Hereford's History of France (cont.).
Joseph Moser. [Cont. of EM 18 (1790): 269-272, which is signed "M."]


18 (Nov. 1790): 367-368. R: Rev. Joseph Berington's The History of the Reign of Henry the Second, and of Richard and John, his Sons.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


18 (Nov. 1790): 386-387. V: "Ode To the Right Hon. William Pitt, Esq."
J. C. Seymour [?]. [Sig.: "J.C.S."]


18 (Nov. 1790): 387. V: "Alwyn; or, The Suicide."
W. P. Taylor [?]. [Sig.: "W.P.T."]


18 (Nov. 1790): 387-388. V: "Verses, Written at Roslin, near Edinburgh, in Summer 1788."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]


18 (Dec. 1790): 414-415. A: "The Peeper. Number XXIV [re economic concerns]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]


18 (Dec. 1790): 416-418. A: "Drossiana. Number XV. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons perhaps not generally known [re John Howard; Philip Doddridge; M. de Belsance, Bishop of Marseilles; James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair; Montesquieu]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


18 (Dec. 1790): 418-419. A: "On the Atmospheres of the Planets."
Dr. John Watkins [?]. [Sig.: "W."; dated from Edinburgh (instead of Watkins's native Devon) and not his typical subject matter, but see Watkins's letter in GM 66-ii (Dec. 1796): 1017 "acknowledging . . . [himself] the author of . . . every article that has appeared in the European Magazine under the signature of W."]


18 (Dec. 1790): 420-422. A: "Translation from [Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de] St. Evremond."
J. C. Seymour [?]. [Sig.: "J.C.S."; J. C. Seymour's signed contribution, "A New Dialogue of the Dead. Horace and Pope in the Elysian Shades," immediately follows this item.]


18 (Dec. 1790): 427-430. R: Justamond's Surgical Tracts (conc.).
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


18 (Dec. 1790): 430-433. R: Hereford's History of France (conc.).
Joseph Moser. [Conc. of EM 18 (1790): 269-272, which is signed "M."]


18 (Dec. 1790): 472. V: "[Three] Epigrams, by J.C.S."
J. C. Seymour [?]. [Sig.: "J.C.S."; the epigrams immediately follow J. C. Seymour's signed trans. of "Ode to St. Genevieve, By Mons. de Voltaire."]


18 (Dec. 1790): 472. V: "Verses, On a young Lady weeping at the Death of a favourite Bird."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]

Volume 19, 1791


19 (Jan. 1791): 3-4. A: "Further Account of Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M.P."
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


19 (Jan. 1791): 15-19. A: "Drossiana. Number XVI. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re René-Louis, Marquis d'Argenson; Duc de Choiseuil; Duc d'Aiguillon; M. du Chalotais; Duc du Montausier; Père Chappart; Rev. William Mompesson, Vicar of Eyam, Derbys.; François de Malherbe; Jean-Baptiste Lully; Jean de Santeul; Michel Baron; Marie Françoise Dumesnil; Alexis Piron; La Couvreur; James Quin; John Henley ("Orator" Henley); Peter the Wild Boy]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


19 (Jan. 1791): 23-25. A: "The Peeper, Number XXV [re marriage]."
Dr. John Watkins. [BMGC]


19 (Jan. 1791): 35-37. R: Berington's History of the Reign of Henry the Second, and of Richard and John his Sons (cont.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Cont. of EM 18 (1790): 367-368, which is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


19 (Feb. 1791): 89-90. A: "Account of the Late Rev. Mr. Samuel Badcock [conc.]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


19 (Feb. 1791): 93-96. A: "Drossiana. Number XVII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Laurence Sterne; Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset; M. Clément, the journalist; Sir John Hill; Goldsmith; Smollett; Dr. William Kenrick; George Colman; Voltaire; Rousseau; David Hume; Baron de Trenck]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


19 (Feb. 1791): 113-115. R: Quintin Craufurd's The History of the Bastile.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


19 (Feb. 1791): 115-117. R: A Volume of Letters from Dr. [John] Berkenhout to his Son.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


19 (Feb. 1791): 121-122. R: Berington's History of the Reign of Henry the Second, and of Richard and John his Sons (conc.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


19 (Feb. 1791): 152. V: "The Auburn Lock."
John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292]


19 (Feb. 1791): 153. V: "The Willow."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]


19 (Mar. 1791): 173. L: "Letter from the late General [James M.] Varnum to his Lady. (Wrote a few Days before his Death.)" enc.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "J.M."]


19 (Mar. 1791): 177-182. A: "Drossiana. Number XVIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Frederick the Great; Clement XIV; Joseph II; Charles Edward, the Young Pretender (Count Albany); Rev. George Whitefield; Pius VI; Loménie de Brienne; Johann Kaspar Lavater; Count Florida Blanca; Comte de Vergennes; Gen. Charles Lee; Benjamin Franklin; Sir John Pringle; Dr. John Campbell; Capability Brown]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


19 (Mar. 1791): 191-193. R: Craufurd's History of the Bastile (cont.).
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


19 (Apr. 1791): 256. A: "Parallels. The Civilized Man and the Savage [trans. by an unknown hand from Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes]."
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal. [Pitcher AEB 104]


19 (Apr. 1791): 263-268. A: "Drossiana. Number XIX. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Langlet du Fresnoy; Michel Baron; Louis d'Eon; Charles Pinot Duclos; Languet de Gergy; Edward Young; David Hume; John Brown]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


19 (Apr. 1791): 274-278. R: Craufurd's History of the Bastile (conc.).
Joseph Moser. [Conc. of EM 19 (1791): 113-115, which is signed "M."]


19 (Apr. 1791): 278-282. R: A Volume of Letters from Dr. Berkenhout to his Son (conc.).
Joseph Moser. [Conc. of EM 19 (1791): 115-117, which is signed "M."]


19 (May 1791): 337-341. A: "Drossiana. Number XX. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re William Harvey; Dr. George Cheyne; Locke; Dryden; John Selden; Henri-François d'Aguesseau; Dr. Isaac Barrow; Dr. Robert South; Dr. Richard Bentley; Newton; Lord Bacon; Grotius; John Robinson, Bishop of London]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


19 (May 1791): 391. V: "Sonnet on Intemperance."
J. C. Seymour [?]. [Sig.: "J.C.S."]


19 (June 1791): 415-416. L: "[Richard Farmer's] Directions for the Study of English History" enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


19 (June 1791): 425-428. A: "Drossiana. Number XXI. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re John Howard; Thomas Day; John, Baron Somers; Lord Bolingbroke; James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond; Giulio, Cardinal Alberoni]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


19 (June 1791): 473. V: "On Presenting a Primrose."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]


19 (June 1791): 474. V: "Extempore."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]

Volume 20, 1791


20 (July 1791): 6-7. A: "Character of the late Dr. [William] Cullen, [reprinted] from a Work of Dr. Trotter."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]


20 (July 1791): 9-12. L: "[Trans. of Masson de Blamont's] Elmina; or, The Flower that Never Fades. A Tale for Young Ladies" enc.
Charles François Philibert Masson de Blamont. [Pitcher AEB 104]


20 (July 1791): 21-24. L: "Specimens of a proposed Publication [by Sir Charles Whitworth] of Lord Whitworth's State Papers."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


20 (July 1791): 24-29. A: "Drossiana. Number XXII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Lemerius; Madame, Mother to the Regent; Charles V, Duke of Lorraine; Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; Mirabeau; Benjamin Franklin; Lekain (Henri-Louis Cain); Germain Soufflot; Goldsmith]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


20 (July 1791): 31-34. R: Hannah More's An Estimate of the Religion of the Fashionable World. By one of the Laity.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


20 (Aug. 1791): 101-103. A: "A Specimen of Lord Whitworth's State Papers [conc.]."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213]


20 (Aug. 1791): 103-107. A: "Drossiana. Number XXIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Armond Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé, Abbé de Rancé; the Man in the Iron Mask; Paul Pellisson; Abbé Raccellai; Abbé Blanchet; Fontenelle; Alexis Piron; Oliver Cromwell; John Hampden]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


20 (Aug. 1791): 124-126. R: The Life of Thomas Pain [sic]. . . . By Francis Oldys [i.e., George Chalmers].
Joseph Moser. [Cont. (EM 20 [1791]: 193-198) is signed "M."]


20 (Aug. 1791): 126-128. A: "The Peeper. Number XXVI [re education]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; BMGC]


20 (Aug. 1791): 136-141. A: "Observations, Natural, OEconomical, and Literary, made in a Tour from London to the Lakes in the Summer of 1791."
Dr. John Watkins. [Conc. (EM 20 [1791]: 450-454) is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


20 (Aug. 1791): 141-142. V: "[Theatrical Journal:] Introductory Address, Written by Mr. Roberdeau ['Here, Hostess, Hostess, t'other cup of sack!']."
John Peter Roberdeau. [Sig.: "Mr. Roberdeau"]


20 (Sept. 1791): 169. L: "An original Letter from the late Earl of Chesterfield to Dr. William Dodd" enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


20 (Sept. 1791): 175-176. A: "Drossiana. Number XXIV. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Sir Henry Vane, Jun.; John Pym; Inigo Jones; Sir Christopher Wren]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


20 (Sept. 1791): 193-198. R: Oldys's [Chalmers's] Life of Thomas Pain [sic] (cont.).
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


20 (Sept. 1791): 216-220. A: "Observations, Natural, OEconomical, and Literary, made in a Tour from London to the Lakes [cont.]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Conc. (EM 20 [1791]: 450-454) is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


20 (Sept. 1791): 222-223. V: "Damon and Chloe. A Song."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]


20 (Oct. 1791): 261-264. A: "Drossiana. Number XXV. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Pope; Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth; Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de St. Evremond; Molière; Abbé Gedoyn; Jean-François Sarasin; Leibniz; Jean de Launoy; Marin Le Roy, Sieur de Gomberville; Giambattista Gelli; Jean de Santeul; Alexandre Toussaint Limojon de St. Didier; Denis Sanguin de Saint-Pavin; Magdelene de Saint Nectaire]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


20 (Oct. 1791): 265-269. R: William Lempriere's A Tour from Gibraltar to . . . Morocco.
Joseph Moser. [Conc. (EM 20 [1791]: 433-436) is signed "M."]


20 (Oct. 1791): 274-278. R: Barberi's The Life of Joseph Balsamo, commonly called Count Cagliostro.
Joseph Moser. [Cont. (EM 20 [1791]: 364-367) is signed "M."]


20 (Oct. 1791): 285-288. L: "Disquisition on the Attempt made (in Boswell's 'Life of Johnson') to palliate the Cruelty of Lady Macclesfield, Mother of Richard Savage; An Original Letter from Mr. Savage to Theophilus Cibber, written while the former was in Newgate under Sentence of Death."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


20 (Oct. 1791): 289-292. A: "Observations, Natural, OEconomical, and Literary, made in a Tour from London to the Lakes [cont.]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Conc. (EM 20 [1791]: 450-454) is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


20 (Nov. 1791): 347-349. A: "Drossiana. Number XXVI. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Pietro Giannone; Antoine Varillas; Boileau; Louis XII; Jean-François-Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz; Jean Passerat; Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester; Edward VI; Charles V; Marguerite de Valois]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


20 (Nov. 1791): 356-359. R: The Charge of the Lord Bishop of St. David's [Samuel Horsley] to the Clergy of his Diocese.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


20 (Nov. 1791): 364-367. R: Barberi's The Life of Joseph Balsamo, commonly called Count Cagliostro (cont.).
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


20 (Nov. 1791): 367-370. R: Lempriere's Tour from Gibraltar to . . . Morocco (cont.).
Joseph Moser. [Conc. (EM 20 [1791]: 433-436) is signed "M."]


20 (Nov. 1791): 377-381. A: "Observations, Natural, OEconomical, and Literary, made in a Tour from London to the Lakes [cont.]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Conc. (EM 20 [1791]: 450-454) is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


20 (Dec. 1791): 406. N: "Thomas Cooke."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 88: 267, 269]


20 (Dec. 1791): 410-411. L: "Lord Somers not the Author of an Anecdote attributed to him by the Answerers of Mr. Burke, &c."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


20 (Dec. 1791): 411-413. A: "The Peeper. Number XXVII [re prejudice]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; BMGC]


20 (Dec. 1791): 413-416. A: "Drossiana. Number XXVII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Joseph Hall, Bishop of Exeter and Norwich; Martin Luther; Locke; Milton; Marie Leszcynska; Mary, Queen of Scots; Charles V; John Sobieski, King of Poland; William Thomas, Bishop of Worcester]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


20 (Dec. 1791): 433-436. R: Lempriere's Tour from Gibraltar to . . . Morocco (conc.).
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


20 (Dec. 1791): 436-440. R: Barberi's The Life of Joseph Balsamo, commonly called Count Cagliostro (conc.).
Joseph Moser. [Conc. of EM 20 (1791): 364-367, which is signed "M."]


20 (Dec. 1791): 440-441. R: The Philosophy of Masons.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


20 (Dec. 1791): 450-454. A: "Observations, Natural, OEconomical, and Literary, made in a Tour from London to the Lakes [conc.]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]

Volume 21, 1792


21 (Jan. 1792): 3-5. A: "An Account of Mr. John Ellis."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 211, n. 4]


21 (Jan. 1792): 15-16. A: "Drossiana. Number XXVIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Lord Clarendon; John Hough, Bishop of Worcester; William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester; Montesquieu; D'Eon de l'Etoile [twelfth-century heretic]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


21 (Jan. 1792): 25-28. R: William Belsham's Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary, Vol. II.
Dr. John Watkins. [Cont. (EM 21 [1792]: 201-203) is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


21 (Jan. 1792): 43-44. A: "Detraction A Vision. . . . [From Cotton's 'Pieces in Prose and Verse,' lately published.]."
Nathaniel Cotton the Elder. [Pitcher AN&Q 79: 124]


21 (Jan. 1792): 71-72. V: "To Nature."
John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292]


21 (Feb. 1792): 94-96. A: "Drossiana. Number XXIX. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Lord Clarendon; Henry VIII; Prince Henry, son of James VI; Queen Elizabeth]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


21 (Feb. 1792): 106. N: Query re "Dr. George Hickes, Dean of Worcester, who was silenced at the Revolution for not taking the oaths to King William."
Dr. John Watkins [?]. [Sig.: "J.W."; Watkins frequently wrote articles on churchmen.]


21 (Feb. 1792): 114-119. R: Edward Umfreville's The Present State of Hudson's Bay.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


21 (Feb. 1792): 125-128. A: "Account of Mr. John Ellis [conc.]."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 211, n. 4]


21 (Mar. 1792): 180-184. A: "Drossiana. Number XXX. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Lord Clarendon; Robert Raymond, Lord Raymond; Sidney Godolphin; Marquis d'Arcy; Dr. John Brown; Henry Fielding; Sir Christopher Wren; Dr. David Hartley; Duc de Choiseul; Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert Gabriel de Sartine, Comte d'Alby; Mirabeau; Lord Bacon; Henry Booth, Lord Delamer, 1st Earl of Warrington]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


21 (Mar. 1792): 187-191. R: John Long's Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


21 (Mar. 1792): 201-203. R: Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary, Vol. II (cont.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


21 (Mar. 1792): 221-222. V: "Calumny."
W. J. Oddy. [Sig.: "J. W. O--y," an apparent misprint for "W. J. O--y," the signature Oddy had used the preceding year for a contribution to GM 61-i (1791): 1140; Oddy contributed several signed poems to the EM during 1792.]


21 (Mar. 1792): 222-223. V: "Eden Streams: To the Memory of Thomson."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"]


21 (Apr. 1792): 257-261. A: "Drossiana. Number XXXI. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester; Duke of Orléans; Louis, Duke of Burgundy (grandson of Louis XIV)]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


21 (Apr. 1792): 269-272. R: Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


21 (Apr. 1792): 281-283. R: Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary, Vol. II (cont.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


21 (Apr. 1792): 295-298. L: Letter (p. 295; signed "J.W.") enclosing "On the Excellence of Christianity in Improving the Minds and Polishing the Manners of Men" (pp. 295-298; signed "W.").
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


21 (May 1792): 326-327. A: "Drossiana. Number XXXII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Congreve, Lesage, Dryden, Milton]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


21 (May 1792): 344-348. R: Maria Robinson's Vancenza; or, The Dangers of Credulity.
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


21 (May 1792): 348-352. R: Charles John Ann Hereford's The History of Rome.
Joseph Moser. [Conc. (EM 22 [1792]: 126-129) is signed "M."]


21 (June 1792): 421-424. L: "Extracts from [Edward] Alleyn's (Founder of Dulwich College) Journal; entitled, 'The Founder's 1st Books of Accounts, from October 1617, to September 1622.'"
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212-213] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


21 (June 1792): 425-428. A: "Drossiana. Number XXXIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re James Quin; Handel; Henry Fielding; Du Croy; Louis XIII; Anne of Austria; Jean-François-Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz; Mazarin; Prince de Condé; Colbert; Louis XIV; Abbé Prévost; Boileau]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]

Volume 22, 1792


22 (July 1792): 7-19. A: "Drossiana. Number XXXIV. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Louis XIV; Jean de Santeul; John, Duke of Marlborough; Marshal de Saxe; Prince Eugene of Savoy; Urban VIII; Fontenelle; Lesage; De Cadiere]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


22 (July 1792): 33-35. R: Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary, Vol. II (conc.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


22 (July 1792): 38-39. R: John Lavington, Jun., The Case of Desertion and Affliction considered, in a Course of Sermons.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


22 (July 1792): 43-46. R: Hereford's History of Rome (cont.).
Joseph Moser. [Conc. (EM 22 [1792]: 126-129) is signed "M."]


22 (Aug. 1792): 89-92. A: "Claudine. A Swiss Tale. From the French of M. de Florian."
Jean Pierre Claris de Florian. [Pitcher 93: 33]


22 (Aug. 1792): 103-106. A: "Drossiana. Number XXXV. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Rousseau; Propertia da Rossi; Salvator Rosa; George Buchanan; Mary, Queen of Scots]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


22 (Aug. 1792): 126-129. R: Hereford's History of Rome (conc.).
Joseph Moser. [Sig.: "M."]


22 (Sept. 1792): 177-178. L: "Farther Anecdotes of John Henderson, B. A."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


22 (Sept. 1792): 178-180. A: "Drossiana. Number XXXVI. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re W. Page (whose hand was cut off in punishment for his publishing a pamphlet concerning Elizabeth I's prospective marriage to the Duke of Anjou); Thomas Hayter, Bishop of London; John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury; William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore; Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


22 (Sept. 1792): 184-188. A: "Claudine. A Swiss Tale. From the French of M. de Florian [conc.]."
Jean Pierre Claris de Florian. [Pitcher 93: 33]


22 (Oct. 1792): 254-255. L: "Curious Account of the Execution of the Earl of Essex, now first published."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212, 214] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


22 (Oct. 1792): 257-262. L: "An Account of Mr. [John] Russell's Journey from Gibraltar to Sallee, Mequinez, and Fez, and of his Return back again by Way of Tangier; beginning the 7th of June 1729, and ending the 10th of August following" enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212, 214] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


22 (Oct. 1792): 266-267. A: "Drossiana. Number XXXVII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley; Arnaud, Cardinal d'Ossat; James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


22 (Nov. 1792): 328. L: "Original Letter of Mr. John Hughes to the Countess of Donnegal" enc.
Richard Watkinson [?]. [Sig.: "R.W."; dated Colchester, whence Watkinson had submitted a signed contribution to the EM in 1786]


22 (Nov. 1792): 338-342. A: "Drossiana. Number XXXVIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Lord Clarendon; James II; Sir Francis Fanshawe; Judge Jeffreys (George, Baron Jeffreys); Sir John Maynard; John Howard; Oldys, a long-time prisoner in the Fleet; John Urry; Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury; Edmund Ludlow; Martin Luther; Oliver Cromwell]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


22 (Dec. 1792): 409-413. L: "Curious Particulars respecting Dr. Godfrey Goodman, Bishop of Gloucester, the only apostate English Bishop since the Reformation, and who left Children to beg their Bread (now first published)" enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212, 214] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


22 (Dec. 1792): 431-432. A: "Drossiana. Number XXXIX. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Sir Thomas Herbert; Dom Noel d'Argonne; Abélard; Doletus]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]

Volume 23, 1793


23 (Jan. 1793): 16-19. A: "Drossiana. Number XL. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Montaigne, Admiral Coligny; Henry Carey; Samuel Johnson; Menart, member of the Parlement of Bordeaux; Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury; Marshal Villars; Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


23 (Jan. 1793): 43-45. L: Letter (p. 43; signed "W.") enclosing "On the Excellency of Christianity, and the Necessity of Propagating It. Number II" (pp. 43-45).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


23 (Feb. 1793): 84-85. L: "Extraordinary Completion of a Prophecy in the Revelations, predicted near a Hundred Years ago, by R[obert] Fleming, V.D.M."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212, 214] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


23 (Feb. 1793): 119-120. A: "Drossiana. Number XLI. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Francesco Guicciardini; Theodoric the Ostrogoth; Meibomius; Martin Luther; Colbert; Mary, Queen of Scots; John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham; Alexander Pope]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


23 (Mar. 1793): 179-182. A: "George Hicks."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


23 (Mar. 1793): 183-186. A: "Drossiana. Number XLII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re William III; Sir Christopher Wren; Charles I; Anthony Jones; Alexander Pope; Lord George Germain; Lord Bolingbroke; James II]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


23 (Mar. 1793): 193-195. R: Robert Hawker's Sermons on the Divinity of Christ.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


23 (Mar. 1793): 233-234. V: "A Soliloquy ['Long have the tutelary Gods remov'd']."
Mary Robinson ("Perdita"). [Sig.: "Oberon," which the EM 23 (1793): 3-4 lists as one of her pseudonyms]


23 (Apr. 1793): 257-260. A: "Drossiana. Number XLIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Isaac de Benserade; Antoine Bauderon de Senecé; Etienne de La Boëtie]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


23 (Apr. 1793): 313. V: "To Him who lamented seeing a beautiful Woman weep. . . ."
Mary Robinson ("Perdita"). [Sig.: "Mrs. Robinson"]


23 (Apr. 1793): 313-314. V: "A Fragment, supposed to be written near the Temple, on the night before the Murder of Louis the Sixteenth."
Mary Robinson ("Perdita"). [Sig.: "Mrs. Robinson"]


23 (May 1793): 348. A: "Drossiana. Number XLIV. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Petrarch]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


23 (May 1793): 389-390. V: "Marie Antoinette's Lamentation, in her prison of the Temple."
Mary Robinson ("Perdita"). [Sig.: "Mrs. Robinson"]


23 (June 1793): 405-407. A: "Drossiana. Number XLV. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Antonio Priuli; Jean, Duc de Bourbon; Madame, the mother of the Duc d'Orléans; Nicolas Fouquet; the Duc de Longueville]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


23 (June 1793): 421-424. L: "Character of Archbishop [William] Laud."
Dr. John Watkins [?]. [Sig.: "J.W."; Watkins frequently supplied articles on churchmen, and he contributed a signed piece defending Laud to the EM 31 (1797): 6-7.]


23 (June 1793): 433-435. R: Jacob Bryant's A Treatise upon the Authenticity of the Scriptures, and the Truth of the Christian Religion.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


23 (June 1793): 435-438. R: Edward Daniel Clarke's A Tour through the South of England, Wales, and Part of Ireland, made during the Summer of 1791.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


23 (June 1793): 471. V: "Ode to Delia."
Dr. William Perfect. [Sig.: "Dr. Perfect"]


23 (June 1793): 471. V: "Sonnet, Written on the Sea Shore."
Mary Robinson ("Perdita"). [Sig.: "Mrs. Robinson"]

Volume 24, 1793


24 (July 1793): 3-5. A: "An Account of Edward Wortley Montague, Jun. Esq."
William Seward. [Lit. Anec. 4: 634n-636n quotes passages from two installments (EM 24 [1793]: 129-131, 164-166) of this four-part article, attributing them to "Mr. Seward."]


24 (July 1793): 13-15. A: "Reflections on the Present State of Literature in England."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


24 (July 1793): 25-26. A: "Literary Scraps."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


24 (July 1793): 32-35. R: Arthur Young's The Example of France a Warning to Britain.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


24 (July 1793): 62-65. A: "Drossiana. Number XLVI. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Rev. William Mompesson, Rector of Eyam, Derbys., during the plague of 1666]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


24 (July 1793): 69. V: "Sonnet To Despondence."
Dr. William Perfect. [Sig.: "Dr. Perfect"]


24 (Aug. 1793): 118-123. A: "Drossiana. Number XLVII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Rev. William Mompesson, Rector of Eyam, Derbys., during the plague of 1666; Sir John Fielding; Thomas Gray; John Howard; Edward Barnard, provost of Eton; Sir John Hill; Sir John Tabor; Chirac, physician to Louis XV; Dr. M----- of Bath; Dr. John Fothergill; Dr. William Oliver of Bath; Dr. François Boissier de Sauvages de la Croix of Montpellier]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


24 (Aug. 1793): 129-131. A: "An Account of Edward Wortley Montague, Jun. Esq. [cont.]."
William Seward. [Lit. Anec. 4: 634n-635n quotes a passage from p. 131 of this article, attributing it to "Mr. Seward."]


24 (Aug. 1793): 140. V: "Lines Written in a Gentleman's Library at D----- C----- Place, Kent."
Thomas "Clio" Rickman [?]. [Sig.: "Clio"; see entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300]


24 (Sept. 1793): 164-166. A: "An Account of Edward Wortley Montague, Jun. Esq. [cont.]."
William Seward. [Lit. Anec. 4: 636n quotes a passage from p. 165n of this article, attributing it to "Mr. Seward."]


24 (Sept. 1793): 181-184. A: "Drossiana. Number XLVIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Josiah Tucker, Dean of Gloucester; Rev. John Swinton; John Horne Tooke; Voltaire; Dr. Joseph Letherland; Sir William Blackstone]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


24 (Sept. 1793): 223. V: "Stanzas By Mrs. Robinson. Supposed to be written near a tree over the grave of Colonel Bosville."
Mary Robinson ("Perdita"). [Sig.: "Mrs. Robinson"]


24 (Sept. 1793): 223-224. V: "An Address to a Robin. Written in the Author's Garden at Dover."
John Dell. [Sig.: "Rusticus"; dated Dover; see entry for EM 10 (1786): 291-292]


24 (Sept. 1793): 224. V: "The Lord's Prayer."
J. Wise. [Sig.: "J.W."; dated Poplar, whence Wise submitted a signed contribution to the EM in 1796]


24 (Sept. 1793): 224. V: "The Lake."
J. Wise. [Sig.: "J.W."; dated Poplar, whence Wise submitted a signed contribution to the EM in 1796]


24 (Oct. 1793): 250-254. A: "Account of Edward Wortley Montague, Jun. Esq. [conc.]."
William Seward. [Lit. Anec. 4: 634n-636n quotes passages from two installments (EM 24 [1793]: 129-131, 164-166) of this four-part article, attributing them to "Mr. Seward."]


24 (Oct. 1793): 275-278. R: John Whitaker's The Origin of Arianism disclosed.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


24 (Oct. 1793): 292-296. A: "Drossiana. Number XLIX. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons perhaps not generally known [re Sir Henry Vane; Oliver Cromwell; Roger Boyle, Baron Broghill and 1st Earl of Orrery; Sophia, Electress of Hanover; George I; Giulio, Cardinal Alberoni; Pascal; Rev. William Mason; Rev. Thomas Seward; Josiah Tucker, Dean of Gloucester; William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


24 (Oct. 1793): 301. V: "Short Hints, addressed to a friend, on his intention of writing a novel."
W. P. Taylor [?]. [Dated from Brentingby, whence Taylor (using the sig. "W.P.T.") contributed poems to the EM (14 [1788]: 298-299 and 15 [1789]: 46)] [Pseud.: "Horatio"]


24 (Oct. 1793): 302. V: "An Officer's Address to his daughter. . . ."
Thomas "Clio" Rickman [?]. [Sig.: "Clio"; see entry for EM 1 (1782): 299-300]


24 (Nov. 1793): 343-344. A: "Historical and Biographical Anecdotes [re Lord Bolingbroke; Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury; Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester; Thomas Aquinas; Melancthon; Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva; Theodore Beza; Sir Thomas More; Robert Grosseteste, Chancellor of Oxford and Bishop of Lincoln ('Bishop Grosthead')]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Cont. (EM 26 [1794]: 409-412) is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


24 (Nov. 1793): 356-359. R: The Memoirs of Gregorio Panzani; giving an Account of his Agency in England, in the Years 1634, 1635, 1636, trans. Joseph Berington.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


24 (Nov. 1793): 359-363. R: Richard Polwhele's Historical Views of Devonshire, in Five Volumes, Vol. I.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


24 (Nov. 1793): 366-368. A: "Drossiana. Number L. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons perhaps not generally known [re Anne, Lady Fanshawe; Admiral Edward Boscawen; Bishop Belsunce of Marseilles; Francesco Guicciardini; Fulke Greville]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


24 (Nov. 1793): 392. V: "To the Moon."
Dr. William Perfect. [Sig.: "Dr. Perfect"]


24 (Nov. 1793): 392. V: "Written in the Ruins of an Abbey. By the Same."
Dr. William Perfect. [Sig.: "Dr. Perfect"]


24 (Dec. 1793): 437-440. R: George Horne's Sixteen Sermons on various Subjects and Occasions.
Dr. John Watkins. [Conc. (EM 25 [1794]: 33-34) is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


24 (Dec. 1793): 447-451. A: "Drossiana. Number LI. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Gui Patin; Josiah Tucker, Dean of Gloucester; Conyers Middleton; Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes; Voltaire; Handel; Matthew Prior; Lord Clarendon; Rabelais; Cardinal Fleury; William Wollaston]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


24 (Dec. 1793): 455. V: "Lautrecio and Isaura, a Tale; Translated from the French of [Jean Pierre Claris de] Florian, Inserted in his Pastoral Romance called Estelle."
John Hoole. [Sig.: "Mr. Hoole"]


24 (Dec. 1793): 456. V: "The Swallow, Written May 1793, on board his Majesty's ship Vengeance. . . ."
Dr. Thomas Trotter. [Sig.: "Dr. Trotter"; nautical subject matter]

Volume 25, 1794


25 (Jan. 1794): 3-6. A: "Archibald Bower."
Rev. John Lettice. [DNB 11: 1012]


25 (Jan. 1794): 23-25. A: "Drossiana. Number LII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons perhaps not generally known [re James II; Cardinal de Bérulle; John of Leyden; Pascal; Milton; Dr. Joseph Letherland; Dr. Thomas Birch]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


25 (Jan. 1794): 33-34. R: Horne's Sixteen Sermons on various Subjects and Occasions (conc.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


25 (Jan. 1794): 34-38. R: Polwhele's Historical Views of Devonshire (cont.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


25 (Jan. 1794): 38-41. R: Whitaker's Origin of Arianism disclosed (cont.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


25 (Jan. 1794): 53-54. V: "Teston, near Maidstone, A Poetical Sketch."
Dr. William Perfect. [Sig.: "Dr. Perfect"]


25 (Feb. 1794): 94-95. A: "Drossiana. Number LIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Emerich de Vattel]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


25 (Feb. 1794): 95-96. L: "Farther Anecdotes of Mr. Gibbon, the Historian."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212, 214] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


25 (Feb. 1794): 108-110. L: "Anecdotes of Longevity."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212, 214] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


25 (Feb. 1794): 125-128. R: Whitaker's Origin of Arianism disclosed (conc.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


25 (Feb. 1794): 129-132. R: Polwhele's Historical Views of Devonshire (conc.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


25 (Feb. 1794): 133-136. A: "An Account of Archibald Bower [cont.]."
Rev. John Lettice. [DNB 11: 1012]


25 (Feb. 1794): 140. V: "Impromptu, by Mr. Tasker, On Reading Mrs. [Mary] Robinson's Poems."
Rev. William Tasker. [Sig.: "Mr. Tasker"]


25 (Mar. 1794): 175-177. A: "Account of Mr. William Aikman, Painter."
Rev. John Lettice. [DNB 11: 1012]


25 (Mar. 1794): 189-194. A: "Drossiana. Number LIV. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Duc d'Alençon; Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle; Gui Patin; Charles Patin; William Pitt, Earl of Chatham; Admiral Edward Boscawen; John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich; Lord North; Samuel Johnson; Jonathan Richardson the Elder]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


25 (Mar. 1794): 209-211. A: "An Account of Archibald Bower [cont.]."
Rev. John Lettice. [DNB 11: 1012]


25 (Apr. 1794): 261-263. A: "An Account of Archibald Bower [conc.]."
Rev. John Lettice. [DNB 11: 1012]


25 (Apr. 1794): 265-267. A: "Anecdotes of Longevity [conc.]."
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212, 214]


25 (Apr. 1794): 276-279. R: Berington's Memoirs of Gregorio Panzani (cont.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


25 (Apr. 1794): 286-288. A: "Drossiana. Number LV [re Sir Joshua Reynolds; Michelangelo]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


25 (Apr. 1794): 288. A: "Matilda: A Fragment."
Joseph Jackson [?]. [Pitcher 93: 102] [Pseud.: "J.J."]


25 (Apr. 1794): 315-316. V: "Words to Ailun A'Roon."
John Hely-Hutchinson, Baron Donoughmore. [Sig.: "The Right Hon. J. H. H. Secretary of State for Ireland"]


25 (May 1794): 334-335. A: "Essay on the Difference between Men and Brutes."
George Steevens. [Sherbo 84: 225, n. 19]


25 (May 1794): 352-355. A: "Drossiana. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known. Number LVI [re Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I; Omer Talon; Marat; Turgot; Marie de Medicis; Baptista Mantuano]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


25 (May 1794): 358-361. R: Daniel Neal's The History of the Puritans, or Protestant Non-conformists, from the Reformation to the Death of Queen Elizabeth, rev. by Joshua Toulmin.
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


25 (May 1794): 363-365. A: "An Account of James Bruce, Esq."
Rev. John Lettice. [DNB 11: 1012]


25 (May 1794): 392. V: "To the Rev. J.W. on His Verses to W.S. Esq."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


25 (June 1794): 429-432. A: "Drossiana. Number LVII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Annibal Caracchi; Sir Joshua Reynolds; John Dunning, Baron Ashburton; David Hume; Ebenezer Adams of Philadelphia; Matthew Prior; Rev. Joseph Spence; Bishop Godeau of Grasse; Richelieu; Emperor Charles V; Alexander Pope; John, Duke of Marlborough]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


25 (June 1794): 444-447. R: Berington's Memoirs of Gregorio Panzani (conc.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


25 (June 1794): 486. V: "Extempore Immediately on the Death of that invaluable Man, Sir John Guise, Bart."
Mary Robinson ("Perdita"). [Sig.: "Oberon," which the EM 23 (1793): 3-4 lists as one of her pseudonyms]

Volume 26, 1794


26 (July 1794): 32. A: "Additional Anecdote of Mr. [Archibald] Bower [enc. 'An Attestation of Mrs. Bower, that her Husband died a Protestant']."
Isaac Reed. [Sig.: "C.D."; Sherbo 84: 212 overlooks this contribution.]


26 (July 1794): 33-36. A: "Drossiana. Number LVIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Rev. John Norris; Milton; Lord Bacon; Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden; Hugues de Salet]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


26 (July 1794): 63-64. V: "Ode to a young Linnet."
Robert Jamieson. [Sig.: "R. J*m**s*n"]


26 (Aug. 1794): 100-105. A: "Drossiana. Number LIX. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Pierre Gassendi; Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc ("Peyresc"); Montesquieu; Solinus; Jean Hernaud Gourville; Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus; John Evelyn; Sir James Stewart; Sir John Fortescue]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


26 (Aug. 1794): 143. V: "A Scottish Song."
Robert Jamieson. [Sig.: "R. J*m**s*n"]


26 (Aug. 1794): 143. V: "Health, a Shirt, and Shilling. A Song."
Robert Jamieson. [Sig.: "R. J*m**s*n"]


26 (Aug. 1794): 144. V: "Song. Tune, 'The Dumpy Toe.'"
Robert Jamieson. [Sig.: "R. J*m**s*n"]


26 (Sept. 1794): 169-171. L: "Copy of a Letter from the late Lord Bathurst [Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst]" enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sherbo 84: 212, 214] [Pseud.: "C.D."]


26 (Sept. 1794): 189-193. A: "Drossiana. Number LX. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Charles I; General George Monck, Duke of Albemarle; Hugh Peters; Richard Jackson; David Garrick; Samuel Clarke; Lord Bacon]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


26 (Sept. 1794): 197-200. R: Richard Polwhele's The History of Devonshire, Vol. II.
Dr. John Watkins. [Cont. (EM 26 [1794]: 343-345) is signed "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


26 (Sept. 1794): 213. V: "Ode to a Temperate Morning in January."
Dr. William Perfect. [Sig.: "Dr. Perfect"]


26 (Sept. 1794): 213-214. V: "To Delia in Sickness. By the Same."
Dr. William Perfect. [Sig.: "Dr. Perfect"]


26 (Sept. 1794): 214. V: "Anacreon, Ode Fourth. Of Himself."
Robert Jamieson. [Sig.: "R. J*m**s*n"]


26 (Oct. 1794): 254-258. A: "Drossiana. Number LXI. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Sir William Waller; James Howell; Sir Dennis Brussells; Sir Robert Filmer; Montaigne; Voltaire; the Duc de Biron; Danton; Pierre Cayet; Christophe du Thou; M. de St. Point (member of the Catholic League); Baron d'Abretz; Turgot; Philippe de Comines; General Raimondo Montecucculi]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


26 (Oct. 1794): 260-261. A: "Epitaphs."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


26 (Oct. 1794): 277-281. A: "Shakspeare [re the Fulton portrait of Shakespeare]."
George Steevens. [Sherbo 84: 225]


26 (Oct. 1794): 286. L: Dryden's poem, "So Joseph, yet a youth, expounded well," enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sig.: "C.D."; Sherbo 84: 212 overlooks this contribution.]


26 (Nov. 1794): 316-317. A: "Vindication of a Passage in the Advertisement prefixed to the Last Edition of Shakspeare."
George Steevens. [Sherbo 84: 225] [Pseud.: "G.S."]


26 (Nov. 1794): 343-345. R: Polwhele's History of Devonshire, Vol. II (cont.).
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


26 (Nov. 1794): 353-357. A: "Drossiana. Number LXII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Charles I; General Thomas Fairfax, Baron Fairfax; Sir William Waller; James Howell; Francis Osborne; William III; Lord Bacon; John Locke]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


26 (Nov. 1794): 365. L: Poem by Jonathan Swift describing Dr. [Thomas] Sheridan ("Tom was a little merry grig") enc.
Isaac Reed. [Sig.: "C.D."; Sherbo 84: 212 overlooks this contribution.]


26 (Dec. 1794): 409-412. A: "Historical and Biographical Anecdotes [cont.; re Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon; Sir Thomas More; Reginald Pole, Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury; Henry VIII; John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester; John Bale, Bishop of Ossory; Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury; Sir Julius Caesar; Dr. John Aylmer; Charles I; John Selden; Sir Kenelm Digby]."
Dr. John Watkins. [Sig.: "W."; GM 66-ii (1796): 1017]


26 (Dec. 1794): 422-427. A: "Drossiana. Number LXIII. Anecdotes of Illustrious and Extraordinary Persons, perhaps not generally known [re Lekain (Henri-Louis Cain); Catherine de Parthenay, Vicomtesse de Rohan; Eusebius Renaudot; William Grocyne; Dr. Hugh Weston; John, Duke of Marlborough; Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensbury; James Thomson; Samuel Johnson; Sir Joshua Child; Edward Gibbon; Sir John Fielding]."
William Seward. [Sherbo 84: 224, citing (Isaac Reed), EM 36 (1799): 219]


26 (Dec. 1794): 437. V: "Sonnet to Evening."
Robert Jamieson. [Sig.: "R. J*m**s*n"]


26 (Dec. 1794): 437. V: "Sonnet to Night."
Robert Jamieson. [Sig.: "R. J*m**s*n"]


26 (Dec. 1794): 437. V: "Sonnet to Sleep."
Robert Jamieson. [Sig.: "R. J*m**s*n"]