Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 7 (1737)
- 7 (1737): 9-10. L:
"The Answer of Mr Facio, to the Letter signed A. B. printed in the
Gentleman's Magazine, for November last, p. 643, &c. [6 (1736): 643-
646] about the Hebrew Poetry."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Authorship disclosed in title] [Orig. "N.F."]
-
7
(1737)
10-12
L
"Letter to the Author [i.e., Sylvanus Urban] on Baptism."
Dr. Mark Akenside [?].
Orig. "Marcus"
- 7 (1737): 23-25. A:
"Of Peopling the Earth after the Deluge [cont.]."
Richard Yate.
[Carlson 115]
-
7
(1737)
26
A
"Math. Question proposed by Mr Simpson."
Thomas Simpson.
Orig. "T.S."; author's name listed as "Mr Simpson" in table of contents; Simpson habitually contributed to the GM re mathematics and astronomy.
- 7 (1737): 27. A:
"Daily Gazetteer, Jan. 1 [1737]. No 476. Mr
Osborne's Answer to Mr D'anvers's Political Catechism about the Old and New
Whigs [v. GM 6 (1736): 650-651]."
James Pitt [?].
[Haig 5] [Orig. "F. Osborne"]
- 7 (1737): 29-30. A:
"Daily Gazetteer, Jan. 8 [1737; 'Prerogative now
abolish'd']."
James Pitt [?].
[Haig 5] [Orig. "F. Osborne"]
- 7 (1737): 38. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, Feb. 4 [1737]. No 215.
Translation of Bishops not criminal."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 7 (1737): 45. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, Jan. 22 [1737]. No. 212. Exhortation to the
Christian Laity."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222] [Orig. "Generosus"]
-
7
(1737)
47-48
L
"A Query to your learned Hebrew Correspondents, or other
Considerers of sacred Writ."
Richard Yate.
GM 10 (1740): 233n;Orig. "R.Y."
- 7 (1737): 49. V:
"To the Author ['E.'] of the Foregoing ['When fancy, such as thine,
delights to roam']."
Edward Cave.
[Bond 92]
- 7 (1737): 50. V: "A
Scotch Song ['While Jockey told his tale of love']."
Jane Hughes Brereton.
[Carlson 247] [Orig. "Mellissa"]
- 7 (1737): 50. V:
"An epigram ('Cries Caelia to a reverend Dean')."
Robert Dodsley.
[Bond 94]
- 7 (1737): 51. V:
"Martial's Qualem, Flacce, rogas, &c."
William Coke.
[Pailler 2: 569] [Orig. "W. C---e"]
- 7 (1737): 52-53. V:
"The Country Curate."
Rev. Henry Taylor.
[Ram 354]
- 7 (1737): 54. V:
"To the West Wind, after his Majesty had been a Month detain'd at Helovet
Huys [Hellevoetsluis], and once drove back."
Rev. Moses Browne.
[Bond 91] [Orig. "AS---- "]
- 7 (1737): 54. V:
"On the Preservation of his Majesty in the Great Storm."
Robert Luck.
[Carlson 256] [Orig. "R.L."]
- 7 (1737): 54. V:
"In Nuperam Tempestatem."
Robert Luck.
[Carlson 256]
- 7 (1737): 55. L:
Letter enc. verses, "The Judgment of Truth."
Samuel Boyse.
[Pailler 2: 559] [Orig. "Y."]
- 7 (1737): 75-77. A:
"Of Peopling the Earth after the Deluge [cont.]."
Richard Yate.
[Carlson 115]
-
7
(1737)
77
L
"Mr Simpson to Mr Fernside [i.e., Fearnside, re mathematical
problem]."
Thomas Simpson.
Orig. "T.S."; index to GM 7 (1737); author's name listed as "Mr Simpson" in table of contents; Simpson habitually contributed to the GM re mathematics and astronomy.
-
7
(1737)
80-81
L
"Answer to R.Y.'s [error for Euterpiphilus's] Query [re
mathematical problem]."
Thomas Simpson.
Orig. "T.S."; index to GM 7 (1737); Simpson habitually contributed to the GM re mathematics and astronomy.
- 7 (1737): 95. A:
"Common Sense; or the Englishman's Journal. No. 1 [5 Feb. 1737;
setting forth the mission of Common Sense]."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 20-26; Sullivan 44]
- 7 (1737): 98-99. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, Feb. 11 [1737]. No 216. State of
the Nation with respect to Religion and Government. . . ."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 7 (1737): 106-107. A:
"Common Sense, Feb. 19 [1737]. No. 3 ['Custom of the Emperor of
Mogul--Was try'd with Success in England."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 26-31; Shellabarger 166, 401 (n. 47)]
- 7 (1737): 118. V:
"Upon the late Sickness of her Grace, the Dutchess of Beaufort."
William Coke
. [Pailler 2: 569] [Orig. "W. C---e"]
- 7 (1737): 119. V:
"Carolina, to Mr. J.M. on his Verses address'd to her ['Your verses,
complaisant and smart']."
Charlotte Brereton.
[Carlson 246] [Orig. "Carolina"]
-
7
(1737)
121-122
L
"Observation of the Eclipse Feb. 8 [error for 18]."
George Smith of Wigton.
de Montluzin 01: 7 Orig. "G.S."
- 7 (1737): 140-143. A:
"Of Peopling the Earth after the Deluge [cont.]."
Richard Yate.
[Carlson 115] [Orig. "R.Y."]
- 7 (1737): 144-147. L:
"Jephtha, an Oratorio By Mr Burnet [error for (Dr. Benjamin [?])
Hoadly]" enc.
George Smith of Wigton
(cover letter) andBenjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester [?]
(verses). [de Montluzin 01: 9 (Smith); Pailler 2: 577 (Hoadly)] [Orig. "G.S."]
- 7 (1737): 148-149. L:
"Mr Facio's Answer [to 'A.B.' re Hebrew poetry]."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio"]
-
7
(1737)
157
L
"Occultation of Aldebaran by the Moon [describing Smith's
observation of the star Aldebaran from Rusforth, near York]."
George Smith of Wigton [?].
de Montluzin 01: 7 Orig. "G.S."
-
7
(1737)
157-159
L
"Query concerning Abram's Age maintain'd."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM 10 (1740): 233n; Yate frequently contributed to the GM re theological matters.
- 7 (1737): 159-160. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, Mar. 4 [1737]. No. 218 ['Booksellers
dissuaded from selling immoral Books'; part quotation, part summary]."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 7 (1737): 179. V:
"From the Club at the gate, To Sylvius."
Edward Cave.
[Carlson 250]
- 7 (1737): 180. V:
"To Benjamin [Hoadly], Lord Bishop of Winchester."
Constantia Grierson.
[Pailler 2: 575] [Orig. "Constantia"]
- 7 (1737): 181. V:
"To Mr. John Lely, On his Paintings."
William Coke.
[Pailler 2: 569] [Orig. "W. C---e"]
- 7 (1737): 196-199. A:
"Concerning the first Ages after the Deluge [cont.]."
Richard Yate.
[Carlson 115] [Orig. "R.Y."]
- 7 (1737): 202-203. L:
"Mr Simpson's Defence, &c. [re mathematics]."
Thomas Simpson.
[Orig. "T. Simpson"]
-
7
(1737)
204
A
"A.B.'s Question [re 2 Sam. 24.24 and 1 Chron. 21.25]
answered."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM 10 (1740): 233n; Yate frequently contributed to the GM re theological matters.
- 7 (1737): 220-222. A:
"London Journal, April 2 [1737], No. 924. Sending young
Gentlemen too early to travel, an Error in Education."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 7 (1737): 229. A:
"Question I [re finding the longitude]."
Nicholas Oats.
[Orig. "N. Oats"]
- 7 (1737): 234-236. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, No. 122, 123. Answer to the Country Curate's
Scruples [re article by 'D.H.' of Kent, 'Scruples of a Country Curate,' in
GM 7 [1737]: 20-23); part quotation, part summary]."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 7 (1737): 236. A:
"From the London Journal, April 9 [1737], No. 925. Obviating the
Country Curate's Arguments against Sponsors, &c."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 7 (1737): 240. A:
"The Craftsman, April 30 [1737]. No 565 ['Proposal
for prohibiting all fermented and infus'd Liquors; For a Tax on Urine, and
Female Collectors']."
Henry Fielding [?].
[Battestin 89-b: 420-431 lists this as among ten Craftsman essays that "seem . . . unmistakably Fielding's work."]
- 7 (1737): 244. L:
Letter (p. 244; signed "Marcus") enc. verses ('The Virtuoso,' written by
'one in his sixteenth Year'; pp. 244-245).
Dr. Mark Akenside.
[Carlson 243] [Orig. "Marcus"]
- 7 (1737): 244-245. V:
"The Virtuoso; in Imitation of Spencer's Style and Stanzas
[enc. in a letter signed 'Marcus']."
Dr. Mark Akenside.
[Carlson 243]
- 7 (1737): 247. V:
"On the Death of Mrs Rowe."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Eliza"]
- 7 (1737): 247-248. V:
"Ja. M-d-th to Carolina to her ingenious Copy of Verses to him ['Fair
mistress of the moving art']."
James Meredith.
[Carlson 258] [Orig. "Ja. M-d- th"]
- 7 (1737): 248. V:
"On Recovery from Illness."
John Duick.
[Carlson 252] [Orig. "Sylvius"]
- 7 (1737): 249. V:
"To the Honourable Miss S---t ['Fain I'd comply with what you're pleas'd
to ask']."
Charlotte Brereton.
[Carlson 246] [Orig. "Carolina"]
-
7
(1737)
274
A
"Answer to [Robert] Fearnside p. 230."
Thomas Simpson.
Orig. "T.S."; Simpson habitually contributed to the GM re mathematics and astronomy.
- 7 (1737): 282-284. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, April 29 and May 6 [1737]. Mr [Richard]
Glover's Leonidas criticiz'd [part quotation, part summary]."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222] [Orig. "Miso-Musaeus"]
- 7 (1737): 284-286. A:
"Common Sense, April 30 [1737]. No 13 [error for No.
14]. The Character of a Man of Honour, in the Beau Monde."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 36-41]
- 7 (1737): 290-292. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, May 20 [1737]. No. 230. Miso-Musaeus to the
Author of Leonidas [Richard Glover]."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222] [Orig. "Miso-Musaeus"]
- 7 (1737): 295. A:
"Craftsman, May 14 [1737]. No. 567 ['Tax on Drinkables 3
Millions a Year'; part quotation, part summary]."
Henry Fielding [?].
[Battestin 89-b: 432-439 lists this as among ten Craftsman essays that "seem . . . unmistakably Fielding's work."]
- 7 (1737): 295-296. A:
"Common Sense, May 14 [1737]. No 15 [error for No.
16]. The Rat in the Statue [re Robert Walpole as the rat]."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 42-46; Shellabarger 166, 401 (n. 48)]
- 7 (1737): 301-302. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, May 27 [1737]. No 231. Further
Picture of a Modern Infidel."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 7 (1737): 303-304. A:
"The Craftsman, May 28 [1737]. No 569 ['Statue to be erected to
an eminent Stroller; Regulation of the Stage proposed']."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 197-212]
- 7 (1737): 307. V:
"Description of June."
John Duick.
[Carlson 252] [Orig. "Sylvius"]
- 7 (1737): 308. V:
"Verses, occasion'd by the Busts in the Queen's Hermitage, and Mr
[Stephen] Duck being appointed Keeper of the Library in Merlin's Cave."
Catharine Cockburn [Cockburne].
[Carlson 251] [Orig. "the Authoress of a Treatise (not yet publish'd) in Vindication of Mr Lock (i.e., John Locke), against the injurious Charge of Dr. (Winch) Holdsworth, in his Defence of the Resurrection of the same Body"
- 7 (1737): 309. V:
"Ambition and Content; a Fable."
Dr. Mark Akenside.
[Carlson 243] [Orig. "Marcus"]
- 7 (1737):358-359. A:
"Common Sense, June 4 [1737]. No 18 [error for No.
19]. Observations on the Bill for Regulating the Stage."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 46-51]
- 7 (1737): 360. A:
"Craftsman, June 11 [1737]. No. 571. A Political Dream."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 213- 220]
- 7 (1737): 362-363. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, June 17 [1737]. No 234.
Criticism on [Richard Glover's] Leonidas, continued from p.
284."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222] [Orig. "Philomusaeus"]
- 7 (1737): 372 [1st 372].
V: "Character of [Charles] Ld Talbot late Chancellor of Great
Britain. From a Poem to his Memory, by Mr Thomson."
James Thomson.
[Bond 99]
- 7 (1737): 374 [1st 374].
V: "Verses on the Death of Mr. Matthew Wesley."
John Duick.
[Carlson 252] [Orig. "Sylvius"]
- 7 (1737): 375 [1st 375].
V: "To Mr. J[ames] M[eredith] occasion'd by his last Epistle ['What
Passion now enflames my Breast']."
Charlotte Brereton.
[Bond 91] [Orig. "Carolina"]
- 7 (1737): 375 [1st 375].
V: "The Secret blabb'd."
John Winstanley [?].
[Bond 100] [Orig. "Fitz- Ab"]
- 7 (1737): 376 [1st 376].
V: "Small Beer."
Rev. John Duncan.
[Sherbo 84: 232]
- 7 (1737): 412-414. A:
"A new Method of finding the Sun's Parallax."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
-
7
(1737)
420-421
L
"R.Y.'s Remarks on A.B. [re Abraham's age]."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM 10 (1740): 233n; Yate frequently contributed to the GM re theological matters.
- 7 (1737): 430. A:
"Craftsman [No. 574], July 2 [1737]. Letter [purporting to be by
Colley Cibber, Poet Laureate] to Mr D'Anvers for the Place of Index
Expurgatorius, or Supervisor of Plays; part quotation, part summary]."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 221- 240] [Orig. "C.C. P.L."]
- 7 (1737): 440. L:
"[Mathematical queries] Answered by Mr Facio."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Faccio's name disclosed in the title] [Orig. "N.F."]
- 7 (1737): 441-442. V:
"The Poet; a Rhapsody."
Dr. Mark Akenside.
[Carlson 243] [Orig. "Marcus"]
- 7 (1737): 446. V:
"The Spider and Poet."
Rev. Edward Littleton.
[Bond 95]
- 7 (1737): 447. V:
"To Miss Carolina. Occasion'd by her last ['Sure, madam, you are not
sincere']."
James Meredith.
[Carlson 258] [Orig. "Ja. M--d--th"]
- 7 (1737): 490-491. A:
"Center of the Great Orb nearer than suppos'd."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
- 7 (1737): 497-499. A:
"Common Sense, August 20 [1737]. No 29 [error for No.
30]. Consolatory Advice to Ladies, on their Recess with the Parliament."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 56-61]
- 7 (1737): 501. A:
"From the London Journal. No 943 ['The two Reigns not
Parallel'; re Charles II and George II]."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 7 (1737): 511. V:
"On the Report of a Wooden Bridge."
James Thomson.
[Bond 99]
- 7 (1737): 547-548. A:
"Inconsistencies in the vulgar Planetary System demonstrated."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
- 7 (1737): 549-551. A:
"Common Sense, Sep. 3 [1737], No. 31 [error for No. 32]. On
Affectation, particularly in Men."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 62-66; Battestin 89-a: 699]
- 7 (1737): 553-555 [misnumbered as 556].
A: "Common Sense, September 10 [1737]. No
32 [error for No. 33]. On Affectation, in Women."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 67-72; Battestin 89-a: 699]
- 7 (1737): 559-561. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, Sept. 23 [1737], No 247. Extract
of a humourous Letter to Mr Hooker, by an ingenious Writer, who signs
Outis, and professes to treat upon Nothing."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222] [Orig. "Outis"]
- 7 (1737): 564. V:
"The Muse invocated in vain."
Charlotte Brereton.
[Carlson 247] [Orig. "Carolina"]
- 7 (1737): 565. V:
"On Westminster-Abbey."
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery [?].
[Bond 90] [Orig. "O."]
- 7 (1737): 565. V:
"The birks of Innermay."
David Mallet.
[Bond 96]
- 7 (1737): 566. V:
Trans. of Latin verses re "A worthy Man in Bodmyn, and his good Wife,
[who] after 50 years happy marriage, dy'd in the same bed, he 3 or 4 hours after
her, and were bury'd together. The Author of the following Verses was a Bearer,
A.D. 1698 ['Whilst pious Hobs beheld his dying wife']."
Robert Luck.
[Carlson 257] [Orig. "R.L."]
- 7 (1737): 566. V:
"Hor. Ode XIV, B. II. Imitated."
Rev. James Cawthorn.
[Pailler 2: 568] [Orig. "Labeo"]
- 7 (1737): 566. V: "To
Mr Moses Browne ['O Thou! by genius and birth ally'd']."
John Duick.
[Carlson 252] [Orig. "J. Duick"]
- 7 (1737): 569. V:
"To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. An Ode. By Mr
Thomson."
James Thomson.
[Bond 99]
- 7 (1737): 569. V:
"The Rake's Taste."
Jane Hughes Brereton [?].
[Bond 91] [Orig. "MelLissa"]
- 7 (1737): 611-615. A:
"Of the Parallax of the Sun, by Mr Facio."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
- 7 (1737): 615. L:
Corrections re the author's writings concerning the sun's parallax.
Nicolas Faccio.
[Dated Worcester, whence Faccio corresponded with the GM; Faccio wrote about the same subject in 7 (1737): 412-414 and 611-615.] [Orig. "N.F."]
- 7 (1737): 617. A:
"The Craftsman, Oct. 1 [1737]. No 586. Political
Money-dropping."
Henry Fielding [?].
[Battestin 89-b: 440-445 lists this as among ten Craftsman essays that "seem . . . unmistakably Fielding's work."]
- 7 (1737): 618-619. A:
"Common Sense, Oct. 8 [1737]. No. 36 [error for No. 37]. The
Political Writers."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 72-76]
- 7 (1737): 619-621. A:
"The Craftsman, Oct. 15 [1737], No 588. Improvement
on Sign. Balducci's Machinery."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 241-254]
- 7 (1737): 621-622. A:
"Craftsman, Oct. 22 [1737]. No 589. Inquisition on
deceased Kings."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 255-261]
- 7 (1737): 623. A: "On
the foregoing ['The King of Abyssimia's terrible Guard'], from the
London Journal. No. 953."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 7 (1737): 628. V:
"To Mr. F--- in Imitation of the 6th Ode of the 2d Book of Horace."
John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth.
[Pailler 2: 576] [Orig. "the Rt Hon. Ld H---"]
- 7 (1737): 629. V:
"The Sufferings and the Victory of Christ. Psalm xxii
paraphrased."
Elizabeth Rowe.
[Pailler 2: 590] [Orig. "Philomel"]
- 7 (1737): 631. V:
"Rev. doctissimoque Roberto Freind, S.T.P."
Robert Luck [?] or Robert Lowth, Bishop of London [?].
[Carlson 257 attributes the verses to Luck; Lit. Anec. 5: 88 provisionally attributes them to Lowth.] [Orig. "R.L."]
- 7 (1737): 633. V: "To
the Memory of Mr Richard Gay, who lately dy'd in the Small-Pox near
Bath."
Dr. Samuel Bowden.
[Carlson 245] [Orig. "S. Bowden"]
- 7 (1737): 674. A: "A
Vindication of Sir Isaac Newton, concerning the Density which he has given to
the Sun; which Mr Facio [Nicolas Faccio] in his Theory has objected to as very
erroneous."
Thomas Simpson.
[Orig. "T. Simpson"]
- 7 (1737): 675. A: "Mr
Facio's Answer to Mr [Thomas] Simpson [re mathematical questions]."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
- 7 (1737): 692. V:
"Hor. Lib. II. Ode 10."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Eliza"]
- 7 (1737): 693. V:
"On the Operation perform'd on her Majesty [Queen Caroline, for a ruptured
appendix]. In Imitation of Martial's Casta Suo, &c. By Mr Philips.
Nov. 13."
Edward Phillips.
[Pailler 2: 586]
- 7 (1737): 693. V:
"On the Death of her Sacred Majesty Queen Caroline. By Mr Phillips.
November 24."
Edward Phillips.
[Pailler 2: 586]
- 7 (1737): 696. V:
"Unexpected Deliverance."
Mary Masters.
[Carlson 257] [Orig. "Maria"]
- 7 (1737): 697. V:
"AEnigma ['I freely confess that my being was given']."
Samuel Boyse.
[Pailler 2: 559] [Orig. "Y."]
- 7 (1737): 698. V:
"English Ale."
Rev. Moses Browne.
[Bond 92] [Orig. "Astrophy"]
- 7 (1737): 755. A: "Mr
Simpson's Answer to Mr Facio [Nicolas Faccio; re density of the sun]."
Thomas Simpson.
[Orig. "T. Simpson"]
- 7 (1737): 756. V:
"To the Memory of Mr Richard Gay, who died of the Small-pox, Nov. 11,
1736."
George Smith of Wigton.
[Pailler 2: 596; de Montluzin 01: 8] [Orig. "G.S."]
- 7 (1737): 757. V:
"Extract from the Toast. A Poem ['With unanimous voice they establish'd
this rule']."
Dr. William King.
[Pailler 2: 580 lists King's given name provisionally. William King, DCL, did indeed write The Toast.]
- 7 (1737): 759. V:
"Written extempore by Lord H----, on the melancholy News of her
Majesty's [Queen Caroline's] Death."
John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth.
[Pailler 2: 577]