Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 8 (1738)
- 8 (1738): [iii-iv]. S:
"To the Reader."
Samuel Johnson.
[Carlson 21; Fleeman 1: 34]
- 8 (1738): 8-11. A:
"Of a certain Astronomical Equation, either unknown or neglected by
Astronomers; without which the Calculation of the Longitude, by Eclipses of
fixed Stars by the Moon, is necessarily subject to unavoidable Errors, which may
amount to some Degrees of Longitude."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
- 8 (1738): 11. A: "Mr
Facio's last Reply to Mr [Thomas] Simpson [re mathematical queries]."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 8 (1738): 24. L:
Proposal for GM readers to answer the "Query, Whether the
Christian Revelation may not be set in such a Light, as to prove thereby all the
Points of Natural Religion?"
Rev. Laurence Sterne.
[Monkman 113-114] [Orig. "Christophilo"]
- 8 (1738): 26-27. A:
"Craftsman January 7 [1738]. No. 600 ['Criticism on a Passage in
Virgil' (in the AEneid)]."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 271-283] [Orig. "A.B."]
- 8 (1738): 29-30. A:
"From the Daily Gazetteer, No. 785. Answer to the above ['The
Importance of the Liberty of the Press'], &c."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 30-32. A:
"Common Sense. Jan. 14 [error for 15 Jan. 1732]. No
50 [error for No. 51]. Beware of the Ides of January; or Advice to the Fair, on
their Return to London."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 77-83]
- 8 (1738): 41. V: "A
Poem, inscribed to the Dublin Society for improving Land and Manufactures,
especially the Linnen. By Mr Arbuckle."
James [?] Arbuckle.
[Bond 89]
- 8 (1738): 41. V:
"The country 'Squire. A Simile."
William Shenstone.
[Bond 98]
- 8 (1738): 42. V: "A
Letter from Dr Littleton when a Freshman of King's College in Cambridge, to his
school-fellow H. A----r, Esq; at Eaton."
Rev. Edward Littleton.
[Bond 95]
- 8 (1738): 42. V:
"The Poetick Couple. Inscribed to the Rev. Mr D--- and his Wife."
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery [?].
[Bond 90] [Orig. "O."]
- 8 (1738): 44. V:
"Vitae incommoda. Ad amicum R. N---n."
Rev. Moses Browne.
[Bond 92] [Orig. "Fuscus"]
- 8 (1738): 46. V:
"On the Death of Pr. George of Denmark. By the late celebrated Mr
Alsop."
Rev. Anthony Alsop.
[Pailler 2: 555]
-
8
(1738)
64-65
A
"Reply concerning the Question, Is God older
now, &c."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM 10 (1740): 233n; Yate frequently contributed to the GM re theological matters.
-
8
(1738)
66-69
A
"Account of the Garden of Eden, by the Author of the Account of the
Old World."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM 10 (1740): 233n; Yate frequently contributed to the GM re theological matters.
- 8 (1738): 74. L:
"S.T.'s Answer to the Question proposed by Mr A.B. of Great Yarmouth [re
annuities]."
Thomas Simpson.
[Concerns mathematical formula for calculating annuities; Simpson habitually contributed to the GM re mathematics; Orig. "S.T."]
- 8 (1738): 78. A:
"From the Weekly Miscellany, No. 265. Deists, Infidels,
Dissenters and Papists, all against the Church of England."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 8 (1738): 80-81. A:
"The Craftsman Feb. 4 [1738]. No 604 ['Origin of the
Plays and Pastimes of Children']."
Henry Fielding [?].
[Battestin 89-b: 446-453 lists this as among ten Craftsman essays that "seem . . . unmistakably Fielding's work."]
- 8 (1738): 81-84. A:
"Common Sense, Feb. 11 [1738]. No 54. Of Taste in
its proper Sense, and the Abuse of it among the Quality."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 84-90]
- 8 (1738): 85. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, Feb. 17 [1738]. No 269.
[Introduction to 'The Disadvantages of the Female Sex in a Marry'd
State']."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 8 (1738): 87-88. A:
"Nonsense of Common-Sense. No 7. Of indecent
Writers."
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
[New Camb. Biblio. 2: 1279, 1329]
- 8 (1738): 92-93. A:
"The London Journal, Feb. 25 [1738]. No. 968. Of Voluptuous
Eating."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 94. A:
"From the Gazetteers [of Feb. 1738; 'Athens and Sparta, how
ruin'd]."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7]
- 8 (1738): 95-96. A:
"An Impartial and clear Decision of the Controversy, between the Followers
of Sir I. Newton, and Mr Facio, concerning the Sun's Parallax."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio"]
- 8 (1738): 96. V:
"The Virgin and the Rose. By Mr Lockman."
John Lockman.
[Carlson 256]
- 8 (1738): 97-98. V:
"An Ode on the Times. Addressed to -----, the Hope of Britain."
James Sterling.
[Ram 365]
- 8 (1738): 98. V:
"The Universal Charmer."
W. ("Count") Bryan.
[Carlson 249] [Orig. "W.B."]
- 8 (1738): 99. V:
"On seeing Miss Bacon, Miss Dashwood, and Miss Affleck, at Bury
Fair."
W. ("Count") Bryan.
[Carlson 249] [Orig. "W. B---n"]
- 8 (1738): 99. V: "A
Riddle ['Nor form nor substance in my being share']."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Eliza"]
- 8 (1738): 103. V:
"The Wife."
Hugh Oats.
[Pailler 2: 584] [Orig. "H. Oats"]
-
8
(1738)
118-120
L
"R.Y.'s Answer to his own Query concerning the
fallen Angels."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM 10 (1740): 233n; Yate frequently contributed to the GM re theological matters.
- 8 (1738): 126-129. L:
"The Christian Revelation set in a new Light."
Rev. Laurence Sterne.
[Monkman 113-128]
- 8 (1738): 130-133. A:
"Of the Refraction of Light in the Moon's Atmosphere."
Nicolas Faccio.
["N. Facio Duillier"]
-
8
(1738)
134
A
"Mathematical Problems solved."
Thomas Simpson.
S.T.; Simpson frequently contributed to the GM re mathematics and astronomy.
- 8 (1738): 138-140. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, March 3 [1738]. No 271. On the
Rumour of reviving the Quakers Bill."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 8 (1738): 140-141. A:
"Common Sense, March 4 [1738], No. 57. In Vindication of a young
M[embe]r of P[arliamen]t [George, 1st Baron Lyttelton]."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 90-93]
- 8 (1738): 153. V:
"In obitum Georgii Ducis Albemarlii: Authore R. Allestree, S.T.P."
Rev. Richard Allestree.
[Pailler 2: 554]
- 8 (1738): 154. V:
"On Eliza's Riddle ['Oft as the sun descends to nether skies']."
John Duick.
[Carlson 252] [Orig. "Sylvius"]
- 8 (1738): 154. V:
"Inscrib'd in Stella's Prayer-Book ['When, dearest maid! with heavenly
zeal possess'd']."
Rev. Moses Browne.
[Pailler 2: 564] ["M.B."]
- 8 (1738): 155. V:
"To the Right Hon. the Earl of Orrery [John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery].
In imitation of Quem, tu, Melpomene."
Rev. ----- Trevanion.
[Bond 100] [Orig. "Rev. Mr Trevani---n"]
- 8 (1738): 156. V:
"Ad Urbanum."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Fleeman 1: 34] [Orig. "S.J."]
- 8 (1738): 156. V:
"The Provocation. To Astrophil."
John Duick.
[Carlson 252] [Orig. "Sylvius"]
- 8 (1738): 157. V:
"Atheus et Glans."
Robert Luck.
[Carlson 257] [Orig. "R.L."]
- 8 (1738): 159. V:
"Integer vitae scelerisque purus, &c. Hor. Lib. I. Ode 22.
Imitated."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Bond 92] [Orig. "EL"]
-
8
(1738)
175
A
"The true Reading Gen. xi. 32.
restored."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM 10 (1740): 233n; Yate frequently contributed to the GM re theological matters.
- 8 (1738): 185-187. A:
"Errors from neglecting the Refraction of Light, &c."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
-
8
(1738)
187
A
"Mathematical Problem solved."
Thomas Simpson.
Orig. "S.T."; Simpson frequently contributed to the GM re mathematics and astronomy.
- 8 (1738): 197-198. A:
"Daily Gazetteer, No 859. The Empire of Whim."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 198-201. A:
"The Craftsman April 8 and 22 [1738]. No 613, 615.
On ancient Statutes, with respect to Libels."
Henry Fielding [?].
[Battestin 89-b: 454-475 lists this as among ten Craftsman essays that "seem . . . unmistakably Fielding's work."]
- 8 (1738): 204-205. A:
"The Daily Gazetteer, April 18 [1738]. No. 868. Reflections on
Common Sense, of the 8th [of April, 1738]."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 206-207. A:
"From the Daily Gazetteer. No. 862. On some late ludicrous
Craftsmen, &c."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 210. L:
Richard Savage's "The Volunteer Laureate. No I" enc.
Rev. Thomas Birch [?].
[Kaminski 213, n. 41] [Orig. "T.B."]
- 8 (1738): 210. V:
"Ad Ricardum Savage."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Fleeman 1: 34-35]
- 8 (1738): 210. V:
"Eiz to thz Eliszhz [printed in Greek characters]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Fleeman 1: 35]
- 8 (1738): 210. V:
"In Elizae Enigma."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Fleeman 1: 35]
- 8 (1738): 210. V:
"On the Loss of my eminent and pious Friend, Mrs. [Elizabeth]
Rowe."
Elizabeth Carter [?].
[Carlson 250]
- 8 (1738): 211. V:
"Imitated from Quevedo."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Eliza"]
- 8 (1738): 211. V:
"To a Lady who spoke in Defence of Liberty."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Fleeman 1: 35]
- 8 (1738): 214. V:
Trans. of Latin epigram ("Venus in armour Pallas chanc'd to
view")."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[McAdam and Milne 365; New Camb. Biblio. 1137; Fleeman 1: 35]
- 8 (1738): 215. V:
"A Hymn ['When with a mind devoutly prest']."
Rev. Moses Browne.
[Carlson 248] [Orig. "Astrophil"]
- 8 (1738): 215. V:
"Ex Cantico Solomonis."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[McAdam and Milne 365-366; New. Camb. 1137; Fleeman 1: 35]
- 8 (1738): 215-216. V:
"In obitum Johanis Radclivii, M.D. (Authore Noli Broxholme, A.M.)."
Dr. Noel Broxholme.
[Bond 92]
- 8 (1738): 216. V:
"Hymn to Chastity, from Buchanan."
George Smith of Wigton.
[Pailler 2: 596; de Montluzin 01: 8] [Orig. "G.S."]
-
8
(1738)
232-235
L:
"The Apotheosis of Milton. A Vision."
William Guthrie
Kuist 82: 75
- 8 (1738): 252-255. A:
"The Craftsman, May 13 [1738]. No 618 ['Roman and
English Characters compar'd; A perfect Character from Horace; Commendation of
the long Parliament; (John) Pym the English Fabricius']."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 300-310] [Orig. "Constans"]
- 8 (1738): 255. A:
"London Journal, May 13, No 978. In Praise of
Frugality."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 257-258. A:
"London Journal, May 20 [1738]. No 979. Ambition not dangerous
in a Minister only."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
-
8
(1738)
260-263
A
"R.Y. to Mr E---l, concerning God's Eternity."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM 10 (1740): 233n; Yate frequently contributed to the GM re theological matters.
- 8 (1738): 265. A:
"Letter from Mr Facio [re mathematical queries]."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
- 8 (1738): 269. V:
"Short Extracts from London, A Poem."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bond 95; Fleeman 1: 35]>
- 8 (1738): 271. V:
"In Obitum Georgii Principis Daniae. Authore Henrico Aldrich,
S.T.P."
Henry Aldrich.
[Pailler 2: 554]
- 8 (1738): 271. V:
"The Logical Warehouse: Occasioned by an Auctioneer's having the Ground-
floor of the Oratory in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Bond 95 attributes this to Johnson; McAdam and Milne 366, New Camb. Biblio. 1137, Kaminski 210 (n. 50), and Fleeman 1: 35 consider it questionable.] [Orig. "Philologus"]
- 8 (1738): 272. V:
"Fortune."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Eliza"]
- 8 (1738): 272. V:
Greek epigram: "Eiz ton Epigrammatizhn [printed in Greek
characters]."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Elissa"]
- 8 (1738): 272. V:
Latin trans. of the preceding Greek epigram on the same page.
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Carlson 250; Kaminski 212, n. 35]
- 8 (1738): 283-[287]. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Magna Lilliputia."
Samuel Johnson; William Guthrie [?].
[Courtney 5, New Camb. Biblio. 1137, and Pailler 2: 679 attribute it to Johnson (Courtney and New Camb. Biblio. provisionally); Kaminski 43 and 214, n. 6, believes Guthrie may have collaborated in writing it; Fleeman 1: 36 notes the controversy but offers no opinion.]
- 8 (1738): [288]-[292]. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput."
William Guthrie; revised by Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 41, 45]
- 8 (1738): 292 [1st 292]-293.
A: "The London Journal, June 3 [1738]. No
981. Of Party Watch-Words. Bad Effects of an unsteady Conduct in publick
Affairs."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 299-300. A:
"The Craftsman. June 17 [1738]. No 623. Bravery the
Characteristic of an Englishman [re signposts]."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 311-324]
- 8 (1738): 305-306. L:
"Observations on the Moon's Dichotomy."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio, Duillier"]
- 8 (1738): 307-308. A:
"Daily Gazetteer, No 921. In Answer to the
Craftsman of May 27 [1738]."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 308-309. A:
"The Craftsman, June 24 [1738]. No 624 ['The three
chief Actors in the Ministerial Play; The latter described by Lucan; The
Minister for himself' (re Robert Walpole)]."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 325-335]
-
8
(1738)
310
L
"Letter from R.Y. [re Satan]."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM 10 (1740): 233n; Yate frequently contributed to the GM re theological matters.
- 8 (1738): 310-311. A:
"Political Questions [numbered I-XVI]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Fleeman 1: 36]
- 8 (1738): 313-315. V:
"On the Divine Attributes. Numb. IV."
Rev. Moses Browne.
[Carlson 248]
- 8 (1738): 315-316. V:
"While clear the night, and ev'ry thought serene."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Eliza"]
- 8 (1738): 317. V:
"To the Queen. On the Death of Prince George of Denmark. By Mr
Trapp."
Rev. Joseph Trapp.
[Bond 100]
- 8 (1738): 331-347. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Magna Lilliputia [cont]."
William Guthrie; revised by Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 41, 45]
- 8 (1738): 347-349. L:
"Examination of a [Political] Question proposed in the Magazine
of June, p. 310 [v. GM 8 (1738): 310-311]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Greene 77: 9; Pailler 2: 679 (citing Leed 57-M: 225); Fleeman 1: 36] [Orig. "Pamphilus"]
- 8 (1738): 350. L:
"Passage in Virgil's 11th AEn[eid] objected to."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 9] ["G.S."]
-
8
(1738)
350-351
L
"The 9th Verse of the 27th Chapter of Matthew clear'd."
William Coke [?].
Orig. "W. C--e", which Pailler 2: 569 identifies as the signature of William Coke, not William Chase
- 8 (1738): 352-354. A:
"The Moon's Dichotomy observ'd by Mr Facio."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
- 8 (1738): 354-355. A:
"London Journal, July 1 [1738], No 985. Know
Thyself."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 360-362. A:
"The Craftsman, July 15. No 627. Scheme to make the
Army useful to the Publick."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 336-348]
- 8 (1738): 365. L:
First six paragraphs of "Remarkable Example in a Prince and Subject [re
Jean Baptiste Du Halde's Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political,
and Physical Description of the Empire of China, and the Chinese
Tartary]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bloom 27-28; Pailler 2: 679; Greene 77: 61; Kaminski 46-47; Fleeman 1: 36 is doubtful.] [Orig. "Eubulus"]
- 8 (1738): 371-372. V:
"Cantatrices [and its translation]. Auth. V. Bourne, Coll. Trin. Cant.
Socio."
Vincent Bourne.
[Pailler 2: 558] [Orig. "S.P."]
- 8 (1738): 372. V:
"To Thomas Hammond, Esq; on his presenting me with a Medal of Sir Isaac
Newton."
Rev. Thomas Warton.
[Pailler 2: 601]
- 8 (1738): 372. V:
"Ad Elisam Popi Horto Lauros carpentem."
Samuel Johnson.
[McAdam and Milne 61; Fleeman 1: 36]
- 8 (1738): 374. V:
"To Mr James Royston."
Richard Yate.
[Carlson 264] [Orig. "Yarico"]
- 8 (1738): 377. V: "An
Ode on Solitude. By Mr Pope, in his 10th Year ['Happy the Man whose wish and
care']."
Alexander Pope.
[Pailler 2: 587]
- 8 (1738): 387-407. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput."
William Guthrie; revised by Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 41, 45]
- 8 (1738): 417. A:
"Fragment of an Altar to Serapis, in a Wall at Kirkby Thor [Thore], in
Westmorland [and] Fragment of a Roman Altar to the Great Jupiter, found in the
same Place, in the Wall of a House."
George Smith of Wigton [?].
[de Montluzin 01: 9] [Orig. "Carleonensis"]
- 8 (1738): 421-422. A:
"From the Daily Gazetteer, Aug. 18 [1738]. Part of an Answer to
the Craftsmen 5 and 12 [August 1738]."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 422-423. A:
"From the Daily Gazetteer, Aug. 25 [1738]. Answers to the
foregoing Craftsman [of 19 August 1738]."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 424-426. L:
"Length and Dimensions of the Earth, &c."
Thomas Simpson.
[Orig. "T. Simpson"]
- 8 (1738): 427. V:
"Epistle to the Rev. Sir John Dolben."
Rev. Anthony Alsop.
[Pailler 2: 555] [Orig. "A. Alsop"].
- 8 (1738): 427-428. V:
"A British Philippic: Occasion'd by the Insults of the Spaniards, and the
present Preparations for War."
Dr. Mark Akenside.
[Carlson 243] [Orig. "Britannicus"]
- 8 (1738): 429. V:
Imitation of the Latin [epigram 'Ad Elisam Lauros in Popi horto carpentem'], by
Mr S----n D--k."
Rev. Stephen Duck.
[Bond 94] [Orig. "S----n D--k"]
- 8 (1738): 429. V:
"Another [imitation of the Latin epigram 'Ad Elisam Lauros in Popi horto
carpentem']."
Samuel Johnson.
[New Camb. Biblio. 1137; Fleeman 1: 36] [Orig. "Urbanus"]
- 8 (1738): 429. V:
"Answers to the said Epigram ['Ad Elisam Lauros in Popi horto carpentem'].
Latin."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Eliza"]
- 8 (1738): 429. V:
"Answers to the said Epigram ['Ad Elisam Lauros in Popi horto carpentem'].
English."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Elisa"]
- 8 (1738): 431. V:
"The Farewel to the Spring Gardens, Vaux Hall. By Mr Lockman,
from his own M.S."
John Lockman.
[Carlson 256]
- 8 (1738): 433. V:
"To the accomplish'd Laelius."
Constantia Grierson.
[Pailler 2: 575] [Orig. "Constantia"]
- 8 (1738): 443-463. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie; revised by Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 41, 45]
- 8 (1738): 465. A:
"Answer to Question XIII, in the Mag. for June, p. 311. How far
the Importation of Iron from America ought to be prohibited? [v. GM 8
(1738): 310-311]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 679 (citing Leed 57-M: 226)] [Orig. "Anglicanus"]
-
8
(1738)
469
A:
"The Apotheosis of Milton. A Vision
[cont.]"
William Guthrie
Kuist 82: 75
- 8 (1738): 474-476. A:
"The Craftsman, Sept. 16 [1738]. No 636. English
Proverbs, apply'd to Great Persons."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 349-359] ["A Briton"]
- 8 (1738): 481. A: "Mr
Facio's Answer to the Objections made to him; drawn from the supposed Smallness
of the Parallax of Mars."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 8 (1738): 482. V:
"On the Itinerants Society, A Song."
John Duick.
[Carlson 252] [Orig. "J. Duick"]
- 8 (1738): 483. V:
"To Mr. W--h--d [William Whitehead], Student of C--- [Clare] Hall, Camb.
In Invitation. From Hor. Ep. V. B. I."
Rev. Thomas Warton.
[Pailler 2: 601]
- 8 (1738): 484. V:
"Song ['In vain I wish'd for liberty']."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "Freeman"]
- 8 (1738): 486. V:
"To Lady F[irebra]ce at Bury Assizes."
Samuel Johnson.
[Carlson 255; Fleeman 1: 36]
- 8 (1738): 499-520. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie; revised by Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 41, 45]
-
8
(1738)
521-522
A:
"The Apotheosis of Milton [cont.]."
William Guthrie
Kuist 82: 75
- 8 (1738): 525. A: "Mr
Facio's Discourse concerning the Parallax of Mars [cont.]."
Nicolas Faccio.
[Orig. "N. Facio Duillier"]
- 8 (1738): 526-527. A:
"The Craftsman, Sept. 30 [1738]. No 638. A Sequel to
the Dissertation on Sign-Posts."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 360-370]
- 8 (1738): 536-537. L:
"Remarks on Mr [John] Gay's Monument."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 679 (citing Leed 57-M: 226; Greene 59: 75); Fleeman 1: 36-37 considers the attribution "uncertain."] [Orig. "Pamphilus"]
- 8 (1738): 541. V:
"In Obitum Georgii, Principis Daniae. Authore Henrico Aldrich, S. T.
P."
Henry Aldrich.
[Pailler 2: 554].
- 8 (1738): 542. V:
"To Mr Royston ['Two deities their Royston boast']."
John Duick.
[Bond 94] [Orig. "J.D."]
- 8 (1738): 544. V:
"To Miss L. W---- ['Oh! still address the tuneful Nine']."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250] [Orig. "Eliza"]
- 8 (1738): 555-576. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie; revised by Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 41, 45]
- 8 (1738): 581-583. A:
"The Life of Father Paul Sarpi."
Samuel Johnson.
[Carlson 128; Fleeman 1: 37] [Orig. "S.J."]
- 8 (1738): 585-586. A:
"From the Craftsman, Nov. 11 [1738]. No. 644. An Account of the
Musquito Indians."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 371-382]
- 8 (1738): 586-587. A:
"Common Sense, Nov. 11 [1738]. No. 93. Our Fondness for French
Fashions exposed."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 99-104; Shellabarger 290]
- 8 (1738): 587-588. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, Nov. 18 [1738]. No 307. The true
Notion of Liberty."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 8 (1738): 589-590. A:
"Daily Gazetteer, Nov. 25 [1738]. No 1060. Mr
Osborne's Reply to . . . [Craftsman, No. 645 (18 November
1738)]."
James Pitt [?].
[Haig 5 notes that Pitt used the pseudonym "F. Osborne."]
- 8 (1738): 595. V:
"To Mr. J.D. the ingenious Imitator of the Verses Ad
Roistonum."
Richard Yate.
[Carlson 264] [Orig. "Yarico"]
- 8 (1738): 598. V:
"Woman of Ten different Sorts. A Satire. Translated from the Greek of
Simonides."
George Smith of Wigton.
[Carlson 262; de Montluzin 01: 6] [Orig. "G. Smith"]
- 8 (1738): 599. L:
Letter enc. "Chloe to Musidora."
Rev. Moses Browne.
[Carlson 249] [Orig. "M.B."]
- 8 (1738): 600. V:
"A Song ['Come, thou Fairest, prepare']."
Robert Brereton.
[Bond 91] [Orig. "Ro- --- B----on"]
- 8 (1738): 611-627. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie; revised by Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 41, 45]
- 8 (1738): 627-632. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput"; "Debates in the House of Clinabs on
Buttons, &c."
William Guthrie [?]; revised by Samuel Johnson [?].
[Bernard 67-P: 409 attributes pp. 627-632 to Guthrie; Pailler 2: 680 disagrees, attributing p. 627 to Johnson; Hoover 214-215 provisionally attributes pp. 627-632 to Johnson; Kaminski 41, 45 attributes the debate to Guthrie with revisions by Johnson.]
- 8 (1738): 640-641. A:
"Observations on the foregoing [remarks by 'Common Sense'; v. GM
8 (1738): 638-640]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bernard 67-N: 176; Pailler 2: 680; Kaminski 55; Fleeman 1: 37 is unsure.] [Orig. "S.U."]
- 8 (1738): 647. A:
"The Craftsman, Dec. 23 [1738]. No. 650. A Scene between
Osborne [James Pitt ('Francis Osborne' of the pro-Walpole London
Journal and Daily Gazetteer)], and Mr Push-it, with
others."
Henry Fielding.
[Battestin 89-b: 383-394]
- 8 (1738): 651. V:
"The History of Love."
William Coke.
[Pailler 2: 569] [Orig. "W. C--- e"]
- 8 (1738): 651. V: "To
Mr [Moses] Browne. Occasion'd by his Poem on Life, &c. ['From sensual joys to
more refin'd delights']."
Henry Price.
[Pailler 2: 588] [Orig. "H. Price"]
- 8 (1738): 653. V:
"Echo in Christi natalem."
Robert Brereton.
[Bond 91] [Orig. "Ro----on"]
- 8 (1738): 653. V: "On
the D---ss of R---d ['What do scholars, and bards, and astronomers
wise']."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Bond 99] [Orig. "L--d C--- d"]
- 8 (1738): 654. V:
"EIS BIRCION [printed in Greek characters]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Carlson 255]
- 8 (1738): 654. V:
"To the Right Hon. the Lady Anne Coventry, upon viewing her fine Chimney-
piece of Shell-work."
William Somerville.
[Bond 98] [Orig. "the Author of the Chace"]
- 8 (1738): 655. V:
"On the Happy Nuptials of Frederick Prince of Wales, and Augusta Princess
of Sax-Gotha."
Richard Owen Cambridge.
[Bond 92] [Orig. "Rich. Cambridge, Gent. Com. of St John's Coll, Oxon."]
- 8 (1738): 665-668. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput": "On the Button Affair."
William Guthrie [?]; revised by Samuel Johnson [?].
[Bernard 67-P: 410 attributes pp. 665-668 to Guthrie; Pailler 2: 680 disagrees, attributing the debate to Johnson; Hoover 214-215 provisionally attributes the item to Johnson; Kaminski 41, 45 attributes it to Guthrie with revisions by Johnson.]
- 8 (1738): 668-699. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie; revised by Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 41, 45]
- 8 (1738): 699. S:
"Advertisement" [re the 'Debates in the Senate of Lilliput']."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Bloom 264]
- 8 (1738): 700-702. A:
"Proposals for printing by Subscription Anagrammata Rediviva, or, The Art
of Composing and Resolving Anagrams. Compiled after Fifty Seven Years Study,
Labour, Enquiry, and Experience. By a Professor of Universal Learning, and a
Descendant of the Renown'd Cabalist Rabi Levi Ben Iarchi [providing readers of
the GM with a key to the pseudonyms used in the 'Debates of the Senate
of Lilliput']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 680 (citing Hoover 20) attributes it to Johnson, as does New Camb. Biblio. 1137; Bloom 264 considers it questionable, but Fleeman 1: 37 considers it "likely."]