Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 9 (1739)
- 9 (1739): 3-4. L:
"Reflections on Periodical Writers."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 10; Fleeman 1: 48]
- 9 (1739): 4. V: "In
Birchium."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Carlson 255; Kaminski 213, n. 48; Fleeman 1: 48]
-
9
(1739)
10-12
L
"Dipping the Proper Baptism."
Dr. Mark Akenside [?].
Orig. "Marcus"
- 9 (1739): 18-20. L:
"Letter from a consistent Dissenter."
Adam Calamy.
[Davis 378, n. 11] [Orig. "A consistent Dissenter"]
- 9 (1739): 20-21. V:
"Milton's Apotheosis [cont.]."
William Guthrie.
[Kuist 76: 316, n. 33]
- 9 (1739): 25-28. A:
"From The Weekly Miscellany, No 317. Narrative of the
Death of the Hon. Fr. N----t, Son to the late ----."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 9 (1739): 29. A:
"Observations on the Foregoing [i.e., 'Universal Spectator; Jan.
13. No 536,' printed in GM 9 (1739): 28-29]."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Kaminski 58]
- 9 (1739): 37-38. A:
"The Life of Dr [Hermann] Boerhaave."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 10; Fleeman 1: 48]
- 9 (1739): 40. V:
"Left in Dr [Peter] Shaw's translation of my Lord Bacon's Works, belonging
to a Friend."
Dr. John Swan.
[Bond 99] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 9 (1739): 40. V:
"Suspirium."
Robert Brereton.
[Bond 91] [Orig. "Ro---- B----on"]
- 9 (1739): 41. V: "A
Paraphrase on Psalm lxxiii. 25."
Elizabeth Rowe.
[Pailler 2: 590] [Orig. "Philomel"]
- 9 (1739): 41. V:
"To Miss Aurelia C---r, on her Weeping at her Sister's Wedding."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 262] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 9 (1739): 43. V: "A
Specimen of Coke on Lyttleton."
William Coke.
[Orig. "Coke"]
- 9 (1739): 44. V:
"On the Birth of a Male-Infant. Irregular Ode."
William Coke.
[Pailler 2: 569] [Orig. "W. C---e"]
- 9 (1739): 44. V: "The
beginning and concluding Stanzas of the Universal prayer; By Mr Pope ['Father of
all! in every age']."
Alexander Pope.
[Pailler 2: 587]
- 9 (1739): 54. S:
Refutation of remarks by "Common Sense."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 680 (citing Sherbo 53: 543, n. 1); Fleeman 1: 48]
- 9 (1739): 72-73. A:
"Continuation of the Life of Dr [Hermann] Boerhaave."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 10; Fleeman 1: 48]
- 9 (1739): 73-75. A:
"The Apotheosis of Milton [conc.]."
William Guthrie.
[Kuist 76: 316, n. 33]
- 9 (1739): 93-94. A:
"Considerations laid before the Parliament relating to the Running of
Wool."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 680 (citing Greene 59: 79)]
- 9 (1739): 95. V:
"The Prologue [to David Mallet's Mustapha]. By Mr
Thomsom."
James Thomson.
[Bond 99]
- 9 (1739): 95. V:
Selections from Mustapha.
David Mallet.
[Bond 96]
- 9 (1739): 96. V:
"To Mr. [David] Mallett. Occasion'd by being at the Representation of
Mustapha."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 262] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 9 (1739): 96. V:
"The 6th Epistle of the 1st Book of Horace, imitated."
William Coke.
[Pailler 2: 569] [Orig. "W. C---e"]
- 9 (1739): 98. V:
"On the Anniversary of her Husband's Death. By Mrs. Rowe ['Unhappy day!
with what a dreadful light']."
Elizabeth Rowe.
[Bond 97]
- 9 (1739): 99. V: "A
Song ['Woman! thoughtless, giddy creature']" enc. in a letter signed
"Myrtle."
Henry Baker.
[Ram 377]
- 9 (1739): 111-112. A:
"An Appeal to the Publick."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 11; Fleeman 1: 48]
- 9 (1739): 114-116. A:
"Continuation of the Life of Dr [Hermann] Boerhaave."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 10; Fleeman 1: 48]
- 9 (1739): 116-117. L:
"A Consistent Dissenter to Mr J.O. on the Test [Act]."
Adam Calamy.
[Sherbo 84: 232] [Orig. "A Consistent Dissenter"]
- 9 (1739): 117-118. L:
"True Honesty, distinguished from false."
Sir John Hawkins.
[Davis 11, 378 (n. 4)] [Orig. "J.H."]
- 9 (1739): 127-128. A:
"From the Weekly Miscellany, March 3, and 10 [1739]. Some
Remarks, occasion'd by the melancholy Narrative . . . of an unhappy Gentleman,
who liv'd many Years an Infidel, and died a Believer, but not a Penitent,
convinc'd of the Truth of a Future State, and of his own miserable Portion in
it."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 9 (1739): 129-130. A:
"From the Gazetteer, March 8 [1739; 'Vox Populi Vox Dei
when a wrong Maxim']."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "Freeman"]
- 9 (1739): 151. V: "An
Ode, to his Royal Highness on his Birth-Day ['Fitly to hail this happy
day']."
Robert Nugent, Earl Nugent.
[Ram 377]
- 9 (1739): 151. V:
"An Ode ['When I the heav'ns contemplate, Lord']."
Dr. John Swan.
[Bond 99] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 9 (1739): 152. V:
"Verses to the Memory of Mrs. [Elizabeth] Rowe. By a Friend."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250]
- 9 (1739): 153. V:
"A Tale. Imitated from the second Idyll of Bion."
William Coke.
[Pailler 2: 569] [Orig. "W. C---e"]
- 9 (1739): 153. V:
"Flirt & Phil. A decision, for the Ladies."
William Shenstone.
[Bond 98] [Orig. "S.S."]
- 9 (1739): 154. L:
Letter to Urban re an attack on the author in the London
Magazine, enc. verses ('Whoe'er thou art, my nameless, angry foe').
Mary Masters.
[Carlson 257] [Orig. "M. Masters"]
- 9 (1739): 155. V:
"Verses from a Mother to her Daughter, with Dr Carter's Sermons."
Jane Hughes Brereton.
[Carlson 247] [Orig. "Melissa"]
- 9 (1739): 155. V:
"Spring, a Pastoral, from the Greek of Bion."
William Coke.
[Pailler 2: 569] [Orig. "W. C---e"]
- 9 (1739): 156. V:
"Stanzas to the memory of an agreeable Lady, buried in marriage to a
person undeserving her."
William Shenstone.
[Pailler 2: 594] [Orig. "S.S."]
- 9 (1739): 156. V:
"Verses to be inscribed after Ld Cobham's death on a building in his
gardens, where the busts of English worthies are placed."
Robert Nugent, Earl Nugent
[Ram 378]
- 9 (1739): 172-176. A:
"Conclusion of the Life of Dr [Hermann] Boerhaave."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 10; Fleeman 1: 48]
- 9 (1739): 176-177. L:
"Letter on the Nature of Honesty."
Adam Calamy.
[Davis 11, 378 (n. 5)]
-
9
(1739)
177
L
"Remarks on Mr [White] Kennet's Letter to Bishop
[Edward] Stillingfleet."
Richard Yate.
Orig. "R.Y."; GM10 (1740): 233n
- 9 (1739): 198. A:
"From my own Chambers ['D'Anvers's Vindication concerning Mr (Samuel)
Strutt']."
Nicholas Amhurst [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 54-55 notes that Amhurst used the pseudonym "Caleb D'anvers" and its various permutations; however, as Varey 93: 74 (n. 2) points out, others (including William Pulteney, Earl of Bath; and Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke) used it as well.] [Orig. "Cal. D'anvers"]
- 9 (1739): 202-203. A:
Letter printed in the Daily Advertiser, 13 April 1739, in defense
of the GM.
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 680 (citing Sherbo 53: 543-545)]
- 9 (1739): 207. V:
"Charon's Visit."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 263] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 9 (1739): 210. V:
"Prologue to Gustavus Vasa, a Tragedy. By Mr Brooke."
Henry Brooke.
[Bond 91]
- 9 (1739): 211. V:
"To a Lady with some Carnations. By Mr Ward."
John Ward.
[Bond 100]
- 9 (1739): 211. V:
"Writ afterwards upon seeing one of them faded in her Bosom. By the same
[re 'To a Lady with some Carnations,' which immediately precedes this item on
the same page]."
John Ward.
[Bond 100]
- 9 (1739): 211. V:
"Anacreontic. From Mrs Masters's Poems ['Beneath a thick and silent
shade']."
Mary Masters.
[Carlson 257]
- 9 (1739): 223. A:
"To the Reader."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 10; Fleeman 1: 49]
- 9 (1739): 232-233. L:
"J.H.'s Reply concerning the Nature of Honesty."
Sir John Hawkins.
[Davis 12, 378 (n. 7)] [Orig. "I.H."]
- 9 (1739): 239-242. A:
"From the Weekly Miscellanies May 5 and 12 [1739]. Observations
on the Conduct of the Rev. Mr [George] Whitefield, &c."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 9 (1739): 261-262. A:
"The Life of Mrs Elizabeth Rowe."
Rev. Henry Grove and Theophilus Rowe.
[Leed 58: 44, n. 1]
- 9 (1739): 264. V:
"Extract of Edward and Eleanora, a Tragedy, by Mr
Thomson."
James Thomson.
[Bond 99]
- 9 (1739): 265. V:
"Coresus and Callirrhoe. A Tale."
William Coke.
[Pailler 2: 569] [Orig. "W. C--- e"]
- 9 (1739): 266. V:
"To Mr [Henry] Brooke, on the Refusal of a Licence to his Play, entitled,
Gustavus Vasa."
Paul Whitehead.
[Bond 100] [Orig. "P. Whitehead"]
- 9 (1739): 267-268. V:
"On Miss K--tch--g ['Long had the tuneful nine incens'd beheld']."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 263] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 9 (1739): 269. V:
"Post-Genitis."
Samuel Johnson.
[McAdam and Milne 64; New Camb. Biblio. 1137; Fleeman 1: 49]
- 9 (1739): 282-286. A:
"Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Rowe [cont.]."
Rev. Henry Grove and Theophilus Rowe.
[Leed 58: 44, n. 1]
- 9 (1739): 297. L:
"Letter on the Subject of Honesty."
Adam Calamy.
[Davis 13, 378 (n. 8)]
- 9 (1739): 300-303. A:
"Proceedings, &c. in the Senate of Lilliput."
William Guthrie.
[Kaminski 41, 106]
- 9 (1739): 322. V: "To
Miss Carter, On her Translation of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy explain'd for
the Use of the Ladies, from the Italian of Sig. Algarotti."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 262] [Orig. "J. Swan"]
- 9 (1739): 322. V:
"Epitaph on Edmund Duke of Buckingham, who died in the 19th Year of his
Age, 1735. By Mr Pope ['If modest youth, with cool reflection
crown'd']."
Alexander Pope.
[Pailler 2: 587]
- 9 (1739): 323. V: "To
Mrs M. B. on her Birth-Day. By Mr Pope ['Oh be thou blest with all that heav'n
can send']."
Alexander Pope.
[Pailler 2: 587]
- 9 (1739): 323. V:
"Cloe: A Character. By Mr Pope ['"Yet Cloe sure was form'd without a
spot--"']."
Alexander Pope.
[Pailler 2: 587]
- 9 (1739): 324. V:
"Doctori Keil, e. Coll. Baliol, Astronomiae Professori."
Rev. Anthony Alsop.
[Pailler 2: 555] [Orig. "A. Alsops"]
- 9 (1739): 324. V:
"To Posterity [English version of 'Post-Genitis'; v. GM 9 (1739):
269]."
Samuel Johnson.
[McAdam and Milne 64; New Camb. Biblio. 1137; Fleeman 1: 49]
- 9 (1739): 337-357. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie.
[Kaminski 41, 106]
- 9 (1739): 359. L:
"Of Honesty, &c."
Sir John Hawkins.
[Davis 13] [Orig. "J.H."]
- 9 (1739): 377. V:
"On Scarborough Waters."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 263] [Orig. "Amatius" (misprint for "Amasius")]
- 9 (1739): 391-411. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie.
[Kaminski 41, 106]
- 9 (1739): 417. L:
"Letter to Mr Urban about Honesty."
Adam Calamy.
[Davis 13, 378 (n. 9)]
- 9 (1739): 425-427. A:
"Daily Gazetteer, Aug. 10 [1739]. No 1291. A
Dialogue between a Freeholder and a Candidate."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 9 (1739): 433-434. V:
"The celebrated Victory of the Poles over Osman the Turkish Emperor in the
Dacian Battle. Translated from Casimire, B. 4. Od. 4. with large
Additions."
Rev. Isaac Watts.
[Pailler 2: 601]
- 9 (1739): 435. V:
"Her Answer [to 'An Epistle to Mrs Masters']."
Mary Masters.
[Carlson 257] [Orig. "Maria"]
- 9 (1739): 435. V:
"The late Earl of C[arlisl]e's Advice to his Son, the present E[arl] of
C[arlisl]e. Written a few Hours before his Death."
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle.
[Bond 95]
- 9 (1739): 436. V:
"To a Friend on his Marriage."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 263] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 9 (1739): 447-469. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie.
[Kaminski 41, 106]
- 9 (1739): 477-478. A:
"Craftsman, Sept. 1 [1739]. No 686. Of some
extraordinary Plants, &c."
Henry Fielding [?].
[Battestin 89-b: 484-492 lists this as among ten Craftsman essays that "seem . . . unmistakably Fielding's work."] [Orig. "Pharmacopola"]
- 9 (1739): 480-482. A:
"The Craftsman. Sept. 8 [1739]. No. 687. Scheme of a new Court
of Judicature, in which Methodists are to preside."
Henry Fielding [?].
[Battestin 89-b: 493-505 lists this as among ten Craftsman essays that "seem . . . unmistakably Fielding's work."]
- 9 (1739): 490. V:
"Verses left by Mr Pope, upon his lying in the same Bed which Wilmot, Earl
of Rochester, us'd at Atterbury, a Seat of the Duke of Argyle's, in Oxfordshire,
July 9, 1739 ['With no poetic ardor fir'd']."
Alexander Pope.
[Pailler 2: 587]
- 9 (1739): 492. V:
"To the Hon. Mrs Elizabeth Townshend, now Lady Cornwallis, on her Picture,
at Rainham [from Dr Broome's poems]."
Rev. William Broome.
[Bond 91]
- 9 (1739): 493. V:
"A Song ['Blest as th' immortal Gods is he']."
Ambrose Philips.
[Bond 96] [Orig. "Theophilus"]
- 9 (1739): 503-524. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie.
[Kaminski 41, 106]
- 9 (1739): 544. V:
"Hymn to Science."
Dr. Mark Akenside.
[Carlson 243]
- 9 (1739): 545. V:
"Sappho's advice."
Rev. Joseph Warton.
[Bond 100] [Orig. "Monitorius"]
- 9 (1739): 545. V:
"Beauty and Innocence."
Mr. Tomkyns.
[Bond 100] [Orig. "Auramantulus"]
- 9 (1739): 545. V:
"Sonnet ['When Phoebe form'd a wanton smile']."
William Collins.
[Carlson 251] [Orig. "Delicatulus"]
- 9 (1739): 546. V:
"To Mr Moses Browne. With a Present of a Microscope."
John Duick.
[Carlson 252] [Orig. "J. Duick"]
- 9 (1739): 546. V:
"On the Marriage of Mr. W. Baker and Miss Dawson."
John Duick.
[Carlson 252] [Orig. "J. Duick"]
- 9 (1739): 546. V:
"The Gun-Stick, A Poem, Occasioned by a Soldier's inadvertently shooting
his Rammer out of his Piece at a late Review; to the Terror and Consternation of
the whole Regiment. By Mr Buxton."
T. M. Buxton.
[Carlson 249]
- 9 (1739): 547. V:
"To Mira. The Promise of Love. In Imitation of Anacreon. Done from the
French of M. de la Motte."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 263] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 9 (1739): 559-580. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie.
[Kaminski 41, 106]
- 9 (1739): 599. V:
Ode: "Hail, Melancholy! gloomy power."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Carlson 250]
- 9 (1739): 599. V:
"[Anacreon,] Ode 20. To his Mistress."
Rev. William Broome.
[Carlson 247; Bond 91] [Orig. "Charles Chester, M.D."]
- 9 (1739): 599. V:
"[Anacreon,] Ode 36. By the same."
Rev. William Broome.
[Carlson 247; Bond 91]
- 9 (1739): 601. L:
"Critical Remarks on the same Collection [i.e., the GM's poetry
section for October 1739]."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[New Camb. Biblio. 1137; Fleeman 1: 49 rejects this attribution.]
- 9 (1739): 611-634. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie.
[Kaminski 41, 106]
- 9 (1739): 652-653. A:
"From the Gazetteer, No. 1401 ['Address to Mr Common
Sense, on his severly chastising King, Lords and Commons;
Constitution now in its full Vigour']."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 9 (1739): 655. V:
"An Itinerant Song ['For what do we ramble the town thro'out?']."
John Duick.
[Bond 94]
- 9 (1739): 655. V:
"Musae sunt Pacis alumnae."
Foster Webb.
[Carlson 264] [Orig. "Telarius"]
- 9 (1739): 657. V:
"On Eliza ['Once witty Sappho polish'd Greece adorn'd']."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 263] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 9 (1739): 658. V:
"Anacreon, Ode 64. To Apollo."
Rev. William Broome.
[Carlson 247] [Orig. "Charles Chester, M.D."]
- 9 (1739): 665-698. A:
"Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
William Guthrie.
[Kaminski 41, 106]