Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 19 (1749)
- 19 (1749): [iv]. V:
"J. G. to E. C. [Edward Cave] on the Supplement."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 211, n. 4] [Orig. "J.G."]
- 19 (1749): 8.
L: "Fireworks."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 21; Fleeman 1: 186] [Orig. "O.N."]
- 19 (1749): 37.
V: "Prologue to Coriolanus, a Tragedy, Written by Mr
Thomson."
James Thomson.
[Pailler 2: 599]
- 19 (1749): 37.
V: "Epilogue [to Thomson's Coriolanus]."
James Thomson.
[Pailler 2: 599]
- 19 (1749): 74-76. A:
"Extracts from the Preface and Introductory Discourse to Dr Middleton's
Free Enquiry into the Miraculous Powers, which are supposed to have
subsisted in the Christian Church, from the earliest Ages through several
successive Centuries."
Rev. Conyers Middleton.
[BMGC]
- 19 (1749): 76-81.
R: "Plan and Specimens of Irene, a Tragedy, by Mr Samuel
Johnson. . . ."
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 103] [Orig. "H.H."]
- 19 (1749): 85. V:
"Prologue to Irene, a Tragedy ['Ye glitt'ring train! whom lace
and velvet bless']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Ram 458]
- 19 (1749): 85. V: "On
Clelia, who, too vain of her Youth and Beauty, repair'd to London, and some
other populous places; but, either eclipsed by brighter Beauties, or entirely
unnoticed, returned to humble Home, without making one Conquest."
Samuel Johnson.
[Ram 458]
- 19 (1749): 85.
V: "In Clientem Aulicum."
Rev. John Sackette.
[Carlson 260] [Orig. "J. Sackette"]
- 19 (1749): 86. V: "To
Alexander Strahan, Esq; on his Translation of Virgil's AEneis."
Rev. Henry Layng the Elder.
[Carlson 256] [Orig. "H. Layng"]
- 19 (1749): 87.
V: "Song in the Triumph of Peace, A Masque, by Mr
Dodsley."
Robert Dodsley.
[Pailler 2: 570]
- 19 (1749): 94.
A: "Foreign History."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 684 (citing Kolb 80); Fleeman 1: 186]
- 21 (1751): 107-108. A:
"A Letter to the Bishop of London, concerning the Alteration of the Style
[i.e., the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar]; Rule for finding Easter."
William Whiston.
[Orig. "W. Whiston"]
- 19 (1749): 116-118. L:
"Sacred History cleared.--Jer. xxxi. 15, explained."
Richard Yate.
[Orig. "R. Yate"]
- 21 (1751): 125. L:
"Meteor."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]
- 19 (1749): 130-132.
L: Letter to Urban enc. Latin verses, "Locus apud
Inferos Virginibus Vetulis Secretus, Sexti Libri Virgilii versui 476 addendus,"
and English trans., "Description of a Place in the infernal Regions allotted to
Old Maids; to follow Verse 476 of Virgil's 6th AEn."
J. D. Cotton.
[Carlson 251] [Orig. "Scaliger, jun."]
- 19 (1749): 132-133. V:
"A Reduced Officer's Complaint."
Richardson Pack.
[Ram 458]
- 19 (1749): 134. L:
Author's poem, "On the Death of the Rev. Dr Watts" enc.
Rev. Benjamin Choyce Sowden.
[Carlson 262] [Orig. "B. Sowden"]
- 19 (1749): 134.
V: "[Four verses] to be added (in Layng's Poem) after Ver. 50, p. 86
[v. Henry Layng, 'To Alexander Strahan, Esq; on his Translation of Virgil's
AEneis,' GM 19 (1749): 86]."]
Rev. Henry Layng the Elder.
[Pailler 2: 580]
- 19 (1749): facing 152. P:
"[Plate (Figure V):] View of an ancient font at Bridekirk in Cumberland,
with a Runic inscription."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 10]
- 19 (1749): 165-166. L:
"Children of Seth."
Richard Yate.
[Orig. "R. Yate"]
- 19 (1749): 171-172.
R: "The Plan of Merope, a Tragedy, as alter'd from the
French of Voltaire, by Aaron Hill, Esq. . . ."
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 214, n. 19] [Orig. "H.H."]
- 19 (1749): 179.
V: "To a young Lady at Holt; (a Place famous for Mineral Waters) on
her late ingenious Poems."
Dr. Samuel Bowden.
[Pailler 2: 559]
- 19 (1749): 207. L:
"Critique on [Biblical] Texts."
Richard Yate.
[Orig. "R. Yate"]
- 19 (1749): 229.
V: "Merit and Fortune. A Fable."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 254]
- 19 (1749): 230.
L: Letter enc.the author's verses, "Triumph of Vice."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 211, n. 4] [Orig. "J.G."]
- 19 (1749): 232. V:
"Stanzas to Mr G[arri]ck, on the Talk of the Town ['No, no, the left hand
box in blue']."
Edward Moore.
[Ram 460]
-
19
(1749)
246-247
A
"Instructions to Mr Archdeacon Ch-pm-n [John Chapman],
Dr. B-m-n, and Dr. St-b-g [Henry Stebbing], how to draw up an Answer to
[Conyers] Middleton's Free Enquiry [i.e., A Free Inquiry into the
Miraculous Powers which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian
Church], &c."
Rev. John Jones.
Lit. Anec. 1: 586n
- 19 (1749): 279.
V: "To the Memory of the Rev. Mr James Wilson. By Mr Brooke [from
the Dublin Journal]."
Henry Brooke.
[Pailler 2: 562]
- 19 (1749): 280.
V: "Sequel to the Triumph of Vice [inc. 'Moral']."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 211, n. 4] [Orig. "J.G."]
-
19
(1749)
288
S
Paragraph re John Jones's Free and Candid
Disquisitions relating to the Church of England and re The
expediency and necessity of revising and improving the public
liturgy.
Edward Cave.
Lit. Anec. 1: 591
-
19
(1749)
311-312
L
"Rusticlericus's Answer to the Instructor [re GM 19
(1749): 246-247 concerning Conyers Middleton's A Free Inquiry into the
Miraculous
Powers which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian
Church]."
Rev. John Jones.
Lit. Anec. 1: 586
- 19 (1749): 323-325. V:
"The African prince, new in England, to Zara at his father's
court."
Rev. William Dodd.
[Ram 460]
- 19 (1749): 325. L:
Author's poem, "Hymn from Psalm cxlvi. 2." enc.
Rev. Benjamin Choyce Sowden.
[Carlson 262] [Orig. "B. Sowden"]
- 19 (1749): 325.
L: Letter enc. Latin trans. of poem, "On the Report of a
British Fleet being to be sent to the Baltic," printed in GM 19 (1740):
182.
J. D. Cotton.
[Pailler 2: 569]> [Orig. "Scalinger jun."]
- 19 (1749): 369-370.
V: "Extracts from Sunday Thoughts."
Rev. Moses Browne.
[Pailler 2: 565]
- 19 (1749): 372-373. V:
"Zara, at the Court of Annamabboe, to the African Prince, now in
England."
Rev. William Dodd.
[Ram 461]
- 19 (1749): 373.
V: Latin epigram: "Insertio, siv inoculatio morbi."
Rev. John Sackette.
[Carlson 260] [Orig. "J. Sackette"]
- 19 (1749): 374.
V: "The Fatal Inquisitor; a Tale [inc. 'Moral']."
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 211, n. 4] [Orig. "J.G."]
- 19 (1749): 393-397.
A: "Abridgement of a Voyage round the World, in the Years 1740-41-
42-43-44, by George Anson, Esq."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Carlson 22 attributes it to Johnson; Bloom 266 and Fleeman 1: 186 consider Johnson's authorship questionable; New Camb. Biblio. 1138 attributes the first three paragraphs (p. 393) to Johnson.]
- 19 (1749): 413-415.
L: Letter to Urban enc. "A Summary of Free and Candid
Disquisitions relating to the Church of England."
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton [?] and Mr. [Gilbert (?)] West [?].
[Carlson 123]
-
19
(1749)
413n
S
Note re John Jones's Free and Candid
Disquisitions relating to the Church of England.
Edward Cave.
Lit. Anec. 1: 591
- 19 (1749): 422.
V: "To Mr [James] Hervey on his Meditations."
John Duick.
[Carlson 253] [Orig. "J. Duick"]
- 19 (1749): 424.
V: "Insulted Poverty: Or the Case is altered. A Tale [inc.
'Moral']."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 254] [Orig. "J.G."]
- 19 (1749): 437-439.
A: "A Summary of the Disquisitions relating to the
Church of England [cont.].
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, and Gilbert [?] West.
[Carlson 123]
- 19 (1749): 441-446.
A: "Abridgment of a Voyage round the World; by George
Anson Esq [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Carlson 22 attributes it to Johnson; Bloom 266 and Fleeman 1: 186 consider Johnson's authorship questionable.]
- 19 (1749): 466-467.
V: "Elegiac Song [Dirge in Cymbeline]."
William Collins (revised by Edward Cave).
[Carlson 251]
- 19 (1749): 467.
V: "God is Love."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 254] [Orig. "H.G." (or "H. Greville" as listed in "Index to the Poetry" for the vol.)]
- 19 (1749): 467.
L: Letter enc. the author's verses, "When a nymph at her
toilet has spent the whole day."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 254] [Orig. "H.G." (or "H. Greville" as listed in "Index to the Poetry" for the vol.)]
- 19 (1749): 469.
L: Letter enc. author's verses, "Poverty
Rewarded: Or, The Case re altered [inc. 'Moral']."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 254] [Orig. "J.G."]
- 19 (1749): 469.
V: "Cloe's Soliloquy."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 254]
-
19
(1749)
523
L
"[Solar and lunar] Eclipses calculated."
George Witchell.
Orig. "G.W."; Witchell sent a signed contribution re astronomy to GM 25 (1755): 584.
- 19 (1749): 543-547.
A: "Abridgment of Mr [George] Anson's Voyage. Part II
[cont.]."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Carlson 22 attributes it to Johnson; Bloom 266 and Fleeman 1: 186 consider Johnson's authorship questionable.]
-
19
(1749)
551
A
"To Geo. Smith [re two Latin inscriptions]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 19 (1749): 563.
S: "The Postscript" to remarks re "Mr W. L.'s [William Lauder's]
Essay on Milton's use and imitation of the Moderns" (inc. "Proposal for Relief
of Milton's Granddaughter").
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 684 (citing Greene)]