Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 20 (1750)
- 20 (1750):[iv]. V:
"A Sequel to the Origin of Criticism. . . . Addressed to Mr Urban on
completing his XXth Volume."
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 212, n. 8]
- 20 (1750): 27. L:
"Draught of an antient Roman Sweating-Stove [i.e., hypocaust, at Netherby,
Cumbria]."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 6] [Orig. "G. Smith"]
- 20 (1750): 36-37.
L: Verses, "The Caterpillar and Butterfly. A
Fable," enc.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 212, n. 8]
- 20 (1750): 38.
V: "An Evening Ode. To Stella."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Carlson 256; Fleeman 1: 318]
- 20 (1750): 64-68.
A: "Abstract of Mr [George] Anson's Voyage, Part III
[cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Carlson 22 and Fleeman 1: 319 attribute it to Johnson; Bloom 266 considers Johnson's authorship questionable.]
- 20 (1750): 68.
L: "Fungi; No seedless Plants."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231] [Orig. "D.Y."]
-
20
(1750)
78
L
"Lights in the Air."
Rev. Stephen Bolton.
Orig. "S.B."; dated Stalbridge, Dorsetshire, whence Bolton corresponded with the GM in 1748 and 1761
- 20 (1750): 85.
V: "The Vanity of Wealth. An Ode. To a Friend."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Carlson 256; Fleeman 1: 319]
- 20 (1750): 86.
V: "The Repique. To Miss A.M.P."
Rev. William Rider.
[Pailler 2: 590] [Orig. "Rider"]
- 20 (1750): 112-113. L:
"Davis's Quadrant."
Benjamin Donn [Donne].
[Orig. "B. Donn"]
-
20
(1750)
113
L
"Physics, Optics [queries re an eclipse and the nature of
light]."
Benjamin Donn
Donne Orig. "D.B."; Donn signed the preceding item (GM 20 [1750]: 112-113), which concerns similar subjects.
- 20 (1750): 113-116.
A: "Abstract of Mr [George] Anson's Voyage, Part III
[cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Carlson 22 and Fleeman 1: 319 attribute it to Johnson; Bloom 266 considers Johnson's authorship questionable.]
- 20 (1750): 118. L:
"Physical Quaery [re shape of the earth] answer'd."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]
- 20 (1750): 119-120. L:
"Pyrometers compared."
Edward Sparke.
[Orig. "E. Sparke"; dated Winchester Street; Biography Database CD1 lists a 1749 book subscription for one Edward Sparke, merchant, of Winchester Street, London.]
- 20 (1750): 120-121. L:
"Mr Whitehurst's Vindication [re charge of E. Sparke (in GM 20
[1750]: 119-120) that John Ellicott, not John Whitehurst, had invented the
pyrometer]."
John Whitehurst.
[Orig. "J. Whitehurst"]
- 20 (1750): 127. A:
"The Rambler, No. 1 [20 Mar. 1750; one-paragraph summary
containing the following quoted words: 'dificulty . . . (which) is felt by every
man in his transactions with the world, and confessed by the settled and regular
forms of salutation which necessity has introduced into all languages']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 127. A:
"The Rambler, No. 2. Sat. 24 [Mar. 1750; re the
anticipation of happiness; part summary and part lengthy quotation]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 127-129. A:
"The Rambler, No. 3. Tues. 27 [Mar. 1750;
'Difficulties of an Author'; part summary and part lengthy quotation]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 131.
V: Verses, "Seasonable Reflexions on the two
late Earthquakes," from the second part of Sunday Thoughts, enc. in a
letter to Urban.
Rev. Moses Browne.
[Carlson 249]
- 20 (1750): 131. V:
"Lines from Mr Phillips's Cyder, on Marclay Hill, in
Herefordshire, moving along. Anno 1571, quoted for the seasonable Exhortation
[submitted by 'R.R.']."
John Philips.
[Ram 464]
-
20
(1750)
135
V
"Parody. Address'd to a favourite Dog."
John Hawkesworth [?].
Orig. "J.H."
-
20
(1750)
153
L
"Moon's Eclipse."
George Witchell.
Orig. "G.W."; Witchell contributed a signed item re astronomy to GM 25 (1755): 584.
-
20
(1750)
153-154
L
"Queries [re centrifugal force and 'the altitude of the nonagestime
degree'] answer'd."
George Witchell.
Orig. "G.W."; Witchell contributed a signed item re astronomy to GM 25 (1755): 584.
- 20 (1750): 157-160. L:
"Evidence from Miracles and Prophecies; Christianity founded on Prophecies
compleated."
Richard Yate.
[Orig. "R. Yate"]
- 20 (1750): 171-172. A:
"Extracts of the Rambler, No. 5. April 3, 1750
['Delightfulness of the Spring']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 172-173. A:
"Extract from the Rambler, No. 11 [24 Apr. 1750; 'Unhappy State
of passionate Man']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 173-174. A:
"From the Gazetteer, April 19 [1750]. From the Fool
['Hospital for Cattle']."
William Horsley.
[Haig 21; Battestin 89-a: 428] [Orig. "Philo Boas"]
- 20 (1750): 183.
V: "A new Prologue spoken by Mr Garrick, Thursday, April 5,
1750, at the representation of Comus, for the Benefit of Mrs Elizabeth
Foster, Milton's Grand-Daughter, and only surviving Descendant; Which benefit
produced her above 130l."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 36; Fleeman 1: 319]
- 20 (1750): 209. L:
"Query about Light, &c. answered."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]
- 20 (1750): 261-263. A:
"Rambler, Numb. 22. June 2, 1750 ['Allegory of Wit and
Learning']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 271. L:
"Queries on the magnetic pole."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]
- 20 (1750): 304. L:
"Lunar Eclipse."
Rev. Stephen Bolton.
[Orig. "S. Bolton"]
- 20 (1750): 310. A:
"Reply to Mr [Benjamin] Donn and Anonymous on Light [re GM 20
(1750): 269-271]."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]
-
20
(1750)
310
A
"Sentiments upon the Case of Conscience [re financial duty to
parents versus duty to children]."
T. Daniel.
Orig. "T.D."; dated Sunderland, whence Daniel corresponded with the GM in 1750
-
20
(1750)
312
L
"Query on Poisons."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 20 (1750): 320-322. A:
"Rambler, Numb. 33. July 10, 1750 ['Labour and Rest. A
Fable']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
-
20
(1750)
327
V
"A Dialogue between a certain Gentleman of a
certain College in a certain University, and another of a different
College in the same University, occasion'd by a Pupil of the one
having cut off a Dog's Ear belonging to the other."
John Loveday the Elder [?].
Orig. "Academicus"; Kuist 82: 87-88 lists multiple attributions to John Loveday the Elder (1711-89) and John Loveday the Younger (1742-1809) under the pseudonym "Academicus" beginning in 1777. Since the Nichols family annotators who compiled what is now the Kuist list made no effort at a systematic attribution of items in the GM before vol. 53-i (1783), the absence of earlier attributions to Loveday the Elder under the pseudonym "Academicus" does not militate against his possible authorship of items so signed in earlier volumes. Starting with 1773 there is no doubt of Loveday the Elder's or the Younger's authorship of items signed "Academicus," as by that time those signatures are interspersed with items signed "Scrutator," another favorite pseudonym of both men.
-
20
(1750)
344
L
"Letter from Wigtoun [re a meteor]."
George Smith of Wigton.
Orig. "G.S."; de Montluzin 01: 7
-
20
(1750)
346-347
L
"Case of Conscience [re financial duty to parents versus duty to
children]."
Mary Masters [?].
Orig. "Maria"
-
20
(1750)
354-355
L
"Ocular Demonstration of I Euclid 47."
T. Daniel.
Orig. "T.D."; dated Sunderland, whence Daniel corresponded with the GM in 1750
- 20 (1750): 355-356. L:
"Rays of Light contain Matter."
Benjamin Donn [Donne].
[Orig. "B. Donn"]
- 20 (1750): 368-370. A:
"The Rambler, No. 42. August 11, 1750 ['Modish female
Education; Country irksome']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
-
20
(1750)
390-391
L
"Errors in Mr [Charles] Brent's Astronomy."
George Witchell.
Orig. "G.W."; Witchell contributed a signed item re astronomy to GM 25 (1755): 584.
- 20 (1750): 406. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "Sword to the
master's arbitrary sway . . . [from The Rambler, No. 1]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 1]
- 20 (1750): 406. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "Why to
expatiate in this beaten field . . . [from The Rambler, No. 1]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 3]
- 20 (1750): 407. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "Go now and
meditate thy tuneful lays . . . [from The Rambler, No. 2]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 13]
- 20 (1750): 407. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "Undisappointed
in designs . . . [from The Rambler, No. 3]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 14]
- 20 (1750): 407. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "Now ev'ry
field, now ev'ry tree is green . . . [from The Rambler, No. 5]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 25]
- 20 (1750): 407. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "Active in
indolence, abroad we roam . . . [from The Rambler, No. 6]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 30]
- 20 (1750): 407. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "Chuse what you
are: no other state prefer . . . [from The Rambler, No. 9]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 46]
- 20 (1750): 408. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "Without a
genius learning soars in vain . . . [from The Rambler, No. 22]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 121]
- 20 (1750): 408. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "Each mighty
lord, big with pompous name . . . [from The Rambler, No. 26]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 141]
- 20 (1750): 409. V:
"The Mottoes and other Passages in the Rambler": "The genial suns
more radiant shine . . . [from The Rambler, No. 30]."
James Elphinston.
[Rambler 3: 163]
- 20 (1750): 410-413.
A: "Wit and Beauty. From the French of Madam de
Fagnon."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 215, n. 32]
- 20 (1750): 415-417. A:
"The Rambler, No. 54. Sept. 22, 1750 ['Meditation
upon the Vanity of human Life']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 423. V:
"On the Death of Mrs Fountayne, Lady of the very Reverend the Dean of
York."
Rev. Laurence Sterne.
[Ram 467]
- 20 (1750): 424. V:
"Verses from a Lady at Bath, dying with a Consumption, to her
Husband."
Mary Monck.
[Ram 467]
- 20 (1750): 432 [misnumbered as
423]. A: Advertisement for Anna Williams's
Essays in Verse and Prose.
Samuel Johnson.
[Bloom 266; Fleeman 1: 319]
-
20
(1750)
445
L
"Lunar Eclipse calculated."
George Witchell.
Orig. "G.W."; Witchell contributed a signed item re astronomy to GM 25 (1755): 584.
- 20 (1750): 450-451. L:
"Elliptical Orbit of the Earth explained."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]
-
20
(1750)
451-452
A
"Job expected a Resurrection."
Rev. Edward Bate.
Orig. "E.B."; dated Seighford, where Rev. Edward Bate was vicar
- 20 (1750): 454-456. L:
"On noxious and salutiferous Fumes."
John Hall.
[Orig. "J. Hall"; dated Dunchurch, whence John Hall signed his full name to a contribution in GM 20 (1750): 356- 357]
- 20 (1750): 463-465. A:
"The Rambler, Sat. Oct. 13 [1750], No 60 ['Usefulness
of Biography; Private Characters worthy Regard']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 469.
V: "To Mr William Roffey."
Rev. Thomas Gibbons.
[Pailler 2: 574] [Orig. "T.G."]
- 20 (1750): 512-514. A:
"The Rambler, Tues. Nov. 6 [1750], No 67 ['Of
Hope']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 517. V:
"The rural Lass."
Catherine Jemmat.
[Ram 467]
- 20 (1750): 519. V:
"AEnigma ['Me genetrix per rula tulit']."
Rev. William Bickerstaff.
[Orig. "W. Bickerstaffe"]
- 20 (1750): 535-536.
A: "Some account of the present state of the
controversy concerning Milton's imitation of the Moderns."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 25 attributes it provisionally to Hawkesworth, disputing Greene 59: 83-84, Pailler 2: 685, and Fleeman 1: 319 who attribute it to Samuel Johnson.]
- 20 (1750): 536. L:
"[William] Lauder detected ['Forgeries against Milton detected']."
Rev. Richard Richardson.
[Headnote identifies the contributor as the author of Zoilomastix.] [Orig. "R. Richardson"]
-
20
(1750)
541-542
L
"Bodies exist without the Mind."
T. Daniel.
Orig. "T.D."; dated Sunderland, whence Daniel corresponded with the GM in 1750
- 20 (1750): 548-549. A:
"The Use and Meaning of the Word Elohim."
Rev. Edward Bate.
[Orig. "E. Bate"; dated Seighford, where Rev. Edward Bate was vicar]
-
20
(1750)
550
A
"Reply to M. Gautier [re Gautier's attempted refutation of
Newton's theory of colors; cont.]."
T. Daniel.
Orig. "T.D."; dated Sunderland, whence Daniel corresponded with the GM in 1750
-
20
(1750)
550-551
L
"Astronomical Equations."
George Witchell.
Orig. "G.W."; Witchell contributed a signed item re astronomy to GM 25 (1755): 584.
- 20 (1750): 560-562. A:
"The Rambler, No 79 [18 Dec. 1750; 'Picture of
Suspicion']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 20 (1750): 564.
V: "Paraphrasis Poetica in Johannis Miltoni Paradisun
Amissum. Authore Gulielmo Hogaeo.
William Hog.
[Pailler 2: 577]
- 20 (1750): 565.
V: "Paradisus Amissus. Authore Gulielmo Dobson de Nov. Coll. Oxon
Soc."
William Dobson.
[Pailler 2: 570]
- 20 (1750): 566.
V: "Ad Inertem."
Rev. John Sackette.
[Carlson 260] [Orig. "J. Sackette"]
- 20 (1750): 572-573.
A: "Foreign History."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 685 (citing Kolb 83); Fleeman 1: 319]
-
20
(1750)
584
A
"Answer to the Catoptric Paradox."
T. Daniel.
Orig. "T.D."; dated Sunderland, whence Daniel corresponded with the GM in 1750
- 20 (1750): 593-594. L:
"Strange mineral [discovered at Crediton]."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]