Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 21 (1751)
- 21 (1751): 27-29. A:
"The Rambler, No 83 [1 Jan. 1751; 'Virtuosi; An
innocent Curiosity laudable']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi; Fleeman 1: 322]
- 21 (1751): 34-35. V:
"Newmarket, a Satire."
Rev. Thomas Warton.
[Ram 468]
- 21 (1751): 36-37.
V: "Ode for the New Year. In a Dialogue between Fame and Virtue.
Fame, by Mr [John] Beard. Virtue, by Mr Savage."
Richard Savage [?].
[Carlson 262]
- 21 (1751): 39-40.
A: Letter (dated 10 November 1750; included in the "Historical
Chronicle") from Charleston, South Carolina, re distemper in
cattle, an aurora borealis, Charleston weather, and local trade.
Dr. John Lining [?].
[Smith (M) 118, 122- 123] [Orig. "A.B."]
-
21
(1751)
51-53
L
"Journey to the Black Lead Mines [in
Cumbria]."
George Smith of Wigton.
Orig. "G.S."; de Montluzin 01: 7
- 21 (1751): 72-75.
A: "The Tragical Story of Ludovisio Carantani, a
Milanese, and his two Daughters."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 215, n. 32]
- 21 (1751): 75-78.
R: "Of Gil Blass. A new Comedy. By Mr [Edward]
Moore."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bloom 266; Pailler 2: 685; Fleeman 1: 322 states, "The closing remarks (pp. 77-8) are plausibly Johnson's."]
- 21 (1751): 79-80. A:
"The Rambler, No 91 [misprint for 96; 16 Feb. 1751;
'Truth to be heard as well as spoken']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi; Fleeman 1: 322]
- 21 (1751): 85.
V: "Prologue to Gil Blas."
David Garrick.
[Pailler 2: 574]
- 21 (1751): 85-86. V:
"Epilogue [to Alain-Ren Lesage's Gil Blas, trans. Tobias
Smollett]. Written by Mr Garrick ['As the success of authors is
uncertain']."
David Garrick.
[Pailler 2: 574]
- 21 (1751): 95.
R: The Adventures of Lady Frail.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 99]
- 21 (1751): 107-108. A:
"A Letter to the Bishop of London [Thomas Sherlock], concerning the
Alteration of the Style [i.e., the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar]; Rule for
finding Easter."
William Whiston.
[Orig. "W. Whiston"]
-
21
(1751)
111-112
L
"Poaching defined."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "P.G."
- 21 (1751): 125. L:
"Meteor."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]
- 21 (1751): 126-127. L:
"Elohim a Trinity."
Rev. Edward Bate.
[Orig. "E. Bate"; dated Seighford, where Rev. Edward Bate was vicar]
- 21 (1751): 127-129. A:
"The Rambler, No 107 [26 Mar. 1751; 'Of counting
Time']."
Samuel Johnson (pp. 127-128, including Letter I, signed "Properantia") and Joseph Simpson (Letter II, pp. 128-129, signed "Amicus").
[Bate and Strauss xxi; Fleeman 1: 322] [Orig. "Properantia" (Samuel Johnson) and "Amicus" (Joseph Simpson)]
-
21
(1751)
151
L
"Weather and Diseases in April 1751."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
-
21
(1751)
177
L
"Calculations of a Lunar Eclipse."
George Witchell.
Orig. "G.W."; Witchell contributed a signed item re astronomy to GM 25 (1755): 584.
- 21 (1751): 182. V:
"Ad Improbum."
Rev. William Bickerstaff.
[Ram 470] [Orig. "W. Bickerstaffe"]
- 21 (1751): 182. V:
"To a Person, who by his unaccountable Behaviour, drove the usual Company,
from, a Coffee-House he frequented."
Rev. William Bickerstaff.
[Ram 470] [Orig. "W. Bickerstaffe"]
- 21 (1751): 182. V:
"Ad juvenem, duct in uxorem vetul, et nequaquam nummos."
Rev. William Bickerstaff.
[Orig. "W. Bickerstaffe"]
- 21 (1751): 182. V:
"To Mr C. Z. F. B. on his Rebus, p. 134."
Rev. William Bickerstaff.
[Orig. "W. Bickerstaffe"]
-
21
(1751)
195-196
A
"Observations on the Weather, &c."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
- 21 (1751): 200. A:
"Account of a surprising Innundation in the Valley of St John's near
Keswick in Cumberland."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 10]
- 21 (1751): 229. V:
"From Queen's College Oxford ['Where bold and graceful soars, secure of
fame']."
Thomas Tickell.
[Ram 470]
-
21
(1751)
243-244
A
"Observations on the Weather, &c."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
-
21
(1751)
252-254
A
"Senses how subservient to the Mind."
T. Daniel.
Orig. "T.D."; dated Sunderland, whence Daniel corresponded with the GM in 1750
-
21
(1751)
254-255
A
"Antique Inscription [in church window at Deerham,
Cumb.] explained."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 21 (1751): 255-257. A:
"The Rambler, Number 130 [15 June 1751; 'Delicate Education of a
young Lady']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi; Fleeman 1: 322] [Orig. "Victoria"]
- 21 (1751): 273-274. L:
"Elohim, how used."
Rev. Edward Bate [?] or John Bate [?].
[Orig. "J. Bate"; dated Seighford, approximately 26 miles from the childhood home of Edward and John Bate at Kinver, Staffs. (Alumni Oxon.: Later Ser. 1: 73); Rev. Edward Bate was vicar of Seighford; letter refers to the author's earlier contribution on the same subject in GM 20 (1750): 548-549, which is signed "E. Bate," not "J. Bate"; Pailler 2: 660 states that this item is probably by one Rev. Julius Bate of Sutton, Sussex, but that attribution appears to be erroneous.]
- 21 (1751): 278. V:
"To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq; The Humble Petition of the
worshipful Company of Poets and News-Writers."
Edward Moore.
[Ram 471]
- 21 (1751): 278. V:
"On the incomparable Hebes's Performances, p, 133, and 227, of
your late Mags."
Rev. William Bickerstaff.
[Orig. "W. Bickerstaffe"]
- 21 (1751): 278. V:
"De Clerico, superbiam constanter execrante."
Rev. William Bickerstaff.
[Orig. "W. Bickerstaffe"]
-
21
(1751)
293
A
"Observations on the Weather, &c."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
- 21 (1751): 313-314. L:
"Dimensions of Biddeford Bridge."
Benjamin Donn [Donne].
[Orig. "B. Donn"]
- 21 (1751): 318-320. A:
"The Rambler, Numb. 133 [25 June 1751; 'Melancholy state of a
ruinous Beauty']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi; Fleeman 1: 322]
-
21
(1751)
323
L
J.S.'s "Ode on the Morning" enc.
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.
-
21
(1751)
344
A
"Account of the Weather."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
-
21
(1751)
357-358
A
"Objection to B[isho]p [George] Berkeley's
Paradox; Idea of Extension, how acquired."
T. Daniel.
Orig. "T.D."; dated Sunderland, whence Daniel had corresponded with the GM in 1750
- 21 (1751): 359-360. A:
"A Letter from the Lower Regions ['Dr Con---rs M---n to Dr R. Gr-y
(Richard Grey)']."
Rev. Conyers Middleton.
[Orig. "Con---rs M----n"]
- 21 (1751): 360. L:
"Useful Hint in Navigation."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]
-
21
(1751)
361
L
"Occult[ation] of Jupiter."
George Witchell.
Orig. "G.W."; Witchell contributed a signed item re astronomy to GM 25 (1755): 584.
- 21 (1751): 369. L:
"[Dissertation upon] Oriuna defended."
Dr. John [or Patrick] Kennedy.
[BMGC] [Orig. "The Author of Oriuna"]
- 21 (1751): 372. V: "A
Rebus ['Take a word which is us'd to express a young lass']."
William Vernon.
[Ram 471] [Orig. "W. Vernon"]
- 21 (1751): 373.
L: Letter enc. verses, "Glastonbury-Water. A
Song."
Dr. Mark Akenside.
[Pailler 2: 554] [Orig. "Britannicus"]
- 21 (1751): 374.
V: "The Encomium. To Miss ***."
Rev. William Rider.
[Carlson 259] [Orig. "Philargyrus"]
- 21 (1751): 374. V:
"Parvos parva decent."
William Boyce.
[Pailler 2: 559]
- 21 (1751): 374. V:
"[Epigram upon the words 'parvos parva decent'] Translated instantly at
the Lady's Request."
William Boyce.
[Pailler 2: 559] [Orig. "W. Boyce"]
-
21
(1751)
390
A
"Account of the Weather."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
-
21
(1751)
406-407.
L:
"Antiquity of Burton Bridge."
Theophilus Buckeridge.
Sherbo 84: 232 Orig. "***"
- 21 (1751): 412-414. A:
"The Rambler, No 151 [27 Aug. 1751; 'Progress of the Human
Mind']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi; Fleeman 1: 322]
-
21
(1751)
421
L
Verses, "A Song ['As the snow in vallies lying']," by the
author enc.
Rev. Joseph Robertson [?].
Orig. "J. R-b-rts-n"
-
21
(1751)
422
L
Verses, "To Cato (a favorite Dog) dying by a Stab in the Breast,
Sept. 6, 1751," enc.
John Hawkesworth [?].
Orig. "J.H."
-
21
(1751)
440
A
"Account of the Weather."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
-
21
(1751)
454
L
"Pont du Gard described."
Rev. William Rider [?].
Orig. "W. R---r"
- 21 (1751): 455-456.
L: "Agaric described."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231] [Orig. "R.P."]
- 21 (1751): 458. A: "A
Paper [Charles Doe's 'Miraculous Cure by anointing with Holy Oil in Faith'
(GM 21 [1751]: 458-460)] communicated by Mr Whiston October 5,
1751."
William Whiston.
[Orig. "W. Whiston"]
- 21 (1751): 460-461. A:
"Dr R.G. to Dr C. M---n [Conyers Middleton]."
Rev. Richard Grey.
[Identification supplied in 21 (1751): 359-360] [Orig. "R.G."]
- 21 (1751): 462-464. A:
"The Rambler, No. 161 [1 Oct. 1751; 'History of a Garret--and its
Occupiers']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi; Fleeman 1: 322]
- 21 (1751): 472.
V: "The Countryman and his Ass. A Tale."
Dr. Mark Akenside.
[Pailler 2: 554] [Orig. "Britanic."]
- 21 (1751): 472.
V: "Care and Generosity: A Fable."
Christopher Smart.
[Pailler 2: 595]
-
21
(1751)
488
A
"Account of the Weather."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
- 21 (1751): 497-501. L:
"Dr Wall's Method of Treating the ulcerated Sore Throat."
Dr. John Wall.
[Orig. "J. Wall" at top of letter; "W. Wall" (misprint) at bottom of letter]
- 21 (1751): 504-505. L:
"The Balance."
Benjamin Donn [Donne].
[Orig. "B. Donn"]
- 21 (1751): 506. L:
"Lunar Eclipse."
Samuel Dunn.
[Orig. "S. Dunn"]
-
21
(1751)
550
A
"A salvo for the Berkeleyan paradox."
T. Daniel.
Orig. "T.D."; dated Sunderland, whence Daniel had corresponded with the GM in 1750
- 21 (1751): 551-552.
L: "A phrase in the Spectator restored to its right
reading."
Rev. John Coleridge.
[Sherbo 83: 88] [Orig. "J.C."]
- 21 (1751): 552-555.
A: "Asem and Salned. An Eastern Tale."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 215, n. 32]
-
21
(1751)
561
L
"Seeds and Culture of North American Plants."
Peter Collinson.
Brett-James 227
- 21 (1751): 566.
V: "Socrates on Death. Translated from Plato's Apology . . . in
Shakespeare's manner."
Rev. William Rider.
[Pailler 2: 590] [Orig. "Rider"]
-
21
(1751)
567
V
"Answer to Hebes's Rebus."
Rev. William Rider.
Orig. "R---r"
- 21 (1751): 568.
V: "Stilo Novo."
Rev. John Sackette.
[Carlson 260] [Orig. "J. Sackette"]
-
21
(1751)
577-578
A
"Weather and Diseases in December [1751]."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
- 21 (1751): 581-582. A:
"Anningait and Ajut. The Rambler, No 186 [28 Dec.
1751; 'A Greenland Tale']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi; Fleeman 1: 322]
- 21 (1751): 582-584. A:
"The Lapland Story continued. The Rambler, No 187.
Dec. 31 [1751; 'Courtship of a Greenland Lover']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Bate and Strauss xxi]
- 21 (1751): 588-600.
L: "Opinions concerning the Origin of Marine
Fossils; State of the Earth before the Mosaic Account."
Rev. Thomas Morgan.
[Sherbo 84: 231] [Orig. "T.M."]
- 21 (1751): 604-606.
A: "The Story of Asem and Salned [cont.]."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 215, n. 32]