Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine

23 (1753) iii-iv S: "Preface to Vol. XXIII."
Samuel Johnson
Kuist 82: 82; Fleeman 1: 403
23 (1753): 4-5. A: "Path of the Earth, &c."
James Ferguson.
[Orig. "J. Ferguson"]
23 (1753) 8 A "Weather and reigning Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753) 12-13 L "Learned Remarks on the Rebus."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
23 (1753): 21-22. A: "The Black Sessions at the Old Bailey, accounted for. [From Dr Pringle's Observations on the Diseases of the Army.]."
Sir John Pringle, M.D.
[BMGC]
23 (1753): 34. S: Excerpts and summary from "the Adventurers of this month [Jan. 1753]" relating in three parts (The Adventurer Nos. 20, 21, and 22) "Amurath: An Eastern Story."
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 35]
23 (1753): 34-36. A: "The Adventurer, No 23, Jan. 23 [1753; 'Of Memorandum Books for Female Oeconomy']."
Bonnell Thornton [?].
[Abbott 30 and Lams; Griffith-a disagrees, attributing it to Dr. Richard Bathhurst.] [Orig. "A."]
23 (1753): 38-39. L: "A surprising accidental Cure [of leprosy]."
Dr. Richard Brooke of Maryland.
[Orig. "R. Brooke"]
23 (1753): 45. V: "A Petition from the King of Prussia; inclosing Proposals for an Universal History of Experimental Knowledge, &c."
Westley Hall.
[Sherbo 84: 232] [Orig. "West. Hall"]
23 (1753): 45. V: "On reading the King of Prussia's [Frederick II's] Dedication to his Brother, and the following lines in M. Voltaire's Panegyric. . . . Attempted in English."
Westley Hall.
[Sherbo 84: 232] [Orig. "W.H."]
23 (1753): 45. V: "Another [re Voltaire's panegyric to Frederick II]."
Edward Cave [?].
[Pailler 2: 568] [Orig. "S.U."]
23 (1753): 59-61. R: "Some Account of [Edward Moore's] the Gamester.
Samuel Johnson.
[Bloom 266; New Camb. Biblio. 1139; Fleeman 1: 403]
23 (1753) 63 A "Weather and Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753) 66-67 L "No Central Fire in the Earth; A Mistake in Cambden [i.e., William Camden]. Elden Hole. Mines."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
23 (1753): 71-74. A: "An Account of several Persons seized with the Jail-Fever, by working in Newgate, and of the manner by which the Infection was communicated to one entire Family."
Sir John Pringle, M.D.
[GM 23 (1753): 71 notes that it is "by the same author, in our last, p. 21, 22," i.e., Pringle; v. 23 (1753): 21-22.]
23 (1753): 81-83. A: "Adventurer. No. 30. Feb. 17, 1753 ['A real Rake; Good Nature preferable to Sense']."
John Hawkesworth.
[Hawkesworth, the "principal author" of The Adventurer (Abbott 29), wrote all of the series with the exception of the numbers signed "T," "Z," "A," "Y," "&," and "***" (which have been specifically attributed to others by various scholars) and also (Fairer 137) with the exception of numbers 27, 42, 44, and 98.]
23 (1753): 91. V: "Plain Truth. A new Song ['The man who seeks to win the fair']."
Edward Moore.
[Caskey 161]
23 (1753) 92 L Verses, "The wicked cry," enc.
Rev. John Duncombe.
Orig. "Crito"
23 (1753): 93. V: "The Treachery of Cupid. By Mr Miller."
John Miller.
[Pailler 2: 584]
23 (1753): 93. V: "An Anacreontic. By the Same [i.e., 'Mr Miller']."
John Miller.
[Pailler 2: 584]
23 (1753): 94. V: "Prologue to [Edward Moore's] the Gamester; A new Tragedy. Written and Spoken by Mr Garrick."
David Garrick.
[Pailler 2: 574]
23 (1753) 112 A "Weather and Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753): 121. A: "Dry Weather in Carolina [from the Carolina Gazette]."
Dr. John Lining [?].
[Smith (M) 122] [Orig. "L."]
23 (1753): 127-129. A: "On a very large Juniper of Dioscorides [three letters from the author to Peter Collinson]."
Henry Trelawney.
[Orig. "H. Trelawney"; dated Buts-head; Biography Database CD1 lists two book subscriptions (1737, 1742) for a Henry or Harry Trelawney of Batshead, Devon.]
23 (1753): 135-137. R: Edward Young's The Brothers.
Samuel Johnson.
[Bloom 266; Pailler 2: 685 (citing Greene 52: 161); Fleeman 1: 403]
23 (1753) 137 A "The Eclipse of the Moon, April 17, 1753, computed to apparent Time at London, from Dr [Esmond] Halley's Tables."
George Witchell.
Orig. "G.W."; Witchell frequently contributed to the GM re astronomy.
23 (1753): 138. L: "Moon's Eclipse."
Benjamin Donn [Donne].
[Orig. "B. Donn"]
23 (1753): 138. A: "Mercury's Transit over the Sun."
Benjamin Donn [Donne].
[Orig. "B. Donn"]
23 (1753): 140. V: "Prologue to Dr [Edward] Young's new Tragedy of the Brothers. . . . Written by Dr Dodsley."
Robert Dodsley.
[Pailler 2: 570]
23 (1753): 140. V: "An Historical Epilogue [to The Brothers]. By the Author."
Edward Young.
[Pailler 2: 604]
23 (1753): 142. V: "To Daphne."
William Duncombe.
[Ram 480] [Orig. "Tranquillus"]
23 (1753) 143 V "On a D----, &c. who observed; That Wits were generally very great Fools!"
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.
23 (1753) 158 A "Account of the Weather."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753): 162-164. A: "Observations upon the Remora, or Sucking-Fish."
William Massey.
[Orig. "W. Massey"]
23 (1753): 172-173. A: "On the Use of Ventilators in Hospitals; from Dr Pringle's Observations on the Diseases of the Army."
Sir John Pringle, M.D.
[BMGC]
23 (1753): 173-175. A: "The Adventurer. No. 46. April 14 [1753; 'Infamous Conduct of Defamers; Distinctions between Informers']."
John Hawkesworth.
[Hawkesworth, the "principal author" of The Adventurer (Abbott 29), wrote all of the series with the exception of the numbers signed "T," "Z," "A," "Y," "&," and "***" (which have been specifically attributed to others by various scholars) and also (Fairer 137) with the exception of numbers 27, 42, 44, and 98.]
23 (1753): 176. A: "Great Road of Peter I."
Jonas Hanway.
[GM notes that it is from "Hanway's Travels"; BMGC.]
23 (1753): 176-179. A: "A succinct Account of the ancient Persian Religion, with several minute Particulars relating to the everlasting Fire near Baku. From Mr Hanway's Travels."
Jonas Hanway.
[BMGC]
23 (1753): 179-182. A: "Some incidents of the Life of Topal Osman, a Turkish Bassa, some time Grand Vizier; from the Same [i.e., 'Mr Hanway's Travels'; v. 23 (1753): 176- 179]."
Jonas Hanway.
[BMGC]
23 (1753): 182-183. A: "From the Gray's Inn Journal. On Craftsman, April 21 [1753]. Tryal of Wm. Slyboots. . . ."
Arthur Murphy.
[Grace ix]
23 (1753): 191. V: "The Hazel-ey'd Maid. By Mr Landen of Northamptonshire."
John Landen.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
23 (1753): 192. V: "Epitaph on a Country Clergyman."
George Jeffreys [?].
[Pailler 2: 579] [Orig. "G.J."]
23 (1753): 195. V: "The Complaint. By Mr J. Miller."
John Miller.
[Pailler 2: 584]
23 (1753): 202. R: Richard Gifford's Contemplation.
Samuel Johnson.
[Fleeman 1: 403]
23 (1753) 209 A "Weather and Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753): 212. A: "A Receipt for making Writing Ink."
Henry Baker.
[GM notes that this item is from "Baker's Employment of the Microscope"; BMGC.]
23 (1753): 231-234. A: "Adventurer, No. 52. May 5, 1753 ['Ridiculous Distresses of an Author; Exploit of a Buck; Sequel to the Author's Distress']."
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 40] [Orig. "Dramaticus"]
23 (1753): 235-236. A: "From the Inspector. May 23 [1753; 'Danger and Abuse of Patients']."
Dr. John Hill.
[Battestin 89-a: 555; Sherbo 63: 196, n. 1]
23 (1753): 239-240. V: "Katherine-Hill. A Poem. An Exercise by Mr Lowth in 1729."
Robert Lowth, Bishop of London.
[Pailler 2: 581]
23 (1753): 240. V: "Concluding Lines of the Epilogue to Cato; for the Scholars at Wrexham, Christmas 1735 [author identified in note on the same page as 'Mr Beech']."
Thomas Beach.
[Pailler 2: 557]
23 (1753): 240-241. V: "Hor. B. I. Ode iv. Imitated."
Rev. Charles Woodmason.
[Jones 189, n. 2; 190] [Orig. "C.W."]
23 (1753): 242. V: "To Mr R. Dyer on his Poem, entitled the Carnation to the Hon. Miss Pelham."
John Lockman.
[Pailler 2: 581] [Orig. "J. L---k---n"]
23 (1753): 242. V: "From the Craftsman, May 5, 1753. Verses by Mr Pope, on reading a Poem intitled, A Fit of the Spleen."
Alexander Pope.
[Ram 482]
23 (1753): 256-257. A: "The Inspector, June 19, 1753 ['Affecting distress of a Husband; A vile Practice exposed' (re grave robbing by anatomists)]."
Dr. John Hill.
[Battestin 89-a: 555; Sherbo 63: 196, n. 1] [Orig. "Chambers Orsborn"]
23 (1753) 260 A "Weather and Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753) 267-268 L "Old Proverb ['A peck of March dust is worth a king's ransome'] explained."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
23 (1753): 268-269. L: "A wonderful Cure [of paralysis] by Electricity."
John Watson.
[Orig. "J. Watson"; dated Kidderminster; Biography Database CD1 lists a 1753 book subscription for a John Watson, surgeon, of Kidderminster.]
23 (1753): 272-275. A: "Adventurer, No. 61. June 5, 1753 ['Temple of Honour.-- Complaint of Virtue; Conquest of Reason over Opinion']."
John Hawkesworth.
[Hawkesworth, the "principal author" of The Adventurer (Abbott 29), wrote all of the series with the exception of the numbers signed "T," "Z," "A," "Y," "&," and "***" (which have been specifically attributed to others by various scholars) and also (Fairer 137) with the exception of numbers 27, 42, 44, and 98.]
23 (1753): 282-285. V: "The Female Reign. An Ode. Alluding to Horace, Ode IV. B. xiv. Attempted in the Style of Pindar. By S. Cobb, M.A. Occasioned by the wonderful success of the Arms of her Majesty [Queen Anne] and her Allies. With Alterations by Dr. Watts."
Samuel Cobb.
[Pailler 2: 568]
23 (1753): 286. V: "Verses written in 1749, at the Leasowes near Birmingham."
Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough.
[Ram 482]
23 (1753) 305 A "Weather and Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753): 326-328. A: "M. de Reaumur's [Raumur's] extract of several Experiments, made by him, concerning Animal Digestion, read at the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris; and published with his Approbation."
Ren Antoine Ferchault de Raumur.
[Orig. "de Reaumur"]
23 (1753): 328-330. A: "Adventurer, No. 69, July 3, 1753 ['Fallacy of distant Hope; Incentives to Industry.--Real and Imaginary Views; Hope regulated']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Powell 333]
23 (1753) 331-332 L "Ancient Inscriptions [on a rock on Mount Sinai]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
23 (1753): 336. V: "The Tempest. By J. Miller."
John Miller.
[Carlson 258]
23 (1753): 336. V: "To Miss E. R---n of Portsmouth Common. By the Author of the foregoing [i.e., 'J. Miller']."
John Miller.
[Pailler 2: 584]
23 (1753): 337-338. V: "C. W. in Carolina to E. J. at Gosport."
Rev. Charles Woodmason.
[Jones 192] [Orig. "C.W."]
23 (1753) 354-355 A "Account of the Weather."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753): 369. A: "Of an antique Stone in London Wall."
Joseph Ames.
[Orig. "J. Ames"]
23 (1753): 375-376. A: "M. de Reaumur's [Raumur's] curious Experiments on Digestion [cont.]."
Ren Antoine Ferchault de Raumur.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
23 (1753): 376-378. A: "From the Adventurer, No 81, Aug. 14 [1753; 'Story of the admirable Crichton']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Powell 333]
23 (1753): 378-379. A: "From the World, August 23 [1753; No. 34]. Against the Repeal of the Witch Act."
Edward Moore.
[Caskey 144, n. 29]
23 (1753) 401 A "Conclusion of the Weather and Diseases in our last."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753) 401 A "Account of the Weather, &c."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753): 401-403. A: "M. de Reaumur's [Raumur's] curious Experiments on Digestion [conc.]."
Ren Antoine Ferchault de Raumur.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
23 (1753) 411-412 L "Antique gem explained."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
23 (1753) 412-413 L "Virgil misunderstood by several Critics."
Rev. John Duncombe.
Orig. "Crito"
23 (1753) 421-423 A "Adventurer [No. 90] on Criticism; Homer, Shakespeare, Virgil, and Milton, praised; Unjust Criticism reproved."
Rev. John Duncombe.
Orig. "Crito"
23 (1753): 428. L: "Calculation of the same [solar] Eclipse, by Mr B. Donn of Biddeford. . . ."
Benjamin Donn [Donne].
[Dated Bideford (Devon), Donn's home; subject matter is consistent with Donn's training in mathematics and interest in astronomy.]
23 (1753): 428. L: Eclipses of the moon compared.
Charles Brent.
[NUC lists Charles Brent as the author of The Compendious Astronomer (1740).]
23 (1753): 443. A: "Historical Chronicle": excerpt from Gray's Inn Journal, No. 50, signed "Charles Ranger," announcing that "he has left Mr D'Anvers" of the Craftsman (for which he had written 49 numbers) and is now on his own.
Arthur Murphy.
[Grace ix] [Orig. "Charles Ranger"]
23 (1753) 453-454 A "Weather and Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753) 465 L "[Words] Text and Gloss, whence derived."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
23 (1753): 473-474. A: "From the World, No 42. A Letter to Mr Fitz Adam ['Troublesome fine Breeding']."
Edward Moore.
[Caskey 144, n. 29] [Orig. "Francis Hearty"]
23 (1753): 474-476. A: "Adventurer. No. 100. October 20 [1753; 'Character of a Jemmy, a Jessamy, a Smart; Miserable Catastrophe of a Buck']."
John Hawkesworth.
[Hawkesworth, the "principal author" of The Adventurer (Abbott 29), wrote all of the series with the exception of the numbers signed "T," "Z," "A," "Y," "&," and "***" (which have been specifically attributed to others by various scholars) and also (Fairer 137) with the exception of numbers 27, 42, 44, and 98.] [Orig. "Momentanus"]
23 (1753): 483. V: "Another [trans. of Empress Maria Theresa's prize verses (v. 23 [1753]: 437)]."
Rev. William Bickerstaff.
[Sherbo 97-a: 21, 34 (n. 1)] [Orig. "W. Bickerstaffe"]
23 (1753): 484. V: "Prologue. Spoke by Mr [Samuel] Foote, at his first appearance on Drury-lane Stage. . . . Wrote by Mr Garrick."
David Garrick.
[Pailler 2: 574]
23 (1753): 485. V: "Epode the XVth of Horace imitated. To Belinda on her Breach of Promise."
Richard Yate.
[Pailler 2: 603] [Orig. "R.Y."]
23 (1753) 502 A "Weather and Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
23 (1753): 515-517. A: "Adventurer. No. 108. Sat. Nov 17 [1753; 'Images and Sentiments, ever pleasing; The Folly of Procrastination.--Fate of Euryalus."
Samuel Johnson.
[Powell 333] [Orig. "T"]
23 ( 1753): 523-526. A: "Life of Richard Savage."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 685; Fleeman 1: 404]
23 (1753): 533. V: "The Farmer. From Mr Dodsley's Public Virtue."
Robert Dodsley.
[Pailler 2: 571]
23 (1753): 533. V: "Rural Life in a higher Class. From the same [i.e., 'Mr Dodsley']."
Robert Dodsley.
[Pailler 2: 571]
23 (1753) 553-554 A "Account of the Weather and Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec.9: 738, 740
23 (1753): 557. L: "Instances of a surprising Memory [re mathematical calculations]."
Francis Holliday.
[Orig. "F. Holliday"]
23 (1753) 568 L "Passage in Horace [Book IV, Ode iii] explain'd."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
23 (1753): 568-569. A: "Concerning the many Inducements for coming to London. From the World. No. 50 [re Alexander Pope and Sir Godfrey Kneller]."
Richard Owen Cambridge.
[Caskey 138 and n. 11]
23 (1753): 572-574. A: "Adventurer. No. 114. Sat. Dec. 8 [1753; 'Mortal Happiness unattainable; Virtue alone productive of Felicity'; re Almet the dervish]."
John Hawkesworth.
[Hawkesworth, the "principal author" of The Adventurer (Abbott 29), wrote all of the series with the exception of the numbers signed "T," "Z," "A," "Y," "&," and "***" (which have been specifically attributed to others by various scholars) and also (Fairer 137) with the exception of numbers 27, 42, 44, and 98.]
23 (1753): 576-578. R: "Account of [Richard Glover's] Boadicia; a Tragedy."
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 99; Fleeman 1: 404, citing Sherbo 62: 144 (later disavowed), unconvincingly attributes this to Samuel Johnson.]
23 (1753): 580. L: "Observations of the last Eclipse of the Sun."
Charles Brent.
[NUC lists Charles Brent as the author of The Compendious Astronomer (1740).]
23 (1753): 582. V: "To her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales on her first Birth Day after Mourning. By the Rev. Mr Pullein of Dublin."
Rev. Samuel Pullein [Pullen].
[Pailler 2: 588; Ram 484]
23 (1753): 583-584. L: Letter [signed "R.S."] enc. the author's verses, "Epidemick Mortality, from Eccl. xii."
John Scott.
[Bond 98]
23 (1753): 584. V: "To a Lady, who appear'd at Mr Sturt's Ball, at Dorchester. . . ."
Rev. John Rhudde.
[Signed "John Rhudder" (a misprint for "John Rhudde"); error repeated in Pailler 2: 589 and Ram 484; GM 24 (1754): 477 discloses Rhudde's correct name.] [Orig. "John Rhudder"]
23 (1753): 584. V: "Prologue to Boadicia. A new Tragedy. By Mr Glover."
Richard Glover.
[Pailler 2: 574]
23 (1753): 584. V: "Epilogue [to Boadicia]."
Richard Glover.
[Pailler 2: 574]
23 (1753): 593. R: William Hogarth's The Analysis of Beauty.
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 86: 133]
23 (1753) 601-602 A "Critical Remarks on Virgil."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 979 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
23 (1753): 610-612. A: "Adventurer, No. LXXXVI ['A sedate Debauchee; A tenderly moving Incident; Strange recovery of a daughter']."
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 37] [Orig. "Agamus"]
23 (1753): last page of index (unpaginated). S: Notice of Edward Cave's death.
Samuel Johnson.
[New Camb. Biblio. 1139; Fleeman 1: 404]

Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
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