Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 26 (1756)
- 26 (1756): 8. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 26 (1756): 9-10. A:
"The Connoisseur, No. 101 [1 Jan. 1756; 'Seasonable Reflections
for New-Year's-Day']."
George Colman the Elder.
[Chalmers 25: 25-26]
- 26 (1756): 12-14. A:
"The World, No. 157 ['Servants corrupted by the Follies of
Masters']."
Soame Jenyns.
[Caskey 139]
-
26
(1756)
16
A
"Of the Cultivation of Exotics, particularly of the American Firr-tree
[cont.]."
Peter Collinson.
Brett-James 228-229
-
26
(1756)
17-18
L
"Case of Chanticleer."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 26 (1756): 32-33. L:
"Strange Effects of Lightning in Maryland; Queries concerning
Electricity."
Dr. Richard Brooke of Maryland.
[Orig. "R. Brookes"]
- 26 (1756): 36. V:
"Prologue to the Apprentice. A New Farce. By Mr [Arthur]
Murphy. Written by Mr Garrick."
David Garrick.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 26 (1756): 56. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 26 (1756): 65-67. A:
"The World, No. 163 ['Transmigration of Souls a reasonable
Doctrine']."
Soame Jenyns.
[Caskey 139]
-
26
(1756)
71-72
L
"Cruelty of terrifying weak Minds with groundless Pains
[condemning the claim of John Wesley's anonymous pamphlet, Serious
thoughts
occasioned by the late earthquake at Lisbon (1755), that the return of
Halley's Comet
in 1759 (incorrectly stated as 1758) would set the earth on fire]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 26 (1756): 86-87. V:
"Prologue to the Winter's Tale. And Catherine and
Petruchio. (Both from Shakespear.) Written and spoken by Mr
Garrick."
David Garrick.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 26 (1756): 104. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
-
26
(1756)
113-114
L
"On the Cultivation of Exotics [cont.]."
Peter Collinson.
Brett-James 228-229 Orig. "P.C."
- 26 (1756): 119. L:
"Strange Incident in the Life of Henry V. explained."
George Smith Green.
[Orig. "G. S. Green"]
-
26
(1756)
131
L
"Virgil Illustrated."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 26 (1756): 134. V:
"Prologue to the new Tragedy of Athelstan. Written by the
Author, and spoken by Mr [Charles] Holland, in the Character of the Genius of
Britain."
Dr. John Brown.
[Biog. Dram. 1-i: 74]
- 26 (1756): 134. V:
"Epilogue [to Dr. John Brown's play, Athelstan]. Written by Mr
Garrick, and spoken by Mrs [Susannah Maria] Cibber."
David Garrick.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 26 (1756): 155-159.
R: "Some Account of Athelstan, a new Tragedy, by [Dr. John
Brown] the Author of Barbarossa."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 213, n. 12]
- 26 (1756): 160. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
-
26
(1756)
164-165
L
"History of Northern Lights in England."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
-
26
(1756)
172-173
A
"[To Granticola:] Cause of the Phaenomenon [shift in
the earth's crust] at Toy's Hill."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
-
26
(1756)
192
V
"On Mr Walpole's House at Twickenham."
William Pulteney, Earl of Bath.
Orig. "The Earl of B--th"
- 26 (1756): 194.
R: Samuel Johnson's ed. of Sir Thomas Browne's Christian
Morals.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 104]
- 26 (1756): 213-214. L:
"Rev. Mr Peckard's Answer to a Charge of Inconsistency."
Rev. Peter Peckard.
[Orig. "P. Peckard"]
- 26 (1756): 216. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
-
26
(1756)
223-225
L
"Comment upon the old Play of Albumazar [by
Thomas Tomkins]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
-
26
(1756)
229-230
L
"Antient eastern custom explain'd."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
- 26 (1756): 239-240. L:
"On Arabic Numerals; Welsh Bicknor Account of it."
George Smith Green.
[Orig. "G. S. Green"]
- 26 (1756): 240. L:
"Toads found in Stones."
Rev. Thomas Whiston.
[Orig. "T. Whiston"; dated Ramsay, where Whiston was perpetual curate]
-
26
(1756)
247
V
"The Artificial Kite."
Rev. Phanuel Bacon.
GM 53 (1783): 93
- 26 (1756): 272. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 26 (1756): 288-290. A:
"To Peter Collinson, Esq; F.R.S. [re 'Vesicles on Corallines']."
John Ellis.
[Orig. "J. Ellis"]
-
26
(1756)
330-332
L
"Account of a Sect of Philosophers hitherto undescribed ['the
sordid sect']."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "P.S."
- 26 (1756): 324. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 26 (1756): 334-336. A:
"The World, No. 184 ['Wickedness justified as a Vocation;
Hypocrisy, how far prudent']."
----- Gataker.
[Caskey 139]
- 26 (1756): 352. A:
"An Account of the Species of Plants from which the Agaric, used as a
Styptic, is prepared. By Mr W. Watson, F.R.S."
Sir William Watson.
[Orig. "W. Watson"]
- 26 (1756): 354.
V: "Verses on a Hazel."
Rev. John Langhorne.
[Sherbo 82: 296] [Orig. "Langhorne"]
-
26
(1756)
355-356
V
"The Artificial Kite [conc.]."
Rev. Phanuel Bacon.
GM 53 (1783): 93
- 26 (1756): 372. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 26 (1756): 382-384. A:
"The Connoisseur, No. 131 [29 July 1756; 'The Evil of Idleness .
. . ; Specimen of Epitaphs of a new Species']."
George Colman the Elder and Bonnell Thornton.
[Chalmers 25: 15-16]
- 26 (1756): 402. V:
"Upon some Disputes in a Mess at Sea. Written by the Rev. Mr
English."
Rev. Robert English.
[English signed his full name to an item in 29 (1759): 381.] [Authorship disclosed in title]
- 26 (1756): 414*. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 26 (1756): 415-417.
A: "A brief Account of the Life and most material
Writings of Professor Linnaeus."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 26 (1756): 422-424. A:
"General Blakeney's Letter to the Vicar General of the Island of Minorca,
concerning the Elopement of three Nuns from the Nunnery of Citadella."
Gen. William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney.
[Orig. "W. Blakeney"]
- 26 (1756): 431. L:
"Account of an antique Inscription [on a Roman votive altar found at Old
Carlisle, with a drawing reproduced in a plate on the facing page]."
Thomas Tomlinson.
[Orig. "T. Tomlinson"; dated Wigton; Biography Database CD1 lists a 1779 book subscription for a Thomas Tomlinson of Wigton.]
- 26 (1756): 462. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 26 (1756): 463-465.
A: "A brief Account of the Life and principal Writings
of Professor Linnaeus [conc.]."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231] [Orig. "R.P."]
-
26
(1756)
486
L
"Land and Sea Officers should be distinguished by their Titles."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
- 26 (1756): 488. L:
Epitaph from a Roman urn enc.
Rev. Benjamin Choyce Sowden.
[Orig. "B. Sowden"]
- 26 (1756): 510. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 26 (1756): 516-517. L:
"Account of an extraordinary Hydrocephalus."
John Beale.
[Orig. "J. Beale"; dated Wye; recounts the case of a patient the author had attended some years earlier in Elmsted, Kent; Biography Database CD1 lists two book subscriptions (1740, 1759) for a John Beale, surgeon, of Wye, Kent, approximately five miles west of Elmsted.]
- 26 (1756): 537. V:
"Epistle to a Friend."
William Vernon.
[Orig. "W. Vernon"]
- 26 (1756): 558 [misnumbered as
855]. A: "Meteorological Journal of the Weather in
Cumberland near Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
-
26
(1756)
559-560
L
"Description of an antique Figure [found at Wakefield, Yorks.],
&c."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
- 26 (1756): 584-585. V:
"Prologue to the Miser [Molire's L'Avare, trans. Michel
de Boissy]. Writ by Mr. Derrick, and spoke by Mr. [William] Smith."
Samuel Derrick.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 26 (1756): 603-604. A:
"The World. No. 209 ['Story of the disastrous Fate of Mr Fitz-
Adam']."
Edward Moore.
[Caskey 144, n. 29; 163] [Orig. "Mary Cooper"]