Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 28 (1758)
- 28 (1758): 6. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 28 (1758): 7. A:
"Question in Surgery."
Dr. William Perfect.
[Orig. "W. Perfect"]
- 28 (1758): 7-8. A:
"Description of the Miscellaneous Plate [which depicts a
tortoise]."
Peter Collinson.
[GM 28 (1758): 478] [Orig. "P. Collinson"]
-
28
(1758)
20-21
L
"Plan of a new military Establishment; Foreign Protestant Generals
proper to be employed."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
Orig. "T. Row"
-
28
(1758)
21-22
L
"Thoresby's Coin."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
- 28 (1758): 34. V:
"An occasional Prologue to the Gamesters; a Comedy, (altered from [James]
Shirley,) as it is now acting at Drury-lane Theatre. Written and spoken by Mr
Garrick."
David Garrick.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 28 (1758): 58-60. L:
"Observations on Voltaire's Account of China."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 47] [Orig. "S. Watson"]
- 28 (1758): 66-68. L:
"Comets not dangerous; Desiderata in Astronomy."
Thomas Fisher.
[Orig. "T. Fisher"]
-
28
(1758)
83
V
"Translation of the King of Prussia's Verses to
Professor [Johann Christoph] Gottsched."
Rev. Benjamin Choyce Sowden.
The translation of the companion- piece poem "The Professor's Answer" that follows on the same page is signed "B. S---n" (Sowden's signature) and dated Rotterdam, whence Sowden corresponded with the GM.
-
28
(1758)
83
V
"The Professor's Answer [re Professor Johann Christoph
Gottsched]."
Rev. Benjamin Choyce Sowden.
Orig. "B. S--- n"; dated Rotterdam, whence Sowden corresponded with the GM
- 28 (1758): 104. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near Carlisle [a
double account]."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 28 (1758): 129. V:
"Ode XV. from Mr Duncombe's Translation of Horace. Against the Luxury of
the Times."
Rev. John Duncombe.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 28 (1758): 154-156. A:
"The Idler. No. 1 [15 Apr. 1758]. From a new paper, called the
Universal Chronicle; or Weekly Gazette ['A new Character']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 28 (1758): 156. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 28 (1758): 161-163. L:
"Remarks on Smollet's [Tobias George Smollett's] Account of K. James
I."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 50] [Orig. "S. Watson"]
-
28
(1758)
166
L
"Further Account of Elephants Bones."
Peter Collinson [?].
Orig. "P.C."; Collinson sent various contributions to the GM re natural history.
-
28
(1758)
173-174
L
"The Country dance."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
- 28 (1758): 179-180. L:
"A non-described Cataract [on the River Clyde]."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11] [Orig. "G.S."]
- 28 (1758): 206. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
-
28
(1758)
210-211
L
"Nic. del Techa's descript[ion] of a large serpent; Question
concerning serpents, with Virgil's account of one."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
-
28
(1758)
211
A
"Question to the Naturalists [re maggots in
nuts]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "S.P."
- 28 (1758): 213-215. A:
"The Idler, no. 4 [6 May 1758; 'An Essay on Hospitals']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 28 (1758): 259-260. A:
"The Idler. No. 8 [3 June 1758; 'On military Conduct; Proposal
for a new military Exercise']. . . ."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
-
28
(1758)
261-262
L
"Remarks on the new Discovery of the Sleep of Plants."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
-
28
(1758)
262
L
"Passage in Martial [Lib. ii. Ep. 95] explained."
Edgar Bochart.
Orig. "E.B."; dated Westminster, whence Bochart corresponded with the GM in 1758
- 28 (1758): 277-278. L:
"Description of the Severn with its Navigation."
George Perry.
[Orig. "G. Perry"; dated Coalbrookdale; Biography Database CD1 lists two 1758 book subscriptions for a George Perry of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire.]
- 28 (1758): 280. V:
"Will the Ferryman, a Water-Eclogue, written to accompany a particular
Piece of Musick, by Dr Free."
Dr. John Free.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 28 (1758): 302. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near Carlisle [a
double account]."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 28 (1758):
313-315. L: "The Sleep of Plants
distinguished."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231] [Orig. "R.P."]
-
28
(1758)
312-313
L
"Dissertation on a Poison of the Ancients called Bull's blood."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "P. Gemsage"
-
28
(1758)
320
L
"The Time of the ceasing of Oracles."
Rev. Joseph Robertson [?].
Orig. "Eusebius"; Kuist 82: 139 lists multiple attributions to Robertson (1726-1802) under the pseudonyms "Eusebius" or "Eu---s" beginning in 1786. 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 Robertson under the signature "Eusebius" does not militate against Robertson's possible authorship of items so signed in earlier volumes.
-
28
(1758)
321
L
"Passage in Martial."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
-
28
(1758)
329
V
"To Peace."
William Cowper [?].
Russell 135
- 28 (1758): 329. V:
"The latter Part of Chap. VI. of St Matthew, paraphrased by the late
celebrated Mr Thompson, Author of the Seasons ['When my breast labours with
oppressive care']."
James Thomson.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 28 (1758): 350. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 28 (1758): 359-360.
A: "Observations [from Payne's Universal Weekly
Chronicle re capture of Cherbourg]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Kolb 91 (citing Green 70- 73)].
- 28 (1758): 360-364.
A: "A Series of Experiments and Observations in
Botany."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 28 (1758): 364-365. A:
"The Idler. No. 17 [5 Aug. 1758; 'On the Practice of dissecting
Animals']. . . ."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 28 (1758): 367-368. L:
"Transit of Venus over the Sun in 1761."
Thomas Fisher.
[Orig. "T. Fisher"]
- 28 (1758): 372. V "On
the taking of Louisburgh. By the Rev. Mr Pullein."
Rev. Samuel Pullein [Pullen].
[DNB 16: 464]
- 28 (1758): 407-409.
A: "A Tale of Plants and Grasses, with their proper Soil."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 28 (1758): 414-415. A:
"The Idler. No. 22 [original No. 22, 9 Sept. 1758, suppressed by
Johnson in his collected edition; 'A Dying Vulture's Advice to her Young']. . .
."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79- 80]
- 28 (1758): 416-418. L:
"Farther Observations on Voltaire's History [of China]."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 48] [Orig. "S. Watson"]
-
28
(1758)
418
A
"On Decency in the Repositories of the Dead."
Rev. Joseph Robertson [?].
Orig. "Eusebius"; Kuist 82: 139 lists multiple attributions to Robertson (1726-1802) under the pseudonyms "Eusebius" or "Eu---s" beginning in 1786. 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 Robertson under the signature "Eusebius" does not militate against Robertson's possible authorship of items so signed in earlier volumes.
-
28
(1758)
422
L
"An emendation of a passage in Horace [
de Arte
Poetica] proposed."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
-
28
(1758)
422-424
L
"Answer to the Queries on Chaunting."
William Cowper.
Russell 137 Orig. "W.C."
- 28 (1758): 434.
V: "Le Sociable. Partly in the Manner of Milton. By Mr
Langhorne."
Rev. John Langhorne.
[Sherbo 82: 296]
- 28 (1758): 434. V:
"The Long Vocation."
William Woty.
[Orig. "Jemmy Copywell, of Lincoln's-Inn"; Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 760 notes that Woty used the pseudonym "Jemmy Copywell."]
-
28
(1758)
435
V
"From a Gentleman at London to his Friend at Paris [re Comte de
Gisors]."
Dr. Matthew Maty.
Lit. Anec. 3: 258
- 28 (1758): 462. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near Carlisle [a
double account]."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 28 (1758): 463-465.
A: "Table of Plants and Grasses [cont.]."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
-
28
(1758)
465-466
L
"Observations on an obsolete Latin Word [
auca]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 981 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 28 (1758): 468-469. A:
"Of the first Introduction of Arabic Numerical Characters [re an
inscription found in the course of 'pulling down part of London-Bridge in
1758']."
Joseph Ames.
[Orig. "Mr Ames, Secretary to the Society of Antiquarians in London"]
- 28 (1758): 475-477. A:
"The Idler. No. 27 [14 Oct. 1758; listed as No. 26 in Yale ed.;
'Adventures of a Charity-School Girl']. . . ."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80] [Orig. "Betty Broom"]
-
28
(1758)
477
L
"On Cemeteries."
John Hawkesworth [?].
"X."
- 28 (1758): 514. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 28 (1758): 515-517.
A: "Table of Plants and Grasses [cont.]."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 28 (1758): 520-521 [misnumbered as 520-
421]. A: "From the Idler. The History of Betty Broom
[conc.; The Idler, No. 30, 4 Nov. 1758; listed as No. 29 in Yale
ed.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 28 (1758): 521-522 [misnumbered as 421-
422]. L: "Further Observations on Voltaire's History
[of China]."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 48] [Orig. "S. Watson"]
- 28 (1758): 539-540. V:
"Jemmy Copywell's Soliloquy on the Approach of Term. Addressed to his
Pen."
William Woty.
[Orig. "W.W."; Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 760 notes that Woty used the pseudonym "Jemmy Copywell."]
- 28 (1758): 566. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 28 (1758): 567-568.
A: "Table of Plants and Grasses [cont.]."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
-
28
(1758)
570-571
L
"Passage in Virgil [Aen. i. 55] explained."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 28(1758): 577-579. L:
"Further Observations on Voltaire's History [of China]."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 47; cont. of 28 (1758): 521-522 (misnumbered as 421-422), which is signed "S. Watson"]
- 28 (1758): 591-593. A:
"The Idler. No. 37 [23 Dec. 1758; listed as No. 36 in Yale ed.;
'Of the Bug-bear Style in Writing']. . . ."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 28 (1758): 600.
R: Valentine Nevil's The reduction of Louisbourg.
Samuel Johnson.
[New Camb. Biblio. 1140; Kolb 85]
- 28 (1758): 600.
R: The prisoner; or, nature's complaint against
justice; a poem. By a lady in confinement.
Samuel Johnson [?].
[New Camb. Biblio. 1140]
- 28 (1758): 617-618 [misnumbered as 619-
628]. A: "Account of the Conquest of Spain by the
Romans [cont.]."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 48] [Orig. "S. Watson"]
- 28 (1758): 625-626. A:
"The Idler. No. 38 [30 Dec. 1758; listed as No. 37 in Yale ed.;
'Superfluities compared to Gold, Necessaries to Iron']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 28 (1758): 628-629. L:
"Death of Cha[rles] I. to whom owing."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 50] [Orig. "S. Watson"]
- 28 (1758): 631-633. A:
"To the Idler. No. 36 [16 Dec. 1758; listed as No. 35 in Yale
ed.; 'The Bargain buyer: A Character from the Idler']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]