Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 30 (1760)
- 30 (1760): 11-12. A:
"The Idler [No. 90, 29 Dec. 1759; listed as No. 89 in Yale ed.; 'Of the
great Duties of Religion']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 30 (1760): 17-18. A:
"The History of a Dislocation of the Thigh. By J. Norman, Surgeon to the
Bristol Infirmary."
James Norman.
[Authorship disclosed in title; Biography Database CD1 lists a 1775 book subscription for a James Norman, surgeon, of Bristol.] [Orig. "J.N."]
- 30 (1760): 57-58. A:
"The Idler, No. 92 [12 Jan. 1760; listed as No. 91 in Yale ed.;
'Of the Prejudice in favour of foreign Authors']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 30 (1760): 68-74.
R: "Some Account of the last new Comedy of three Acts,
called, The Way to keep him. By A[rthur] Murphy."
John Hawkesworth.
[Sherbo 57: 150]
- 30 (1760): 77-78. L:
"The great water dock, its use in the cure of the scurvy."
Dr. John Hill.
[Orig. "J. Hill"; dated St. James's Street; Biography Database CD1 lists a 1763 book subscription for Dr. John Hill, royal botanist, of St. James's Street, London; Dr. John Hill, in addition to being an apothecary and theatre critic, was appointed by George III as head gardener at Kensington (DNB 9: 849).]
- 30 (1760): 78-82.
R: Thomas Birch's Some Particulars of the Life of Henry
Prince of Wales, Eldest Son of King James the First.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 86: 134]
- 30 (1760): 117-119. L:
"Remarks on M. Buffon's Table of the Duration of Life."
William Chapple.
[Orig. "W. Chapple"]
- 30 (1760): 119-120. A:
"The Idler [No. 100, 8 Mar. 1760; listed as No. 99 in Yale ed.;
'Ortogrul: An Eastern Story']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 30 (1760): 124-127.
R: Thomas Birch's Some Particulars of the Life of Henry
Prince of Wales (cont.).
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 86: 134]
- 30 (1760): 130-132. L:
"The Story of a Lady in Derbyshire."
Dr. William Wright.
[Orig. "Rawlish Wittim" (which was apparently a misprint for "Rawligh Witlim," the signature used in 30 [1760]: 276-277); "Rawligh Witlim" is an anagram of the name William Wright.]
- 30 (1760): 146. V:
"A Familiar Epistle from the Shades below, giving an Account of the
Station of the Poets. From a Collection of Poems published this Month; by Jemmy
Copywell."
William Woty.
[Orig. "Jemmy Copywell"; Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 760 notes that Woty used the pseudonym "Jemmy Copywell."]
- 30 (1760): 148. V:
"Verses by a young Lady. On reading The Minute Philosopher."
Mary Masters.
[Orig. "Maria"]
- 30 (1760): 163-164. L:
"Extraordinary Cure performed by Malvern Waters."
Dr. John Wall.
[Orig. "J. Wall"]
- 30 (1760): 169-170.
L: "Shakespear [a commentary on the line 'While greasy Jone doth
keep the pot' from Love's Labour's Lost."
Matthew Wendal.
[Sherbo 84: 233] [Orig. "M. W---l"]
- 30 (1760): 170-171. A:
"The Idler. No. 104 [5 Apr. 1760; listed as No. 103 in Yale ed.;
'The Idler takes Leave of his Readers']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 30 (1760): 171-172. L:
"Of the Decline of Christianity."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 54] [Orig. "S. Watson"]
- 30 (1760): 181-186.
R: Thomas Birch's Some Particulars of the Life of Henry
Prince of Wales (cont.).
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 86: 134]
- 30 (1760): 196. V:
"Verses . . . extracted from the Actor, a Poetical Epistle, just
published ['Perfection's top with weary toil and pain']. . . ."
Robert Lloyd.
[Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 437]
- 30 (1760): 227-230.
R: Thomas Birch's Some Particulars of the Life of Henry
Prince of Wales (cont.).
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 86: 134]
- 30 (1760): 269-270. A:
"Of Powder Magazines. By M. Belidor."
Bernard Forest de Blidor.
[NUC lists several publications on military engineering by Blidor.]
- 30 (1760): 276-277. L:
"Passages in Shakespear Explained."
Dr. William Wright.
[Orig. "Rawligh Witlim" (which is an anagram of the name William Wright)]
- 30 (1760): 315. A: "A
Proposal to preserve Persons from the Perniciousness of the great Dews in hot
Climates. By Dr. Hales."
Rev. Stephen Hales.
[Orig. "Dr. Hales"]
- 30 (1760): 325-329.
R: Samuel Foote's The Minor.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 96]
-
30
(1760)
337
V
"To Col. [Robert] Clive on his Arrival in England."
Rev. John Duncombe.
GM 66-i (1786): 451 Orig. "Crito"
- 30 (1760): 339.
R: The honour and advantage of agriculture.
Samuel Johnson [?].
[New Camb. Biblio. 1140; Kolb 88]
-
30
(1760)
382
V
"The Hertfordshire Grove."
Rev. John Duncombe.
GM 56-i (1786): 452 Orig. "Crito"
-
30
(1760)
382
V
"O Rus."
Rev. John Duncombe.
Orig. "Crito"
- 30 (1760): 382-383. V:
"Epistle, To Mr John Wagstaffe, in Norwich."
William Vernon.
[Orig. "W. Vernon, soldier in the Old Buffs"]
- 30 (1760): 383. V:
"The Picture of Old Age; paraphrased from the seven first Verses of the
12th chapter of Ecclesiastes. By F. Fawkes, M.A."
Rev. Francis Fawkes.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 30 (1760): 434.
A: "Foreign History [opening paragraph]."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[New Camb. Biblio. 1140; Kolb 90]
- 30 (1760): 453-456.
R: An historical and critical Enquiry into the Evidence
produced by the Earls of Moral and Morton, against Mary Queen of
Scots.
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 29; Fleeman 2: 1021]
-
30
(1760)
501-502
L
"Scheme for widening the narrow Streets in London."
Charles Rogers.
Illust.8: 453 Orig. "Londinensis"
-
30
(1760)
514-515
L
"Remarkable Cavalcade on Nov. 17, 1679, being the Anniversary of
Queen Elizabeth's Accession."
Rev. John Duncombe.
Orig. "Crito"
- 30 (1760): 534. V:
"Stanzas occasioned by the Death of his late most sacred Majesty [George
II]. By Mr Woty."
William Woty.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 30 (1760): 554-555.
A: "The Weekly Correspondent. No. II [From the
Ledger]. ['Of seeing the Coronation']."
Samuel Johnson.
[McAdam 42: 197-207]