Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 32 (1762)
- 32 (1762): 28-32. A:
"The Story of Le Fever: From the Sixth Volume of Tristram Shandy,
lately published."
Rev. Laurence Sterne.
[Sterne canon]
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32
(1762)
35
L
"Incident in the life of Virgil."
Rev. John Duncombe.
Orig. "Crito"
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32
(1762)
54
L
"Immense Tree [at Tamworth, Glos.]."
Peter Collinson.
Brett-James 233 Orig. "P.C."
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32
(1762)
54-55
L
"Prospect for enabling Fellows of Colleges to Marry."
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.
- 32 (1762): 81-82.
A: "An Account of the Detection of the Imposture in
Cock-Lane [the Cock Lane Ghost]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 100; Fleeman 2: 1040 states, "It is unlikely that SJ was responsible for the whole account, but he may have contributed to it."]
- 32 (1762): 84. L: "Dr
Wall's mistake in his account of the Warwickshire poetess [Miss
Whately]."
Dr. John Wall.
[Orig. "J. Wall"]
- 32 (1762): 86. V:
"Prologue to Florizel and Perdita, (a dramatic Pastoral, altered by Mr
Garrick from Shakespeare's Winter's Tale) written and spoken by Mr
Garrick."
David Garrick.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 32 (1762): 87. V:
"On reading Miss Carter's Poems in M.S, By Lord Littleton."
George, 1st Baron Lyttelton.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
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32
(1762)
87
A:
"From the Latin of M. [Pierre-Daniel] Huet, afterwards Bishop of
Avranches
['We came to Harburg late at night']."
Rev. John Duncombe.
Lit. Anec. 8: 277
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32
(1762)
105-106
L
"The Precept Love your Enemies explained."
Rev. Edward Goodwin.
Orig. "E. G--d--n"; dated Sheffield, whence Goodwin corresponded with the GM
- 32 (1762): 139. V:
"The Descent to the Vault in Clerkenwell; from the Ghost; a Poem;
lately published."
Charles Churchill.
[BMGC]
- 32 (1762): 157-161.
R: William Whitehead's The School for Lovers.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 97]
- 32 (1762): 201-202 [misnumbered as 2nd 193-
194]. A: "A Letter from Dr D. W. Linden to Dr
Sutherland, at the Hot Wells, Bristol, concerning a remarkable Phaenomenon of
the Bath Waters."
Dr. Dietrich Wessel Linden.
[Orig. "D. W. Linden"; Linden published various works on the medicinal effects of spa waters (BMGC).]
- 32 (1762): 234. V:
"Stanzas . . . extracted from a Poem called Resignation, just
published by Dr Young; it was written on Occasion of the Death of the late
Admiral Boscawen, and is addressed to his Widow ['One world deceas'd, another
born']. . . ."
Edward Young.
[Authorship disclosed in title; BMGC]
- 32 (1762): 269. A:
"From the Monitor [No. 357], May 22 [1762; 'Character of a
Favourite M---r,' referring to John Stuart, Earl of Bute]."
John Wilkes.
[Thomas 19]
- 32 (1762): 269-270. A:
"From the Briton. No. I. May 29 [1762; 'A noble Character
vindicated,' referring to John Stuart, Earl of Bute]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 241- 246]
- 32 (1762): 270-271. A:
"From the North Briton No. I[.] June 5 [1762; response to the
Briton, No. 1]."
John Wilkes.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 272-273. A:
"The Auditor, No. I. June 10 [1762; 'Remarks on the Vindication
of a great Character,' i.e., John Stuart, Earl of Bute]."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 276-277. A:
"The Briton, No. II [5 June 1762; 'Observations on the papers
relative to a war with Spain']."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 246-251]
- 32 (1762): 277. A:
"The North Briton [No. 2; 'Grounds of satisfaction to Scotsmen,'
disputing the right of John Stuart, Earl of Bute, to sit in Parliament; part
quotation, part summary]."
John Wilkes.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 277-278. A:
"The Briton, No. III [12 June 1762; 'Strictures on the
Monitor' of 22 May 1762'; part summary, mainly quotation]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 251-255]
- 32 (1762): 278-279. A:
"The North Briton, No. III ['Successes under the present
minist.'; re William Pitt the Elder; written in response to the Briton
of 12 June 1762; part summary, mainly quotation]."
John Wilkes.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 280. A:
"The Briton, No. IV [19 June 1762; 'Loyalty of the Scots
exemplified'; part quotation, part summary]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 255-260]
- 32 (1762): 280-281. A:
"The Auditor, No. II ['Character of the favourite of the Mob and
of the favourite of the Venal']."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 281-282. A:
"The Auditor, No. III ['Character of Lord B(ute) &c.']."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 282. A:
"The North Briton, No. IV ['An ironical defence of the Scots';
part summary, mainly quotation]."
John Wilkes [?].
[Nobbe 267 notes that the North Briton, No. 4, is one of ten anonymous numbers but states that "it is likely that Wilkes wrote most of them."]
- 32 (1762): 282-283. A:
"The Briton, No. V [26 June 1762; attacking the Monitor,
No. 361 (19 June 1762); part summary, mainly quotation]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 260- 264]
- 32 (1762): 314-315. A:
"The North Briton . . . No. VI ['Characters of two eminent
Statesmen'; re William Pitt the Elder and George Montagu Dunk, 2nd Earl of
Halifax]."
John Wilkes.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 315-316. A:
"The Briton, No. VI [3 July 1762; 'Ill Consequences of the German
War'; part quotation, part commentary by the GM]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 264- 269]
- 32 (1762): 316-317. A:
"The Briton, No. VII [10 July 1762; 'Treaties only in Force for
mutual Conveniency'; part quotation, part summary]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 270- 274]
- 32 (1762): 317-319. A:
"The Auditor, No. IV ['A Creole's account of himself; Confidence
in his countrymen']."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 319. A:
"The Auditor, No. V ['The chosen Friend of a Patriot Prince,'
referring to John Stuart, Earl of Bute, and George III]."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 326. A:
"The North Briton, No. VII ['A future Chronicle']."
Charles Churchill.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 326-327. A:
"The Briton, No. VIII [17 July 1762; 'The late Resignations' of
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; of William Pitt the Elder; and of
Richard Grenville-Temple, 1st Earl Temple]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 274-279]
- 32 (1762): 327. A:
"The Auditor, No VII, July 22d [1762; 'A Visionary News-
Paper']."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 327-328. A:
"The Briton, No VIII [error for No. 9 (24 July 1762); 'Prussia no
prop to the Protestant religion'; part quotation, part summary]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 280-284]
- 32 (1762): 328-329. A:
"Two original Letters from the late Countess of Hertford, afterwards
Duchess of Somerset, on the Death of her only Son George, Lord Viscount
Beauchamp, who died of the Small Pox at Bologna, in Italy, Sept. 11,
1744."
Frances Somerset, Duchess of Somerset.
[Burke's Peerage 2489]
- 32 (1762): 379.
R: North Briton, No. 12.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 105]
- 32 (1762): 379. A:
"From Mr Morrice's Memoirs of the first Earl of Orrery [Roger
Boyle]."
Rev. Thomas Morrice.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 32 (1762): 382. V:
"An Epistle to a Friend in Town ['Have my friends in the town, in the busy
gay town']."
Rev. John Dyer.
[Orig. "the late Mr Dyer, Author of the Fleece, &c."]
- 32 (1762): 400. L:
"Process for making Zink."
Dr. Dietrich Wessel Linden.
[Orig. "D. Linden"; Linden was the author of Three Letters on Mining and Smelting (NUC).]
- 32 (1762): 411-413. A:
"The Auditor, No. X ['Specimen of a Political
Dictionary']."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 414. A:
"The North Briton, No. XIV ['Satyrical observations on a late
appointment'; re the appointment of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, as peace
negotiator]."
John Wilkes.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 414-416. A:
"The Auditor, No. XII ['The People who clamour against
Peace']."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 416-417. A:
"The Briton, No. XV [error for No. 16 (11 Sept. 1762); 'Parallel
between a Favourite of the Mob and Watt Tyler; Freeborn Englishmen, of whom
composed']."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 316-322]
- 32 (1762): 436-437. A:
"The Auditor Extraordinary, Saturday, Sept. 18 [1762; 'Form of an
Address for the Stockjobbers, &c.'; re negotiations for the Peace of Paris; part
quotation, part summary]."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 440. V:
"The Occasional Prologue, on the opening of the Theatre Royal in Covent
Garden. Written and spoken by Mr Smith."
William Smith.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 32 (1762): 454-455. A:
Account of Rev. Simon Browne from The Adventurer, No. 88.
John Hawkesworth.
[Griffith-b 203]
- 32 (1762): 455-456. A:
"To Dr Sutherland at Bath ['Process for making Mundic
profitable']."
Dr. Dietrich Wessel Linden.
[Orig. "D. W. Linden"; Linden was the author of Three Letters on Mining and Smelting (NUC).]
- 32 (1762): 473-474. A:
"The Briton, No. XVII [error for No. 18 (25 Sept. 1762); 'Right
of deserting improper alliances justified'; part quotation, part
summary]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 328-333]
- 32 (1762): 474-475. A:
"The Auditor Extraordinary, September 25 [1762; 'Inconsistencies
in the Monitor irrefragably proved'; part summary, mainly
quotation]."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 475. A:
"The Auditor, No. XVII ['Articles of impeachment against John
Earl of B---' (Bute), including the accusation that John Wilkes had verbally
attacked Bute's young son in a Winchester book shop]."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 476. A:
"The North Briton, No. XVIII ['An ironical encomium on the
present m(inist)ry']."
John Wilkes.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 476-477. A:
"The Auditor, No. XVIII [re the British capture of
Havana]."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 477-478. A:
"The Briton, No. XIX [error for No. 20 (9 Oct. 1762); 'Parallel
between the peace now negotiating, and that of Utrecht'; part summary; mainly
quotation]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 339-344]
- 32 (1762): 478. A:
"The North Briton, No. XIX ['Rights of Britain
vindicated']."
William Temple of Trowbridge.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 478-479. A:
"The Auditor, No. XX ['Altercations relating to the Winchester
conversation,' i.e., the incident in which John Wilkes allegedly verbally
attacked Bute's young son in a Winchester book shop; v. GM 32 (1762):
475]."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 494. V:
"Prologue written and spoken by Mr Woodward, on his first appearance on
Covent Garden Theatre, October 5, in the Character of Marplot, after having been
Manager at Dublin four Years ['Behold! the prodigal return'd--quite
tame']."
Henry Woodward.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 32 (1762): 495. V:
"Verses by the late Lord Bolinbroke. On Lucy, the Orange-Woman."
Henry Saint-John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 32 (1762): 509-513.
A: "An authentic Narrative of the Death of Mark Anthony
Calas, and of the Trial and Execution of his Father, John Calas,
for the supposed Murder of his Son. From the French."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 216, n. 32]
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32
(1762)
515
L
"Illustration of a Verse in the Psalms [Psalm 37.25]."
Rev. Edward Goodwin.
Orig. "E. G--d--n"
- 32 (1762): 518-520.
A: "The Trial of Pleasure before the Judge
Philosophy."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 215, n. 32]
- 32 (1762): 530-531. A:
"The Briton, No. XXI [error for No. 23 (30 Oct. 1762); 'Defects
in the measures of the late minister'; re British relations with Spain; part
quotation, part summary, and part rebuttal by GM]."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 352- 357]
- 32 (1762): 532-533. A:
"The North Briton, No. XXIII ['Importance of parliaments,
particularly the present']."
John Wilkes.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 534-536. A:
"The Auditor, No. XXV ['A View of the West-Indian and North-
American Trades']."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 564-565. A:
"Letter to Dr Sutherland on mineral Waters."
Dr. Dietrich Wessel Linden.
[Orig. "D. W. Linden"; Linden published various works on the medicinal effects of spa waters (BMGC).]
-
32
(1762)
567-569
L
"On the Christmas Festivals
[re proverbial saying that 'Christmas day is one of the twenty, and not one
of the
twelve']."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "T. Rowe"
- 32 (1762): 580-581. A:
"The Briton, No. XXV [error for No. 28 (4 Dec. 1762); 'The
Briton's answer, to What have we got by the Peace?']."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 376-381]
- 32 (1762): 582-583. A:
"The Auditor, No. XXIX ['The Auditor's view of the
origin of Whig and Tory; His estimate of the advantages gained
by the peace'; part quotation, part summary]."
Arthur Murphy.
[Sherbo 63: 7]
- 32 (1762): 584. A:
"The Briton, No. XXVI [error for No. 29 (11 Dec. 1762); 'Story
from the Briton about no search']."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Gassman and Brack 381- 386]
- 32 (1762): 584-585. A:
"The North Briton, No. XXVII [error for No. 28; 'The North
Briton's objections to the preliminaries' of peace]."
John Wilkes.
[Nobbe 267]
- 32 (1762): 592. V:
"To a young Nobleman leaving the University. From Mason's Elegies, just
publish'd ['E'er yet, ingenious youth, thy steps retire']."
Rev. William Mason.
[BMGC]
- 32 (1762): 618-619.
S: Note appended to "The Story of Irene" (from Ren Aubert de Vertot
d'Aubeuf's History of the Knights of Malta).
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 215, n. 21]