1713. Numb. I. (Price Two Pence) THE GUARDIAN. Ille quem requiris. Mart. (B. M.*) 1714. The Guardian. | Vol. I. | [cut] | London | Printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's- | Head over-against Catherine-street in | the Strand. MDCCXIV. Two volumes. The second volume is the same as the first except that it has "Vol. II," and a different cut. (B. M.*; T. C. D.) 1715. The | Lover. | To which is added, The | Reader; | By the same Author. | Phyllida amo ante alias: nam me descedere flevit. | Virg. | London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, J. Brown | without Temple-Bar, and O. Lloyd near the Church in the Temple. MDCCXV. Although the paging is continuous, The Reader has the following separate title-page: The | Reader: | London: | Printed for J. Tonson. MDCCXIV. This is the 12° edition; there were also copies in 8° (v. Br. Mus. catalogue). According to Mr. Aitken (Steele, II, 388), both editions were published December 18, 1714. Steele edited both Lover and Reader; Addison is thought to have written Lover 10 and 39 and Reader 3 and 4. (H.*) 1715. The Spectator. | Vol. VIII. and Last. | [cut] | London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head | over-against Catherine Street in the Strand. | MDCCXV. (H.*; T. C. D.) 1716. The Free-Holder, | Or | Political Essays. | [cut] | London. | Printed for D. Midwinter at the three | Crowns in St. Paul's Churchyard; and | J. Tonson at Shakespear's Head in the | Strand. 1716. (B. M.; H.*; T. C. D.) 1716. The Drummer; | Or, The | Haunted House. | A | Comedy. | As it is Acted at the | Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, | By | His Majesty's Servants. |— Falsis terroribus implet | Ut magus - Hor. | London | Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's-Head, overagainst | Katharine-Street in the Strand. MDCCXVI. (B. M.*; H.*; T. C. D.) The British Museum copy is of interest because the title-page has the words "by | Joseph Addison esq" written just above the word "London" and below the cross ruling which separates the motto from the imprint. The handwriting looks like that of Addison himself; indeed one of the copyists in the British Museum writes: "This is in Addison's own handwriting." The probability of that, however, seems very small. First of all, it is unlikely that any author should thus acknowledge a work which, as all the other evidence goes to show, was intended to be anonymous. Secondly, the inscription, whether considered as an autograph or as autograph copy for a title-page, is open to objections: as an autograph, it is discredited by the unnatural " esq" and by the fact that in almost every case Addison abbreviated his first name to J. If the signature be considered as a part of the title-page, — in which case the full first name and the "esq" would be natural, — it is, as Professor Kittredge has pointed out to the editors, strangely placed it ought naturally to be above the cross ruling, if not above the motto, where the name of the author is placed in every title-page mentioned in this bibliography. Furthermore, had Addison thus publicly acknowledged The Drummer some time before June 17, 1719, it would seem that the fact, in the small literary world of that day, should speedily have become known. The result would be that The Drummer would be included in collective editions of Addison's works, and that if separate editions of the play were printed, Addison's name would appear upon the title-pages. But after two years, in 1721, Tickell was in apparent ignorance of any such evidence as an autograph would afford, for he does not include The Drummer in his collective edition of Addison's works. Neither is it included in the second collective edition (1730) or the third (1741). Again, Steele did not mention, and so presumably did not know of, this autograph, which would have been essential to his case, when in 1722 he prefaced the second edition of The Drummer with an arraignment of Tickell for not including the play in his edition of the year before. Giles Jacob did not know it, or at least makes no use of it, in 1723, when (in his Poetical Register, vol. I, pp. 3 and 309) he omits The Drummer from his list of the dramatic works of Addison, but shows that he knew of it by including it in his list of anonymous plays. 1716. To Her Royal Highness the | Princess of Wales, | With the Tragedy of Cato. Nov. 1714. | To | Sir Godfrey Kneller, | On His | Picture of the King. | London:| Printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over- | against Catherine-street in the Strand. 1716. (Bodl.*; B. M.) 1717. Ovid's | Metamorphoses | In | Fifteen Books. | Translated by the most Eminent Hands. | Adorn'd with Sculptures. | London: | Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's-Head | over-against Katharine-Street in the Strand. | MDCCXVII. Addison did the second and third books. (B. M.*) 1719. The Old Whig. | Numb. I. | On The State of the Peerage. With | Remarks upon the Plebeian. | quod optanti Divûm promittere nemo | Auderet, volvenda dies en attulit ultrò. | Virg. | London | Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; | and A. Dodd at the Peacock without Temple-Bar. | MDCCXIX. [Price 6 d.] (B. M.*) B. Undoubted Works, 1721-1864 1721. Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. (In Tickell's edition of Addison's works, 1721, I, 435 ff.) 1721. Of the Christian Religion. (Ibid., IV, 55 ff.) 1864. Some Portions of Essays Contributed to the Spectator By Mr. Joseph Addison Now first Printed from His MS. Note Book. I. Of Imagination. II. Of Jealousie. III. Of Fame. Done at Glasgow M.DCCC.LXIV. ́ C. Doubtful Works, 1692-1739 1692. The Dissertatio de Insignioribus Romanorum Poetis (Auctore Jos. Addison) the editors have been unable to see. The above is the title given in Bohn's sixth volume, p. 587. The Dissertation is mentioned (pp. 285, 628) in the Bibliotheca Parriana. Dr. Parr owned the work and considered it important as well as genuine. According to him the first edition was in 12o, London, 1692. Other editions mentioned are of 1698, 1718, 1725, and 1750. [1699,] 1720. The poem which at p. 147 of Musarum Anglicanarum Analecta, Vol. II, 1699, is printed as Cursus Glacialis, Anglicè, Scating. Phil. Frowde, Coll. Magd. Superioris Ordinis Commens. was in 1720 reprinted as Scating: | A | Poem. | By Mr. Addison. | [cut] | London: | Printed for E. Curll in Fleetstreet. | M.DCC.XX. The preface, signed by one T. N., is as follows: "This Poem, though under the Name of another Gentleman, (in the Musae Anglicanae) was certainly written by the late Excellent Mr. Addison. There needs no Proof to a learned Reader that this is fact, since the Sameness of Stile and Expression is a convincing Argument, that it could be wrote by no body but by that Author." The poem is included in the collected volume of Addison's Latin poems, with translations, London, 1724; in Addison's Miscellaneous Works, London: Cogan, 1750; and in Bohn's edition (VI, 585 ff.). Although the matter has never been thoroughly investigated, there seems no good reason to believe that the verses were not by Frowde. (Bodl.; B. M.; H.*) 1712. The Distrest Mother. | A | Tragedy. | As it is Acted at the | Theatre-Royal | in Drury-Lane. | By Her Majesty's Servants. | Written by Mr. Philips. | London: | Printed for S. Buckley at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and | J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street | in the Strand. MDCCXII. The Epilogue, which in this edition has the title "Epilogue | written by Mr. Budgell of the Inner-Temple," has been attributed to Addison. For the evidence, in which seems very slender, see Bohn's edition, VI, 679: "It was known, Tonson's family, and told to Mr. Garrick, that Addison was himself the author of this epilogue; and that when it was actually printed with his name he came early in the morning before the copies were distributed, and ordered it to be given to Mr. E. Budgell, that it might add weight to the solicitation which Addison was then making for a place for Mr. Budgell." ... (Bodl.; B. M.; H.*; T. C. D.) 1716. In Abel Boyer's The Political State of Great Britain, April, 1716, there appeared for the first time a pamphlet entitled Arguments about the Alteration of Triennial Elections of Parliament. In a Letter to a Friend in the Country. In his prefatory note Boyer says (p. 484) that this letter was "generally fathered on the ingenious and judicious Joseph Addison, Esq." It is included in Addison's Miscellaneous Works, London: Cogan, 1750, and in Bohn's edition (Vol. VI, pp. 614 ff.). There is a good article on it by James Crossley in Notes and Queries, V, 577. (B. P. L.*; B. M.) 1739. A | Discourse | On | Ancient and Modern Learning. | By the late Right Honourable | Joseph Addison, Esq; | Now first published from an Original Manu- | script of Mr. Addison's, Prepared and Cor- | rected by himself. | London: | Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn. | M.DCC.XXXIX. | [Price One Shilling.] This reached a sixth edition in 1739. (B. M.*) II. COLLECTIVE EDITIONS 1721 Tickell. The Works Of The Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; In Four Volumes, London: . . . Jacob Tonson . . MDCCXXI. This edition is valuable because it contains Tickell's preface, and because it prints for the first time the Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals (I, 435 ff.) and Of the Christian Religion (IV, 559 ff.). In 1730 and again in 1741 this edition was reprinted with few changes. 1761 Baskerville. The Works Of The Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq; With a Complete Index. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, MDCCLXI. . ., London. Has plates and is beautifully printed. Contains The Drummer, which Tickell had not included. On this, of course, see Steele's preface to The Drummer, second edition, 1722. 1811: Hurd. The Works Of The Right Honourable Joseph Addison, A New Edition, With Notes. By Richard Hurd, D.D. Lord Bishop of Worcester, London: Cadell and Davies, 1811. Six volumes. The notes are unimportant. 1856: Greene. The Works of Joseph Addison, including the whole contents of Bishop Hurd's edition, with letters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works, edited with critical and explanatory notes, by George Washington Greene, New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1856. Six volumes. 1856: Bohn. The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison. With notes by Richard Hurd . . . With large additions chiefly unpublished. Collected and edited by Henry G. Bohn, London: Bohn, 1856. Six volumes; in Bohn's "Standard Library." Frequently reprinted. On the whole this edition, bad as it is, gives us the best text of Addison. Annotated editions of importance are: of the Tatler, Nichols's in 6 vols., London, 1786, with notes by Bishop Percy and Dr. Calder; of the Spectator, Nichols's (8 vols., London, 1789), Professor Morley's (1 vol., London: Routledge, 1868, reprinted in 3 vols., London: Routledge, 1883), and Mr. G. Gregory Smith's (8 vols., London: Dent; and New York: Scribner, 1897-1898); of the Guardian, Nichols's in 2 vols., London, 1789. III. BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM Addisoniana. In Two Volumes. Printed for [Sir] Richd Phillips, [London], 1803. Aikin, Lucy: The Life of Joseph Addison, 2 vols., London: Longmans, 1843. Aitken, George A.: The Life of Richard Steele, 2 vols., London: Isbister, 1889. Very valuable, especially Bk. iv, Ch. i (on The Tatler); Spectator); Bk. v, Ch. iv (The Guardian). Bk. v, Ch. i (The Beljame, Alexandre: Le public et les hommes de lettres en Angleterre au dix-huitième Siècle... Paris: Hachette, 1881. Pages 225-338 concern Addison. Courthope, W. J.: Addison, London: Macmillan, 1884. In the series of "English Men of Letters" edited by Mr. John Morley. |