TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.
A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}, for example XIX^e or XIX^{TH}.
A single asterisk occurring before a Title shows that the work was
published anonymously.
A bracketed unknown name is indicated by [ ], though the original text
used about a dozen spaces between the brackets. Similarly with ( ).
The original text used dashes of various lengths for an unknown name;
this etext always uses ---- (double emdash) for consistency.
The original text also used an emdash to link the place and date of
death, as in ‘Scotland--1846’. For clarity these occurrences have been
changed to e.g. ‘Scotland -1846’.
There are no footnotes in this book; it uses [...] for other purposes.
The Preface explains the syntax used in each item in this bibliography.
Many minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.
A Martyr to Bibliography:
A NOTICE OF THE
LIFE AND WORKS OF
JOSEPH-MARIE QUÉRARD,
Bibliographer,
PRINCIPALLY TAKEN FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
MAR. JOZON D’ERQUAR (ANAGRAM);
WITH THE NOTICES OF GUSTAVE BRUNET, J. ASSEZAT, AND PAUL
LACROIX (BIBLIOPHILE JACOB);
AND A LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TERMS, AFTER PERQUIN,
WITH NOTES AND INDEX.
BY
OLPHAR HAMST, ESQ.,
Bibliophile.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
“A little volume of great interest and value. Of great interest
for the amount of information it contains relative to the life and
labours of one who was in sooth a martyr to the art he loved so well;
and of great value because it may awaken in all who read it a juster
estimate of the importance of bibliography.”--_Notes and Queries,
July 20, 1867._
* * * * *
“This is a curious pamphlet-biography, reversing the usual order. M.
Quérard’s works are treated as the subject, and M. Quérard himself as
something that grew out of his works. Perhaps the strangest feature
of all is that the index is made a sort of supplement, in which
anything that has not been said in the body of the work is added
incidentally. Thus, a good story about a French author ... appears
in the index under its author’s name.... We are afraid people will
be too much amused by the biographer’s eccentricities to pay proper
attention to his subject, which is much to be regretted for the sake
of Quérard, and may delay the public recognition of him which is
demanded by his eminent services to bibliography.”--_Spectator, Oct.
26, 1867._
“Under this title we have an interesting sketch of the life and
works of Joseph-Marie Quérard, the greatest of French (perhaps we
might say, of all) bibliographers, a useful class of men who seldom
obtain much fame, and whose works are generally left unread by the
public. One of Quérard’s works escaped this fate, his “Supercheries
Littéraires Dévoilées,” which attracted much attention, chiefly
on account of the terrible attack which it contained on Alexandre
Dumas.”--_London Review, July 20, 1867._
* * * * *
“Mr. Hamst’s short biography of Quérard does not add much to the
information given in the _Ecrivains Pseudonymes_; and it has been the
writer’s object to describe the quarrels and the many disappointments
of his hero, rather than to give a definite estimate of his labours.
Quérard’s bibliographical knowledge was minute, but not extensive.
The want of general culture forced him to restrict himself within the
comparatively narrow circle of modern books and modern languages; but
he made up for this drawback by malicious care in dragging to light
the secrets of contemporary authorship. His publications involved
him in endless personal disputes, and his life was full of literary
scandals. It must be reckoned not only an injustice to him, but a
misfortune for the Imperial library, that, owing to his peculiar
reputation, he never obtained a subordinate employment on its staff.
Mr. Hamst ... states that Quérard dedicated his early books to M.
Schalbacher; but there is no reason to suppress the fact that M.
Schalbacher was the Viennese bookseller with whom Quérard learned to
know books. That he also profited by the particular exactness and
perseverance which prevailed at Vienna, is an illusion of good nature.
“The son of the revolutionist Rousselin obtained an injunction
prohibiting Quérard from publishing an article on his father. Mr.
Hamst seems impressed with the danger of disobedience, and speaks of
him mysteriously as ‘the son of a man of ninety-three.’ * * * * * * *
* * * Mr. Hamst’s depreciatory remarks on the _Athenæum Français_ are
quite unjust; it was nearly the best organ of criticism in France,
and if it were not extinct would probably castigate the presumption
of a bibliographer who imagines (p. 15) that the Kehl [this oversight
is easily rectified by putting the word in parenthesis] edition of
Voltaire’s works is so called from the name of the editor.”--_The
Chronicle, July 27, 1867._
* * * * *
“A brief sketch of the obscure but useful labours and chequered
life of one of the greatest of modern bibliographers. It will be
read with pleasure by all Englishmen who know or care anything
about the science of books. We fear the number is somewhat limited,
and probably within the circuit of the British Museum Reading-room
Mr. Hamst’s audience will, without exception, be found. At all
events, the career of a man to whom we owe such valuable works of
rare erudition as ‘La France Littéraire,’ ‘La Littérature Française
Contemporaine,’ and ‘Les Supercheries Littéraires Dévoilées,’
deserves to be known to English lovers of the study in which Quérard
was famous. Mr. Olphar Hamst has carried out his self-imposed
task with highly creditable diligence, accuracy, and good
taste.”--_Morning Star, September 2, 1867._
* * * * *
_NOTE.--Only two hundred copies printed for sale. A few copies still
remain, price Three Shillings and Sixpence, in cloth, post free._
J. R. SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE.
HANDBOOK
OF
FICTITIOUS NAMES.
HANDBOOK
OF
FICTITIOUS NAMES:
BEING A GUIDE TO AUTHORS, CHIEFLY IN THE LIGHTER LITERATURE
OF THE XIX^{TH} CENTURY, WHO HAVE WRITTEN UNDER ASSUMED NAMES;
AND TO LITERARY FORGERS, IMPOSTORS, PLAGIARISTS, AND IMITATORS,
BY
OLPHAR HAMST, ESQ.,
AUTHOR OF “A NOTICE OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF J.-M. QUÉRARD.”
“All the world’s a stage
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts.”
_As You Like It._
“There is no vice doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false
and perfidious.”
BACON.
LONDON:
JOHN RUSSELL SMITH,
36, SOHO SQUARE.
1868.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY S. AND J. BRAWN, 13, PRINCES STREET, LITTLE QUEEN STREET,
HOLBORN, W.C.
TO
THE MEMORY
OF
JOSEPH-MARIE QUÉRARD
I DEDICATE
THIS HUMBLE ATTEMPT
AT
EMULATING HIM.
A work on the literary impositions which have been perpetrated upon
the public, besides being replete with interest, would be productive
of considerable other advantage. It would furnish an important
subject of study in the great science of human nature, exhibiting
peculiar, cultivated specimens of criminality.
The secret history of the authorship of literary productions would
strip many a name of the reputation it enjoys, and place laurels on
the brow of many a man who
In life’s low vale remote has pined alone,
Then dropped into the grave, unpitied and unknown!
Rank and wealth have obtained unmerited eminence in the literary
world, at the expense of the time and abilities of gifted dependents.
DAVID FOSDICK, _Biblical Repository_, New York, 1838.
Literary swindling is a crime that is very prevalent, because we have
no Government police to bring offenders to justice.
S. N. ELRINGTON, Literary Piracies, &c. Dublin [1863] p. 18.
PREFACE.
This little work is the first of the kind, so far as we know,
that has ever been attempted in the English language; and such
being the case, we crave the indulgence of the public for our
numerous shortcomings. In publishing it we felt the necessity of
commencing somewhere. We might, without doubt, have spent twenty
years in a similar compilation; but even then it would not have
been perfect:--in fact, it is not in the nature of a book like this
to be made perfect. It can, however, approach completeness by the
aid of numerous contributors. If, for example, each one who found a
name wanting, were to send an authentic note of it to us, an immense
amount of information would soon accumulate, which we would undertake
to embody in a supplement devoted to additions and corrections, if
the present attempt should receive sufficient support. By this means
we trust we shall help to fill up the gap which is at present a
reproach to our nation.
The utility of a work of this kind, even though very imperfect, is
at once so apparent that it is a matter of considerable surprise such
a blank should have been left in our literature.
Another work of a similar nature, but larger and different in
scope to ours, which Mr. Halkett, of the Advocates’ Library, has
been preparing for some fifteen years past will be a considerable
addition to British Anonyms and Pseudonyms. On the Continent numerous
works treating of the subject of assumed names of authors have been
published, and in fact the idea of nearly every English work that
treats of books and their authors appears to have been taken from
our foreign brothers in literature. We are indebted to Quérard for
the idea and plan of this work. In the advertisement to the second
edition of his “Supercheries Littéraires Dévoilées,” he observes
that Germany first produced a work on anonymous and pseudonymous
authors; then Italy; then France, for the first time, in 1690, by
Adrien Baillet. Then Sweden, and lately Belgium, and even Russia.
Now we wish to direct attention to the remarkable fact that Quérard
was unable to name a single English author as having treated of the
subject, though in France it was treated of two centuries ago.
Our original intention was that this should be a handbook for popular
use; consequently, as a rule, we pretend to no scientific detail.
Those who desire such must seek it elsewhere; and yet we hope the
erudite bibliograph, though he may learn nothing from these pages,
will find much wherewith to refresh his memory. One object we have
endeavoured never to lose sight of,--usefulness.
With us the word Pseudonym has a very extended signification, as
these pages will show. Any word, or name, or phrase, on a title-page
is sufficient to make a work pseudonymous. It is not considered
anonymous unless its title-page is hopelessly deficient of all
personal identification of authorship.
We do not, for example, consider a work “By The Author of,” &c.,
anonymous, as do Lowndes and his editor. This example is also a good
illustration of the labour we have had to go through, and it will
show that our handbook is by no means a compilation from existing
manuals, for the simple reason that these nearly always leave out the
very information it is our object to include. In Lowndes, by Bohn,
under “SHERER (Major Moyle),” we have seven out of a list of nine
works specially marked “(anon.)” Now, according to us, three of these
works, at least, are strictly pseudonymous, and consequently included
in our list. We could cite other instances from any bibliotheca.
We have made an attempt to distinguish the various kinds of
pseudonyms by using certain technical terms in _italic_ letters after
each pseudonym. A list of these terms will be found in our “Notice of
the Life and Works of J.-M. Quérard.” The author of an “Essai d’un
Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes et Pseudonymes publiés en Belgique
au XIX^e. siècle” [J. Delecourt] somewhat deprecates such an attempt
as useless. But we consider that, even supposing such to be the
case in one sense, it is exceedingly useful to the eye, by at once
separating the pseudonym from the real name; and it has a positive
use in certain cases, as, for instance, when a writer uses his name
written backwards, which, instead of being expressed by a phrase, is
at once expressed by a word.
The arrangement is strictly alphabetical according to Authors’
pseudonyms. When partaking of the nature of a christian and a
surname, the latter is chosen, though both should be looked for
if not found under one. If, in the nature of a phrase, the first
word after By, Of, or From is chosen, and it is catalogued strictly
according to the alphabetical order of the letters, without regard to
the meaning of the words, no inversion such as: Barrister (A): Author
of, &c. (The): is used.
So much as is given of the title-page is given verbally and
literally, and an abbreviation is generally indicated by ... or
an etc. Information occurring between brackets [] intimates that
such is not to be found in the book; between parenthesis () that
it is probably in the book, though not on the title-page. An
asterisk occurring before a Title shows that the work was published
anonymously. When initials only are used, search must be made under
the first and not the last, unless there is some addition to the
last, as: J. R. D----.
The name of every author, if known, is given in full in one part or
another of the book.
We have not confined ourselves to English and American pseudonyms:
in fact, our plan is rather a wide one, for we include Alexander
DUMAS and George SAND: BOZ, illustrated by PHIZ: S. G. O.: THE TIMES’
BEE-MASTER: CHAM and * * * (The Abbé).
We could have doubled the size of this work by inserting the
pseudonyms of authors whose real names are not known to us. This
is, however, no part of our plan, and when such are inserted it is
generally for some special purpose.
When no place of publication is given, London is to be understood,
and an author is generally of that country whence his works issue.
So many American authors, however, now have their works published in
London, that it is frequently a difficult matter to know on which
side of the Atlantic the author resides.
We have to acknowledge the very great assistance we have derived from
the admirable Manuscript Catalogue of the British Museum Library, in
above two thousand volumes, folio, compiled during the last twenty
years, under the direction of Antonio Panizzi, J. Winter Jones, and
Thomas Watts, Esquires. To George Bullen, Esquire, and all those
who attend to readers’ wants, we owe our best thanks. After these,
we think we are most indebted to the _Athenæum_, whose fearless
exposure of any literary fraud coming under its notice has justly
been relentless. But the want of a General Index has prevented us
from thoroughly using the materials it contains relative to our
subject. To _Notes and Queries_ we of course owe much, as must all
future students, no matter what particular subject they pursue. And
to several periodical publications, all specially acknowledged.
Mr. J. Russell Smith has given us the full benefit of his long
experience in our progress through the press. To many others,
frequently the authors themselves, we are indebted for some
interesting little revelations. Much has long been public property,
though unavailable. We trust that we have, to some extent, rendered
it available.
American works are so freely scattered through these pages, that
we cannot conclude without one word on the want of a Copyright
Law between America and England. How long will two nations with
pretensions to civilization go on robbing one another in the most
shameless manner? An excellent article on this subject by James
Parton, in the _Atlantic Monthly_ for October, 1867, has convinced
us that in some instances we have been rather too severe on American
piratical reprints.
_January, 1868._
CONTENTS.
PAGE
DEDICATION vii
PREFACE ix-xiv
PSEUDONYMS 1-175
ADDENDA 177-188
ASTERISMS 189-191
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AUTONYMS 193-220
GENERAL INDEX 221-235
PSEUDONYMS.
A.
A., _initialism_. [MATTHEW ARNOLD.]
The Strayed Reveller, and other Poems (signed A.) 1848.
A. (Major), see A * * * * * (Major), _pseud._
A----. _pseudonym_ [Rev. ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE].
St. Jonathan; the Lay of a Scald. _New York_, 1838.
Semi-anonymous, the dedication is signed.
A * * * * * (Major), _pseudo-titlonym_ [C. B. COLES.]
Short Whist, its Rise and Progress, by, &c., to which are prefixed
Precepts for Tyros, by Mrs. B * * * * * (Battle, _apocryph_), 1835,
18th edit., with an Essay ... by Professor P[ole]. _Longmans_, 1865.
The practical part of this book, consisting of about 25 pages, which
it was intended should be taken for the work of Major Aubrey, a
celebrated whist-player, is a _réchauffé_ of Matthews: one instance
will suffice:--
_Matthews, edit._ 1808. _Major A., edit._ 1865.
Be particularly cautious not to Be cautious not to deceive your
deceive him [your partner] in _his_ partner in _his_ or _your own
or _your own_ leads, or when he is leads_, or when he is likely to
likely to _have_ the lead--a con- have the lead; a concealed game
cealed game may now and then succeed sometimes succeeds in the suits
in the suits of your adversaries; of your adversaries, but this
but this should not be attempted should not be attempted before
before you have made a considerable having made considerable profic-
proficiency; and then but seldom, iency, and if too frequently
as its frequency would destroy resorted to, will destroy its own
the effect. p. 16. effect. p. 30.
In an edition published in Paris by Galignani, these two works,
Matthews and Major A. are put together.
Mrs. Battle’s opinions on Whist are also to be found in the Monthly
Magazine for Feb. 1821, signed “_Elia_.” (q.v.)
A and L, _semi-initialism_ [A. and L. SHORE].
War Lyrics, 1855.
A BARRISTER, _titlonym_ [Barron FIELD].
Hints to witnesses in a Court of Justice, 1815.
A very valuable and useful pamphlet, which we imagine might be
remuneratively reprinted.
A BARRISTER, _titlonym_ [Sir J. T. COLERIDGE].
Notes on the Reform Bill, 1831.
A BARRISTER, _titlonym_ [FREDERICK LAWRENCE].
Culverwell v. Sidebottom. _Effingham Wilson_, 1857.
This had a second edition in 1859, to which Lord Derby’s celebrated
letter to the Jockey Club was added. It was a most notorious trial.
A BARRISTER, _supposed-author_ [JAMES FITZ-JAMES STEPHEN, Q.C.].
Essays reprinted from the “Saturday Review,” 1862.
A BEEF EATER, _phraseonym_ [GEORGE VASEY, Wood-Engraver, author of a
Monograph of the Genus Bos].
Illustrations of Eating, displaying the Omnivorous Character of Man,
and exhibiting the Natives of various Countries at Feeding-time, with
woodcuts by the author. _J. R. Smith_, 1847.
A BIRD AT BROMSGROVE, _ironym_ [JOHN CRANE].
Rhymes after Meat, 1800. An Address to Bachelors, and The Apron
Farmer. _Birmingham_ [1802], 5th edition, 1816. The Bromesgrove
Constables, 1802.
A. B. M., _initialism_ [ARTHUR BACHE MATTHEWS].
The Riots at Birmingham, July, 1791 ... [edited with a preface by A.
B. M.], 1863.
A BRITISH SUBJECT, _geonym_ [Sir FRANCIS BOND HEAD Bart.].
Three Letters to Lord Brougham, on the execution of Lount and
Matthews, 1838.
A. C. C., _initialism_ [COXE], and see A----. _pseud._
Saul, a Mystery, by the Author of Christian Ballads, &c. New York,
1845.
ACHETA, _phrenonym_ [Miss L. M. BUDGEN].
March Winds and April Showers, 1854.
ACHETA DOMESTICA, _phreno._ [Miss L. M. BUDGEN].
Episodes of Insect Life, by A. D., M.E.S., 1849 and ’51, a new
edition by the Rev. J. G. Wood, in 1867.
A CHINESE PHILOSOPHER, _disguised-author_ [OLIVER GOLDSMITH].
The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher
residing in London, to his Friends in the East, 1762. First appeared
in “The Ledger.”
Frequently reprinted and generally with the author’s name on the
title-page, as if it had been published autonymously. All lovers of
books should condemn this increasing practice. If the name must be
given, it should be put in a note or preface, so that we may have the
title-page as the author bequeathed it.
A CHURCHMAN, _titlonym_ [Rev. EDWARD SMEDLEY, M.A., was the editor of
the Encyclopædia Metropolitana].
Religio Clerici, 1819; 2nd edition, 1821. Lux Renata; a Protestant’s
Epistle, by the author of Religio Clerici, 1827.
A CITIZEN, see J. D., _disg.-aut._
A CITIZEN OF THE WEST, _disguised-author_ [R. MACKAY].
Pocahontas, an historical drama; with an introductory Essay and
notes. By, &c. _New York_, 1837.
A CLERGYMAN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, _demonym_ [M. MARGOLIOUTH].
The Anglo-Hebrews: their past wrongs and present grievances, etc.,
1856.
A CLERGYMAN’S DAUGHTER, _demonym_ [E. F. LLOYD]; see also E. F. L.
Readings for the Sundays, etc., 1862.
A CLERGYMAN’S WIFE, _demonym_ [S. E. MAPLETON].
A Letter to my Class. Addressed to Young Women attending a Sunday
School. _Leeds_, 1859.
A COMPANION TRAVELLER, _phrenonym_ [Miss HARRIS, of Windsor].
From Oxford to Rome; and How it fared with some who lately made the
journey. 1st and 3rd editions, 1847.
The authoress subsequently became a Catholic, and publicly expressed
her deep regret for many of the unauthorised statements, or false
impressions concerning the Church of Rome in the above work.
_F. C. H. in N. & Q._
A CORNET IN THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY’S SERVICE, _titlonym_ [the
Eldest Son of T. J. PETTIGREW. He was a Lieutenant in the Madras
Light Cavalry, and died in 1837, at the early age of 24].
Lucien Greville. By a, etc., with Etchings by George Cruikshank.
_Saunders and Otley_, 1833, 3 vols.
“It gives the events of his short life, and it has served him for a
vehicle to give an account of Indian scenery and Indian manners and
customs.”
A CORONER’S CLERK, _ps._ [Rev. ERSKINE NEALE].
The Note-book of a, etc., reprinted from “Bentley’s Miscellany.”
A COUNTRY PARSON, _disguised-author_ [H. MOULE].
My Kitchen Garden, and half an acre of Pasture. ’60.
A COUNTRY PARSON, _disg.-aut._ [A. K. H. BOYD].
Autumn Holidays, 1864.
A COUNTRY PASTOR, _demonym_ [Archbishop WHATELY].
Lectures on Scripture Revelations, 1855. Prayer, 1860. And others.
A DELVER INTO ANTIQUITY, _phraseonym_ [WILLIAM BARCLAY DAVID DONALD
TURNBULL].
Fragmenta Scoto-Monastica. Edin., 1842.
Only 70 copies printed, one L.P., one on vellum.
A DETECTIVE, _phrenonym_ [ANDREW EDMUND BRAE, of Leeds, author of
Collier, Coleridge, and Shakespeare, A Review, etc.].
Literary Cookery, with reference to matter attributed [by J. P.
Collier] to Coleridge and Shakespeare. A letter addressed to “The
Athenæum” [by a Detective], with a P.S. containing some remarks upon
the refusal of that journal to print it. _J. R. Smith_, 1855.
As this publication gave great offence to many persons, it was
immediately withdrawn by its author, who was unknown for some time
after. No more than twenty-five copies got into circulation, some of
which fetched ten shillings.
On the 17th Jany., 1856, Sir F. Thesiger, on behalf of Mr. Collier,
moved for a rule against Mr. Russell Smith for publishing it; but
Lord Campbell said that Mr. Collier in an affidavit which he had
made, had cleared himself of the alleged “cooking” of dates in a most
satisfactory manner, and, with many just compliments to the veteran
bibliograph and bibliophile, refused the rule.
A. E. L., _initialism_ [LEE].
The Fruits of the Valley (Song of Solomon), 1855.
A FISHER IN SMALL STREAMS, _disguised-author_ [WILLIAM LINN BROWN, an
American].
Scribblings and Sketches, Diplomatic, Piscatory, and Oceanic. Phil.,
1844.
J. R. S.
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, _pseudonym_ [WILLIAM AYRTON].
The Adventures of a Salmon in the River Dee, etc. _Pickering_, 1853.
AGAPIDA (Antonio) Friar, _apocryph_ [WASHINGTON IRVING].
A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. From the MSS. of, etc., 2
vols, 1829. Later editions.
A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS LEFT HIS LODGINGS, _pseudonym_ [JOHN EARL
RUSSELL].
Essays and Sketches of Life and Character. By, etc. _Longman_, 1820.
The preface is signed “Joseph Skillet,” the lodging-house keeper, who
is supposed to publish these letters to pay the rent the gentleman
had forgotten. This preface is left out in the 2nd edition, which is
dedicated to Thomas Moore.
A GENTLEMAN RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, who has made the Amusement
his Study for upwards of Twenty Years, _phraseonym_ [CHARLES SNART,
an Attorney of Newark].
Practical Observations on Angling in the River Trent, Newark, 1801.
Lond., 1812.
J. R. S.
A GAOL CHAPLAIN, _demonym_ [Rev. ERSKINE NEALE].
Recollections of a, etc. Reprinted from “Bentley’s Miscellany.”
A GLOWWORM, _pseud._ [JOHN LORAINE BALDWIN, editor of the Laws of
Short Whist as framed by the Whist Committee of the Arlington Club].
A Glimpse at Whist, published at the Glowworm Office, [1866] on a
card.
This is a plagiarism of the Pocket Guide to Whist by Cavendish.
_See the Field, 6 Oct., 1866._
A GRADUATE OF OXFORD, _tit._ [JOHN RUSKIN].
Modern Painters, their superiority in the Art of Landscape painting
proved by examples, &c. 1844.
Several editions. The author’s name occurs on the title-page of vol.
3, in the edition of 1846.
A GRANDFATHER, _demonym_ [SERGIUS ST. JOHN].
First Impressions, or Tales of, etc.
A HARROW TUTOR, _demonym_ [CECIL FREDERICK HOLMES].
A Vocabulary to Bland’s Latin Hexameters and Pentameters, 1863.
A HAÖLE, _geonym_ [A. LIHOLIHO].
Sandwich Island Notes, 1854.
A. H. G., _initialism_ [GRANT].
Contributions to “London Society,” chiefly poetical.
This gentleman is also author of a pseudonymous two volume work,
which we are not at present at liberty to give the title of.
A. J. K., _initialism_ [KEMP].
A few words to Tradesmen, 1842.
A JUSTIFIED SINNER, _apocryph_ [JAMES HOGG, the Ettrick Shepherd].
The Private Memoirs of ----, written by himself, with a detail of
curious traditionary facts, and other evidence, by the editor [J.
H.], 1824.
A HERTFORDSHIRE INCUMBENT, _geo-demonym_ [the Rev. Canon J. W.
BLAKESLEY, Vicar of Ware].
Contemporary Memoirs of Russia, 1727-44. By General Manstein, edited
by Hume, and re-edited by, etc. 1856.
Also author of numerous letters in _The Times_, under this signature
during the Crimean War.
A. K. H. B., _init._ [ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHINSON BOYD]. The Critical
Essays of a Country Parson, 1865.
A LADY _demonym_ [Mrs. RUNDELL].
A New System of Domestic Cookery. Several editions, from 1808 to 1859.
The most popular work of its kind ever printed.
A LADY, _demonym_ [Mrs. ANNA JAMESON].
The Diary of an Ennuyée, 1826. Several editions since.
Accident caused this work to be published, and we may also say that
accident made the authoress. A gentleman who knew her and her husband
well, was looking over some of her papers, and found this Diary;
he was so pleased with it that he offered to publish it, which he
did; but about that time (1825) abandoning the bookselling for the
Bar, where he afterwards took rank, he transferred the work to Mr.
Colburn, who put a fresh title-page, altering it from A Lady’s Diary
to that which it at present bears. The running title of the 1st
edition is A Lady’s Diary. It was pretended that it was published
“exactly as it was found on the death of the author.”
“The chief portion of Mrs. Jameson’s volumes [Visits and Sketches
at Home and Abroad, 1833] is, however, only a reprint of the
Diary of, etc.--a delightful book, with an affected title, which
has, it is hard to say why, only attained the honours of a second
edition, in this almost surreptitious and certainly not very
flattering re-appearance.”--_Edinb. Review_, 1835.
A LADY, _demonym_ [Miss GUNN, of Christchurch].
Conversations on Church Polity. _Westley_, 1833.
_See N. & Q._ 3rd S. x. 38.
A LADY, _demonym_ [Mrs. PALMER, a Sister of Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS].
A Dialogue in the Devonshire Dialect, 1837.
J. R. Smith. Bib. List. Dialects.
A LADY, _demonym_ [Miss SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER, daughter of the
celebrated American novelist, has added to the family laurels, and
thereby proved that no salique law exists in the Republic of Letters.
_Allibone._]
Rural Hours, 4 edit. New York, 1854.
A LADY, _demonym_ [JULIA WARD, afterwards HOWE].
Passion Flowers, Poems. Boston, 1854.
A LADY, _demonym_ [Miss E. M. SEWELL].
Amy Herbert, by a Lady, edited by Rev. W. Sewell. _Longman_, 1865.
Perhaps the ladies will take compassion on a poor bibliophile, when
we state that he has upwards of fifty works in his list, whose
authors are unknown, all “By a Lady.”
A LADY OF NEW YORK, _phreno-dem._ [Mrs. S. HAIGHT].
Letters from the Old World. _New York_, 1840.
ALASTOR, _pseud._ [JAMES ORTON].
“Excelsior,” or the Realms of Poesie, 2 edition. _Pickering_, 1852;
Poems, 1857; Caleb Redivivus, 1858.
A LATE LEARNED AND REVEREND DIVINE, _phraseonym_ [SAMUEL PEGGE,
LL.D.].
Anonymiana, or Ten Centuries of Observations on various subjects,
Compiled by ----. 1809.
A LATE NOBLE WRITER, _impostor_ [RT. HONBLE. EDMUND BURKE, _q.v._].
It was intended that the above should be supposed to be Henry St.
John Viscount Bolingbroke.
A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [JAMES ALLAN PARK, a King’s Counsel, and Bencher
of Lincoln’s Inn].
An earnest exhortation to a frequent Reception of the Holy Sacrament
of the Lord’s Supper, 1804.
A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [Sir JOHN BAYLEY, Bart.].
Prophecies of Christ, etc., selected from the Old and New Testament,
1828.
A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [Sir WALTER SCOTT].
Religious Discourses, 1828.
A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, BARON HOUGHTON].
One Tract more, etc., 1841.
A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [FREDERICK JOHN, Fifth BARON MONSON].
Four Sermons. Lond., 1842. Priv. Print., _see Martin_.
A LAYMAN, _dem._ [F. BOLINGBROKE RIBBANS, F.S.A.].
Doctrines and Duties; Faith and Practice. _Whittaker_, 1843.
A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [Sir W. DOMVILLE, Bart.].
The Sabbath, etc., 1849.
A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [Sir EDWARD HALL ALDERSON].
A second letter [in reference to the Gorham Case]. (Privately
printed), 1851.
A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [SAMUEL AUSTIN ALLIBONE, Author of a Critical
Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors,
1859, a work to which we are much indebted].
A review by a Layman of a work entitled “New Themes for the
Protestant Clergy: Creeds without Charity, Theology without Humanity,
and Protestantism without Christianity” (by S. Colwell). Phil., 1852.
ALETHINOS, _phrenonym_ [Rev. HARDINGE FURENZO IVERS].
The Audibleness of Thought demonstrated, and its use explained. 2nd
edit., 1866.
The author of this most extraordinary pamphlet contends that the
organs of speech are called into action when we think, that thought
speaks in the head, otherwise there is no thought; and he also
contends that this inaudible thought is capable of being audible to
others.
ALICE (Cousin), _prenonym_ [ALICE B. NEALE].
Helen Morton’s Trial, juvenile tale. New York, 1852.
A LINCOLNSHIRE GRAZIER, _pseudo-titlonym_ [Rev. THOMAS HARTWELL
HORNE].
The circumstances under which this pseudonym was employed, if they
were not rather distressing, would be highly amusing. The reverend
gentleman, who afterwards raised his name to such a high position
in literature, was in 1805 in great distress, and glad to work for
the booksellers. Having obtained an introduction to Crosby, the
publisher, upon the hard condition that he would give half his
earnings to his introducer, Horne was offered £50 for a work of 400
pages (!) on the Management of Grazing Farms, to be called “The
Complete Grazier.” The bargain was struck, and in nine months our
barrister’s clerk reduced the mass of materials set before him by the
publisher, and they were ushered into the world as by “A Lincolnshire
Grazier,” and the book was _pushed through_ several editions. The
poor booksellers’s hack was in want, but what excuse is there for
Crosby, the then opulent publisher, of Paternoster Row, for his share
of this imposition?
A LITERARY ANTIQUARY, _phreno-demonym_ [F. W. FAIRHOLT, F.S.A.,
author of Costume in England].
Holbein’s Dance of Death, edited by, etc. _J. R. Smith_.
A. L. O. E., _enigmatic-initialism_ (A Lady of England) [Miss
CHARLOTTE TUCKER].
This Aloe is not at all in keeping with her cognomen, for she has
produced upwards of fifty pieces, or volumes, since 1854, under the
above initials, and we commend them to the reader as of exceeding
beauty.
A LONDON ANTIQUARY, _pseud._ [JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN].
A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, etc. 1859 and
1860.
The third and subsequent editions are anonymous.
A LONDON PHYSICIAN, _supposed-author_ [JAMES HOWARD].
The Evils of England, Social and Economical. _Parker_, 1848, 12mo.
A LOVER OF LITERATURE, _phraseonym_ [THOMAS GREEN, Barrister-at-Law,
of Ipswich].
In this “Diary of a Lover of Literature,” on June 2nd, 1797, we
have:--“Visited the Royal Exhibition. Particularly struck with a
sea-view by Turner; fishing vessels coming in, with a heavy swell,
in apprehension of a tempest gathering in the distance.... The whole
composition bold in design, and masterly in execution. I am entirely
unacquainted with the artist; but if he proceeds as he has begun, he
cannot fail to become the first in his department.” J. M. W. Turner
was then twenty-five. The continuation was contributed by Mr. Green’s
son to the _Gent. Mag._, 1834.
_W. Bates, N. & Q._
ALVAREZ ESPRIELLA (Manuel) _Spanish-pseudonym_ [ROBERT SOUTHEY, Poet
Laureate].
Letters from England, translated from the Spanish, in 3 vols., 1807.
Written by Southey: not translated.
A. M., _pseudonym_ [THADDEUS O’MAHONY].
Questions on Locke’s Essay concerning Human Understanding, by A. M.,
1860.
He also signs himself T. O’M.
A MANCHESTER MAN, _titlonym_ [Rev. J. LAMB].
Free Thoughts of a, 2 vols, 1866, from “Fraser’s Magazine.”
A MANCHESTER MANUFACTURER, _geo-demonym_ [RICHARD COBDEN].
England, Ireland, and America. 1836. Russia. Edinburgh, 1836.
A MAN OF BUSINESS, _pseudonym_ [T. DICKER, of Lewes].
The Christian Life exemplified in the Memorials and Remains of, etc.
_Hatchard_, 1852. Privately printed. Has a portrait of the author
signed.
A MAN OF BUSINESS, _phren._ [WILLIAM RATHBONE].
Social Duties considered with reference to the Organisation of Effort
in Works of Benevolence and Public Utility. _Macmillan_, 1867.
AMELIA, _ps._ [Mrs. WELBY, of Louisville, Kentucky].
Poems. New York, 1842.
A MEMBER OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH, _phraseonym_ [Sir JOHN BAYLEY,
Bart.].
The Book of Common Prayer, with Notes. 1813. A second edit., with the
author’s name, was published in ’16; the notes are very useful. “The
author withheld his name, not from any wish improperly to conceal it,
but because it was no part of his object to draw himself into notice.”
A MEMBER OF THE VERMONT BAR, _disguised-author_ [DANIEL P. THOMPSON].
The Adventures of Timothy Peacock, Esq., or Freemasonry Practically
Illustrated, etc. Middlebury, U. S., 1835.
AMICUS CURIÆ, _phraseonym_ [JOHN PAYNE COLLIER].
Criticisms on the Bar, 1819 (first published in the Examiner).
A MIDDLE AGED CITIZEN, _phras._ [R. RUSSELL].
London Railways. 1867.
A MINUTE PHILOSOPHER, _phrenonym_ [Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY].
Hints to Stammerers, reprinted from Fraser’s Mag., July, 1859.
London, 1864. Subscribed C. K.
The Irrationale of Speech. Another copy of the above with a new
title-page.
A MODERN GREEK, _phreno-geonym_ [ROBERT MUDIE, of Dundee].
The Modern Athens: a dissection and demonstration of Men and Things
in the Scotch capital. 2nd edit., _Knight and Lacy_, 1825.
A MOTHER, _demonym_ [SARAH BIRD].
Amy’s First Trial. 1854.
On the cover _only_ the author’s name is given. It is a little Book
for Children.
AN AMATEUR, _pseudonym_ [PIERCE EGAN the Younger].
Real Life in London, or the Rambles and Adventures of Rob Tallyho,
Esq., and his Cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis
... with coloured prints. 1821, 1822.
AN AMATEUR, _demonym_ [C. K. SHARPE].
Portraits by an Amateur, etc. Edin., 1832.
Not published for sale.
AN AMATEUR, _demonym_ [W. COX].
Crayon Sketches, by, etc., edited by T. S. Fray. New York, 1833.
AN AMERICAN, _geonym_ [JAMES E. DE KAY].
Sketches of Turkey. New York, 1833.
AN AMERICAN, _geonym_ [J. FENIMORE COOPER].
Sketches of Switzerland. Philadelphia, 1836. 2 vols.
Gleanings in Europe: England, 1837.
AN AMERICAN, _geo._ [General L. CASS, LL.D.].
France, its King, Court, and Government. New York, 1840.
AN AMERICAN, _geo._ [GEO. HENRY CALVERT].
Scenes and Thoughts in Europe. 1847.
We have numerous titles of other works written by Americans, whose
real names we do not know.
AN ANGLER, _phrenonym_ [Sir HUMPHRY DAVY].
Salmonia; or Days of Fly-fishing. 1828.
AN ANTIQUARY, _demonym_ [Col. DE LA MOTTE?]
The principal historical and allusive Arms borne by Families of the
United Kingdom, collected by, etc. 1803.
AN ANTIQUARY, _demonym_ [RICHARD THOMSON, Librarian of the London
Institution].
Chronicles of London Bridge. 1827 and 1839.
AN ANTIQUARY, _demonym_ [ALEXANDER MAXWELL ADAMS].
The Crawfurd Peerage. Edinb., 1829. Printed for the Author.
A NATIVE OF CRAVEN, _phreno-geonym_ [Rev. WILLIAM CARR, B.D., of
Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire].
... The Craven Dialect exemplified, etc. 1824 and 1828.
A NATIVE OF THE SOUTH, _phras._ [Dr. COOPER].
Memoirs of a Nullifier, written by himself. [A political fiction].
Columbia, 1832.
AN ATTORNEY, _titlonym_ [Sir G. STEPHEN].
See Emptor (C.) _ps._
AN EAST ANGLIAN, _geonym_ [CHARLES FEIST].
Thoughts in Rhyme. 1825.
R. Inglis, _N. & Q._
AN ENGLISHMAN, _geonym_ [J. C. HOBHOUSE, Lord Broughton].
The substance of some letters, written by, etc., resident at Paris
during the last reign of the Emperor Napoleon. 1816.
AN ENGLISHMAN, _pseudo-geonym_ [JOHN GOUGH, Bookseller of Dublin].
A Tour in Ireland, in 1813 and 14, etc. Dublin, 1817.
AN ENGLISHMAN, _geonym_ [Lord HOLLAND].
Letter [on Constitutional Government] to a Neapolitan [the Duke di
Gallo], from, &c. 1815 and 1818.
AN ENGLISHMAN, _supposed-author_ [J. DALLINGER].
The General Use of Machinery at a time when the poor are starving
for want of employment, proved to be destructive to the Morals and
Happiness of the Nation. Dallinghoo. 1821. Signed “An Englishman.”
AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER, _phreno-geonym_ [THOMAS DE QUINCY].
Confessions of an, etc. 1845.
This work seems to have been translated into French in 1828, by A. D.
M. Charles Joliet in his Pseudonymes du Jour, 1867 (Pseudonymes _des
Journaux_ would have been a more correct title), says that it is not
all translation, as “Alfred de Musset” inserted some autobiography.
AN ENGLISHWOMAN, _geonym_ [Miss WALDIE].
Narrative of a Residence in Belgium, 1815, and of a Visit to the
Field of Waterloo, 1817.
ANGLICANUS, _geonym_ [R. S. ELLIS].
The Traveller’s Handbook to Copenhagen and its Environs, etc.
Copenhagen, 1853.
AN ILL-USED CANDIDATE, _sup.-aut._ [J. C. CALEY].
Indignant Rhymes, etc. 1859.
AN INHABITANT, _disguised-author_ [HENRY POWNALL].
Some Particulars relating to the History of Epsom ... Mineral waters,
Palaces, etc. Epsom, 1825.
AN INVALID, _phren._ [Hon. ROBERT FULKE GREVILLE].
Outlines selected from the blotting book of, etc. 1825. Only 50
copies privately printed.
AN INVALID, _phrenonym_ [Miss HARRIET MARTINEAU].
Life in the Sick-room, essays. 1844.
AN IRISH LADY, _geonym_ [Mrs. S. D. GREER].
Vindication of Friends (by one not a member), from Slanders contained
in a book just published entitled “Quakerism, or the story of my
Life.” (By Mrs. J. K. Greer). Phil., 1852.
AN IRISHWOMAN, _geonym_ [Miss ANNA PERRIER].
The Irishman. _S. O. Beeton_, 1866.
Republished from “The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine,” in which it
appeared as, The Irishman in Reality and Romance. This fact is not
stated in the reprint.
In a review of “a Walking Tour Round Ireland by an Englishman” in
The Times for the 9th Oct., 1867, the above work was mentioned
as an authority for some points. The following day the authoress
wrote complaining that the passages from her work ought to have
been in inverted commas! The editor justly remarked that she
seemed “the most unreasonable woman in the world.”
ANN, _prenonym_ [Mrs. _Ann Thomas_].
The Dovecot. From the Journal of Prätzel. In Cobbett’s Mag., Feb.
1834.
AN OCTOGENARIAN, _disguised-author_ [JAMES ROCHE, a learned and
copious contributor to the Gentleman’s Mag. In “The Prout Papers” he
is called the Roscoe of Cork].
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays. Cork, 1850.
Only 100 copies privately printed. See Martin C. of P. P. B.
AN OLD ANGLER AND BIBLIOPOLIST, _phreno-demonym_ [THOS. BOOSEY].
Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings. 1835.
AN OLD MAID, _phraseonym_ [Miss PHILLIPS].
My Life and what shall I do with it? A question for young
gentlewomen. 1860.
AN OLD MAN, _dem._ [Sir FRANCIS BOND HEAD, Bart.].
Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau. 6th edit. 1841.
“The Earth hath bubbles as the water hath,
And these are of them.”
AN OPERA GOER, _phraseonym_, [D. G. MITCHELL].
The Lorgnette; or, Studies of the Town. New York, 1832. “Set off with
Mr. Darley’s designs.”
The Opera Goer, or Studies of the Town, by ---- (with a preface
signed John Timon, _pseud._) [D. G. M.]. 2nd edition. New York, 1850.
By the way “an English play-goer” now (Oct. 1867) writing from
America, is the dramatic critic of “The Times,” (where the letters
appear,) Mr. John Oxenford.
A NORTH COUNTRY ANGLER, _phreno-geonym_ [THOMAS DOUBLEDAY].
Coquet-Dale Fishing Songs, now first collected and edited by, etc.
Edinb., _Blackwood_, 1852.
ANTHONY (Grey) _pseudonym_ [HENRY CARL SCHILLER].
Christmas at the Grange. _Graham_, 1845, 2 vols.
The Illustrations are by the author.
We may also notice from the pen of this gentleman, the libretto
of “Bride of Kynast, a Grand Romantic Opera in three acts. Lond.,
printed by J. Miles & Co., 1864.” Only a few copies were printed at
the expense of the late Alfred Mellon, who intended to compose the
Music to it. He abandoned it because the author would not part with
his copyright for less than fifty pounds above the one hundred Mellon
offered him. It is one of the best librettos we have read.
A PASTOR’S WIFE, _titlonym_ [Mrs. MARTHA STONE HUBBELL].
The Shady Side; or, Life in a Country Parsonage. Boston (America) and
Lond., 1853.
40,000 copies were sold within a year of its publication.
A PHILADELPHIAN, _geonym_ [W. WILLIAMS, author of Travellers thro’
New England].
A Handbook for the Stranger in Philadelphia. Phil., 1849.
A PHYSICIAN, _titlonym_ [Dr. J. AYRTON PARIS].
A Guide to the Mount’s Bay, and the Land’s End. 2nd edition. 1824.
A PHYSICIAN, _titlonym_ [S. DICKSON?]
London Medical Practice, its Sins and Shortcomings. 1860.
A PHYSICIAN, _titlonym_ [J. HOSKYNS].
A Commentary on “The Revelation of Jesus Christ....” 2nd edition.
Dublin, 1863.
A POET, _dem._ [JAMES MONTGOMERY, of Sheffield].
Prose by a Poet. 2 vols, 1824.
A POET, _pseudonym_ [L. OSBORN].
Confessions of a Poet (a Novel). 2 vols, Phil., 1835.
APTOMMAS (Mr.), _scenonym_ [Mr. THOMAS, the well known harpist. This
gentleman _Welshified_ his name, probably for the sake of euphony].
A History of the Harp, published by the Author in numbers, at the
Conservatorie de la Harpe, New York. 1864.
ARACHNOPHILUS, _phrenonym_ [ADAM WHITE, of the British Museum].
A contribution towards an argument for the Plenary Inspiration of
Scripture ... as proved by ... Egyptian and Assyrian remains, etc.
1851.
ARISTIDES, _pseudonym_ [FRANCIS WILLIAM BLAGDON].
A pamphlet reflecting on the naval administration of Earl St.
Vincent, which was suppressed, and the author imprisoned for six
months. 1805.
ARNET (John Andrews), _pseudonym_ [JOHN HANNETT].
Bibliopegia, or the Art of Bookbinding in all its Branches. 1835 and
1837.
Afterwards published under his real name.
A ROMAN CATHOLIC, _demonym_ [H. F. IVERS].
Important Questions affecting the existence of the Roman Catholic
Church in England, etc. 1854.
A. S., _initialism_ [ANNA SWANWICK?]
The Complete Works of Shakespeare, edited by A. S., 1851.
A. S., _initialism_ [ANNA SHIPTON].
The Child Minister. By the author of Tell Jesus. 1866.
A SAILOR, _pseudonym_ [Rev. JOSHUA LARWOOD, Rector of Swanton Morley,
Norfolk].
Erratics by, etc., containing Rambles in Norfolk and elsewhere. 1809.
J. R. S.
A SOUTHERNER, _geonym_ [SEYMOUR R. DUKE].
Osceola, or Fact and Fiction. A tale of the Seminole War. New York,
1838.
A STUDENT AT LAW, _dem._ [FREDK. KNIGHT HUNT].
The Fourth Estate; or, the Moral effects of the Press. _Ridgway_,
1839.
A. T., _initialism_ [Mrs. ANN THOMAS].
Clavigo: a tragedy, from the German of Goethe, in the Monthly Mag.
for Sept. and Oct., 1834.
The Steam Excursion by “Boz” is in the number for October.
A TRAVELLER, _phrenonym_ [HENRY SALT].
Egypt, a descriptive Poem. Alexandria, 1824.
Only 50 copies printed. It is the first English work carried
through, in Alexandria; and the compositor was entirely ignorant of
the language in which it is written.
See Martin, Cat.
A TRAVELLER, _phrenonym_ [JOHN BANIM].
Contributions particularly on “Theatrical Topics” in the Limerick
Evening Post.
A TRAVELLER, _phren._ [Mrs. A. ROYALL].
Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the United States. New
Haven, 1826.
A TRAVELLING BACHELOR, _phrenonym_ [JAMES FENIMORE COOPER].
Notions of the Americans, picked up by, etc. Phil., 1838.
We lately saw a very nice copy of these two volumes at a book-stall,
marked at a price which unmistakably betrayed ignorance of their
authorship.
A TRINITY MAN, _disguised-author_ [J. M. WRIGHT, Mathematician].
Alma Mater, or Seven Years at Cambridge University. _Black_, 2 vols,
8vo.
This is believed to have been suppressed.
A VIRGINIAN, _geonym_ [WILLIAM CARRUTHERS].
The Kentuckian in New York, or the adventures of three Southerners.
New York, 1834.
_See Allibone._
A VIRGINIAN, _geonym_ [R. TYLER].
Ahasuerus, a poem. New York, 1842.
A VOYAGER, _phrenonym_ [G. HILL].
The Ruins of Athens, with other poems. Washington, 1831.
A WALKING GENTLEMAN, _phraseonym_ [THOMAS COLLEY GRATTAN, the Irish
Novelist].
High-ways and Bye-ways; or Tales of the Road-side, picked up in the
French Provinces by ----. 1825.
A WONDERFUL QUIZ, _ironym_ [J. R. LOWELL].
Reader! Walk up at once (it will soon be too late) and buy at a
perfectly ruinous rate, a fable for critics.... By ----. New York,
1st and 2nd edition, 1848. (In verse).
A YANKEE, _geonym_ [J. H. INGRAHAM].
The South West [Travels]. New York. 1835.
A YOUNG AMERICAN, _phreno-geonym_ [ALEXANDER SLIDELL, afterwards
SLIDELL MACKENZIE, Admiral U. S. Navy].
A Year in Spain, 1836. Spain revisited, 1836.
B.
B. _pseud._ [Rt. Hon. GEO. CANNING].
He signed “B” articles in _The Microcosm_, a Journal entirely edited
by Etonians.
_Biog. Dic. of Liv. Aut._, 1816.
B. _initialism_ [Mr. BLACK]. See, also Q.
Readings by Starlight in the “Evening Star,” signed B.
B----. (Lord) _disguised-author_ [F. R. CHICHESTER, Earl of BELFAST].
Masters and Workmen, a tale. _T. C. Newby_, 1851.
B * * * * (Lieut.-Col.) _disguised-author_ [HENRY CHARLES BUNBURY].
The Whist-Player. Laws, and Practice of Short Whist. _Addey & Co._,
1857. 2nd edition. _Chapman & H._, 1858.
B * * * * * (Colonel) _disg.-aut._ [ ].
A Handbook to the Game of Billiards, addressed to the notice of the
Proficient, with the Laws, etc., and 44 diagrams. _T. & W. Boone_,
1841. 12mo, pp. 72. Dedicated to H. R. H. Prince Albert.
B * * * * * * * (Lord) _disguised-author_ [F. R. CHICHESTER, Earl of
BELFAST].
The Farce of Life, a novel. _T. C. Newby_, 1852. Wealth and Labour,
a novel, 1853. The County Magistrate.--Naples; Political, Social, and
Religious. ’56. The Fate of Folly, 1859.
BADHAM (Rev. C.)
This gentleman figures in our list for _plagiarism_, committed in his
“History of All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk,” of which he is convicted
by W. Hastings Kelke, author of _Sepulchral Monuments_, from which
work he plagiarises--they will be found at pp. 4, 41, of the latter
and pp. 44, 60, of the former.
_N. & Q, 1st S. vi. 504_
BALDWIN (Rev. Edward) _pseudo-titlonym_ [WILLIAM GODWIN, bookseller,
publisher, novelist: author of “Caleb Williams,” and others].
The Pantheon ... Gods of Greece, 1806. A new and improved Grammar by
W. Hazlitt, to which is added a Guide, etc., by E. B., 1810. Fables,
Ancient and Modern, 9th edit., 1821. The History of England, 1827.
History of Greece, 2nd edit., 1828 and 1862. History of Rome, 6th
edit., 1835 and 1862.
Several of these works have been reprinted in America, and most of
them have had editions up to the present time.
BANTRY (Ign. L.) see: The Catholic Bishop of.
BARBER (George) _abbreviation_, see BEAUMONT, George.
BARCLAY (J. T.) M.D., Missionary to Jerusalem.