of the imposition, and the chastisement of the impostor fell
into able hands. Upon its publication the work attracted the
attention of the Rev. John Douglas, afterwards Bishop of
Salisbury, whose jealous regard for the reputation of Milton,
induced him to investigate its contents. Confident of the great
poet’s integrity, and not content with Lauder’s assertions, he
proceeded, with considerable pains, to search for the passages
which had been quoted from Masenius, Staphorstius, Grotius,
and others. The result was most triumphant: in nearly every
instance he found that Lauder had tampered with the text, and
had impudently inserted several lines of a translation of the
‘Paradise Lost’ in Latin hexameters by William Hogg, and others
of his own manufacture. The detection was so complete that the
impostor had no alternative but confession. A full avowal of
the fraud was accordingly drawn up by Dr. Samuel Johnson, who
naturally enough considered his reputation somewhat involved in
the transaction, and after some demur signed by Lauder. Upon a
calm review of the whole circumstances of the case, we cannot,
however, absolve Johnson from all blame. That he was the dupe
of the impostor, and entirely innocent of the fraud, will be
readily admitted; but can it be said that he exercised a proper
discretion, in giving his sanction and support to a charge the
accuracy of which he had not taken the trouble to investigate?...
“After the appearance of Dr. Douglas’s reply the following
advertisement (which we quote as a literary curiosity in its way)
was inserted in the public newspapers by Lauder’s publishers:--
“White Hart in Paternoster Row, London, Nov. 28, 1750.
“Upon the publication of the Rev. Mr. Douglas’s Defence of
Milton, in answer to Lauder, we immediately sent to Lauder, and
insisted upon his clearing himself from the charge of forgery
which Dr. Douglas has brought against him, by producing the books
in question. _He has this day admitted the charge_, but with
great insensibility.
“We therefore disclaim all connexion with him, and shall for the
future sell his book ONLY as a masterpiece of fraud, which the
public may be supplied with at 1s. 6d., stitched.
“JOHN PAYNE.
“JOSEPH BOUQUET.”
For further particulars refer to the article quoted (Sharpe’s
Lond. Mag., 1849), to Allibone, to Lowndes by Bohn, Poule’s Index
to Periodical Lit., Notes and Queries, etc.
L. E., _init._ [Mrs. EDWARDS].
Dial of Meditation and Prayer. Lond., 1858.
L. E., _initialism_ [Hon. ELEANOR EDEN].
Easton and its Inhabitants; or, Sketches of Life in a Country Town.
London, 1858.
LEIGH (Cousin) _pseud._ [ ].
The Co-Heiress of Willingham. London, 1854.
L. E. L., _initialism_ [LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON, afterwards MACLEAN].
The Improvisatrice, 1824. The Troubadour, 1825. The Golden Violet,
1827. The Venetian Bracelet, 1829. Romance and Reality, 1831.
Fisher’s Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832. The Easter Gift, 1832.
Francesca Carrara, 3 vols, 1834 and 1862. Poems from the English
Bijou Almanack, 1835. A Birthday Tribute, 1837. Ethel Churchill, or
The Two Brides, 1837, 3 vols. Flowers of Loveliness, 1838. All London.
L. F. F. M., _init._ [MILLER].
Cats and Dogs, Nature’s Warriors and God’s Workers, or Mrs. Myrtle’s
Lessons in Natural History. Lond. and Edinb., 1857.
LIMNER (Luke), Esq., _pseud._ [F. S. LEIGHTON, F.A.S.].
London Cries and Public Edifices. [Lond., 1847], 16mo. London out
of Town; or the Adventures of the Browns by the Sea-side [1847],
oblong 16mo. Suggestions in Design ... for the use of Artists and Art
Workmen, 185-23, 4to.
Christmas Comes but Once a Year. London, _Tegg_ [1847?], 16mo.
A “card” to suspend in the library. The rules on this card are
excellent and reprinted in Notes and Queries, 1 s. vi. 94, to
which periodical he contributed under the above pseudonym.
LITTLE (Thomas) Esq., _pseud._ [MOORE].
The Poetical Works of the late T. L., Esq. 1801.
Editions up to the present time.
LITTLE (Thomas) Junior, _pseud._ [ ].
The Poetical Works of, etc. Sunderland, 1816. The preface is signed
J. H. H. H.
LITTLEJOHN, _pseud._ [FREDERIC GUEST TOMLINS].
Wrote a series of articles in the Weekly Times under this
signature.
LITTLETON (Mark), _pseud._ [_John P. Kennedy_].
Swallow Barn. Philadelphia, 1832.
L. N. R., _initialism_ [Mrs. RANYARD].
The Book and its Story; a Narrative for the Young: on occasion of the
Jubilee of the British and Foreign Bible Society, by L. N. R., with
an introductory preface by T. Phillips. 1853, 10th edit., 1857.
Nearly 50,000 copies of this work have been sold--or given away.
The Missing Link, or Bible-Women in the Homes of the London Poor,
1859. Nineveh and its Relics in the British Museum. Birmingham, 1855,
and Opportunities [same, both], by the Author of the Border Land, and
others.
This lady has been convicted of _plagiarism_ by Mr. E. H.
Plumptre, in _The Athenæum_, April 1866, p. 531. Dr. Smith’s
Dictionary of the Bible is the work which L. N. R. has freely
used in her “Stones Crying Out. 1866.”
LOT, Parson, _pseud._ [Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY].
Cheap Clothes and Nasty. London, 1850.
LOTHRUP (Amy) _pseud._ [Miss ANNA B. WARNER].
Dollars and Cents. Lond., Edinb., and New York, 1854. And a great
many other works.
LOVECHILD (Louisa) _phrenonym_ [ ].
Natural History ... for Little Folk. Lond., [1833].
LOVECHILD (Solomon), _pseud._ [LADY FENN].
Sketches of Little Boys and Girls, 1852. And others.
M.
M. (Eleanor), _disguised-author_ [ ].
Edith of Graystock. _H. Lindsell_, Wimpole Street, 1833.
M. (Rose C.), _init._ [MONCKTON].
Letters from Futtehgurh. Clifton, [1858].
MAC-SARCASM (Rev. Sir Archibald) Bart., _pseudo-titlonym_ [ ].
The Life of Hannah More, with critical review of her Writings.
London, 1802.
MAC-SHIMI (Gillespie) _ps._ [ARCHIBALD SIMSON].
Annals of such patriots of the distinguished family of Fraser,
Frysell, Sim-son, or Fitz-simon, as have signalised themselves in
the public service of Scotland; from the time of their first arrival
in Britain ... until their settlement as Lords of Oliver Castle and
Tweedale, etc. Edinburgh, reprinted, 1805.
M. A. K., _init._ [KELTY].
Emma; or, Recollections of a Friend. Lond., _Longman_, 1850.
Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling. Lond., 1852.
See: the Author of ‘Visiting my Relations,’ 1867.
MALAGROWTHER (Malachi), _ps._ [Sir W. SCOTT].
Thoughts on the proposed change of Currency, as they are intended to
affect Scotland. Edinb., 1826.
MANNERS (Motley), _phren._ [A. J. DUGANNE].
Parnassus in Pillory, a Satire. New York, 1851.
MARCLIFFE (Theophilus), _pseud._ [WILLIAM GODWIN, author of “Caleb
Williams,” &c.].
The Looking-glass; A true History of the Early History of an Artist,
etc. 1805.
“Circumstances point to Mr. Mulready; and that well known
collector of artistic gossip, J. T. Smith, quoting an anecdote
from the _Looking-glass_, in his account of the sculptor Banks
(_Nollekins and his Times_, ii. 200) affirms, without hesitation,
that the artist is Mr. Mulready.”
_N. & Q._, 3 _s._
MARIOTTI (L.) _pseud._ [A. GALLENGA].
Several Pieces on Italy, 1847-51.
A Historical Memoir of Fra Dolcino and his Times. 1853.
Italian Grammar, 1858. All London.
MARKHAM (Mrs.) _pseud._ [Mrs. ELIZABETH PENROSE].
A History of England, 182--? of France, 1828; new editions up to the
present time.
New Children’s Friend, consisting of Tales and Conversations for
Young Persons, 1836. Sermons for Children, Lond., _J. Murray_. 1837.
Posthumous.
MARTEL (Charles) _pseud._ [THOMAS DELF, editor of “Appleton’s
Librarian’s Manual”].
Has translated Chevereul’s Principles of Harmony ... of Colors, from
the French, 1847; and Flourens on Human Longevity, 1855. His original
publications are: The Principles of Colouring in Painting, 1855; same
of Form in Ornamental Art, 1856. Love Letters of Eminent Persons,
1859. A Better Patrimony than Gold, 1864. The Detective’s Note-book,
1860. Diary of an Ex-Detective, 1860. A Dictionary of Love. Halifax,
1860.
MARVEL (Ike) _pseud._ [DONALD GRANT MITCHELL].
The Battle Summer: being transcripts from personal observations in
Paris, during the year 1848. New York, 1850. Reveries of a Bachelor,
or a Book of the Heart, 12th edition, 1851; other editions. Dream
Life, a parable of the seasons.
The dedication is signed D. G. M. It has been translated into
French, with the author’s permission. He has written other works.
MAY (Edith) _pseud._ [ANNA DRINKWATER, a Native of Pennsylvania, has
obtained considerable distinction as a Poetess.--_Allibone_].
Katy’s Story. Philadelphia, 1855.
MAYNARD (Walter) _pseud._ [WILLIAM BEALE].
The Enterprising Impresario. _Bradbury & Evans_, 1867.
In his remarkably free gossip about managers and opera-singers,
Mr. Walter Maynard certainly has done his best to satisfy the
curiosity which desires to get behind the scenes and into the
green-room, and to discover the complicated machinery which works
out our public amusement.--_The Chronicle, Sept. 7, 1867._
M---- B----, _ps._ [ ].
To-Morrow (a religious tale). Wellington, Salop, 1817.
M. B., _pseudonym_ [MARY LAMB].
Mrs. Leicester’s School. 4th edition, Lond., 1814.
M. B., _initialism_ [MONA DREW, afterwards BICKERSTETH].
Poems. Wales, 1856.
J. P.
M. D., initialism [MARCUS DAVIS].
Startling Revelations; or, where shall we seek Justice? A lesson in
Law. Dedicated to the Foreign and English Investor, to Legislators,
and to Everybody. Sold Everywhere [1867]. Signed M. D.
M * * * e. (T * * * y) [THOMAS MOORE].
See The Editor of the New Whig Guide.
MEANWELL (Edward) _fictitious name_ [ ].
The Dialogists; or the circuit of Banco Regis, a serio-comic Sketch
... exhibiting a true and interesting picture of Men and Things, set
forth in interlocutory observations between Mr. E. M. and Mr. T.
Wellbred, etc. London, [1810?]
MEANWELL (Margery) _fictitious name_ [ ].
Goody Two Shoes; or, the History of Little M. M. in Rhyme. London,
1825.
MEIRION, _ps._ [W. OWEN] in Monthly Mag., 1803.
M. E. M. J., author of Waldenburg, _initialism_ [MARGARET ELIZABETH
MARY JONES].
Jubal, a poem, 1839.
Waldenburg, which was written when the authoress was only in her
fourteenth year, has been dramatised under a different title.
N. & Q.
MERCUTIO, _phrenonym_ [WILLIAM WINTER].
MEREDITH (Owen) _pseud._ [Hon. EDWARD ROBERT BULWER LYTTON].
The Wanderer, a Poem, 1859. Lucill, 1860. The Ring of Amasis. From
the papers of a German Physician (Dr. N----.) edited by O. M., Lond.,
1863, 2 vols., and others.
MERTON (Ambrose) _pseud._ [THOMS].
Gammer Gurton’s Pleasant Stories of Patient Grissel, etc., newly
revised by ----, 1846.
MERTON (Tristram) _pseudonym_ [THOMAS BABINGTON Lord MACAULAY].
Several Sketches and Ballads in Knight’s Quarterly Magazine.
This pseudonym is not mentioned by Mr. Bohn who gives a list of
these pieces in his edition of Lowndes.
M. H., _initialism_ [Mrs. HULLAH].
A few Words about Music, containing Hints to Amateur Pianists.
London, _Novello_, 1851.
First appeared in _The Lady’s Newspaper_.
MILLER (Joe) _allonym_ [JAMES BALLANTYNE].
Old Joe Miller, by the Editor of New J. M., two Jest Books. London,
1801, 3 vols.
MONTGOMERY (Gerald) _pseud._ [Rev. GEO. MOULTRIE].
In _The Etonian_ and in Knight’s Quarterly Magazine.
MORAR, _pseud._ [Sir WILLIAM AUGUSTUS FRASER, Bart.]. Poems. 4to,
with an etching by George Cruikshank, dated 1866. Privately printed,
not for sale. No imprint.
MORE (Margareta) _pseud._ [MISS ANNE MANNING].
The Household of Sir Thomas More, 1851.
MORELL (Sir Charles) _pseudo-titlonym_ [JAMES RIDLEY]. See Horam,
_ps._
M. M. M., _pseud._ [W. TOOKE].
Verses, edited by ----, (only 80 copies privately printed). London,
1860.
MURPHY (Dennis Jasper) _pseud._ [Rev. C. MATURIN].
Fatal Revenge; or, the Family of Montaro; a romance. London, 1807.
Several pieces under this pseudonym. See Biographical Dictionary
of Living Authors, 1816.
M. W. R., _init._ [ROONEY, Bookseller, of Dublin].
The Last Leaf of the lately discovered copy of Hamlet, first edit.
(1603) ... reprinted Dublin, 1856.
See Lowndes by Bohn, p. 2276.
MYRTLE (Harriet) Mrs., _pseud._ [LYDIA F. F. MILLER].
This lady has written a number of Children’s Tales and _booklettes_
since 1846, under this pseudonym.
MYRTLE (Harriet) _pseud._ [MARY GILLIES].
More Fun for our Little Friends. London, 1864.
One person employing a pseudonym already used by another, is
much to be deprecated. We have not stigmatised the above as an
_allonym_, as we do not believe this lady had any intention to
deceive.
MYRTLE (Lewis) _pseud._ [ ].
Cap-sheaf, a fresh Bundle. New York, 1853.
MYRTLE (Minnie) _pseud._ [ ].
The Myrtle Wreath, or Stray Leaves recalled. New York, 1854. The
Iroquois, or the Bright Side of Indian Character, 1855.
N.
NAPEA (Oloff) _fictitious name_ [ ].
Letters from London. Observations of a Russian during a Residence in
England. Lond., 1816.
Of home manufacture; they are imitations of Espriella’s Letters.
See Quarterly Review, 1816, p. 53.
NAPOLEON I., Emperor of the French.
The Following works have been falsely, and with a fraudulent intent
to deceive, published as the writings of Napoleon.
Private Hours of Napoleon Bonaparte, from his earliest years to the
period of his Marriage with the Arch-Duchess Maria Louisa. Written by
himself during his residence in the Island of Elba. 2 vols., Paris.
London, (printed) 1816.
An edition in French also printed in London the same year.
Confessions de Napoléon, with the motto, “Un homme et toute
l’Europe.” Paris, 1816.
This is by P. G. S. Dufey, a French Barrister, and a prolific
author. On account of the police of Paris having seized this bad
novel, it has become scarce. See J. M. Quérard, La France Litt.
Manuscrit venu de St.-Hélène d’une manière inconnue. Lond., J.
Murray, 1st and 3rd editions, 1817.
These two anonymous works are attributed by Quérard to Bertrand,
an officer in the French Army.
Manuscrit de l’île d’Elbe, etc. Londres, _Ridgway_, 1818.
Napoleon his own Historian. Extracts from the original MS. of
Napoleon Bonaparte, by an American [ ]. London, _H. Colburn_, 1818.
French edition the same place and year.
Quarante Lettres inédites de Napoléon, recueillies par L. F. [written
by Dourille de Crest]. Paris, 1825.
Love letters supposedly written to a lady at Valence, on
Napoleon’s first visit to that town, when he was only a
lieutenant.
J. M. Q.
NAVA (Franz) _ps._ [EDWARD FRANCIS RIMBAULT].
A number of Musical Compositions, Arrangements, etc., under this
pseudonym since 1853.
NIMROD, _pseud._ [CHARLES JAMES APPERLEY].
Nimrod’s Northern Tour (in Vol IX of the New Sporting Magazine.
London, 1835.)
The Chace--The Road--The Turf, 1852.
Remarks on the Condition of Hunters (reprinted from the Sporting
Mag.) 4th edition, 1855.
The Horse and the Hound. Edinburgh, 1858.
Memoir of the Life of John Mytton.
NORTH (Christopher) _pseud._ [JOHN WILSON, Professor of Moral
Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh].
Heart-Break; the Trials of Literary Life, or recollections of C. N.
[a novel]. 1859.
Blackwood’s Magazine was edited by him under this pseudonym.
NORTH (Danby) _pseud._ [DANIEL OWEN MADDEN].
The Mildmayes, or the Clergyman’s Secret; a Story of Twenty Years
ago. London, 1856.
O.
O---- (W----) Esq., _disguised-author_ [WILLIAM OWEN].
A Brief Memoir of W---- O----, Esq. Lond., [1841].
O’DOHERTY (Sir Morgan) Bart., _pseudo-titlonym_ [WILLIAM MAGINN].
Maxims of Sir M. O’Doherty. Edinburgh, 1849.
He was a constant contributor to Blackwood’s Magazine under this
pseudonym.
OLDACRE (Cedric) of Saxe Normanby, _pseudonym_ [JOHN WOOD WARTER].
The Last of the Old Squires, a Sketch. Lond., 1854.
OLD CHATTY CHEERFUL, _phrenonym_ [WILLIAM MARTIN].
The Boy’s Own Annual. Lond., 1861 (signed W. M.)
OLD-NICK, _ironym_ [EMILE DAURAN FORGUES].
Jane Eyre, imités par, etc. Paris, 1846.
See BELL (Currer) _ps._
M. Forgues has translated or “imités” several other English
novels.
OLDSCHOOL (Oliver) _phren._ [JOSEPH DENNIE].
The Portfolio. Philadelphia, 1801-15.
OLDSTYLE (Jonathan) _phren._ [WASHINGTON IRVING].
Letters on the Drama. New York, 1802.
The author’s earliest production.
OLD TRAVELLERS. See Trusta (H.) _pseud._
OLIVER (Stephen) the Younger, of Aldwark, _pseud._ [W. A. CHATTO].
Scenes and Recollections of Fly Fishing in Northumberland, etc.
London, 1834.
OMNIUM (Gresham) _pseud._ [ ].
A Handy Guide to safe Investments, etc., 1858 and 1860.
OMNIUM (Jacob) _pseud._ [MATTHEW JAMES HIGGINS].
Is Cheap Sugar the Triumph of Free Trade? 3 Letters to Lord John
Russell, London, 1847 and 1848. Light Horse, 1855. Letters on
Military Education, 1856.
ONE OF NO PARTY, _phraseonym_ [JAMES GRANT, editor of the Morning
Chronicle].
Random Recollections of the House of Commons. London, 1836.
ONE OF THE FANCY, _phras._ [THOMAS MOORE].
See Crib (Tom) _ph._, 1819.
ONE OF THEM, _phraseonym_ [ ].
Who shall be President Next? addressed not to the Politicians but to
the People. 8vo, 16 pp.
ONE OF THE MIDDLING CLASSES, _phraseonym_ [ ].
Three Letters to the People, by ----. Lond., Southampton (printed)
[1835].
ONE OF THE PARTY, _phraseonym_ [F. TAYLOR].
Ella V----, or the July Tour. New York, 1841.
ONESIMUS, _pseud._ Numbers of authors have written under this
pseudonym, but they are all unknown.
ONE WHO HAS NEVER QUITTED HIM FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, _phraseonym_ [C.
DORIS].
Secret Mémoires of Napoleon Bonaparte. Written by, etc. Translated
from the French. 1815. German Translation, 1817.
An Historical Survey of the Character of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1815.
ONE WHO HAS WHISTLED AT THE PLOUGH, _phraseonym_ [ALEXANDER
SOMERVILLE].
The Autobiography of a Working Man. Lond., 1848.
This was first published in the Manchester Examiner. He signed
himself “The Whistler” in the newspapers.
ONE WHO IS BUT AN ATTORNEY, _enigmatic phraseonym_ [GEORGE BUTT, of
Salisbury].
A Peep at the Wiltshire Assizes, a Serio-Ludicrous Poem. _Brodie &
Dowdney_, Salisbury [1820], price 13s. 4d.
“This was published in 1819: its circulation was limited to
Wiltshire and the adjoining counties: except that Mr. John Long,
the High Sheriff, in that year presented two, by his own wish to
Graham and Best, on the Circuit.... I do not know how to obtain 3
more copies of this.”--_MS. Note in the B.M. copy._
See Notes and Queries, 2 S. ii., 229. 277.
ONE WHO IS REALLY AN ENGLISHMAN, _phraseonym_ [C. W. SMITH].
Letters published in The Sun, by C. W. S[MITH] justifying the Coup
d’Etat of the 2nd Dec., and condemning the ... attack of the “Times,”
and other journals in their comments upon the policy of the Emperor
Napoleon III., by ----. Lond., 1853.
ONE WHO LOVES THE SOULS OF THE LAMBS of Christ’s Flock, _phraseonym_
[Rev. _Richard Marks_, Vicar of Great Missenden, Bucks?]
English History for Children, from four to ten years of Age. London,
_J. Nisbet_, 1832-3.
We dare not allow ourselves to comment upon a person who uses
such a pseudonym as this.
ONE WHO THINKS FOR HIMSELF, _phraseonym_ [ ].
Metropolitan Grievances; or a serio-comic Glance at Minor Mischiefs
in London, &c. Plate by G. Cruikshank. _Sherwood_, 1812.
We could not find a better instance of the careful manner in
which books are read through, when required for the purpose of
cataloguing them at the British Museum, than this little work.
At p. 42 we read “Here I am, Thomas Truewit, Esq., the renowned
author of the ‘Grievances,’” etc., and from this the work is
catalogued under ‘Truewit.’
O’REILLY (Miles) _ps._ [Colonel CHARLES G. HALPINE].
The Life and Adventures, Songs, Services ... of Private ----.... With
comic illustrations by Mullen. From the authentic records of the New
York Herald. New York, 1864.
Baked Meats of the Funeral ... Essays, etc. By Private M. O’Reilly.
New York, 1866.
OSBORNE (Edward) _fictitious name_ [Miss ANNE MANNING].
The Colloquies of E. O., Citizen and Cloth Worker of London, as
reported, By ye author of “Mary Powell” (q.v.), 1860.
OUIDA, _pseudonym_ [Miss RAME].
Cecil Castlemane’s Gage. Chandos, 3 vols., 1866. Randolph Gordon.
Strathmore. Held in Bondage, or Granville de Vigne, 1863.
Idalia--Under Two Flags, 1867. Mostly in 3 vols., all London.
We do not gather from this lady’s works that any of them have
appeared in periodical publications.
OWEN (Ashford) _pseudandry_ [ANNIE OGLE].
A Lost Love. Lond., Edinb. (printed). 1855.
OXFORD MEMBERS, _geonym._
See Contributors to Tracts for the Times.
P.
P. (Professor). See A * * * * * (Major) _init._ [POLE].
P---- (P----) Poet Laureate [i.e., Peter Pindar] _allonym_ [GEORGE
DANIEL].
R----l [Royal] Stripes, or a Kick from Yar----h [Yarmouth] to Wa----s
[Wales, afterwards George IV.], with particulars of an expedition to
Oatlands, and the Sprained Ancle, 1812.
This was suppressed.
PARLEY (Peter) _pseudonym_ [SAMUEL GRISWOLD GOODRICH, an American
bookseller, who afterwards devoted himself entirely to Authorship.
“In 1851, the President of the United States--his excellency Millard
Fillmore--conferred a deserved compliment upon Mr. Goodrich by
appointing him consul at Paris.”]
In the history of the world it would be impossible, we think, to
find a more popular pseudonym than that of Peter Parley. Since
1828, one hundred and seventy volumes, bearing that name, or
edited under it, have been issued. Of all these about 7,000,000
of volumes have been sold: about 300,000 volumes are now sold
annually. Our plan precludes our giving the titles of these
works, on almost every subject; but the curious reader will
find a complete list in S. A. Allibone’s Critical Dictionary of
English Literature, 1859.
PARLEY (Peter). This pseudonym has been claimed, but without cause,
and after his death, for the late Mr. S. Kettell (of America) the
only pretext being that he had worked for the real “Simon Pure.” But
the claim was as unjust as that now set up by Mr. Pugin that his
father designed the Houses of Parliament.
PARLEY (Peter) _impostor_.
As we have before observed that it would be almost impossible to
find a name under which more popular and useful works have been
written than this; so we think it would be difficult to find one
which has been more the subject of barefaced and open robbery,
both on the part of literators and publishers.
Among the most notorious we have Peter Parley’s Annual, _Darton &
Co._ (publishers), continued from 1841 to 1855, 14 vols. And 12
others by the same publishers, all spurious. Life of St. Paul,
_Simpkins_, 1845. Visit to London, 1838, and Twelve Apostles,
_Bogue_, 1844. 8 published by _Tegg_, 1837-40. Bible Geography,
_J. S. Hodson_, 1839. Child’s First Step, _Clements_, 1839.
PARLEY (Peter) _impostor_ [WILLIAM MARTIN].
Peter Parley’s Annual: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for Young
People. Edited by William Martin. (Darton & Co.) Lond., 1867. This is
one of the spurious works above referred to.
The author who has so long traded on a dead writer’s _nom de
plume_ avows himself. His name is William Martin. To those who
care for Samuel Goodrich’s honest fame in the world of letters,
it will be interesting to know that his impersonator has again
flung away a piece of his mask, and stands revealed as William
Martin, Holly Lodge. Mr. Martin, you have taken one step in
the right direction, and we congratulate you on that sign of
uneasiness, if not of penitence. Why not take another step, and
desist altogether from using Peter Parley’s title, to which you
have no kind of right that can be recognised in a court of honour.
Athenæum, Jan. 5, 1867, No. 2045, p. 29.
P. P’s Peeps at Paris, 1848. Our Oriental Kingdom, or Tales about
India, 1857. The Travels, Voyages and Adventures of Gilbert Go-Ahead,
1857. The Hatchings of me and my Schoolfellows, edited by W. Martin
1858. P. P’s. Own Favourite Story Book, edited by W. M., 1864. The
Holiday Keepsake, 1865.
We do not believe this list to contain anything like the number
of spurious works.
PARLEY (Peter) _impostor_ [GEORGE MOGRIDGE].
Tales about Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea, 1827.
Great Britain and Ireland. Tales about Greece, 1837. Tales about Rome
and Modern Italy, 1839.
These are imitations of the real P. P.’s tales about Ancient and
modern Greece. This seems to be the earliest thief.