The Lives of the Twelve Apostles, 1844. The Life and Journeys of Paul
the Apostle, 1845. The Travels and Adventures of Thomas Trotter,
of Boston, U.S. [_apocryph_], as told by himself. Edited by Peter
Parley, 1845.
This edition was revised by the Rev. T. Wilson.
“There are still other counterfeits of Parley’s works, issued by
various parties in London. The utter disregard of truth, honour,
and decency, on the part of respectable British authors and
publishers in this wholesale system of imposition and injustice,
is all the more remarkable when we consider that the British
public and especially the British authors and booksellers are
denouncing us in America as pirates, for refusing international
copyright.
“The conduct of all these parties places them, morally, on a
footing with other counterfeiters and forgers: public opinion,
in the United States, would consign persons conducting in this
manner to the same degree of reprobation. Can it be that, in
England, a man who utters a counterfeit five-pound note is sent
to Newgate, while another may issue thousands of counterfeit
volumes and not destroy his reputation?”--S. G. GOODRICH, _see
Allibone_.
PARTINGTON (Mrs.) _pseudonym_ [B. P. SHILLABER].
The Sayings and Doings of ----. Lond., 1854. Mrs. P.’s Tea Party and
Trip to Paris, 1856.
PASQUIN, _pseud._ [ ].
Legendes ofe the 19th Century. The Dragone ofe Oxforde ande St.
George ofe Sainte Stevene’s. Part the first. Writ by Pasquin. Lond.,
Bath, printed 1853. No more published.
PASQUIN (Adolphus) _pseud._ [ ].
The Age of Lead. A Satire ... with an Introduction by G. Gilfillan.
Lond., 1858.
PASTORINI (Sig.) _pseud._ [CHARLES WALMESLEY, Bishop of Rama].
The General History of the Christian Church, from her Birth to her
final triumphant state in Heaven. 4th edition, New York, 1846.
PAUL, _pseud._ [Sir W. SCOTT].
Paul’s Letters to his Kinsfolk. Lond. and Edinb., 1816.
The copy in the British Museum has MS. corrections by Sir W.
Scott.
P. B. St. J., _initialism_ [PERCY B. ST. JOHN (pronounced Sinjen)].
These initials are signed at the end of a story called “Quadroona,”
in the London Journal. _G. Vickers_, Nos. 599-627, 1856-7.
He signs “Blythe Hall,” the tale before the above in full.
PEACOCK (Timothy) _fictitious name_.
See A Member of the Vermont Bar.
PELHAM (M.) _pseudonym_ [Sir R. PHILLIPS].
The Parent’s and Tutor’s first Catechism (with a clockface and moving
hands.) Printed for R. P., the author.
We have been unable to ascertain whether this “authoress,” as he
calls her in the preface, was married or not, and, in fact, the
gallant vegetarian was somewhat in doubt himself, we think.
See N. & Q., 3 S. xii. 394.
PENDENNIS (Arthur) _pseud._ [WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY].
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a most respectable family, edited by ----.
Lond., 1854.
PENFEATHER (Amabel) _pseud._ [ ].
Elinor Wyllys; or, the Young Folk of Longbridge, a tale, by ----.
Edited by J. F. Cooper. Phil., 1846, 2 vols.
PENN (William) _pseud._ [JEREMIAH EVERTS].
Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American
Indians; first published in the National Intelligencer, under the
signature of ----. Phil., 1830.
PENROSE (Llewellyn) _fictitious name_ [JOHN EAGLES].
Journal of ----, a Seaman. Lond., 1815, 12mo, 4 vols. Since
republished.
PEPPER (K. N.) _phrenonym_ [JAMES W. MORRIS].
PEPPERCORN (H.) M.D., _supposed-author_ [Rev. R. H. BARHAM].
Some verses as above, entitled “The Dark-Looking Man,” first
published in the _Globe and Traveller_, of which the following is the
moral:
Merchants, East and West India, now list to me, pray,
Attend to the moral I draw from my lay--
Shun strife, nor let Port e’er your senses trepan;
Above all, don’t fall out with a dark-looking man!
See N. & Q. 3 S. xii.
PEPPERCORN (Peter) M.D., _phren._ [THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK].
Some capital verses, “Rich and Poor, or Saint and Sinner,” also first
published in _The Globe and Traveller_, beginning:--
“The poor man’s sins are glaring
In the face of ghostly warning;
He is caught in the fact
Of an overt act,
Buying greens on Sunday morning.”
_S. Blyth, N. & Q._
PERCY (Sholto) _pseud._ [J. C. ROBERTSON].
Sir W. Scott, his Novels, &c., abridged, &c.
PERCY (Sholto) _pseud._ [ROBERTSON].
The Percy Anecdotes, by SHOLTO [J. C. ROBERTSON] and REUBEN PERCY
[THOMAS BYERLEY] Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont. Berger
[_pseudo-titlonym_]. Lond., 1820-3, 12mo, 20 vols.
The History of London, by the same, 1824.
Notes & Queries 1 S. vii. 214.
PERSIC (Peregrine) _pseud._ [JAMES MORIER].
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. Lond., 1824.
PETER, _pseud._ [JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART, Sir Walter Scott’s son-in-law].
Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk. Edin., 1819. 3 vols.
First appeared in Blackwood’s Mag.
P. H., see W. D.
PHILALETHES, M.A., Oxon., _phrenonym_ [ROBERT FELLOWES].
History of Ceylon from the earliest period to the year 1815,
religion, laws, and manners of the People, their Maxims and ancient
proverbs. By ----, to which is subjoined Robt. Knox’s historical
relation of the Island, and his Captivity for nearly 20 years, &c.
Lond., 1817. 4to.
Ceylon being seceded to the English, caused Knox’s long-forgotten
book to be resuscitated. The publisher no doubt considered that a
second edition of a work originally published in 1681 would not
be likely to attract attention; he therefore got an introduction
written, and appended the work of Knox, which forms the staple of
the book.
PHILALETHES, _phren._ [Sir R. J. W. HORTON].
On Colonies. Lond., 1839.
N. & Q. 3 S. vii. 449.
PHILIP (Uncle) _pseud._ [FRANCIS L. HAWKS].
A number of American Histories and Tales for Children, published in
New York.
See Stevens’ Cat. of Am. Bks., 1859.
PHILO-JUNIUS, _pseud._, see Junius.
PHIZ, _pseud._ [HABLOT KNIGHT BROWNE], one of the most popular
draughtsmen of the day. He succeeded Seymour in the illustrations to
the Pickwick Papers, and afterwards illustrated several of Charles
Dickens’ other works.
PHŒNIX, _pseud._ [Sir HENRY MARTIN, Bart.].
Archbishop Murray’s Douay and Rhemish Bible, &c. Lond., 1850.
PHŒNIX (John) _pseud._ [Captain GEORGE H. DERBY].
Phœnixiana, or Sketches and Burlesques. New York, 1856. 11th edit.
The Squib Papers, with comic illustrations by the author. New York,
1865.
PHOTIUS, junior, _pseud._ [SHERLOCK, a young barrister of Dublin].
Letters on Literature. 2 vols. Brussels, 1836.
S. Redmond, N. & Q.
PINDAR (Paul) _pseud._ [JOHN YONGE AKERMAN].
Legends of Old London. 1842.
First published in Bentley’s Miscellany.
PINDAR (Paul) _pseud._ [ ].
Jew-De-Bras (a Burlesque Poem). Lond., _Newby_ [1850].
PINDAR, (Peter) _pseud._ [JOHN WALCOT].
The Lamentations of the Porter-Vat [occasioned by the bursting of one
at Meux and Co.’s]. 1814.
The Fat Knight and the Petition; or, Bits in the Dumps. 1815.
And numerous others of the same kind. He had a number of
imitators. It is said that he had a pension given him, on
condition that he should write no more in abuse of the King,
George III.
PINDAR (Peter) _impostor_ [C. F. LAWLER].
A poetaster of little or no art unwarrantably assumed this name,
merely to deceive the public [how easily that is done sometimes,
this work amply proves] and to bring profit to the writer and his
bookseller.--Biog. Dict. 1816.
PINDAR (Peter) Esq., _allonym_ [ ].
Hymn to the Virgin [Joanna Southcott].
PINDAR (Peter) _allonym_ [ ].
A Peep behind the Curtain. 1816.
Royalty Bewitched; or, the Loves of William [Duke of Gloucester] and
[the Princess] Mary. A [satirical] poem. 1816.
The Contest of Legs; or, Diplomatics in China. In a Letter from
Zephaniah Bull to John Bull at home. 1817.
Bubbles of Treason, &c., &c. 1817.
The Bath Pump Room; or a Sovereign Remedy for Low Spirits. A
[satirical] poem [on Queen Charlotte]. 1818.
The Disappointed Duke [of Clarence]. 1818.
PISCATOR, _phrenonym_ [T. P. LATHY, q.v.].
PISCATOR, _phren._ [ ].
Practical Angler. Lond., _Simpkin_ [Launceston, printed]. 1842.
PISCATOR, _phren._ [ ].
A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish. 1854.
We have given these two unknown ones, lest they should be
fathered on the _known_.
PLYMLEY (Peter) _pseud._ [Rev. SYDNEY SMITH].
Letters on the Subject of the Catholics to my Brother Abraham, who
lives in the Country. 21st edit. Lond., 1838.
POLYPUS, _ps._ [E. S. BARRETT].
All the Talents. A satirical poem, in three dialogues. 1st (?) and
17th edition. Lond., 1807.
PORCUPINE (Peter) _phrenonym_ [WILLIAM COBBETT, of political
celebrity].
The Rush-Light. New York, 1800.
PORCUPINE (Peter) _allonym_ [ ].
The Pop-Gun Plot; or, Shots in the Air, &c. Lond., 1817.
P. P. C. R., _pseudonym_ [THOMAS WATTS, Keeper of the Printed Books,
British Museum].
Under these initials, Mr. Watts wrote letters in the Mechanic’s
Magazine, 1836-7, on the British Museum Library. He has himself
carried out the suggestions for the improvement of the library
that he thus made. What the initials mean we do not know, though
we do know that they mean something. “S. S.” [Solomon Secundus]
writes about the same time on the same subject.
PRESBYTER, _demonym_ [SAMUEL HENRY TURNER].
Strictures on Archdeacon Wilberforce’s Doctrine of the Incarnation,
&c. New York, 1851.
PRESBYTER ANGLICANUS, _phrenonym_ [J. H. HARRIS].
Auricular Confession not the Rule of the Church of England. 1852.
PRESBYTER CATHOLICUS, _phrenonym_ [WILLIAM HARNESS].
Visiting Societies and Lay Readers. Lond., 1844.
PRIOR (Samuel) _pseud._ [JOHN GALT].
All the Voyages round the World ... [abridged and] ... collected by
----. Lond., 1820.
PROUT (Father) _pseudonym_ [F. S. MAHONY].
The Reliques of Father Prout.... collected and arranged by Oliver
Yorke [F. S. MAHONY], illustrated by A. Croquis [D. MACLISE]. Lond.,
1849.
PRY (Paul) _pseud._ [ ].
London Joke-Book, or New Bon-Mot Miscellany. Lond., _J. Weston_,
1835. Vignette of Paul Pry on the title-page, and underneath:
“Beg pardon--just popp’d in to shew
My Book of Jokes and smart Bon-Mots.”
Oddities of London Life. 1838.
PSALMANAZAR (George) _pseudonym_.
The most extraordinary impostor on record. He himself would
never divulge his real name, wishing only to be known as an
impostor. So degraded and vagabondish had his life been, that he
assumed the above name, and bore it with him to the grave, having
faithfully kept the secret of his birth and parentage.
He is now only remembered as the author of a strange fabrication,
entitled:--
An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa, an island
subject to the Emperor of Japan. Giving an account of the Religion,
Customs, Manners, &c., of the Inhabitants. Together with a relation
of what happen’d to the author in his Travels; particularly his
Conferences with the _Jesuits_, and others, in several parts
of _Europe_. Also the History and Reasons of his Conversion to
Christianity, with his Objections against it (in defence of
Paganism), and their Answers. To which is prefixed a Preface in
vindication of himself from the reflections of a _Jesuit_ lately
come from _China_, with an account of what passed between them. By
GEORGE PSALMANAAZAAR, a native of the said Island, now in _London_.
Illustrated with several cuts. Lond. Printed for Dan Brown, at the
Black Swan without _Temple-Bar_, &c. 1704. 8vo; 8 + xiv. + 2 + 131 +
4.
“Without having travelled out of Europe, he invented an account
of an Asiatic island, and preserved sufficient consistency in
his narrative to obtain for it, for a time, almost universal
credence. Long after the imposture was discovered, the book was
_quoted_ as _genuine_, and it is admitted to carry with it an
air of fact and reality, which does credit, at any rate, to the
ingenuity of the author.”
But Psalmanaazaar, “who is still in England, hath long since
ingenuously owned the contrary, tho’ not in so publick a manner
as he might perhaps have done had not such an avowment been
likely to have affected some few persons, who for private ends
took advantage of his youthful vanity, to encourage him in an
imposture which he might otherwise never have had the thought,
much less the confidence, to have carried on. Those persons
being now dead, and out of all danger of being hurt by it, he
now gives us leave to assure the world that the greatest part
of that account was fabulous ... and he designs to leave behind
him a faithful account of that unhappy step ... to be published
after his death, when there will be less reason to suspect him of
having disguised or palliated the truth.”--_A Complete System of
Geography._ By Emanuel Brown. 1747. Fol. ii. 251.
It is said that Psalmanazar himself wrote the genuine account of
Formosa in the above work as a compensation for his fabrication.
But in the work itself the account is acknowledged to be taken
from another author who resided there, but whose account is
admitted to be almost as bad as Psalmanazar’s.
But little interest now attaches to a fabrication once so famous.
There was, however, a completeness about the imposture which
renders it remarkable. Psalmanazar’s great difficulty was to
support the character he had assumed.
There was nothing Asiatic in his appearance; he was surrounded
by sceptical inquirers, and frequently puzzled with questions
and objections; but his hardihood and ingenuity enabled him to
maintain his ground, and baffle his most pertinacious opponents.
In the narrative of his life, which, in a spirit of penitence, he
drew up in after-years, he has given an interesting account of
the strange adventures of his youth. For this we must refer the
reader to that work, or to any of the biographical dictionaries,
or to the source whence we have adopted much--namely, Mr.
Lawrence’s article in Sharpe’s London Magazine.
The first edition of the remarkable romance of which we have
given the full title-page was soon exhausted, and another
called for. The second edition contains “a new preface, clearly
answering everything that has been objected against the author
and the book, and a map and a figure of an idol not in the former
impression.” Many editions of the translation were published in
France. In spite of its improbabilities, the book was devoutly
believed. Psalmanazar was sent to Oxford, and maintained there by
the Bishop of London.
The first period of Psalmanazar’s life was, as he himself
confessed, sufficiently infamous: in the second he endeavoured,
by sincere repentence, to atone for his youthful errors and
disreputable impostures. Dr. Johnson, who at the latter period
knew him well, often stated that he was the best man he had ever
known, and that he would as soon have thought of contradicting a
bishop as George Psalmanazar.
During the latter portion of his life he supported himself
entirely by literary pursuits. He wrote part of “the Universal
History.”
A Dialogue between a Japonese and a Formosan about some Points of the
Religion of the Time [laid down in a book entitled _The Growth of
Deism_]. By G. P----m----r. Lond., _Lintott_, 1707. 12mo; 10 + 41. 1s.
“To vindicate the Japoneses from that unjust character this part
of the world is pleased to give them--viz., of being a people
much given to superstition.”
Eclaircissemens nécessaires pour bien entendre ce que le Sr. N. F.
D. B. R., dit être arrivé à l’Ecluse en Flandres, par rapport à
la Conversion de Mr. George Psalmanaazaar, Japonois dans son livre
intitulé “Description de l’Isle Formosa.” Donné au public par ISAAC
D’AMALVI, Pasteur de l’Eglise Wallonne de ladite Ville. A la Haye.
_P. Husson_, 1707.
An Enquiry into the Objections against G. Psalmanazar, of Formosa, in
which the accounts of the people ... are proved not to contradict his
accounts; with ... map ... and the other very particular description
of Formosa. To which is added G. P.’s Answer to Mons. D’Amalvy of
Sluice. Lond., _Lintott_ [1710].
The Potter hates another of his Trade
If by his Hand a finer Dish is made;
The Smith his brother Smug with scorn does treat
That strikes his Iron with a brisker beat.
Essays on the following subjects: I. ... Miracles.... II. ...
Balaam’s disappointment.... III. On Jabin’s Defeat.... IV. and V.,
&c., &c., written some years since, at the desire, and for the
use of a young clergyman in the country. By a Layman, in Town [G.
Psalmanazar].... Lond., for A. Millar, 1753. 8vo.
Memoirs of * * * *, commonly known by the name of George Psalmanazar,
a reputed native of Formosa. Written by himself, in order to be
published after his death.... Lond., printed for the Executrix, 1764.
2nd edition, 1765, with portrait. Another edition, Dublin, 1765. 12mo.
For French translations see Quérard, _La France Litt._ and _Les
Supercheries Litt. Dévoilées_.
He died on the 23rd of May, 1763, at his lodgings in Ironmonger
Row, Old Street, St. Luke’s, London.
PUBLICOLA _ph._ [Mr. SMITH wrote under this pseudonym in the
_Dispatch_ in 1838].
PUBLICOLA, _ph._ [JOHN WILLIAMS].
Letters of ----, 1st series. Lond., 1840.
We have a number of other works by Publicola, all unknown.
P. W. [Rev. PIERCE WILLIAM DREW, Vicar of Youghal, Cork, Ireland].
An Account of the Present State of Youghal Church, &c. Cork, 1848.
J. P----r.
Q.
Q, _ps._ [ ]. You have heard of them. By Q. New York, _Redfield_.
Lond., _Trübner_, 1854.
Q., _pseud._ [EDMUND YATES].
Mr. Yates never wrote “Readings by Starlight” in the _Evening Star_,
but he wrote, under this initial, about sixteen papers in the
_Evening Star_, the continuation of which papers have borne the title
of “Readings by Starlight.” 1866. See F., _init._
Q IN THE CORNER, _ps._ [ ].
Epistles from Bath. Lond., _Meyler_, 1817.
Q IN THE CORNER, _pseud._ [ ].
Epistolatory Stanzas ... to E. Peel, Esq., with a copy of my
recently-published work, entitled “The Lions of the Isle of Wight.”
Hammersmith, 1851.
Q. Q., _pseud._ [Miss JANE TAYLOR].
Contributions to the Youth’s Magazine, or Evangelical Miscellany.
1816-22.
Republished 1824. 13th edition, 1866.
QUALLON, _pseud._ [S. H. BRADBURY, Editor of the Nottingham Review].
Poetry under this signature.
QUEERFELLOW (Quintin) _phren._ [CHARLES CLARK].
A Doctor’s “Do”-ings, or the entrapped Heiress of Witham. Totham,
printed by Charles Clark (an amateur) at his private press, 1848.
A satirical poem. A very limited number reprinted from the
suppressed edition.
QUERY (Peter) Esq., _phrenonym_ [MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER].
Rides and Reveries of the late Mr. Æsop Smith. Edited by ----. Lond.,
1858.
QUINCE (Peter) _pseud._ [ISAAC STORY].
A Parnasian Shop, opened in the Pindaric style. [Satires in verse.]
Boston, 1801.
R.
RAETZEL (W.) _fictitious name_. See Ternaux-Compans.
RATTLER (Morgan) an apprentice of the law, _phrenonym_ [PERCIVAL
WELDON BANKS, Barrister-at-Law].
Articles in Fraser’s Magazine to the time of his death, in 1851.
RAUSSE (J. H.) _pseud._ [H. F. FRANKE].
Miscellanies to the Græfenberg Water-Cure. Translated by C. H.
Meeker. New York, 1848.
R. B. J., Barrister-at-Law, Temple, _init._ [JONES].
The Vision of Mary; or, a Dream of Joy. Poems in honour of the
Immaculate Conception. 1856. 16mo.
R. C. H. _init._ [RICHARD COLT HOARE].
Hints to Travellers in Italy. Lond., 1815.
RETNYW (Werdna) Esq. _ananym_ [ANDREW WYNTER].
Odds and Ends from an Old Drawer. 1855.
Pictures of Town from my Mental Camera. 1855.
REVILO (E. B.) _anastroph_ [OLIVER BYRNE].
The Creed of St. Athanasius Proved by a Mathematical Parallel. 1839.
W. B. H. Athenæum, 1864.
R. H. _init._ [ROBERT HAWKER].
The Plant of Renown, &c. 1805.
The Friend that Loveth at all Times. By the author of the Brother
born for Adversity. 4th edit., 1810. 24mo.
R. H. _init._ [HARVEY].
Hymns for Young Persons. London, 1834.
R. H. _init._ [ROBERT HOBSON].
The Guide to Dovedale, Ilam, and Scenes adjacent. Ashbourn, 1841.
RHYMER (Thomas) a City Bard, _phrenonym_ [ ].
The Petition, A Poem; Being an Extract from the Record of the
Transactions of a Convention held by various Animals, &c., &c.
Heretofore peaceably residing within the City of Edinburgh, and
expelled the said City by order of the L * * * D * * * of G * * * *
[Lord Dean of Guild]. The whole turned into English metre. By ----.
Edin., 1806.
RIDDELL (Mr.) _fictitious name_. See Ternaux-Compans.
RINGLETUB (Jeremiah) _pseud._ [JOHN STYLES].
The Legend of the Velvet Cushion, in a series of Letters to my
Brother Jonathan, who lives in the Country. 1815.
This is a Reply to “the Velvet Cushion. By the Rev. J. W. Cunningham,
A.M. 1814.”
In the same year was published *“A New Covering to the Velvet
Cushion, Lond., _Gale & Co._,” by Dr. F. A. Cox, D.D., LL.D., of
Hackney.
_See N. & Q._, 2 s. x. xi.
RIPON (John Scott) _geonym_ [JOHN SCOTT BYERLEY, of Ripon, York].
Buonaparte; or, the Freebooter. A Drama. Lond., 1803.
ROCHESTER (Mark) _pseud._ [WILLIAM CHARLES MARK KENT, poet and
journalist].
The Derby Ministry. A series of Cabinet Sketches. Lond., 1858. A
Duplicate, with a new title-page, put forth in 1866, as “Lives of
Eminent Statesmen,” &c.
ROCK (Captain) _pseudo-titlonym_ [THOMAS MOORE].
Memoirs of ----, the celebrated Irish Chieftain, with some Account of
his Ancestors. Written by himself. Lond., 1824, and Paris, 1824.
Captain Rock Detected. By a Munster Farmer [ ]. Lond., 1824.
ROCK (Captain) _pseudo-titlonym_ [ROGER O’CONNOR].
Letters to His Majesty King George the Fourth. Lond., 1828.
ROCKINGHAM (Sir Charles) _French pseudo-titlonym_ [Le Comte de JARNAC
DE ROHAN-CHABOT].
Le Dernier d’Egremont. Paris, 1851. 2 vols.
J. M. Q.
ROCKINGHAM (Sir Charles) _pseudo-titlonym_ [ ].
Cécile; or, the Pervert. By ----, &c., author of Rockingham, Love and
Ambition, &c., &c. Lond., _Colburn and Co._, 1851.
RODENBERG (Julius von) _German pseud._ [JULIUS LEVY].
The Island of the Saints, a Pilgrimage through Ireland (translated
from the German by Sir F. C. L. Wraxall). Lond., 1861.
RODMAN (Ella) _abbre._ [ELIZA RODMAN MCILLVANE, afterwards CHURCH].
Several works, see Allibone Dict. of Eng. Lit.
ROWLEY (T.) _apocryph_. See Chatterton (Thomas).
R. P. _init._ [ROBERT PALTOCK]. See Wilkins (Peter) _apocryph_.
R. S. _tetonism_? See Wilkins (Peter) _apocryph_.
R. T. _init._ [RALPH THOMAS, Serjeant-at-Law].
Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt.
In the Monthly Mag., April, 1832. Strongly advocating its total
abolition.
An Old Acquaintance, in the _Court Magazine_.
Reprinted in Holt’s Mag. for 7th Sept., 1836. Wrote also:--
Autobiography of an Artist [JOHN MARTIN] in the _Town and Country
Mag._, 1838.
RUNNYMEDE, _pseudonym_ [Rt. Hon. BENJAMIN DISRAELI].
The Letters of Runnymede. Lond., _J. Macrone_, 1836.
Addressed to all the celebrated Statesmen of the time.
RUSTICUS (Mercurius) _pseud._ [Rev. THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN, LL.D.].
Bibliophobia. Remarks on the present languid and depressed state of
Literature.... Addressed to the Author of the Bibliomania [Rev. T. F.
Dibdin]. By ----, &c. With notes by Cato Parvus [Richard Heber]. 1832.
The learned and rev. author of this, and the champion of
bibliomanes, succumbed to the apparently inevitable destiny
of all who have been engulphed in the vortex of bibliographic
pursuits. Let the juvenile reader inclined to pursue bibliography
as a science, avoid it as he would a pest, for it will blight his
prospects and shatter his constitution if pursued, as it must be,
when once entered upon. But once entered upon, it is the broad
path that leads to endless labour, no reward but fame amongst
a few men of science. Let Robert Watt, his sons, Lowndes, and,
above all, J. M. Quérard, be his warnings.
S.
S---- (W----) Esq. See Scott (Sir W.)
SAND (George) _pseudandry_ [AMANTINE LUCILE AURORE DUPIN, afterwards
DUDEVANT].
Consuelo, translated by F. G. Shaw. Boston, 1847.
Histoire de Ma Vie. 20 vols, Paris, 1854-5.
The list of her works in Quérard’s _Supercheries_ amounts to 118.
This was in 1852.
On the covers of the _Revue des Deux Mondes_, I have remarked,
observes Charles Joliet, that after the title of her novel these
words follow:--M. George Sand and not “Mme.,” Genius has no sex.
She has also used the signature “Blaise Bonnin.”