meaning Perfons, to a few Passages in the Work. But it has been thought adviseable to omit Thefe, in the prefent Edition; because the kind Reception which these Volumes have met with, renders the Recommendatory Letters unnecessary; and because the most material of the Objections anfwer'd in the Introductory Preface, are taken notice of and obviated in the Third Volume, in Letters from the fair Writer to Lady Davers, and others of her Correfpondents. And their Place is fupply'd, not unufefully, it is prefum'd, by the fol lowing Epitome of the Work.

THE Editor has been much prefs'd with Importunities and Conjectures in relation to the Perfon and Family of the incomparable Lady, who is the Subject of thefe Volumes: All that he thinks himself at Liberty to fay, or is necessary to be faid, is only to repeat what has been already binted, That the Story has its Foundation in Truth: And that there was a Neceffity, for obvious Reafons, to vary and difguife fome Facts and Circumftances, as alfo the Names of Perfons, Places, &c.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

(The first part of this Bibliography is taken from Miss Thomson's Life of Richardson.)

PART I.

THE FORSTER MANUSCRIPT.

This manuscript is contained in the Forster Library at the South Kensington Museum. It consists of more than eight hundred letters written by Richardson and various correspondents, the chief of whom are Lady Bradshaigh; Mrs Chapone, senior; Aaron Hill; Thomas Edwards; Mrs Scudamore; and Eusebius Sylvester. There are also many anonymous compliments on Richardson's novels, and various poems and sonnets by T. Edwards, Miss Mulso, Miss Highmore, John Duncombe, and John Chapone. The majority of the letters in this collection were not printed in Mrs Barbauld's edition of the Correspondence, which, however, contains many letters absent from the Forster Manuscript, the most remarkable being those between Richardson and Lady Bradshaigh before she made herself known to him, and the correspondence with Miss Mulso.

Many of the letters in the Forster Manuscript are autographs, while others are transcripts made by Richardson's daughters. They are nearly all carefully docketed, in his own hand, with their date and subject-matter. They are contained in six folio volumes, as under:

Folio XI.

Correspondence with Lady Bradshaigh, beginning May 10,

1748, ending with a letter to Miss Patty Richardson (afterwards Mrs Bridgen), dated April 25, 1762.

Folio XII.

(1) Correspondence with T. Edwards, Dec. 2, 1748July 30, 1756.

(2) Correspondence with Mrs Chapone, senior, April 23, 1751-Nov. 26, 1753.

Folio XIII.

(1) Correspondence with Mrs. Chapone, senior, (continued), Nov. 26, 1753-June 20, 1759.

(2) Correspondence with Aaron Hill, March 6, 1735— Aug. 11, 1749, (also contains letters from Astræa and Minerva Hill and Urania Johnson).

Folio XIV.

(1) Correspondence with Mrs Urania Johnson, July 23, 1750-Sept. 9, 1758.

(2) Correspondence with Mrs Scudamore (Miss Westcomb), Miss Righton and others.

(3) Correspondence with Miss Westcomb (afterwards Mrs Scudamore), April 14, 1748—Oct. 1, 1754. (4) Correspondence with Eusebius Sylvester, Aug. 22, 1754-July 26, 1756.

Folio XV.

(1) Correspondence with Eusebius Sylvester (continued), Aug. 10, 1756-Aug. 21, 1759.

(2) Correspondence re Clarissa Harlowe by various

writers.

(3) Correspondence re Clarissa Harlowe and Sir Charles Grandison by various writers.

Folio XVI.

(1) Correspondence re Pamela by various writers.

(2) Miscellareous correspondence, chiefly consisting of poetical pieces.

PART II.
WORKS.

The Works of Samuel Richardson. With a sketch of his Life and Writings, by the Rev. Edward Mangin. London, 1811. 19 Vols.

The

The Novels of Samuel Richardson. To which is prefixed a memoir of the author (by Sir Walter Scott). Novelists' Library. Vols. vi-viii. 1821, etc. The Works of Samuel Richardson. With a prefatory chapter of biographical criticism by Leslie Stephen. London, 1883. 12 vols.

(Note: In the following dates of the separate editions of the novels, the exact months when the individual volumes appeared are also given, as the dates of publication of these novels are often inaccurately stated.)

Pamela: or Virtue Rewarded. A series of Familiar Letters from a Beautiful Young Damsel to her Parents. 2 vols. 12 mo. London. Printed for C. Rivington (November) 1740.

Pamela, etc. The Second Edition, with an addition of some Extracts of letters upon the Subject. 12 mo. (February)

1741.

Pamela, etc. The Third Edition. (March) 1741.

Pamela, etc. The Fourth Edition. (May) 1741.

Pamela's Conduct in High Life. (Spurious Sequel) (June) 1741.

Paméla, ou la Vertu récompensée. Traduit de l'Anglois. En deux Tomes. (November) 1741.

Pamela, a Comedy. (By James Dance, alias Love). (November) 1741. Another edition, 1742.

Pamela. Volumes III and IV, by the author of the two first. (December) 1741.

Pamela. In Four Volumes. 8vo. Adorned with 29 copper plates. (May) 1742.

Paméla, ou la Vertu Récompensée.

Traduit de l'Anglais. Another edition; 1781.

4 tom. Amsterdam, 1742, 43. Pamela. In Four Volumes. And Embellish'd with Copper Plates. To which is prefix'd an ample Table of Contents. 8vo. London, 1742. (The first two volumes have on the title-page, "The Sixth Edition, Corrected." The last two, "The Third Edition, Corrected.")

Paths of Virtue delineated; or the history in miniature of Pamela, etc., 1756.

Pamela. Nova comedia intitulada: A mais heroica virtude ou a virtusa Pamella. Composta no idiomo Italiano e traduzida ao gosto portugez. Lisbon, 1766.

Pamela. 4 vols. The Sixth Edition, Corrected. 8 vo. London, 1772.

Pamela. Tenth Edition. 12 mo. London, 1771.

L'Histoire de la vertueuse Pamela dans le temps de sa liberté

jusqu'à son mariage. Traduit de l'Anglois de Mr. Grandisson. Frankfort, Leipzig and La Have 1771. Memoirs of the life of Lady H.... the celebrated Pamela. (London, 1775?)

Pamela. Another Edition. To which are prefixed extracts from several curious letters written to the editor on the subject. London, 1785.

Paméla, etc. Traduit, etc. Avec figures. 12 tom. Paris, 1793.

Pamela. Cooke's Edition, embellished with engravings.

London.

Pamela. A new edition, being the fourteenth. London, 1801. Pamela Nubile. Farsa in Musica. Padua (?) 1810. Pamela. A new edition. Berwick, 1816.

The History of Pamela. (abridged) Edinburgh, 1817. Hanes Pamela; neu Ddiweirdeb wedi ei wobrwyo., Caefferdin, 1818.

Pamela. Another edition, [with plates.] London, 1825 (?) Pamela. Another edition. Edited by T. Archer. London, New York, Guildford, 1873.

Pamela. Another edition. Halifax, 1878.

Pamela. London, 1891.

Clarissa; or, the History of a young lady. Published by the author of Pamela. London: S. Richardson. Vols. 1,2. 12 mo. (November) 1747.

Clarissa, etc. Vols. 3, 4. 12 mo. London: Rivington. (April) 1748.

Clarissa, etc. Vols. 5, 6, 7. 12 mo. London: S. Richardson. (December) 1748.