1760. Address of the Painters to George the IIId. on his Accession to the Throne. Dedication of Baretti's Italian and English Introduction to the Proceedings of the 1762. Dedication to the King of Dr. Kennedy's System of Astronomical Chronology. Preface to the Catalogue of the Artist's 1763. Dedication to the Earl of Shaftesbury of Roger Ascham's English Works. Dedication to the Queen of Hoole's Tasso. Account of the Detection of the Imposture of the Cock-Lane Ghost. 1767. Dedication to the King of Adams's Treatise on the Globes. 1773. Preface to Macbean's Dictionary of Ancient Geography. 1775. Proposals for publishing the Works of Mrs. Charlotte Lennox. Preface to Baretti's Easy Lessons in 1776. Proposals for publishing an Analysis of the Scotch Celtick Language, by the Rev. William Shaw. 1777. Dedication to the King of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Pearce. 1780. Advertisement for Mr. Thrale to the Worthy Electors of the Borough of Southwark. The Prefaces and Introductions not included in this catalogue, have been, as of superior importance, noticed in the Life of our Author. APPENDIX, No. 2. THE very important station which Johnson had filled in the world of Letters, and the high character which he had uniformly sustained, both as a man and as a scholar, combined to render his decease an object of long-continued regret and literary commemoration. His every word, and every action, have been recorded with unprecedented minuteness, and his works have been repeatedly published. To offer a list of these Memoirs, and of the best editions of his writings, is the object of this appendix. The former may be divided into Sermons, Poems, Sketches, Anecdotes and Lives. Sermons. A Sermon preached before the University of Oxford on his Death, by the Poems. Rev. Mr. Agutter. Tribute to his Memory by Dr. Fordyce, in his "Addresses to the Deity." 12mo. 1785. "Elegy on the Death of Dr. Johnson," by Samuel Hobhouse, Esq. 4to. 1785. "Poctical Review of the Moral and Literary Character of Dr. Johnson," by John Courtenay, Esq. M. P. 4to. 1788. Sketches. "Biographical Sketch of Dr. Johnson," by Thomas Tyers, Esq. in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1784. "Essay on the Life, Character, and Character of Dr. Johnson, by Dr. "The Journal of a Tour to the Hebri des, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D." by James Boswell, Esq. 8vo. 1785. Anecdotes. Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, by Mrs. Piozzi, 8vo. 1785. Lives. "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. by Sir John Hawkins, 8vo. 1787. "Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D." by James Boswell, Esq. 2 vol. 4to. 1791. and since repeatedly in 4 vol. 8vo. "An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson, LL. D." by Arthur Murphy, Esq. "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. With Critical Observations on his Works," by Robert Anderson, M. D. The minute, and, sometimes, trivial, anecdotes with which a few of these productions abound, have given rise to some pleasant ridicule from the of Colman and Dr. Wolcot. An Ode, the production of the first of these gentlemen, we shall transcribe for the amusement of our readers. pens A Posthumous Work of S. Johnson. An Ode. April 15, 1786. 1 St. Paul's deep bell, from stately tow'r, Hags their dark spells o'er cauldron brew'd, Printing the Morning Paper. 2. Say Herald, Chronicle, or Post, Which then beheld great JOHNSON's Ghost, Grim, horrible, and squallid? Compositors their letters dropt, Pressmen their groaning engine stopt, And Devils all grew pallid. |