PREFACEItvery much surprizes me that six Editions of a Mythological Pamphlet, entituled,A Dissertation on Dumpling, should escape your Notice of that wonderful Unriddler of Mysteries the ingenious Mr.E——C---who has at the same Time given such Proofs of his Abilities in his many and most elaborate Keys toGulliver’s Travels; Keys, whichGulliverhimself could never have found out! and withal, so pertinent, that I shall esteem those at the Helm, no great Lovers of Learning, if my FriendEdmundbe not forthwith promoted: for as the Sweetness of a Kernelis uncomatable, but by the Fracture of its Shell, so is the Beauty of a Mystery altogether hid, till the Expounder has riddlemayreed the Propounder’s Problem, and render’d it obvious to the meanest Capacity.The only Plea I can use in Mr.C——’sbehalf, is, that the Author of the Dissertation has been a little too free with his Character, which probably occasioned that Sullenness in ourBritish Oedipus; who in Order to be revenged, has determined not to embelish the Work with his Interpretation, but rather let it rot and perish in Oblivion.This, and nothing else, could be the Reason of so profound a Silence in so great a Mysterymonger, to remedy which Loss to the Publick, I an unworthy Scribler, and faint Copier of that great Artist, presume with aching Heart, and trembling Hand, to draw the Veil which shades the political Pamphlet in Question; and show it to my loving Countrymen inPuris Naturalibus.If I succeed in this, I hope Mr.L——t, who all the World knows is a rare Chap to his Authors, will speedily employ me to unriddle, or at least make a Plot to theRival Modes, which it seems the Author has omitted: it is true, he ought to have given it the Bookseller with the Copy, but has not so done, which makes me wonder he is not sued for Breach of Covenant; but what is that to me, if I get a Job by the Bargain? Let Booksellers beware how they buy Plays without Plots for the future.I narrowly miss’d solving the Problem calledWagnerandAbericock; Mr.B——had spoke to Mr.W——to speak to Mr.C——, who had just consented to employ me, after having made me abate half my demand: But Houses running thin,Colleyhad undertaken the Job himself to save Charges; intending at the same Time, to annex a severe Criticism onPlutoandProserpine.This, gentle Reader, will, I hope, induce you to look on me as a Writer of some Regard, and at the same Time,to make a little Allowance for whatever Errors my great Hurry may occasion, being obliged to write Night and Day, Sundays and working Days, without the least Assistance. All our Journeymen Writers being now turned Masters, I am left to shift for my self; but am bringing up my Wife to the Business, and doubt not but a long War, and our mutual Industry, may rub off old Scores, and make us begin a new Reckoning with all Mankind; Pamphleteering having been so dead for many Years last past, that (God forgive me!) I have been oftentimes tempted to write Treason for mere Sustenance.But Thanks to better Stars and better Days, the Pen revives, and Authors flourish; more Money can be made now of a Play, nay, though it be a scurvy One, thanDrydengot by all his Works. Therefore now or never is the Time to strike while the Iron is hot, to write my self out of Debt, and into Place, and then grow idle and laugh at the World, as my Betters have done before me.
Itvery much surprizes me that six Editions of a Mythological Pamphlet, entituled,A Dissertation on Dumpling, should escape your Notice of that wonderful Unriddler of Mysteries the ingenious Mr.E——C---who has at the same Time given such Proofs of his Abilities in his many and most elaborate Keys toGulliver’s Travels; Keys, whichGulliverhimself could never have found out! and withal, so pertinent, that I shall esteem those at the Helm, no great Lovers of Learning, if my FriendEdmundbe not forthwith promoted: for as the Sweetness of a Kernelis uncomatable, but by the Fracture of its Shell, so is the Beauty of a Mystery altogether hid, till the Expounder has riddlemayreed the Propounder’s Problem, and render’d it obvious to the meanest Capacity.
The only Plea I can use in Mr.C——’sbehalf, is, that the Author of the Dissertation has been a little too free with his Character, which probably occasioned that Sullenness in ourBritish Oedipus; who in Order to be revenged, has determined not to embelish the Work with his Interpretation, but rather let it rot and perish in Oblivion.
This, and nothing else, could be the Reason of so profound a Silence in so great a Mysterymonger, to remedy which Loss to the Publick, I an unworthy Scribler, and faint Copier of that great Artist, presume with aching Heart, and trembling Hand, to draw the Veil which shades the political Pamphlet in Question; and show it to my loving Countrymen inPuris Naturalibus.
If I succeed in this, I hope Mr.L——t, who all the World knows is a rare Chap to his Authors, will speedily employ me to unriddle, or at least make a Plot to theRival Modes, which it seems the Author has omitted: it is true, he ought to have given it the Bookseller with the Copy, but has not so done, which makes me wonder he is not sued for Breach of Covenant; but what is that to me, if I get a Job by the Bargain? Let Booksellers beware how they buy Plays without Plots for the future.
I narrowly miss’d solving the Problem calledWagnerandAbericock; Mr.B——had spoke to Mr.W——to speak to Mr.C——, who had just consented to employ me, after having made me abate half my demand: But Houses running thin,Colleyhad undertaken the Job himself to save Charges; intending at the same Time, to annex a severe Criticism onPlutoandProserpine.
This, gentle Reader, will, I hope, induce you to look on me as a Writer of some Regard, and at the same Time,to make a little Allowance for whatever Errors my great Hurry may occasion, being obliged to write Night and Day, Sundays and working Days, without the least Assistance. All our Journeymen Writers being now turned Masters, I am left to shift for my self; but am bringing up my Wife to the Business, and doubt not but a long War, and our mutual Industry, may rub off old Scores, and make us begin a new Reckoning with all Mankind; Pamphleteering having been so dead for many Years last past, that (God forgive me!) I have been oftentimes tempted to write Treason for mere Sustenance.
But Thanks to better Stars and better Days, the Pen revives, and Authors flourish; more Money can be made now of a Play, nay, though it be a scurvy One, thanDrydengot by all his Works. Therefore now or never is the Time to strike while the Iron is hot, to write my self out of Debt, and into Place, and then grow idle and laugh at the World, as my Betters have done before me.
INTRODUCTION.Whena Book has met with Success, it never wants a Father; there being those good natured Souls in the World, who, rather than let Mankind think such Productions sprang of themselves, will own the Vagabond Brat, and thereby become Fathers of other Mens Offsprings.This was the Fate of Dumpling, whose real Father did not take more Care to conceal himself, than some did to be thought its Author; but if any one will recollect the Time of its Publication, they will find it withina Week after the Arrival of D——nS——t, fromIreland; the Occasion, as I am very well informed, was this, the D——n, one of the first Things he did, went to pay a Visit to Mr.T——, his old Bookseller; but, to his Surprize, found both the Brothers dead, and a Relation in the Shop, to whom he was an utter Stranger. Mr.M——for such is this Person’s Name, gathering from the D—n’s Enquiries who he was, paid him hisDevoirsin the most respectful Manner, solicited his Friendship, and invited him to a Dinner, which the D——n was pleased to accept. By the Way, you must know, he is a great Lover of Dumpling, as well as the Bookseller, who had ordered one for himself, little dreaming of such a Guest that Day. The Dinner, as ’twas not provided on purpose, was but a Family one, well enough however for a Bookseller; that is to say, a couple of Fowls, Bacon and Sprouts boiled, and a Forequarterof Lamb roasted. After the usual Complements for the unexpected Honour, and the old Apology of wishing it was better for his sake: The Maid, silly Girl! came and asked her Master if he pleased to have his Dumpling; he would have chid her, but the D——n mollified him, insisting at the same Time, upon the Introduction of Dumpling, which accordingly was done. Dumpling gave Cause of Conversation, but not till it was eat; for the Reader must understand, that both the Gentlemenplaya good Knife and Fork, and are too mannerly to talk with their Mouths full. The Dumpling eat, as I said before, the D——n drank to the Bookseller, the Bookseller to the Author, and with an obsequious Smile, seem’d to say ah! Dear Doctor, you have been a Friend to my Predecessor, can you do nothing for me? The D—n took the Hint, and after a profound Contemplation, cry’d, Why ay—Dumpling will do—putme in Mind of Dumpling anon, but not a Word more at present, and good Reason why, Dinner was coming in. So they past the rest of the Meal with great Silence and Application, and no doubt dined well. Far otherwise was it with me that Day: I remember to my Sorrow, I had a Hogs Maw, without Salt or Mustard;havingat that Time, Credit with the Pork-Woman, but not with the Chandler: Times are since mended,Amento the Continuance!The D——n, having eat and drank plentifully, began his usual Pleasantries, and made the Bookseller measure his Ears with his Mouth; nay, burst his Sides with Laughter; however, he found Interval enough to remind the D——n of Dumpling, who asked him if he had a quick Hand at Writing: he excused himself, being naturally as Lazy as the other was Indolent, so they contrived to ease themselves by sending for a Hackney Writerout ofTemple Laneto be the D—’sAmanuensis, while he and his new Acquaintance crack’d t’other Bottle.This Account may be depended upon, because I had it from the Man himself, who scorns to tell a Lye.To be short, my Friend had the worst of it, being kept to hard Writing, without Drinking (Churls that they were) about three Hours; in which Time the Dissertation was finished, that is to say, from Page 1. to Page 25. the rest might probably be done at some other leisure Time, to fill up the Chinks, but of that he knows nothing; sufficient is it that the D——n was the Author. Proceed we now to the other Discoveries, by drawing the Veil from before the Book it self.
Whena Book has met with Success, it never wants a Father; there being those good natured Souls in the World, who, rather than let Mankind think such Productions sprang of themselves, will own the Vagabond Brat, and thereby become Fathers of other Mens Offsprings.
This was the Fate of Dumpling, whose real Father did not take more Care to conceal himself, than some did to be thought its Author; but if any one will recollect the Time of its Publication, they will find it withina Week after the Arrival of D——nS——t, fromIreland; the Occasion, as I am very well informed, was this, the D——n, one of the first Things he did, went to pay a Visit to Mr.T——, his old Bookseller; but, to his Surprize, found both the Brothers dead, and a Relation in the Shop, to whom he was an utter Stranger. Mr.M——for such is this Person’s Name, gathering from the D—n’s Enquiries who he was, paid him hisDevoirsin the most respectful Manner, solicited his Friendship, and invited him to a Dinner, which the D——n was pleased to accept. By the Way, you must know, he is a great Lover of Dumpling, as well as the Bookseller, who had ordered one for himself, little dreaming of such a Guest that Day. The Dinner, as ’twas not provided on purpose, was but a Family one, well enough however for a Bookseller; that is to say, a couple of Fowls, Bacon and Sprouts boiled, and a Forequarterof Lamb roasted. After the usual Complements for the unexpected Honour, and the old Apology of wishing it was better for his sake: The Maid, silly Girl! came and asked her Master if he pleased to have his Dumpling; he would have chid her, but the D——n mollified him, insisting at the same Time, upon the Introduction of Dumpling, which accordingly was done. Dumpling gave Cause of Conversation, but not till it was eat; for the Reader must understand, that both the Gentlemenplaya good Knife and Fork, and are too mannerly to talk with their Mouths full. The Dumpling eat, as I said before, the D——n drank to the Bookseller, the Bookseller to the Author, and with an obsequious Smile, seem’d to say ah! Dear Doctor, you have been a Friend to my Predecessor, can you do nothing for me? The D—n took the Hint, and after a profound Contemplation, cry’d, Why ay—Dumpling will do—putme in Mind of Dumpling anon, but not a Word more at present, and good Reason why, Dinner was coming in. So they past the rest of the Meal with great Silence and Application, and no doubt dined well. Far otherwise was it with me that Day: I remember to my Sorrow, I had a Hogs Maw, without Salt or Mustard;havingat that Time, Credit with the Pork-Woman, but not with the Chandler: Times are since mended,Amento the Continuance!
The D——n, having eat and drank plentifully, began his usual Pleasantries, and made the Bookseller measure his Ears with his Mouth; nay, burst his Sides with Laughter; however, he found Interval enough to remind the D——n of Dumpling, who asked him if he had a quick Hand at Writing: he excused himself, being naturally as Lazy as the other was Indolent, so they contrived to ease themselves by sending for a Hackney Writerout ofTemple Laneto be the D—’sAmanuensis, while he and his new Acquaintance crack’d t’other Bottle.
This Account may be depended upon, because I had it from the Man himself, who scorns to tell a Lye.
To be short, my Friend had the worst of it, being kept to hard Writing, without Drinking (Churls that they were) about three Hours; in which Time the Dissertation was finished, that is to say, from Page 1. to Page 25. the rest might probably be done at some other leisure Time, to fill up the Chinks, but of that he knows nothing; sufficient is it that the D——n was the Author. Proceed we now to the other Discoveries, by drawing the Veil from before the Book it self.
AKEYTO THEDISSERTATIONONDUMPLING.IShallbegin with his Motto, which says,What is better than a Pudding?The Body owns its Power, the Mind, its Delicacy; it will give Youth to grey Hairs, and Life to the most Desponding: Therefore arePudding Eaters of great Use in State Affairs.This Quotation is of a Piece with his Motto to the Tale of a Tub, and other Writings; altogether Fictitious and Drole: he adds to the Jest, by putting an Air of Authority or genuine Quotation from some great Author; when alas! the whole is mere Farce and Invention.The Dedication is one continued Sneer upon Authors, and their Patrons, and seems to carry a Glance of Derision towards Men of Quality in General; by setting a Cook above them, as a more useful Member in a body Politick. Some will have thisBraund, to be Sir ****, others Sir ****, others Sir ****; but I take it to be more Railery than Mystery, and that Mr.Braund, at theRummerinQueen-street, is the Person; who having pleas’d the Author in two or three Entertainments, he, with a View trulyEpicurean, constitutes himhisMæcenas; as being more agreeable to him than a whole Circle of Stars and Garters, of what Colour or Denomination soever.In his Tale of a Tub, he has a fling at Dependance, and Attendance, where he talks of a Body worn out with Poxes ill cured, and Shooes with Dependance, and Attendance. Not having the Book by me, I am forced to quote at Random, but I hope the courteous Reader will bear me out. He complains of it again in this Treatise, and makes a Complement to Mr.Austin, Mr.Braund’s late Servant; who keeps theBraund’s Head inNew Bond-street, nearHanover-Square; a House of great Elegance, and where he used frequently to dine.The Distinction ofBrand,Braund, andBarnes, is a Banter on Criticks, and Genealogists, who make such a Pother about the Orthography of Names and Things, that many Times, three Parts in four of a Folio Treatise,is taken up in ascertaining the Propriety of a Syllable, by which Means the Reader is left undetermined; having nothing but the various Readings on a single Word, and that probably, of small Importance.I heartily wish some of these Glossographists would oblige the World with a Folio Treatise or two, on the Word Rabbet: We shall then know whether it is to be spelt with ane, or ani. For, to the Shame of theEnglishTongue and this learned Age, our most eminent Physicians, Surgeons, Anatomists and Men Midwives, have all been to seek in this Affair.St.André,Howard,Braithwaite,AhlersandManningham,Spell it with ane.Douglasand theGentlemanwho calls himselfGulliver,Spell it with ani.And some of these great Wits, have such short Memories, that theyspell it both Ways in one and the same Page.The Master-Key to this Mystery, is the Explanation of its Terms; for Example, byDumplingis meant a Place, or any other Reward or Encouragement. APuddingsignifies a P——t, and sometimes a C——tee. ADumpling Eater, is a Dependant on the Court, or, in a Word, any one who will rather pocket an Affront than be angry at a Tip in Time. ACookis a Minister of State. TheEpicureanandPeripateticSects, are the two Parties ofWhiggandTory, who both are greedy enough of Dumpling.The Author cannot forbear his old Sneer upon Foreigners, but says, in his1st Page, “That finding it a Land of Plenty, they wisely resolved never to go home again,” and inhis 2d, “Nay, so zealous are they in the Cause ofBacchus, that one of the Chief among them, made a Vow never to say his Prayers till he has aTavern of his own in every Street inLondon, and in every Market-Town inEngland”:If he does not mean Sir J——T——I know not who he means.By the Invention ofEggs,Page 4.is meant Perquisites. “He cannot conclude a Paragraph in his5thPage, without owning he received that important Part of the History of Pudding, from old Mr.LawrenceofWilsden Green, the greatest Antiquary of the present Age.”This oldLawrenceis a great Favourite of the D—s; he is a facetious farmer, of above eighty Years of Age, now living atWilsden Green, nearKilburninMiddlesex, the most rural Place I ever saw: exactly like the Wilds ofIreland. It was here the D—n often retiredincog.to amuse himself with the Simplicity of the Place and People; where he got together all that Rigmayroll of Childrens talk, which composes hisNamby Pamby. OldLawrencetold me, the D—n has sate several Hours together to see the Children play, with the greatest Pleasure in Life: The rest he learned from the old Nurses thereabouts, of which there are a great many, with whom he would go and smoke a Pipe frequently, and cordially; not in his Clergyman’s Habit, but in a black Suit of Cloth Clothes, and without a Rose in his Hat: Which made them conclude him to be a Presbyterian Parson.This Mention of oldLawrence, is in Ridicule to a certain great Artist, who wrote a Treatise upon the WordConnoisseur(or a Knower) and confesses himself to have been many Years at a loss for a Word to express the Action of Knowing, till the great Mr.Priorgave him Ease, by furnishing him with the WordConnoissance. Our D—n had drawn a Drole, Parallel to this,viz.Boudineur, a Pudding Pyeman; andBoudinance, the making ofPudding Pies: But several Men of Quality begging it off, it was, at their Request, scratch’d out, but my Friend, theAmanuensis, remembers particularly its being originally inserted.If the Reader should ask, Who is that K—Johnmentioned in thefourth Page, and which I ought to have taken in its Place. I beg leave to inform him, that by K.Johnis meant the late Q.——, with whom the D— ofM——was many Years in such great Favour, that he was nick named K.John; it was in that Part of the Q—’s Reign, that SirJohnPudding, by whom is meant ****you know who, came in Favour; it is true, the Name is odd, and seems to carry an Air of Ridicule with it, but the Character given him by this allegorical Writer, is that of an able Statesman, and an honest Man.And here, begging Mr. D—n’s Pardon, I cannot but think his Wit has out run his Judgment; for he putsthe Cart before the Horse, and begins at the latter Part of Sir **** Administration: But this might be owing to too plentiful a Dinner, and too much of the Creature. Be that as it will, I must follow my Copy, and explain it as it lies. Proceed we therefore to the Dissertation,Page 6.“But what rais’d our Hero most in the Esteem of this Pudding-eating Monarch, was his second Edition of Pudding, he being the first that ever invented the Art of broiling Puddings, which he did to such Perfection, and so much to the King’s liking (who had a mortal Aversion to cold Pudding) that he thereupon instituted him Knight of the Gridiron, and gave him a Gridiron of Gold, the Ensign of that Order; which he always wore as a Mark of his Sovereign’s Favour.”If this does not mean the late Revival of an ancient Order of Knighthood, I never will unriddle Mysterymore: To prove which, we need but cross over to the next Page, where he tells us, “SirJohnhad always a Squire, who followed him, bearing a huge Pair of Spectacles to saddle his Honour’s Nose.”Diss. Page 7.After this, he very severely runs upon those would-be Statesmen, who put themselves in Competition with his Favourite, Sir ****, with whom he became exceeding intimate, and almost inseperable, all the Time he was inEngland.The Story of the Kit Cat Club,Dick Estcourt, andJacob Tonson, is a mere Digression; and nothing more to the Purpose, than that we may imagine it came uppermost. He returns to his Subject in his9thPage.“Now it was SirJohn’s Method, everySundayMorning, to give the Courtiers a Breakfast; which Breakfast was every Man his Dumpling, and Cup of Wine: For you must know, he was Yeoman of theWine-Cellar at the same Time.”The Breakfast is Sir *** Levee, the Yeomanship of the Wine-Cellar, is the ***.The Author of the Dissertation, is a very bad Chronologist; for atPage10.we are obliged to go back to the former Reign, where we shall find the lubberly Abbots (i. e.) the High Church Priests, misrepresenting SirJohn’s Actions, and never let the Q——alone, till poor SirJohnwas discarded.“This was a great Eye-sore, and Heart-burning to some lubberly Abbots, who lounged about the Court; they took it in great Dudgeon they were not invited, and stuck so close to his Skirts, that they never rested till they outed him. They told the King, who was naturally very hasty, that SirJohn,made-awaywith his Wine, and feasted hisParamoursat his Expence; and not only so, but they wereforming a Design against his Life, which they in Conscience ought to discover: That SirJohnwas not only an Heretic, but an Heathen; nay, worse, they fear’d he was a Witch, and that he had bewitch’d his Majesty into that unaccountable Fondness for aPudding-Maker. They assured the King, that on aSundayMorning, instead of being at Mattins, he and his Trigrimates got together hum jum, all snug, and perform’d many hellish and diabolical Ceremonies. In short, they made the King believe that the Moon was made of Green-Cheese: And to shew how the Innocent may be bely’d, and the best Intentions misrepresented, they told the King, That he and his Associates offered Sacrifices toCeres: When, alas, it was only the Dumplings they eat.“The Butter which was melted and poured over them, these vile Miscreants, calledLibations: And thefriendly Compotations of our Dumpling Eaters, were calledBacchanalian Rites. Two or three among them being sweet tooth’d, would strew a little Sugar over their Dumplings; this was represented as anHeathenish Offering. In short, not one Action of theirs, but which these rascally Abbots made criminal, and never let the King alone till SirJohnwas discarded; not but the King did it with the greatest Reluctance; but they made it a religious Concern, and he could not get off on’t.”Diss. pag.10.All the World knows that theToryMinistry got uppermost, for the four last Years of the Queen’s Reign, and by their unaccountable Management, teaz’d that good Lady out of her Life: Which occasion’d the D—n in hiseleventh Pageto say; “Then too late he saw his Error; then he lamented the Loss of SirJohn; and in his latest Moments, would cry out, Oh!that I had never parted from my dearJack-Pudding! Would I had never left off Pudding and Dumpling! then I had never been thus basely poison’d! never thus treacherously sent out of the World!——Thus did this good King lament: But alas! to no purpose, the Priest had given him his Bane, and Complaints were ineffectual.”This alludes to Sir **** Imprisonment and Disgrace in the Year——Nay, so barefaced is the D—n in his Allegory, that he tells us, in his12th Page,Norfolkwas his Asylum. This is as plain as the Nose on a Man’s Face! The subsequent Pages are an exact Description of the Ingratitude of Courtiers; and his Fable of theCourt Pudding,Page 13.is the best Part of the whole Dissertation.One would imagine the D—n had been at Sea, by his writing Catharping-Fashion, and dodging the Story sometimes Twenty-Years backwards,at other Times advancing as many; so that one knows not where to have him: for in hisfifteenth Page, he returns to the present Scene of Action, and brings his Hero into the Favour of K——Harry,alias**** who being sensible of his Abilities, restores him into Favour, and makes Use of his admirable Skill in Cookery,aliasState Affairs.“Not one of the King’s Cooks could make a Pudding like SirJohn; nay, though he made a Pudding before their Eyes, yet they, out of the very same Materials, could not do the like: Which made his old Friends, the Monks, attribute it to Witchcraft and it was currently reported the Devil was his Helper. But good KingHarrywas not to be fobb’d off so; the Pudding was good, it sat very well on his Stomach, and he eat very savourly, without the least Remorse of Conscience.”Diss. Page15.This seems to hint at the Opposition Sir **** met with from the contrary Party, and how sensible the K——was, that they were all unable to hold the Staff in Competition with him.After this the D—n runs into a whimsical Description of his Heroes personal Virtues; but draws the Picture too muchAlla Carraccatura, and is, in my Opinion, not only a little too familiar, but wide of his Subject. For begging his Deanship’s Pardon, he mightily betrays his Judgment, when he says, SirJohnwas no very great Scholar, whereas all Men of Learning allow him to be a most excellent one; but as we may suppose he grew pretty warm by this Time with the Booksellers Wine, he got into his old Knack of Raillery, and begins to run upon all Mankind: In this Mood he falls uponC——J——n, and SirR——Bl——re, a pair of twin Poets, who suck’d one and the same Muse. Afterthis he has a Fling atHandel,BononciniandAttilio, the Opera Composers; and a severe Sneer on the late High-Church Idol,Sacheverel. As forCluer, the Printer, any Body that knows Music, orBow Church Yard, needs no farther Information.And now he proceeds to a Digression, which is indeed the Dissertation it self; proving all Arts and Sciences to owe their Origin and Existence toPuddingandDumpling(i. e.) Encouragement. HisHiatusin the20th Page, I could, but dare not Decypher.In his22nd Page, he lashes the Authors who oppose the Government; such as theCraftsman,Occasional Writer, and other Scribblers, past, present, and to come.The Dumpling-Eaters Downfal, is a Title of his own Imagination; I have run over allWilford’s Catalogues, and see no Mention made of such a Book: All that Paragraph therefore is a mere Piece of Rablaiscism.In his23d Page, he has another confounded Fling at Foreigners; and after having determinately dubb’d his Hero, the Prince of Statesmen, he concludes his Dissertation with a Mess of Drollery, and goes off in a Laugh.In a Word, the whole Dissertation seems calculated to ingratiate the D—n in Sir **** Favour; he draws the Picture of an able and an honest Minister, painful in his Countries Service, and beloved by his Prince; yet oftentimes misrepresented and bely’d: Nay, sometimes on the Brink of Ruin, but always Conqueror. The Fears, the Jealousies, the Misrepresentations of an enraged and disappointed Party, give him no small Uneasiness to see the Ingratitude of some Men, the Folly of others, who shall believe black to be white, because prejudiced and designing Knaves alarm ’em with false Fears. We see every Action misconstrued, and Evil made out of Good; but as the bestPersons and Things are subject to Scandal and Ridicule; so have they the Pleasure of Triumphing in the Truth, which always will prevail.I take the Allegory of this Dissertation to be partly Historical, partly Prophetical; the D—n seeming to have carried his View, not only to the present, but even, succeeding Times. He sets his Hero down at last in Peace, Plenty, and a happy Retirement, not unrelented by his Prince; his Honesty apparent, his Enemies baffled and confounded, and his Measures made the Standard of good Government; and a Pattern for all just Ministers to follow.Thus, gentle Reader, have I, at the Expence of these poor Brains, crack’d this thick Shell, and given thee the Kernel. If any should object, and say this Exposition is a Contradiction to the D—n’s Principles; I assure such Objector, that the D—n is an errantWhigby Education, and Choice: He may indeed cajole theTorieswith a Belief that he is of their Party; but it is all a Joke, he is aWhig, and I know him to be so; Nay more, I can prove it, and defy him to contradict me; did he not just after his Arrival and Promotion inIreland, writing to one of his intimate Friends inLondon, conclude his Letter in this Manner?Thus Dear **** from all that has occur’d, you must conclude me aToryin every Thing, but my Principle, which is yet as unmoved, as, that I am,Yours,&c.This Letter, his Tale of a Tub, and in a Word, all his Invectives against Enthusiasm and Priestcraft, plainly prove him to be noTory; and if his Intimacy, not only with Sir **** himself, but most of the prime Men in the Ministry, cannot prove him aWhig, I have no more to say.FINIS.Advertisement to theCurious.TheAuthor is Night and Day at Work (in order to get published before theSpaniardshave raised the Siege ofGibraltar) a Treatise, entituled,Truth brought to light,orD—nS——t’sWilsdenProphecy unfolded; being a full Explanation of a Prophetical Poem, calledNamby Pamby, which, by most People, is taken for a Banter on an eminent Poet, now inIreland; when in Fact, it is a true Narrative of the Siege ofGibraltar, the Defeat of theSpaniards, and Success of theBritishArms. The Author doubts not in this Attempt to give manifest Proof of his Abilities, and make it apparent to all Mankind, that he can see as clearly through a Milstone, as any other Person can through the best OpticMartialorScarletever made; and that there is more in many Things, not taken Notice of, than the Generality of People are aware of.
AKEYTO THEDISSERTATIONONDUMPLING.
IShallbegin with his Motto, which says,What is better than a Pudding?The Body owns its Power, the Mind, its Delicacy; it will give Youth to grey Hairs, and Life to the most Desponding: Therefore arePudding Eaters of great Use in State Affairs.
This Quotation is of a Piece with his Motto to the Tale of a Tub, and other Writings; altogether Fictitious and Drole: he adds to the Jest, by putting an Air of Authority or genuine Quotation from some great Author; when alas! the whole is mere Farce and Invention.
The Dedication is one continued Sneer upon Authors, and their Patrons, and seems to carry a Glance of Derision towards Men of Quality in General; by setting a Cook above them, as a more useful Member in a body Politick. Some will have thisBraund, to be Sir ****, others Sir ****, others Sir ****; but I take it to be more Railery than Mystery, and that Mr.Braund, at theRummerinQueen-street, is the Person; who having pleas’d the Author in two or three Entertainments, he, with a View trulyEpicurean, constitutes himhisMæcenas; as being more agreeable to him than a whole Circle of Stars and Garters, of what Colour or Denomination soever.
In his Tale of a Tub, he has a fling at Dependance, and Attendance, where he talks of a Body worn out with Poxes ill cured, and Shooes with Dependance, and Attendance. Not having the Book by me, I am forced to quote at Random, but I hope the courteous Reader will bear me out. He complains of it again in this Treatise, and makes a Complement to Mr.Austin, Mr.Braund’s late Servant; who keeps theBraund’s Head inNew Bond-street, nearHanover-Square; a House of great Elegance, and where he used frequently to dine.
The Distinction ofBrand,Braund, andBarnes, is a Banter on Criticks, and Genealogists, who make such a Pother about the Orthography of Names and Things, that many Times, three Parts in four of a Folio Treatise,is taken up in ascertaining the Propriety of a Syllable, by which Means the Reader is left undetermined; having nothing but the various Readings on a single Word, and that probably, of small Importance.
I heartily wish some of these Glossographists would oblige the World with a Folio Treatise or two, on the Word Rabbet: We shall then know whether it is to be spelt with ane, or ani. For, to the Shame of theEnglishTongue and this learned Age, our most eminent Physicians, Surgeons, Anatomists and Men Midwives, have all been to seek in this Affair.
And some of these great Wits, have such short Memories, that theyspell it both Ways in one and the same Page.
The Master-Key to this Mystery, is the Explanation of its Terms; for Example, byDumplingis meant a Place, or any other Reward or Encouragement. APuddingsignifies a P——t, and sometimes a C——tee. ADumpling Eater, is a Dependant on the Court, or, in a Word, any one who will rather pocket an Affront than be angry at a Tip in Time. ACookis a Minister of State. TheEpicureanandPeripateticSects, are the two Parties ofWhiggandTory, who both are greedy enough of Dumpling.
The Author cannot forbear his old Sneer upon Foreigners, but says, in his1st Page, “That finding it a Land of Plenty, they wisely resolved never to go home again,” and inhis 2d, “Nay, so zealous are they in the Cause ofBacchus, that one of the Chief among them, made a Vow never to say his Prayers till he has aTavern of his own in every Street inLondon, and in every Market-Town inEngland”:If he does not mean Sir J——T——I know not who he means.
By the Invention ofEggs,Page 4.is meant Perquisites. “He cannot conclude a Paragraph in his5thPage, without owning he received that important Part of the History of Pudding, from old Mr.LawrenceofWilsden Green, the greatest Antiquary of the present Age.”
This oldLawrenceis a great Favourite of the D—s; he is a facetious farmer, of above eighty Years of Age, now living atWilsden Green, nearKilburninMiddlesex, the most rural Place I ever saw: exactly like the Wilds ofIreland. It was here the D—n often retiredincog.to amuse himself with the Simplicity of the Place and People; where he got together all that Rigmayroll of Childrens talk, which composes hisNamby Pamby. OldLawrencetold me, the D—n has sate several Hours together to see the Children play, with the greatest Pleasure in Life: The rest he learned from the old Nurses thereabouts, of which there are a great many, with whom he would go and smoke a Pipe frequently, and cordially; not in his Clergyman’s Habit, but in a black Suit of Cloth Clothes, and without a Rose in his Hat: Which made them conclude him to be a Presbyterian Parson.
This Mention of oldLawrence, is in Ridicule to a certain great Artist, who wrote a Treatise upon the WordConnoisseur(or a Knower) and confesses himself to have been many Years at a loss for a Word to express the Action of Knowing, till the great Mr.Priorgave him Ease, by furnishing him with the WordConnoissance. Our D—n had drawn a Drole, Parallel to this,viz.Boudineur, a Pudding Pyeman; andBoudinance, the making ofPudding Pies: But several Men of Quality begging it off, it was, at their Request, scratch’d out, but my Friend, theAmanuensis, remembers particularly its being originally inserted.
If the Reader should ask, Who is that K—Johnmentioned in thefourth Page, and which I ought to have taken in its Place. I beg leave to inform him, that by K.Johnis meant the late Q.——, with whom the D— ofM——was many Years in such great Favour, that he was nick named K.John; it was in that Part of the Q—’s Reign, that SirJohnPudding, by whom is meant ****you know who, came in Favour; it is true, the Name is odd, and seems to carry an Air of Ridicule with it, but the Character given him by this allegorical Writer, is that of an able Statesman, and an honest Man.
And here, begging Mr. D—n’s Pardon, I cannot but think his Wit has out run his Judgment; for he putsthe Cart before the Horse, and begins at the latter Part of Sir **** Administration: But this might be owing to too plentiful a Dinner, and too much of the Creature. Be that as it will, I must follow my Copy, and explain it as it lies. Proceed we therefore to the Dissertation,Page 6.
“But what rais’d our Hero most in the Esteem of this Pudding-eating Monarch, was his second Edition of Pudding, he being the first that ever invented the Art of broiling Puddings, which he did to such Perfection, and so much to the King’s liking (who had a mortal Aversion to cold Pudding) that he thereupon instituted him Knight of the Gridiron, and gave him a Gridiron of Gold, the Ensign of that Order; which he always wore as a Mark of his Sovereign’s Favour.”
If this does not mean the late Revival of an ancient Order of Knighthood, I never will unriddle Mysterymore: To prove which, we need but cross over to the next Page, where he tells us, “SirJohnhad always a Squire, who followed him, bearing a huge Pair of Spectacles to saddle his Honour’s Nose.”Diss. Page 7.
After this, he very severely runs upon those would-be Statesmen, who put themselves in Competition with his Favourite, Sir ****, with whom he became exceeding intimate, and almost inseperable, all the Time he was inEngland.
The Story of the Kit Cat Club,Dick Estcourt, andJacob Tonson, is a mere Digression; and nothing more to the Purpose, than that we may imagine it came uppermost. He returns to his Subject in his9thPage.
“Now it was SirJohn’s Method, everySundayMorning, to give the Courtiers a Breakfast; which Breakfast was every Man his Dumpling, and Cup of Wine: For you must know, he was Yeoman of theWine-Cellar at the same Time.”
The Breakfast is Sir *** Levee, the Yeomanship of the Wine-Cellar, is the ***.
The Author of the Dissertation, is a very bad Chronologist; for atPage10.we are obliged to go back to the former Reign, where we shall find the lubberly Abbots (i. e.) the High Church Priests, misrepresenting SirJohn’s Actions, and never let the Q——alone, till poor SirJohnwas discarded.
“This was a great Eye-sore, and Heart-burning to some lubberly Abbots, who lounged about the Court; they took it in great Dudgeon they were not invited, and stuck so close to his Skirts, that they never rested till they outed him. They told the King, who was naturally very hasty, that SirJohn,made-awaywith his Wine, and feasted hisParamoursat his Expence; and not only so, but they wereforming a Design against his Life, which they in Conscience ought to discover: That SirJohnwas not only an Heretic, but an Heathen; nay, worse, they fear’d he was a Witch, and that he had bewitch’d his Majesty into that unaccountable Fondness for aPudding-Maker. They assured the King, that on aSundayMorning, instead of being at Mattins, he and his Trigrimates got together hum jum, all snug, and perform’d many hellish and diabolical Ceremonies. In short, they made the King believe that the Moon was made of Green-Cheese: And to shew how the Innocent may be bely’d, and the best Intentions misrepresented, they told the King, That he and his Associates offered Sacrifices toCeres: When, alas, it was only the Dumplings they eat.
“The Butter which was melted and poured over them, these vile Miscreants, calledLibations: And thefriendly Compotations of our Dumpling Eaters, were calledBacchanalian Rites. Two or three among them being sweet tooth’d, would strew a little Sugar over their Dumplings; this was represented as anHeathenish Offering. In short, not one Action of theirs, but which these rascally Abbots made criminal, and never let the King alone till SirJohnwas discarded; not but the King did it with the greatest Reluctance; but they made it a religious Concern, and he could not get off on’t.”Diss. pag.10.
All the World knows that theToryMinistry got uppermost, for the four last Years of the Queen’s Reign, and by their unaccountable Management, teaz’d that good Lady out of her Life: Which occasion’d the D—n in hiseleventh Pageto say; “Then too late he saw his Error; then he lamented the Loss of SirJohn; and in his latest Moments, would cry out, Oh!that I had never parted from my dearJack-Pudding! Would I had never left off Pudding and Dumpling! then I had never been thus basely poison’d! never thus treacherously sent out of the World!——Thus did this good King lament: But alas! to no purpose, the Priest had given him his Bane, and Complaints were ineffectual.”
This alludes to Sir **** Imprisonment and Disgrace in the Year——Nay, so barefaced is the D—n in his Allegory, that he tells us, in his12th Page,Norfolkwas his Asylum. This is as plain as the Nose on a Man’s Face! The subsequent Pages are an exact Description of the Ingratitude of Courtiers; and his Fable of theCourt Pudding,Page 13.is the best Part of the whole Dissertation.
One would imagine the D—n had been at Sea, by his writing Catharping-Fashion, and dodging the Story sometimes Twenty-Years backwards,at other Times advancing as many; so that one knows not where to have him: for in hisfifteenth Page, he returns to the present Scene of Action, and brings his Hero into the Favour of K——Harry,alias**** who being sensible of his Abilities, restores him into Favour, and makes Use of his admirable Skill in Cookery,aliasState Affairs.
“Not one of the King’s Cooks could make a Pudding like SirJohn; nay, though he made a Pudding before their Eyes, yet they, out of the very same Materials, could not do the like: Which made his old Friends, the Monks, attribute it to Witchcraft and it was currently reported the Devil was his Helper. But good KingHarrywas not to be fobb’d off so; the Pudding was good, it sat very well on his Stomach, and he eat very savourly, without the least Remorse of Conscience.”Diss. Page15.
This seems to hint at the Opposition Sir **** met with from the contrary Party, and how sensible the K——was, that they were all unable to hold the Staff in Competition with him.
After this the D—n runs into a whimsical Description of his Heroes personal Virtues; but draws the Picture too muchAlla Carraccatura, and is, in my Opinion, not only a little too familiar, but wide of his Subject. For begging his Deanship’s Pardon, he mightily betrays his Judgment, when he says, SirJohnwas no very great Scholar, whereas all Men of Learning allow him to be a most excellent one; but as we may suppose he grew pretty warm by this Time with the Booksellers Wine, he got into his old Knack of Raillery, and begins to run upon all Mankind: In this Mood he falls uponC——J——n, and SirR——Bl——re, a pair of twin Poets, who suck’d one and the same Muse. Afterthis he has a Fling atHandel,BononciniandAttilio, the Opera Composers; and a severe Sneer on the late High-Church Idol,Sacheverel. As forCluer, the Printer, any Body that knows Music, orBow Church Yard, needs no farther Information.
And now he proceeds to a Digression, which is indeed the Dissertation it self; proving all Arts and Sciences to owe their Origin and Existence toPuddingandDumpling(i. e.) Encouragement. HisHiatusin the20th Page, I could, but dare not Decypher.
In his22nd Page, he lashes the Authors who oppose the Government; such as theCraftsman,Occasional Writer, and other Scribblers, past, present, and to come.The Dumpling-Eaters Downfal, is a Title of his own Imagination; I have run over allWilford’s Catalogues, and see no Mention made of such a Book: All that Paragraph therefore is a mere Piece of Rablaiscism.
In his23d Page, he has another confounded Fling at Foreigners; and after having determinately dubb’d his Hero, the Prince of Statesmen, he concludes his Dissertation with a Mess of Drollery, and goes off in a Laugh.
In a Word, the whole Dissertation seems calculated to ingratiate the D—n in Sir **** Favour; he draws the Picture of an able and an honest Minister, painful in his Countries Service, and beloved by his Prince; yet oftentimes misrepresented and bely’d: Nay, sometimes on the Brink of Ruin, but always Conqueror. The Fears, the Jealousies, the Misrepresentations of an enraged and disappointed Party, give him no small Uneasiness to see the Ingratitude of some Men, the Folly of others, who shall believe black to be white, because prejudiced and designing Knaves alarm ’em with false Fears. We see every Action misconstrued, and Evil made out of Good; but as the bestPersons and Things are subject to Scandal and Ridicule; so have they the Pleasure of Triumphing in the Truth, which always will prevail.
I take the Allegory of this Dissertation to be partly Historical, partly Prophetical; the D—n seeming to have carried his View, not only to the present, but even, succeeding Times. He sets his Hero down at last in Peace, Plenty, and a happy Retirement, not unrelented by his Prince; his Honesty apparent, his Enemies baffled and confounded, and his Measures made the Standard of good Government; and a Pattern for all just Ministers to follow.
Thus, gentle Reader, have I, at the Expence of these poor Brains, crack’d this thick Shell, and given thee the Kernel. If any should object, and say this Exposition is a Contradiction to the D—n’s Principles; I assure such Objector, that the D—n is an errantWhigby Education, and Choice: He may indeed cajole theTorieswith a Belief that he is of their Party; but it is all a Joke, he is aWhig, and I know him to be so; Nay more, I can prove it, and defy him to contradict me; did he not just after his Arrival and Promotion inIreland, writing to one of his intimate Friends inLondon, conclude his Letter in this Manner?
Thus Dear **** from all that has occur’d, you must conclude me aToryin every Thing, but my Principle, which is yet as unmoved, as, that I am,
Yours,&c.
This Letter, his Tale of a Tub, and in a Word, all his Invectives against Enthusiasm and Priestcraft, plainly prove him to be noTory; and if his Intimacy, not only with Sir **** himself, but most of the prime Men in the Ministry, cannot prove him aWhig, I have no more to say.
TheAuthor is Night and Day at Work (in order to get published before theSpaniardshave raised the Siege ofGibraltar) a Treatise, entituled,Truth brought to light,orD—nS——t’sWilsdenProphecy unfolded; being a full Explanation of a Prophetical Poem, calledNamby Pamby, which, by most People, is taken for a Banter on an eminent Poet, now inIreland; when in Fact, it is a true Narrative of the Siege ofGibraltar, the Defeat of theSpaniards, and Success of theBritishArms. The Author doubts not in this Attempt to give manifest Proof of his Abilities, and make it apparent to all Mankind, that he can see as clearly through a Milstone, as any other Person can through the best OpticMartialorScarletever made; and that there is more in many Things, not taken Notice of, than the Generality of People are aware of.
NOTES TODUMPLINGPp.[ii].2-[iii].25.The information on Brand, Braund, and Marsh is confirmed by records in the Willesdon Public Library and by Lyson’sCounty of Middlesex.P.2.30-31.Carey also attacks the Freemasons and Gormogons inPoems, ed. Wood, p. 118.P.5.3.Old Mr. Lawrence is mentioned several times (see particularlyKey, pp. 16-17). There was a farmer Lawrence of 70 in Willesdon at the time, but I have found no direct connection with an antiquary, with Swift’s Namby Pamby talk (seeOEDunderNamby Pamby) and hisWilsden Prophecy; nor with Jonathan Richardson (see note toKey, p. 17). On another level, the laziness attributed to Swift (Key, p. viii) and the gridiron here connected with the Kit Cat club are both commonly associated with Saint Lawrence.P.6.11-12.“Bull and Mouth” refers to a tavern known as the Boulogne Mouth (John Timbs,Clubs and Club Life in London[London, 1872], p. 529).Pp.6.13-9.6.Knight of the Gridiron: Walpole was a member of the Kit Cat club, which originally met at the pie shop of Christopher Cat in Shire Lane. The “Second Edition” probably refers to the fact that the Order of the Bath was reintroduced for Walpole’s benefit in June 1724. (See alsoKey, p. 19.) There is intentional confusion with Estcourt, who as providore of the Beefsteak club wore about his neck a small gridiron of silver and was made a Knight of Saint Lawrence. The Knights of the Toast were an associated group. The gridiron is a symbol both of gormandizing and of the roasting of Saint Lawrence.P.9.9.J[acob] T[onson], the publisher, founded the Kit Cat club which also met at Tonson’s home in Barns Elms, and in Hampstead (which was only a few miles northeast of Willesdon).P.11.15-18.King John is reputed either to have been poisoned or to have died from overeating at Swineshead Abbey (18-19 October 1216).Pp.14.15-16.24.See alsoKey, pp. 25-26. King Harry, at this point, would appear to be George I, with either Walpole or Marlborough as Sir John Pudding. Nevertheless, there are carefully interpolated overtones regarding Falstaff and Hal. “One knows not where to have him” (Key, p. 25) is one of several apt Shakespearian allusions in the work.Pp.17.25-18.26.InDumpling, pp. 17-18, andKey, pp. 26-27, the references are to the writers Sir R[ichard] B[lackmore] and C[harles] J[ohnso]n; opera in the hands of Nicolino, Senesino, Handel, Buononcini and Attilio; the high-church idol, Sacheverel (d. 1724); theCraftsman(founded to attack Walpole) and theOccasional Writer(Bolingbroke’s 4 pamphlets of Jan/Feb. 1727); and finally the discredited music printer, Cluer. Carey’s relationship to opera was ambivalent, but inMocking is Catchinghe strongly attacked Senesino.P.24.5-29.Matt. Prior (d. 1721), despite his aristocratic pretensions, had been earlier associated with the Rummer Tavern. He was a member of the Kit Cat club until he became a Tory for Dumpling.P.[32].28.E[dmund] C[url] of the “ADVERTISEMENT” was a publisher notorious for stealing material. Carey complained frequently of his writings having been “fathered” by others.NOTES TO THEKEYTitle Page“J. W.”: Dr. Wood suggests this is the fictitious John Walton of the “Proposals” at the end ofDumpling. My own preference is for Dr. John Woodward, the famous antiquarian and physician. As late as Fielding’s “Dedication” toShamela, Woodward was being mocked for suggesting that the “Gluttony [which] is owing to the great Multiplication of Pastry-Cooks in the City” has “Led to the Subversion of Government....” (See Woodward’sThe State of Physick and of Diseases[London, 1718], pp. 194-196 and 200-201. Compare this withDumpling, pp. 22-23, on theDumpling-Eaters Downfall, also pp. 9 and 16, andKey, p. 17.) Swift deals with “repletion” inGulliver’s Travels(ed. Herbert Davis [Oxford, 1941], pp. 253-254 and 262).P.iii.1-22.L[intot] was Pope’s publisher. B[ooth], W[ilks], and C[ibber] were the managers of Drury Lane.The London Stage, Part 2: 1700-1729, ed. Emmett L. Avery (Carbondale, Ill., 1960), shows that J. M. Smythe’sRival Modeswas first played 27 January 1727 at Drury Lane; John Thurmond’s pantomimeThe Miser: Or Wagner and Abericockwas first played 30 December 1726 at Drury Lane; and Lun’s pantomimesHarlequin a Sorcerer: With The Loves of Pluto and ProserpineandThe Rape of Proserpinewere first played at the Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre 21 January 1725 and 13 February 1727 respectively.P.iv.16-25.The preface ends on a similar note to Carey’sOf Stage Tyrants(p. 108).P.[v].3-4.To “it never wants a Father,” compareOf Stage Tyrants(p. 107).P.vi.1-9.Swift’s “old Bookseller” had been T[ooke] (though there may be overtones here regarding Tonson). His new publisher was [Benjamin] M[otte].Pp.viii.24-ix.14.The “Hackney Writer out ofTemple Lane” could very well be Carey. (See Carey’sRecords of Love[London, 1710], pp. 175, 93, and 104.)P.13.6-9.Carey’s poem “The Plague of Dependence” cautions: “You may dance out your shoes in attendance;/ [while you] .... wait for a court dependence” (p. 90).Pp.14.7-15.2.Here Carey cleverly ties in Swift’s surgeon Gulliver, through the “Pancake of Rabbets” (Dumpling, p. 17), with the topical and notorious case of Mary Tofts, who in November 1726 was “delivered” of fifteen rabbits. All the people mentioned were connected with this case. Nathaniel St. André was the surgeon and anatomist to the King, and Cyriacus Ahlers the King’s private surgeon; John Howard was the apothecary. The imposture was finally brought to light before Sir Richard Manningham (the famous man-midwife who probably influenced Sterne) and Dr. James Douglas. Among the many contemporary pamphlets on this subject is one by Thomas Braithwaite.Pp.16.14-17.13.The following is a very revealing quotation from records in the Willesdon Public Library under F. A. Wood [not Dr. F. T. Wood],WillesdonI, 99: “These nurse children must have been sent from workhouses round Willesdon ... the parish must have become a baby farm.... The large number of deaths between 1702 and 1727 ought to have caused some official enquiry, which probably did take place, as after 1727 they soon ceased altogether.”P.17.14-22.See Jonathan Richardson,Works, Strawberry Hill Press (London, 1792), pp. 198-199: “...had the honour of a letter ... the termConnoisancewas used.... I must not conceal the name it was Mr. Prior.” Richardson, a frequent visitor to Hampstead, painted both Prior and Pope. His essay on “The Connoisseur” was frequently published.P.18.6-22.See also p. 24 andpassim. Robert Walpole was born and died at Houghton in Norfolk; he was helped up by Marlborough but lost power withhim under the Tories. Walpole went to the Tower for five months in 1712 before going to his home county, where Defoe calls him “King Walpole in Norfolk.”P.24.19-20.The “Fable of theCourt Pudding” (see alsoDumpling, pp. 13-14) ties together both meanings of thescatologicalLatin-English pun on the title page ofDumpling.
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Lord Hervey,The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue(1742).1967-1968129. Lawrence Echard, Prefaces toTerence’s Comedies(1694) andPlautus’s Comedies(1694).130. Henry More,Democritus Platonissans(1646).132. Walter Harte,An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad(1730).1968-1969133. John Courtenay,A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the Late Samuel Johnson(1786).134. John Downes,Roscius Anglicanus(1708).135. Sir John Hill,Hypochondriasis, a Practical Treatise(1766).136. Thomas Sheridan,Discourse ... Being Introductory to His Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language(1759).137. Arthur Murphy,The Englishman From Paris(1736).138. 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Conway, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library; George Robert Guffey, University of California, Los Angeles; Maximillian E. Novak, University of California, Los AngelesCorresponding Secretary: Mrs. Edna C. Davis, William Andrews Clark Memorial LibraryThe Society’s purpose is to publish rare Restoration and eighteenth-century works (usually as facsimile reproductions). All income of the Society is devoted to defraying costs of publication and mailing.Correspondence concerning memberships in the United States and Canada should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California. Correspondence concerning editorial matters may be addressed to the General Editors at the same address. Manuscripts of introductions should conform to the recommendations of the M L AStyle Sheet. The membership fee is $5.00 a year in the United States and Canada and £1.19.6 in Great Britain and Europe. British and European prospective members should address B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England. Copies of back issues in print may be obtained from the Corresponding Secretary.Publications of the first fifteen years of the Society (numbers 1-90) are available in paperbound units of six issues at $16.00 per unit, from the Kraus Reprint Company, 16 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017.Make check or money order payable toThe Regents of the University of CaliforniaREGULAR PUBLICATIONS FOR 1969-1970139.John Ogilvie,An Essay on the lyric poetry of the ancients(1762). Introduction by Wallace Jackson.140.A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling(1726) andPudding burnt to pot or a compleat key to the Dissertation on Dumpling(1727). Introduction by Samuel L. Macey.141. Selections from Sir Roger L’Estrange’sObservator(1681-1687). Introduction by Violet Jordain.142. Anthony Collins,A Discourse concerning Ridicule and Irony in writing(1729). Introduction by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom.143.A Letter from a clergyman to his friend, with an account of the travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver(1726). Introduction by Martin Kallich.144.The Art of Architecture, a poem. In imitation of Horace’s Art of poetry(1742). Introduction by William A. Gibson.SPECIAL PUBLICATION FOR 1969-1970Gerard Langbaine,An Account of the English Dramatick Poets(1691), Introduction by John Loftis. 2 Volumes. Approximately 600 pages. Price to members of the Society, $7.00 for the first copy (both volumes), and $8.50 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $10.00.Already published in this series:1. John Ogilby,The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse(1668), with an Introduction by Earl Miner. 228 pages.2. John Gay,Fables(1727, 1738), with an Introduction by Vinton A. Dearing. 366 pages.3.The Empress of Morocco and Its Critics(Elkanah Settle,The Empress of Morocco[1673] with five plates;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco[1674] by John Dryden, John Crowne and Thomas Snadwell;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco Revised[1674] by Elkanah Settle; andThe Empress of Morocco. A Farce[1674] by Thomas Duffett), with an Introduction by Maximillian E. Novak. 348 pages.4.After THE TEMPEST(the Dryden-Davenant version ofThe Tempest[1670]; the “operatic”Tempest[1674]; Thomas Duffett’sMock-Tempest[1675]; and the “Garrick”Tempest[1756]), with an Introduction by George Robert Guffey. 332 pages.Price to members of the Society, $3.50 for the first copy of each title, and $4.25 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $5.00. Standing orders for this continuing series of Special Publications will be accepted. British and European orders should be addressed to B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England.
WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARKMEMORIAL LIBRARYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESThe Augustan Reprint SocietyPUBLICATIONS IN PRINT
Where available, links are given to Project Gutenberg e-texts. Most other titles are in preparation.
1948-194916.Henry Nevil Payne,The Fatal Jealousie(1673).18.Anonymous, “Of Genius,” inThe Occasional Paper, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719), and Aaron Hill, Preface toThe Creation(1720).1949-195019.Susanna Centlivre,The Busie Body(1709).20.Lewis Theobald,Prefaceto the Works of Shakespeare(1734).22.Samuel Johnson,The Vanity of Human Wishes(1749), and twoRamblerpapers (1750).23.John Dryden,His Majesties Declaration Defended(1681).1950-195126.Charles Macklin,The Man of the World(1792).1951-195231.Thomas Gray,An Elegy Wrote in a Country Churchyard(1751), andThe Eton College Manuscript.1952-195341. Bernard Mandeville,A Letter to Dion(1732).1963-1964104. Thomas D’Urfey,Wonders in the Sun; or, The Kingdom of the Birds(1706).1964-1965110. John Tutchin,Selected Poems(1685-1700).111. Anonymous,Political justice(1736).112. Robert Dodsley,An Essay on Fable(1764).113. T. R.,An Essay Concerning Critical and Curious Learning(1698).114.Two Poems Against Pope:Leonard Welsted,One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope(1730), and Anonymous,The Blatant Beast(1742).1965-1966115. Daniel Defoe and others,Accounts of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal.116. Charles Macklin,The Covent Garden Theatre(1752).117. Sir George L’Estrange,Citt and Bumpkin(1680).118. Henry More,Enthusiasmus Triumphatus(1662).119. Thomas Traherne,Meditations on the Six Days of the Creation(1717).120. Bernard Mandeville,Aesop Dress’d or a Collection of Fables(1704).1966-1967123. Edmond Malone,Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Mr. Thomas Rowley(1782).124. Anonymous,The Female Wits(1704).125. Anonymous,The Scribleriad(1742). Lord Hervey,The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue(1742).1967-1968129. Lawrence Echard, Prefaces toTerence’s Comedies(1694) andPlautus’s Comedies(1694).130. Henry More,Democritus Platonissans(1646).132. Walter Harte,An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad(1730).1968-1969133. John Courtenay,A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the Late Samuel Johnson(1786).134. John Downes,Roscius Anglicanus(1708).135. Sir John Hill,Hypochondriasis, a Practical Treatise(1766).136. Thomas Sheridan,Discourse ... Being Introductory to His Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language(1759).137. Arthur Murphy,The Englishman From Paris(1736).138. [Catherine Trotter],Olinda’s Adventures(1718).
16.Henry Nevil Payne,The Fatal Jealousie(1673).
18.Anonymous, “Of Genius,” inThe Occasional Paper, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719), and Aaron Hill, Preface toThe Creation(1720).
19.Susanna Centlivre,The Busie Body(1709).
20.Lewis Theobald,Prefaceto the Works of Shakespeare(1734).
22.Samuel Johnson,The Vanity of Human Wishes(1749), and twoRamblerpapers (1750).
23.John Dryden,His Majesties Declaration Defended(1681).
26.Charles Macklin,The Man of the World(1792).
31.Thomas Gray,An Elegy Wrote in a Country Churchyard(1751), andThe Eton College Manuscript.
41. Bernard Mandeville,A Letter to Dion(1732).
104. Thomas D’Urfey,Wonders in the Sun; or, The Kingdom of the Birds(1706).
110. John Tutchin,Selected Poems(1685-1700).
111. Anonymous,Political justice(1736).
112. Robert Dodsley,An Essay on Fable(1764).
113. T. R.,An Essay Concerning Critical and Curious Learning(1698).
114.Two Poems Against Pope:Leonard Welsted,One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope(1730), and Anonymous,The Blatant Beast(1742).
115. Daniel Defoe and others,Accounts of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal.
116. Charles Macklin,The Covent Garden Theatre(1752).
117. Sir George L’Estrange,Citt and Bumpkin(1680).
118. Henry More,Enthusiasmus Triumphatus(1662).
119. Thomas Traherne,Meditations on the Six Days of the Creation(1717).
120. Bernard Mandeville,Aesop Dress’d or a Collection of Fables(1704).
123. Edmond Malone,Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Mr. Thomas Rowley(1782).
124. Anonymous,The Female Wits(1704).
125. Anonymous,The Scribleriad(1742). Lord Hervey,The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue(1742).
129. Lawrence Echard, Prefaces toTerence’s Comedies(1694) andPlautus’s Comedies(1694).
130. Henry More,Democritus Platonissans(1646).
132. Walter Harte,An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad(1730).
133. John Courtenay,A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the Late Samuel Johnson(1786).
134. John Downes,Roscius Anglicanus(1708).
135. Sir John Hill,Hypochondriasis, a Practical Treatise(1766).
136. Thomas Sheridan,Discourse ... Being Introductory to His Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language(1759).
137. Arthur Murphy,The Englishman From Paris(1736).
138. [Catherine Trotter],Olinda’s Adventures(1718).
Publications of the first fifteen years of the Society (numbers 1-90) are available in paperbound units of six issues at $16.00 per unit, from the Kraus Reprint Company, 16 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017.
Publications in print are available at the regular membership rate of $5.00 yearly. Prices of single issues may be obtained upon request. Subsequent publications may be checked in the annual prospectus.
General Editors: William E. Conway, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library; George Robert Guffey, University of California, Los Angeles; Maximillian E. Novak, University of California, Los Angeles
Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Edna C. Davis, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
The Society’s purpose is to publish rare Restoration and eighteenth-century works (usually as facsimile reproductions). All income of the Society is devoted to defraying costs of publication and mailing.
Correspondence concerning memberships in the United States and Canada should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California. Correspondence concerning editorial matters may be addressed to the General Editors at the same address. Manuscripts of introductions should conform to the recommendations of the M L AStyle Sheet. The membership fee is $5.00 a year in the United States and Canada and £1.19.6 in Great Britain and Europe. British and European prospective members should address B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England. Copies of back issues in print may be obtained from the Corresponding Secretary.
Publications of the first fifteen years of the Society (numbers 1-90) are available in paperbound units of six issues at $16.00 per unit, from the Kraus Reprint Company, 16 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017.
Make check or money order payable toThe Regents of the University of California
139.John Ogilvie,An Essay on the lyric poetry of the ancients(1762). Introduction by Wallace Jackson.140.A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling(1726) andPudding burnt to pot or a compleat key to the Dissertation on Dumpling(1727). Introduction by Samuel L. Macey.141. Selections from Sir Roger L’Estrange’sObservator(1681-1687). Introduction by Violet Jordain.142. Anthony Collins,A Discourse concerning Ridicule and Irony in writing(1729). Introduction by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom.143.A Letter from a clergyman to his friend, with an account of the travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver(1726). Introduction by Martin Kallich.144.The Art of Architecture, a poem. In imitation of Horace’s Art of poetry(1742). Introduction by William A. Gibson.
139.John Ogilvie,An Essay on the lyric poetry of the ancients(1762). Introduction by Wallace Jackson.
140.A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling(1726) andPudding burnt to pot or a compleat key to the Dissertation on Dumpling(1727). Introduction by Samuel L. Macey.
141. Selections from Sir Roger L’Estrange’sObservator(1681-1687). Introduction by Violet Jordain.
142. Anthony Collins,A Discourse concerning Ridicule and Irony in writing(1729). Introduction by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom.
143.A Letter from a clergyman to his friend, with an account of the travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver(1726). Introduction by Martin Kallich.
144.The Art of Architecture, a poem. In imitation of Horace’s Art of poetry(1742). Introduction by William A. Gibson.
Gerard Langbaine,An Account of the English Dramatick Poets(1691), Introduction by John Loftis. 2 Volumes. Approximately 600 pages. Price to members of the Society, $7.00 for the first copy (both volumes), and $8.50 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $10.00.
Gerard Langbaine,An Account of the English Dramatick Poets(1691), Introduction by John Loftis. 2 Volumes. Approximately 600 pages. Price to members of the Society, $7.00 for the first copy (both volumes), and $8.50 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $10.00.
Already published in this series:
1. John Ogilby,The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse(1668), with an Introduction by Earl Miner. 228 pages.2. John Gay,Fables(1727, 1738), with an Introduction by Vinton A. Dearing. 366 pages.3.The Empress of Morocco and Its Critics(Elkanah Settle,The Empress of Morocco[1673] with five plates;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco[1674] by John Dryden, John Crowne and Thomas Snadwell;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco Revised[1674] by Elkanah Settle; andThe Empress of Morocco. A Farce[1674] by Thomas Duffett), with an Introduction by Maximillian E. Novak. 348 pages.4.After THE TEMPEST(the Dryden-Davenant version ofThe Tempest[1670]; the “operatic”Tempest[1674]; Thomas Duffett’sMock-Tempest[1675]; and the “Garrick”Tempest[1756]), with an Introduction by George Robert Guffey. 332 pages.
1. John Ogilby,The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse(1668), with an Introduction by Earl Miner. 228 pages.
2. John Gay,Fables(1727, 1738), with an Introduction by Vinton A. Dearing. 366 pages.
3.The Empress of Morocco and Its Critics(Elkanah Settle,The Empress of Morocco[1673] with five plates;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco[1674] by John Dryden, John Crowne and Thomas Snadwell;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco Revised[1674] by Elkanah Settle; andThe Empress of Morocco. A Farce[1674] by Thomas Duffett), with an Introduction by Maximillian E. Novak. 348 pages.
4.After THE TEMPEST(the Dryden-Davenant version ofThe Tempest[1670]; the “operatic”Tempest[1674]; Thomas Duffett’sMock-Tempest[1675]; and the “Garrick”Tempest[1756]), with an Introduction by George Robert Guffey. 332 pages.
Price to members of the Society, $3.50 for the first copy of each title, and $4.25 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $5.00. Standing orders for this continuing series of Special Publications will be accepted. British and European orders should be addressed to B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England.