ed, "That the complaint of the aforefaid Libels and "Advertisements was forged and untrue: that all "mouths had been filent, except in Mr. Pope's praise; "and nothing against him published, but by Mr. Theo. "bald."]

Sawney, in blank verfe, occafioned by the Dunciad; with a Critique on that poem. By J. Ralph [a perfon never mentioned in it at first, but inferted after] printed for J. Roberts, octavo.

A complete Key to the Dunciad. By E. Curll, 12mo, price 6 d.

A fecond and third edition of the fame, with additions, 12mo.

The Popiad. By E. Curll, extracted from J. Dennis, Sir Richard Blackmore, &c. 12mo. price 6 d.

The Curliad. By the fame E. Curll.

The Female Dunciad. Collected by the fame Mr. Curll, 12mo. price 6 d. With the Metamorphofis of P. into a stinging Nettle. By. Mr. Foxton, 12mo.

The Metamorphofis of Scriblerus into Snarlerus. By J. Smedley, printed for A. Moore, folio, price 6 d. The Dunciad diffected. By Curll and Mrs. Thomas,

12mo.

An Effay on the Taste and Writings of the prefent Times. Said to be writ by a Gentleman of C. C. C. Oxon, printed for J. Roberts, octavo.

The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric, partly taken from Bouhours, with new Reflections, &c. By John Oldmixon, octavo.

Remarks on the Dunciad. By Mr. Dennis, dedicated to Theobald, octavo.

A Sup

A Supplement to the Profund. Anon. by Matthew Concanen, octavo.

Mift's Weekly Journal, June 8. A long letter, figned W. A. Writ by fome or other of the club of Theobald, Dennis, Moore, Concanen, Cooke, who for fome time held conftant weekly meetings for thofe kind of performances.

Daily Journal, June 11. A Letter figned Philofcriblerus, on the name of Pope.-Letter to Mr. Theobald in verfe, figned B. M. [Bezaleel Morris] against Mr. P. Many other little epigrams about this time in the fame papers, by James Moore, and others.

Mift's Journal, June 22. A Letter by Lewis Theobald.

Flying Poft, Auguft 8. Letter on Pope and Swift. Daily Journal, Auguft 8. Letter charging the Author of the Dunciad with Treafon.

Durgen: A plain fatire on a pompous fatirift. By Edward Ward, with a little of James Moore. Apollo's Maggot in his Cups. By E. Ward. Gulliveriana fecunda. Being a Collection of many of the Libels in the News-papers, like the former Volume, under the fame title, by Smedley. Advertised in the Craftsman, Nov. 9, 1728, with this remarkable promise, that " any thing which any body should fend 66 as Mr. Pope's or Dr. Swift's fhould be inferted and "published as theirs.”

Pope Alexander's fupremacy and infallibility examined, &c. By George Ducket, and John Dennis, · quarto.

Dean

Dean Jonathan's Paraphrase on the ivth chapter of Genefis. Writ by E. Roome, folio, 1729.

Labeo. A paper of verfes by Leonard Welfted, which after came into One Epiftle, and was published by James Moore, quarto, 1730. Another part of it came out in Welfted's own name, under the just title of Dulnefs and Scandal, folio, 1731.

There have been fince published,

Verses on the Imitator of Horace. By a Lady [or between a Lady, a Lord, and a Court-Squire.] Printed for J. Roberts, folio.

An Epiftle from a Nobleman to a Doctor of Divivity, from Hampton-court [Lord H-y]. Printed

for J. Roberts also, folio.

A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope. Printed for W. Lewis in Covent-Garden, octavo.

III.

ADVERTISEMENT

To the FIRST EDITION with Notes, in Quarto, 1729.

IT

T will be fufficient to say of this edition, that the reader has here a much more correct and complete copy of the DUNCIAD, than has hitherto appeared. I cannot answer but fome mistakes may have flipt into it, but a vast number of others will be prevented by

the

the names being now not only fet at length, but justified by the authorities and reasons given. I make no doubt, the author's own motive to use real rather than feigned names, was his care to preserve the innocent from any falfe application; whereas in the former editions, which had no more than the initial letters, he was made, by keys printed here, to hurt the inoffenfive, and (what was worse) to abuse his friends, by an impreffion at Dublin.

The commentary which attends this poem was sent me from feveral hands, and confequently must be unequally written; yet will have one advantage over most commentaries, that it is not made upon conjectures, or at a remote diftance of time: and the reader cannot but derive one pleasure from the very Obfcurity of the perfons it treats of, that it partakes of the nature of a Secret, which most people love to be let into, though the men or the things be ever fo inconfiderable or trivial.

:

Of the Perfons it was judged proper to give some account for fince it is only in this monument that they must expect to survive (and here furvive they will, as long as the English tongue shall remain fuch as it was in the reigns of Queen ANNE and King GEORGE,) it feemed but humanity to bestow a word or two upon each, just to tell what he was, what he writ, when he lived, and when he died.

If a word or two more are added upon the chief offenders, it is only as a paper pinned upon the breast, to mark the enormities for which they fuffered; left the

correction

correction only should be remembered, and the crime forgotten.

In fome articles it was thought fufficient, barely to transcribe from Jacob, Curll, and other writers of their own rank, who were much better acquainted with them than any of the authors of this comment can pretend to be. Most of them had drawn each other's characters on certain occafions; but the few here inferted are all that could be faved from the general destruction of such works.

Of the part of Scriblerus I need fay nothing; his manner is well enough known, and approved by all but those who are too much concerned to be judges.