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 fiterary 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

Rev. Mr. Agutter.

Tribute to his Memory by Dr. Fordyce, in his "Addresses to the Deity." 12mo. 1785.

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Poems. Elegy on the Death of Dr. Johnson,"

by Samuel Hobhouse, Esq. 4to.

1785.

"Poetical 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 Gen-
tleman's Magazine, 1784.

"Essay on the Life, Character, and
Writings of Dr. Johnson," by Joseph
Towers, LL. D. 8vo. 1786.
Character of Dr. Johnson, by Dr.
Horne, Bishop of Norwich, in the
Olla Podrida, No 13. 1787.
"Two Dialogues; containing a Com-
parative View of the Lives, Charac-
ters, and Writings, of Philip the late
Earl of Chesterfield, and Dr. Samuel
Johnson,” 12mo. 1787.

"The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 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 pens of Colman and Dr. Wolcot. An Ode, the production of the first of these gentlemen, we shall transcribe for the amusement of our readers.

A Posthumous Work of S. Johnson. An Ode.

April 15, 1786.

1

St. Paul's deep bell, from stately tow'r,
Had sounded once and twice the hour,
Blue burnt the midnight taper;

Hags their dark spells o'er cauldron brew'd,
While Sons of Ink their work pursu❜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.

3.

Enough! the Spectre cried; Enough!
No more of your fugacions stuff,

Trite Anecdotes and Stories;

Rude Martyrs of SAM. JOHNSON's name,
You rob him of his honest fame,
And tarnish all his glories.

4.

First in the futile tribe is seen

TOM TYERS in the Magazine,
That teazer of Apollo!

With goose-quill he, like desperate knife,
Slices, as Vauxhall beef, my life,

And calls the town to swallow.

5.

The cry once up, the Dogs of News,
Who hunt for paragraphs the stews,
Yelp out JOHNSONIANA!

Their nauseous praise but moves my bile,
Like Tartar, Carduus, Camomile,

Or Ipecacuanha.

6.

Next BOSWELL comes (for 'twas my lot

To find at last one honest Scot)

With constitutional vivacity,

Yet, garrulous, he tells too much,
On fancied failings prone to touch,
With sedulous loquacity.

7.

At length-Job's patience it would tire-
Brew'd on my lees, comes THRALE'S Entire,"
Straining to draw my picture;

For She a common-place-book kept,
JOHNSON at Streatham din'd and slept,

And who shall contradict her?