Critical Review
Essay periodical.
1756–1817.
ed. Tobias George Smollett.
- Regions: London, Middlesex
- Middlesex
Beinecke Osborn c90
Title | Untitled |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Anonymous, maybe Diana Burroughs, ca. 1774–1787.
85 poems.
A mix of original and well-known poetry with a high proportion of original occasional verse.
Houghton MS Eng 569.63
Title | Epigrams |
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Period | 1791-1820 |
Archive | Houghton Library |
Anonymous Norfolk Clergyman, ca. 1814–1822.
Only included up to p. 82 (/119) because the rest of the book is game charts and other miscellaneous contents.
53 poems.
Primarily local interest, political, and religious poetry.
Leeds Brotherton Lt 99
Title | Old Songs & other Poems. |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | Brotherton Library |
Anonymous, ca. 1770–1790.
Very good example of attributions of magazine sources.
117 items.
The first half is a very eclectic mix with many epitaphs, Latin doggerel, riddles, prose pieces, etc. interspersed with the poems. The second compiler seems primarily interested in jokes, parodies, quirky items. An apparent interest in Oxford-related items.
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 581
Title | Untitled |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Anonymous, ca. 1769–1790.
152 poems.
Bound-with The New Bath Guide (1766).
Celebrity-centred manuscript verse miscellany, with a particular focus on Samuel Johnson, Hester Thrale Piozzi, David Garrick, Peter Pindar, and Horace Walpole.