Chapter IV: Preface: ix-xiv

PSEUDONYMS 1-175

ADDENDA 177-188

ASTERISMS 189-191

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AUTONYMS 193-220

GENERAL INDEX 221-235

PSEUDONYMS.

A.

A., _initialism_. [MATTHEW ARNOLD.]

The Strayed Reveller, and other Poems (signed A.) 1848.

A. (Major), see A * * * * * (Major), _pseud._

A----. _pseudonym_ [Rev. ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE].

St. Jonathan; the Lay of a Scald. _New York_, 1838.

Semi-anonymous, the dedication is signed.

A * * * * * (Major), _pseudo-titlonym_ [C. B. COLES.]

Short Whist, its Rise and Progress, by, &c., to which are prefixed Precepts for Tyros, by Mrs. B * * * * * (Battle, _apocryph_), 1835, 18th edit., with an Essay ... by Professor P[ole]. _Longmans_, 1865.

The practical part of this book, consisting of about 25 pages, which it was intended should be taken for the work of Major Aubrey, a celebrated whist-player, is a _réchauffé_ of Matthews: one instance will suffice:--

_Matthews, edit._ 1808. _Major A., edit._ 1865.

Be particularly cautious not to Be cautious not to deceive your
deceive him [your partner] in _his_ partner in _his_ or _your own
or _your own_ leads, or when he is leads_, or when he is likely to
likely to _have_ the lead--a con- have the lead; a concealed game
cealed game may now and then succeed sometimes succeeds in the suits
in the suits of your adversaries; of your adversaries, but this
but this should not be attempted should not be attempted before
before you have made a considerable having made considerable profic-
proficiency; and then but seldom, iency, and if too frequently
as its frequency would destroy resorted to, will destroy its own
the effect. p. 16. effect. p. 30.

In an edition published in Paris by Galignani, these two works, Matthews and Major A. are put together.

Mrs. Battle’s opinions on Whist are also to be found in the Monthly Magazine for Feb. 1821, signed “_Elia_.” (q.v.)

A and L, _semi-initialism_ [A. and L. SHORE].

War Lyrics, 1855.

A BARRISTER, _titlonym_ [Barron FIELD].

Hints to witnesses in a Court of Justice, 1815.

A very valuable and useful pamphlet, which we imagine might be remuneratively reprinted.

A BARRISTER, _titlonym_ [Sir J. T. COLERIDGE].

Notes on the Reform Bill, 1831.

A BARRISTER, _titlonym_ [FREDERICK LAWRENCE].

Culverwell v. Sidebottom. _Effingham Wilson_, 1857.

This had a second edition in 1859, to which Lord Derby’s celebrated letter to the Jockey Club was added. It was a most notorious trial.

A BARRISTER, _supposed-author_ [JAMES FITZ-JAMES STEPHEN, Q.C.].

Essays reprinted from the “Saturday Review,” 1862.

A BEEF EATER, _phraseonym_ [GEORGE VASEY, Wood-Engraver, author of a Monograph of the Genus Bos].

Illustrations of Eating, displaying the Omnivorous Character of Man, and exhibiting the Natives of various Countries at Feeding-time, with woodcuts by the author. _J. R. Smith_, 1847.

A BIRD AT BROMSGROVE, _ironym_ [JOHN CRANE].

Rhymes after Meat, 1800. An Address to Bachelors, and The Apron Farmer. _Birmingham_ [1802], 5th edition, 1816. The Bromesgrove Constables, 1802.

A. B. M., _initialism_ [ARTHUR BACHE MATTHEWS].

The Riots at Birmingham, July, 1791 ... [edited with a preface by A. B. M.], 1863.

A BRITISH SUBJECT, _geonym_ [Sir FRANCIS BOND HEAD Bart.].

Three Letters to Lord Brougham, on the execution of Lount and Matthews, 1838.

A. C. C., _initialism_ [COXE], and see A----. _pseud._

Saul, a Mystery, by the Author of Christian Ballads, &c. New York, 1845.

ACHETA, _phrenonym_ [Miss L. M. BUDGEN].

March Winds and April Showers, 1854.

ACHETA DOMESTICA, _phreno._ [Miss L. M. BUDGEN].

Episodes of Insect Life, by A. D., M.E.S., 1849 and ’51, a new edition by the Rev. J. G. Wood, in 1867.

A CHINESE PHILOSOPHER, _disguised-author_ [OLIVER GOLDSMITH].

The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London, to his Friends in the East, 1762. First appeared in “The Ledger.”

Frequently reprinted and generally with the author’s name on the title-page, as if it had been published autonymously. All lovers of books should condemn this increasing practice. If the name must be given, it should be put in a note or preface, so that we may have the title-page as the author bequeathed it.

A CHURCHMAN, _titlonym_ [Rev. EDWARD SMEDLEY, M.A., was the editor of the Encyclopædia Metropolitana].

Religio Clerici, 1819; 2nd edition, 1821. Lux Renata; a Protestant’s Epistle, by the author of Religio Clerici, 1827.

A CITIZEN, see J. D., _disg.-aut._

A CITIZEN OF THE WEST, _disguised-author_ [R. MACKAY].

Pocahontas, an historical drama; with an introductory Essay and notes. By, &c. _New York_, 1837.

A CLERGYMAN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, _demonym_ [M. MARGOLIOUTH].

The Anglo-Hebrews: their past wrongs and present grievances, etc., 1856.

A CLERGYMAN’S DAUGHTER, _demonym_ [E. F. LLOYD]; see also E. F. L.

Readings for the Sundays, etc., 1862.

A CLERGYMAN’S WIFE, _demonym_ [S. E. MAPLETON].

A Letter to my Class. Addressed to Young Women attending a Sunday School. _Leeds_, 1859.

A COMPANION TRAVELLER, _phrenonym_ [Miss HARRIS, of Windsor].

From Oxford to Rome; and How it fared with some who lately made the journey. 1st and 3rd editions, 1847.

The authoress subsequently became a Catholic, and publicly expressed her deep regret for many of the unauthorised statements, or false impressions concerning the Church of Rome in the above work.

_F. C. H. in N. & Q._

A CORNET IN THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY’S SERVICE, _titlonym_ [the Eldest Son of T. J. PETTIGREW. He was a Lieutenant in the Madras Light Cavalry, and died in 1837, at the early age of 24].

Lucien Greville. By a, etc., with Etchings by George Cruikshank. _Saunders and Otley_, 1833, 3 vols.

“It gives the events of his short life, and it has served him for a vehicle to give an account of Indian scenery and Indian manners and customs.”

A CORONER’S CLERK, _ps._ [Rev. ERSKINE NEALE].

The Note-book of a, etc., reprinted from “Bentley’s Miscellany.”

A COUNTRY PARSON, _disguised-author_ [H. MOULE].

My Kitchen Garden, and half an acre of Pasture. ’60.

A COUNTRY PARSON, _disg.-aut._ [A. K. H. BOYD].

Autumn Holidays, 1864.

A COUNTRY PASTOR, _demonym_ [Archbishop WHATELY].

Lectures on Scripture Revelations, 1855. Prayer, 1860. And others.

A DELVER INTO ANTIQUITY, _phraseonym_ [WILLIAM BARCLAY DAVID DONALD TURNBULL].

Fragmenta Scoto-Monastica. Edin., 1842.

Only 70 copies printed, one L.P., one on vellum.

A DETECTIVE, _phrenonym_ [ANDREW EDMUND BRAE, of Leeds, author of Collier, Coleridge, and Shakespeare, A Review, etc.].

Literary Cookery, with reference to matter attributed [by J. P. Collier] to Coleridge and Shakespeare. A letter addressed to “The Athenæum” [by a Detective], with a P.S. containing some remarks upon the refusal of that journal to print it. _J. R. Smith_, 1855.

As this publication gave great offence to many persons, it was immediately withdrawn by its author, who was unknown for some time after. No more than twenty-five copies got into circulation, some of which fetched ten shillings.

On the 17th Jany., 1856, Sir F. Thesiger, on behalf of Mr. Collier, moved for a rule against Mr. Russell Smith for publishing it; but Lord Campbell said that Mr. Collier in an affidavit which he had made, had cleared himself of the alleged “cooking” of dates in a most satisfactory manner, and, with many just compliments to the veteran bibliograph and bibliophile, refused the rule.

A. E. L., _initialism_ [LEE].

The Fruits of the Valley (Song of Solomon), 1855.

A FISHER IN SMALL STREAMS, _disguised-author_ [WILLIAM LINN BROWN, an American].

Scribblings and Sketches, Diplomatic, Piscatory, and Oceanic. Phil., 1844.

J. R. S.

A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, _pseudonym_ [WILLIAM AYRTON].

The Adventures of a Salmon in the River Dee, etc. _Pickering_, 1853.

AGAPIDA (Antonio) Friar, _apocryph_ [WASHINGTON IRVING].

A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. From the MSS. of, etc., 2 vols, 1829. Later editions.

A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS LEFT HIS LODGINGS, _pseudonym_ [JOHN EARL RUSSELL].

Essays and Sketches of Life and Character. By, etc. _Longman_, 1820.

The preface is signed “Joseph Skillet,” the lodging-house keeper, who is supposed to publish these letters to pay the rent the gentleman had forgotten. This preface is left out in the 2nd edition, which is dedicated to Thomas Moore.

A GENTLEMAN RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, who has made the Amusement his Study for upwards of Twenty Years, _phraseonym_ [CHARLES SNART, an Attorney of Newark].

Practical Observations on Angling in the River Trent, Newark, 1801. Lond., 1812.

J. R. S.

A GAOL CHAPLAIN, _demonym_ [Rev. ERSKINE NEALE].

Recollections of a, etc. Reprinted from “Bentley’s Miscellany.”

A GLOWWORM, _pseud._ [JOHN LORAINE BALDWIN, editor of the Laws of Short Whist as framed by the Whist Committee of the Arlington Club].

A Glimpse at Whist, published at the Glowworm Office, [1866] on a card.

This is a plagiarism of the Pocket Guide to Whist by Cavendish.

_See the Field, 6 Oct., 1866._

A GRADUATE OF OXFORD, _tit._ [JOHN RUSKIN].

Modern Painters, their superiority in the Art of Landscape painting proved by examples, &c. 1844.

Several editions. The author’s name occurs on the title-page of vol. 3, in the edition of 1846.

A GRANDFATHER, _demonym_ [SERGIUS ST. JOHN].

First Impressions, or Tales of, etc.

A HARROW TUTOR, _demonym_ [CECIL FREDERICK HOLMES].

A Vocabulary to Bland’s Latin Hexameters and Pentameters, 1863.

A HAÖLE, _geonym_ [A. LIHOLIHO].

Sandwich Island Notes, 1854.

A. H. G., _initialism_ [GRANT].

Contributions to “London Society,” chiefly poetical.

This gentleman is also author of a pseudonymous two volume work, which we are not at present at liberty to give the title of.

A. J. K., _initialism_ [KEMP].

A few words to Tradesmen, 1842.

A JUSTIFIED SINNER, _apocryph_ [JAMES HOGG, the Ettrick Shepherd].

The Private Memoirs of ----, written by himself, with a detail of curious traditionary facts, and other evidence, by the editor [J. H.], 1824.

A HERTFORDSHIRE INCUMBENT, _geo-demonym_ [the Rev. Canon J. W. BLAKESLEY, Vicar of Ware].

Contemporary Memoirs of Russia, 1727-44. By General Manstein, edited by Hume, and re-edited by, etc. 1856.

Also author of numerous letters in _The Times_, under this signature during the Crimean War.

A. K. H. B., _init._ [ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHINSON BOYD]. The Critical Essays of a Country Parson, 1865.

A LADY _demonym_ [Mrs. RUNDELL].

A New System of Domestic Cookery. Several editions, from 1808 to 1859.

The most popular work of its kind ever printed.

A LADY, _demonym_ [Mrs. ANNA JAMESON].

The Diary of an Ennuyée, 1826. Several editions since.

Accident caused this work to be published, and we may also say that accident made the authoress. A gentleman who knew her and her husband well, was looking over some of her papers, and found this Diary; he was so pleased with it that he offered to publish it, which he did; but about that time (1825) abandoning the bookselling for the Bar, where he afterwards took rank, he transferred the work to Mr. Colburn, who put a fresh title-page, altering it from A Lady’s Diary to that which it at present bears. The running title of the 1st edition is A Lady’s Diary. It was pretended that it was published “exactly as it was found on the death of the author.”

“The chief portion of Mrs. Jameson’s volumes [Visits and Sketches
at Home and Abroad, 1833] is, however, only a reprint of the
Diary of, etc.--a delightful book, with an affected title, which
has, it is hard to say why, only attained the honours of a second
edition, in this almost surreptitious and certainly not very
flattering re-appearance.”--_Edinb. Review_, 1835.

A LADY, _demonym_ [Miss GUNN, of Christchurch].

Conversations on Church Polity. _Westley_, 1833.

_See N. & Q._ 3rd S. x. 38.

A LADY, _demonym_ [Mrs. PALMER, a Sister of Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS].

A Dialogue in the Devonshire Dialect, 1837.

J. R. Smith. Bib. List. Dialects.

A LADY, _demonym_ [Miss SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER, daughter of the celebrated American novelist, has added to the family laurels, and thereby proved that no salique law exists in the Republic of Letters. _Allibone._]

Rural Hours, 4 edit. New York, 1854.

A LADY, _demonym_ [JULIA WARD, afterwards HOWE].

Passion Flowers, Poems. Boston, 1854.

A LADY, _demonym_ [Miss E. M. SEWELL].

Amy Herbert, by a Lady, edited by Rev. W. Sewell. _Longman_, 1865.

Perhaps the ladies will take compassion on a poor bibliophile, when we state that he has upwards of fifty works in his list, whose authors are unknown, all “By a Lady.”

A LADY OF NEW YORK, _phreno-dem._ [Mrs. S. HAIGHT].

Letters from the Old World. _New York_, 1840.

ALASTOR, _pseud._ [JAMES ORTON].

“Excelsior,” or the Realms of Poesie, 2 edition. _Pickering_, 1852; Poems, 1857; Caleb Redivivus, 1858.

A LATE LEARNED AND REVEREND DIVINE, _phraseonym_ [SAMUEL PEGGE, LL.D.].

Anonymiana, or Ten Centuries of Observations on various subjects, Compiled by ----. 1809.

A LATE NOBLE WRITER, _impostor_ [RT. HONBLE. EDMUND BURKE, _q.v._].

It was intended that the above should be supposed to be Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke.

A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [JAMES ALLAN PARK, a King’s Counsel, and Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn].

An earnest exhortation to a frequent Reception of the Holy Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, 1804.

A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [Sir JOHN BAYLEY, Bart.].

Prophecies of Christ, etc., selected from the Old and New Testament, 1828.

A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [Sir WALTER SCOTT].

Religious Discourses, 1828.

A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, BARON HOUGHTON].

One Tract more, etc., 1841.

A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [FREDERICK JOHN, Fifth BARON MONSON].

Four Sermons. Lond., 1842. Priv. Print., _see Martin_.

A LAYMAN, _dem._ [F. BOLINGBROKE RIBBANS, F.S.A.].

Doctrines and Duties; Faith and Practice. _Whittaker_, 1843.

A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [Sir W. DOMVILLE, Bart.].

The Sabbath, etc., 1849.

A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [Sir EDWARD HALL ALDERSON].

A second letter [in reference to the Gorham Case]. (Privately printed), 1851.

A LAYMAN, _demonym_ [SAMUEL AUSTIN ALLIBONE, Author of a Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, 1859, a work to which we are much indebted].

A review by a Layman of a work entitled “New Themes for the Protestant Clergy: Creeds without Charity, Theology without Humanity, and Protestantism without Christianity” (by S. Colwell). Phil., 1852.

ALETHINOS, _phrenonym_ [Rev. HARDINGE FURENZO IVERS].

The Audibleness of Thought demonstrated, and its use explained. 2nd edit., 1866.

The author of this most extraordinary pamphlet contends that the organs of speech are called into action when we think, that thought speaks in the head, otherwise there is no thought; and he also contends that this inaudible thought is capable of being audible to others.

ALICE (Cousin), _prenonym_ [ALICE B. NEALE].

Helen Morton’s Trial, juvenile tale. New York, 1852.

A LINCOLNSHIRE GRAZIER, _pseudo-titlonym_ [Rev. THOMAS HARTWELL HORNE].

The circumstances under which this pseudonym was employed, if they were not rather distressing, would be highly amusing. The reverend gentleman, who afterwards raised his name to such a high position in literature, was in 1805 in great distress, and glad to work for the booksellers. Having obtained an introduction to Crosby, the publisher, upon the hard condition that he would give half his earnings to his introducer, Horne was offered £50 for a work of 400 pages (!) on the Management of Grazing Farms, to be called “The Complete Grazier.” The bargain was struck, and in nine months our barrister’s clerk reduced the mass of materials set before him by the publisher, and they were ushered into the world as by “A Lincolnshire Grazier,” and the book was _pushed through_ several editions. The poor booksellers’s hack was in want, but what excuse is there for Crosby, the then opulent publisher, of Paternoster Row, for his share of this imposition?

A LITERARY ANTIQUARY, _phreno-demonym_ [F. W. FAIRHOLT, F.S.A., author of Costume in England].

Holbein’s Dance of Death, edited by, etc. _J. R. Smith_.

A. L. O. E., _enigmatic-initialism_ (A Lady of England) [Miss CHARLOTTE TUCKER].

This Aloe is not at all in keeping with her cognomen, for she has produced upwards of fifty pieces, or volumes, since 1854, under the above initials, and we commend them to the reader as of exceeding beauty.

A LONDON ANTIQUARY, _pseud._ [JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN].

A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, etc. 1859 and 1860.

The third and subsequent editions are anonymous.

A LONDON PHYSICIAN, _supposed-author_ [JAMES HOWARD].

The Evils of England, Social and Economical. _Parker_, 1848, 12mo.

A LOVER OF LITERATURE, _phraseonym_ [THOMAS GREEN, Barrister-at-Law, of Ipswich].

In this “Diary of a Lover of Literature,” on June 2nd, 1797, we have:--“Visited the Royal Exhibition. Particularly struck with a sea-view by Turner; fishing vessels coming in, with a heavy swell, in apprehension of a tempest gathering in the distance.... The whole composition bold in design, and masterly in execution. I am entirely unacquainted with the artist; but if he proceeds as he has begun, he cannot fail to become the first in his department.” J. M. W. Turner was then twenty-five. The continuation was contributed by Mr. Green’s son to the _Gent. Mag._, 1834.

_W. Bates, N. & Q._

ALVAREZ ESPRIELLA (Manuel) _Spanish-pseudonym_ [ROBERT SOUTHEY, Poet Laureate].

Letters from England, translated from the Spanish, in 3 vols., 1807.

Written by Southey: not translated.

A. M., _pseudonym_ [THADDEUS O’MAHONY].

Questions on Locke’s Essay concerning Human Understanding, by A. M., 1860.

He also signs himself T. O’M.

A MANCHESTER MAN, _titlonym_ [Rev. J. LAMB].

Free Thoughts of a, 2 vols, 1866, from “Fraser’s Magazine.”

A MANCHESTER MANUFACTURER, _geo-demonym_ [RICHARD COBDEN].

England, Ireland, and America. 1836. Russia. Edinburgh, 1836.

A MAN OF BUSINESS, _pseudonym_ [T. DICKER, of Lewes].

The Christian Life exemplified in the Memorials and Remains of, etc. _Hatchard_, 1852. Privately printed. Has a portrait of the author signed.

A MAN OF BUSINESS, _phren._ [WILLIAM RATHBONE].

Social Duties considered with reference to the Organisation of Effort in Works of Benevolence and Public Utility. _Macmillan_, 1867.

AMELIA, _ps._ [Mrs. WELBY, of Louisville, Kentucky].

Poems. New York, 1842.

A MEMBER OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH, _phraseonym_ [Sir JOHN BAYLEY, Bart.].

The Book of Common Prayer, with Notes. 1813. A second edit., with the author’s name, was published in ’16; the notes are very useful. “The author withheld his name, not from any wish improperly to conceal it, but because it was no part of his object to draw himself into notice.”

A MEMBER OF THE VERMONT BAR, _disguised-author_ [DANIEL P. THOMPSON].

The Adventures of Timothy Peacock, Esq., or Freemasonry Practically Illustrated, etc. Middlebury, U. S., 1835.

AMICUS CURIÆ, _phraseonym_ [JOHN PAYNE COLLIER].

Criticisms on the Bar, 1819 (first published in the Examiner).

A MIDDLE AGED CITIZEN, _phras._ [R. RUSSELL].

London Railways. 1867.

A MINUTE PHILOSOPHER, _phrenonym_ [Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY].

Hints to Stammerers, reprinted from Fraser’s Mag., July, 1859. London, 1864. Subscribed C. K.

The Irrationale of Speech. Another copy of the above with a new title-page.

A MODERN GREEK, _phreno-geonym_ [ROBERT MUDIE, of Dundee].

The Modern Athens: a dissection and demonstration of Men and Things in the Scotch capital. 2nd edit., _Knight and Lacy_, 1825.

A MOTHER, _demonym_ [SARAH BIRD].

Amy’s First Trial. 1854.

On the cover _only_ the author’s name is given. It is a little Book for Children.

AN AMATEUR, _pseudonym_ [PIERCE EGAN the Younger].

Real Life in London, or the Rambles and Adventures of Rob Tallyho, Esq., and his Cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis ... with coloured prints. 1821, 1822.

AN AMATEUR, _demonym_ [C. K. SHARPE].

Portraits by an Amateur, etc. Edin., 1832.

Not published for sale.

AN AMATEUR, _demonym_ [W. COX].

Crayon Sketches, by, etc., edited by T. S. Fray. New York, 1833.

AN AMERICAN, _geonym_ [JAMES E. DE KAY].

Sketches of Turkey. New York, 1833.

AN AMERICAN, _geonym_ [J. FENIMORE COOPER].

Sketches of Switzerland. Philadelphia, 1836. 2 vols.

Gleanings in Europe: England, 1837.

AN AMERICAN, _geo._ [General L. CASS, LL.D.].

France, its King, Court, and Government. New York, 1840.

AN AMERICAN, _geo._ [GEO. HENRY CALVERT].

Scenes and Thoughts in Europe. 1847.

We have numerous titles of other works written by Americans, whose real names we do not know.

AN ANGLER, _phrenonym_ [Sir HUMPHRY DAVY].

Salmonia; or Days of Fly-fishing. 1828.

AN ANTIQUARY, _demonym_ [Col. DE LA MOTTE?]

The principal historical and allusive Arms borne by Families of the United Kingdom, collected by, etc. 1803.

AN ANTIQUARY, _demonym_ [RICHARD THOMSON, Librarian of the London Institution].

Chronicles of London Bridge. 1827 and 1839.

AN ANTIQUARY, _demonym_ [ALEXANDER MAXWELL ADAMS].

The Crawfurd Peerage. Edinb., 1829. Printed for the Author.

A NATIVE OF CRAVEN, _phreno-geonym_ [Rev. WILLIAM CARR, B.D., of Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire].

... The Craven Dialect exemplified, etc. 1824 and 1828.

A NATIVE OF THE SOUTH, _phras._ [Dr. COOPER].

Memoirs of a Nullifier, written by himself. [A political fiction]. Columbia, 1832.

AN ATTORNEY, _titlonym_ [Sir G. STEPHEN].

See Emptor (C.) _ps._

AN EAST ANGLIAN, _geonym_ [CHARLES FEIST].

Thoughts in Rhyme. 1825.

R. Inglis, _N. & Q._

AN ENGLISHMAN, _geonym_ [J. C. HOBHOUSE, Lord Broughton].

The substance of some letters, written by, etc., resident at Paris during the last reign of the Emperor Napoleon. 1816.

AN ENGLISHMAN, _pseudo-geonym_ [JOHN GOUGH, Bookseller of Dublin].

A Tour in Ireland, in 1813 and 14, etc. Dublin, 1817.

AN ENGLISHMAN, _geonym_ [Lord HOLLAND].

Letter [on Constitutional Government] to a Neapolitan [the Duke di Gallo], from, &c. 1815 and 1818.

AN ENGLISHMAN, _supposed-author_ [J. DALLINGER].

The General Use of Machinery at a time when the poor are starving for want of employment, proved to be destructive to the Morals and Happiness of the Nation. Dallinghoo. 1821. Signed “An Englishman.”

AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER, _phreno-geonym_ [THOMAS DE QUINCY].

Confessions of an, etc. 1845.

This work seems to have been translated into French in 1828, by A. D. M. Charles Joliet in his Pseudonymes du Jour, 1867 (Pseudonymes _des Journaux_ would have been a more correct title), says that it is not all translation, as “Alfred de Musset” inserted some autobiography.

AN ENGLISHWOMAN, _geonym_ [Miss WALDIE].

Narrative of a Residence in Belgium, 1815, and of a Visit to the Field of Waterloo, 1817.

ANGLICANUS, _geonym_ [R. S. ELLIS].

The Traveller’s Handbook to Copenhagen and its Environs, etc. Copenhagen, 1853.

AN ILL-USED CANDIDATE, _sup.-aut._ [J. C. CALEY].

Indignant Rhymes, etc. 1859.

AN INHABITANT, _disguised-author_ [HENRY POWNALL].

Some Particulars relating to the History of Epsom ... Mineral waters, Palaces, etc. Epsom, 1825.

AN INVALID, _phren._ [Hon. ROBERT FULKE GREVILLE].

Outlines selected from the blotting book of, etc. 1825. Only 50 copies privately printed.

AN INVALID, _phrenonym_ [Miss HARRIET MARTINEAU].

Life in the Sick-room, essays. 1844.

AN IRISH LADY, _geonym_ [Mrs. S. D. GREER].

Vindication of Friends (by one not a member), from Slanders contained in a book just published entitled “Quakerism, or the story of my Life.” (By Mrs. J. K. Greer). Phil., 1852.

AN IRISHWOMAN, _geonym_ [Miss ANNA PERRIER].

The Irishman. _S. O. Beeton_, 1866.

Republished from “The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine,” in which it appeared as, The Irishman in Reality and Romance. This fact is not stated in the reprint.

In a review of “a Walking Tour Round Ireland by an Englishman” in
The Times for the 9th Oct., 1867, the above work was mentioned
as an authority for some points. The following day the authoress
wrote complaining that the passages from her work ought to have
been in inverted commas! The editor justly remarked that she
seemed “the most unreasonable woman in the world.”

ANN, _prenonym_ [Mrs. _Ann Thomas_].

The Dovecot. From the Journal of Prätzel. In Cobbett’s Mag., Feb. 1834.

AN OCTOGENARIAN, _disguised-author_ [JAMES ROCHE, a learned and copious contributor to the Gentleman’s Mag. In “The Prout Papers” he is called the Roscoe of Cork].

Critical and Miscellaneous Essays. Cork, 1850.

Only 100 copies privately printed. See Martin C. of P. P. B.

AN OLD ANGLER AND BIBLIOPOLIST, _phreno-demonym_ [THOS. BOOSEY].

Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings. 1835.

AN OLD MAID, _phraseonym_ [Miss PHILLIPS].

My Life and what shall I do with it? A question for young gentlewomen. 1860.

AN OLD MAN, _dem._ [Sir FRANCIS BOND HEAD, Bart.].

Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau. 6th edit. 1841.

“The Earth hath bubbles as the water hath,
And these are of them.”

AN OPERA GOER, _phraseonym_, [D. G. MITCHELL].

The Lorgnette; or, Studies of the Town. New York, 1832. “Set off with Mr. Darley’s designs.”

The Opera Goer, or Studies of the Town, by ---- (with a preface signed John Timon, _pseud._) [D. G. M.]. 2nd edition. New York, 1850.

By the way “an English play-goer” now (Oct. 1867) writing from America, is the dramatic critic of “The Times,” (where the letters appear,) Mr. John Oxenford.

A NORTH COUNTRY ANGLER, _phreno-geonym_ [THOMAS DOUBLEDAY].

Coquet-Dale Fishing Songs, now first collected and edited by, etc. Edinb., _Blackwood_, 1852.

ANTHONY (Grey) _pseudonym_ [HENRY CARL SCHILLER].

Christmas at the Grange. _Graham_, 1845, 2 vols.

The Illustrations are by the author.

We may also notice from the pen of this gentleman, the libretto of “Bride of Kynast, a Grand Romantic Opera in three acts. Lond., printed by J. Miles & Co., 1864.” Only a few copies were printed at the expense of the late Alfred Mellon, who intended to compose the Music to it. He abandoned it because the author would not part with his copyright for less than fifty pounds above the one hundred Mellon offered him. It is one of the best librettos we have read.

A PASTOR’S WIFE, _titlonym_ [Mrs. MARTHA STONE HUBBELL].

The Shady Side; or, Life in a Country Parsonage. Boston (America) and Lond., 1853.

40,000 copies were sold within a year of its publication.

A PHILADELPHIAN, _geonym_ [W. WILLIAMS, author of Travellers thro’ New England].

A Handbook for the Stranger in Philadelphia. Phil., 1849.

A PHYSICIAN, _titlonym_ [Dr. J. AYRTON PARIS].

A Guide to the Mount’s Bay, and the Land’s End. 2nd edition. 1824.

A PHYSICIAN, _titlonym_ [S. DICKSON?]

London Medical Practice, its Sins and Shortcomings. 1860.

A PHYSICIAN, _titlonym_ [J. HOSKYNS].

A Commentary on “The Revelation of Jesus Christ....” 2nd edition. Dublin, 1863.

A POET, _dem._ [JAMES MONTGOMERY, of Sheffield].

Prose by a Poet. 2 vols, 1824.

A POET, _pseudonym_ [L. OSBORN].

Confessions of a Poet (a Novel). 2 vols, Phil., 1835.

APTOMMAS (Mr.), _scenonym_ [Mr. THOMAS, the well known harpist. This gentleman _Welshified_ his name, probably for the sake of euphony].

A History of the Harp, published by the Author in numbers, at the Conservatorie de la Harpe, New York. 1864.

ARACHNOPHILUS, _phrenonym_ [ADAM WHITE, of the British Museum].

A contribution towards an argument for the Plenary Inspiration of Scripture ... as proved by ... Egyptian and Assyrian remains, etc. 1851.

ARISTIDES, _pseudonym_ [FRANCIS WILLIAM BLAGDON].

A pamphlet reflecting on the naval administration of Earl St. Vincent, which was suppressed, and the author imprisoned for six months. 1805.

ARNET (John Andrews), _pseudonym_ [JOHN HANNETT].

Bibliopegia, or the Art of Bookbinding in all its Branches. 1835 and 1837.

Afterwards published under his real name.

A ROMAN CATHOLIC, _demonym_ [H. F. IVERS].

Important Questions affecting the existence of the Roman Catholic Church in England, etc. 1854.

A. S., _initialism_ [ANNA SWANWICK?]

The Complete Works of Shakespeare, edited by A. S., 1851.

A. S., _initialism_ [ANNA SHIPTON].

The Child Minister. By the author of Tell Jesus. 1866.

A SAILOR, _pseudonym_ [Rev. JOSHUA LARWOOD, Rector of Swanton Morley, Norfolk].

Erratics by, etc., containing Rambles in Norfolk and elsewhere. 1809.

J. R. S.

A SOUTHERNER, _geonym_ [SEYMOUR R. DUKE].

Osceola, or Fact and Fiction. A tale of the Seminole War. New York, 1838.

A STUDENT AT LAW, _dem._ [FREDK. KNIGHT HUNT].

The Fourth Estate; or, the Moral effects of the Press. _Ridgway_, 1839.

A. T., _initialism_ [Mrs. ANN THOMAS].

Clavigo: a tragedy, from the German of Goethe, in the Monthly Mag. for Sept. and Oct., 1834.

The Steam Excursion by “Boz” is in the number for October.

A TRAVELLER, _phrenonym_ [HENRY SALT].

Egypt, a descriptive Poem. Alexandria, 1824.

Only 50 copies printed. It is the first English work carried through, in Alexandria; and the compositor was entirely ignorant of the language in which it is written.

See Martin, Cat.

A TRAVELLER, _phrenonym_ [JOHN BANIM].

Contributions particularly on “Theatrical Topics” in the Limerick Evening Post.

A TRAVELLER, _phren._ [Mrs. A. ROYALL].

Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the United States. New Haven, 1826.

A TRAVELLING BACHELOR, _phrenonym_ [JAMES FENIMORE COOPER].

Notions of the Americans, picked up by, etc. Phil., 1838.

We lately saw a very nice copy of these two volumes at a book-stall, marked at a price which unmistakably betrayed ignorance of their authorship.

A TRINITY MAN, _disguised-author_ [J. M. WRIGHT, Mathematician].

Alma Mater, or Seven Years at Cambridge University. _Black_, 2 vols, 8vo.

This is believed to have been suppressed.

A VIRGINIAN, _geonym_ [WILLIAM CARRUTHERS].

The Kentuckian in New York, or the adventures of three Southerners. New York, 1834.

_See Allibone._

A VIRGINIAN, _geonym_ [R. TYLER].

Ahasuerus, a poem. New York, 1842.

A VOYAGER, _phrenonym_ [G. HILL].

The Ruins of Athens, with other poems. Washington, 1831.

A WALKING GENTLEMAN, _phraseonym_ [THOMAS COLLEY GRATTAN, the Irish Novelist].

High-ways and Bye-ways; or Tales of the Road-side, picked up in the French Provinces by ----. 1825.

A WONDERFUL QUIZ, _ironym_ [J. R. LOWELL].

Reader! Walk up at once (it will soon be too late) and buy at a perfectly ruinous rate, a fable for critics.... By ----. New York, 1st and 2nd edition, 1848. (In verse).

A YANKEE, _geonym_ [J. H. INGRAHAM].

The South West [Travels]. New York. 1835.

A YOUNG AMERICAN, _phreno-geonym_ [ALEXANDER SLIDELL, afterwards SLIDELL MACKENZIE, Admiral U. S. Navy].

A Year in Spain, 1836. Spain revisited, 1836.

B.

B. _pseud._ [Rt. Hon. GEO. CANNING].

He signed “B” articles in _The Microcosm_, a Journal entirely edited by Etonians.

_Biog. Dic. of Liv. Aut._, 1816.

B. _initialism_ [Mr. BLACK]. See, also Q.

Readings by Starlight in the “Evening Star,” signed B.

B----. (Lord) _disguised-author_ [F. R. CHICHESTER, Earl of BELFAST].

Masters and Workmen, a tale. _T. C. Newby_, 1851.

B * * * * (Lieut.-Col.) _disguised-author_ [HENRY CHARLES BUNBURY].

The Whist-Player. Laws, and Practice of Short Whist. _Addey & Co._, 1857. 2nd edition. _Chapman & H._, 1858.

B * * * * * (Colonel) _disg.-aut._ [ ].

A Handbook to the Game of Billiards, addressed to the notice of the Proficient, with the Laws, etc., and 44 diagrams. _T. & W. Boone_, 1841. 12mo, pp. 72. Dedicated to H. R. H. Prince Albert.

B * * * * * * * (Lord) _disguised-author_ [F. R. CHICHESTER, Earl of BELFAST].

The Farce of Life, a novel. _T. C. Newby_, 1852. Wealth and Labour, a novel, 1853. The County Magistrate.--Naples; Political, Social, and Religious. ’56. The Fate of Folly, 1859.

BADHAM (Rev. C.)

This gentleman figures in our list for _plagiarism_, committed in his “History of All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk,” of which he is convicted by W. Hastings Kelke, author of _Sepulchral Monuments_, from which work he plagiarises--they will be found at pp. 4, 41, of the latter and pp. 44, 60, of the former.

_N. & Q, 1st S. vi. 504_

BALDWIN (Rev. Edward) _pseudo-titlonym_ [WILLIAM GODWIN, bookseller, publisher, novelist: author of “Caleb Williams,” and others].

The Pantheon ... Gods of Greece, 1806. A new and improved Grammar by W. Hazlitt, to which is added a Guide, etc., by E. B., 1810. Fables, Ancient and Modern, 9th edit., 1821. The History of England, 1827. History of Greece, 2nd edit., 1828 and 1862. History of Rome, 6th edit., 1835 and 1862.

Several of these works have been reprinted in America, and most of them have had editions up to the present time.

BANTRY (Ign. L.) see: The Catholic Bishop of.

BARBER (George) _abbreviation_, see BEAUMONT, George.

BARCLAY (J. T.) M.D., Missionary to Jerusalem.

The City of the Great King; or, Jerusalem as it was, as it is, and as it is to be. Philadelphia and London, 1859.

Dr. Barclay has been accused of piracy, plagiarism, and theft from Bartlett’s Jerusalem Revisited. The correspondence, which we shall simply point out in this instance, will be found in the Athenæum for 1859.

BARROW (Rev. S.) _pseudo-titlonym_ [Sir R. PHILLIPS].

Another pseudonym which this gallant knight fabricated to give more credit to the following than he probably thought his own name would obtain. The Poor Child’s Library. Questions on the New Testament. Sermons for Schools, 1812.

BEAUMONT (George) _abbreviation_ [GEORGE DUCKETT BARBER BEAUMONT].

This gentleman has written several works, chiefly legal, in some he calls himself as above, in others George Barber.

BEDE (Adam) _pseud._ [ ].

The Natural History of Puseyism, with a short account of the Sunday Opera at St. Paul’s, Brighton. Brighton [1860].

BEDE (Augustin) _pseud._ [ ].

Letters ... on ... the Book of Common Prayer. Baltimore, 1859.

BEDE (Cuthbert) _pseud._ [Rev. EDWARD BRADLEY].

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, 1857.

This gentleman is the author of a great number of works under this pseudonym, and a constant _letterist_ in “Notes and Queries.”

BEDE (Seth) _pseud._ [SAMUEL EVANS].

Seth Bede, “the Methody,” his life and labours; chiefly written by himself. Lond. Ryde [_printed_] 1859.

BEE (Hookanit) Esq. _pseud._ [S. R. WIGRAM].

Flotsam and Jetsam: a cargo of Christmas Rhyme. _Saunders & Otley_, 1853.

BEE (Jon) _pseud._ [JOHN BADCOCK].

Slang. A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the pit of bon-ton, and the varieties of Life, forming the completest Lexicon Balatronicum of the Sporting World. Interspersed with Anecdotes and Whimsies. 1823.

A living picture of London for 1828.

BELL (Acton) _pseud._ [ANNE BRONTË].

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 2 edit., 1848.

BELL (Currer) (Ellis) and (Acton) _polynym_ [CHARLOTTE, EMILY JANE, and ANNE BRONTË].

Poems by C. E. and A. Bell, 1846.

The “Athenæum” thought these were by three brothers. They were always in fact taken for men, and in letters used the masculine gender. Charlotte Brontë gives the following account of the assumption of these pseudonyms:

“Averse to publicity, we veiled our own names under those of
Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell; the ambiguous choice being
dictated by a sort of conscientious scruple of assuming Christian
names positively masculine, while we did not declare ourselves
women, because--without at the time suspecting that our mode of
writing and thinking was not what is called ‘feminine,’--we had a
vague impression that authoreses are liable to be looked on with
prejudice.”--_Mrs. Gaskell’s Life of Brontë_, 1858, p. 240.

Having written a letter in the masculine gender to Miss Martineau, the latter, in her reply, began “Dear Madam,” but addressed it to “Currer Bell, Esq.”

BELL (Currer) _pseud._ [CHARLOTTE BRONTË, afterwards NICHOLLS].

Jane Eyre, an Autobiography, 1847.

The Professor, a tale [edited by A. B. Nicholls], 2 vols., 1857. Shirley, a tale, 1849. Villette, 1853.

BELL (Ellis and Acton) _polynym_ [EMILY JANE and ANNE BRONTË].

Wuthering Heights [by E. B.] and Agnes Grey, [by A. B.], 1847.

BENENGELI (Cid Hamet) _oriental-pseud._ [THOMAS BABINGTON Lord MACAULAY].

A squib printed at Leicester in 1826, entitled “Fragment of an Ancient Romance.”

Reprinted in Lowndes by Bohn, 1861.

BENSON (Carl) _pseud._ [CHARLES ASTOR BRISTED, grandson of the founder of the Astor Library].

BENSON (Edgeworth) _pseud._ [JOHN SCOTT, author of a Visit to Paris, etc.].

Articles in the London Magazine, of which he was editor.

John Scott’s career was cut short at the age of 37. In a literary
quarrel Mr. Scott considered himself injured or insulted, and
challenged Mr. Christie. They fought by moon-light at Chalk
Farm, and Scott was shot dead! The survivors were tried for
murder, but acquitted. See _Gent. Mag._, 1821. An apology, in the
virulent language of the time, for Mr. Christie will be found in
Blackwood’s Magazine, xix.

BIGLOW (Hosea) _apocryph_ [JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL].

Melibœus-Hipponax, The Biglow Papers, edited with an Introduction, notes, glossary and copious index, by H. Wilbur. Camb, U.S., 1848, and Lond. [1st and 2nd series, 1865].

BIGLY (Cantell A.) _enigmatic-pseudonym_ Can tell a Big Lye. [ ].

Aurifodina, or Adventures in the Gold Region. New York, 1849.

BILLINGS (Josh.) _pseud._ [A. W. SHAW].

His Book of Sayings. 1866.

BLACKMANTLE (Bernard) _phren._ [CHARLES MOLLOY WESTMACOTT].

The English Spy, an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. 1826, 2 vols, and continued by the same editor under the title of “The St. James’s Royal Magazine.”

BLAIR (Rev. David) _pseudo-titlonym_ [Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS, author of, amongst numerous very useful and valuable works, “A Million of Facts”].

The Class-Rook.--English Grammar.--Models of Juvenile Letters.--Reading Exercises.--Grammar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy.--The Universal Preceptor, 1816--Mother’s Question Book.--Reading Exercises.--School Dictionary.--Tutor’s Key to Questions.--Editions to the present time.

BLUEBELL, [Lady HESTER G. BROWNE], KINGCUPS [Misses KNATCHBULL], and MIGNIONETTE [Miss HUME MIDDLEMASS], _polynym_.

The Bouquet culled from Marylebone Gardens by ----, and arranged by Thistle [_pseud._] [1851-55]. Printed for private circulation.

BOGUE (David) Publisher.

In 1846, Henry G. Bohn, the well known publisher, obtained an
injunction against Bogue for _pirating_ part of a work published
by him entitled, “Illustrations of the Life of Lorenzo de Medici
by William Roscoe.” It appeared that William Hazlitt had “gutted”
this work, rejecting what he had not quoted as worthless. Bogue
was therefore restrained from publishing his work in “The
European Library,” entitled “A Life of Lorenzo de Medici.”
The case is one of great interest, and will be found in “The
Jurist,”--vol. x.

BOSSUT (M. l’Abbé) Professor of Languages _pseudo-titlonym_ [Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS].

The first French Grammar.--A Key to French Conversation and Idiom.--The French Syntax, 1807.--3,000 Words.--2,000 Phrases.--Easy Exercises.

Another pseudonym we have to record against Sir Richard. He did it in a good cause--that of education--so perhaps it is not right to blame him as if he had used them in a less worthy cause.

“Bossut’s Philological Works.”

“Early in the present century the Abbé Bossut developed that
simple natural system of acquiring languages, which, with slight
variations, has been seized on by Hamilton and others. It is
exactly described in the Preface to his little French Grammar
printed in 1805, and is the system by which every language is
acquired in the nursery, etc., etc.”

It was no doubt his intention that the Abbé Ch. Bossut, the
celebrated Mathematician, who died in 1814, at Paris, should be
taken for the above.

BOZ, _pseud._ [CHARLES DICKENS].

Sketches by Boz, illustrative of Every-day Life. 1836. 1837. Memoirs of Grimaldi. 1838. Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, in German, 1838-40. Frequently republished.

BROWN (Thomas) the Younger, _ps._ [THOMAS MOORE].

Intercepted Letters, or the Two-penny Post Bag. 8th edit., 1813. The Fudge Family in Paris. 8th edit., 1818. The Fudges in England, 1835. The latter was reviewed in The Edinburgh, 1836.

BRYANT (William Cullen).

A literary hoax was played off in the name of this celebrated
American poet by the editor of the _Buffalo Republic_ in order,
as he alleged, to establish what we believe to have been fully
established long since, viz., that no matter how atrocious an
effusion might be, the name of a known poet appended to it, would
render it true poetry in the eyes of a large majority of poetry
readers. Having succeeded in deluding his readers, who, no doubt
felt delighted with the amusing trick, it afterwards came out
that the trashy verses were the editor’s own.--_Notes & Queries_,
2 s., vii.

BUNTLINE (Ned) _pseud._ [EDWARD Z. C. JUDSON].

The King of the Sea, 1848. The G’hals of New York, 1850. Grassbeak Mansion, a Mystery of New York, 1864. Life in the Saddle, New York, 1866. And others.

BURKE (Edmund) _imitator_ [Rt. Hon. EDMUND BURKE].

A Vindication of Natural Society.... In a letter to Lord * * * * by a Late Noble Writer [_impostor_], 1756.

In this Burke imitated the style of “A late Noble Writer” so
closely, that Mallett, his executor, went to Dodsley’s, the
publisher’s shop, when full, and publicly disavowed it. Burke had
also written in 1749, some pieces in imitation and ridicule of
Dr. Charles Lucas. The “imitation” was so complete as to deceive
the public.--_Life by Peter Burke._

Burke’s “imitation,” as it is mildly termed, of Lord Bolingbroke was a cheat and fraud on the public, and is so highly to be condemned, that any writer of the present day who attempted a deceit of this kind, would deserve the utmost censure.

BURNS (Robert), Poet.

Many readers will doubtless wonder why this name figures in our
list. It is not a pseudonym! and surely Nature’s Poet could not
have been a plagiarist, or impostor! No. Burns was no impostor,
but he was himself deceived by an imposture, and as is generally
the case, for the sake of gain. We have it on the very excellent
authority of Mr. William Chappell, that the result of the
deception practised upon Burns and the Scottish public is, that
whereas Burns intended to write only to Scotch tunes, literally
one half of his songs, were written, and are still published to
_English_ or Irish airs--principally to English.

See Notes and Queries.

C.

C., _init._ [ARTHUR CLEAVELAND COXE].

Christian Ballads. New York, 1840.

C., _initialism_ [Rt. Hon. JOHN WILSON CROKER].

Notes in “Notes and Queries,” see 2nd s., viii. 52, 1859.

C * * * * * * (Hugh) _disg.-aut._ [HUGH CAREW].

Life of Sir R. Carew. 1811.

CŒLEBS (of the Portland Club) _demonym_ [CARLYON].

The Law and Practise of Whist. _Hardwicke_, 1851. Several editions.

CAM, _pseud._ [WALLER LEWIS, M.D.].

Whist: what to Lead. 3rd edit. _Longman_, 1866.