AFTER THE DUNCIAD, 1728.

An Effay on the Dunciad, octavo, printed for J. Roberts. [In this book, p. 9. it was formally declared, "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. Theobald."]

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 inserted after] printed for J. Roberts, octavo.

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

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

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

The Female Dunciad. Collected by the fame Mr. Curl, 12mo. price 6d. 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 6d. The Dunciad diffected. By Curl and Mrs. Thomas,

12mo.

An Effay on the Taste and Writings of the present 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 Supplement to the Profund. Anon. By Matthew Concanen, octavo.

Mift's Weekly Journal, June 8. A long Letter, fign'd 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 these kind of performances.

Daily Journal, June 11. A Letter figned Philoscriblerus, on the name of Pope-Letter to Mr. Theobald, in verse, signed 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

Gulliveriana fecunda. Being a Collection of many of the Libels in the Newspapers, 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 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 Jonathan's Paraphrase on the 4th chapter of Genefis. Writ by E. Roome, folio, 1729.

Labeo. A paper of verses by Leonard Welsted, which after came into One Epistle, and was published by James Moore, quarto, 1730. Another part of it came out in Welfted's own name, under the just title of Dulness 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 Epistle from a Nobleman to a Doctor of Divinity, from Hampton court [Lord H-—y.] Printed for J. Roberts alfo, 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,

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1729.

T will be fufficient to say of this edition, that the reader has here a much more correct and complete 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 names being now not only fet at length, but justified by the authorities and reafons 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 fent me from several 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 distance of time: And the reader cannot but derive one pleasure from the very

Obfcurity

Obscurity 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 fome account: For fince it is only in this monument that they must expect to furvive (and here survive they will, as long as the English tongue shall remain such as it was in the reigns of Queen ANNE and King GEORGE,) it seemed but humanity to bestow a word or two upon each, juft 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, 'tis only as a paper pinned upon the breast, to mark the enormities for which they fuffered; left the correction only should be remembered, and the crime forgotten.

In fome articles it was thought fufficient, barely to transcribe from Jacob, Curl, 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 deftruction of fuch 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.

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