Reprints of Rare English Tracts. 1 vol. 4to. containing, 1. Peele's (George) Merrie Conceited Jests. With notice by S. W. Singer. Lond. Triphook, 1809 2. Araignment of Lewde, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women. By Jos. Swetnam. 1615. 3. Ester hath hang'd Haman: or an Answer to the Araignment, &c. by Ester Sowernam. 1617. 4. Armin's (Robert) Italian Tailor and his Boy. 1609. ib. 1807 b. 1810 ib. 1817 ib. 1810 5. Historie of Frier Rush: how he came to a house of religion, &c. 1620. See PoETICAL WORKS, vol. vii. p. 190. 6. Ludus Scacchiae. Chesse-Play, &c. 1597. . SHELF V. ib. Johnson's (Captain Charles) General History of the Pyrates, from their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time, &c. 2d edit. 8vo. ib. 1724 See POETICAL WORKS, vol. ix. p. 149. (Exmelin's (or Esquemeling, A. O.) History of the Bucauiers of America, from their first original down to this time, &c. Newly translated from the Spanish and French, &c. 8vo. ib. 1699 See POETICAL WORKS, vol. ix. pp. 37, 93, 146. Allan, (James, the celebrated Northumberland Piper,) Life of, and other branches of his extraordinary family, &c. new edit. 8vo. Blyth, 1818 new edit. Edited by [Lond. 1688] Gesta Grayorum, or the History of Prince Purpoole, A.D. 1594. Henry Keepe. 4o. wants title. Clavell's (John) Recantation of an Ill Ledde Life, or, a Discoverie of the High-way Law, &c. 2d edit. 4to. ib. 1628 The High-way Woman, &c.; the Wicked Life and Deplorable Death of Marcy Clay, otherwise called Jenny Fox, &c. 1665. 8vo. repr. ib. Barnard's (Rev. Dr. Nicholas) Penitent Death of a Woeful Sinner, or the Penitent Death of John Atherton, executed at Dublin 1640. As also the Sermon preached at his Buriall. With MS. note by Sir. W. S. 4to. Dub. 1641 Life and Death of John Atherton, Lord Bishop of Waterford, who, for Incest, &c. was hanged on the Gallows Greene at Dublin, &c. (a Poem.) 4to. reprinted, Lond. 1641 See Letters on Demonology, p. 384. The Case of John Atherton, &c. fairly represented against a late partial edition of Dr. Barnard's Relation and Sermon, &c. 800. ib. 1710 The Ultimum Vale of John Carleton, &c.; a Description of the passages of that Grand Impostor, late a pretended Germane Lady, &c. Lond. 1663.-Newes from Spaine. Relation of the Death of Don Rodrigo Calderon, &c. faithfully translated, &c. ib. 1622. 4to. Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch, executed at York, 20th March 1809. 6th edit. 8vo. Michael Howe, the last and worst of the Bush-Rangers of Van Dieman's Land. Narrative of atrocities committed by him during six years. Hobart Town, 1818 8vo. Leeds, 1809 Mynshul's (Geffray) Essayes and Characters of a Prison and Prisoners, &c. Lond. 1618. With Prefatory Notice by the Editor. (? Sir W. S.) 8vo. repr. Edin. Ballantyne, 1821 Mandeville's (Bernard) Modest Defence of Public Stews, or an Essay upon Whoring, &c. By the late Col. Harry Mordaunt. 8vo. Lond. 1740 The Compleat Mendicant, or Unhappy Beggar, being the Life of an Unfortunate Gentleman, &c. during 23 years pilgrimage. With a Character of a Monastick Life, and the Description of a Monastery. 8vo. ib. 1699 Shakspeare's Jest Book; Tales and Quick Answers, &c. With Prefatory Notice, by S. W. Singer. 8vo. Chiswick, 1814 Gilkie's (James) Speak Evil of no Man, but of the injustice done by Men. 8vo. Edin. 1774 Every Man his own Procurator, or, the Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum; containing the Duty of a Sheriff, &c. 12mo. ib. 1778 New Catechism for the Fine Ladies, &c. Lond. 1740.-Love's Invention, or the Recreation in Vogue. Ballad upon the Masquerades. ib. 1718. 8vo. The Sixpenny Miscellany, or a Dissertation upon Pissing, &c. 8vo. The Merry Thought: or the Glass-Window and Boghouse Miscellany. Taken from the original MSS. written in diamond, &c. 8vo. Lond. no date, but about 1730 8vo. Lond. 1726 The Fatal Vesper; (containing an Account of the Fall of a Room in Blackfryers, at Mr. Drurie's Sermon, 26th October, 1623.) By W. C. 4to. wants title. Bragge's (Rev. Francis) Defence of the Proceedings against Jane Wenham, (for Witchcraft.) ib. 1712 Hall's (Rev. Thomas) Funebria Florae, the Downfall of May-Games; wherein is set forth the rudeness, prophaneness, stealing, drinking, fighting, &c. of the rascality and rout in this their open prophanenesse and heathenish customs, &c. 2d edit. 4to. ib. 1661 Wilson, (James, Schoolmaster,) Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, by Claudero, son of Nimrod the Mighty Hunter, &c. 8vo. Edin. 1766 The Curious History on several occasions, being part of the work of that noted Poet Claudero, &c. ib. The Universal Fortune Teller: or, Mrs. Bridget's (the Norwood Gipsey) Golden Treasury explained. 12mo. Lond. Rules to get Children by, with handsome faces; or Precepts for the extemporary Sectaries, &c. Composed by George Spinola. 4to. Lond. 1642 12mo. Parkyn's (Sir Thomas) Inn-Play: or, Cornish Hugg-Wrestler. Digested in a Method which teacheth to break all holds, and throw most falls, mathematically, &c. 3d edit. 4to. ib. 1727 Bartholomew Faire, or, Variety of Fancies, &c. 4to. repr. ib. 1641 Downefall of Temporizing Poets, unlicenst Printers, upstart Booksellers, &c. 4to. repr. ib. 1641 Treatise upon the Modes, or a Farewell to French Kicks. ib. 1715 8vo. See PROSE WORKS, vol. ii. pp. 119-20, note. Country Tom's Complete Jester, or, the Laugher's Delight, &c. 12mo. ib. Breton's (Nicholas) Poste with a Packet of Mad Letters. 2 parts in 1 vol. B. L. 4to. ib. Lond. 1753 True Life of Betty Ireland. (A political squib.) 8vo. Avery, (Captain John, the famous English Pirate,) Life and Bold Adventures of, raised from a Cabin-boy to a King, now in possession of Madagascar. sm. 4to. ib. 1709 The King of the Pirates, an account of the famous enterprises of Captain Avery, the MockKing of Madagascar, &c. In two letters from himself. 8vo. ib. 1720 8vo. See Notes to The Pirate. Cox's (Joseph) Bloody-minded Gallows Thief-takers, alias Thief-makers, &c. shewing the Whipping Tom, or a Rod for a Proud Lady, bundled up in four feeling Discourses, &c. 1. of taking snuff; 2. of drinking tea; 3. of wearing red cloaks; 4. of hoop petticoats. 3d edit. 8vo. ib. ib. 1788 The Way to get and to save Wealth, &c. to which is added the Way how to turn a penny, &c. 3d edit. 8vo. Jocular Tracts. 1 vol. 8vo. containing, 1. Joe Miller's Jests, or, the Wit's Vade Mecum, &c. set forth by his lamentable friend and former companion, Elijah Jenkins, Esq. 4th edit. 2. Dodsley's (Robert) Chronicle of the Kings of England, by Nathan Ben Saddi. 3. Trip through London-Observations on Men and Things. 5th edit. ib. ib. 1740 ib. 1728 View of the Invisible World, or a General History of Apparitions, collected from the best authorities, &c. 8vo. ib. 1752 Low Life: or, one half of the World knows not how the other half live, &c. a true Description of Sunday, as usually spent within the bills of Mortality. 3d edit. 800. Lond. 1764 Remarkable Orders of the Ladies at Spring Garden, in Parliament assembled, 26 Martis 1647, &c. copy of the edition of 1647.-The Lampon, a Ballad. MS. Maclagan's (Rev. him.) 8vo. Wagstaffe's (Humphry) Comment upon the History of Tom Thumb. (Parody of Addison's Critique on Chevy Chase.) 3d edit. 8vo. Lond. 1712 of Melrose,) Narrative, &c. (refuting the accusations preferred against wants title. New Description of Merryland; containing a Topographical, Geographical, and Natural History of that country, &c. 6th edit. Bath and Lond. 1741 800. 1. Narrative of Life and Actions of Duke of Marlborough. 2. Life of William Hawke, the celebrated Highwayman. 2d edit. 3. Life of J. P. Barretier, master of five languages at 9 years of age. Miscellaneous Tracts. 1 vol. 8vo. I. Answer to a Letter to Dr. Smellie. containing, 2. Fortunate Transport, or, Secret History of Polly Haycock, &c. 3. Four Letters, viz. 2 from a Husband to a Gentleman, and 2 from a Husband to a Wife. 4. The Chaplet, a Musical Entertainment. 5. Hill's (Sir John) Lucina sine Concubitu, &c. 2d edit. 6. Martin's (Benjamin) Panegyrick on the Newtonian Philosophy. 7. Egerton's (William) Memoirs of Mrs. Ann Oldfield. SHELF VI. Lond. 1711 ib. ib. 1744 ib. ib. ib. 1739 ib. 1749 ib. 1750 ib. 1769 ib. 1731 Tricks of the Town laid open: or a Companion for Country Gentlemen, to dissuade from coming to town. 3d edit. 12mo. ib. 1747 The Scoundrel's Dictionary, or, an Explanation of the Cant Words used by the Thieves, &c. about Town. With Dissertation on Wheedling, Flash Songs, &c. sm. 8vo. ib. 1754 Life, Voyages, and Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars, &c. By Thomas Price, of Poole; with Dictionary of Cant Language. 12mo. ib. no date. Campbell's ( Johnson.) 3d edit. ) Lexiphanes; a Dialogue imitated from Lucian, (Parody of Dr. ib. 1783 12mo. ib. 1767 Sale of Authors; a Dialogue, &c. With MS. note by Sir W. S. 12mo. Journal of a Levant Pirate, or, Copy of a Journal kept by William Davidson, seaman, on board a Russian Privateer, from Dec. 3, 1788, to Sept. 6, 1789, &c. MS. 12mo. (Printed in the Edinburgh Annual Register.) Uncertainty of the Signs of Death, and Danger of Precipitate Interments and Dissections, &c. With an Account of Funeral Solemnities. 12mo. Lond. 1746 Radcliffe's (Alexander) Ovid Travestie, a Burlesque upon Ovid's Epistles. 2d edit.-The Ramble, an anti-heroick Poem, and other Poems. 8vo. Celebrated Murders. 1 vol. 12mo. containing, ib. 1681-2 1. Fairburn's Account of the dreadful Murder of the Marr Family, Dec. 7, 1811. 2. Account of the Murder of the Williamsons, Dec. 19, 1811. ib. 1812 ib. 1812 3. Life, Death, and Interment of John Williams, the supposed Murderer of the Marrs and Williamsons, &c. ib. 1812 4. Account of the Assassination of the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, &c. Adventures of the Extravagant Wit, or, the English Swindler, &c. 12mo. Surprising Life and Adventures of the celebrated Dr. Sartorius Sinegradibus, &c. History of Miss Katty N, &c. her Amours, Adventures, &c. in Scotland, Ireland, Jamaica, and England, &c. Written by herself. 12mo. Trial of a cause for Crim. Con. between Theophilus Cibber, plaintiff, and William Sloper, Esq., defendant. sm. 8vo. ib. 1812 Stirling, 1803 8vo. Edin. Lond. Dub. 1749 New Dictionary of the Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew, &c. By.B. E. See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. p. 223. Town and Country Nut-Cracker, or, Jack Sharp's Jests, &c. 8vo. Criminal Trials. 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See LIFE, vol. i. p. 264. ib. 1700 ib. 1701 a Poem. ib. 1747 Life, &c. Written by his own hand. With MS. note by Sir W. S. sm. 8vo. Ward's (Thomas) England's Reformation, (from Henry VIII. to Oates's Plot,) 2 vols. in 1. 12mo. Huttenii (Ulrici) Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum ad Dom. Ortuinum Gratium, &c. 2 tom. in 1. 12mo. Francof. 1599 Lives, Behaviour, and Dying Words, of the most remarkable Convicts, from the year 1700 to the present time. 2d edit. 3 vols. 12mo. Lond. 1745 SHELF VII. Smith's (Capt. Alexander) Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the most notorious Highwaymen, &c. To which is prefixed the Thieves' New Canting Dictionary, and added the Thieves' Grammar, &c. With MS. note by Sir W. S. 3 vols. 12mo. (vols. 1 and 2, 5th edit.) ib. 1719-20 |