Richardson

The Rambler in three volumes. History of a young woman that came to London for a service; Remarks on masquerades; Uneasiness & disgust of female cowardice; A mother her daughter's rival; Criticism on Milton; Advice to unmarried Ladies; etc

1806 · 5544 — London : Strahan and Preston New Street Square ; Printed for J Johnson; W Otridge & Son; F & C Rivington; R Faulder & Son; W Lowndes ; J Walker ; Cuthell & Martin; Wilkie & Robinson; B C Collins; J Nunn; Darton & Harvey; Vernor Hood & Sharpe. 1806 1806. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes ; 446 443 396 pp ; full leather with gold bands and red titles ; foxed ; tear to flyleaf of volume 1 ; title page of volume 1 not present ; engraved plates as frontispieces by E. Edwards and I. Neagle published by T. Cadell copyright Se pt. 1 1793 present in volumes 2 and 3 ; name of Atlantan James Lowell Battle on front ep of volume 1 ; publisher colophon: Printed for J Johnson; W Otridge & Son; F & C Rivington; R Faulder & Son; W Lowndes ; J Walker ; Cuthell & Martin; Wilkie & Robinson; B C Collins; J Nunn; Darton & Harvev; Vernor Hood & Sharpe; Longman Hurst Rees & Orme; Cadell & Davies Lackington Allen & Co.; B Crosby: J Carpenter; S Bagster; and J Mawman ; London : Strahan and Preston New Street Square 1806. ; copy of Abraham Ver Plank Lansing 1790-1875 son of Albany planter Jan van Arnhem Lansing 1769-1863 and Ariaantje Verplanck 1768- removed in the early 19th century to Watervliet New York the site of an extensive Shaker community the first of its kind in America ; label of the Watervliet Literary Society on front ep of volume 1 ; The Rambler was an early periodical published by Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 of English Dictionary fame on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 1750 to 1752 i n the pattern of the earlier Spectator periodical by Richard Steele and Joseph Addison ; "The sale was very inconsiderable and seldom exceeded five hundred; and . the only paper which had a prosperous sale and may be said to have been popular was one which Dr. Johnson did not write. This was No 97 written by Samuel Richardson the author of Clarissa Pamela and Sir Charles Grandison.The four billets in No. 10 were written by Miss Mulso Hester Mulso Chapone 1727-1801. No. 30 was written by Miss Catherine Talbot 1721-1770.She possessed great natural talents a vigorous understanding a lively imagination and refined taste. .The only remaining contributor was Mrs. Elizabeth Carter 1717-1806 who wrote No. 44 and 10 0.'She could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek; and work a handkerchief as well as compose a poem.'.Of the characters described in the Rambler some were not altogether fictitious. Prospero in No. 200 was intended for David Garrick 1717-1779.Mrs. Piozzi Hester Lynch Thrale Salusbury Piozzi 1741-1841 informs us that by Gelidus the philosopher in No. 24 the author meant to represent Mr. Coulson John Colson 1680-1760 Lucasian professor at Cambr idge a mathematician who formerly lived at Rochester. The man 'immortalized for purring like a cat' was one John Busby a proctor in the Commons. He who 'barked so ingeniously and then called the drawer to drive away the dog' was father to D r. Samuel Salter 1710-1778 of the Charter-house ie. Samuel Salter Sr. 1680-1756 Archdeacon of Norwich who was a member of the Rambler Club meeting weekly at the King's Head in Ivy Lane. Dr. Johnson Hawkins and Hawkesworth were among th e nine members.He who 'sung a song and by correspondent motions of his arm chalked out a giant on the wall' was one Richardson an attorney."--from The British Essayists: The Rambler By Alexander Chalmers; Contents : Volume 1 1. Difficult y of the first address. Practice of the epic poets. Convenience of periodical performances -- 2. The necessity and danger of looking into suturity -- Writers naturally sanguine. Their hopes liable to disappointment -- 3. An allegory on criticism -- 4. The modern form of romances preserable to the ancient. The necessity of characters morally good. -- 5. A meditation on the spring -- 6. Happiness not local -- 7. Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use -- 8. The thoughts to be brought under regulation as they respect the past present and Future -- 9. The fondness of every man for his posession. -- The gradual improvement of manufactures -- 10. Four billets with their answers / Hester Mulso Chapone 1727-1801. Remarks on masquerades <br/> <br/> [London : Strahan and Preston, New Street Square] ; Printed for J Johnson; W Otridge & Son; F & C Rivington; R Faulder & Son; W hardcover