1738. Part of a translation of Father Paul Sarpi's History of the Council of Trent, acknowl.

N. B. As this work, after some sheets were printed, suddenly stopped, I know not whether any part of it is now to be found.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Preface, intern, evid.

Life of Father Paul, acknowl.

1739. A complete vindication of the Licenser of the Stage from the malicious and scandalous aspersions of Mr. Brooke, author of Gustavus Vasa, acknowl.

1740.

1741.

Marmor Norfolciense: or an Essay on an ancient prophetical inscription in monkish rhyme, lately discovered near Lynne in Norfolk, by PROBUS BRITANNICUS, acknowl.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Life of Boerhaave, acknowl.

Address to the Reader, intern. evid.

Appeal to the Publick in behalf of the Editor, intern. evid. Considerations on the case of Dr. Trapp's Sermons; a plausible attempt to prove that an author's work may be abridged without injuring his property, acknowl.

1* Address to the Reader in May.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Preface, intern. evid.

Life of Admiral Drake, acknowl.
Life of Admiral Blake, acknowl.

Life of Philip Barretier, acknowl.
Essay on Epitaphs, acknowl.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Preface, intern. evid.

A free translation of the Jests of Hierocles, with an introduction, intern. evid.

Debate on the Humble Petition and Advice of the Rump Parliament to Cromwell, in 1657, to assume the title of King; abridged, methodized, and digested, intern. evid.

Translation of Abbé Guyon's Dissertation on the Amazons, intern. evid.

Translation of Fontenelle's Panegyrick on Dr. Morin, intern.

evid.

[These and several other articles, which are marked with an asterisk, were e suggested to Mr. Malone by Mr. Chalmers as probably written by Dr. Johnson; they are thete fore placed in this general list.-ED.]

1742.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Preface, intern. evid.

Essay on the Account of the Conduct of the Duchess of Marlborough, acknowl.

An Account of the Life of Peter Burman, acknowl.

The Life of Sydenham, afterwards prefixed to Dr. Swan's edition of his works, acknowl.

Proposals for printing Bibliotheca Harleiana, or a Catalogue
of the Library of the Earl of Oxford, afterwards prefixed
to the first volume of that catalogue, in which the Latin
accounts of the books were written by him, acknowl.
Abridgment, entitled Foreign History, intern. evid.

Essay on the Description of China from the French of Du
Halde, intern. evid.

1743. Dedication to Dr. Mead of Dr. James's Medicinal Dictionary, intern. evid.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.
Preface, intern. evid.

Parliamentary Debates under the name of Debates in the
Senate of Lilliput from Nov. 19, 1740, to Feb. 23, 1742-3,
inclusive, acknowl.

Considerations on the Dispute between Crousaz and Warburton on Pope's Essay on Man, intern. evid.

A Letter, announcing that the Life of Mr. Savage was speedily to be published by a person who was favoured with his confidence, intern. evid.

Advertisement for Osborne concerning the Harleian Catalogue, intern. evid.

1744. Life of Richard Savage, acknowl.

Preface to the Harleian Miscellany, acknowl.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Preface, intern. evid.

1745. Miscellaneous Observations on the tragedy of Macbeth, with remarks on Sir T. H.'s (Sir Thomas Hanmer's) Edition

of Shakspeare, and proposals for a new Edition of that Poet, acknowl.

1747. Plan for a Dictionary of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, addressed to Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, acknowl.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Lauder's Proposals for printing the Adamus Exul of Grotius. [Abridgment of Foreign History, Gent. Mag. 1794, p. 1001.]

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

1748. Life of Roscommon, acknowl.

Foreign History, November, intern. evid.

FOR MR. DODSLEY'S PRECEPTOR.

Preface, acknowl.

Vision of Theodore the Hermit, acknowl.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

1749. * Letter on Fire Works.

1750. The RAMBLER, the first paper of which was published 20th of March this year, and the last 17th of March, 1752, the day on which Mrs. Johnson died 1, acknowl.

Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the
publick to the performance of Comus, which was next day
to be acted at Drury-lane playhouse for the benefit of Milton's
grand-daughter, acknowl.

Preface and Postscript to Lauder's Pamphlet, entitled "An
Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns in his
Paradise Lost," acknowl.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Address to the Publick concerning Miss Williams's Miscellanies.

1751. Life of Cheynel, in the Miscellany called "The Student," acknowl.

Letter for Lauder, addressed to the Reverend Dr. John Douglas, acknowledging his fraud concerning Milton in terms of suitable contrition, acknowl.

Dedication to the Earl of Middlesex of Mrs. Charlotte Lennox's "Female Quixote," intern. evid.

* Preface.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

* Criticism on Moore's Gil Blas.

1753. Dedication to John, Earl of Orrery, of Shakspeare illustrated, by Mrs. Charlotte Lennox, acknowl.

During this and the following year he wrote and gave to his much loved friend, Dr. Bathurst, the papers in the Adventurer, signed T., acknowl.

This is a mistake. The last number of the Rambler appeared on the 14th of March, three days before Mrs. Johnson died. See vol. i. p. 195.-MALONE.

* Preface.

FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

*Notice of Mr. Edward Cave's death, inserted in the last page of the index.

1754. Life of Edward Cave, in the Gentleman's Magazine, acknowl. FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

* Preface.

1755. A DICTIONARY, with a Grammar and History, of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, acknowl.

An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea, by an exact Theory of the Variations of the Magnetical Needle, with a Table of the Variations at the most remarkable cities in Europe, from the year 1660 to 1780, acknowl. This he wrote for Mr. Zachariah Williams, an ingenious ancient Welsh gentleman, father of Mrs. Anna Williams, whom he for many years kindly lodged in his house. It was published with a translation into Italian by Signor Baretti. In a copy of it, which he presented to the Bodleian Library at Oxford, is pasted a character of the late Mr. Zachariah Williams, plainly written by Johnson, intern. evid.

1756. An Abridgment of his Dictionary, acknowl.

Several Essays in the Universal Visiter, which there is some
difficulty in ascertaining. All that are marked with two
asterisks have been ascribed to him, although I am confident,
from internal evidence, that we should except from these
"The Life of Chaucer," "Reflections on the State of Por-
tugal," and "An Essay on Architecture." And from the
same evidence I am confident that he wrote "Further
Thoughts on Agriculture" and "A Dissertation on the
State of Literature and Authours." The Dissertation on the
Epitaphs, written by Pope, he afterwards acknowledged,
and added to his "Idler."

Life of Sir Thomas Browne, prefixed to a new edition of his
Christian Morals, acknowl.

In the LITERARY MAGAZINE, or UNIVERSAL REVIEW, which
began in January, 1756.

His ORIGINAL ESSAYS are,

The Preliminary Address, intern. evid.

An Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain, intern. evid.

Remarks on the Militia Bill, intern. evid.

Observations on his Britannick Majesty's Treaties with the

Empress of Russia and the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, intern. evid.

Observations on the Present State of Affairs, intern. evid.
Memoirs of Frederick III., King of Prussia, intern, evid.
In the same MAGAZINE his REVIEWS are of the following books:
"Birch's History of the Royal Society;" "Browne's
Christian Morals;" "Warton's Essay on the Writings and
Genius of Pope," vol. i.; "Hampton's Translation of Po-
lybius;" Sir Isaac Newton's Arguments in proof of a
Deity;" "Borlase's History of the Isles of Scilly;" " Home's
Experiments on Bleaching;" "Browne's History of Ja-
maica ;""Hales on Distilling Sea-Waters, Ventilators in
Ships, and curing an ill taste in Milk;" "Lucas's Essay on
Waters;" "Keith's Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops;"
"Philosophical Transactions," vol. xlix.; "Miscellanies by
Elizabeth Harrison;" "Evans's Map and Account of the
Middle Colonies in America;" "The Cadet, a Military
Treatise;""The Conduct of the Ministry relating to the
present War, impartially examined," intern. evid.

Mrs. Lennox's Translation of Sully's Memoirs;" "Letter on the Case of Admiral Byng ;" "Appeal to the People concerning Admiral Byng;" "Hanway's Eight Days' Journey and Essay on Tea;" "Some further particulars in Relation to the Case of Admiral Byng, by a Gentleman of Oxford,” acknowl. Mr. Jonas Hanway having written an angry Answer to the Review of his Essay on Tea, Johnson, in the same collection, made a reply to it, acknowl. This is the only instance, it is believed, when he condescended to take notice of any thing that had been written against him; and here his chief intention seems to have been to make sport.

Dedication to the Earl of Rochford of, and Preface to, Mr.
Payne's Introduction to the Game of Draughts, acknowl.
Introduction to the London Chronicle, an Evening Paper,
which still subsists with deserved credit, acknowl.

* "Observations on the Foregoing Letter," i. e. A Letter on
the American Colonies.

1757. Speech on the Subject of an Address to the Throne after the Expedition to Rochefort; delivered by one of his friends in some publick meeting: it is printed in the Gentleman's Magazine for October, 1785, intern. evid.

The first two paragraphs of the Preface to Sir William
Chambers's Designs of Chinese Buildings, &c. acknowl.

1758. THE IDLER, which began April 5, in this year, and was continued till April 5, 1760, acknowl.