Scott of Amwell
Scott of Amwell

Author: David Perman

Publisher: Spotlight Poets

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13:

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John Scott (1731-1783) was a remarkable man. A Quaker who built a shell grotto and became the outstanding turnpike trustee of his age, he would have wished to excel as a poet. He wrote poetry in the pastoral tradition and vigorously defended that tradition against his close friend, Samuel Johnson. He also attacked Johnson for his attitude towards the rebellious American colonies. Yet Dr Johnson visited Scott's grotto, said he loved the man and wished to write his biography but died before he could put pen to paper.

Index to Book Reviews in England, 1749-1774
Index to Book Reviews in England, 1749-1774

Author: Antonia Forster

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780809314065

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This index provides valuable information on the vast majority of reviews of poetry, fiction, and drama during the first 25 years of modern, formalized book reviewing in England. Forster introduces readers to the wealth of material in the two major review journals (Monthly Review and Critical Review), the two major magazines (Gentleman’s and London), and 11 other periodicals. She includes in her 3,023 entries information on format, price, and bookseller’s name taken from the books themselves. In her Introduction, Forster surveys some material concerning the reviewers’ public attitude to their self-appointed task to provide a background against which the reviewers’ literary judgments can be examined.