“An adequate edition of Swift—the whole of Swift, and nothing
but
Swift—has long been one of the pressing needs of students of
English literature. Mr. Temple Scott, who is preparing the new
edition of Swift's Prose Works, has begun well, his first
volume is
marked by care and knowledge. He has scrupulously collated his
texts with the first or the best early editions, and has given
various readings in the footnotes.... Mr. Temple Scott may
well be
congratulated on his skill and judgment as a commentator....
He has
undoubtedly earned the gratitude of all admirers of our
greatest
satirist, and all students of vigorous, masculine, and exact
English.”—Athenæum.
“The volume is an agreeable one to hold and to refer to, and
the
notes and apparatus are, on the whole, exact. A cheap and
handy
reprint, which we can conscientiously recommend.”—Saturday
Review.
“From the specimen now before us we may safely predict that Mr.
Temple Scott will easily distance both Roscoe and Scott. He
deserves the gratitude of all lovers of literature for
enabling
Swift again to make his bow to the world in so satisfactory
and
complete a garb.”—Manchester Guardian.
“Mr. Temple Scott's introductions and notes are excellent in
all
respects, and this edition of Swift is likely to be one most
acceptable to scholars.”—Notes and Queries.
“The new Bohn's Library edition of the prose works of Jonathan
Swift is a venture which proves itself the more welcome as
each
instalment is issued.... This edition is likely long to remain
the
standard edition.”—Literary World.
“'Bohn's Libraries' need no push, and the magnificent edition
of
'The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift,' edited by Mr. Temple
Scott, is
in every respect worthy of that great collection of classics.
It is
an ideal edition, edited by an ideal editor, beautifully
printed,
handsomely bound, and ridiculously cheap. I have no hesitation
in
saying that this edition supersedes all its forerunners.”—
Star.
“We have nothing but praise for the editing, annotating,
printing,
and general production. Indeed, now that the set has advanced
so
far, we can safely pronounce the opinion that all other
editions of
Swift must give place to it, and that no serious student of
the
politics of the eighteenth century can afford to be without
these
volumes.... A superb edition.”—Irish Times.
“Edited with exhaustive care, and produced in excellent style.
This
is not only the best, it is the only edition of
Swift.”—Pall
Mall Gazette.
“There could hardly be a more acceptable addition to Bohn's
Standard Library than a new edition of Swift's Prose Works.
The
text is well printed, and the volume is of convenient size.
The
edition deserves to be popular, since Swift is a writer who
will
always be read, while this edition will bring him within reach
of a
number of new readers.”—Scotsman.
“The time is now ripe for a definite edition. This, of which
the
first volume lies before us, promises to fulfil all the
conditions
of a scholarly and satisfying work.... The edition is a
genuine
gain to English literature.”—Birmingham Post.
“The publishers of Bohn's Libraries will earn the thanks of a
wide
circle of readers by their undertaking to produce a popular
and
collected edition of the prose works of Swift.... So far as
one
may judge from a first instalment, the present edition seems
to
fulfil the requirements of popularity and accuracy as well as
could
be desired.... The edition promises to be one of the most
valuable
and welcome items in those classic 'Libraries' which have done
so
much to bring good literature, in worthy form, within the
reach of
the British public.”—Glasgow Herald.
“We are indebted to the proprietors of the Bohn Libraries for
various literary enterprises, but it is questionable indeed if
they
have issued lately a work more acceptable, or likely to become
more
popular, than 'The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift.' No better
edition of it could be desired. Mr. Temple Scott is editing
the
volumes with the greatest care.”—Belfast News Letter.
“No more welcome reprint has appeared for some time past than
the
new edition, complete and exact so far as it was possible to
make
it, of Swift's 'Journal to Stella.'”—Morning Post.
“By far the most satisfactory text yet printed of the wonderful
'Journal to Stella.'”—Newcastle Daily Chronicle.
“The 'Journal to Stella' has long stood in need of editing, far
more than any other of Swift's works. It abounds in references
to
persons great and small, to political and social 'occurrents,'
to
ephemeral publications; and to identify and explain all these
demands an editor steeped in the history, literature,
broadsides
and press news of the time of the Harley administration. Mr.
Ryland's present edition will satisfy all but the few who
dream of
an ideal.”—Athenæum.
“The immortal 'Journal to Stella,' one of the works most
indispensable to a knowledge of the life and literature of the
early part of the eighteenth century. We know of no shape in
which
the Journal is published so convenient for perusal as this.
The
notes are short and serviceable, and there is a full
index.”—Notes and Queries.
“At last we have a well-printed, carefully edited text of
Swift's
famous Journal in a single, handy, and cheap volume. The
present
edition will, we hope, encourage many timid souls, who have
been
awed by the formidable array of Scott, Sheridan, or
Hawkesworth's
editions, to make the acquaintance of the most interesting,
charming, and tender journal that ever man kept for a woman's
eye.”—St. James's Gazette.
“Mr. Dennis is quite justified in his boast of now first giving
us
a complete and trustworthy text [of 'Gulliver's
Travels'].”—Manchester Guardian.
“The number of useless reprints of Gulliver, based on
Hawkesworth's
untrustworthy edition, and mostly expurgated besides, is so
great
that we owe double thanks to Mr. Dennis, since he has not
shirked
the trouble of collating the five earliest editions, and has
given
us again at last—as far as is possible in the present
case—the
complete and authentic text of the original.”—PROF. MAX
FÖRSTER in Anglia.
“An ideal text of 'Gulliver's Travels.'”—Literary World.
“The best and most scholarly edition of 'Gulliver's
Travels.'”—University Correspondent.
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[Illustration: Jonathan Swift
From an engraving by Andrew Miller after the painting by Francis
Bindon in the Deanery of St. Patrick's Dublin.]
THE PROSE WORKS
OF
JONATHAN SWIFT, D. D.
EDITED BY
TEMPLE SCOTT.
VOL. VII
HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS—IRISH
LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1905 CHISWICK PRESS. CHARLES WHITTINGHAM
AND CO. TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.