CONTENTS GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE ... ⅴ PREFACE ... xx INTRODUCTION ... 1 NOTE ON THE TEXT ... 26 The Author's Farce(30 March 1730), Tom Thumb(24 April 1730) 1 JOHN PERCEVAL first Earl of Egmont, from diary entry, 24 April 1730 ... 27 2 Letter signed 'BAVIUS' [JOHN MARTYN], The Grub-street Journal, 11 June 1730 ... 28 3 The Grub-street Journal, 18 November 1731 ... 30 The Modern Husband(14 February 1731-2) 4 Letter signed 'DRAMATICUS' [SIR WILLIAM YONGE(?)], The Grub-street Journal, 30 March 1732 ... 31 5 [THOMAS COOKE], from The Comedian, or Philosophical Enquirer, June 1732 ... 37 The Covent-Garden Tragedy(1 June 1732) 6 Letter signed 'PROSAICUS', The Grub-street Journal, 8 June 1732 ... 41 7 Letter signed 'DRAMATICUS' [SIR WILLIAM YONGE(?)], The Grub-street Journal, 15 June 1732 ... 43 The Modern Husband, The Covent-Garden Tragedy, The Old Debauchees(1 June 1732), The Mock Doctor(23 June 1732) 8 Letters signed 'PROSAICUS' and 'A.B.', The Grub-street Journal, 29 June 1732 ... 45 9 Letters signed 'DRAMATICUS' [SIR WILLIAM YONGE(?)], and 'MISO-CLEROS', The Grub-street Journal, 13 July 1732 ... 49 10 Letter signed 'PUBLICUS', The Grub-street Journal, 20 July 1732 ... 55 11 From a letter signed 'PHILALETHES' [probably FIELDING], The Daily Post, 31 July 1732 ... 62 12 'Epigram' by 'MAEVIUS', The Grub-street Journal, 3 August 1732 ... 64 13 From a letter signed 'PROSAICUS', The Grub-street Journal, 24 August 1732 ... 65 The Miser(17 February 1732-3) 14 JOHN PERCEVAL, FIRST EARL OF EGMONT, from diary entry, 20 February 1732-3 ... 68 15 Review signed 'CYNICK', The Auditor, 23 March 1732-3 ... 69 16 Letter signed 'BELVIDERA', The Gentleman's Magazine, April 1733 ... 71 Tom Thumb and the Early Plays 17 JONATHAN SWIFT, from On Poetry : A Rapsody(1733) ... 72 18 JONATHAN SWIFT, in conversation, c. 1733 ... 73 19 From The Connoisseur. A Satire on the Modern Men of Taste(n.d.[c. 1734]) ... 73 Fielding's 'Industry' 20 From 'An Author's Will', The Universal Spectator, 6 July 1734 ... 74 An Old Man Taught Wisdom : or, The Virgin Unmask'd(17 January 1734-5) The Universal Gallant(10 February 1734-5) 21 [AARON HILL], from The Prompter, 18 February 1734-5 ... 75 Pasquin(5 March 1735-6) 22 [AARON HILL], leader in The Prompter, 2 April 1736 ... 77 23 From 'A Letter to a Friend in the Country...', The Old Whig, 8 April 1736 ... 81 24 MARY GRANVILLE PENDARVES(later DELANY), from a letter to Jonathan Swift, 22 April 1736 ... 82 25 Review signed 'MARFORIO' [probably RICHARD RUSSEL] The Grub-street Journal, 22 April and 6 May 1736 ... 83 26 'To the Author of Pasquin', in A Collection of Miscellany Poems, Never before Publish'd(n.d.[c. 1736]) ... 96 27 [PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, FOURTH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD], from a leader in Common Sense : or, the Englishman's Journal, 5 February 1736-7 ... 97 Pasquin, The Historical Register(21 March 1736-7), Eurydice Hiss'd(13 April 1737) 28 JOHN PERCEVAL, FIRST EARL OF EGMONT, from diary entry, 22 March 1736-7 ... 98 29 From a letter signed 'AN ADVENTURER IN POLITICKS', The Daily Gazetteer, 7 May 1737 ... 98 30 Letter signed 'PASQUIN' [probably FIELDING], Common Sense : or, the Englishman's Journal, 21 May 1737 ... 102 31 From a letter signed 'AN ADVENTURER IN POLITICKS', The Daily Gazetteer, 4 June 1737 ... 106 Fielding and the Licensing Act 32 PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, FOURTH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD, from his speech in the House of Lords against the Licensing Act, June 1737 ... 109 33 From Common Sense : or, the Englishman's Journal, 28 October 1738 ... 110 Tom Thumb 34 From Observations on the Present Taste for Poetry(1739) ... 111 Fielding and the Licensing Act 35 COLLEY CIBBER, from An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber(1740) ... 114 36 ALEXANDER POPE, from The New Dunciad(March 1742) ... 115 Shamela(4 April 1741) 37 'To the Author of Shamela', The London Magazine, June 1741 ... 116 38 THOMAS DAMPIER, from a letter dated 30 July 1741 ... 117 Joseph Andrews(22 February 1741-2) 39 DR. GEORGE CHEYNE, from a letter to Samuel Richardson, 9 March 1741-2 ... 118 40 THOMAS GRAY, from a letter to Richard West, [8] April[1742] ... 119 Tom Thumb 41 WILLIAM SHENSTONE, from a letter to Richard Graves [17 or 18 May 1742] ... 120 Joseph Andrews 42 CATHERINE TALBOT, from a letter to Elizabeth Carter, 1 June 1742 ... 120 43 WILLIAM SHENSTONE, from a letter to Richard Graves, [1742] ... 121 Joseph Andrews in France 44 THE CHEVALIER RAMSAY, from a letter(in English) to 'Monsieur de Ramsay' [probably Michael Ramsay], 1 September 1742 ... 122 Joseph Andrews 45 ELIZABETH CARTER, from a letter to Catherine Talbot, 1 January 1742-3 ... 123 46 From a letter to Caleb D'Anvers, The Craftsman, 1 January 1742-3 ... 124 47 CHARLES MACKLIN, from the Prologue to The Wedding Day, 17 February 1743-4 ... 125 Joseph Andrews in France 48 [PIERRE FRANCOIS GUYOT DESFONTAINES], review of Joseph Andrews, Observations sur les <?import namespace ... m ur 49 [DESFONTAINES], 'Lettre D'Une Dame Angloise...', prefixed to his translation of Joseph Andrews, Avantures de Joseph Andrews(Amsterdam, 2nd ed., 1744) ... 127 50 Unsigned review of Avantures de Joseph Andrews, Biblioth<m:math xmlns ... '"htt Joseph Andrews 51 [JOHN MOTTLEY(?)], from entry on Fielding in 'A Compleat List of all the English Dramatic Poets, and All the Plays ever printed in the English Language, to the Present Year M, DCC, XLVII', appended to Thomas Whincop, Scanderbeg : or, Love and Liberty(1747) ... 143 Tom Jones(28 February 1748-9) 52 THOMAS BIRCH, from a letter to the Earl of Orrery, 19 January 1747-8 ... 144 Joseph Andrews and the Jacobite's Journal 53 From 'Trott Plaid Excused', The London Evening Post, 28-30 July 1748 ... 145 54 'Epitaph', Old England, 20 November 1748 ... 146 Tom Jones 55 LADY FRANCES HERTFORD, DUCHESS OF SOMERSET, from a letter to Lady Henrietta Luxborough, 20 November 1748 ... 147 56 THOMAS BIRCH, from a letter to the Earl of Orrery, 20 December 1748 ... 147 57 Unsigned 'Plan of a late celebrated Novel', The London Magazine, February 1748-9 ... 148 58 From The Fan : A Heroi-Comical Poem, in Three Cantos(1749) ... 155 Tom Jones and Joseph Andrews 59 WILLIAM SHENSTONE, from a letter to Lady Henrietta Luxborough, 22 March 1748-9 ... 159 60 LADY HENRIETTA LUXBOROUGH, from a letter to William Shenstone, 23 March 1748-9 ... 160 Tom Jones 61 From a footnote to 'A Extract from a famed Sermon... by Edw. Cobden...', The Gentleman's Magazine, March 1749 ... 161 62 CAPTAIN LEWIS THOMAS, from a letter to Welbore Ellis, 3 April[1749] ... 162 63 WILLIAM SHENSTONE, from a letter to Lady Henrietta Luxborough, 7 April 1749 ... 164 64 JOSEPH SPENCE, from a letter to Burrell Massingberd, 15 April 1749 ... 165 65 CATHERINE TALBOT, from a letter to Elizabeth Carter, 22 May 1749 ... 166 66 From a letter signed 'ARETINE' to 'Selim Slim' [George Lyttelton], Old England, 27 May 1749 ... 166 67 ELIZABETH CARTER, from a letter to Catherine Talbot, 20 June 1749 ... 169 68 THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD, from a letter to her mother, 26 June 1749 ... 169 69 From an unsigned letter from Dalkeith House to Samuel Richardson, 30 June 1749 ... 170 70 SOLOMON LOWE, from a letter to Samuel Richardson, 10 July 1749 ... 170 71 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, from a letter to Aaron Hill, 12 July 1749 ... 171 72 ASTRAEA AND MINERVA HILL, from a letter to Samuel Richardson, 27 July 1749 ... 172 73 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, from a letter to Astraea and Minerva Hill, 4 August 1749 ... 174 74 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, from a letter to Aaron Hill, 18 August 1749 ... 176 Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones 75 From a letter signed 'T.P.' to 'Mr. Urban', The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1749 ... 178 Tom Jones 76 THOMAS CAWTHORN, 'To Henry Fielding Esq : On reading his inimitable history of Tom Jones', The Gentleman's Magazine, August 1749 ... 179 Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones 77 LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, from a letter to the Countess of Bute, 1 October[1749] ... 181 Tom Jones 78 TOBIAS SMOLLETT, from a letter to Alexander Carlyle, 1 October 1749 ... 182 79 'MRS. BELFOUR' [LADY DOROTHY BRADSHAIGH], from a letter to Samuel Richardson, [November 1749] ... 183 80 Preface to The History of Tom Jones, the Foundling, in his Married State(1750 [November 1749]) ... 184 Works to 1750 81 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, from a letter to Lady Dorothy Bradshaigh, [late November-early December 1749] ... 186 Tom Jones 82 'ORBILIUS', from An Examen of the History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.... In Two Letters to a Friend, Proper to be bound with the Foundling(1750 [December 1749]) ... 187 83 Unsigned review of An Examen of the History of Tom Jones, The Monthly Review, December 1749 ... 213 84 'MRS. BELFOUR' [LADY DOROTHY BRADSHAIGH], from a letter to Samuel Richardson, 16 December 1749 ... 214 85 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, from a letter to Frances Grainger, 22 January 1749-50 ... 215 Joseph Andrews 86 From The Student, or, The Oxford and Cambridge Monthly Miscellany, 20 January 1750 ... 217 Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones 87 From The History of Charlotte Summers, the Fortunate Parish Girl(1750) ... 219 88 LADY DOROTHY BRADSHAIGH, from a letter to Samuel Richardson, 27 March 1750 ... 222 Tom Jones in France(March 1750) 89 PIERRE ANTOINE DE LA PLACE, from the Preface to his translation of Tom Jones, Histoire de Tom Jones, ou L'Enfant Trouv<m:math xmlns ... '"htt 90 Unsigned review of Histoire de Tom Jones, The Gentleman's Magazine, March 1750 ... 225 91 FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR, BARON GRIMM, Spring 1750, Correspondance Litt<m:math xmlns ... '"htt Tom Jones 92 SAMUEL JOHNSON, The Rambler, 31 March 1750 ... 230 93 From a letter signed 'EUBULUS', Old England, 7 April 1750 ... 235 94 From 'The Antisatyrist ; a Dialogue', The Gentleman's Magazine, May 1750 ... 238 95 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, from a letter to J. B. de Freval, 21 January 1750-1 ... 238 An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late, Increase of Robbers(January 1750-1) 96 Unsigned review, The Monthly Review, January 1750-1 ... 239 97 LADY HENRIETTA LUXBOROUGH, from a letter to William Shenstone, 13 February 1750-1 ... 246 Tom Jones 98 From 'To the Worshipful Justice Fielding', An Apology for the Life of Mr. Bampfylde Moore Carew, Commonly call'd the King of the Beggars(n.d. [1751?]) ... 247 Fielding's 'New Species of Writing' 99 [FRANCIS COVENTRY], from An Essay on the New Species of Writing founded by Mr. Fielding : with a Word or Two upon the Modern State of Criticism(1751) ... 261 The Enquiry, Tom Jones, etc. 100 From The Magazine of Magazines, April 1751 ... 270 Tom Jones 101 'On the incomparable History of Tom Jones', The Ladies Magazine, 20 April-4 May 1751 ... 274 Tom Jones in France 102 [<m:math xmlns ... '"htt Fielding's 'New Species of Writing' 103 WILLIAM WARBURTON, from a note in his edition of The Works of Alexander Pope(1751) ... 282 104 [DR. JOHN HILL], from The History of a Woman of Quality : A Parallel between the Characters of Lady Frail, and the Lady of Quality in 'Peregrine Pickle'(1751) ... 283 The Scurrilous Plays of the 1730s 105 ELIZA HAYWOOD, from The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless(1751) ... 285 Amelia(18 December 1751) 106 From Old England, 21 December 1751 ... 286 107 THOMAS EDWARDS, letter to Samuel Richardson, 23 December 1751 ... 287 108 Unsigned review, The London Magazine, December 1751 and Appendix for 1751 ... 288 109 [JOHN CLELAND], review, The Monthly Review, December 1751 ... 304 110 [PIERRE CL<m:math xmlns ... '"htt 111 LADY ORRERY, from a letter to Lord Orrery, 6 January 1752 ... 311 112 Verses by 'C.D., F.R.S.', in The London Evening Post, 16-18 January 1752 ... 312 113 MARY GRANVILLE(PENDARVES) DELANY, from a letter to Mrs. Dewes, 18 January 1752 ... 313 114 [<B><FONT color ... #0000 115 SARAH CHAPONE, from a letter to Elizabeth Carter, 11 February 1752 ... 318 116 ANNE DONNELLAN, from a letter to Samuel Richardson, 11 February 1752 ... 319 117 THOMAS EDWARDS, from a letter to the Rev. Mr. Lawry, 12 February 1752 ... 320 118 [BONNELL THORNTON], 'A New Chapter in Amelia', Have at You All : or The Drury-Lane Journal, 13 February 1752 ... 321 119 [MATTHEW MATY], review, Journal Britannique, February 1752 ... 325 120 [WILLIAM KENRICK], from Fun : a Parodi-tragi-comical Satire(1752) ... 333 Tom Jones and Amelia 121 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, from a letter to Thomas Edwards, 21 February 1752 ... 334 122 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, from a letter to Anne Donnellan, 22 February 1752 ... 335 123 SAMUEL. RICHARDSON, from a letter to Lady Dorothy Bradshaigh, 23 February 1752 ... 336 The Novels of Richardson and Fielding 124 From the Preface to The Adventures of a Valet(1752) ... 337 The Covent-Garden Journal(4 January-25 November 1752) 125 [BONNELL THORNTON], from Have at You All : or The Drury-Lane Journal, 5 March 1752 ... 338 126 [BONNELL THORNTON], from Have at You All : or The Drury-Lane Journal, 12 March 1752 ... 341 127 [BONNELL THORNTON], from Have at You All : or The Drury-Lane Journal, 19 March 1752 ... 343 Amelia 128 CATHERINE TALBOT, from a letter to Elizabeth Carter, 14 March 1752 ... 345 129 ELIZABETH CARTER, from a letter to Catherine Talbot, 30 March 1752 ... 346 130 [DR. JOHN KENNEDY], from 'An Epistle to a Friend in the Country', Some Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. J[ohn] H[ill](1751 [March 1752]) ... 347 131 Letter signed 'CRITICULUS', The Gentleman's Magazine, March 1752 ... 348 132 CATHERINE TALBOT, from a letter to Elizabeth Carter, 22 April 1752 ... 350 133 SARAH CHAPONE, from a letter to Elizabeth Carter, 27 May 1752 ... 351 Fielding's 'New Species of Writing' 134 FRANCIS COVENTRY, Epistle Dedicatory 'To Henry Fielding, Esq.', The History of Pompey the Little : or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog(3rd ed., 1752) ... 353 Fielding's Art 135 [ARTHUR MURPHY], from a letter prefixed to Christopher Smart's The Hilliad(1753) ... 357 136 [CHRISTOPHER SMART], from The Hilliad(1753) ... 358 Tom Jones 137 LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, recalled by Lady Louisa Stuart in an undated anecdote ... 359 Elizabeth Canning and Tom Jones 138 Allan Ramsay, from A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of - Concerning the Affair of Elizabeth Canning(1753) ... 360 The Novels of Richardson and Fielding 139 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, Epistle 'TO Mr. Fitz-Adam', in The World, 10 May 1753 ... 362 Amelia and the Domestic Novel 140 FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR, BARON GRIMM, letter of 1 August 1753, Correspondance Litt<m:math xmlns ... '"htt The Novels of Richardson and Fielding 141 [JANE COLLIER], from An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting(1753) ... 364 142 MISS SMYTHIES OF COLCHESTER, from The Stage-Coach(1753) ... 365 143 From Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela(1754) ... 366 Humour and Ridicule in Fielding 144 SARAH FIELDING [and JANE COLLIER and(?) MARGARET COLLIER], The Cry : A New Dramatic Fable(1754) ... 368 145 [ARTHUR MURPHY], from The Gray's-Inn Journal, 7 July 1753 ... 370 146 [ARTHUR MURPHY], from The Gray's-Inn Journal, 22 June 1754 ... 373 147 [ARTHUR MURPHY], from The Gray's-Inn Journal, 31 August 1754 ... 375 148 [ARTHUR MURPHY], from The Gray's-Inn Journal, 6 September 1754 ... 376 The Novels 149 LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, from a letter to the Countess of Bute, 23 July 1754 ... 379 150 'From Joseph Addison to the Author of Tom Jones', Letter XVI in Admonitions from the Dead in Epistles to the Living(1754) ... 380 The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon(25 February 1755) 151 Unsigned notice, The London Magazine, February 1755 ... 387 The Journal and Answer to Bolingbroke 152 Unsigned notice, The Gentleman's Magazine, March 1755 ... 388 The Journal 153 Unsigned notice, The Monthly Review, March 1755 ... 389 154 HORACE WALPOLE, from a letter to Richard Bentley, 27 March 1755 ... 390 155 Unsigned letter, 31 March 1755 ... 391 156 THOMAS EDWARDS, from a letter to Samuel Richardson, 28 May 1755 ... 393 157 LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, from a letter to the Countess of Bute, 22 September [1755] ... 394 158 MARGARET COLLIER, from a letter to Samuel Richardson, 3 October 1755 ... 395 Fielding's Understanding of Human Nature 159 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, from a letter to Sarah Fielding, 7 December 1756 ... 396 Fielding's Art 160 [ARTHUR MURPHY], from a review of Samuel Foote's The Author, The Literary Magazine, 15 February-15 March 1757 ... 397 161 THOMAS BARRETT LENNARD, TWENTY-SIXTH BARON DACRE, letter to Sanderson Miller, May 1757 ... 399 162 HORACE WALPOLE, from The Parish Register of Twickenham(1759) ... 400 163 OLIVER GOLDSMITH, from 'On Education', The Bee, 10 November 1759 ... 401 164 [ELIZABETH MONTAGU], 'Plutarch, Charon, and a modern Bookseller', Dialogue XXVIII in George, Lord Lyttelton, Dialogues of the Dead(1760) ... 402 165 TOBIAS SMOLLETT, from Continuation of the Complete History of England(1761) ... 403 166 ARTHUR MURPHY, from 'An Essay on the Life and Genius of Henry Fielding, Esq.'(dated 25 March 1762), in The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. : with the Life of the Author(1762) ... 404 Amelia in France 167 FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR, BARON GRIMM, letter of June 1762, Correspondance Litt<m:math xmlns ... '"htt 168 Unsigned review, L'Ann<m:math xmlns ... '"htt Jonathan Wild in France 169 From an unsigned review of the French translation of Jonathan Wild, 23 February 1763, L'Ann<m:math xmlns ... '"htt Fielding's Art 170 CHRISTOPHER SMART, 'Epitaph on Henry Fielding, Esq.', Poems on Several Occasions(1763) ... 436 The Fathers(30 November 1778) 171 Unsigned notice, The St. James's Chronicle, 1 December 1778 ... 437 The Survivors 172 SAMUEL JOHNSON, in conversation, Spring 1768, 6 April 1772, 12 April 1776 ... 438 173 GEORGE, LORD LYTTELTON, in conversation, sometime before 1773 ... 440 174 MADAME DU DEFFAND, from a letter to Horace Walpole, 14 July 1773 ... 441 175 HORACE WALPOLE, from a letter to Madame du Deffand, 3 August 1773 ... 442 176 SAMUEL JOHNSON, in conversation, c. 1780 ... 443 177 JAMES HARRIS, 'Philological Inquiries', in Works(1781) ... 444 178 SAMUEL JOHNSON, in conversation, sometime before 1784 ... 445 179 HORACE WALPOLE, from a letter to John Pinkerton, 26 June 1785 ... 445 180 SIR JOHN HAWKINS, from The Works of Samuel Johnson(1787) ... 446 SELECT INDEX ... 447