INDEX

"Absence," 5; quoted, 6

"Achilles," 134, 135, 141, 142

"Acis and Galatea," 134

Addison, Joseph, 11, 12, 13-14, 16, 23, 37, 44

Alais, J.D'., 28

Anne, Queen, 24, 33

"Araminta," 20

Arbuthnot, Dr., 22, 23, 24, 29, 34, 41, 42, 44, 51, 58, 66, 94, 95,105, 109, 146; letters quoted: to Parnell, 39; to Pope, 138; to Swift, 30, 34, 102, 109, 111, 145

Argyll, Duke of, 80

Aston (actor), 142

Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Rochester, 12, 23

Baller, Anthony (brother-in-law of the poet), 2 Mrs. Anthony, i.e., Gay, Katherine (q. v.) Rev. Joseph (nephew of the poet), 2, 140; his "Gay's Chair," quoted, 4

Barber, Mrs., 127

Bathurst, Lord, 50, 54, 58, 72, 92, 145; letter to Swift, quoted, 145, "Beggar's Opera, The," 41, 75, 78-91; "Notes on the Sources of the Tunes of 'The Beggar's Opera,'" by W.H. Grattan Flood, Mus. D., 150; programme of the revival at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, June, 1920, 162.

Bellenden, Madge, 47 Mary, 46, 47, 49

Berkeley, Hon. George, 140

Bicknell, Mrs., 37, 42

Binks, Mrs., 142

Bloodworth, Mr., 131

Blount, Martha, 47, 72, 94, 130, 131 Teresa, 47

Bolingbroke, Viscount, 12, 24, 25, 35, 68, 90, 92 Viscountess, 92

Bolton, Duchess of, see Fenton, Lavinia

Bradshaw, Mrs., 55

Bridgeman, 131

British Apollo, 9

Bromley, Mr. Secretary, 29

Buchanan (actor), 142

Buckingham, Lord, 15

Budgell, Eustace, 18

Bullock, H., 80

Burlington, Earl of, 39, 50, 54, 57

Burnett, Thomas, 38

Burton, Lord, 28

Cantrel, Mrs., 142

"Captives, The," 65

Caroline, Queen, 30, 34, 36, 67, 70, 103, 136

Caryll, John, 22

Castlemaine, Viscount, 112

Chandos, Lord, 50

Chapman (actor), 142

Chesterfield, Earl of, 140

Cibber, Colley, 45, 79, 102; his "Apology," quoted, 90

Clarendon, Earl of, 28, 29, 30, 33

Clark (actor), 80

Cobham, Lord, 87

Colman, George, 84, 101

"Comparisons," 5

"Complete Key to 'Three Hours After Marriage'," 44

"Congratulation to a Newly-married Couple," 5

Congreve, William, 15, 23, 58, 68, 79, 92, 94

"Contemplation on Night," 20

Cornbury, Lord, 140

"Court Poems," 40

Courthope, Professor, his "Life of Pope," quoted, 44, 45

Craggs, James, the younger, 52

Cromwell, Henry, 14, 16, 17, 36

Cumberland, Prince William Augustus, Duke of, 67, 70

Delany, Dr., 93

"Devonshire Hill, A," 5

"Distrest Wife, The," 134, 142, 143

Dobson, Austin, his article on Gay in "Dictionary of National Biography," quoted, 7, 28, 42

Dormer, General James, 112, 140

Douglas, Lord Charles, 111, 122

Drelincourt, Mrs., 127[pg 164] "Dress," 20

Drumlanrig, Earl of, 111, 122

Egleton, Mrs., 80, 142

"Epigrammatical Petition," 9; quoted, 29

"Epistle to the Right Honourable Paul Methuen, Esquire," quoted,146

"Epistle to the Right Honourable the Earl of Burlington," quoted, 39

"Epistle to the Right Honourable William Pulteney, Esquire," 46

Essex, Earl of, 66

Examiner, The, 11, 12

"FABLE," 5

"Fables" (first series), 69-70

"Fables" (second, series), 135, 144

"Fan, The," 20, 21

Fenton,—, 52, 119

Fenton, Lavinia, Duchess of Bolton, 80, 91

Fielding, Sir John, 84

Fitzwilliam, Countess of, 67

Fitzwilliam, Earl of, 67

Flood, W.H. Grattan, Mus. D. See Grattan Flood, W.H.

Flying Post, The, 12

Ford, Charles, 22, 29

Fortescue, John (brother-in-law of the poet), 2

Fortescue, Mrs. John, i.e., Gay, Joanna (q.v.)

Fortescue, William, 2, 3, 22, 66

Freind, Dr. John, 11, 12

Garrick, David, 84

Garth, Dr., 16

Gay, Anthony, 1 Gilbert le, 1 Rev. James (uncle of the poet), 2 Joanna (sister of the poet), 2, 117 Jonathan (brother of the poet), 2, 7 Johans, 1 John (grandfather of the poet), 1 John (uncle of the poet), 2 John (the poet), ancestors, 1; parentage and family, 1-2; birth, 2; death of parents, 2; lives with his uncle, Thomas Gay, 2; attends Free School at Barr staple, 2-3; apprenticed to a London silk-mercer, 3; in ill-health, 4; returns to Barnstaple, 4; early writings, 4-5; youthful love affair, 5-6; in improved health, 7; returns to London, 7; life in the Metropolis, 7-8; love of food, drink, and dress, 8-9; "Wine," 9-10; "The Present State of Wit," 11-14; makes acquaintance with Henry Cromwell and Pope, 14; "On a Miscellany of Poems to Bernard Lintott," 14-16; becomes intimate with Pope, 17; domestic secretary to the Duchess of Monmouth, 18-19; "Rural Sports," 20; some minor verses, 20; "The Fan," 20-21; "The Wife of Bath," 21, 113, 115-116; his charm, 21-22; Pope as his protector and adviser, 22; "Memoirs of Scriblerus," 23; "The Shepherd's Week," 24-28; appointed Secretary to Lord Clarendon's Mission to Hanover, 1714, 29; letters from Hanover, 29; returns to England on death of Queen Anne, 33; "A Letter to a Lady," 34-35; "The What D'ye Call It," 35, 36-39; recognised as a man of letters, 39; visit to Exeter with the Earl of Burlington, 39; "Trivia," 39-40; "Court Poems," 40; "The Toilet," 41; second visit to Devonshire, 41; "Three Hours After Marriage," 41-45; visits the Continent with Pulteney, 45-46; intimate with the Maids of Honour, 46; and with the Hon. Mrs. Howard, 46-47; again abroad with Pulteney, 48; his literary reputation in 1720, 50; "Poems on Several Occasions," 50; given a present of South Sea stock, and invests his fortune in it, 52; loses his money when the "Bubble" bursts, 53; financial embarrassment, 53; the desire of his friends to aid him, 54; the disappointment affects his health, 55; recuperates at Bath, 55; appointed a Commissioner of the State Lottery and given an apartment in Whitehall, 57; at Tunbridge Wells, 58;[pg 165] correspondence with the Hon. Mrs. Howard, 59-64; "The Captives," 65; dedication to the Princess of Wales, 65; again at Bath, 66, 67; first meeting with Swift, 68; becomes more intimate with the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry, 69; "The Fables" (first series), 69; dedication to Prince William Augustus, 69; his expectation of a post at Court, 70; offered appointment of Gentleman Usher to the Princess Louisa, 70; his indignation, 70; refuses the post, 70; the opinions of Pope and Swift on the offer, 71-74; lampooned, 75-77; "The Beggar's Opera," 78-91, 93; at Bath, 92-94; "Polly," 95-101, 108; loses his Commissionship and his apartments in Whitehall, 101; an end of hope of Court preferment, 102; seriously ill, 105; lives with the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry, 110; in failing health, 133; "Acis and Galatea," 134; "Achilles," 134, 141, 142; "The Distrest Wife," 134, 142, 143; "The Rehearsal at Goatham," 135, 143; "Fables" (second series), 135, 144; death, 138; buried in Westminster Abbey, 139; his monument, 140; his epitaph written by Pope, 141; posthumous works, 141-144; his friends' devotion, 145-147; letters quoted: to Arbuthnot, 31; to Caryll, 37, 38; to Parnell, 38; to Pope, 42, 93, 106, 137; to the Countess of Suffolk, 48, 59, 61, 66, 111, 117, 120, 121, 124, 129; to Swift, 9, 29, 55, 57, 58, 69, 70, 72, 74, 78, 87, 92, 93, 107, 113, 115, 116, 127, 130, 132, 133, 135, 138; to Tonson, 53. Chronological List of the Correspondence of John Gay, 156. References to his writings will be found under the respective titles. Katherine (sister of the poet), 1, 117 Richard, 1 Richard (uncle of the poet), 2 Thomas (uncle of the poet), 2 William (father of the poet), 1 Mrs. William, i.e., Hanmer, Miss (q.v.)

Gaye, John, 1 Richard, 1

George I., 30, 33, 70 II., 36, 100, 103

Gore, Mr., 140

Grafton, Duke of, 95, 97-99, 101

Grattan Flood, W.H., Mus. D.: "Notes on the Sources of the Tunes of 'The Beggar's Opera'" 150

Griffin (actor), 38

Gumley, Anne Maria, 46

Hall (actor), 80, 142

Hamilton, Duchess of, 46, 47

Hanmer, Miss (mother of the poet), 1, 2 Rev. Jonathan (grandfather of the poet), 1 Rev. John (uncle of the poet), 2, 3, 4

Harcourt, Lord, 48

"Hare and Many Friends, The," quoted, 70

Harley, Thomas, 28

Hawkins, Sir John, 85

Henley, Anthony, 12

Herbert, Lord, 118, 120 Miss, 118

Herring, Dr. (Archbishop of Canterbury), 84

Hervey, Lady, 101 Miss, 47

"High German Doctor, The," 38

Hill, Aaron, 3, 9; letter to Savage, quoted, 18 Henry, 10

Hippisley (actor), 80

Hollins, Dr., 109

Horneck, Philip, 38

Howard, The Hon. Mrs., see Suffolk, Countess of

Howe, Miss, 48

Irvine, Lady Anne, letter to Lord Carlisle, quoted, 142

Jennings, Mary, 59

Johnson (actor), 42 Samuel, his "Lives of the Poets," quoted, 18, 21, 28, 42, 47, 52, 65, 85

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Kent, William, 50

King, Dr. William, 11, 12

"Ladies' Petition to the Honourable the House of Commons," 5

Laguerre (actor), 142

Lepell, Miss, 46, 47, 49

"Letter from a Lady in the City to a Lady in the Country, A," 43

"Letter to a Lady, A" 34; quoted,34-35

"Letter to a Young Lady," 5; quoted, 6

"Letter to John Gay, concerning his late Farce, entitled a Comedy," 44

Leveridge (actor), 142

Lewis, Erasmus, 14, 22, 29, 51, 58

Lincoln, Earl of, 57

Lintott, Bernard, 14, 39, 43, 50, 53, 54

Louisa, Princess, 70

Luck, Rev. Robert, 3

Mainwaring, Arthur, 12

Marlborough, Henrietta, Duchess of, 88, 92, 94, 95, 108

Martin, Mrs., 80

Meadows, Miss, 121

Medley, The, 12

"Memoirs of Scriblerus," 23, 29

Methuen, Sir Paul, 51

Monmouth, Duchess of, 18-19, 29

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 40, 47

Monthly Amusement, 12

Motte, Benjamin, 87, 90

Murray, Miss, 47

Norsa, Miss, 142

Nash, Ricard ("Beau"), 94

Oates, Miss, 142

Observer, The, 12

"Ode for the New Year, Written by Colley Cibber, Esq.," quoted, 102, 103

Oldmixon, John, 12

"On a Miscellany of Poems to Bernard Lintott," quoted, 10, 14, 15-16

Otway, Thomas, 37

Oxford, Earl of, 29, 33, 72

Ozell, John, 12

"Panegyrical Epistle to Mr. Thomas Snow, Goldsmith," quoted, 53

"Panthea," 20

Parnell, Thomas, 22, 29

Paull, H.M., his essay on Gay, quoted, 95-96

Pelham, Mrs., 66

Pendarves, Mrs., letter to Mrs. Anne Granville, quoted, 101

Penkethman (actor), 37

Peterborough, Earl of, 63, 64, 94

Philips, Ambrose, 25, 26, 27, 28, 67 John, 10

Playfair, Nigel, 91 note

"Poems on Several Occasions," 50

"Polly," 95-101, 108

Pope, Alexander, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 27, 29, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 51, 54, 58, 66, 68, 79, 80, 90, 107, 123, 130, 131, 132, 134, 140, 145, 146; his epitaph on Gay quoted, 141; his "Epistle to Arbuthnot" quoted, 145; his "Farewell to London" quoted, 17; letters quoted: to Martha Blount, 46; to Caryll, 39, 45, 141; to Congreve, 36; to Cromwell, 14, 16; to Gay, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 33, 46, 71, 105, 119, 122, 136; to Parnell, 43; to Swift, 8, 23, 67, 73, 79, 86, 89, 139, 141, 142, 146

"Pope's Welcome from Greece, Mr." quoted, 8, 47-48, 52, 145, 146, 147

Poyntz, S., 136

Pratt, Dr. Benjamin, 29

"Prediction," 5

"Present State of Wit, The," 11; quoted, 9, 12, 13-14

Prior, Matthew, 12, 15

Pulteney, William, 45, 46, 54, 90, 92, 108, 110 Mrs. William, see Gumley, Anne Maria

Queensberry, Duke of, 69, 101, 115, 140, 141, 143 Duchess of, 69, 74, 87, 88, 100, 101, 105, 108, 109, 110, 111, 118, 119, 122, 123, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 136, 140, 143, 144, 145; letters quoted: to the Countess of Suffolk, 120, 121, 134, 144; to Swift, 144

Quin, James, 79, 80, 142

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Raynor, William, 3

Redpath, George, 12

"Rehearsal at Goatham, The," 135, 143

"Reproof and Flattery," 20

Rich, John, 79, 90, 95, 96

Rivers, Lord, 28

Roberts, J., 40

Rolt, Mrs., 66

Rooke, George, 41

"Rural Sports" 20; quoted, 8, 20

Salway (actor), 142

Savage, Richard, 18

Scarborough, Lord, 67

Scott, Jane, 5, 6

Scudamore, Miss, 48 Lady, 93, 94

Senesimo, 58

"Shepherd's Week, The," 24, 28, 35, 50;

quoted, 9, 24, 25, 27

Shrewsbury, Duke of, 33

Skerrett, Molly, 80

Smith, Miss, 112

Snow, Thomas, 53

Somerville, Lord, 66

Sophia, Electress, 30

Spectator, The, 11

Spence, Joseph, his "Anecdotes of Pope" quoted 43, 44

Stanhope, Lord 46 William, 100

Steele, Sir Richard, 11, 12, 13-14, 21

Swift, Jonathan, 12, 23, 33, 35, 51, 68, 73, 74, 78, 81, 84, 106, 138; his "Libel on the Rev. Mr. Delany and His Excellency Lord Cartaret," quoted, 73; his "Epistle to Mr. Gay," quoted, 73; Verses on his own Death quoted, 147; letters quoted: to Gay, 56, 68, 88, 89, 116, 123, 126, 127, 131, 133; to Erasmus Lewis, 146; to Pope, 41, 67, 68, 69, 73, 78, 86, 93, 107, 143; to the Countess of Suffolk, 68; to Tickell, 68

Suffolk, Henrietta Howard, Countess of, 30, 46, 47, 54, 67, 68, 74, 90, 109, 110, 119, 130; letters to Gay quoted, 59, 60, 63, 64, 74, 94, 122, 128, 130 Earl of, 128

Tatler, The, 11, 12

Thanet, Countess of, 111

"Thought on Eternity, A," 20

"Three Hours After Marriage," 41-42, 43, 44, 50

Tickell, John, 26

"To a Young Lady with some Lamphreys," 8

"To Miss Jane Scott," 5; quoted, 5

"To My Chair," 5

"Toilet, The," 41

Tonson, Jacob, 15, 20, 50, 53, 69

"Trivia," 39, 50

Tutchin, John, 12

Underhill, John, quoted, 5, 25

"Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds, The," quoted, 103-104

Walker (actor), 80, 142

Walpole, Sir Robert, 80, 99

Warwick, Earl of, 44, 46

Watts, J., 69

Weekly Review, 12

"What D'ye Call It," 35, 36-39, 43, 50

Whig Examiner, The, 12

"Wife of Bath, The," 21, 50, 113, 115-116

Wilcox, Dr., Bishop of Rochester, 140

William Augustus, Prince. See Cumberland, Duke of

"Wine," quoted, 10-11

Woodward, Dr., 41, 42

Wyndham, Sir William, 137

Younger, Miss, 38