APPENDIX B. I. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

A list of the more important oriental tales published in English during the period under consideration. The order of arrangement is determined by the date of the earliest edition extant. The works of each author are grouped under his name. Editions given immediately after the titles are first editions unless otherwise stated. Editions starred are those referred to in the text or notes.

Abbreviations: Sp. = Spectator; Gu. = Guardian; Fr. = Freeholder; Ra. = Rambler; Adv. = Adventurer; Wo. = World; Con. = Connoisseur; Ba. = Babler; Id. = Idler; Mir. = Mirror; Obs. = Observer; tr. = translated.

1. 1687. Marana, Giovanni Paolo. Letters writ by a Turkish Spy, who liv’d five and forty years ... at Paris: giving an Account ... of the most remarkable transactions of Europe ... from 1637 to 1682 [tr. from French, by W. Bradshaw, and edited by Robert Midgley, M.D.], 8 vols., London, 1687–1693. Twenty-second edition, 1734; ... edition, *1748; twenty-sixth edition, 1770.

2. 1700, Brown, Thomas. Amusements Serious and Comical Calculated for the Meridian of London, separately published in 1700; and also in the Works of Thomas Brown, in three volumes, with a Character of the author by James Drake, M.D., *1707–1708. 268Cf. the four volumes in the Boston Athenæum; (a) the title-page of the first volume reads, The Works of Thomas Brown, Serious, Moral, Comical and Satyrical In Four Volumes, containing Amusements [then follows table of contents of all four volumes]. To which is prefixed a Character of Mr. Brown and his Writings, by James Drake, M.D. The Fourth edition, Corrected, with large Additions, and a Supplement, London. Printed for Samuel Briscoe, 1715; (b) the title-page of the third volume reads, The Third Volume of the Works of Mr. Tho. Brown, Being Amusements, Serious and Comical, Calculated for the Meridian of London. Letters Serious and Comical to Gentlemen and Ladies. Æneas Sylvius’s Letters in English. A Walk around London and Westminster, Exposing the Vices and Follies of the Town. The Dispensary, a Farce. The London and Lacedemonian Oracles. The Third Edition, with large Additions. London, Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by J. Morphew near Stationers’ Hall,* 171-[date imperfect, conjecture: 1711]. In the last-named volume, “A Walk around London and ... the Town,” p. 244, is entitled also, The Second Part of the Amusements Serious and Comical.

3. 1700. [Avery, John]?

(a) The Life and Adventures of Captain John Avery ... now in possession of Madagascar written by a person who made his escape from thence, 1700.

(b) The King of the Pirates, being an account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain Avery, the Mock 269King of Madagascar, with His Rambles and Piracies, wherein all the Sham Accounts formerly publish’d of him, are detected. In two Letters from Himself: one during his Stay at Madagascar and one since his Escape from thence, London, 1720. [According to J. K. Langton in Dict. Nat. Biog. article, “John Avery,” (b) has been attributed to Defoe, and both (a) and (b) are “fiction, with scarcely a substratum of fact”].

4. Between 1704 and 1712. Arabian Nights Entertainments: consisting of One Thousand and One Stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the Execution of a bloody vow ..., containing a better account of the Customs, Manners, and Religion of the Eastern Nations, viz.: Tartars, Persians and Indians, than is to be met with [in] any Author hitherto published. Translated into French from the Arabian MSS. by M. Galland, ... and now done into English from the third Edition in French.... The fourth Edition, London, Printed for Andrew Bell, In 12 [vols. 1–6], *1713–1715. First edition, date unknown; second edition, *1712; edition called the fourteenth edition, London, *1778, 4 vols. [= “the oldest edition which I have seen containing the latter half of Galland’s version.” W. F. Kirby in App. II., p. 467, Vol. X., of Burton’s Arabian Nights, Benares, 1884].

5. 1705. Defoe, Daniel.

(a) The Consolidator: or Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon, Translated 270from the Lunar Language. By the Author of the True-Born Englishman, London, ... *1705.

(b) The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, London, *1719.

(c) A System of Magic, London, *1726.

6. 1707. Arimant and Tamira; an eastern tale [in verse] In the manner of Dryden’s fables; By a gentleman of Cambridge. London, 1707.

7. 1708. Turkish Tales; consisting of several Extraordinary Adventures: with the History of the Sultaness of Persia and the viziers. Written Originally in the Turkish Language by Chec Zade, for the use of Amurath II., and now done into English. London ... Jacob Tonson, *1768. Cf. also No. 15 (b) below: 1714, Persian and Turkish Tales compleat.

8. 1708. Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail. The Improvement of Human Reason, exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan; Written in Arabick above 500 years ago, by Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail.... Translated by Simon Ockley ..., London ... *1708; another edition, 1711. The first English version was published in 1674, anonymously, with the title “An Account of the Oriental Philosophy ... [etc.].” Cf. Brit. Mus. Catalogue under “Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail,” and Dict. Nat. Biog. under “Geo. Ashwell” (1612–1695). Cf. for full title of Ockley’s translation, pp. 126, 127, ante.

9. (1710?). Ali Mohammed Hadji (pseud.). A brief and merry History of Great Britain, containing an account of the religion, customs ... etc. of the people, written 271originally in Arabick by Ali Mohammed Hadji.... Faithfully rendered into English by A. Hillier, London (1710?). Another edition, *1730.

10. 1711. Bidpai. Principal eighteenth-century versions. (1) Æsop Naturalized, in a collection of fables and stories from Æsop ... Pilpay and others ... London, *1711; another edition, 1771; (2) The Instructive and Entertaining Fables of Pilpay, an ancient Indian Philosopher, containing a number of excellent rules for the conduct of persons of all ages. London, 1743. [This is a reproduction of the 1679 version, “Made for the Duke of Gloucester.”] Other editions, 1747, 1754; fifth edition, 1775; sixth edition, 1789. Cf. Chauvin, Bibliographie, II., pp. 33, 40, 70, and Table opposite p. 1. The earliest English version of Bidpai is Sir Thomas North’s Morall Philosophie of Doni ... 1570.

11. 1711. Addison, Joseph.

[Sp. No. 50, April 27, 1711. Observations by four Indian Kings.]

Sp. No. 94, June 18, 1711. (1) Mahomet’s journey to the seven heavens. (2) The adventures of the Sultan of Egypt.

Sp. No. 159, Sept. 1, 1711. The Vision of Mirza.

Sp. No. 195, Oct. 13, 1711. Story of sick king cured by exercise with drugged mallet.

[Sp. No. 237, Dec. 1, 1711. Jewish tradition concerning Moses.]

Sp. No. 289, Jan. 31, 1711–1712. Story of the dervish who mistakes a palace for an inn.

272Sp. No. 293, Feb. 5, 1711–1712. Persian fable of drop of water which became a pearl.

Sp. No. 343, April 3, 1712. Story of Pug the monkey.

Sp. No. 349, April 10, 1712. Story of courageous Muli Moluc, Emperor of Morocco.

Sp. No. 511, Oct. 16, 1712. (1) Persian marriage-auction. (2) Merchant who purchased old woman in a sack.

Sp. No. 512, Oct. 17, 1712. Story of Sultan Mahmoud and his vizier.

Sp. No. 535, Nov. 13, 1712. Story of Alnaschar.

Gu. No. 99, July 4, 1713. Persian story of just sultan.

Gu. No. 167, Sept. 22, 1713. Story of Helim and Abdallah.

Sp. No. 557, June 21, 1714. Letter to the King of Bantam.

Sp. Nos. 584 and 585, Aug. 23 and 25, 1714. Story of Hilpa, Harpath, and Shalum.

Fr. No. 17, Feb. 17, 1716. Persian Emperor’s riddle.

12. 1712. Unknown Contributors to Guardian and Spectator.

Gu. No. 162, Sept. 16, 1712. Story of Schacabac and the Barmecide.

Sp. No. 578, Aug. 9, 1714. Story of Fadlallah and Zemroude.

Sp. No. 587, Aug. 30, 1714. Story of Mahomet, Gabriel, and the black drop of sin.

Sp. No. 604, Oct. 8, 1714. Vision at Grand Cairo.

Sp. No. 631, Dec. 10, 1714. Story of the dervise who forgot to wash his hands.

27313. 1713. Pope, Alexander.

Gu. No. 61, May 21, 1713. Fable of the traveller and the adder.

14. 1712. Steele, Sir Richard.

Sp. No. 545, Nov. 25, 1712. Letter from the Emperor of China to the Pope.

Gu. No. 148, Aug. 31, 1713. Story of the Santon Barsisa.

15. 1714. Persian Tales.

(a) The Thousand and One Days, Persian Tales. Translated from the French by Mr. Ambrose Philips. London, *1714–1715. [Cf. Chauvin, Bibliographie, IV., pp. 123–127.] Third edition, 1722; fifth, 1738; sixth, 1750; *seventh, 1765; other editions, 1781, 1783.

(b) The Persian and the Turkish Tales compleat [sic] Translated formerly from those languages into French [or rather compiled] by M. Pétis de la Croix ... [assisted by A. R. Le Sage] and now into Englsh [sic] from that translation by ... Dr. King, and several other hands. To which are added; Two letters from a French Abbot to his friend at Paris, giving an account of the island of Madagascar; and of the French Embassador’s reception by the King of Siam. London, *1714.

(c) Cf. Edward Button, A New Translation of the Persian Tales, London, 1754; and the anonymous Persian Tales designed for use and entertainment, *Coburg, 1779–1781.

16. 1717. Kora Selyn Oglan (pseud.). The Conduct of 274Christians made the sport of Infidels in a letter from a Turkish merchant at Amsterdam to the Grand Mufti at Constantinople on occasion of ... the late scandalous quarrel among the clergy, *1717.

17. 1720. Brémond, G. De. The Beautiful Turk, Translated from the French original, Printed in the Year 1720. [London.] This is another translation of the French tale by G. de Brémond translated “by B. B.” as Hattige or the amours of the King of Tamaran, published in Amsterdam, 1680; and also in Vol. I., *1679 or 1683(?) in R. Bentley’s Modern Novels.

18. 1722. (Dec. 11, 1721.) Parnell, Thomas. The Hermit, printed posthumously in Poems on Several Occasions.—Written by Dr. Thomas Parnell, late Arch-Deacon of Clogher: and published by Mr. Pope. London, *1722 (Dec. 11, 1721). For numerous volumes containing this poem, see Brit. Mus. Catalogue.

19. 1722. Aubin, Mrs. Penelope. The Noble Slaves, or the Lives and Adventures of Two Lords and Two Ladies (in Aubin’s Histories and Novels), London, *1722. Another edition, Dublin, (1730); also in Mrs. E. Griffith’s collection, 1777.

20. 1722. Mailly [or Mailli], Chevalier de. The Travels and Adventures of three princes of Sarendip. Intermixed with eight delightful and entertaining novels, translated from the Persian [or rather the Italian of Chr. Armeno] into French, an [sic] from thence done into English. London, *1722.

21. 1725. Segrais, J. Regnauld de. Bajazet or The 275Imprudent Favorite, in Five Novels Translated from the French. London, *1725.

22. 1725. Gueullette, Thomas Simon.

(a) Chinese Tales, or the wonderful Adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam translated from the French [of T. S. Gueullette]. London, 1725. Another translation, Chinese Tales ... Fum-Hoam ... translated by the Rev. Mr. Stackhouse, London, n.d. (Cook’s pocket edition of select novels). Another edition, *1781.

(b) Mogul Tales ... Now first translated into English ... With a prefatory discourse on the usefulness of Romances. London, *1736. Second edition, 1743.

(c) Tartarian Tales, or a thousand and one Quarters of Hours, Written in French by the celebrated Mr. Guelletee [sic] Author of the Chinese, Mogul and other Tales. The whole now for the first time translated into English by Thomas Flloyd. London, printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, *1759. Another edition, Dublin, printed for Wm. Williamson, Bookseller, at Mæcenas’s Head, Bride St., 1764; another edition, London, 1785; printed in the Novelist’s Magazine, 1785.

(d) Peruvian Tales related in one thousand and one hours, by one of the select virgins of Cuzco to the Ynca of Peru ... Translated from the original French by S. Humphreys (continued by J. Kelly). Fourth edition. London, 1764. Another edition, 1786.

23. 1729. Bignon, Jean Paul. Adventures of Abdalla, 276Son of Hanif, sent by the Sultan of the Indies to make a Discovery of the island of Borico ... translated into French from an Arabick manuscript ... by Mr. de Sandisson [pseud.] ... done into English by William Hatchett.... London, *1729. Second edition, *1730.

24. 1730. Montesquieu, C. de Secondat, Baron de. Persian Letters Translated by Mr. Ozell. London, *1730. Third edition, 1731; sixth edition, anon., Edinburgh, *1773.

25. 1730. Gomez, Mme. Madeleine Angelique (Poisson) de. Persian Anecdotes; or, Secret memoirs of the Court of Persia. Written originally in French, for the Entertainment of the King, by the celebrated Madame de Gomez, Author of La Belle Assemblée. Translated by Paul Chamberlain, Gent. London *1730. The title in the British Museum Catalogue reads, “The Persian Anecdotes ... Persia, containing the history of those two illustrious heroes, Sophy-Ismael, surnamed the Great, and Tor, King of Ormus, etc. [Translated from the French by P. Chamberlen.] London, 1730.”

26. 1731. [Boles, W.?] Milk for Babes, Meat for Strong Men and Wine for Petitioners, Being a Comical, Sarcastical, Theological Account of a late Election at Bagdad, for Cailiff of that City. Faithfully Translated from the Arabick, and Collated with the most Authentic Original Manuscripts. By the Great, Learned and Most Ingenious Alexander the Copper Smith.... Second edition, Cork, *1731.

27727. 1733. [D’Orville, Adrien de la Vieuville.] The Adventures of Prince Jakaya or the Triumph of Love over Ambition, being Secret Memoirs of the Ottoman Court. Translated from the Original French.... London, *1733.

28. 1735. Lyttelton, George, First Baron (1709–1773). Letters from a Persian in England to his friend at Ispahan. London, *1735. Fifth edition, 1774; printed also in Harrison’s British Classicks, London, *1787–1793. Vol. I.; and in numerous editions of Lyttelton’s Works. See Brit. Mus. Catalogue.

29. 1735. Crébillon, C. P. Jolyot de.

(a) The Skimmer, or the history of Tanzai and Neardarné (a Japanese tale), tr. from the French.—1735. Another edition, 1778.

(b) The Sopha, a moral tale, tr. from the French (a new edition).... London, 1781.

30. 1736. The Persian Letters, continued. Third edition, London, *1736 [“erroneously ascribed to Lord Lyttelton,” Dict. Nat. Biog.].

31. 1739. Boyer (Jean Baptiste de) Marquis d’Argens. Chinese Letters; being a philosophical, historical, and critical correspondence between a Chinese Traveler at Paris and his countrymen in China, Muscovy, Persia, and Japan. Translated ... into [or rather written in] French by the Marquis d’Argens; and now done into English.... London, *1741.

32. (17-?). Bougeant, G. H. The Wonderful Travels of Prince Fan-Feredin, Translated from the French 278[of G. H. Bougeant, *1735], Northampton, n.d. For full title, cf. p. 213, ante.

33. 1741. Haywood, Mrs. Eliza. The Unfortunate Princess, or the Ambitious Statesman, containing the Life and surprizing [sic] Adventures of the Princess of Ijaveo [Ijaves], Interspers’d with several curious and entertaining Novels. London, *1741.

34. 1742. Collins, William. Persian Eclogues, Written originally for the entertainment of the Ladies of Tauris and now translated, *1742; reprinted *1757 as Oriental Eclogues.

35. 1744. The Lady’s Drawing Room ... interspersed with entertaining and affecting Novels. London, *1744 [contains The History of Rodomond and the Beautiful Indian, and The History of Henrietta de Bellgrave].

36. 1745. Caylus, A. C. P. de Tubières, Comte de. Oriental Tales, collected from an Arabian Manuscript in the Library of the King of France.... London, *1745. Another edition (1750?).

37. 1745. Vieux-maisons, Mme. de or Pecquet, A. (?). The Perseis, or secret memoirs for a History of Persia [a political satire], translated from the French with a key.... London, *1745. Another edition, 1765.

38. 1748. Graffigny, F. Huguet de. Letters written by a Peruvian Princess, translated from the French [of F. Huguet de Graffigny]. London, 1748. Another edition, Dublin, *1748. Another translation, The Peruvian Letters, translated from the French, with an 279additional original volume by R. Roberts. London, 1774.

39. 1749. Voltaire, F. M. Arouet de.

1749. (a) Zadig, or the Book of Fate, an Oriental History, translated from the French original of M. Voltaire, London, printed for John Brindley, etc., *1749. A version by F. Ashmore, London, 1780; another edition, 1794. Also in (1) The Works of M. de Voltaire Translated from the French with Notes, Historical and Critical. By T. Smollett, M.D., T. Francklin, M.A., and others, Vols. I.–XXV., London ... 1761–1765; Vol. XI., ... London ... 1762; in (2) The Works of M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French with Notes, Historical, critical and Explanatory. By T. Francklin, D.D., Chaplain to his Majesty, and late Greek Professor in the University of Cambridge, T. Smollett, M.D., and others. A new edition, 38 vols., 1778–1761–1781, Vol. XI. ... London ... 1779; and in (3) Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces of M. de Voltaire, Vol. I., ... London.... 1794.

1754. (b) Babouc or the World as it goes. By ... Voltaire. To which are added letters, etc. London, *1754. Also in (1) Works, Vol. XI., 1762; in (2) Works (new edition), Vol. XI., 1779; and in (3) Romances, 1794, all cited above under Zadig.

1762. (c) A Letter from a Turk concerning the Faquirs, and his Friend Bababec, in (1) Works, Vol. XIII., 1762 (?); in (2) Works, new edition, Vol. 280XIII., 1779; and in (3) Romances, 1794, all cited above under Zadig.

1762. (d) History of the Travels of Scarmentado. Written by himself, in (1) Works, Vol. XII., *1762 (?); in (2) Works, new edition, Vol. XII., 1779; and in (3) Romances, 1794, all cited above under Zadig.

1762. (e) Memnon; or Human Wisdom. [Memnon the Philosopher] in (1) Works, Vol. XIII., *1762 (?); in (2) Works, new edition, Vol. XIII., 1779; and in (3) Romances, 1794, all cited above under Zadig.

1763. (f) History of a Good Bramin in (1) Works, Vol. XXVI., *1763; and in (2) Works, new edition, Vol. XIX., 1780, both cited above under Zadig. Also printed separately as follows: The History of a Good Bramin to which is annexed an essay on the reciprocal contempt of nations proceeding from their vanity. London, 1795 [no author or translator given].

1765. (g) The Black and the White, in (1) Works, Vol. XXV., *1765; and in (3) Romances, 1794, both cited above under Zadig.

1769. (h) The Princess of Babylon. London, *1769. Also in (1) Works ... Vol. XXV., 1770; and in (3) Romances, 1794, both cited above under Zadig.

1774. (i) The White Bull [tr. by J. Bentham], *1774. Also in (3) Romances, 1794, cited above under Zadig.

1774. (j) The Hermit, an Oriental Tale. Newly 281translated from the French of M. de Voltaire [being a chapter of Zadig], 1774.

[N.B.—Apparently Voltaire’s oriental sketches: André des Touches at Siam, A Conversation with a Chinese, and An Adventure in India, as well as the Letters of Amabed, were not translated into English in the eighteenth century.]

40. 1750. Johnson, Samuel.

Ra. No. 38, July 28, 1750. Hamet and Raschid.

Ra. No. 65, Oct. 1750. Obidah, the son of Abensima, and the Hermit.

Ra. No. 120, May 11, 1751. Nouradin the Merchant and his son Almamoulin.

Ra. No. 190, Jan. 11, 1752. Morad the son of Hanuth and his son Abonzaid.

Ra. Nos. 204, 205, Feb. 29, March 3, 1752. Seged, Lord of Ethiopia.

1759. The Prince of Abissinia [sic], a Tale [= Rasselas]. London, 1759. Second edition, 1759; another edition, Dublin, 1759; ... ninth edition, 1793.

Id. No. 75, Sept. 22, 1759. Gelalledin.

Id. No. 99, March 8, 1760. Ortogrul of Basra.

Id. No. 101, March 22, 1760. Omar, Son of Hassan.

41. 1750? The History of Abdallah and Zoraide, or Filial and Paternal Love.... To which is added The Maiden Tower or a Description of an Eastern Cave, Together with Contentment, a Fable. London *(1750?).

28242. 1752. Hawkesworth, John.

Adv. No. 5, Nov. 21, 1752. The Transmigrations of a Soul.

Adv. Nos. 20, 21, 22, Jan. 13, 16, 20, 1753. The Ring of Amurath.

Adv. No. 32, Feb. 24, 1753. Omar the Hermit and Hassan.

Adv. No. 72, July 14, 1753. The Story of Amana and Nouraddin.

Adv. No. 76, July 28, 1753. The Story of Bozaldab.

Adv. No. 91, Sept. 18, 1753. Yamodin and Tamira.

Adv. No. 114, Dec. 8, 1753. Almet the Dervise.

Adv. No. 132, Feb. 9, 1754. Carazan.

1761. Almoran and Hamet: an Oriental Tale. London, 1761, 2 vols. Second edition, London, 1761; another edition, 1780; another, London (1794?).

43. 1753. Moore, E.

Wo. No. 40, Oct. 4, 1753. Prince Ruzvanchad and the princess Cheheristany, The Infelicities of Marriage.

44. 1754. Cambridge, Richard Owen.

(a) Wo. No. 72, May 16, 1754. Princess Parizade.

(b) The Fakeer, a Tale [in verse], —— 1756.

45. 1754. Colman and Thornton.

Con. No. 21, June 20, 1754. Story of Tquassaouw and Knonmquaiha.

46. 1754. Le Camus, A. Abdeker, or the art of preserving beauty. Translated from an Arabic manuscript [or rather from the French of A. Le Camus]. London, *1754. Another edition, Dublin, 1756.

47. 1754. Murphy, Arthur, Esq. Works of A. Murphy 283in 7 volumes. London, 1786. Vol. VI. contains the Gray’s Inn Journal, in No. 64 of which, Jan. 5, 1754, is a tale (entitled, Aboulcasem of Bagdad), said to be by “my friend Capt. Gulliver.”

48. 1755. Transmarine, Mr. [pseud.]. The Life and surprizing [sic] Adventures of Friga Reveep ... Written in French by himself and translated into English by Mr. Transmarine, *1755. For full title, cf. pp. 48, 49, ante.

49. 1757. Walpole, Horace.

(a) A Letter from Xo-Ho, a Chinese Philosopher at London to his friend Lien Chi at Peking, *1757.

(b) Hieroglyphic Tales. Strawberry Hill, *1785.

50. 1760. Goldsmith, Oliver.

(a) The Citizen of the World, first printed in form of bi-weekly letters in Newbery’s Public Ledger beginning Jan. 24, 1760. First edition, London, *1762. 2 vols. Other editions, 1769, 1774, 1796.

(1765). (b) Asem, an Eastern Tale: or a vindication of the wisdom of Providence in the moral government of the world *(1765 or 1759?). Cf. footnote to p. 125, ante.

51. 1760. Hamilton, Antoine, Count.

1760. (a) The History of the Thorn-Flower [= May-Flower], in (1) Select Tales of Count Hamilton, Author of the Life and Memoirs of the Count de Grammont, Translated from the French. In two volumes. Vol. I., London ... 1760; and (2) History of May-Flower, A Circassian Tale, second edition ... Salisbury ... London, 1796.

284(b) The Ram, in (1) 1760, cited above under The History of the Thorn-Flower.

(c) The History of the Four Facardins, in Vol. II. of (1), 1760, cited above under The History of the Thorn-Flower.

52. 1762. Langhorne, John. Solyman and Almena. Probably *1762. Second edition, London, 1764; also edition in 1781; and one in East Windsor, Connecticut, 1799.

53. 1764. Ridley, James, Rev., Chaplain to the East India Company [Morell, Sir C. = pseud.]. Tales of the Genii; or ... Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar ... tr. from the Persian Manuscript by Sir C. Morell, 1764. 2 vols. Also editions 1780, *1785, *1794.

54. 1764. Marmontel, J. F.

1764. (a) Soliman II. in (1) Moral Tales by M. Marmontel, *1764–1766 (?). Vol. I.... London ... *1764; in (2) Moral Tales, by M. Marmontel. In three Volumes. Vol. I., Edinburgh, 1768; in (3) Moral Tales, by M. Marmontel Translated from the French, by C. Dennis and R. Lloyd. In three Volumes. Vol. I., London ... 1781; in (4) another edition of (3) Vol. I., Manchester ... [1790 (?)]; in (5) Moral Tales by M. Marmontel. Translated from the French. In two Volumes. Vol. I. Cooke’s edition ... London ... (1795); and in (6) Moral Tales by M. Marmontel. Vol. I. A new edition ... London ... 1800.

1766 (?). (b) Friendship put to the Test in (1) Vol. 285III. *(1766?) of (1) cited above under Soliman II.; in (2) Vol. III. (1768) of (2) cited above under Soliman II.; in (3) Vol. III., 1781, of (3) cited above under Soliman II.; in (4) = (4), (1790?), cited above under Soliman II.; in (5) = (5), (1795), cited above under Soliman II.; in (6) Marmontel’s Tales, Selected and abridged for the Instruction and Amusement of Youth, by Mrs. Pilkington ... London ... 1799; and in (7) = (6), 1800, cited above under Soliman II.

1799. (c) The Watermen of Besons, in (6) cited above under Friendship put to the Test.

55. 1767. [Kelly, Hugh.]

Ba. June 18, [1767]. Orasmin and Elmira, an Oriental Tale. Also printed in Harrison’s British Classicks, Vol. VI., London, *1794.

56. 1767. Sterne, Laurence. The Bramine’s Journal. Written 1767, unpublished Ms. in the Additional Ms. 34,527, in British Museum.

57. 1767. [Sheridan, Mrs. Frances (Chamberlaine).] The History of Nourjahad. By the editor of Sidney Biddulph; Dublin, *1767. Other editions, London, 1788, and 1792.

58. 1769. Smollett, Tobias G.

1769. (a) The History and Adventures of an Atom by Nathaniel Peacock [i.e. T. Smollett]. London, 2 vols., *1749 [1769]. Tenth edition, London, 2 vols., 1778; Edinburgh, 1784; London, 1786.

1773. (b) The Orientalist: A Volume of Tales after the Eastern Taste. By the Author of Roderick 286Random, Sir Lancelot Greaves, &c., and others.... Dublin, *1773.

59. 1769. Musgrave, Sir W. The Female Captive [i.e. Mrs. Crisp] a narrative of Facts which happened in Barbary in 1756 written by herself. London, *1769, 2 vols.

60. 1769. D’Alenzon Mons. The Bonze or Chinese Anchorite, an Oriental Epic Novel Translated from the Mandarine Language of Hoamchi-vam, a Tartarian Proselite, by Mons. D’Alenzon.... London, *1769, 2 vols. [also 1770?]. Cf., for full title, p. 126, n. 1, ante.

61. 1770. Chatterton, Thomas.

(a) Narva and Mored, an African Eclogue, first printed in London Magazine, May, *1770; and reprinted in the Miscellanies, *1778.

(b) The Death of Nicou, an African Eclogue, first printed in London Magazine, June, *1770; and reprinted in the Miscellanies, *1778.

(c) Heccar and Gaira, an African Eclogue, printed in the Supplement to the Miscellanies, *1784; (written Jan. 1770).

62. 1774. Vaucluse, Mad^e Fauques [or Falques] de. The Vizirs, or the Enchanted Labyrinth, an Oriental Tale. London, *1774, 3 vols.

63. 1774. Johnstone, Charles.

(a) The History of Arsaces, Prince of Betlis, by the editor of Chrysal. London, *1774.

(b) The Pilgrim, or a Picture of Life, in a series of letters written mostly from London by a Chinese 287philosopher to his friend at Quang-Tong, containing remarks upon the Laws, Customs and Manners of the English and other Nations.... London *[1775], 2 vols. Other editions, London, 1775; Dublin, 1775.

64. 1776. Irwin, Eyles.

(a) Bedukah, or the Self-Devoted. An Indian Pastoral. By the Author of Saint Thomas’s Mount.... London ... *1776.

(b) Eastern Eclogues; Written during a Tour through Arabia, Egypt, and other parts of Asia and Africa, In the Year 1777, ... London, ... *1780. [Contents: Eclogue I. Alexis: or The Traveller. Scene: The Ruins of Alexandria. Time: Morning.... Eclogue II. Selima, or the Fair Greek. Scene: A Seraglio in Arabia Felix. Time: Noon.... Eclogue III. Ramah; or the Bramin. Scene: The Pagoda of Conjeveram. Time: Evening.... Eclogue IV. The Escape, or, the Captives. Scene: The Suburbs of Tunis. Time: Night....]

65. 1779. Richardson, Mr. “Professor of Humanity at Glasgow.”

Mir. No. 8, Feb. 20, 1779. The Story of the Dervise’s Mirror.

66. (178-?) Moir, The Rev. J. Gleanings, or Fugitive Pieces, London *(178-?), [contains Hassan].

67. 1782. Scott, John (d. 1783). Oriental Eclogues in volume entitled The Poetical Works of John Scott, London, *1782. [The Arabian Eclogue in this collection was written by 1777.]

28868. 1782. Scott, Helenus, M.D. The Adventures of a Rupee wherein are interspersed ... anecdotes Asiatic and European. London, *1782.

69. 1783. Chilcot, Harriet (afterward Mezière). Ormar and Zabria; or the Parting Lovers, an Oriental Eclogue, in volume entitled Elmar and Ethlinda, a Legendary Tale and Adalba and Ahmora, an Indian [= Peruvian] Tale: with other pieces ... London ... 1783.

70. 1785. Reeve, Clara. The Progress of Romance, through Times, Countries and Manners, with Remarks on the good and bad effects of it, on them respectively, in a course of evening conversations. By C. R., author of the English Baron, The Two Mentors, etc.... Dublin, *1785 [contains The History of Charoba, extracted from the History of Ancient Egypt, Translated by J. Davies, *1672, from the French of Monsieur Vattier, written originally in the Arabian tongue by Murtadi. [Cf. Part II. of this Bibliography, No. 48.] Clara Reeve modernized the language of Davies’s translation somewhat].

71. (1785?) Confucius the Sage (pseud.). The Oriental Chronicles of the times; being the translation of a Chinese manuscript supposed to have been written by Confucius the Sage, London *(1785?).

72. (1785?) Cumberland, Richard.

Obs. No. 14 (1785?), Abderama.

73. 1786. Beckford, William.

(a) History of the Caliph Vathek. English, *1786; French, *1787.

289(1) The title-page of the first English edition reads: An Arabian tale from an unpublished ms., with notes critical and explanatory, London, 1786. On p. v, another title is given: The History of the Caliph Vathek, with notes. The notes were by the translator, Samuel Henley, D.D.

(2) The book had been written between Jan. 1782 and Jan. 1783, in French by Beckford, and was published in French by him in 1787, one edition at Lausanne, another at Paris. [Cf. Part II. of this Bibliography, No. 5, (1), Garnett’s edition.]

(b) The Story of Al Raoui—a tale from the Arabick. London, *1799. Given in Memoirs of Wm. Beckford by C. Redding. London, *1859. Vol. I., p. 217.

74. 1786. The Baloon, or Aerostatic Spy. A Novel containing a series of adventures of an aerial traveller [contains the Eastern Tale of Hamet and Selinda]. London, *1786. 2 vols.

75. 1787. Bage, Robert. The Fair Syrian (a novel), *1787. See La Belle Syrienne, Roman en trois parties; par l’auteur du Mont-Henneth et des Dunes de Barrham. Traduit de l’Anglois ... *1788.

76. 1788. The Disinterested Nabob, a novel interspersed with genuine descriptions of India, its manners and customs. London, *1788. 3 vols. [Second edition.]

77. 1789. Berquin, Arnaud. The Blossoms of Morality,—by the Editor of the Looking-Glass for the Mind. London, *1789. Also, 1796.

29078. (1790?) Cooper, J. The Oriental Moralist or the Beauties of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Translated from the original [i.e. from Galland’s French version] and accompanied with suitable reflections adapted to each story by the Rev. Mr. Cooper, author of the History of England, etc., London *(1790?). Cf. also The Beauties of the Arabian Nights Entertainments consisting of the most entertaining Stories, London, 1792.

79. 1790. Knight, Ellis Cornelia. Dinarbas, a Tale: being a continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia [sic], London, *1790. Third edition, London, 1793; fourth edition, London, *1800. Also printed in same volume with S. Johnson’s Rasselas ... Greenfield, Mass., 1795.

80. 1790. Caraccioli, Louis Antoine de. Letters on the Manners of the French ... written by an Indian at Paris. Translated from the French by Chas. Shillito. Colchester, *1790.

81. 1792. [New Arabian Nights.] Arabian Tales, or a continuation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments ... newly tr. from the original Arabic into French by Dom Chavis ... and M. Cazotte ... and tr. from the French into English by Robert Heron, Edinburgh and London, *1792. 4 vols. Another edition, London, 1794, 3 vols.

82. (1795?) The Arabian Pirate, or authentic history and fighting adventures of Tulagee Angria [a chapbook], Newcastle.

83. (1795?) The Trial and Execution of the Grand 291Mufti, from an ancient Horsleian manuscript, found in the Cathedral of Rochester ... London *(1795?).

84. 1796. The Siamese Tales, Being a Collection of Stories told to the son of the Mandarin Sam-Sib, for the Purpose of Engaging his mind in the Love of Truth and Virtue, with an historical account of the Kingdom of Siam. To which is added the Principal Maxims of the Talapoins. Translated from the Siamese, London, 1796. Another edition, Baltimore ... 1797.

85. 1796. [Mathias, T. J.] The Imperial Epistle from Kien Long, Emperor of China to George III., King of Great Britain in the year 1794. Translated into English from the original Chinese ... [pseudo-oriental satire in verse,] London, *1796. Other editions, 1798, 1802; and Philadelphia, 1800.

86. 1796. Klinger, F. M. von. The Caliph of Bagdad, Travels before the Flood, an Interesting Oriental record of men and manners in the antediluvian world, interpreted in fourteen evening conversations between the Caliph of Bagdad and his court, tr. from Arabic [= translated from the German of F. M. von Klinger], London, *1796. Cf. also No. 93 below, Lewis: Amorassan.

87. 1797. Addison, Mr. Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, essays and poetical fragments, tending to amuse the fancy and inculcate morality, London, *1797. 16 vols.

88. 1799. Du Bois, Edward. The Fairy of Misfortune; or the Loves of Octar and Zulima, an Eastern Tale 292Translated from the French by the Author of a Piece of Family Biography. The Original of the above Work is supposed to be in the Sanskrit in the Library of the Great Mogul. London, *1799.

89. 1800. Pilkington, Mrs. [Mary P.].

(a) The Asiatic Princess, a tale. London, *1800. 2 vols.

(b) A Mirror of the Female Sex. Historical Beauties for Young Ladies, intended to lead the female mind to the Love and Practice of Moral Goodness, Designed Principally for the use of Ladies Schools: London, *1804. [Third Edition] contains The Governor’s wife of Minchew; The Princess of Jaskes; The Empress of China; Amestris, Queen of Persia; Inkle and Yarico [West-Indian, not oriental, taken from Addison, Sp. No. 11, March 13, 1710–1711].

90. (1800?) Day, Thomas. Moral Tales by Esteemed Writers [contains The Grateful Turk], London *(1800?).

91. 1802. Crookenden, Isaac. Romantic Tale. The Revengeful Turk or Mystic Cavern. London, *1802.

92. 1804. Edgeworth, Maria. Popular Tales [contains Murad the Unlucky]——, 1804; second edition, London, 1805.

93. 1808. Lewis, Matthew Gregory. Romantic Tales. London, *1808, 4 vols. Contains The Anaconda, an East Indian Tale, in Vol. II.; The Four Facardins, an Arabian tale [in part a translation, and in part an original continuation by Lewis, of Hamilton’s 293tale, Les Quatre Facardins] in Vols. II. and III.; and Amorassan or the spirit of the frozen ocean, an Oriental Romance [in part a close translation from Der Faust der Morgenländer by F. M. von Klinger] in Vol. IV.

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