Introduction: Books
Samuel Sewall (1652–1730)
      Diary
Elijah Fenton (1683–1730)
Laurence Echard (1670?–1730)
Daniel Defoe (1661?–1731)
      Essay upon Projects, 1698
      True-born Englishmen, 1701
      Shortest Way with the Dissenters, 1702
      The Review, 1704–13
      Apparition of Mrs. Veal, 1706
      Family Instructor, 1715
      Robinson Crusoe, 1719
      Memoirs of a Cavalier, 1720?
      Moll Flanders, 1722
      Religious Courtship, 1722
      Journal of the Plague Year, 1722
      Colonel Jack, 1722
      Complete English Tradesman, 1725–27
      Captain Carleton, 1728
      General
Brook Taylor (1685–1731)
John Gay (1685–1732)
      The Shepherd’s Week, 1714
      Fables, 1727–38
      The Beggar’s Opera, 1728
      Polly, 1729
William Lowth (1660–1732)
Francis Atterbury (1662–1732)
      Boyle–Bentley Controversy
      Sermons
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)
      Fable of the Bees, 1705–28
Matthew Tindal (1653?–1733)
      Christianity as Old as Creation, 1730
Thomas Woolston (1669?–1733)
John Dennis (1657–1734)
Roger North (1651–1734)
      Lives
John Arbuthnot (1667–1735)
      The History of John Bull, 1712
      Memoirs of Martin’s Scriblerus
Samuel Wesley (1662–1735)
George Granville, Lord Lansdowne (1666–1735)
Thomas Hearne (1678–1735)
George Sale (c. 1697–1736)
Eustace Budgell (1686–1737)
John Strype (1643–1737)
Matthew Green (1696–1737)
      The Spleen, 1737
Elizabeth (Singer) Rowe (1674–1737)
John Asgill (1659–1738)
George Lillo (1693–1739)
      George Barnwell, 1731
      Fatal Curiosity, 1736
Daniel Waterland (1683–1740)
Thomas Tickell (1686–1740)
      Homer’s Iliad, Book I, 1715
      Elegy on Addison, 1721
Edmund Halley (1656–1742)
Richard Bentley (1662–1742)
      Mastership of Trinity
      Letter to Mill, 1691
      Boyle Lectures, 1692
      Dissertations on Phalaris, 1695–99
      Horace, 1711
      Remarks on a Late Discourse of Free-Thinking, 1713
      Edition of Paradise Lost, 1732
John Oldmixon (1673–1742)
William Somerville (1675–1742)
      The Chase, 1734
John, Lord Hervey (1696–1743)
      Memoirs of the Reign of George II
Richard Savage (1697?–1743)
      The Bastard, 1728
      The Wanderer, 1729
Henry Carey (1687?–1743)
      God Save the King, 1740?
      Sally in Our Alley
Daniel Neal (1678–1743)
      History of the Puritans, 1732–38
Lewis Theobald (1688–1744)
      Shakespeare Restored, 1726
      Edition of Shakespeare, 1733
Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
      Lady Mary
      Martha Blount
      Ode to Solitude
      Pastorals, 1709
      Essay on Criticism, 1711–12
      The Messiah, 1712
      Rape of the Lock, 1712–14
      Windsor Forest, 1718
      Ode on St. Celia’s Day, 1713
      The Temple of Fame, 1714
      Homer’s Iliad, 1715–20
      Odyssey, 1725
      Eloisa to Abelard, 1717
      Edition of Shakespeare, 1725
      The Dunciad, 1728–43
      Moral Essays, 1731–35
      Essay on Man, 1732–34
      Imitations of Horace, 1737
      Letters
      General
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
      Stella
      Vanessa
      Battle of the Books, 1697?–1704
      Tale of a Tub, 1704
      The Examiner
      Conduct of the Allies, 1711
      Drapier Letters, 1724
      Gulliver’s Travels, 1726
      Journal to Stella
      Poems
      Cadenus and Vanessa, 1726
      Letters
      General
William Broome (1689–1745)
Thomas Southerne (1660–1746)
Robert Blair (1699–1746)
      The Grave
Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746)
Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
      Christian Doctrine of the Trinity, 1722
      Logick, 1725
      Improvement of the Mind, 1741
      Hymns
      Poems
Christopher Pitt (1699–1748)
      Virgil, 1740
James Thomson (1700–1748)
      The Seasons, 1726–30
      MS. Corrections of the Seasons
      Liberty, 1732
      The Castle of Indolence, 1748
      Alfred, 1740
      Dramas
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749)
      Pastorals, 1710
Catharine Trotter (1679–1749)
Aaron Hill (1685–1750)
Conyers Middleton (1683–1750)
      Life of Cicero, 1741
Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751)
      The Idea of a Patriot King, 1735?
Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)
      The Family Expositor
      The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, 1745
      Hymns
William Whiston (1667–1752)
Joseph Butler (1692–1752)
      Sermons, 1729
      Analogy, 1736
George Berkeley (1685–1753)
      University of Bermuda
      A New Theory of Vision, 1709
      The Principles of Human Knowledge, 1710
      Hylas and Philonous, 1713
      Alciphron, Or the Minute Philosopher, 1732
      Gaudentio di Lucca, 1737
      Siris, 1744–47
William Hamilton of Bangour (1704–1754)
      The Braes of Yarrow
Thomas Carte (1686–1754)
Henry Fielding (1707–1754)
      Dramas
      Joseph Andrews, 1742
      Journey from This World to the Next, 1748
      Jonathan Wild, 1743
      Tom Jones, 1749
      Amelia, 1751
      General
John Conybeare (1692–1755)
Thomas Wilson (1663–1755)
Gilbert West (1703–1756)
Colley Cibber (1671–1757)
      Dramas
      Apology, 1740
Edward Moore (1712–1757)
David Hartley (1705–1757)
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
      Religious Affections, 1746
      The Freedom of the Will, 1754
      Original Sin, 1758
Theophilus Cibber (1703–1758)
      Lives of the Poets
James Hervey (1714–1758)
John Dyer (1700?–1758)
      Grongar Hill, 1727
      The Fleece, 1757
Thomas Prince (1687–1758)
Allan Ramsay (1686–1758)
      Fables and Tales, 1722
      The Tea-Table Miscellany, 1724–27
      The Evergreen, 1724
      The Gentle Shepherd, 1725
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1708–1759)
William Collins (1721–1759)
      Persian Eclogues, 1742
      Ode to Liberty, 1747
      Ode to Evening
      The Passions
Benjamin Hoadly (1676–1761)
William Law (1686–1761)
      Unlawfulness of Stage Entertainment
      Remarks on the Fable of the Bees, 1723
      Christian Perfection
      Serious Call to a Holy Life, 1729
Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
      Pamela, 1741–42
      Clarissa Harlowe, 1748
      Sir Charles Grandison, 1754
Thomas Sherlock (1678–1761)
William Oldys (1696–1761)
George Bubb Doddington, Baron of Melcombe Regis (1691–1762)
      Diary
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)
      Poems
      Letters
John Byrom (1692–1763)
William Shenstone (1714–1763)
      The Schoolmistress, 1742
      Pastoral Ballad, 1743
Charles Churchill (1731–1764)
Robert Dodsley (1704–1764)
Edward Young (1681–1765)
      Night Thoughts, 1742–46
      Satires
      Dramas
David Mallet (c. 1705–1765)
      William and Margaret, 1724
James Grainger (1721?–1766)
Thomas Birch (1705–1766)
John Leland (1691–1766)
William Thompson (1712–1766)
Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
      Tristram Shandy, 1759–67
      The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, 1760–69
      Sentimental Journey, 1768
Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
Joseph Spence (1699–1768)
Thomas Secker (1693–1768)
Nathaniel Lardner (1684–1768)
      The Credibility of the Gospel History, 1727–57
William Falconer (1732–1769)
      The Shipwreck, 1762
Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)
Mark Akenside (1721–1770)
      Hymn to the Naiads
      Pleasures of the Imagination
Alexander Cruden (1699–1770)
      Concordance of the Bible
George Whitefield (1714–1770)
John Jortin (1698–1770)
Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
      Elegy in a Country Churchyard, 1751
      Odes
      Letters
Tobias George Smollett (1721–1771)
      Roderick Random, 1748
      The Adventures of an Atom, 1749
      Peregrine Pickle, 1751
      Ferdinand Count Fathom, 1753
      Don Quixote, 1753
      History of England, 1757–65
      Sir Launcelot Greaves, 1762
      Travels Through France and Italy, 1766
      Humphrey Clinker, 1771
      Poetry and Dramas
Christopher Smart (1722–1771)
      Song to David
William Wilkie (1721–1772)
      Epigoniad, 1757
John Woolman (1720–1772)
      Journal
Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773)
      Letters to His Son
John Hawkesworth (c. 1715–1773)
George, Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773)
      Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of Saint Paul, 1747
      Dialogues of the Dead, 1760–62
      King Henry II., 1764–67
Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
      Polite Learning, 1759
      Citizen of the World, 1762
      The Traveller, 1765
      Vicar of Wakefield, 1766
      The Hermit, 1766
      The Deserted Village, 1770
      History of England, 1771
      Retaliation, 1774
      Animated Nature, 1774
      Comedies
      The Good-Natured Man, 1768
      She Stoops to Conquer, 1773
      General
Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
Abraham Tucker (1705–1774)
      Light of Nature Pursued, 1768–78
John Hill (1714?–1775)
David Hume (1711–1776)
      A Treatise of Human Nature, 1739–40
      Essays
      History of England, 1754–62
      Philosophy
James Ferguson (1710–1776)
James Granger (1723–1776)
      A Biographical History of England, 1769
Samuel Foote (1720–1777)
William Dodd (1729–1777)
Hugh Kelly (1739–1777)
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)
Augustus Toplady (1740–1778)
William Warburton (1698–1779)
      Alliance between Church and State, 1736
      Divine Legation of Moses, 1738–41
      Edition of Shakespeare, 1747
      Editions of Pope
David Garrick (1717–1779)
John Armstrong (1709–1779)
      Art of Preserving Health, 1744
John Langhorne (1735–1779)
William Kenrick (1725?–1779)
William Blackstone (1723–1780)
      Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765–68
Thomas Hutchinson (1711–1780)
James Harris (1709–1780)
Richard Challoner (1691–1781)
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782)
Henry Brooke (1703?–1783)
      Universal Beauty, 1735
      The Fool of Quality, 1766
James Otis (1725–1783)
Alexander Ross (1699–1784)
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
      Poems
      London, 1739
      Life of Savage, 1744
      Vanity of Human Wishes, 1749
      Irene, 1749
      The Rambler, 1750–52
      Dictionary, 1755
      Rasselas, 1759
      Edition of Shakespeare, 1765
      Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1775
      Taxation no Tyranny, 1775
      Lives of the Poets, 1779–81
      Letters
      General