List of Published Works Attributed to Charles Gildon
This is a list of works attributed to Charles Gildon, both edited collections and original works.
Several works attributed to Gildon may not actually have been written or edited by him. The list below indicates the likelihood of the attribution (high, medium, or low) and includes information about the arguments made for attributing each work to Gildon.
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| Title | Pub. Year | Certainty of Attribution | Attribution Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The history of the Athenian Society, for the resolving all nice and curious questions. By a gentleman, who got secret intelligence of their whole proceedings. To which are prefix’d several poems, written by Mr. Tate, Mr. Motteux, Mr. Richardson, and others. | 1691 | High | |
| The post-boy rob’d of his mail: or, The pacquet broke open. Consisting of five hundred letters, to persons of several qualities and conditions. With observations upon each letter. Publish’d by a gentleman concern’d in the frolick. | 1692 | High | |
| Miscellany poems upon several occasions: consisting of original poems, by the late Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Cowly, Mr. Milton, Mr. Prior, Mrs. Behn, Mr. Tho. Brown, &c. And the translations from Horace, Persius, Petronius Arbiter, &c. With an essay upon satyr, by the famous M. Dacier. Licens’d May 21. 1692. | 1692 | High | |
| Nuncius infernalis: or, A new account from below. In two dialogues. The first from the Elizium Fields, of friendship. The second from hell of cuckoldom, being the sessions of cuckolds. By Charles Gildon, gent. With a preface by Mr. Durfey. | 1692 | High | Hand-written on the edition included in EEBO is a note stating that the "Session of the Cuckolds" is by Tom Browne." |
| A Letter to Mr. D'Urfey, Occasioned by his PLAY Called the Marriage-Hater Match'd | 1692 | Low | Note from ESTC entry for Poeta Infamis: "To the always disingenuous Tom Pricket" is signed Charles G---n. In it, Gildon disclaims the authorship of his letter prefixed to the first edition of D’Urfey’s "The marriage hater match’d". |
| Poeta infamis: or, a poet not worth hanging. Being a dialogue, between Lysander Valentine, and Poet Pricket. With a letter to the author of the Marriage-hater matched, written by his friend. | 1692 | High | Note from ESTC: "To the always disingenuous Tom Pricket" is signed Charles G---n. In it, Gildon disclaims the authorship of his letter prefixed to the first edition of D’Urfey’s "The marriage hater match’d". |
| Oracles of Reason | 1693 | High | |
| The second volume of the Post-boy robb’d of his mail: or, The pacquet broke-open. To which are added several ingenious letters lately sent to the gentlemen concern’d in this frollick· As also copies of those private letters which lately past between - With observations upon each letter. | 1693 | High | |
| A Letter to Mr. D'Urfey, Occasioned by his PLAY Called the Marriage-Hater Match'd | 1693 | Low | Note from ESTC entry for Poeta Infamis: "To the always disingenuous Tom Pricket" is signed Charles G---n. In it, Gildon disclaims the authorship of his letter prefixed to the first edition of D’Urfey’s "The marriage hater match’d". |
| The oracles of reason: consisting of 1. A vindication of Dr. Burnet’s Archiologiæ. 2. The seventh and eighth chapters of the same. 3. Of Moses’s description of the original state of man, &c. 4. Dr. Burnet’s appendix of the Brachmin’s religion. 5. An account of the Deist’ religion. 6. Of the immortality of the soul. 7. Concerning the Arrians, Trinitarians and councils. 8. That felicity consists in pleasure. 9. Of fate and fortune. 10. Of the original of the Jews. 11. The lawfulness of marrying two sisters successively. 12. A political account of the subversion of Jewdaism, and original of the millenium. 13. Of the auguries of the ancients. 14. Natural religion as oppos’d to divine revelation. 15. That the soul is matter. 16. That the world is eternal, &c. In several letters to Mr. Hobbs and other persons of eminent quality, and learning. By Char. Blount Esq. Mr. Gildon and others. | 1693 | High | |
| Chorus poetarum: or, Poems on several occasions. By the Duke of Buckingham, the late Lord Rochester, Sir John Denham, Sir Geo. Etheridge, Andrew Marvel, Esq; the famous Spencer, Madam Behn, and several other eminent poets of this age. Never before printed | 1694 | High | |
| Miscellaneous letters and essays, on several subjects· Philosophical, moral, historical, critical, amorous, &c. in prose and verse. Directed to John Dryden, Esq; the Honourable Geo. Granvill Esq; Walter Moile, Esq; Mr. Dennis, Mr. Congreve, and other eminent men of th’ age. By several gentlemen and ladies. | 1694 | High | |
| Miscellaneous letters and essays, on several subjects· Philosopical, moral, historical, critical, amorous, &c. in prose and verse. Directed to John Dryden, Esq; the Honourable Geo. Granvill Esq; Walter Moile, Esq; Mr. Dennis, Mr. Congreve, and other eminent men of th’ age. By several gentlemen and ladies. | 1694 | High | |
| The miscellaneous works of Charles Blount, Esq; Containing I. The oracles of reason, &c. II. Anima mundi, or the opinions of the ancients concerning man’s soul after this life, according to uninlighten’d nature. III. Great is Diana of the Ephesians, or the original of priestcraft and idolatry, and of the sacrifices of the gentiles. IV. An appeal from the country to the city for the preservation of his Majesties person, liberty and property, and the Protestant religion. V. A just vindication of learning, and of the liberty of the press. VI. A supposed dialogue betwixt the late King James and King William on the banks of the Boyne the day before that famous victory. To which is prefix’d the life of the author, and an account and vindication of his death. With the contents of the whole volume. | 1695 | High | |
| The miscellaneous works of Charles Blount, Esq; Containing I. The oracles of reason, &c. II. Anima mundi, or the opinions of the ancients concerning man’s soul after this life, according to uninlighten’d nature. III. Great is Diana of the Ephesians, or the original of priestcraft and idolatry, and of the sacrifices of the gentiles. IV. An appeal from the country to the city for the preservation of his Majesties person, liberty and property, and the Protestant religion. V. A just vindication of learning, and of the liberty of the press. VI. A supposed dialogue betwixt the late King James and King William on the banks of the Boyne the day before that famous victory. To which is prefix’d the life of the author, and an account and vindication of his death. With the contents of the whole volume. | 1695 | High | |
| The miscellaneous works of Charles Blount, Esq; Containing I. The oracles of reason, &c. II. Anima mundi, or the opinions of the ancients concerning man’s soul after this life, according to uninlighten’d nature. III. Great is Diana of the Ephesians, or the original of priestcraft and idolatry, and of the sacrifices of the gentiles. IV. An appeal from the country to the city for the preservation of his Majesties person, liberty and property, and the Protestant religion. V. A just vindication of learning, and of the liberty of the press. VI. A supposed dialogue betwixt the late King James and King William on the banks of the Boyne the day before that famous victory. To which is prefix’d the life of the author, and an account and vindication of his death. With the contents of the whole volume. | 1695 | High | |
| The miscellaneous works of Charles Blount, Esq; containing I. The oracles of reason, &c. II. Anima mundi, or the opinions of the ancients concerning man’s soul after this life, according to uninlighten’d nature. III. Great is Diana of the Ephesians, or the original of priestcraft and idolatry, and of the sacrifices of the Gentiles. IV. An appeal from the country to the city for the preservation of his Majesties person, liberty and property, and the Protestant religion. V. A just vindication of learning, and of the liberty of the press. VI. A supposed dialogue betwixt the late King James and King William on the banks of the Boyne the day before that famous victory. To which is prefix’d the life of the author, and an account and vindication of his death. With the contents of the whole volume. | 1695 | High | |
| Letters and essays, on several subjects philosophical, moral, historical, critical, amorous, &c., in prose and verse : to John Dryden, Esq., Geo. Granvill, Esq., Walter Moile, Esq., [double brace] Mr. Congreve, and Mr. Denis, and other ingenious men of th’ age by several gentlemen and ladies. | 1696 | High | |
| Dedication to Aphra Behn's The Younger Brother; or, The Amorous Jilt | 1696 | High | |
| Letters and essays, on several subjects: philosophical, moral, historical, critical, amorous, &c. in prose and verse. To John Dryden, Esq; Geo. Granvill, Esq; Walter Moile, Esq; Mr. Congreve, and Mr. Denis; and other ingenious men of th’ age. By several gentlemen and ladies. | 1697 | High | |
| Epistle Dedicatory to Familiar Letters vol. 2 | 1697 | High | |
| The Roman brides revenge. A tragedy; as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty’s servants. | 1697 | High | |
| A Letter to Mr. Congreve | 1698 | Low | ESTC states this is anonymous, but by Gildon. Cites the Bodleian library record, April 1999 p. 405-6. |
| All the histories and novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn, entire in one volume. Viz. I. The history of Oroonoko, or the Royal slave. Written by the command of King Charles the Second. II. The fair jilt, or Prince Tarquin. III. Agnes de Castro, or the force of generous love. IV. The lover’s watch, or the art of making love; being rules of courtship for every hour of the day and night. V. The ladies looking-glass to dress themselves by, or the whole art of charming all mankind. VI. The lucky mistake. VII. Memoirs of the court of the King of Bantam. VIII. The nun, or the perjured beauty. IX. The adventure of the black lady. These three last never before published. Together with the history of the life and memoirs of Mrs. Behn. Never before printed. By one of the fair sex. Intermix’d with pleasant love-letters that pass’d betwixt her and Minheer Van Bruin, a Dutch merchant; with her character of the country and lover: and her love-letters to a gentleman in England. | 1698 | High | |
| Phaeton: or, The fatal divorce. A tragedy· As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in imitation of the antients. With some reflections on a book call’d, A short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage. | 1698 | High | |
| The songs in Phaeton: or, the fatal divorce. Sett to musick by Mr. Daniel Purcell. With an addition of some songs in the last new play. | 1698 | Med | |
| The poetical remaines of the Duke of Buckingham, Sir George Etheridge, Mr. Milton, Mr. Andrew Marvel, Madam Behn, Lord Rochester, Sir John Denham, Mr. Waller, Mr. Shadwel, Madam Philips. | 1698 | Med | |
| The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets. Also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue; their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated; with remarks and observations on most of the said plays. First begun by Mr. Langbain, improv’d and continued down to this time, by a careful hand. | 1699 | Med | Gildon appears to be the "careful hand" that finished this after Langbaine died. Gildon included his own entry at the end after the rest of the work was complete. Cibber in Lives of the Poets (1753) attributes to Gildon. |
| Epistle Dedicatory to Familiar Letters. Vol. 2 | 1699 | High | Macintosh states on p. 27 n. 13 that Bejamin Boyce makes the attribution of Gildon serving as editor of vol. II on page 58 of Tom Brown of Facetious Memory. |
| The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets. Also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue; their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated; with remarks and observations on most of the said plays. First begun by Mr. Langbain, improv’d and continued down to this time, by a careful hand. | 1699 | Med | Gildon appears to be the "careful hand" that finished this after Langbaine died. Gildon included his own entry at the end after the rest of the work was complete. Cibber in Lives of the Poets (1753) attributes to Gildon. |
| The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets. Also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue; their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated; with remarks and observations on most of the said plays. First begun by Mr. Langbain, improv’d and continued down to this time, by a careful hand. | 1699 | Med | Gildon appears to be the "careful hand" that finished this after Langbaine died. Gildon included his own entry at the end after the rest of the work was complete. Cibber in Lives of the Poets (1753) attributes to Gildon. |
| Measure for measure, or Beauty the best advocate. As it is acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. VVritten originally by Mr. Shakespear: and now very much alter’d; vvith additions of several entertainments of musick. | 1700 | Med | ESTC cites Henrietta Bartlett's Mr. Shakespeare p. 182. Cibber in Lives of the Poets (1753) notes Coxeter attributes this to Gildon. |
| Letters of wit, politicks and morality. Written originally in Italian, by the famous Cardinal Bentivoglio; in Spanish by Signior Don Guevara; in Latin by St. Jerome, Cato Uticensts, Aurelian the Emperor, and Queen Zenobia; and in French by Father Rapin, &c. Also select letters of Gallantry out of the Greek, of Aristænetus; the Spanish of Don Quevedo; the Latin of Petronius; and the French of Count Bussy Rabutin, Madam Maintenon, Mr. Fontenelle, &c. Done into English, by the Honourable H- H- Esq; Tho. Cheek, Esq; Mr. Savage. Mr. Boyer, &c. To which is added a large collection of original letters of love and friendship. Written, by several gentlemen and ladies, particuly, the Honourable Mr. Granville, Tho. Cheek, Esq; Capt. Ayloffe; Dr. G- Mr. B-y; Mr. O-n, Mr. B-r, Mr. G-, Mr. F-r, Mrs. C--l, under the name of Astra; Mrs. W-n under the name of Daphne, &c. | 1701 | Med | Macintosh states that letter V is Gildons. Title page includes a list of names, including Mr. G--. |
| A new miscellany of original poems, on several occasions. | 1701 | Med | WorldCat OCLC# 977044883 Cites the following regarding this attribution: Cf. I.A. Williams. Points in eighteenth century verse, p. 82. Macdonald A58 (John Dryden: A Bibliography). |
| Love’s victim: or, the Queen of Wales. A Tragedy. As it was Acted at The Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. By His Majesty’s servants. | 1701 | High | |
| Examen miscellaneum. Consisting of verse and prose. Of verse, by The most Honourable the Marquis of Normanby. The late Lord Rochester. Mr. Waller. Mrs. Wharton. Mr. Wolseley. With Satires and Fables, and translations from Anacreon. In Prose, Above an Hundred Original Maxims and Reflections. To which are added, Precepts, Maxims, and Reflections taken out of Theognis, Phocylides, Pythagoras, Solon, Simonides, Callimachus, Philemon, Alexis, Anaxandrides, Antiphanes, Apollodorus, Diphilus, Menander, Eubulus, Timocles, and several other Greek poets. | 1702 | Med | ESTC note asks: " Edited by Charles Gildon?" |
| A comparison between the two stages, with an examen of The generous conqueror; and some critical remarks on The funeral, or Grief alamode, The false friend, Tamerlane and others. In dialogue. | 1702 | Low | Attribution questionable: ESTC note says "Sometimes attributed to Charles Gildon." Staring Wells contends in his critical edition of the piece that Gildon is not the author. |
| Dedicatory Epistle to David Craufurd's Ovidius Britannicus | 1703 | High | Cederstrom notes that Gildon was co-editor with Tom Jones. |
| The patriot, or the Italian Conspiracy, a tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. | 1703 | High | While Gildon is not named as author on the title page, this is hand written on the ECCO edition and ESTC attribues this to him. |
| The stage-Beaux toss’d in a blanket: or, hypocrisie alamode; expos’d in a true picture of Jerry ----- a pretending scourge to the English stage. A comedy. With a prologue on occasional conformity; being a full Explanation of the Poussin Doctor’s Book; and an Epilogue on the Reformers. Spoken at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. | 1704 | Med | ESTC attributes to Thomas Brown; Macintosh asserts it is by Gildon. Boyce in Tom Brown dismisses the attribution to Brown (176 n.15) and cites W.C. Hazlitt Bibliographical Collections and Notes, ser.3 sup. 2, 1892, p.35B in attributing it to Gildon. |
| Epistle Dedicatory to Familiar Letters. Vol. 2 | 1705 | High | |
| The second volume of miscellaneons [sic] works, written by George, late Duke of Buckingham. Containing a key to The rehearsal, and several pieces in prose and verse; never before printed: with a collection of poems, satyrs, letters, dialogues, essays, characters, maxims of state valuable speeches, in both Houses of Parliament, by several lords and commons: printed from original manuscripts, that give a light into the secret history of the times. Written by the late Duke of Buckingham, ... Captain Ayloffe, &c. Collected and prepar’d for the press, by the late ingenious Mr. Tho. Brown. | 1705 | Med | Attributed to Gildon by Macintosh. |
| The deist’s manual: or, a rational enquiry into the Christian religion | 1705 | High | |
| The deist’s manual: or, a rational enquiry into the Christian religion. With some Considerations on Mr. Hobbs, Spinosa, the Oracles of Reason, Second Thoughts, &c. By C. Gildon, Gent. Publisher of the Oracles of Reason. To which is prefix’d A letter, from the author of The method with the deists. | 1705 | High | |
| A review of Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia’s letter to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and that of Sir Rowland Gwynne to the Right Honourable the Earl of Stamford: Or, A jacobite plot against the Protestant succession discover’d: Occasion’d by a scurrilous and factious libel, lately printed against the most serene House of Hannover. With invincible reasons for an humble adress to Her Most Sacred Majesty to invite over the presumptive heir of the crown, by that means infallibly to secure the Protestant succession, and in that our laws, religion and constitution against the power and intrigues of the French King, in conjunction with the jacobites, and others of this nation. | 1706 | High | |
| A letter from Her Royal Highness, the Princess Sophia, Electress of Brunswic and Luneburg, to ... the Archbishop of Canterbury. With another from Hannover, written by Sir Rowland Gwynne to the ... Earl of Stamford. | 1706 | High | This work is not by Gildon, though Dottin lists it. It appears he includes it as it was meant as a companion piece to the review of the letters he published with B. Bragge that same year. |
| A review of Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia’s letter to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and that of Sir Rowland Gwynne to the Right Honourable the Earl of Stamford: or, a Jacobite plot against the protestant succession discover’d: Occasion’d by a Scurrilous and Factious Lib 1, lately Printed against the most Serene House of Hannover. With invincible Reasons for an humble Adress to her most Sacred Majesty to invite over the Presumprive Heir of the Crown, by that Means infallibly to secure the Protestant Succession, and in that our Laws, Religion and Constitution against the Power and Intrigues of the French King, in conjunction with he Jacobites, and others of this Nation. | 1706 | High | |
| The post-Boy robb’d of his mail: or, The Pacquet Broke Open. Consisting of letters of love and gallantry, and all miscellaneous subjects: In which are Discover’d The Vertues, Vices, Follies, Humours and Intrigues of Mankind. With Remarks on Each letter. Both volumes in one. | 1706 | High | |
| Threnodia virginea: or the apotheosis. A poem, occasion’d by the much lamented death of Mrs Hester Buckworth, only daughter of Sir John Buckworth, kt. and bar. | 1708 | Med | ESTC states that this is attributed to Gildon by "Morgan to Charles Gildon (Foxon note T261O). Foxon's note: "Dedication signed 'C.G.' Attributed by Morgan *K179a to Charles Gildon. Te attribution is plausible, but apparently only rests on the initials. |
| The new metamorphosis; or, The pleasant transformation: being the golden ass of Lucius Apuleius of Medaura. Alter’d and improv’d to the modern times and manners; exposing the secret follies and vices of maids, wives, and widows, nuns, fryars, Jesuits: statesmen, courtiers, &c. Written in Italian by Carlo Monte Socio, Fellow of the Academy of the Humoristi in Rome, and translated from the Vatican manuscript. | 1708 | High | |
| The new metamorphosis; or, the pleasant transformation: being The golden ass of Lucius Apuleius of Madaura. Alter’d and improv’d to the modern times and manners; ... Written in Italian by Carlo Monte Socio, ... Vol. II. | 1708 | High | |
| Libertas triumphans: a poem, occasion’d by the glorious victory obtain’d near Odenard, by the forces of the allies under the command of His Highness John Duke of Marlborough, and Prince of the Sacred Roman Empire, and the Velt-Mareschal Auverquerque: on the first of July, 1708. | 1708 | High | |
| Threnodia virginea: or the apotheosis. A poem, occasion’d by the much lamented death of Mrs Hester Buckworth, only daughter of Sir John Buckworth, kt. and bar. | 1708 | Med | ESTC states that this is attributed to Gildon by "Morgan to Charles Gildon (Foxon note T261O). Foxon's note: "Dedication signed 'C.G.' Attributed by Morgan *K179a to Charles Gildon. Te attribution is plausible, but apparently only rests on the initials. |
| The new metamorphosis: or, the pleasant transformation: being The golden ass of Lucius Apuleius of Medaura. Alter’d and improv’d to the modern times and manners ; exposing the Secret Follies and Vices of Maids Wives, and Widows, Nuns Fryars Jesuits: Statesmen, Courtiers, &c. Written in Italian by Carlo Monte Socio, Fellow of the Academy of the Humoristi in Rome, and Translated from the Vatican Manuscript. Adorn’d with cuts: in two vollumes. | 1709 | High | |
| The golden spy: or, a political journal of the British nights entertainments of war and peace, and love and politics: wherein are laid open, the secret miraculous power and progress of gold, in the courts of Europe. Intermix’d with Delightful Intrigues, Memoirs, Tales, and Adventures, Serious and Comical. | 1709 | High | |
| A collection of poems, viz. I. Venus and Adonis. II. The rape of Lucrece. III. The passionate pilgrim. IV. Sonnets to sundry notes of musick. By Mr. William Shakespeare. | 1709 | High | ESTC states that this collection was edited by Gildon. |
| The golden spy: or, a political journal of the British nights entertainments. Viz. The power and progress of gold. The ladys taste. The Mercenary Gallant. The Male and Female Favourites. The Story of Donna Olympa. Monsieur Icquet’s Amours. The Fatal Rape. The English Female Favourite. Matilda and Golofre. The English Male Favourites. The unlucky Cast. The fair Extravagant. The four Extravagant. Of Love Intrigues. The Fortunate Adultery. Of Julio and Sempronia. The Whores Revenge. The Political Whores. The Lucky Escape. The Country Jilt. The force of Love. The kept Miss. The Cully’s Fate. The Godly Reformers. The Reforming Constable. The Hypocrite uncas’d. The Godly Debauchee. The Reformer Reform’d. The Trade of the Camp. Wherein are laid open the secret miraculous power and progress of gold, in the courts of Europe. Also Delightful Intrigues, Memoirs, Tales, and Adventures, Serious and Comical. | 1710 | High | |
| A collection of poems, in two volumes; being all the miscellanies of Mr. William Shakespeare, which were publish’d by himself in the year 1609. ... | 1710 | High | |
| The life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent tragedian. Wherein the action and utterance of the stage, bar, and pulpit, are distinctly consider’d. With the judgment of the Late ingenious Monsieur De St. Evremond, upon the Italian and French music and opera’s; in a letter to the Duke of Buckingbam. To which is added, the amorous widow, or the wanton wise. A comedy. Written by Mr. Betterton. Now first printed from the original copy. | 1710 | High | |
| The life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent tragedian. Wherein the action and utterance of the stage, bar, and pulpit, are distinctly consider’d. With The Judgment of the late Ingenious Monsieur de St. Evremond, upon the Italian and French Music and Opera’s; in a Letter to the Duke of Buckingham. To which is added, The amorous widow, or the Wanton Wife. A Comedy. written by Mr. Betterton. Now first printed from the Original Copy. | 1710 | High | |
| A grammar of the English tongue, with notes, giving the grounds and reason of grammar in general. To which is added, a new prosodia; or, the art of English numbers. All adapted to the use of gentlemen and ladies, as well as of the schools of Great Britain. | 1711 | Low | ESTC states: "Variously attributed to John Brightland, Sir Richard Steele, and Charles Gildon." Theophilus Cibber in The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain cites Boyer's Political State xxvii, p. 102 as stateing Gildon was author of a grammar. |
| The works of Lucian, translated from the Greek, by several eminent hands. The first volume. With the life of Lucian, a discourse on his writings, and a character of some of the present translators. Written by John Dryden, Esq; | 1711 | Low | Dottin, Cederstrom, and Macintosh attribute to Gildon. Edited with a life of Lucian by Dryden, and the translations of Lucian's works were done by several hands, though not Gildon. Charles Blount was one of them, and perhaps this is significant. |
| A collection of poems, in two volumes; being all the miscellanies of Mr. William Shakespear, which were publish’d by himself, in the year 1609. ... | 1712 | High | |
| Les soupirs de la Grand Britaigne: or, the groans of Great Britain, being the second part to The groans of Europe. | 1713 | Low | The ESTC says: "Anonymous. By Charles Gildon; formerly attributed to Daniel Defoe." It does make refernce eto the "Reformation of Manners," a topic in The Golden Spy. |
| Trojan tales, related by Ulysses, Helenus, Hector, Achilles, and Priam. | 1714 | Low | Attributed to Gildon by Macintosh. |
| A new rehearsal, or Bays the Younger. Containing an examen of The ambitious step-mother. Tamerlane, The biter, Fair Penitent, Royal Convert, Ulysses, And Jane Shore. All written by N. Rowe Esq;. Also a word or two upon Mr. Pope’s Rape of the lock. To which is prefix’d, a preface in vindication of criticism in General, by the lat Earl of Shaftsbury. | 1714 | High | |
| Remarks on Mr. Rowe’s Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray, and All his other Plays. viz. The Ambitious Step-Mother, Tamerlane, The Biter, The Fair Penitent, The Royal Convert, Ulysses, Jane Shore. With some Observations upon, I. Mr. Smith’s Phaedra and Hippolytus. II. Mr. Philips’s Distress’d Mother. III. Mr. Addison’s Cato. IV. Mr. Pope’s Rape of the Lock, &c. To which is prefix’d, A Prefatory Discourse in Defence of Criticism in general. Collected from the Works of the late Earl of Shaftsbury. | 1715 | High | |
| The new rehearsal or, Bays the Younger. Being remarks upon all Mr. Rowe’s plays. Viz. The Ambitious Step-Mother, Tamerlane, The Biter, The Fair Penitent, The Royal Convert, Ulysses, Jane Shore. With some Observations upon, I. Mr. Smith’s Phaedra and Hippolytus. II. Mr. Philips’s Distrest-Mother. III. Mr. Addison’s Cato. IV. Mr. Pope’s Rape of the Lock, &c. Also, a defense of criticism in general, by the late Earl of Shaftesbury. | 1715 | High | |
| A true character of Mr. Pope, and his writings. In a letter to a friend. | 1716 | Low | W.L. MacDonald Pope and His Critics (106-7) & Arthur Case, "Pope, Addison" Modern Philology 33.2 1935: Pope blamed Gildon and Dennis. Dennis published a statement and two letters purportedly from Gildon in Remarks upon … the Dunciad (1729) denying this. |
| Canons: or, The vision. A poem address’d to the Right Honourable Earl of Caernarvan, &c. | 1717 | Med | ESTC cites Foxon G151. His note: "Ascribed to Gildon by Cibber III. 329." See Cibber Lives of the Poets 1753. |
| A true character of Mr. Pope | 1717 | Low | W.L. MacDonald Pope and His Critics (106-7) & Arthur Case, "Pope, Addison" Modern Philology 33.2 1935: Pope blamed Gildon and Dennis. Dennis published a statement and two letters purportedly from Gildon in Remarks upon … the Dunciad (1729) denying this. |
| Memoirs of the life of William Wycherley, Esq ; With a character of his writings. By the Right Honourable George, Lord Lansdowne. To which are added, some familiar letters, written by Mr. Wycherley, and a true copy of his last will and testament. | 1718 | High | |
| The complete art of poetry. In six parts | 1718 | High | |
| The apparition: a poem. Address’d to the Right Honourable James Earl of Caernarvan, &c. | 1718 | Med | Foxon G152 notes it was advertised in the Post Boy as 'By Mr. G-----'. |
| The life and strange surprizing adventures of Mr. D---- de F--, of London, hosier, who has liv’d above fifty years by himself, in the Kingdoms of North and South-Britain. The various shapes he has appear’d in, and the discoveries he has made for the benefit of his country. In a dialogue between him, Robinson Crusoe, and his Man Friday. With remarks serious and comical upon the life of Crusoe. | 1719 | High | |
| The post-Man robb’d of his mail: or, the packet broke open. Being a collection of miscellaneous letters, serious and comical, amorous and gallant. Amongst which are, The lover’s sighs: or, the amours of the beautiful Stremunia and Alphonso the Wise, King of Castile, and Aragon, and Earl of Provence; with her Passionate Letters to the King on his chusing another Mistress. In five books. By the best wits of the present age. | 1719 | High | |
| The life and strange surprizing adventures of Mr. D---- de F--, of London, hosier, who has liv’d above fifty years by himself, in the Kingdoms of North and South Britain. The various Shapes he has appear’d in, and the Discoveries he has made for the Benefit of his Country. In A Dialogue between Him, Robinson Crusoe, and his Man Friday. With Remarks Serious and Comical upon the Life of Crusoe. | 1719 | High | |
| The life and strange surprizing adventures of Mr. D---- de F--, of London, hosier, who has liv’d above fifty years by himself, in the Kingdoms of North and South Britain. The various Shapes he has appear’d in, and the Discoveries he has made for the Benefit of his Country. In A Dialogue between Him, Robinson Crusoe, and his Man Friday. With Remarks Serious and Comical upon the Life of Crusoe. Qui vult decipi, decipiatur. | 1719 | High | |
| A New Project for the Regulations of the Stage | 1720 | Low | Reviewer of Bateson's Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (1940) Review of English Studies 17.68 1941 (490-494), there is reason to suspect that this was only ever listed in the Daily Post, Feb 5. 1720 and never printed. A "skit," not real. |
| "The fortunate shipwreck, or a description of New Athens, being an account of the laws, manners, religion, and customs of that country; by Morris Williams, Gent. who resided there above twenty years." in Miscellanea aurea: or the Golden Medly | 1720 | Med | Gove's Imaginary Voyages (p234) "The Fortunate Shipwreck" attributes to Gildon. Other works in Miscellanea aurea are attributed to Thomas Killigrew. Cairns argues Gildon authored in his of Measure for Measure critical edition. |
| All for the better; or, the world turn’d up-side down. Being the history of the head-longs and the long-heads, with several characters of both, in the following six novels, viz. I. The fruitless scandal. II. The dutiful son. ... VI. The fantastic ambition. ... with ... a candid examination, ... of the South-Sea Company; ... To which is added, ... The woolfe strip’d of his sheeps clothing; ... by an annonimous [sic] member of Parliament. | 1720 | Low | ESTC states this attribution is from Hanson, 2762; dedication signed "Philopatris" |
| The battle of the authors lately fought in Covent-Garden, between Sir John Edgar, generalissimo on one side, and Horatius Truewit, on the other. With a List of the general Officers, and some of their Characters: Also an Account of Sir John Edgar’s being taken Prisoner; with his Tryal and Condemnation, being Sentenc’d to have his Eyes pick’d out with a Balad-Maker’s Pen, &c. The whole being Occasion’d by the late Revolutions of the Theatre in Drury-Lane. Dedicated to Count Hecre, Masquerade Master General of Great-Britain. | 1720 | Med | Attributed to Gildon in Moore's article "Gildon's Attack on Steele and Defoe in The Battle of the Authors" in PMLA Vol. 66, No. 4 (Jun., 1951), pp. 534-538 |
| The life and strange surprizing adventures of Mr. D----- de F----, of London, hosier, who has liv’d fifty years by himself, in the kingdoms of north and south Britain. The various shapes he has appear’d in, and the discoveries he has made for the benefit of his country. In a dialogue between him, Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday. With remarks serious and comical upon the life of Crusoe. … | 1720 | High | |
| The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon in his Essay on translated verse, and by the Lord Lansdowne on Unnatural flights in poetry, explain’d and illustrated. | 1721 | High | |
| The laws of poetry, As laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on Poetry, By the Earl of Roscommon in his Essay on Translated Verse, And by the Lord Lansdowne on Unnatural Flights in Poetry, Explain’d and Illustrated. | 1721 | High | |
| The new metamorphosis: or, pleasant transformation of the Golden ass of Lucius Apuleius of Medaura. Also the golden spy: ... In twenty-five novels. ... Written in Italian by Carlo Monte Socio, ... In two volumes. Adorn’d with new cuts. | 1724 | High | |
| The complete art of poetry. In six parts | 1724 | High | |
| The life and strange surprizing adventures of Daniel De Foe, formerly of London, hosier, who has lived above fifty years all alone by himself, in the kingdoms of North and South Britain. . | 1724 | High | |
| The poems of Shakespear. Containing Venus and Adonis. Tarquin and Lucrece. And Mr. Shakespear’s miscellany poems. To which is prefix’d An essay on the art, rise and progress of the stage, in Greece, Rome, and England. And a Glossary of the Old Words us’d in these Works. The whole revis’d and corrected, with a preface, by Dr. Sewell. | 1726 | High | |
| Critical Remarks on His [Shakespeare's] Plays, and An Essay on the Art, Rise, and Progress of the Stage, in Greece, Rome, and England. In The Works of Mr. William Shakespear The Tenth Volume. : Containing Venus and Adonis. Tarquin and Lucrece. With His Miscellany Poems in | 1728 | High | BPL attibures to Gildon, but not in the ESTC. |
| Remarks upon several passages in the preliminaries to the Dunciad, both of the quarto and the duodecimo edition. And upon several passages in Pope’s preface to his translation of Homer’s Iliad. In both which is shewn, the author’s want of judgment. With original letters from Sir Richard Steele, from the late Mr. Gildon, from Mr. Jacob, and from Mr. Pope himself, Which shew the falshood of the latter, his envy, and his malice. By Mr. Dennis. | 1729 | Low | Macintosh attributes, at least in part, to Gildon. Gildon was dead by 1729, and the ESTC credits entirely to John Dennis |
| An Epistle to A Certain Dean, Written Originally in Italian, by Carlo Monte Socio, Fellow of the Academy of the Humoristi in Rome, and Translated ... By A Student in Philosophy | 1730 | Low | BPL attributes to Gildon, but published six years after his death, in Dublin. Supposedly written by Carlo Monte Socio, who Gildon claims was the author of The New Metamorphosis-this may explain the attribution. |
| The new metamorphosis; or, The pleasant transformation: being the golden ass of Lucius Apuleius of Medaura. In two volumes. Altered and improved to the modern times and manners; exposing the secret follies and vices of maids, wives and widows, nuns, fryars, Jesuits, statesmen, courtiers, &c. Written in Italian by Carlo Monte Socio, Fellow of the Academy of the Humoristi in Rome, and translated from the Vatican manuscript. ... | 1794 | High | |
| The Works of Mr. William Shakespear. (Gildon edited the sonnets.) | 1999 | High |