The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. VII

The Prose Works of Jonathan
Swift, D.D., Vol. VII

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Title: The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. VII Historical
and Political Tracts--Irish
Author: Jonathan Swift
Editor: Temple Scott
Release Date: April 24, 2006 [EBook #18250]
Language: English
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BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY
* * * * *
THE PROSE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
VOL. VII

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.
LINCOLN'S INN, W. C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER
& CO.

In 12 volumes, 5s. each.
THE PROSE WORKS
OF
JONATHAN SWIFT, D. D.
EDITED BY
TEMPLE SCOTT

VOL. I. A TALE OF A TUB AND OTHER EARLY WORKS. Edited
by TEMPLE SCOTT. With a biographical introduction by W. E. H.
LECKY, M. P. With Portrait and Facsimiles.
VOL. II. THE JOURNAL TO STELLA. Edited by FREDERICK
RYLAND, M. A. With two Portraits of Stella and a Facsimile of one of
the Letters.
VOLS. III. & IV. WRITINGS ON RELIGION AND THE CHURCH.
Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT. With Portraits and Facsimiles of
Title-pages.
VOL. V. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS--ENGLISH.
Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT. With Portrait and Facsimiles of
Title-pages.
VOL. VI. THE DRAPIER'S LETTERS. Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT.
With Portrait, Reproductions of Wood's Coinage, and Facsimiles of
Title-pages.
VOL. VII. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS--IRISH. Edited
by TEMPLE SCOTT. With Portrait and Facsimiles of Title-pages.
VOL. VIII. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Edited by G. RAVENSCROFT
DENNIS. With Portrait, Maps and Facsimiles.
VOL. IX. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE "EXAMINER," "TATLER,"
"SPECTATOR," &c. Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT. With Portrait.
VOL. X. HISTORICAL WRITINGS. Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT.
With Portrait.
VOL. XI. LITERARY ESSAYS. Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT. With
Portrait. [In the press.
VOL. XII. FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX TO COMPLETE
WORKS. Together with an Essay on the Portraits of Swift, by the HON.
SIR FREDERICK FALKINER, K. C. With two Portraits. [In the press.

SOME PRESS OPINIONS
"An adequate edition of Swift--the whole of Swift, and nothing but
Swift--has long been one of the pressing needs of students of English
literature. Mr. Temple Scott, who is preparing the new edition of
Swift's Prose Works, has begun well, his first volume is marked by care
and knowledge. He has scrupulously collated his texts with the first or
the best early editions, and has given various readings in the
footnotes.... Mr. Temple Scott may well be congratulated on his skill
and judgment as a commentator.... He has undoubtedly earned the
gratitude of all admirers of our greatest satirist, and all students of
vigorous, masculine, and exact English."--Athenæum.
"The volume is an agreeable one to hold and to refer to, and the notes
and apparatus are, on the whole, exact. A cheap and handy reprint,
which we can conscientiously recommend."--_Saturday Review._
"From the specimen now before us we may safely predict that Mr.
Temple Scott will easily distance both Roscoe and Scott. He deserves
the gratitude of all lovers of literature for enabling Swift again to make
his bow to the world in so satisfactory and complete a
garb."--Manchester Guardian.
"Mr. Temple Scott's introductions and notes are excellent in all respects,
and this edition of Swift is likely to be one most acceptable to
scholars."--Notes and Queries.
"The new Bohn's Library edition of the prose works of Jonathan Swift
is a venture which proves itself the more welcome as each instalment is
issued.... This edition is likely long to remain the standard
edition."--Literary World.
"'Bohn's Libraries' need no push, and the magnificent edition of 'The
Prose Works of Jonathan Swift,' edited by Mr. Temple Scott, is in
every respect worthy of that great collection of classics. It is an ideal
edition, edited by an ideal editor, beautifully printed, handsomely

bound, and ridiculously cheap. I have no hesitation in saying that this
edition supersedes all its forerunners."--Star.
"We have nothing but praise for the editing, annotating, printing, and
general production. Indeed, now that the set has advanced so far, we
can safely pronounce the opinion that all other editions of Swift must
give place to it, and that no serious student of the