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Bourne Poemata.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue [in Index only].
Bourne’s name is listed in the Index of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, with reference to this chapter; there is
however no entry in the chapter itself.
Jefferson bought a copy of Bourne’s
Poemata from the Rev. Samuel Henley and it is in the list appended to Jefferson’s letter to Henley dated from Paris on March 3, 1783. [
i.e. “1785”--
Ed.] It is also in the additional list made by Jefferson of his purchases from Henley.
Vincent Bourne, 1695-1747, English poet. His
Poemata were first published in 1734.
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Campbell’s Hope.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 32, as above.
CAMPBELL,
Thomas.
The Pleasures of Hope.
12mo.
In the absence of Jefferson’s copy and further information, it is impossible to determine which edition was in Jefferson’s
library. The 1831 Library of Congress catalogue repeats the entry of the 1815 Catalogue, and ascribes the copy to the Jefferson
collection. The later catalogues omit this work altogether.
The first edition was duodecimo, printed in Edinburgh, 1799, and numerous editions in the same format were published both
in Great Britain and in the United States.
Thomas Campbell, 1777-1844, Scots poet.
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Beattie’s Minstrel.
Hermit of Warkworth.
1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 63, Beattie’s Minstrel}
The Hermit of Warkworth}4to
Sacontala}
In Jefferson’s manuscript catalogue used for this work, the entries for
Beattie’s Minstrel and the
Hermit of Warkworth, without format or date, are separated by the entries for
Freneau’s poems, 8vo and 12mo; Mrs. Warren’s poems, 12mo, and
Phyllis Whately’s poems 12mo. It seems more than probable that
Beattie’s Minstrel,
The Hermit of Warkworth and
Sacontala were later bound together in a quarto volume, and were so entered by Jefferson in the catalogue from which the sale to Congress
was made, and in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue as above. The three books are similarly entered in the Library of
Congress Catalogue of 1831, page 283, no. J. 67. In the later catalogues the entries for no. 67, still attributed to the Jefferson
collection, are separated and inserted each in its alphabetical place. In these catalogues,
Beattie’s Minstrel is omitted, and no. 67 includes
Moden Honour, a Poem, 4to. London, 1760.
Beattie’s Minstrel is not entered in the manuscript list of missing books, but it can only be supposed that Jefferson sold a bound volume containing
four books, one of which he did not enter in his catalogue, and one of which disappeared when the volume was separated.
Beattie’s Minstrel.
BEATTIE,
James.
The Minstrel; or The Progress of Genius. A Poem. Book the First. [-The Second Book.]
London . . .
James Beattie, 1735-1803, Scots poet and essayist, published the first book of
The Minstrel anonymously in 1771. This poem passed through four editions before the publication of the second book in 1774.
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