We are indebted to our Author for the following bibliographical note: "Publish'd in Feb^{ry}, 1751, by Dodsley, & went thro' four editions, in two months; and afterwards a fifth, 6th, 7th, & 8th, 9th, & 10th, & 11th; printed also in 1753 with Mr. Bentley's Designs, of w^{c}h there is a 2d Edition, & again by Dodsley in his _Miscellany_, Vol. 7th & in a Scotch Collection call'd the _Union_; translated into Latin by Ch^{r} Anstey, Esq., and the Rev^{d}. Mr. Roberts, & published in 1762, & again in the same year by Rob. Lloyd, M.A." Dodsley figures so prominently in the publication of the _Elegy_ that we are reminded that he was himself a poet and also a dramatist. His epitaph in the churchyard of Durham cathedral lays stress on this point: "If you have any respect for uncommon industry and merit, regard this place, in which are deposited the remains of Mr. Robert Dodsley; who, as an Authour, raised himself much above what could have been expected from one in his rank in life, and without a learned education; ... ... ... ..." Quarto. COLLATION: _11 pp._ SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) 50. A | Dictionary | Of The | English Language: | [Ten lines] By Samuel Johnson, A.M. | In Two Volumes | Vol. I. | [Quotation] London, | Printed by W. Strahan, | For J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; | A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley. | MDCCLV. Robert Dodsley first suggested to Johnson that a dictionary of the English language would take well with the public; though Johnson afterward told Boswell that he had long thought of it himself. But it was Dodsley who, in accordance with the custom of the time of placing books under the patronage of an influential person, suggested the Earl of Chesterfield as patron for the work; and Johnson addressed him as such in _The Plan Of A Dictionary Of The English Language; Addreſſed to the Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield: ... London_, 1747, a pamphlet of thirty-four pages.