Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.
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Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.
English poetry; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Poetry; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820
For reasons stated on a previous page, CANNING and other political
friends of PITT thought it prudent to withdraw themselves from the
original _Anti-Jacobin_, but by a preconcerted arrangement it was
determined that the spirit which had pervaded that work, and which had
had so powerful an effect on the popular mind, and thereby, in
connection with Gillray’s caricatures, so undoubtedly strengthened the
hands of the Ministry, should not die, if it could be kept alive by
other and congenial writers. In the words of MR. FOX BOURNE (in his
valuable work on _English Newspapers_, 1887): “Though _The Anti-Jacobin_
made its last appearance on July 9, 1798, there was started a few days
before a monthly _Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine_ of the same
politics, but much less brilliant, and more ponderous. Strange to say,
it also was edited by a GIFFORD, or one who so called himself. JOHN
RICHARDS GREEN was a bold and versatile adventurer, who, having to fly
from his creditors in 1782, returned from France in 1788, as JOHN
GIFFORD, and was connected with several newspapers [including the
establishment of _The British Critic_], besides editing _The
Anti-Jacobin Review_. [He also wrote a _History of France_, and other
works.] Befriended in many ways by PITT, he wrote a four-volume pamphlet
[3 vols. 4to, and also 6 vols. 8vo, both dated 1809], styled the _Life
of William Pitt_, after his patron’s death. JAMES MILL, the friend and
associate of JEREMY BENTHAM, was glad to earn money in his struggling
days by writing non-political articles for _The Anti-Jacobin Review_.
WILLIAM GIFFORD, it is hardly necessary to state, besides editing Ben
Jonson’s Works, and other useful occupations, was the first editor of
_The Quarterly Review_ in 1809.”
In the British Museum are two copies of _The Anti-Jacobin Review and
Magazine_. In one of them the first six vols. contain the Names of the
Authors of most of the articles, among whom are the REV. JOHN WHITAKER,
author of _The History of Manchester_, the REV. SAM. HENSHALL, author of
works on Domesday Book, the REV. C. E. STEWART, a copious poetaster,
etc., and many other clergymen.
* * * * *
THE NEW ANTI-JACOBIN REVIEW. Delenda est Carthago.
Nos. 1 to 3 seem to be all that were published, and appeared May 6, June
9, and June 23, 1827; price two shillings each.
No. 2 includes what is called a _Patriot Portrait Exhibition_, which is
continued in No. 3. In the latter No. is also an article entitled
_Canningiana_. Published by Saunders and Otley.
* * * * *
THE NEW ANTI-JACOBIN; a Monthly Magazine of Politics, Commerce,
Science, Literature, Art, Music, and the Drama.
Consists of only Nos. 1 and 2. Published by Smith, Elder, & Co., and
Carpenter & Son; dated respectively April and May, 1833.
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