The earliest monograph is a neatly printed small quarto volume, entitled, _A Treatise on the Useful Art of Self-Defence_. By Captain Godfrey. The copy in the British Museum (bearing date 1740) appears to be a second edition. It has for its title _Characters of the Masters_. There is also a handsomely bound copy of the work in the Royal Library, presented to the nation by George III. The volume is dedicated to H.R.H. William, Duke of Cumberland. Frequent quotations are made from this book. _The Gymnasiud, or Boxing Match._ A Poem. By the Champion and Bard of Leicester House, the Poet Laureate (Paul Whitehead), 1757. See page 19 of this volume. In _Dodsley’s Collections_, 1777, &c., are various poetic pieces by Dr. John Byrom, Bramston (_Man of Taste_), and others, containing sketches of pugilism and allusions to the “fashionable art” of boxing, “or self-defence.” During this period, _The Gentleman’s Magazine_, _The Carlton House Magazine_, _The Flying Post_, _The Daily News Letter_, _The World_, _The Mercury_, _The Daily Advertiser_ (Woodfall’s), and other periodical publications, contained reports of the principal battles in the Ring. _Recollections of Pugilism and Sketches of the Ring._ By an Amateur. 8vo. London, 1801. _Recollections of an Octogenarian._ By J. C. 8vo. London, 1805. (See pp 29, 30.) _Lives of the Boxers._ By Jon Bee, author of the “Lexicon Balatronium,” and “The Like o’ That.” 8vo. London, 1811. _Pancratia: a History of Pugilism._ 1 vol. 8vo. 1811. By J. B. London: George Smeeton, St. Martin’s Lane. _Training for Pedestrianism and Boxing._ 8vo. 1816. By Captain Robert Barclay (Allardyce of Ury). This pamphlet contains an account of the Captain’s training of Cribb for his fight with Molineaux. _The Fancy: A Selection_ from the poetical remains of Peter Corcoran, Esq., student of Law (Pseudonymous). London: 1820. Quoted p. 313 of this volume. _Boxiana: Sketches of Antient and Modern Pugilism._ Vol. I. 8vo. London: G. Smeeton, 139, St. Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross, July, 1812. This very scarce volume, which was the production of George Smeeton, a well known sporting printer and engraver, was the basis of the larger work _Boxiana_, subsequently written and edited by Pierce Egan, and of which _five_ volumes, appeared between 1818 and 1828. The well-written “Introduction,” much disfigured by the illiterate editor, were incorporated, and the handsome copperplate title-page will be found bound into the later work published by Sherwoods, Jones & Co. Pierce Egan was, at one time, a compositor in Smeeton’s office, and continued the work for Sherwoods. _Boxiana. Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, from the days of the renowned Broughton and Slack to the Championship of Crib._ By Pierce Egan. In two volumes. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster Row, 1818.