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1. Adventures of Eovaai, Princess of Ijaveo. A Pre-Adamitical History. Interspersed with a great Number of remarkable Occurrences, which happened, and may again happen, to several Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, and particular Great Men. With some Account of the Religion, Laws, Customs, and Policies of those Times. Written originally in the Language of Nature, (of later Years but little understood.) First translated into Chinese, at the command of the Emperor, by a Cabal of Seventy Philosophers; and now retranslated into English, by the Son of a Mandarin, residing in London. For S. Baker. 1736. 12mo. Dedicated to the Duchess Dowager of Marlborough. Bodl. (250. q. 232). Gentleman’s Magazine, July 1736.

[Another issue.] The Unfortunate Princess, or, the Ambitious
  Statesman. Containing the Life and Surprizing Adventures of the
  Princess of Ijaveo. Interspers’d with several curious and entertaining
  Novels. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For T. Wright. 1741. 12mo.
      B.M. (12604. bb. 20). Columbia. Gentleman’s Magazine, Nov. 1740.

2. The Agreeable Caledonian: or, Memoirs of Signiora di Morella, a Roman Lady, Who made her Escape from a Monastery at Viterbo, for the Love of a Scots Nobleman. Intermix’d with many other Entertaining little Histories and Adventures which presented themselves to her in the Course of her Travels, etc. For R. King: And sold by W. Meadows, T. Green, J. Stone, J. Jackson, and J. Watson. 1728, 1729. 8vo. The Dedication to Lady Elizabeth Henley is signed Eliza Haywood. Bodl. (Godw. Pamph. 2121/6, 7). Peabody Institute, Baltimore. Part I. Daily Post, 21 June 1728. Part II. Daily Journal, 10 Jan. 1729.

[Another issue.] Clementina; or the History of an Italian Lady, who
  made her Escape from a Monastery, for the Love of a Scots Nobleman.
  For Noble. 1768. 12mo.
      Monthly Review, May 1768.

3. The Arragonian Queen. A Secret History. For J. Roberts. Dedicated to Lady Prances Lumley. Daily Journal, 11 Aug. 1724.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Roberts. 1724. 8vo.
      University of Chicago. Daily Post, 16 Oct. 1724.

[Another edition?] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, and sold by E.
  Nutt.
      Daily Post, 4 Jan. 1727, “lately published, written by Mrs. Eliza
      Haywood.”

4. Bath-Intrigues: in four Letters to a Friend in London…. For J. Roberts. 1725. 8vo. Letters signed J.B. Included in the two volumes of Mrs. Haywood’s additional Works, 1727. B.M. (1080. i. 42). Daily Post, 16 Oct. 1724.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition?

[Another edition.] The Third Edition. For J. Roberts. 1725.
      Daily Post, 5 March 1725.

5. La Belle Assemblée: or, the Adventures of Six Days. Being a Curious Collection of Remarkable Incidents which happen’d to some of the First Quality in France. Written in French for the Entertainment of the King, and dedicated to him By Madam de Gomez. Translated into English. Compleat, in Three Parts. For D. Browne, jun., and S. Chapman. From the French of Madeleine Angélique Poisson de Gomez. Part I. Daily Journal, 26 Aug. 1724. Part II. Daily Journal, 26 Oct. 1724. Part III. Daily Post, 9 Dec. 1724.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. Compleat, in Three Parts. For
  D. Browne junr.; and S. Chapman. 1725. 8vo. 3 vols.
      B.M. (12511. f. 25). Daily Journal, 21 June 1725.

[Another volume.] The 2d and last volume. For D. Browne, S. Chapman,
  and W. Bickerton.
  The three parts first issued comprise Vol. I, ed. 2.
      Daily Journal, 27 July 1726.

[Another edition.] La Belle Assemblée; or, the Adventures of Twelve
  Days…. The Second Edition, Adorn’d with Copper-Plates. For D.
  Browne, W. Bickerton, and W. Pote. 1728. 12mo. 2 vols.
      B.M. (635. a. 27, 28). Daily Post, 4 March 1728.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, W. Bickerton, T.
  Astley, and F. Cogan. 1735. 12mo. 4 vols.
      B.M. (12512. c. 12), Vol. IV only.

[Another edition.] The Third Edition?

[Another edition.] The Fourth Edition. For J. Brotherton, J. Hazard,
  W. Meadows, T. Cox, W. Hinchcliffe, D. Browne, W. Bickerton, T.
  Astley, S. Austen, L. Gilliver, R. Willock, and F. Cogan. 1736. 12mo.
  4 vols.
      B.M. (12512. c. 12), Vols. I-III only.

[Another edition.] The Fifth Edition. For D. Browne, etc. 1743. 12mo.
  4 vols.
      Boston Public Library.

[Another edition.] The Sixth Edition. For D. Browne, J. Brotherton, W.
  Meadows, R. Ware, H. Lintot, T. Cox, T. Astley, S. Austen, J. Hodges,
  and E. Comins. 1749. 12mo. 4 vols.
      Brown University.

[Another edition.] The Seventh Edition. 1754. 12mo. 4 vols.
      Malkan Catalogue.

[Another edition.] The Eighth Edition. For H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J.
  Rivington, E. Horsfield, G. Keith, W. Nichol, C. and R. Ware, M.
  Richardson, J. and T. Pote, and T. Burnet. 1765. 12mo. 4 vols.
      B.M. (12330. f. 17). Boston Public Library.

6. The British Recluse: or, the Secret History of Cleomira, Suppos’d Dead. A Novel…. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood, Author of Love in Excess; or, the Fatal Enquiry. For D. Browne, Jun; W. Chetwood and J. Woodman; and S. Chapman. 1722. 8vo. Boston Public Library. Daily Post, 16 April 1722.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, Jun., W.
  Chetwood and J. Woodman, and S. Chapman. 1722. 8vo.
      B.M. (635. f. 11/4). Daily Conrant, 24 Dec. 1722.
      The third and fourth editions are a part of Secret Histories,
      etc., 1725, 1732.

[Another edition.] The British Recluse…. And The Injur’d Husband:
  Or, The Mistaken Resentment. Two Novels. Written by Mrs. Eliza
  Haywood…. The Third Edition. Dublin: For J. Watts. 1724. 8vo.
      B.M. (12611. f. 10).

7. The City Jilt: or, the Alderman turn’d Beau. A Secret History…. For J. Roberts. 1726. Included in the two volumes of Mrs. Haywood’s additional Works, 1727. Daily Journal, 24 June 1726.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Roberts. 1726. 8vo.
      B.M. (012611. e. 13). Daily Post, 30 Sept. 1726, “a new edition.”

[A pirated edition?] Printed by T. Bailey, at the Ship and Crown,
  Leadenhall-street, where Tradesmans Bills are printed at the
  Letter-press, and off Copper-plates, Where
  Maredant’s Antiscorbutic Drops are Sold at Six Shillings the Bottle,
  which Cures the most inveterate Scurvy, Leprosy, &c. [n.d.]
      B.M. (12611. ee. 3).

CLEMENTINA, see The Agreeable Caledonian.

8. Cleomelia: or, the Generous Mistress. Being the Secret History of a Lady Lately arriv’d from Bengall, A Kingdom in the East-Indies. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. To which is added, I. The Lucky Rape: Or, Fate the Best Disposer. II. The Capricious Lover: Or, No Trifling with a Woman…. For J. Millan, and sold by J. Roberts, T. Astley, W. Meadows, J. Mackeuen, H. Northcock. 1727. 8vo. Daily Post, 5 Dec. 1726.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Millan, and sold by J.
  Roberts, H. Northcock. 1727. 8vo.
      Bodl. (Godw. Pamph. 1308).

9. Dalinda: or, the Double Marriage. Being the Genuine History of a very Recent, and Interesting Adventure. Addressed to all the Young and Gay of both Sexes…. For C. Corbett, and G. Woodfall. 1749. 12mo. Probably by Mrs. Haywood. B.M. (012611. e. 41). Gentleman’s Magazine, June 1749.

10. The Disguis’d Prince: or, the Beautiful Parisian. A True History, Translated from the French. For T. Corbett, and Sold by J. Roberts. 1728, 1729. 8vo. The Dedication to Lady Lombe is signed Eliza Haywood. From the French of the Sieur de Préchac or Mme de Villedieu. B.M. (12511. h. 5), Part I only. Harvard, 2 parts. Part I, Daily Post, 16 Aug. 1728. Part II, Daily Journal, 14 May 1729.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For T. Corbett, and sold by J.
  Roberts. 1733. 8vo.
      Bodl. (Godw. Pamph. 1231/4).

11. The Distress’d Orphan, or Love in a Mad-House. 1726?

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Roberts. 1726. 8vo.

A second edition was advertised for D. Browne as a part of Mrs.
  Haywood’s additional Works, Daily Post, 4 Jan. 1727.
      University of Chicago.

[Another edition.] The Third Edition. For J. Roberts. 1726. 8vo.
      B.M. (12611. f. 14).

[A revision.] Love in a Madhouse; or, the History of Eliza Hartley.
  The Distressed Orphan. Written by herself after her happy Union with
  the Colonel. For T. Sabine. [n.d.] 8vo.
  1770? (B.M. Catalogue). 1810 (Miss Morgan).
      B.M. (12403, aa. 34/2).

12. The Double Marriage: or, the Fatal Release. A True Secret History. For J. Roberts. 1726. 8vo. Included in the two volumes of Mrs. Haywood’s additionalWorks, 1727. University of Chicago. Daily Journal, 5 Aug. 1726.

13. The Dumb Projector: Being a Surprizing Account of a Trip to Holland made by Mr. Duncan Campbell. With the Manner of his Reception and Behaviour there. As also the various and diverting Occurrences that happened on his Departure. For W. Ellis, J. Roberts, Mrs. Billingsly, A. Dod, and J. Fox. 1725. 8vo. Written as a letter, signed Justicia. B.M. (G. 13739/2). Copy owned by Professor Trent. Daily Journal, 10 May 1725.

14. L’Entretien des Beaux Esprits. Being the Sequel to La Belle Assemblée. Containing the following Novels…. Written for the Entertainment of the French Court, by Madam de Gomez, Author of La Belle Assemblée. For F. Cogan, and J. Nourse. 1734. 12mo. 2 vols. The Dedication to “the High Puissant and most noble Prince,” Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset, is signed Eliza Haywood. From the French of Madeleine Angelique Poisson de Gomez. B.M. (12512. c. 13).

15. Epistles for the Ladies…. For T. Gardner. 1749, 1750. 8vo. 2 vols. B.M. (8416. dd. 34). Columbia. Gentleman’s Magazine, Nov. 1748, &c.

[Another edition.] A New Edition. For T. Gardner.
      Advertised in The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy, 1753.

[Another edition.] Epistles for Ladies. A New Edition. For H. Gardner.
  1776. 12mo. 2 vols.
      Yale.

16. The Fair Captive: a Tragedy. As it is Acted By His Majesty’s Servants. For T. Jauney and H. Cole. 1721. Svo. Dedicated to Lord Viscount Gage. B.M. (162. h. 18). Columbia.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, and S. Chapman.
  1724.
  Included with separate title-page and imprint in Works, 1724.

17. The Fair Hebrew: or, a True, but Secret History of Two Jewish Ladies, Who lately resided in London. For J. Brindley, W. Meadows and J. Walthoe, A. Bettesworth, T. Astley, T. Worral, J. Lewis, J. Penn, and R. Walker. 1729. 8vo. Advertised as by Mrs. Haywood in Frederick, Duke of Brunswick- Lunenburgh, 1729. B.M. (635. f. 11/8). Daily Post, 29 Jan. 1729.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Brindley, W. Meadows and
  J. Walthoe, A. Bettesworth, T. Astley, T. Worral, J. Lewis, J. Penn
  and R. Walker. 1729. Svo.
      B.M. (12614. d. 8).

18. Fantomina: or, Love in a Maze. Being a Secret History of an Amour between two Persons of Condition. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For D. Browne jun, and S. Chapman. 1725. Included in the various editions of Secret Histories, etc.

19. Fatal Fondness: or, Love its own Opposer. (Being the Sequel of The Unequal Conflict.) A Novel. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood…. For J. Walthoe, and J. Crokatt. 1725. 8vo. Sir John Soane’s Museum. University of Chicago. Daily Post, 19 May 1725.

20. The Fatal Secret: or, Constancy in Distress. By the Author of the Masqueraders; or, Fatal Curiosity. For J. Roberts. 1724. Dedicated to (Sir) William Yonge. Daily Journal, 16 May 1724.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Roberts. 1724. 8vo. University of Chicago. The third edition with separate title-page and imprint is a part of Secret Histories, etc., 1725.

THE FEMALE DUNCIAD, see Irish Artifice.

21. The Female Spectator. For T. Gardner. 1745. 8vo. 4 vols. The monthly parts, April, 1744, to May, 1746 (two months omitted), bound up with a general title-page, but each part retains its separate title-page and imprint. Books I-VI, 1744; VII-XX, 1745; XXI-XXIV, 1746. Vol. I dedicated to the Duchess of Leeds, Vol. II to the Duchess of Bedford, Vol. III to the Duchess of Queensberry and Dover, Vol. IV to the Duchess Dowager of Manchester. B.M. (94. c. 12-15).

[Another edition.] The Third Edition. For George and Alexander Ewing.
  Dublin. 1747. 12mo. 4 vols.
      Columbia.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For T. Gardner. 1748. 12mo. 4
  vols.
      B.M. (P.P. 5251. ga). Harvard.

[Another edition.] The Third Edition. For T. Gardner. 1750. 12mo. 4
  vols.
      Harvard.

[Another edition.] The Fourth Edition?

[Another edition.] The Fifth Edition. For T. Gardner. 1755. 12mo. 4
  vols.
      Boston Public Library, Vol. I only.

[Another edition.] The Sixth Edition?

[Another edition.] The Seventh Edition. For T. Gardner. 1771. 12mo. 4
  vols.
      B.M. (P.P. 5251. g). Boston Public Library.

[A French translation.] La Nouvelle Spectatrice. Paris. 1751. 4 parts
  in 2 vols. 12mo.
  “Traduction abregée avec gout,” by Jean-Arnold Trochereau de la
  Berliere.
      P. Larousse, Grand Dictionnaire Universel, 1873.

ADDENDUM:
  The Female Spectator. Glasgow. 1775. 4 vols. 12mo.
      Catalogue of Cadmus Book Shop, New York.

22. The Force of Nature: or, the Lucky Disappointment: A Novel. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. Included in the various editions of Secret Histories, etc.

23. The Fortunate Foundlings: Being the Genuine History of Colonel M——rs, and his Sister, Madam du P——y, the Issue of the Hon. Ch——es M——rs, Son of the late Duke of R—L—D. Containing Many wonderful Accidents that befel them in their Travels, and interspersed with the Characters and Adventures of Several Persons of Condition, in the most polite Courts of Europe. The Whole calculated for the Entertainment and Improvement of the Youth of both Sexes. For T. Gardner. 1744. 12mo. B.M. (12614. eee. 16). Gentleman’s Magazine, Feb. 1744.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition?

[Another edition.] The Third Edition. For T. Gardner. 1748. 12mo.
      Yale.

24. Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburgh. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields…. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For W. Mears, and J. Brindley. 1729. 8vo. Dedicated to Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales. B.M. (643. e. 1). Boston Public Library.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For W. Mears, and J. Brindley.
  1729. 8vo.
      B.M. (162. h. 19). Yale.

25. The Fruitless Enquiry. Being a Collection of Several Entertaining Histories and Occurrences, Which Fell under the Observation of a Lady in her Search after Happiness. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood, Author of Love in Excess…. For J. Stephens. 1727. 12mo. Dedicated to Lady Elizabeth Germain. Bodl. (8vo. B. 433. Line.). Peabody Institute. Daily Post, 24 Feb. 1727.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. By the Author of the History of
  Miss Betsy Thoughtless. For T. Lowndes. 1767. 12mo.
      B.M. (1208. e. 31). Yale.

[An abridgment.] A Collection of Novels, selected and revised by Mrs.
  Griffith. For G. Kearsly. 1777. 12mo. 2 vols.
  The Fruitless Enquiry occupies pp. 159-267 of Vol. II.
      B.M. (12614. cc. 14). Boston Public Library.

26. The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy. In Three Volumes. By the Author of Betsy Thoughtless. For T. Gardner. 1753. 12mo. 3 vols. B.M. (12611. b. 23). Yale. Gentleman’s Magazine, Dec. 1752.

[Another edition.] Dublin: For R. Main. 1753. 12mo. 3 vols.
      B.M. (12611. b. 23), Vols. II and III only.

[Another edition.] For Harrison and Co. 1785. 8vo. 3 vols.
  In Vol. XVII of The Novelist’s Magazine.
      B.M. (1207. e. 7). New York Public Library.

27. The History of Leonora Meadowson. By the Author of Betsy Thoughtless. For Noble. 1788. 12mo. 2 vols. Halkett and Laing. Critical Review, March 1788.

28. The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, In Four Volumes. For T. Gardner. 1751. 12mo. 4 vols. B.M. (recently acquired from the Huth Sale, Part III). New York Public Library. Gentleman’s Magazine, Oct. 1751.

[Another edition.] Dublin. 1751. 12mo. 4 vols. in 2. J. Tregaskis
  Catalogue.

[Another edition.] Dublin: Printed by Oli. Nelson. 1765. 12mo. 4 vols.
  in 2.
      Yale.

[Another edition.] The Fourth Edition. For L. Gardner. 1768. 12mo. 4
  vols. in 2.
      South Kensington Museum. Columbia.

[Another edition.] For Harrison and Co. 1783. 8vo. 4 vols.
  In Vol. XIII of The Novelist’s Magazine.
      B.M. (1207. c. 12). New York Public Library.

ADDENDUM:
  Etourdie ou Histoire de Mis Betsy Tatless, Traduite de l’Anglois.
  Paris. 1754. 3 parts in 2 vols. Bound for Mme du Barry, with her arms
  impressed on the sides. Southeby, Wilkinson, and Hodge Sale, Dec.
  11,1913.

29. The Husband. In Answer to The Wife. For T. Gardner. 1756. 12mo. B.M. (836. c. 6). Yale.

30. Idalia: or, the Unfortunate Mistress. A Novel. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For D. Browne junr; W. Chetwood; and S. Chapman. 1723. 8vo. B.M. (12614. d. 10). Daily Journal, 24 April 1723. Parts II and III which compleats the whole, Daily Journal, 21 June 1723.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, junr; W. Chetwood; and S. Chapman. 1723. 8vo. Advertised in The Rash Resolve, 1724. Included with separate title-page and imprint in Mrs. Haywood’s Works, 1724. The third edition is a part of Secret Histories, etc., 1725.

31. The Injur’d Husband: or, the Mistaken Resentment. A Novel. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood…. For D. Browne, W. Chetwood and J. Woodman, and S. Chapman. 1723. 8vo. Dedicated to Lady Howe. B.M. (recently acquired from the Huth Sale, Part III). Daily Courant, 24 Dec. 1722.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, W. Chetwood and J. Woodman, and S. Chapman. 1723. 8vo. Advertised in The Rash Resolve, 1724. Included with separate title-page and imprint in Mrs. Haywood’s Works, 1724. The third edition is a part of Secret Histories, etc., 1725.

[Another edition.] The Third Edition. Dublin: For J. Watts. 1724. 8vo.
      B.M. (12611. f. 10). See The British Recluse.

32. The Invisible Spy. By Exploralibus. For T. Gardner. 1755. 12mo. 4 vols.1 B.M. (12612. d. 14). Brown University. Gentleman’s Magazine, Nov. 1754.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For T. Gardner. 1759. 12mo. 2
  vols.
      Bodl. (Hope 8vo. 535, 6). Yale.

[Another edition.] Dublin. 1766. 12mo. 2 vols.
      B.M. (12614. ff. 21).

[Another edition.] By Explorabilis. A New Edition. For H. Gardner.
  1773. 12mo. 2 vols.
      Yale.

[Another edition.] For Harrison and Co. 1788. 8vo. 2 vols.
  In Vol. XXIII of The Novelist’s Magazine.
      B.M. (1207. c. 3/3). New York Public Library.

33. Irish Artifice; or, The History of Clarina. A Novel. By Mrs. Eliza
Haywood.
A part of The Female Dunciad, For T. Read, 1728, 8vo.
      B.M. (T. 857/2).

34. The Lady’s Philosopher’s Stone; or, The Caprices of Love and Destiny: an Historical Novel. Written in French by M. L’Abbé de Castera; And now Translated into English. For D. Browne, Junr.; and S. Chapman. 1725. 8vo. From the French of Louis Adrien Duperron de Castera. Dedicated to Lord Herbert. Included in the two volumes of Mrs. Haywood’s additional Works, 1727. B.M. (12614. dd. 19). Daily Post, 22 Jan. 1725.

35. Lasselia: or, the Self-Abandon’d. A Novel. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For D. Browne, jun., and S. Chapman. Dedicated to the Earl of Suffolk and Bindon. Daily Journal, 30 Oct. 1723.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne junr., and S.
  Chapman. 1724. 8vo.
  Included with separate title-page and imprint in Mrs. Haywood’s Works,
  1724. The third edition is a part of Secret Histories, etc., 1725.
      B.M. (12613. c. 26/1).

36. A Letter from H—— G——g, Esq. One of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to the Young Chevalier, and the only Person of his own Retinue that attended him from Avignon, in his late Journey through Germany, and elsewhere; Containing Many remarkable and affecting Occurrences which happened to the P—— during the course of his mysterious Progress. To a Particular Friend…. Printed, and sold at the Royal-Exchange, Temple-Bar, Charing Cross, and all the Pamphlet-Shops of London and’ Westminster. 1750. 8vo. A. Lang, History of English Literature (1912), p. 458, attributes this work to Mrs. Haywood. B.M. (10806. b. 20). Monthly Review, Jan. 1750.

[A French translation.] Lettre de H…. G…. G Ecuyer, un des Gentilshommes de la Chambre du jeune Chevalier de S. George & la seule personne de sa Cour qui I’ait accompagné d’ Avignon dans son voyage en Allemagne & autres Lieux. Contenant Plusieurs aventures touchantes & remarquables qui sont arrivées à ce Prince pendant le cours de son voyage secret. A un Ami particulier. Traduit de l’Anglois par M. l’Abbé *** A Londres. 1757. B.M. (10804. a. 16).

37. Letters from a Lady of Quality to a Chevalier. Translated from the French. By Mrs. Haywood. For W. Chetwood. 1721. 8vo. With “A Discourse concerning Writings Of this Nature. By Way of Essay.” From the French of Edme Boursault. Published by subscription. Columbia. Daily Post, 26 Dec. 1720.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne and S. Chapman.
  1724. 8vo.
  Included with separate title-page and imprint in Mrs. Haywood’s Works,
  1724.

38. Letters from the Palace of Fame. Written by a First Minister in The Regions of Air, to an Inhabitant of this World. Translated from an Arabian Manuscript…. For J. Roberts. 1727. 8vo. Included in the two additional volumes of Mrs. Haywood’s Works, 1727. B.M. (635. f. 11/7), incomplete, 24 pp. only. A complete copy is owned by Professor Trent. Daily Post, 30 Sept. 1726.

39. The Life of Madam de Villesache. Written by a Lady, who was an Eye-witness of the greater part of her Adventures, and faithfully Translated from her French Manuscript. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood…. For W. Feales; and sold by J. Roberts. 1727. 8vo. Dedicated to Mrs. Heathcote. B.M. (12331. bbb. 42/2). Daily Post, 26 April 1727.

40. Life’s Progress through the Passions: or, the Adventures of Natura. By the Author of The Fortunate Foundlings. For T. Gardner. 1748. 12mo. B.M. (12614. e. 19). Yale. Gentleman’s Magazine, April 1748.

41. Love in Excess; or, the Fatal Enquiry. Part I. Issued probably toward the end of 1719 for Chetwood and Roberts, but I have found no advertisement of it.

Love in Excess; or, the Fatal Enquiry, A Novel, Part the Second. By Mrs.
Haywood. For W. Chetwood, and Sold by J. Roberts, [n.d.] 8vo.
Prefixed is a poem by Richard Savage, 2 pp.
      Pickering and Chatto, Catalogue of English Prose Literature.

Love in Excess; or, the Fatal Enquiry. Part III. By Mrs. Haywood. For W.
Chetwood, and J. Roberts. 2 s.
      Daily Post, 26 Feb. 1720.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition?

[Another edition.] The Third Edition. For W. Chetwood. 1721.
      Daily Post, 29 May, 1721.

[Another edition.] The Fourth Edition. For D. Browne, W. Chetwood, and
  S. Chapman. 1722.
      Post Boy, 22-24 Feb. 1722.

[Another edition.] The Fifth Edition. For D. Browne, jun., and S.
  Chapman. 1724.
  Included with separate title-page and imprint in Mrs. Haywood’s Works,
  1724.
      Daily Journal, 13 April 1724.

[Another edition.] First Edition. Dublin: For J. Watts. 1724. 12mo.
  With The British Recluse and The Injur’d Husband, 2 vols.

[Another edition.] The Sixth Edition. For D. Browne, jun., and S.
  Chapman. 1725.
  Included in Secret Histories, etc., 1725.
      Columbia.

42. Love in its Variety: Being a Collection of Select Novels. Written in Spanish by Signior Michel Ban Dello [?]; made English by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For W. Feales, and J. Jackson. 1727. Daily Post, 26 June 1727.

[Another edition?] Mrs. Haywood’s Love in its Variety; or, Select
  Novels. For T. Lowndes. 2 s. 6 d.
      Advertised in The Fruitless Enquiry, 1767.

43. Love-Letters on All Occasions Lately passed between Persons of Distinction, Collected by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For J. Brindley, R. Willock, J. Jackson, J. Penn, and F. Cogan. 1730. 8vo. Dedicated to Mrs. Walpole, Relict of the Honourable Galfridus Walpole. B.M. (1086. f. 27), with the bookplate of Lady Elizabeth Germain. Daily Journal, 14 Jan. 1730.

44. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots: Being the Secret History of her Life, and the Real Causes of all Her Misfortunes. Containing a Relation of many particular Transactions in her Reign; never yet Published in any Collection…. Translated from the French, By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For D. Browne Junior; S. Chapman; and J. Woodman and D. Lyon. 1725. 8vo. Translated from fifteen or sixteen known authors, (B.M. Catalogue). B.M. (10805. aaa. 19). Daily Post, 2 July 1725.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, etc. 1726. 8vo.
      Advertised in La Belle Assemblée, 1743.
      Columbia. Daily Post, 23 Feb. 1726.

45. The Masqueraders; or Fatal Curiosity: being the Secret History of a Late Amour. For J. Roberts. 1724. 8vo. Dedicated to Colonel Stanley. B.M. (12614. d. 14). Daily Post, 10 April 1724.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Roberts. 1724.
      Daily Journal, 24 April 1724.

[Another edition.] The Third Edition. For J. Roberts. 1724.
  Included in Secret Histories, etc., 1725.
      Daily Journal, 15 July 1724.2

[Part II.] The Masqueraders; or Fatal Curiosity: Being the Secret
  History of a Late Amour. Part II. For J. Roberts. 1725. 8vo.
  Included in the two volumes of Mrs. Haywood’s additional Works, 1727.
      University of Chicago. Daily Post, 21 Jan. 1725.

46. Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia. Written by a Celebrated Author of that Country. Now translated into English. For the Booksellers of London and Westminster. 1725, 1726. 8vo. 2 vols. Advertised as “in the press” in Mrs. Haywood’s Works,1724, Vol. I. B.M. (12613. g. 18). University of Illinois. (Both vols. with Keys.) Vol. I, Daily Post, 8 Sept. 1724. Vol. II, Daily Journal, 3 Nov. 1725, with a new ed. of Vol. I.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For the Booksellers of London
  and Westminster. 1726. 8vo. 2 vols.
      Daily Post, 2 Mar. 1726.

47. Memoirs of the Baron de Brosse, Who was Broke on the Wheel In the Reign of Lewis XIV. Containing, An Account of his Amours. With Several Particulars relating to the Wars in those Times. Collected from Authentic Authors, and an Original Manuscript. For D. Browne, Jun., and S. Chapman. 1725, 1726. 8vo. Included in the two volumes of Mrs. Haywood’s additional Works, 1727. B.M. (1201. g. 3). Part I, Daily Post, 23 Dec. 1724.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, Jun., and 8.
  Chapman. 1725, 1726. 8vo.
      B.M. (G. 14732/2).

48. The Mercenary Lover: or, the Unfortunate Heiresses. Being a True, Secret History of a City Amour, In a certain Island adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia. Written by the Author of Memoirs of the said Island. Translated into English…. For N. Dobb. 1726. 8vo. B.M. (12611. i. 16). Daily Post, 10 Feb. 1726.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For N. Dobb. 1726.
  Advertised in Reflections on the Various Effects of Love, 1726.

[Another edition.] The Third Edition. By the Author of Reflections on
  the various Effects of Love…. To which is added, The Padlock: Or, No
  Guard without Virtue. A Novel. For N. Dobb. 1728. 12mo.
  Half-title:—“The Mercenary Lover: and the Padlock. Two Historical
  Novels. By E.H.”
      B.M. (12316. bbb. 38/3).

THE NEW UTOPIA, see Memoirs of a Certain Island.

49. The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great. Alter’d from the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great. For W. Eayner. 1733. 8vo. Fielding’s Tragedy of Tragedies with songs by William Hatchett and Eliza Haywood. Boston Public Library (Barton Collection).

THE PADLOCK, see The Mercenary Lover, the third edition.

50. The Parrot. With a Compendium of the Times. By the Authors of The Female Spectator. For T. Gardner. 1746. 8vo. Issued originally in weekly parts, 2 Aug.-4 Oct. 1746. (9 numbers.) B.M. (P.P. 5253. b). Yale.

51. The Perplex’d Dutchess; or, Treachery Rewarded: Being some Memoirs of the Court of Malfy. In a Letter from a Sicilian Nobleman, who had his Residence there, to his Friend in London. For J. Roberts. 1728. 8vo. Included in the two volumes of Mrs. Haywood’s additional Works, 1727. The title-page bears a quotation from her tragedy, The Fair Captive. Daily Post, 2 Oct. 1727. Dobell Catalogue (Mar. 1915).

[Another edition.] To which is added Innocence Preserv’d. A Novel.
  Dublin: S. Powell, for G. Risk and W. Smith. 1727. 12mo.
      A. Esdaile, English Tales and Eomances (1912), p. 284.

52. Persecuted Virtue: Or, The Cruel Lover. A True Secret History. Writ at the Request of a Lady of Quality. For J. Brindley, and sold by W. Meadows, and H. Whitridge, T. Worrall, R. Francklin, J. Watson.

Advertised as by Mrs. Haywood in Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-
Lunenburgh, 1729.
      Daily Post, 23 Nov. 1728.

53. Philidore and Placentia: or, L’Amour trop Delicat. By Mrs. Haywood…. For T. Green, and Sold by J. Roberts. 1727. 8vo. Dedicated to Lady Abergavenny. Brown University. Part I, Daily Journal, 24 July 1727.

54. Poems on Several Occasions. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. Included with no separate title-page in Mrs. Haywood’s Works, 1724.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, jun., and S.
  Chapman. 1725. 12mo.
  Included with separate title-page and imprint in Secret Histories,
  etc., 1725.

55. A Present for a Servant-Maid: or, the Sure Means of gaining Love and Esteem…. To which are Added, Directions for going to Market; Also, For Dressing any Common Dish, whether Flesh, Fish, or Fowl. With some Rules for Washing, &c. The Whole calculated for making both the Mistress and the Maid happy. For T. Gardner. 1743. 8vo. B.M. (1037. g. 20). Gentleman’s Magazine, June 1743.

[Another edition.] Dublin: Re-printed by and for George Faulkner.
  1743. 8vo.
      New York Public Library.

[Another edition.] Dublin: For George Faulkner. 1744. 8vo.
      B.M. (8409. d. 8/1). New York Public Library.

[Another edition.] For T. Gardner. 1745. 8vo.
      Yale.

[A revision.] A new Present for a Servant-Maid: containing Rules for her moral Conduct, both with respect to herself and her Superiors: the whole Art of Cookery, Pickling, and Preserving, &c. With Marketing Tables, and Tables for casting up Expences, &c. By Mrs. Haywood. Pearch, &c. 1771. 12mo. Monthly Review, April 1772.

56. The Rash Resolve: or, the Untimely Discovery. A Novel. In Two Parts. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood…. For D. Browne, junr.; and S. Chapman. 1724. 8vo. Dedicated to Lady Rumney. B.M. (recently acquired from the Huth Sale, Part III). Daily Journal, 12 Dec. 1723.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne junr., and S.
  Chapman. 1724. 8vo.
  Included with separate title-page and imprint in Mrs. Haywood’s
  Works, 1724. The third edition is a part of Secret Histories, etc.,
  1725.
      B.M. (12613. c. 26/2).

57. Reflections on the Various Effects of Love, According to the contrary Dispositions of the Persons on whom it operates. Illustrated with a great many Examples of the good and bad Consequences of that Passion. Collected from the best Ancient and Modern Histories. Intermix’d with the latest Amours and Intrigues of Persons of the First Rank of both Sexes, of a certain Island adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia. Written by the Author of The Mercenary Lover, and Memoirs of the said Island…. For N. Dobb. 1726. 8vo. B.M. (635. f. 11/6), incomplete, 16 pages only. Daily Journal, 13 April 1726.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For N. Dobb. 1726. 8vo.
      B.M. (12614. d. 17).

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Millan, and sold by J.
  Roberts, T. Astley, W. Meadows, and H. Whitridge, Mrs. Dodd, and Mrs.
  Graves. In Two Parts. 1727.
      Daily Journal, 5 July 1727.

58. The Secret History of the Present Intrigues of the Court of Carimania. For the Booksellers of London and Westminster. 1727. 8vo. Yale. Daily Journal, 24 Sept. 1726.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition Corrected. For the Booksellers
  of London and Westminster. 1727. 8vo.
      B.M. (838. c. 7), with a Key.

59. Secret Memoirs Of the late Mr. Duncan Campbel, The Famous Deaf and Dumb Gentleman. Written By Himself, who ordered they should be publish’d after his Decease. To which is added, An Appendix, by Way of Vindication of Mr. Duncan Campbel, against that groundless Aspersion cast upon him, That he but pretended to be Deaf and Dumb. For J. Millan; and J. Chrichley. 1732. 8vo. Mrs. Haywood may have had a hand in this production. B.M. (10825. bbb. 26).

60. A Spy upon the Conjurer: or, a Collection Of Surprising Stories, With Names, Places, and particular Circumstances relating to Mr. Duncan Campbell, commonly known by the Name of the Deaf and Dumb Man; and the astonishing Penetration and Event of his Predictions. Written to my Lord—— by a Lady, who for more than Twenty Years past; has made it her Business to observe all Transactions in the Life and Conversation of Mr. Campbell. Sold by Mr. Campbell at the Green-Hatch in Buckingham-Court, Whitehall; and at Burton’s Cofee-House, Charing Cross. 1724. 8vo. B.M. (G. 13535). Harvard. Daily Post, 19 Mar. 1724.

[Another edition.] A Spy on the Conjurer: or, a Collection Of Surprizing and Diverting Stories, With Merry and Ingenious Letters. By Way of Memoirs of the Famous Mr. Duncan Campbell, demonstrating the astonishing Foresight of that Wonderful Deaf and Dumb Man. The Whole being Moral and Instructive. Written to my Lord—— by a Lady, who, for Twenty Years past, has made it her Business to observe all Transactions in the Life and Conversation of Mr. Campbell. Revised by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. The Second Edition. For T. Corbet. 1724. 8vo. Brown University. Daily Post, 21 Aug. 1724.

[Another edition.] A Spy upon the Conjurer…. Revised by Mrs. Eliza
  Haywood. For J. Peele. 1724. 8vo.
      Copy owned by Professor Trent.

[Another edition.] A Spy on the Conjurer…. Revised by Mrs. Eliz.
  Haywood. For W. Ellis, J. Brotherton, J. Batly, T. Woodward, J. Fox.
  1725. 8vo.
  This omits the words “The Second Edition.” These four issues consist
  of identical sheets bound up with different title-pages.
      B.M. (613. f. 2). Daily Journal, 25 Jan. 1725.

61. The Surprise: or, Constancy Rewarded. By the Author of the Masqueraders; or, Fatal Curiosity. For J. Roberts. 1724. Dedicated to Sir Richard Steele. Daily Journal, 23 July 1724.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Roberts. 1724.
      Daily Journal, 7 Sept. 1724.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne, jun.; and S.
  Chapman. 1725.
  Included with separate title-page and imprint in Secret Histories,
  etc., 1725.

62. The Tea-Table: or, A Conversation between some Polite Persons of both Sexes, at a Lady’s Visiting Day. Wherein are Represented The Various Foibles, and Affectations, which form the Character of an Accomplish’d Beau, or Modern Fine Lady. Interspersed with several Entertaining and Instructive Stories. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For J. Roberts. 1725. 8vo. B.M. (635. f. 11/5). Daily Post, 7 May 1725, “just published.”

[Another edition.] The Fourth Edition. London: Printed, and Dublin
  Re-Printed by W. Wilmot for E. Hamilton. 1725. 8vo.
      Columbia.

[Part II.] The Tea-Table: Or, a Conversation between some polite
  Persons of both Sexes…. By Mrs. Elizabeth Haywood. Part II. For J.
  Roberts. 1725. 8vo.
      Bodl. (Godw. Pamph. 1308). Daily Post, 25 Mar. 1726.

63. The Unequal Conflict; or, Nature Triumphant: A Novel. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For J. Walthoe, and J. Crokatt. 1725. 8vo. For a sequel to The Unequal Conflict, see Fatal Fondness. B.M. (recently acquired from the Huth Sale, Part III). Yale. Daily Post, 10 Mar. 1725.

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For J. Walthoe. 1726.
      Daily Journal, 17 Feb. 1726.

THE UNFORTUNATE PRINCESS, see Adventures of Eovaai.

64. The Virtuous Villager, or Virgin’s Victory: Being The Memoirs of a very Great Lady at the Court of France. Written by Herself. In which the Artifices of designing Men are fully detected and exposed; and the Calamities they bring on credulous believing Woman, are particularly related. Translated from the Original, by the Author of La Belle Assemblee. In Two Volumes. For F. Cogan. 1742. 12mo. 2 vols. From the French of Charles de Fieux, Chevalier de Mouhy. The Dedication to Mrs. Crawley is signed Eliza Haywood. B.M. (12612. dd. 3).

65. The Wife. By Mira, One of the Authors of the Female Spectator, and Epistles for Ladies. For T. Gardner. 1756. 12mo. B.M. (836. c. 5). Harvard. Gentleman’s Magazine, Dec. 1755.

[Another edition?] For T. Gardner. 1756.
      B.M. (8416. de. 1).

[Another edition.] For T. Gardner. 1762. 12mo.
      Arthur Header Catalogue.

66. A Wife To be Lett: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By his Majesty’s Servants. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. For D. Browne junr, and S. Chapman. 1724. 8vo. Included in Mrs. Haywood’s Works, 1724. B.M. (12613. e. 26/3). Boston Public Library (Barton Collection).

[Another edition.] The Second Edition. For D. Browne; and Sold by J.
  Osborn. 1729. 12mo.
      New York Public Library.

[Another edition.] For W. Feales; And Sold by J. Osborn. 1735. 12mo.
      B.M. (11775. b. 44). Yale.

[An abridgment.] The Comedy of a Wife to be Lett, or, the Miser Cured,
compressed into Two Acts, by Ann Minton. For A. Seale; Ann Minton; and
all booksellers. 1802. 8vo.
      B.M. (11779. b. 84).

67. The Young Lady. No. 1, 2, 3. By Euphrosine. For T. Gardner. 2d. each. Euphrosine, like Mira, was the name of one of the Female Spectator Club. This was probably Mrs. Haywood’s last piece of writing. Gentleman’s Magazine, Jan. 1756.

Notes

1 A 3 vol. edition, 1755, entered in a catalogue of John Orr, Edinburgh, (Autumn, 1914).

2 These were probably bogus editions. Ed. 2 was advertised as “just publish’d” in The Double Marriage, 1726.

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