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The list we have given is indeed a brief one, 

 more especially when wa consider how voluminous 

 a publisher Curll must have been. It shows how 

 imperfect, after all, is the knowledge of the num- 

 ber of books, published by any bookseller during 

 the last century, which can be obtained by a 

 search of this description. According to the re- 

 cords of the Stationers' Company, during the forty 

 years that Curll was engaged in trade as a book- 

 seller, he only published nine books ! 



Did we not know from other sources that his 



Eress was most prolific for the greater portion of 

 alf a century, we should suspect, or rather we 

 should feel sure, that this information must be de- 

 fective. It was Curll's fate, — a fate which has 

 preserved bis name among us, — to be engaged in 

 quarrels and litigations about many of tjie books 

 he first gave to the world. And when we consider 

 the character of some of these books, such as 

 Venus in the Cloister, the Translation of Meibo- 

 tnius, and The Cases of Impotency, or the circum- 

 stances attending the publication of others, such 

 as Popes Letters, or The Memoirs of Ker of Kers- 

 land, we may, perhaps, not be surprised at his 

 omitting to register them. 



But these form a very small proportion of the 

 books published by Curll, as shown by various 

 lists appended to different works issued by him. 

 Thus at the end of Boileau's Lutrin, published 

 in 1708, we have the announcement that "Next 

 Term will be published Callipadia, a Poem in four 

 books, written in Latin by CI. Quilletus, &c. 

 Translated by N. Rowe, Esq. 



If we come to the year 1719, we find appended 

 to The Female Deserters, A Novel by the author 

 of The Lover's Week, published, not by Curll, but 

 by J. Roberts in Warwick Lane (and this is a 

 fact worth bearing in mind, for Roberts and Curll 

 will be found hereafter mixed up together in their 

 publications), we have a list of " Books printed 

 for E. Curll," which occupies three pages, with 

 very full descriptions of the contents of the fol- 

 lowing works : 



I. "The Lover's Week." 



II. " Milesian Tales." 



escape the notice of a late writer on the Copyright Act, 

 who remarks : — 



"The books at Stationers' Hall show how very few 

 copies were formerly registered and delivered. There 

 were entered in twelve months, including songs and 

 pamphlets : — 



From Michaelmas 1767 to Michaelmas 1768 - 66 books. 

 Do - - 1768 „ „ 1769 - 69 „ 



Do - - 1769 „ „ 1770 - 66 „ 



Do - - 1770 „ ,. 1771 - 67 „ 



Do - - 1771 „ „ 1772 - 54: „ 



Do - - 1772 „ „ 1773 - 76 „ 



These few entries (he adds) certainly prove that en- 

 tries Avere then not usual." — Reasons for a Modification 

 of the Act of Anne respecting the Delivery of Books and 

 Copyriyht, p. 5. 1813. 



III. " Hanover Tales." 



IV. "The Spanish Polecat." 



V. " The Ladies Miscellany." 



VI. " The Adventures of Telemachus." 



VII. " Exilius, or the Banished Roman." 



Again, the back page of Miscellanies in Verse 

 and Prose, (Major Pack's), Second Edition, pub- 

 lished by E. Curll in Fleet Street, 1719, furnishes 

 a list of the following publications by him : 



I. " Major Pack's former Volume of Miscellanies." 



II. " Addison's Miscellanies." 



III. " Poetical Works, &c., of Earl of Halifax." 



IV. " Duke of Buckingham's Poems." 



V. " Creech's Translation of Theocritus." 



VI. " Anacreon, &c., Englished by several hands." 



VII. " Dr. Young's Poem on the Last Day." 

 VIIL " The Force of Religion, by Dr. Young." 



IX. " Muscipula, &c., with a Translation." 



X. " Mr. John Philips' Poems." 



In the year 1723, in the volume of Addison's 

 Miscellanies, we find a list of works of a very dif- 

 ferent character, viz. : 



I. " Bishop Bull's Vindication of the Church of Eng- 

 land." 



II. " John Hales' Treatise on the Passions." 



III. " The Pretended Refoi-mers, by Matthias Easbery." 



IV. " Translation of Fenelon's Private Thoughts upon 

 Religion." 



V. " The Devout Communicant." 



VI. " The Christian Pilgrimage." 



VII. " Prideaux's Life of Mahomet." 



VIII. "Conyers Place's Miscellaneous Tracts in De- 

 fence of the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of 

 England." 



But a far better view of the extent and variety 

 of the books issued by Curll may be gathered 

 from the list appended to the second edition of 

 Ashmole's History of the Order of the Garter, 

 published by him in 1726. It occupies sixteen 

 very closely printed octavo pages ; and is classi- 

 fied. The first division — Divinity — contains 

 twenty-one books, at the head of which is Bull's 

 Vindication, which was first printed by Curll. 



HiSTOBY AND State Affairs occupy the next 

 place. This division commences with Whitlocke's 

 History of England, and comprises eleven books. 

 In Biography, which forms the next division, we 

 have twelve books. In Antiquities, which fol- 

 lows, there are thirteen articles. Poetry forms 

 a very large division, containing no less than fifty- 

 nine articles. Under the head of Plays we have 

 seven works ; and under that of Novels, seven- 

 teen. We then come to the last division, headed 

 Miscellaneous, the first article in which is Au- 

 brey's Miscellanies, and the last (No. 27.) Par- 

 ker's History of his Oivn Time, making altogether 

 no less than one hundred and sixty-seven dif- 

 ferent works. 



One remark, and we will bring this section to a 

 close. This list is headed, " A Catalogue of Books 

 printed for H. Curll, over against Catherine Street 

 in the Strand." Henry Curll was the son of Ed- 

 mund, and the reason of his name appearing just 



