Online Versions of Books described in Gosse's Gossip in a Library
CAMDEN'S "BRITANNIA" (William
Camden)
Ex-Classics edition at https://www.exclassics.com/camden/camdenintro.htm (Not yet complete)
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/B18452.0001.001?view=toc
A MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES (Various,
ascribed to Thomas Sackville)
https://archive.org/details/mirrorformagist04higggoog
A POET IN PRISON (George Wither)
http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/TextRecord.php?&action=GET&textsid=33169 (Eclogue I)
http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/TextRecord.php?action=GET&textsid=33170 (Eclogue II)
http://www.bartleby.com/337/337.html (Eclogue IV ????)
https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/shepherds-hunting-fifth-eclogue (Eclogue 5????)
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A15656.0001.001 (only has 3 eclogues)
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ssd?id=chi.48346707
https://books.google.com/books?id=S41KAQAAMAAJ
https://books.google.com/books?id=e2BCAAAAYAAJ
DEATH'S DUEL (John Donne)
Ex-Classics edition at https://www.exclassics.com/duel/duelintro.htm
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/d/donne/john/duel/ (Text)
http://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00508/AN00508201_001_l.jpg (frontispiece)
GERARD'S HERBAL (John Gerard)
Ex-Classics edition at https://www.exclassics.com/herbal/herbalintro.htm
https://archive.org/details/herballorgeneral00gera
https://books.google.ie/books?id=_BhvBLY6O9IC&dq=john+gerard&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y
https://archive.org/details/B-001-001-785 (64 pages only)
https://hos.ou.edu/galleries//16thCentury/Gerard/1597/ - hi-def page images of
1597 edition
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Herbal-General-History-Plants-Complete/dp/160660080X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 ? hardcover version; facsimile of the
pages.
PHARAMOND (Gautier de Coste
la Calprenède)
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t9474nt1j;view=1up;seq=7
A VOLUME OF OLD PLAYS (Various, see
below)
The Roman Empress, by William Joyner
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=C2YpGLjUu_UC
The
Usurper, by the Hon. Edward Howard
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A44629.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
Carnival, a comedy by Major Thomas Porter
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjSsvm0s7HWAhVEKMAKHfBTA3wQFghZMAs&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.revolvy.com%2Fmain%2Findex.php%3Fs%3DThe%2520Carnival%2520(play)%26item_type%3Dtopic%26sr%3D50&usg=AFQjCNGaEHptA-DcPxOLfWEKrfdGeOf2ww
Weston's Amazon Queen, of 1667
(not available online)
The
Fortune Hunters, by James Carlile
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A34338.0001.001?view=toc
Mr.
Anthony a comedy, as it is acted by Their Majesty's servants / written by the
Right Honourable the Earl of Orrery.
http://ota.ox.ac.uk/tcp/headers/A53/A53468.html
A CENSOR OF POETS (William Winstanley)
The Lives of The Most Famous English Poets, or the Honour of
Parnassus; in a Brief Essay of the Works and Writings of above Two Hundred of
them, from the Time of K. William the Conqueror, to the Reign of His Present
Majesty King James II. Written by William Winstanley
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A66698.0001.001?view=toc
THE ROMANCE OF A DICTIONARY (Pellisson-Fontanier, Paul)
HISTOIRE DE L'ACADEMIE FRANÇOISE: avec un Abregé
des Vies du Cardinal de Richelieu, Vaugelas,
Corneille, Ablancourt, Mezerai,
Voiture, Patru, la
Fontaine, Boileau, Racine Et autres
Illustres Academiciens qui
la Composent.
A La Haye, MDCLXXXVIII.
Two volumes --
https://archive.org/details/histoiredelacad01pell &
https://archive.org/details/histoiredelacad02pell -- this is the one with the account of the
controversy
LADY WINCHILSEA'S
POEMS
A manuscript, not available online (or anywhere?)
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/finch/1713/miscellany-poems.html (other poems by Lady Winchilsea)
AMASIA (John Hopkins)
AMASIA:
or, The Works of the Muses. A Collection of Poems. In three volumes. By Mr.
John Hopkins.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/a44446.0001.001?view=toc (transcript)
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=IgFEAQAAMAAJ (page images)
LOVE AND BUSINESS (George Farquhar)
LOVE AND BUSINESS: in a Collection of occasionary
Verse and epistolary Prose not hitherto published. By Mr. George Farquhar. En Orenge il
n'y a point d'oranges.
London, printed for B. Lintott, at the Post-House, in
the Middle Temple-Gate, Fleet Street. 1702.
Ex-Classics edition at https://www.exclassics.com/landb/landbintro.htm
Included in Complete Works https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57857/
WHAT ANN LANG READ (Eliza Haywood)
Love in Excess; or The Fatal Inquiry
https://archive.org/details/loveinexcessorfa00hayw
Idalia
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/haywood/idalia/idalia.html
A Wife to be Lett
https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/61574
https://archive.org/details/wifetobelettcome00hayw
CATS (François-Augustin de Moncrif)
LES CHATS. A Rotterdam, chez Jean Daniel Beman,
MDCCXXVIII.
Ex-Classics edition at http://www.exclassics.com/cats/catscont.htm(English)
or http://www.exclassics.com/cats/chatscont.htm(Français)
https://books.google.ie/books/about/Les_chats.html?id=xhJAAAAAcAAJ (Page images)
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/moncrif/ (Transcript)
SMART'S POEMS (Christopher Smart)
POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. By Christopher Smart, A.M., Fellow
of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge. London: Printed for the Author, by W. Strahan; And
sold by J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul's Churchyard. MDCCLII.
http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/K041581.000
POMPEY THE LITTLE (Francis Coventry)
THE HISTORY OF POMPEY THE LITTLE; or, the Life and Adventures of
a Lap-Dog. London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Paternoster Row,
MDCCLI.
http://www.exclassics.com/pompey/pmpyintr.htm
(Ex-Classics Edition)
THE LIFE OF JOHN BUNCLE(Thomas Amory)
THE LIFE OF JOHN BUNCLE, ESQ., containing various observations
and reflections made in several parts of the world; and many extraordinary
relations. London: Printed for J. Noon, at the White Hart in Cheapside, near
the Poultry, MDCCLVI.
[Vol. II. London: Printed for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, at the Globe, in
Pater Noster Row, MDCCLXVI.]
https://www.exclassics.com/buncle/buncleintro.htm (Ex-Classics
Edition)
BEAU NASH (Oliver Goldsmith)
THE LIFE OF RICHARD NASH, ESQ.; late Master of the Ceremonies at
Bath. Extracted principally from his Original Papers. The Second Edition.
London: J. Newbery. 1762.
http://www.exclassics.com/nash/nashintr.htm (Ex-Classics Edition)
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE (Gilbert White)
THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE, IN THE COUNTY
OF SOUTHAMPTON; with Engravings, and an Appendix. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for B. White and Son, at Horace's Head, Fleet
Street. MDCCLXXXIX.
(Not an
ex-classic! Numerous online and printed editions available.)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1408
THE DIARY OF A LOVER OF LITERATURE
(Thomas Green)
EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF A LOVER OF LITERATURE. Ipswich:
Printed and sold by John Raw; sold also by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,
Paternoster Row, London. 1810.
http://www.exclassics.com/diary/diaryintro.htm (Ex-Classics Edition)
PETER BELL AND HIS TORMENTORS (William
Wordsworth)
PETER BELL: A Tale in Verse, by William Wordsworth. London:
Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, Printers-Street:
for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row. 1819.
(Not an
ex-classic! Numerous online and printed editions available.)
http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww141.html
THE FANCY (John Hamilton Reynolds)
THE FANCY: A Selection from the Poetical Remains of the late
Peter Corcoran, of Gray's Inn, student at law. With a
brief Memoir of his life. London: printed for Taylor & Hessey,
Fleet Street. 1820.
https://archive.org/details/fancyaselection00reyngoog
ULTRA-CREPIDARIUS
(Leigh Hunt and William Hazlitt)
ULTRA-CREPIDARIUS; a Satire on
William Gifford. By Leigh Hunt. London, 1823: printed for John Hunt, 22, Old
Bond Street, and 38, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden.
http://www.exclassics.com/ultra/ultraintro.htm (Ex-Classics Edition)
THE DUKE OF RUTLAND'S POEMS (John
Manners, Duke of Rutland)
ENGLAND'S TRUST AND OTHER POEMS. By Lord John Manners.
London: printed for J.G. & J. Rivington, St.
Paul's Church Yard, and Waterloo Place, Pall Mall. 1841.
http://www.haddon-hall.com/HaddonHallBooks/EnglandsTrustManners.pdf (text)
https://books.google.ie/books?id=KGmalByZfTkC (page images)
IONICA
IONICA.
Smith Elder & Co., 65, Cornhill. 1858.
https://archive.org/details/ionica00bensgoog
THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT
(George Meredith)
THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT. An Arabian
Entertainment. By George Meredith. Chapman and Hall. 1856
(Not an
ex-classic! Numerous online and printed editions available.)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4405