Difference between revisions of "Samuel Madden, Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (1733)"

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• Samuel Madden, Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (1733). ECCO Anglistikserver Oldenburg
• Samuel Madden, Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (1733):Topics

General remarks

Physical description:

• p.[i]: half title
• p.[iii] title page
• p.i-x Dedication to His Royal Highness, Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales etc."
• p.1-31 Preface [the first]
• p.[1]-214 "Memoirs of the Twentieth Century" - letters dating Nov. 3, 1997 to Feb. 25, 1997/98
• 215-256 "Preface the Second"
• p.257-504 letters dated from Feb 2. 1997/98 to May 1. 1998
• p.505-527 "Preface the III"

The dates seem to threaten the chronology - two factors interfere: Madden did not foresee the Calendar Act of 1750 which led to Great Britain introducing the Gregorian calendar in 1752. Dates are given throughout in the "old style" with new years beginning in Mid-March, so that December 1997 can be followed by January 1997 - January 1997/98 i.e. 1998 new style should be clearer. The arrangement follows beyond that the speed with which the letters came in: a letter from Chelsea is faster than one from Mosow and can overtake the latter.

Topics and interesting passages

see Samuel Madden, Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (1733):Topics

Half title

Title page

Dedication to His Royal Highness, Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales etc.

Preface [the first]

Constantinople, Nov. 3, 1997: Stanhope (pp.1-28)

Rome, Nov. 7, 1997: Hertford (pp.28-53)

Mosco, Nov. 29, 1997: Clare (pp.54-74)

Paris, Dec. 16, 1997: Herbert (pp.74-97)

Rome, Jan. 7, 1998: Hertford (pp.98-132)

London, Dec. 19, 1997: N—m (pp.132-153)

Mosco, Jan. 27, 1997/98: Clare (pp.153-182)

Constantinople, February 25, 1997/98: Stanhope (pp.183-214)

Preface the second (pp.215-256)

London, Feb. 2, 1997/98: N—m (pp.132-284)

Paris, Feb. 8, 1997/98: Herbert (pp.285-307)

Constantinople, April 16, 1998: Stanhope (pp.308-338)

Mosco, March. 8, 1997/98: Clare (pp.338-366)

London, Feb. 24, 1999 [1997/98]: N—m (pp.132-284)

Rome, February 28, 1997/98: Hertford (pp.386-421)

London, April 5, 1998: N—m (pp.421-446)

Paris, March 4, 1997/98: Herbert (pp.446-472)

Constantinople, May 1, 1998: Stanhope (pp.473-504)

Preface the III (pp.505-527)

Literature

Samuel Madden

• identified as "Chaplain in Ordinary" at court: Chamberlayne, John. Magnæ Britanniæ notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain; ... By John Chamberlayne, ... The thirty-first edition of the south part, called England; and the tenth of the north part, called Scotland. .. In two parts. .. London, 1735. p.118. ECCO
• Baker, David Erskine. Biographia dramatica, or, a companion to the playhouse: ... By David Erskine Baker, Esq. A new edition: carefully corrected; .. and continued from 1764 to 1782. London, 1782, p.294. ECCO
• Burdy, Samuel, The life of the late Rev. Philip Skelton, with some curious anecdotes (Dublin, 1792) ECCO pp 28, 32-41, 121
• Jones, Stephen. A new biographical dictionary: ... The second edition, corrected: with considerable additions and improvements. London, 1796. ECCO
• A new and general biographical dictionary: containing an historical, critical, ... London, 1795. 497pp. Vol. 7 of 8 ECCO
• Library Ireland accessed 1 Nov 2007
• Rosemary Richey, ‘Madden, Samuel Molyneux (1686–1765)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 1 Nov 2007