John Dunton - Works

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He gave an account of his travels around Ireland in Teague Land: or A Merry Ramble to the Wild Irish (1698).

He wrote several books whose titles are today among specialists better known than their contents ranging from The informer's doom, or, An unseasonable letter from Utopia directed to the man in the moon giving a full and pleasant account of the arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of all those grand and bitter enemies that disturb and molest all kingdoms and states throughout the Christian world (1689) to his Bumography: or, A touch at the lady's tails, being a lampoon (privately) dispers'd at Tunbridge-Wells, in the year 1707. By a water-drinker. With the names and characters of the most noted water-drinkers. Also, a merry elegy upon Mother Jefferies, the antient water-dipper (1707).

19th and 20th-century criticism neglected Dunton because of his tendency to use the public for his private businesses. Both his quarrels as a publisher and as a husband were more than reflected in his publications. He would thus offer Reflections on Mr. Dunton's leaving his wife. In a letter to himself. (1700?) followed by the public proclamation of his reunion with his wife. While at the same moment he would portrait himself as a lover of privacy with his The art of living incognito being a thousand letters on as many uncommon subjects, written by John Dunton during his retreat from the world, and sent to that honourable lady to whom he address'd his conversation in Ireland (1700).

His accounts of quarrels he had as a book trader and publisher offer information to book historians dealing with the period. Important titles are here his Religio bibliopolae in imitation of Dr. Browns Religio medici (1691), his The Dublin scuffle being a challenge sent by John Dunton, citizen of London (1699) and his Life and Errors of John Dunton (1705). His letters from New England were published in the U.S. in 1867.

He also wrote the first periodical and the first dictionary designed specifically for women: The Ladies' Mercury - an imitation of his wider Athenian project - and acting here as the publisher more than the author: The ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex, a work never attempted before in English (1694).

  • The informer's doom, or, An unseasonable letter from Utopia directed to the man in the moon : giving a full and pleasant account of the arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of all those grand and bitter enemies that disturb and molest all kingdoms and states throughout the Christian world. London: Printed for John Dunton, 1683.
  • Religio bibliopolæ: in imitation of Dr. Browns Religio medici, with a supplement to it London: Printed for P. Smart ..., and are to be sold at the Raven, 1691.
  • N. H. The ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex: a work never attempted before in English London: Printed for John Dunton, 1694.
  • The Dublin scuffle : being a challenge sent by John Dunton, citizen of London, to Patrick Campbel, bookseller in Dublin. London: (Printed for the author) and are to be sold by A. Baldwin ... and by the booksellers in Dublin, 1699.
  • The art of living incognito : being a thousand letters on as many uncommon subjects London: Printed (for the author), and are to be sold by A. Baldwin, 1700.
  • The life and errors of John Dunton : late citizen of London; written by himself in solitude. With an idea of a new life; wherein is shewn how he'd think, speak, and act, might he live over his days again London: printed for S. Malthus, 1705. vol. 1 1818 reprint vol.2 1818 reprint
  • Bumography : or, a touch at the lady's tails, being a lampoon (privately) dispers'd at Tunbridge-Wells, in the year 1707. By a water-drinker. With the names and characters of the most noted water-drinkers. Also, a merry elegy upon Mother Jefferies, the antient water-dipper London :,
  • The Athenian Oracle abridged at Google Books
  • vol. I: 1st ed. (1703), 2nd ed. (17??), 3rd ed. (1728)
  • vol. II: 1st ed. (1703), 2nd ed. corr. (1704), 3rd ed. (1728)
  • vol. III: 1st ed. (1704), 2nd ed. (1706), 3rd ed. (1728)
  • vol. IV: 1st ed. (1710), 2nd ed. (17??), 3rd ed. (1728)

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