Lewis Baboon turned honest, and John Bull, politician : being the fourth part of Law is a bottomless-pit / printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: and publish'd, (as well as the three former parts and appendix) by the author of the New Atalantis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.

Contributor:

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714--Pamphlets.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Anne, 1702-1714--Pamphlets.

Great Britain--History--Humor.

Great Britain--Politics and government--Anecdotes.

Political satire, English.

Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714--Fiction.

Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Fiction.

Pamphlets.

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

45 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Law is a bottomless-pit

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for John Morphew, 1712.

Notes:

Title in double line border.

Attributed also to Swift. cf. Evans. American bibliography.

"Both Swift and Pope ascribe this to Arbuthnot." -- Dictionary of national biography.

The statement "publish'd ... by the author of the New Atalantis" is misleading. That work was written by Mary de la Rivière Manley (1663-1724) cf. Dictionary of national biography.

Fifth of five pamphlets, commonly called Law is a bottomless pit, or The history of John Bull.

Advertisements: p. [1]-[2] at end.

Local Notes:

With: Arbuthnot, John. Law is a bottomless-pit. London : Printed by John Morphew, 1712. (Item 4 of 8)

Contains:

History of John Bull.

OCLC:

6454797