Early Responses to Hume's History of England

by Fieser, James

• ISBN13: 9781855067981
• ISBN10: 1855067986
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Summary

In his day, Hume was as famous for his history as his philosophy: quickly established as a classic, his masterpiece History of England was enormously popular, going through over one hundred editions. Most of the 41 articles contained in these volumes appear for the first time since their original publication, making it possible to assess the shifting attitudes about Hume's History during its first century of life.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	xi
[The History of Great Britain. Vol. 1. Containing the Reigns of James I and Charles I appears in 1754]
review of The History of Great Britain Vol. 1, in The Monthly Review, March 1754, Vol. 12, pp. 206-229
Roger Flexman
Complete review	1	(21)
Review of The History of Great Britain Vol. 1, in Gottingische Anzeigen von gelehrten Sachen, December 8, 1755, Nr. 147, pp. 1350-1354
Complete review, newly translated from German	22	(4)
Nels Jeff Rogers
An Inquiry into the Share, which King Charles I. had in the Transactions of the Earl of Glamorgan (1756)
Thomas Birch
Selections from Appendix; critiques Hume's account of the Irish Rebellion	26	(4)
Letters on Mr. Hume's History of Great Britain (1756)
Daniel MacQueen
Complete book; critiques Hume's account of the Protestant Reformation and fanaticism	30	(114)
[The History of Great Britain. Vol. 2. Containing the Commonwealth and the Reigns of Charles II and James II appears in 1757]
review of The History of Great Britain. Vol. 2. in The Critical Review, December 1756, Vol. 2, pp. 385-404
Tobias Smollett
Complete review	144	(16)
review of The History of Great Britain. Vol. 2. in The Monthly Review, January 1757, Vol. 16, pp. 36-50
William Rose
Complete review	160	(13)
[The History of England, under the House of Tudor appears in 1759]
Moral and Political Dialogues (1765)
Richard Hurd
Selections; critiques Hume's Tory view of royal prerogative	173	(8)
review of The History of England, under the House of Tudor, in The Critical Review, April 1759, Vol. 7, pp. 289-303
Tobias Smollett
Complete review	181	(13)
review of The History of England, under the House of Tudor, in The Monthly Review, April and May 1759, Vol. 20, 344-364, 400-417
Owen Ruffhead
Complete review	194	(35)
An Historical and Critical Enquiry into the Evidence... against Mary Queen of Scots (1760)
William Tytler
Selections; critiques Hume's view of Mary Queen of Scots' guilt	229	(34)
[The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Accession of Henry VII appears in 1762]
Review of Hume's History of England in Annual Register for the year 1761, December 1761, Vol. 4, pp. 301-304
Selections	263	(3)
review of The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, in The Monthly Review, December 1761, Vol. 25, pp. 401-414, and February 1762, Vol. 26, pp. 81-95
Owen Ruffhead
Complete review	266	(24)
Review of The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, of The Critical Review January and February 1762, Vol. 13, pp. 58-65, 81-93
Complete review	290	(18)
Letter to Hume, March 1, 1763
Owen Ruffhead
Complete letter; opposes Hume's view of the powerlessness of the Saxon Commons	308	(3)
in Mosheim's An Ecclesiastical History (1765)
Archibald Maclaine
Note and Appendix 2; critiques Hume's view of the Protestant Reformation and fanaticism	311	(15)
Nouveaux Ecclesiastical sur l'histoire de Marie, reine d'Angleterre (1766
Henri Griffet
Selections; critiques Hume's view of Mary Queen of Scots' guilt	326	(7)
The Rudimeuts of English Grammar (1768)
Joseph Priestley
Selections; lists stylistic errors throughout Hume's History	333	(10)
History of England (1771)
Oliver Goldsmith
Selections from Preface; criticises Hume's views of religion and politics	343	(3)
An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities of Ireland (1772)
Sylvester O'Halloran
Selections from 3.3 and 3.5; critiques Hume's view of the 1641 Irish Rebellion	346
The History of Manchester (1773-1775)
John Whitaker
Appendices, complete; critiques opening chapter of Hume's History	1	(29)
Philosophical and Critical Observations on the Nature, Characters and various Species of Composition (1774)
John Ogilvie
Note to 1.4; contrasts Rapin's and Hume's history writing techniques	30	(3)
An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland (1775)
John Curry
Selections from Introduction and 5.7; critiques Hume's account of the 1641 Irish massacre	33	(6)
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
Adam Smith
Selections from 5.i.g.; critiques Hume's endorsement of state-sponsored religion	39	(11)
A View of Society in Europe in its Progress from Rudeness to Refinement (1778)
Gilbert Stuart
Selections from 2.1.1; critiques Hume's Tory view of royal prerogative, especially in early British history	50	(9)
Observations on Mr. Hume's History of England (1778)
Joseph Towers
Complete book; critiques Hume's Tory view of royal prerogative	59	(59)
An Essay on History (1780) Selections from Epistle 2, poetic verse critique of Hume's sophistry in the History	118	(95)
William Hayley
Critical Observations concerning the Scottish Historians Hume, Stuart and Robertson (1782)
Part 2, complete; contrasts Hume's and Robertson's histories	123	(6)
Two Dialogues concerning the Manner of Writing History (1783)
Abbe de Mably
Selections from Dialogue 2; critiques the writing style of Hume's History	129	(4)
Miscellaneous Remarks on ``The Enquiry into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots'' (1784)
David Dalrymple
Sections 2 and 5, complete; discusses Hume's views of Mary Queen of Scots	133	(7)
Letters of Literature (1785)
John Pinkerton
Letter 42, complete; critiques Hume's Tory view of royal prerogative	140	(6)
An Historical View of the English Government (1787)
John Millar
Selections from 2.11; critiques Hume's Tory view of the Witenagemot and Elizabeth's tyranny	146	(14)
Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated (1787)
John Whitaker
Selections from 1.5.4, 1.6.3, 1.7.7, 2.6.7; critiques Hume's view of Mary Queen of Scots' guilt	160	(23)
Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary (1789-1791)
William Belsham
Selections from Essay 18; critiques Hume's Tory view of royal prerogative and Elizabeth's tyrannical reign	183	(9)
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (1791)
Francis Garden
Lord Gardenstone
Selections; critiques Hume's limited historical research and Tory ideology	192	(5)
Review of The History of England, Abridged from Hume (1795), in The Critical Review, January 1795, Vol. 13. pp. 76-79
Complete review	197	(4)
review of The History of England, Abridged from Hume (1795) in The Monthly Review, January 1796, Vol. 19, pp. 73-74
William Enfield
Complete review	201	(2)
review of The History of England, from the Revolution to the Commencement o f the present Administrations (1795), in The Monthly Review, January 1796, Vol. 19, pp. 74-76
William Enfield
Complete review	203	(3)
The Life of Edmund Burke (1799)
Robert Bisset
Selections; discusses Irish Massacre of 1641	206	(4)
``On Mr. Hume's Political Inconsistencies as an Historian'' in Monthly Repository, 1821, Vol. 16, pp. 472-473
Complete; criticizes Hume's inconsistent statements regarding individual liberty	210	(3)
History of the British Empire (1822). Preface, selections from Chapter 2; critiques Hume's Tory view of royal prerogative, especially during Elizabeth's reign	213	(56)
George Brodie
Review of George Brodie's History of the British Empire (1822) in Edinburgh Review, March 1824, Vol. 40, pp. 92-146
Francis Jeffrey
Selections; critiques Hume's ``speculative'' Toryism	269	(19)
review of George Brodie's History of the British Empire (1822) in Westminster Review, October 1824, Vol. 2, pp. 346-402
John Stuart Mill
Selections; discusses Hume's dishonest artifices in creating a Tory history	288	(7)
Review of John Lingard's A History of England, in Edinburgh Review, April 1825, Vol. 42, pp. 3-7
John Allen
Selections; analyses Hume views of civil liberty and partiality for kings	295	(6)
``Anglo-Saxon History,'' in Quarterly Review, London, 1826, Vol. 34, pp. 248-298
Francis Palgrave
Selections; attacks Hume's uncritical reliance on secondary historical sources	301	(4)
review of John Lingard's A History of England, in Edinburgh Review, March 1831, Vol. 53, pp. 1-43
Henry Hallam
Selections; shows Hume's heavy reliance on Thomas Carte's History	305	(5)
Lectures on Modern History (1840)
William Smyth
Selections from Lectures 5, 10, 14 and 18; critiques Hume's Tory view of royal prerogative	310	(21)
``David Hume,'' in Cyclopaedia of English Literature (1844)
Robert Chambers
Selections; critiques Hume for inaccuracy and partiality	331	(3)
``Hume and his Influence upon History,'' in Quarterly Review, March 1844, Vol. 73, pp. 536-592
Francis Palgrave
Complete; critiques Hume for inaccuracy and religious bias	334