BIBLIOGRAPHY

PART I-WORKS WRITTEN OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY JOHN DAVIS
A. Original works.

The Original Letters of Ferdinand and Elisabeth. New
York, July, 1798. 144 p.

"Elegy to the memory of the unfortunate lovers, Ferdi-
nand and Elisabeth," p. 142-144.

A Tribute to the United States. A Poem. New York-
Robert M. Hurtin, 1798. 8 p.

Poems, written at Coosahatchie in South Carolina. Charles-
ton, T. C. Cox. 12 p.

The Farmer of New Jersey: or, A Picture of Domestic
Life. A tale. New York, Furman and Loudon's type,
1800. 70 p.

The Wanderings of William, or, The Inconstancy of
Youth. Being a sequel to The Farmer of New Jersey.
A tale. Philadelphia, R. T. Rawle, 1801. 299 p.
Poems, written chiefly in South Carolina. New York, H.
Caritat, 1801. 36 p.

Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of
America During 1798, 1799. 1800, 1801, and 1802. Bris-
tol, R. Edwards, 1803. viii, 454 p.

The Wooden Walls Well Manned: A Picture of an Eng-
lish Frigate. London, Thomas Tegg, 1804. 300 p.
(This was later printed under the title The Post-Cap-
tain: or, The Wooden Walls Well Manned; compre-
hending a View of Naval Society and Manners, and went
through ten London editions. In America it was print-
ed for the first time by Spooner and Sleight, Brooklyn,
in 1813; at least four American editions were brought
out, the fourth being printed by Joseph M'Cleland, 285
Water Street, New York City, in 1828.)

Captain Smith and the Princess Pocahontas. Philadel-
phia, Thomas L. Plowman, 1805.

(This was again printed in 1817, at Philadelphia by Benjamin Warner. 90 p.)

The Philadelphia Pursuits of Literature, a Satirical Poem: by Juvenal Junius, of New Jersey, with Notes by Robert Heron, Jr. Philadelphia, 1805.

Book I, The Poets; Book II, The Prose Writers. Walter Kennedy, an American Tale. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805.

(This was printed as Walter Kennedy, an Interesting American Tale, by J. F. Hughes, London, 1808. 192 p.) The First Settlers of Virginia, an historical novel, exhibiting a view of the rise and progress of the colony at James Town, a picture of Indian manners, the countenance of the country, and its natural productions. New York, I. Riley and Company, 1805. 284 p.

"A memoir of the author," p. 275-284.

(A second edition of this volume was brought out in 1806.)

The Life of Thomas Chatterton. London, T. Tegg, 1806.

168 p.

Personal Adventures and Travels of Four Years and a
Half in the United States of America. Being Travels in
Search of Independence and Settlement. London, for
J. Davis, 1817. 96 p.

The American Mariners; or, The Atlantic Voyage. A
moral poem....Prefixed is a vindication of the Ameri-
can character....To which are added Naval annals: or,
An impartial summary of the actions fought during the
late war, at sea, and on the lakes, between the ships of
Great Britain and those of the United States of Amer-
ica.... Salisbury, Brodie & Downing, 1822. 384 p.

B. Translations by Davis.

Pommereul, Francois René Jean de: The Campaigns of Buonaparte in Italy. New York, H. Caritat, 1798. Berquin-Duvallon: Travels in Louisiana and the Floridas, in the year 1802, Giving a Correct Picture of Those Countries. New York, I. Riley & Company, 1806. 181 p. The Life and Campaigns of Victor Moreau, comprehending His Trial, Justification, and Other Events, Till the Period of his Embarkation for the United States. Translated from the French. New York, Southwick and Hardcastle, 1806. 288 p.

C. Magazines and Newspapers Contributed to by Davis.
The European Magazine, London, 1797-1804.

The Monthly Magazine, London, January-November,
1800.

The South Carolina State Gazette, Charlestown, South Carolina, Freneau and Paine, March 1799-January 1800. The Port Folio, Philadelphia, Joseph Dennie, 1801-1814. D. Letters to and from Davis.

Letter to Joseph Dennie. The Dennie Papers.
Harvard University Library.

Letters to and from Thomas Jefferson. The Jefferson
Papers.

Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Letter from the Duke of Bedford to Davis.

Inserted in Davis's Life of Chatterton in the Harvard
University Library.

Letter to Mr. Rich, 12 Red Lion Square, London.

Inserted in The American Mariners, Harvard University
Library.

PART II. CHIEF SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN REGARD TO
JOHN DAVIS.

A. Autobiographical Passages.

Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of
America During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802.
(The edition by A. J. Morrison, New York, Holt, 1909,
contains a helpful introduction and notes.)

Author's Preface to Captain Smith and the Princess
Pocahontas.

Author's appendix to The First Settlers of Virginia.
"Souvenir d'un Séjour à Bombay," European Magazine,
September, 1797.

B. Reviews of Davis's Works.

American Review, January, 1801. The Farmer of New
Jersey.

New York Review, Volume I, 1801. The Farmer of
New Jersey.

Port Folio, Saturday, September 19, 1801. The Wander-
ings of William.

American Review, January, 1803. Poems, written chiefly in South Carolina.

Robert Southey. Letter to John King, containing remarks on the Travels.

Annual Review, Volume II, Part I, 1803. The Travels.

Edinburgh Review, July, 1803. The Travels.

Monthly Review, August, 1804.

The Travels.

Annual Review, 1808. The Life of Chatterton.

C. Articles regarding John Davis.

Ellis, H. M., Joseph Dennie and His Circle. Austin, Texas,
University of Texas Studies in English, No. 3, p. 153-

156.

Law, Robert A. "The Bard of Coosawhatchie," The Texas Review, Volume VII, Number 2, January, 1922. p. 132-156.

APPENDIX

While the foregoing chapters were already in press, the following items from the parish registers of Sarum St. Edmunds were received from Mr. James Parsons, clerk of St. Edmunds Parish, Salisbury:

MARRIAGES

1766, February 1 James Davis and Ann Gast

BAPTISMS

1772, January 14 James, son of James and Ann Davis
1775, March 20 John, son of James and Ann Davis

These entries apparently refer to the marriage of Davis's parents and the baptism of his brother and himself. John and James would thus seem to have been the only children who lived. A John Davis married Eleanor Cree February 29, 1796, but this undoubtedly does not mean a marriage between our subject and the Eleanor of the 1798-1799 poems. (See pages 16-18.)