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Page 0, Catechisme des Gens Maries
Page 0, Letters from Laura and Eveline giving an account of their
Mock-Marriage, Wedding Trip, etc. Published as an Appendix to The Sins of the
Cities
Page 0, The Wedding Night
Page 1, De Polygamia, et Polybiria,
Page 3, De Crimine, et Poena Stupri Tractatus Nobissimus
Page 3, De Obscoenis Pontificiorum Decimis
Page 4, Commentatio Iridica de Stupro Volvntarii
Page 5, Dispuatio Inauguralis Juridica de Amore
Page 5, Historia Legis Scatiniae
Page 6, Disputatio Juridica de Incestu Contra Naturam
Page 6, Tractatio Juridica, de Coitu Damnato, Bon Tiindlichen
Bermifchungen
Page 7, Tracatio Juridica de Sodomia Vera & Spuria hermaphroditi
Page 9, Griindliche Wiederlegung
Page 11, De Matrimoniis
Page 12, Discursus historico-Juridicus de die ac Nocte Nuptiali
Page 13, Schediasma de Aetate Jubenili Contrahendis
Page 14, Brebis. Delineatio. Impotentiae. Conjugalis.
Page 14, Dissertatio Juridica de frigusculo
Page 15, Ebnuchi Conjugium die Rapaunen-hehrath
Page 20, De Sodomia Tractatus
Page 22, Demoniality or Incubi and Succubi
Page 23, Tractatio Juridica qua quod melius sit Virginem ducere quam
Page 26, Jus Primae Nortis
Page 29, Tractatus Moralis de Naturali Pudore & dignitate hominis
Page 30, Dissertatio Ibridica de Mitigatione Poenae in Crimein Sodomiae
Page 31, Tractatio qua Lupanaria
Page 32, Leggi e Memorie Venete sulla Prostituzione
Page 60, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure from the Original Corrected Edition
with a Set of Elegant Engravings
Page 65, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Page 65, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Page 66, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Page 66, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Page 66, Memoirs of f****** h*** Vol. I
Page 67, [Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure]
Page 67, Memoirs of ********** ** ************ Vol. I.
Page 67, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure: Written by Herself. Embellished with
Numerous Copper Plate Engravings. Vol. 1
Page 68, Life and Adventures of fanny hill A Fair Cyprian
Page 68, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure: or the Life of Miss Fanny Hill In two
Volumes From the Original Quarto Edition of the Author John Cleland, Esq.
Page 69, Memoirs of the Life of the Celebrated Miss fanny hill Detailing, in
glowing language, her Adventures as a Courtesan and Kept-Mistress; her strange
vicissitudes and happy end.
Page 70, Memoirs of the Life of fanny hill or the career of a Woman of Pleasure
Page 70, Memoirs of the Life of fanny hill or the career of a Woman of Pleasure
Page 70, Memoirs of the Life of Miss fanny hill Illustrated with beautifully
Coloured Plates
Page 70, Singular Life and Adventures of Miss fanny hill, The A Fair Cyprian,
Many Years Resident in Russell Street, Covent Garden.
Page 71, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure written by herself
Page 72, Fille de Joye, La Ouvrage quintessencie de l'Anglois
Page 73, Nouvelle Traduction de Woman of Pleasur [sic] ou Fille de Joie. Par M.
Cleland, Contenant les Memoires de Mademoiselle Fanny, ecrits par elle-meme
Page 74, La Fille de Joie, Par M. Cleland, Contenant les Memoires de
Mademoiselle Fanny, ecrits par elle-meme
Page 74, La Fille de Joie, Par M. Cleland, Contenant les Memoires de
Mademoiselle Fanny, ecrits par elle-meme
Page 74, La Fille de Joie, Par M. Cleland, Contenant les Memoires de Mlle
Fanny, ecrits par elle-meme
Page 74, La Fille de Joie, Par M. Cleland, Contenant les Memoires de
Mademoiselle Fanny, ecrits par elle-meme
Page 74, Nouvelle Traduction de la fille de Joye Par Mr. Cleland, Contenant Les
Memoires de Mlle. Fanny, ecrite (sic) par elle-meme
Page 75, La Fille de Joie, ou Memoires de Mademoiselle Fanny, Ecrits par elle-meme.
Nouvelle Edition.
Page 75, Nouvelle Traduction de Woman of Pleasur (sic) ou Fille de Joye de M.
Cleland Contenant Les Memoires de Mlle. Fanny ecrits par Elle-meme Avec XV
Plances en taille douce
Page 76, La Fille de Joie, ou Memoires de Miss Fanny Ecrits pare Elle-Meme
Page 79, La Fille de Joie, ou Memoires de Miss Fanny Ecrits par Elle-Meme
Page 79, La Fille de Joie, ou Memoires de Miss Fanny ecrits par elle-meme. Tome
I.
Page 79, La Fille de Joie, ou Memoires de Miss Fanny ecrits par elle-meme. Tome
premier
Page 81, La Brunette, ou Aventures d'une Demoiselle
Page 81, Memoires d'une celebre courtisanne des environs du Palais Royal ou vie
et aventures de Mlle. Pauline surnommee la veuve de la Grande Armee
Page 82, Meretrice Inglese, La o Avventure di Fanny Will
Page 92, Memoirs of a Coxcomb
Page 96, A New Edition, Corrected
Page 96, Pupil of Pleasure, The or, The New System Illustrated
Page 97, Elebe du Plaisir, L' Traduit de l'Anglois sur la quatrieme Edition,
par M.L.D. Premiere Partie
Page 99, Authentic Memoirs of the Countess de Barre, The the French King's
Mistress, Carefully collated from a Manuscript in the Possession of the Dutchess
of Villeroy
Page 100, Memoires Authentiques. De La Comtesse de Barre
Page 103, Did you ever see such Damned Stuff Or, So--Much--The---Better. A Story
Without Head or Tail, Wit or Humour
Page 107, Fruit-Shop, The A Tale. Vol. I.
Page 112, Forced Virgin, The or, The Unnatural Mother. A True Secret History
Page 118, Adventures of a Rake, The Containing A Variety of Entertaining Particulars
and Curiosities in the Cabinet of Venus. Six Coloured Illustrations
Page 118, Pleasures of Love, The Containing A Variety of entertaining Particulars and
Curiosities, in the Cabinet of Venus
Page 118, Pleasures of Love, The Containing A Variety of entertaining Particulars and
Curiosities, in the Cabinet of Venus
Page 121, History of the Human Heart, The or The Adventures of a Young Gentleman
Page 121, Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure or, the Amours, Intrigues and Adventures of Sir
Charles Manly.
Page 121, Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure
Page 122, Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure or, the Amours, Intrigues and Adventures of Sir
Charles Manly.
Page 125, The Modern Rake, or, the Life and Adventures of Sir Edward Walford:
Containing a Curious and Voluptuous History of his luscious intrigues
Page 127, Amorous Intrigues and Adventures of Don ferdinand and Donna Marie
Ferdinand's Intrigue with the Innkeepers Wife. Cataline's Amour with Ferdinand.
Donna Maries's Intrigue
Page 129, Man of Pleasure at Paris, The or, An Account of the Pleasures of the
Capital: in A Series of Letters, from Sir Charles P to Lady Emily C
Page 129, Man of Pleasure at Paris, The or, An Account of the Pleasures of the
Capital: in A Series of Letters, from Sir Charles P--- to Lady Emily C---
Page 130, Seducing Cardinal, The or, Isabella Peto. A Tale founded on Facts
Page 132, The Inutility of Virtue, Translated from the French by Dr. ---, of Magdalen
College, Oxford
Page 132, The Inutility of Virtue, A Tale of Lust and Licentiousness, Exemplified in
the History of a Young and Beautiful Lady, Modest and Virtuous
Page 134, The Lustful Turk, Part the First. A History Founded on Facts, Containing an intesting Narrative of the cruel fate of the two Young English Ladies
Page 134, The Lustful Turk, An Interesting History, Founded on Facts. Embellished with Eiyhteen (sic) beautiful Engravings
Page 135, The Lustful Turk, An Interesting History, Founded on Facts. Embellished with Eiyhteen (sic) beautiful Engravings
Page 135, The Lustful Turk, or Scenes in the Harem of an Eastern Potentate, Faithfully
and Vividly Depicted
Page 136, Scenes in the Seraglio By the Author of The Lusty (sic) Turk. With Numerous Coloured Plates
Page 136, Scenes in the Seraglio By the Author of The Lusty (sic) Turk. Coloured
Plates
Page 138, Injured Innocence or, The Rape of Sarah Woodcock, A Tale. Founded on Facts.
Compiled partly from the Trial of Lord Baltimore
Page 140, Memoirs of Rosa Bellefille or, A Delicious Banquet of Amorous Delights!
Dedicated to the Goddess of Voluptuous Pleasure
Page 140, Memoirs of Rosa Bellefille or a Delicious Banquet of Amorous Delights
Page 142, Eveline; or, the Amours & Adventures of a Lady of Fashion Written by
herself. Vol. I.
Page 142, Eveline; or, the Amours & Adventures of a Lady of Fashion Written by
herself. Vol. I.
Page 143, Eveline; or, the Amours & Adventures of a Lady of Fashion Written by
herself. Vol. I.
Page 145, Favourite of Venus, The or, Secrests of My Note-Book: Explained in the Life
of a Votary of Pleasure
Page 146, School-fellows, The or, Young Ladies Guide to Love
Page 147, How to Make Love or, The Art of Making Love in more ways than one,
exemplified in a series of Letters between two Cousins
Page 147, How to Raise Love or Mutual Amatory Series (sic); Disclosed in a series of
Letters, between Two Cousins
Page 148, How to Raise Love or the Art of Making Love, in more ways than one; being
the Voluptuous History and Secret Correspondence
Page 149, Curious and Diverting History and Adventures of Bedstead, The Containing
Many Singular and Interesting Amorous Tales and Narratives
Page 151, Mysteries of Whoredom, The revealed in a correspondence between Miss Loveman
and Miss Longfort
Page 152, Nunnery Tales or Cruising under False Colours: A Tale of Love and Lust
Page 154, Amorous history and Adventures of Raymond de B-----, and father Andouillard
Detailing some Curious Histories, and disclosing the Pastimes of a Convent
Page 154, Pastimes of a Convent, The or The Amorous Adventures of Father Andouillard
Page 157, Captain Stroke-Alls Pocket Book!
Page 158, Various Recollections of Domestic Scenes and Little Love Affairs; which
occurred in my family
Page 159, Domestic Discipline or, Every One to his Taste
Page 160, Victim of Lust!, The or Scenes in the Life of Rosa Fielding, Depicting the
Crimes and Follies of High Life
Page 161, La Rose d'Amour, or, the Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of Pleasure
Page 161, La Rose d'Amour,
Page 161, La Rose d'Amour,
Page 163, Amours of an American Adventurer in the New World and the Old. In Two
Volumes. Enriched with Fine Engravings
Page 164, The Youthful Adventurer, depicting the career of a Young Man Among the fair
sex-with many various choice anecdotes
Page 166, Love Letters between Arabella and flora Two Courtezans of Venice and Paris
Page 167, The Festival of Love, or, Revels at the Fount of Venus, Disclosed in a
Series of Luscious Dialogues and Amatory Letters between Flora and the
Voluptuous Aldabella
Page 168, The Wedding Night, or, Battles of Venus, a Voluptuous Disclosure
Page 171, The Mysteries of Venus, or, Lessons of Love: exemplified in the Amatory Life
and Adventures of Kitty Pry
Page 172, The Mysteries of Venus, or lessons of Love: exemplified in the Amatory Life
and Adventures of Kitty Pry
Page 173, Memoires d'une femme de Chambre Traduit de l'Anglois. Premier ePartie
Page 175, Adventures, Entrigues, and Amours, of a Lady's Maid!, The Written by
Herself. Never before published
Page 175, The Life of Miss Louisa Selby, Being the Second Part of the Adventures,
Intrigues, & Amours of a Lady's Maid. Written by Herself
Page 179, The Confessions of a Lady's Maid, or Boudoir Intrigue: disclosing many
startling scenes and voluptuous incidents
Page 179, The Confessions of a Lady's Maid, or Boudoir Intrigue: disclosing many
startling scenes and voluptuous incidents
Page 180, Intrigues and Confessions of a Ballet Girl disclosing startling and
voluptuous scenes before & behind the curtain
Page 181, Revelries! and Devilries! or Scenes in the Life of Sir Lionel Heythorp, Bt.
His Voluptuous Emotions, and Emissions
Page 182, Private Recreations or the Ups and Downs of Life. By One who has been behind
the scenes
Page 183, The Romance of Lust, or, Early Experiences. Vol. I.
Page 189, Letters from a friend in Paris
Page 190, The Power of Mesmerism, a highly erotic narrtive of Voluptuous Facts and
Fancies. Illustrated with Six Coloured Plates. Printed for the Nihilists.
Page 192, The Story of a Dildoe, a Tale in Five Tableaux. Illustrated by Five
Photograph Plates
Page 193, The Loves of Venus, or The Young Wife's Confession, a true tale from real
life
Page 194, The Sins of the Cities of the Plain, or The Recollections of a Marry-Ann.
With short Essays on Sodomy and Tribadism
Page 195, Kate Handcock or, A Young Girl's Introduction to Fast Life.
Page 197, The Amatory Experiences of a Surgeon, with Eight Coloured Plates. Printed
for the Nihilists
Page 199, Amours of a Modest Man
Page 201, Venus in Boston A Romance of City Life
Page 203, The Delights of Love, or, The Lady Libertine. Being the Adventures of an
Amorous Widow.
Page 210, Fanny Greeley or, Confessions of a Free-love Sister written by herself
Page 218, The Bridal Chamber, and its Mysteries, or, Life at Our Fashionable Hotels
Page 221, The Loves of Cleopatra, or, Mark Anthony & his Concubines. A Historical Tale
of the Nile
Page 227, Flora Montgomerie, the Factory Girl Tale of the Lowell Factories. Being a
Recital of the Adventures of a Libidinous Millionaire
Page 229, Amours of a Musical Student being a Development of the Adventures and Love
Intrigues of a Young Rake
Page 233, The Spirit of Flagellation, or, The Memoirs of Mrs. Hinton, Who kept a
School many years at Kensington
Page 240, Elements of Tuition, and Modes of Punishment In Letters, from Mademoiselle Dubouleau
Page 241, Manon la fouetteuse or, the Quintessence of Birch Discipline
Page 242, Birchen Bouquet or, Curious and Original Anecdotes of Ladies fond of
administering the Birch Discipline
Page 244, Convent School, The or Early Experiences of a Young Flagellant.
Page 246, Experimental Lecture on The exciting and voluptuous pleasures to be derived
from crushing and humiliating the spirit
Page 251, Curiosities of flagellation A Series of Incidents and Facts collected by an
Amateur Flagellant
Page 251, Curiosities of flagellation A Series of Incidents and Facts collected by an
Amateur Flagellant
Page 258, The Quintessence of Birch Discipline, A Sequence to the Romance of
Chastisement
Page 260, Mysteries of Verbena house, The or, Miss Bellasis Birched for Thieving
Page 268, New Attalantis for the Year 1762 Being a Select Portion of Secret History
Page 280, Useful hints ot Single Gentlemen respecting Marriage, Concubinage, and
Adultery. In Prose and Verse
Page 281, The Ladies' Tell Tale, or, Decameron of Pleasure. A recollection of Amourous
Tales
Page 282, Love's Tell-Tale or, The Decameron of Pleasure.
Page 291, Love's Tell Tale (Bijou Edition), The Sailor's Yarn A Delicious Adventure in
the Bay of Naples
Page 292, The Ladies' Tell-Tale, or, Decameron of Pleasure. A Collection of Amorous
Tales, as related by a party of young friends to one another
Page 292, The Volupturian Cabinet, being A Faithful Re-print of such Facetious Facts
as have become scarce
Page 298, The Festival of the Passions, or, Voluptuous Miscellany
Page 304, Confessions of a Young Lady to which is added Ten Years Life of a Courtezan
Page 304, Woman of Pleasure's Pocket Companion
Page 307, Pleasures of kissing and Being Kissed
Page 309, Lascivious Gems Set to suit every Fancy, By Several Hands
Page 314, The Mysteries of Venus, A Nuptial Interlude
Page 315, Dialogue between a Woman and a Virgin
Page 316, The Seduction of Sontag, or The Virgin's Oath. An Historical Drama, in two
acts
Page 316, Virgin's Oath, The or, the Fate of Sontag. An Historical Drama in Two Acts
Page 318, Intrigues in a Boarding School or, the Adventures of Dr. Phookall, with his
servant girl
Page 319, Harlequin Prince Cherrytop and the Good fairy Fairfuck or, The Frig--The
Fuck--And the Fairy
Page 322, The Bon Ton Magazine, or, Microscope of Fashion and Folly, (For the year
1791) Volume I
Page 326, Quizzical Gazette and Merry Companion, The
Page 327, The Rambler's Magazine, or, Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure, and Bon Ton
Page 329, The Rambler's Magazine, or, The Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure, and the
Bon Ton
Page 333, The Rambler's Magazine, or, Fashionable Emporium of Polite Literature, The
Fine Arts--Politics--Theatrical Excellancies
Page 334, The Rambler, or, Fashionable Companion for April; being a complete Register
of Gallantry
Page 335, The Original Rambler's Magazine, or, Annals of Gallantry: an amusing
miscellany of Fun, Frolic, Fashion and Flash
Page 337, The Ranger's Magazine, or, the Man of Fashion's Companion; being the Whim of
the Month, and General Assemblage
Page 338, The Crim. Con. Gazette, or, Diurnal Register of the Freaks and Follies of
the Present Day
Page 339, The Exquisite, a collection of Tales, Histories, and Essays
Page 343, The Pearl, a Monthly Journal of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading
Page 347, Swivia or, The Briefless Barrister. The Extra Special Number of the Pearl
Page 348, Haunted house, The or the Revelations of Theresa Terence
Page 352, The Pearl, Christmas Annual 1881 Containing New Year's Day, The Sequel to Swivia, Vanessa, and other Tales
Page 356, The Erotic Casket Gift Book for 1882, Containing Various Facetiae omitted in
the Pearl Christmas Annual for Want of Space
Page 357, The Cremorne, A Magazine of Wit, Facetiae, Parody, Graphic Tales of Love,
etc.
Page 358, The Boudoir, A Magazine of Scandal, Facetiae, &c.
Page 373, Retraio de la Lozana Andaluza en Lengua Espanola muy clarisma, compuesto en
Roma
Page 379, Machine Interessante a Mouvement Rotatoire Continu
Page 385, Cortina Corrida, La o la Educacion de Laura Segunda
Page 385, La Herencia de familia, continuacion de La Cortina Corrida
Page 385, La Herencia de familia, continuacion de La Cortina Corrida
Page 388, Alcahuetas de Madrid, Las obra clasica en su genero por Don Castro Casosela
Y Pingalisa
Page 391, Noches de Amor, Las Traduccion del Arzobispo de Trajanopolis
Page 393, Aventuras de un Pollo, Las Cuadro de costumbres sociales
Page 394, Tripona, La o La Sasa de Trato. Comedia en un acto original y en verso
Page 395 Nuevo Barberillo de Lavapies, El Papotado en tres Burdeles Original
Page 397 Desvirgada por su gusto, La con licencia de su madre juguete carajinal y
fornicario en un acto
Page 400 The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, or, The Life of Fanny Hill
Page 404 Modern Propensities or, An Essay on the Art of Strangling, &c.
Page 404 The Mysteries of Venus, A Nuptial Interlude and A Preceptor for Ladies and
Gentlemen on their Wedding Eve.
Page 417 The Worship of Priapus, An Account of the fete of St. Cosmo and Damiano
Celebrated at Isernia in 1780
Page 419 Aline et Valcour ou le Roman Philosophique Ecrit a la Bastille, un an avant
la Revolution de France. Tome Premier
Page 419 Le Culte de Priape, ...Suivi d'un Essai sur le Culte des Pouboirs
Generateurs durant le Moyen Age
Page 421 Le Roman de Mon Alcove, Confessions Galantes d'une Femme du Monde Pour
Servir. A l'Histoire de nos Moeurs
Page 422 L'Ecole des Biches,
Page 424 Report of the Maharaj Libel Case, and of the Bhattia Conspiracy Case
connected with it.
Page 426 Herbert Breakspear A Legend of the Mahratta War
Page 427 Les Livres Secrets de Confesseurs, devoiles aux peres de famille
Page 430 Confession et Les Confesseurs
Page 430 Le Libre qu'il ne faut pas faire Lire,
Page 431 Lettre A. M. haureau sur sa brochure intitulee: Manuel du Clerge, ou Examen
du Livre de Mgr. Bouver sur le Sixieme
Page 431 Le Manuel du Clerge, ou Examen de l'Ouvrage de M. Bouvier, eveque du Mans
Page 434 Death Blow to Corrupt Doctrines A Plain Statement of Facts.Translated from
the Chinese
Page 440 Apologie pour Herodote
Page 443 Deux Dialogues du nouveau Langue francois Italianize et autrement desguize,
principalement entre les courtisans de ce temps
Page 444 Manuel d'Erotologie Classique (De figuris Veneris)
Page 451 Christianity Unmasked or Unavoidable Ignorance preferable to Corrupt
Christianity
Page 452 Catechisme des Gens Maries par le P. Feline Reimpression Textuelle.
Page 452 Father Girard and Miss Cadiere A Poem of 374 lines
Page 453 Roman du Cure, Le Eau-forte de Henry Maboux
Page 454 Les Aventures Galantes de la Madone,
Page 454 Priest, The Woman, and The Confessional, The
Page 455 Devotions de Madame de Betzhamooth an La Retraite les Tentations
Page 458 The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, Translated from the Sanscrit. In Seven Parts,
with Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks
Page 477 De la Sodomie et particulierement de la Sodomie des Femmes distinguee du
Tribadisme
Page 478 Dissertation sur Les Idees Morales des Grecs et sur le Danger de lire Platon
Page 481 An Eye-Opener, Citateur, par Pigault Le Brun, Doubts of Infidels
Page 483 Abishag a Luscious Tale of a SuccessfulPhysiological Search after
Rejuvenescence
Page 485 Randiana or Excitable Tales; being the Experiences of An Erotic Philosopher
HERE I am, as usual, nestled among- all the good things that
intellect has
produced —my walls are " instinct with thought"—I inhale here
the
essence of departed wisdom—the breathings of its spirit.
William Beckford. fKemotrS of SttftfortJ, n. 340.
Le plus grand personnage qui, depuis trois mille ans peut-£tre,
fasse
parler de lui dans le monde, tour k tour geant ou pygmee,
orgueilleux ou
modeste, entreprenant ou timide, sachant prendre toutes les
formes et tous
les r61es, capable tour k tour d'cclairer ou pervertir les
esprits, d'emouvoir
les passions ou de les apaiser, artisan de factions ou
conciliate^ des partis,
v&itable Protee qu'aucune definition ne peut saisir, c'est le
More.
E. Egger. flustotrt flu Stbrt, p. vn.
■ ■ ■: >ni» -
-—les bas-fonds de la litterature ont toujours ete dedaignes
par la haute
critique, celle qui s'ecrit trop souvent avec des grands mots et
des opinions
toutes faites ; on n'y a done guere regards jusqu'k ce jour ; k
peine quelques
erudits ont porte leur curiosity sur des personnages isoles;
atjeune etude
d'ensemble.
Gustave Mouravit. S.e fHoiuteur Du fitbltopfjil*, n. 197.
VI.
EPIGRAPHS.
Les livres indecens ne sont point ceux qui nuisent !e plus
aux mceurs; ce
qui les enerve et les perd, c'est la legferete avec laquelle on
rapporte et l'on
presente com me indifKrentes, comme ingenieuses mime, les
infractions les
plus positives aux devoirs les plus saints; comme des maniferes
61ev&s et
inddpendantes, les proced& licencieux et perfides; comme des
amusemens
sans consequence, ce qui est contraire aux principes que
soi-meme l'on avoue.
On ne saurait nuire davantage qu'en insinuant qu'il y a deux
morales, celle
de la sagesse et celle du plaisir, ou les preceptes publics et
les maximes
secrfetes. Je soutiens que certaines pages de Voltaire et
plusieurs scenes de
Regnard et de Molifere, sont bien plus contraires it la morale
que les
ohsc6nit& de 1'Aretin et les hideux excfes d6crits dans Justine.
Les ^pi-
grammes orduriferes ont fait peu de mal: les Contes de Bocace et
de La
Fontaine en ont fait beaucoup.
E.-P. de Senancour. Ue I'Smour, p. 228.
——for instead of believing that pictures of vice must
disgust, certain
persons seem to think that they must allure; nay, from the false
idea that
innocence and ignorance are the same, they try to shut away from
the
young any knowledge of evil, and having " purified "
Shakespeare, purify
also the Bible, for family reading.
This is a mistake. The Holy Spirit himself has told us, in a
truth as
mighty as a whirlwind, as unshaken and firm as a chain of
mountains, that
"the kingdom of God is within us." There is another truth, its
parallel,
equally valuable, which He has left for man to find out,—it is
this: the
kingdom of the devil is also within us. We cannot be gopd by
pretending
not to know evil. When women go mad, the most innocent, the
youngest,
the most purely educated often utter the most horrid and obscene
language;
a proof that to them such evil has been known ; how acquired,
how taught,
it is in vain to ask. What the teacher ought to seek is, not to
blot out arid
veil iniquity, since that will always be visible, but to make
the heart strong
enough to cast out the evil, first into the herd of swine, then
into the sea,
which shall swallow it for ever.
[J. Hain Friswell]. 3:4tiaj»0 on 3aigli0§ tObftertf, p. 273.
epigraphs.
VII.
A lire entre les lignes, je pourrais me demander avec
tristesse si je ne suis
pas un malheureux inconscient qui a laisse son bon sens moral
s'egarer sur
les rayons malsains des bibliothbques clandestines. Un examen de
conscience
approfondi me rassure k l'instant. En litterature 1'immoral
commence oh
finissent la sante et la droiture de l'esprit; Ik ou (sic)
Intelligence est trfcs
cultivee, jaillissante de sfeve et nourrie dans l'humus des
genies vraiment
humains, des sublimes pobtes et prosateurs grecs et romains et
surtout de
l'essence gaulotse de notre admirable langue du xvie sibcle ; lk
ou (sic) le
lettre apparait, la fausse pudeur n'est plus de mise et
1'immoral ne saurait
exister. Les lecteurs de cette revue sont recrutds parmi les
erudits eclaires
et blasts sur le propos; je ne pense pas qu'il soit necessaire
de les traiter en
petites demoiselles. Lorsqu'on a guerroye dans la vie des livres
en compagnie
d'Aristophane, de Lucien, de Pdtrone, de Suetone, de Rabelais,
de Beroald
de Verville, de Boccace ou de Bonaventure Desperriers, on serait
mal venu de
donner k ses lbvres l'accentuation de proh f,udor ! k propos de
Restif ou de
Baffo.—Pour les lecteurs bibliophiles, les ouvrages que je
signale, tires k un
nombre restreint au possible, ne sont dans le domaine litteraire
que des curi-
osites analogues aux singuliers cas pathologiques du musde
Dupuytren. lis ont
pour eux le meme int^rSt dans l'excentrique.—Personne n'est
absolument force
de penetrer dans ces collections d'anatomie erotique; mais ceux
qui aiment la
nature jusque dans ses verrues y font visite simplement, sans
prendre pour
cela une mine gaillarde de bourgeois en bonne fortune.—Je
n'insisterai pas
d'ailleurs sur ce sujet, car je me suis toujours demande avec
Montaigne, le
sage des sages et le logicien par excellence, ce que Taction
g^nitale, dans
ses diverses manifestations, cette action si naturelle, si
necessaire et si juste
avait bien pu faire aux hommes, pour qu'on l'exclue de propos
delibere, avec
une horreur bien risible, de tous propos regies et serieux.
La pudibonderie, si amusante et si gracieuse chez la femme,
n'est jamais
que ridicule chez un mile ; elle prend meme un autre nom quand
elle atteint
les Erudits. J'en appelle aux casuistes.
Octavs Uzanns. 9.t Itbrf, Mars, 1S84, p. 138.
VIII.
epigraphs.
C'est le mattre du monde, le vice ! et il triomphe au moins
six fois sur
dix—je veux fetre genereux, je vous fais la part belle. Ce qu'il
y a de plus
prostitu£ sur cette terre, c'est l'humanite tout entire!
croyez-le.
Alberic Glady. Sout'r, p. 55.
Ne faisons pas fi du crime: il est, comme certaines femmes au
masque
laid, repoussant pour le vulgaire; mais souvent aussi comme
elles il a des
beautes secretes qui recfelent des plaisirs ineffables.
La verite n'est pas toujours en satin blanc comme une fille h
la noce ; et,
sur Dieu et l'honneur! je n'ai dit que la verite, que je dois.
Quand la
vdritd est de boue et de sang, quand elle offense l'odorat, je
la dis de boue
et de sang, je la laisse puer; tant pis ! Ce n'est pas moi qui
l'arroserai d'eau
de Cologne. Je ne suis pas ici, d'ailleurs, pour conter des
sornettes au
jasmin ou au serpolet.
Petrus Borel. JfiflaUamt fJutipfjar, 1. 263, n. 230.
La pudeur est une convention sociale, un prejug^ sans
consistance, une
h^resie k la religion de Nature.—Virginie eut tort d'en mourir,
Bernardin de
Saint-Pierre a tort devant Zola.
La pudeur est un mot; la Volupt<£ est une force.
La Volupte est sainte et feconde : la chanter, c'est peupler.
C'est echaufler la femme au sein glace; c'est reveiller la
jeunesse dormant
dans les testicules du vieillard et du pretre.—(Euvre d'humanitd
et de
patriotisme 1—C'est donner des bras k 1'agriculture; des soldats
& la defense
du sol; des t£tes k la pensee et au travail du Progrbs.
Edmond Harancourt. Ea %t%mltt B«f p. 14.
epigraphs.
ix.
II y a h present une inquisition s^vfere sur les livrcs ;
mais un ministre, en
defendant un livre, l'accrddite. Le vrai secret serait de le
faire refuter par
un auteur sage et homme de bien.
Un livre defendu est un feu sur lequel on veut marcher et qui
jette au nez
des dtincelles.
Voltaxrk. %t &ottteter.
-——---
On ne doit point esp£rer, d'aprbs cet 6nonc6, qu'une telle
lecture n'offre
rien de libre en morale, d'heterodoxe en religion, de hardi en
politique, rien
qui blesse les oreilles des jeunes filles ou meme de leurs
mfcres, ni qui choque
les croyances publiques et privees ; un tel espoir serait trompe
trop souvent,
at la chose etait inevitable, » * *; mais que cette liberte soit
un mal ici, je
ne le pense pas, au contraire ; pourvu qu'une certaine mesure
ait ete gardde
dans les exemples, et que le juste et l'honnete aient ete
respectes ou vengds
dans la critique : or, c'est ce que j'ai eu constamment en vue;
et c'est assez
pour les personnes edairdes et sincferes, les seules qu'il
faille prendre pour
juges, les seules k qui ce livre soit adresse.
Le Marquis du Roure. Slualtctabtblton, i. 13.
remarks.
E?iS|HAT the interest taken in bibliography, " the quaint
Ha duenna of literature, a study apparently dry, but not
BEctw without its humours," (*) has not diminished of late
may be accepted, I think, as a pleasing fact. Moreover, books
are more sought for and collected than ever, and are more cared
about for their own sake, not as mere chattels or adjuncts to
wall
decoration, but as " a company of honest old fellows in their
leathern jackets in thy study which will find thee excellent
diver-
tisement at home." (8) Were proof of this assertion needed, I
would point to the continued advance in the prices paid for fine
or rare books; to the increase of works and periodicals purely
bibliographical, or embracing bibliography as a leading fea-
ture; (s) to the compiling of catalogues of private libraries,
such as that of the late Mr. Huth; and above all, to the
printing of the catalogue of the British Museum. With alt this,
1 Andrew Lang, ULty Etbrarg, p. 4.
* Thomas Fuller, ®ijf feelo an* profane &tate, Of Books.
8 Several will be found enumerated among the Authorities, pest.
xii.
preliminary remarks.
the day is yet far distant when we may hope to have a
cohiplete
catalogue of printed books. That " consummation devoutly to
be wished " need however not be despaired of if every possessor
of a library, every student of a certain subject, epoch, or
class
of literature, would carefully note the volumes he owns, or
which pass through his hands. This once done, a staff of
intelligent and exact scribes and a careful printer would alone
be needed to produce an Universal Bibliography. (4)
4 As I have always insisted that no bibliographer should
write about books
which he has not seen, the above suggestion may appear
inconsistent and to
require a word of explanation. It is not within human
possibility for one
man to see all the books that have been printed, nor even for
any one
association of men, in as much as the books could not be brought
together
in one place. The primary work then, the noting books de visu,
must be
done piecemeal. Let us for a moment suppose this labour to have
been
accomplished by trustworthy bibliographers, such as Viollet le
Due, poetry;
James Atkinson, medicine ; De Morgan, arithmetic ; H. Stevens,
geography ;
Du Roure, literary curiosities; G. Peignot, books destroyed;
John Martin,
privately printed books; Charles Asselineau, modern romance;
Paul Lacroix,
the works of one man; &c. The various separate catalogues or
biblio-
graphies would have to be assembled, arranged in chronological
order, and
numbered. The titles of books noticed would then be transcribed
in the
most condensed form possible, beginning with the earliest
bibliography, and
the number denoting that bibliography or authority attached.
Where a later
bibliographer simply repeats a title already given, no notice
need be taken
of such repetition,or second number added ; but where an early
bibliographer
is found to be corrected by a later writer, the former should be
entirely
omitted, and the latter alone recorded. In this way a reliable,
universal
hand-book to printed literature is possible, although the
undertaking would
be immense, and involve labour and an outlay almost beyond the
resources
of a private individual or firm.
preliminary remarks.
xiii.
Nor has bibliography attained the position of an exact
science—its nomenclature is not yet fixed. To adduce but a
single instance: Many books have three distinct titles which
sometimes vary in their wording; two of these (when the third
is not entirely ignored) (6) are spoken of by English biblio-
graphers indiscriminately as the Half-title. I have endeavoured
to give a separate and distinct name to each: That which
precedes the full title-page, "faux titre" in French, I call
Bastard-title, that which follows the title-page and heads the
first page of text I term Half-title.
Again, with regard to the sizes of books there is much con-
fusion and uncertainty. It cannot be expected that any one
who is not a paper maker or a publisher should understand
exactly what is meant by such terms as " imperial," " super
royal," "demy," " double crown," "-j<§sus," " pot," " telliere,"
"couronne," " coquille," "colombier," "grand aigle," and a
host of other trade words which are frequently met with in
publishers' and booksellers' catalogues. (6) Rather than employ
these technicalities not universally understood, I have
preferred
to give the sizes of the volumes noticed in inches (T)—of the
8 As in a recently published volume: 9ui!)or4l){p &
fta&luafon, the sole
object of which is to explain and define these doubtful points.
• Tables explanatory of some of these technicalities, and of
the sizes of
books generally, are not wanting. See the work mentioned in the
previous
note, also Connautfantt* nttcggau** k un StbliopljtU;—jSontjjlp
at %
Vibrato association, Nos. for August and December, 1882, &c.
1 For the guidance of foreign readers unfamiliar with English
measures
I may add that an English inch is equivalent to about 2}
centimetres.
c
xiv.
preliminary remarks.
paper when the volumes which have passed through my hands
have not been cut down, and of the letter-press. (8)
The present volume, like its predecessors, is miscellaneous
in its contents, and although I have dealt with one branch of
literature, English fiction, more exhaustively than any other,
the books embraced are of a very varied character. I claim
permission to say a few words on the several groupings.
The first thirty-one pages are devoted to works in various
languages upon subjects relating generally to peculiarities of
the sexes, or to their connection, criminal or otherwise, with
each other. Among the subjects discussed are: Sodomy, (9)
8 In doing this I have taken into consideration that which
appears on
every page, but not that which occurs on some pages only. Thus,
my
measurements include the headings, pagination, and catch-words,
when there
are any, but not the signatures.
• In an article on La Conspiration du 12 Mars 1814, M.
Gilbert-Augustih
Thierry, speaking of the " gratitude amoureuse " which Louis
xvin. felt for
his favourite the Comte d'Avaray, remarks: " La tendresse que
Louis
ressentait pour ce favori 6tait phenomfene inexplicable: seul,
peut-€tre, un
m6decin physiologiste aurait-il pu l'expliquer. On eut dit une
de ces
passions dtranges qui, aux derniers jours des Valois, troubla
l'etre entier dU
' Vilain Herode' (Henri hi.) pour un Saint-Megrin ou pour un
d'^pernon."
Ha jloufitlle 3EUbue, No. for May 15, 1880, p. 253. To the list
I offered at
p. 410 of Ctnturia SUbrorum SbSconUttovum of men accused of this
propensity
may be added: Sainte-Beuvk, Count d'Orsay, Admiral be la Susse,
William ii. King of Holland, Charles u. and Charles in., dukes
of Parma.
La Roche-Pouchin Rochefort St-Louis, the spiritualist Hume,
Ernest Barochs
(Baroche, Fronsac). See 9,'fttttrmftrtart, xv. 447; jfttinotrd
du Comte
Horace de Viel Castel, ii. 44, 195, in. 18, 172, iv. 258. The
following
preliminary remarks. xv.
Frigidity, Polygamy, Incest, Fornication, Hermaphrodites, (w)
remarks of Dr. J. Agribpa concerning- the origin of this vice
are worthy of
attention : " J'ai dit quels developpements effrayants prenait
le mailt 1'^poque
de la puberte. L'enfant qui s'est adonne aux pratiques de
l'onanisme durant
cette periode, trop souvent est perdu, incurable. Mais un fait k
remarquer,
c'est que, chez plusieurs, les premiers besoins de J'amour qui
se font sentir
modifient les habitudes vicieuses, et, sans les extirper, les
rfeglent et les
gouvernent d'une singulifere fa5on. La fletrissure de la chair
gagne alors
Intelligence, et l'on voit naitre ces amours monstrueux et
cependant sinceres,
que Platan et Virgile ont idealises. II y a lk un sujet d'dtude
philosophique
extr&nement curieux, et qu'il est ^tonnant qu'on n'ait point
aborde." Ea
■Prrmttrt dftttrtiSiSurt, Paris, 1877, p. 37.
10 To compress into a foot note the most superficial
reference to what has
been written on this subject would be impossible. Books about
Hermaphro-
dites are numerous—still more numerous the scientific accounts
of them in
Medical Journals. I beg to offer nevertheless the two following
unscientific
descriptions. The first, from my own observation, I will term a
female
hermaphrodite, as she wore female attire, and bore all the
external marks
of an attractive woman. I visited Madame H. Balzac, for so she
called
herself, on the 2nd February, 1882. She was travelling to gain
money by
showing the peculiarity of her conformation, and has, 1 believe,
been des-
cribed in The Lancet, She was about 20 years of age, rather
pretty, and
quite womanly, with beautiful blue eyes, a good complexion, and
fair hair;
her nose was rather masculine, and her mouth rough and large,
with bad
teeth; her chest was expansive, and her breasts well developed ;
the lower
part of her legs slightly bowed and masculine. She possessed, in
appearance
at least, the organs of both sexes, but neither perfect: a small
penis, as in
a lad of 12 or 14 years, and testicles apparently developed ;
the yard was
however not perforated. Underneath the testicles was what seemed
to be a
Perfect female vestibule, of which the opening was however only
large
xvi. preliminary remarks.
Marriage, Impotence, Eunuchs, Seigniorial Rights, (u) Rape,
enough to allow her to pass her water, but not to receive a
man, or even to
admit the insertion of the end of a quill. She told me that she
was born in
Paris; that she had no monthly flow, but felt nevertheless a
periodical
indisposition; that she experienced pleasure in the embraces of
both sexes, and
had even an erection when with a sympathetic female. She could
not of course
satisfy her desires. The second account of what I will call a
male hermaph-
rodite I condense from Cf)« JJosft Ifypregg, Rochester, N.Y.
March 10, 1883.
At a coroner's inquest at Halmeville, Bucks County, the Rev.
William
Jarrett, an English subject, and pastor of the Episcopal church
was dis-
covered to be a " genuine hermaphrodite. The authenticity of
this remark-
able phenomenon was vouched for by Drs. Wilson, Dingey and
Kurtz, who
made the post-mortem examination. It was discovered that the
unity of
both sexes existed in the body, and the unusual and curious
physical anomaly
was developed in a marked degree. The man was 74 years old, and
of
large physique. The distinctive physical organs, typical of male
and female,
were fully developed. Jarrett took charge of the pulpit at
Halmeville, an
entire stranger, three years ago. He was a brilliant orator, and
soon made
friends. He occupied the parsonage all alone, did his own
cooking, and
sought seclusion. Jarrett said he had a wife and children in
Australia, but
In the light of recent events this is not credited."—" Peu
d'hommes (qui ont
les deux sexes, et pourtant sont les plus puissants miles), ont
le don d'in-
cubation." J. Michelet, E'&maur, Part's, 1861, p. 184.
11 Doubt, it will be seen, has been expressed as to the
existence of a Jus
prima metis. On the "other hand, if we are to believe the lately
published
National Manuscripts of Ireland, King Conchobar, who reigned at
the
commencement of our era, enjoyed that right, for we are told
that every
man of Ulster brought his daughter when she had reached the age
of
puberty to Conchobar in order that he might enjoy her. Nor has
this
custom, as it seems, entirely disappeared among barbarous races.
The
preliminary remarks.
xvii.
Prostitution, (12) Many of these treatises are in Latin,
frequently interspersed with the vernacular, and were written
in some instances by students as. college essays. (13) It seems
traveller, M. de Braza, affirms that there is a kingdom on
the Congo of
which the sovereign has the right to consider all his female
subjects as his
own wives. Consult lU&ut S tremolo gi^tte, Decembre, 1881, p.
331; iL'flnter*
meUtatre, xv. 640. Two recent works on the subject, the authors
of both
of which believe in a Jus prima noctis, may here be noted: He
Urott tiu
j&eigneur &>c.par Leon de Labessade, Paris, Rouveyre, 1878;
UrotfcS llu
Seigneur goud la dfeoijalttf &>c. Paris, Lambert, 1882, by Ch.
Fellens,
2 vols., illustrated.
12 Those who have not studied the matter have no idea what a
vast
amount of books have been written on this subject. Clergymen and
doctors
innumerable in provincial towns have printed their ideas as to
how the social
evil should be treated. In fact, the Bibliography of
Prostitution would form
a volume as bulky as it would be curious.
13 " S'il est dangereux de tout dire aux enfants, il est plus
dangereux
encore de leur laisser tout ignorer." This truism, to the
elaboration of
which Marmontel has devoted one of his Conies Moraux, is more
easily
enunciated than defined. It has been, and always will be, one of
the chief
stumbling blocks in the path of education, and many unprejudiced
and
liberal minded people may be found who doubt the wisdom or
desirability of
placing in the hands of our youths, and maidens as well now that
our
universities have opened their doors to the weaker sex, the
writings of the
ancients spiced as they are with the turpitudes of civilisations
if not baser, at
any rate more out spoken, than our own. In this matter, as in so
many
others, we may take a lesson from the East—from a nation loving
learning
no less than we do. " The Chinese (remarks S. W. Williams) are
not
compelled, as we are, upon the authority of great names, and for
the sake
of the graces of style and language, to place in the hands of
their youth
xviii.
preliminary remarks.
strange that such topics should have been chosen for the
purpose. They frequently display great research, and may be
found useful by those who are investigating such matters. (M)
Very few words are needed as preface to the remarks which
occupy pp. 32 to 59. Among the interesting cities of Europe
Venice undoubtedly holds a foremost place, whether considered
from a historical, political, social, or artistic point of view
; and
the volume there analysed, although emanating from a private
source, must be recognised as one of the most valuable contri-
butions to the study of Venetian domestic life. Around the
women of Venice has ever clung a halo of attraction,
attributable
in great measure to their beauty, and the splendour of their
attire, on the rare occasions when they were seen in public, but
more than all perhaps to the impenetrable barrier by which they
were surrounded—in former days through the seclusion in which
they were kept, (1S) at a later date by the jealous surveillance
works containing- passages which put modesty to the
blush—works in which
the most admirable maxims of morality are mixed and confounded
together
in the same page with avowals and descriptions of the most
disgusting
licentiousness. The writings which the Chinese put into the
hands of their
youthful students are in this respect wholly unexceptionable."
®!jt Jfflffifofe
fttngUom, New Fork, 1879, 439-
14 To whom I would strongly recommend the remarkable little volume by
J.-M. Dufour : (©UfSttons! IllustVtS, ou Bibliothhque des
Livres singuliers en
droit, &°c. Paris, 1813.
16 M. Charles Yriarte depicts the Gentildonnes venitiemtcs,
during the
xvnth century as " vivant entre elles dans leur interieur,
cachdes & tous les
yeux et menant une ii particulifere existence, ' qu'elle tient
quelque chose de
sauvage.' Elles ne se visitent point et ne se parlent point
lorsqu'elles se
preliminary remarks.
xix.
of their cavaliere servente rather than of their husbands.
(1T)
The nuns of Venice, even, differed in a marked degree from
those of other Italian cities, enjoying, as they did, a liberty
little in accordance with their religious vows. Many of the
nunneries, in fact, were little better than boarding houses for
the daughters of the wealthy, and their parlours, (i8)
especially
rencontrent, elles demeurent dans leurs maisons, en
d&habille, except^ les
jours de fete. En ces occasions, quelques-unes se rendent aux
eglises, mais
toutes n'y vont point k cause du grand nombre de chapelles
particuliferes
proches des palais. Les maris sont fort jaloux, et s'ils ont
quelque sujet de
1'etre, ils tiennent sans scrupule les femmes au logis pendant
des annees
entiferes. La vie des femmes d'alors 6ta.it, £ vrai dire, la vie
du harem, ou
plut6t celle du gyn&de, avec la difference des temps, des
moeurs, de la
religion. D'ailleurs les Venitiens ont, comme on dit, de qui
tenir. Ne sont-
ce pas des Orientaux, apres tout ? " ila ©ie tJ'un $)atrtf un He
"Fentse, pp.
32, 35-
17 In his charming JLtttrtg dfauulthfS, under date 1739,
Charles de
Brosses writes: " Des qu'une fille, entre nobles, est promise,
elle met un
masque, et personne ne la voit plus que son futur, ou ceux k qui
il le permet,
ce qui est fort rare. En se mariant, elle devient un meuble de
communaut£
pour toute la famille, chose assez bien imaginde, puisque cela
supprime
I'ernbarras de la precaution, et que l'on est sir d'avoir des
heritiers du sang.
C'est souvent l'apanage du cadet de porter le nom de mari; mais,
outre
cela, il est de regie qu'il y ait un amant; ce seroit meme une
espece de d&-
honneur k une femme, si elle n'avoit pas un homme publiquement
sur son
compte.—Voilk quel est le train courant de la galanterie, oil
les etrangers
n'ont pas beau jeu." I. 117, 118.
18 " Rien n'est plus frequente que les parloirs de
religieuses, et quelque
ngoureux que puissent etre les magistrats sur les monasteres,
les nobles qui
y ont des habitudes y rendent de frequentes visites; et comme il
n'y a point
XX.
preliminary remarks.
during the Carnival, were the scenes of riotous merriment
and licence. (19) The cynosure of Venice, however, was un-
doubtedly the cortigiana—a class of woman as remarkable as,
and more influential perhaps than the haeterae of Greece, or
than the Parisian courtisane of a later day ; she vied with, and
even outshone, her sister of the Imperial City,(20) then, it
would
de jeune religieuse bien faite qui ne soit courtisee par plus
d'un cavalier,
toute la vigilance des superieures ne sert qu'2 faire trouver k
ces filles plus
d'expedients pour voir leurs amants. Pendant le carnaval les
parloirs sont
le rendez-vous des masques; plus ils sont bouffons et ridicules,
mieux ils sont
regus. Les jeunes gentilshommes font des parties pour se
deguiser le plus
extravagamment qu'ils peuvent, et vont de couvents en couvents
divertir les
religieuses par mille contes plaisants." Saint-Didier, Ha Utile
tt la
tEUpufcliciut 1ft TtntiSe.
19 " C'etait k la grille des couvents mondains, qu'aux
derniers jours du
carnaval, on voyait des nonnes d^guisdes en femmes du monde,
meme en
hommes, avec bouquet de plumes au chapeau, et, ainsi atournees,
faire la
reverence et le salut galant de la main, de la Ifevre et de
l'ceil, avec toutes
les graces du bel air, aux allants et venants au parloir." X«f
jFttmntd 33loritte4,
p. 198.
20 In fll Zoppuio piacevol ragionamento nel quale il
Zoppino,fatto Fralet e
Lodovico, puttaniere, traitano de la vita e de la genealogia di
tutte le Cortigianedi
Roma, which first appeared at Venice, in 1539, will be found a
most curious,
albeit coarse and even disgusting, picture of the Roman
prostitutes, which
contrasts strikingly with the many pleasant descriptions we have
of the
courtesans of Venice, some of which I shall presently cite.
After describing
to his companion the filthy condition of their persons, how
offensively they
smelt,
preliminary remarks.
xxi.
seem, her only rival. (20) Of the great number (ai) of
courtezans
in Venice; of their manner of living, and surroundings; of
o rembrencioli. Chi ha intorno al culo una merciaria di
creste. A chi
pendono le zinne infino al bellico, che pa:iano fiaschi piene di
venacce, che
fanno piU rami che non fa il Po in Lombardia. Chi ha a la pancia
quattro
o sei faldoni l'un sopra l'altro, che gli cuoprono la por
pottaccia. Chi ha
le coscie rugate. Chi su le ginocchia il fango, che vi si potria
piantar le
lattughe. Chi ha le chiappe ruvide come la pelle d'un'occa. A
chi gli
cascano su le coscie di dietro. E chi ha le croste ne le
ligature de le calze
per far bella gambetta. Si che se tu vedessi queste cose, come
le ho viste
io, elle ti uscirebbono di mente. Dunque ti prego te ne vogli
chiarire, perche
questo b il rimedio d'amore." (p. 46). I have used the edition
of Parts,
Isidore Liseux, 1883, in which a literal French translation is
given en regard.—■
H Zoppino, which appeared anonymously, has been attributed to
Pietro
Aretino. That it was not written by him may, I think, be
affirmed with
certainty. I am inclined, on the other hand, to ascribe it to
Francisco
Delicado, than whom no one had a better knowledge of the subject
in hand.
His long sojourn in Italy, of which four years were passed at
Rome, must
have afforded him occasion to acquire Italian with sufficient
thoroughness to
enable him to write a book in that language. See p. 384 post.
20 " Au xvie sifecle, il serait inutile de chercher ailleurs
qu'i Rome et k
Venise des courtisanes cdlfebres. C'etait seulement dans ces
deux capitales
que la voie leur fitait ouverte au renom et k la fortune. En un
mot, Venise
et Rome etaient leurs deux centres d'action, leurs cours, leurs
tr&nes, comme
aujourd'hui Paris et Londres.—Etles Courtisanes done, qui
tenaient le sceptre,
c'etait une renovation de l'antiquite greque et romaine, c'&ait
une caste, un
ordre dans l'Etat." £«( dftmmrt pp. 131, 202.
21 In £a Cariffa tfelle Uuttane Dt Tentgta a remarkable poem,
in form of
dialogue between a " forestiere " and a " gentilhuomo," we read
:
" Tante sono puttane in tutti i lati,
" De quai veggiam talhor piu folta schiera,
" Che di vacche e di buoi per li mercati.
d
xxii.
preliminary remarks.
their prominence, in marked contrast to the retired mode of
life of the Venetian ladies; (22) of their influence, at times
no
doubt pernicious, (2S) which, if never permitted in affairs of
" Ma s'io vi voglio far parlando note
" Le Cortigiane tutte ad una ad una,
" E lor costumi e quality vi note,
" Prima averrk che l'aria oscura e bruna
" Scacci il giorno al Maroco."
The edition which I have used is that of Paris, Isidore
Liseux, 1883, with
a French translation en regard, reprinted from a MS. copy made
by the late
M. ^douard Tricotel from the original, printed at Venice in
1535. M.
Liseux attributes the poem " sans hesitation k Lorenzo Veniero."
M " A peine voit-on paraitre la femme dans la vie sociale des
derniers
temps. De la gondole ou sur les listoni (allies) elle echange un
sourire
d'intelligence avec les 61egants cavaliers, et, assise sur son
balcon, elle pr&te
l'oreille aux chants petillants de po&ie et d'esprit, qui dans
les soirees sereines
se r^pandent sur les lagunes. * * * Vis-k-vis cependant de la
dame, on
voit s'elever et regner la courtisane. Celle-ci, k la verite,
n'exerce aucune
influence sur les affaires pubiiques, mais on lui decerne des
honneurs
extraordinaires ; elle inspire l'art, elle en est la Muse. La
courtisane ne le
cfede en rien k la dame noble: ses ajustements sont aussi
riches, ses coiffures
aussi bizarres, ses maniferes aussi avenantes." P. G. Molmenti,
Ha vte
k Tytmtft, p. 337.
23 Consult Iff Jflagello Utile fHetttrict, et la Nobilitk
donnesca ne' figlivoli del
Signor Gio. Antonio Massinoni Dottor di Leggi. Nuouamente posta
in luce
da Giacomo Massinoni. Con Licentia, de' Superiori, & Priuilegio.
In Venetia,
M.D.XCIX. Appresso Giacomo Antonio Somascho. Size of
letter-press
6f by 3! inches; pp. 16 numbered on recto only; vignette on
title-page of
a centaur bearing a motto.
preliminary remarks. XXIII.
state, was employed by the police of the city; (24) of their
beauty,
and superior education, or I should rather say accomplishments;
of their amiability, and winning ways; (25) of the richness of
24 At p. 100 of his work 2Je la -prostitution en ISurope, M.
Rabutaux
writes: " Quant k Venise, c'etait peut-etre dans le monde le
foyer le plus
actif de la debauche et de la Prostitution: en aucun lieu on ne
trouvait autant de
femmes communes; elles etaient, en quelque fagon, une partie du
gouverne-
ment dans cette rdpublique ombrageuse ; soit que les magistrats
voulussent
amollir dans les plaisirs et dans le desordre la jeunesse
venitienne et la
ddtourner de 1'etude des affaires, soit m£meque ces innombrables
courtisanes
devinssent les auxiliaries de leur police infatigable. La grande
affluence
des etrangers 6ta.it aussi une cause naturelle de ce
relachement. En 1421,
la Republique appela des femmes Arangferes pour les livrer k
l'incontinence
publique, per conservar la honesta delta terra; on les plaga
dans un lieu
nomme Carampana; une matrons placde k leur t£te administrait la
com-
munaute, tenait la caisse, recevait l'or lustral (aurum
lustrale), et, une fois
chaque mois, partageait les benefices entre les associees. II
paratt que, dans
cet atelier national, on avait adopts l'egalite des salaires.
(Nicolo Doglioni,
Delle cose notabili della citta di Venetia, Venet., 1587, in-I2,
p. 23.)" In the
volume of M. Rabutaux will be found a wood-cut from an original
painting
representing a night at the house of Laura Pesciotta, at Venice.
85 " Pour dpuiser l'article du sexe feminin, il convient ici
plus qu'ailleurs
de vous dire un mot des courtisanes. Elles composent un corps
vraiment
respectable, par les bons procedds. II ne faut pas croire
encore, comme on
le dit, que le nombre en soit si grand que Pon marche dessus;
cela n'a lieu
que dans le temps de carnaval, oil Ton trouve sous les arcades
des Procuraties,
autant de femmes couchfes que debout; hors de lk leur nombre ne
s'&end
pas k plus du double de ce qu'il y en a k Paris; mais aussi
elles sont fort
employees. Tous les jours reguliferement k vingt-quatre ou
vingt-quatre
heures et demie au plus tard, toutes sont occup6es. Tant pis
pour ceux qui
viennent trop tard. A la difference de celles de Paris, toutes
sont d'une
douceur d'esprit et d'une politesse charmante. Quoique vous leur
demandiez,
xxiv. preliminary remarks.
their attire, and of the luxury of their dwellings; (M) we have
leur r^ponse est toujours: SertJ servito, sono a suoi
commandi (car il est de la
civilite de ne parler jamais aux gens qu'k la troisifeme
personne.) A la
v6rit£, vu la reputation dont elles jouissent, les demandes
qu'on leur fait
ordinairement sont fort born^es; cependant j'en trouvai 1'autre
jour une si jolie
que . i. . le moyen de ne s'y pas fier, (sic) elle me repondoit
des consequences
per la beatissima madonna di Loreto." De Brosses, Eettrttf
dfamtltfcrttf, I. 118.
86 Writing in i6ti, Thomas Cory&t says: "As for the number of
these
Venetian Cortezans it is very great. For it is thought there are
of them
in the whole City and other adiacent places, as Murano,
Malomocco, &c. at
the least twenty thousand, whereof many are esteemed so loose,
that they are
said to open their quiuers to every arrow. • * » For so infinite
are the
allurements of these amorous Calypsoes, that the fame of them
hath drawen
many to Venice from some of the remotest parts of Christendome,
to con-
template their beauties, and enioy their pleasing dalliances.
And indeede
such is the variety of the delicious obiects they minister to
their louers, that
they want nothing tending to delight. For when you come into one
of their
Palaces (as indeed some few of the principallest of them liue in
very magnifi-
cent and portly buildings fit for the entertainement of a great
Prince) you
seeme to enter into the Paradise of Venus. For their fairest
roomes are most
glorious and glittering to behold. The walles round about being
adorned with
most sumptuous tapistry and gilt leather, • * *. Besides you may
see the
picture of the noble Cortezan most exquisitely drawen. As for
her selfe shee
comes to thee decked like the Queene and Goddesse of loue, in so
much that
thou wilt thinke she made a late transmigration from Paphos,
Cindos, or
Cythera, the auncient habitations of Dame Venus. For her face is
adorned with
the quintessence of beauty. In her cheekes thou shalt see the
Lilly and the
Rose striue for the supremacy, and the siluer tramels of her
haire displayed
in that curious manner besides her two frisled peakes standing
vp like prety
Pyramides, that they giue thee the true Cos amoris. • * » For
few of the
Cortezans are so much beholding to nature, but that they
adulterate their
faces, « » ». A thing so common amongst them, that many of them
which
preliminary remarks. xxv.
ample record. Italian writers have portrayed them, have re-
haue an elegant naturail beauty, doe varnish their faces (the
obseruation
whereof made me not a little pitty their vanities) with these
kinde of sordid
trumperies. * * * Also the ornaments of her body are so rich,
that except
thou dost euen geld thy affections, * * * shee wil very neare
benumme and
captiuate thy senses, and make reason vale bonnet to affection.
For thou
shalt see her decked with many chaines of gold and orient pearle
like a
second Cleopatra, (but they are very litle) diuers gold rings
beautified with
diamonds and other costly stones, iewels in both her eares of
great worth. A
gowne of damaske (I speake this of the nobler Cortizans) either
decked with
a deep gold fringe * * * or laced with fiue or six gold laces
each two
inches broade. Her petticoate of red chamlet edged with rich
gold fringe,
stockings of carnasion siike, her breathe and her whole body,
the more to
enamour the, most fragrantly perfumed. * * * Moreouer she will
en-
deauour to enchaunt thee partly with her melodious notes that
she warbles
vpon her lute, which shee fingers with as laudable a stroake as
many men
that are excellent professors in the noble science of Musicke;
and partly
with that heart-tempting harmony of her voice. Also thou wilt
finde the
Venetian Cortezan (if she be a selected woman indeede) a good
Rhetorician,
and a most elegant discourser, so that if shee cannot moue thee
with all these
foresaid delights, shee will assay thy constancy with her
Rhetoricall tongue.
And to the end shee may minister vnto thee the stronger
temptations to come
to her lure, shee will shew thee her chamber of recreation, * *
* all her
bedding sweetly perfumed. And amongst other amiable ornaments
shee will
shew thee one thing only in the chamber tending to
mortification, a matter
strange amongst so many irritamenta malorum ; euen the picture
of our Lady
by her bedde side, with Christ in her armes, placed within a
cristall glasse.
* * * Moreouer I will tell thee this newes which is most true,
that if thou
shouldest wantonly conuerse with her, and not giue her that
solarium
'"iguitaits, which thou hast promised her, but perhaps cunningly
escape from
her company, shee will either cause thy throate to be cut by her
Ruffiano if
he can after catch thee in the City, or procure thee to be
arrested (if thou art
to be found) and clapped vp in the prison, where thou shalt
remaine till thou
ast PaW her all thou didst promise her." CruUititsS, pp. 264 to
268.
xxvi.
preliminary remarks.
corded their adventures, and sayings, (27) or have vaunted
their
own familiarity with them, among whom I need but name two
remarkable men, of different epochs, Pietro Aretino, (2s)
37 " There was in Venice a common prostitute who was visited
by men
belonging- to every clime; somebody asked her, one day, which
nation she
thought was provided majori memhro virili. ' The Venetians,' was
her un-
hesitating reply. And she stated, as follows, the motive of her
opinion:
' Theirs is of such a length,' she said,' that although
frequently away in distant
parts, even beyond the seas, they yet cultivate their wives and
get them with
child.' Thus cracking a joke at the wives of the Venetians, who
are left to
the care of others by their husbands while on their travels." I
give this
short anecdote by Poggio, which, as it bears on the subject in
hand, may not
be thought altogether out of place here, in English, thereby
procuring the
opportunity of introducing to my readers at one and the same
time a recent
translation of the tales of the witty Florentine and the style
of the rendering:
®H)e jfatctt® or Jocose Talcs of Poggio Now first translated
into English With
the Latin Text In two Volumes Paris Isidore Liseux 1879.
28 Without noting any of the references scattered through his
Letters &*c.,
I will indicate only his J&.igtonammtt, from which, more than
any other work
of a similar kind with which I am acquainted, may be gleaned
particularities
of Venetian life, especially that of the prostitutes. Again I
would recommend
the recent edition, Paris, 1882, of M. Liseux, in 6 vols., "
texte Italien et
traduction complete," with portrait of Aretino after Titian,
price 250 francs.
The vols, are thus divided: 1. La Vie des Religieuses, n. La Vie
des Femmes
marines, in. La Vie des Courtisanes, iv. L'Education de la
Pippa, v. Les
Roueries des Hommes, vi. La Rufftanerie. Of these dialogues the
present
editor says : " Nous les donnons tels que l'auteur les a congus
et Merits, tels
qu'il les a edites de son vivant." To this edition should be
added a set of
20 mediocre etchings (including another portrait of Aretino)
designed by
L. Dunki, and engraved by A. Prunaire, price 30 francs. This
edition super-
sedes %ti SJtaloqtifg, 6 vols., which M. Liseux published in
1879, *or
which he was, in February, 1882, fined 400 francs, although that
translation
was not complete, and the translator had taken " la peine de
transposer en
Latin les passages scabreux."
preliminary remarks.
xxvii.
and that most captivating of adventurers, J. Casanova. (29)
Erotic poets, such as the notorious Giorgio Baffo, or the
89 Take, among- others, his portrait of Juliette, " cette
nouvelle Phryne,''
to whom he was introduced in 1741, and "qu'on avait payee
cent-mille
ducats." " Je la trouvai (he writes) au milieu de sept ou huit
courtisans
aguerris qui lui prodiguaient leur encens. Elle etait
negligemment assise
sur un sopha aupres de Querini. Sa personne me surprit. Elle me
dit en
me regardant des pieds k la tete, comme si j'avais ete k vendre,
et avec un
ton de princesse qu'elle n'etait point fachee de faire ma
connaissance; en
suite elle m'invita k m'asseoir. * * * Juliette avait dix-huit
ans : sa blancheur
etait eblouissante, mais l'incarnat des ses joues, le vermeil de
ses lfevres, le
noir et la ligne courbe et trks-etroite de ses sourcils me
parurent plus
l'ouvrage de 1'art que celui de la nature. Ses dents, qui
paraissaient £tre
deux rangs de perles, empechaient qu'on ne lui trouvait la
bouche trop fendue;
et soit nature, soit habitude, elle avait toujours l'air de
sourire. Sa gorge
couverte d'une gaze legfere semblait inviter les amours : " &c.
Our enthusi-
astic young abU goes on to narrate how the beautiful Juliette
was covered
with bracelets and rings, into which description we need not
follow him.
iWfcnotrsf, Leipsic, 1826, vol. 1, p. 136.
80 " Monsieur Baffo done, sublime genie, poete dans le plus
lubrique de
tous les genres, mais grand et unique," as his friend Casanova
styles him}
never tires of writing about the prostitutes of his native city,
upon whom he
looks with real affection.
" In frk i mestieri della vita umana,
" E no credo de dir un' eresia,
" II piii bello me par, che no ghe sla,
" D'una donna, che fazza la puttana."
In another place he bewails the distress into which this
beautiful profession
had fallen, through the regular practitioners being supplanted
by married
women:
" II puttanesmo, quel mestier si bello
" Che giera de gran lustro in sta cittae,
xxviii.
preliminary remarks.
less known Marco Bandarini, (81) have sung their praises, or,
when denied their favours, have, like Lorenzo Veniero, (82)
" Per causa delle donne maridae,
" El xe andk, se poul dir, tutto in flagelo."
The editions of Baffo's poems are numerous, with and without
illustrations,
but happy is he who has been able to pay 200 francs for the
noble edition:
SPo&tfjg CompUtes! de Giorgio Baffo En dialecte Vknetien
Littkralement traduites
pour la prem fere foh, avec le texte en regard Orne du Portrait
de PAuteur
Imprime d cent exemplaires Pour Isidore Liseux et ses amis Paris
1884 4*0.;
4 vols.
81 In a very rare little volume of 16 unnumbered pages,
without place
or date, but printed probably at Venice, about 1535, and
entitled:
Btl iPoeU in lode delle piu famose cortegiane di Venegia alia
largkissima
nobilissima signora Lucretia ruberta Marco Bandarin per sempre
seruitore,
the author describes a " Notte felice notte auenturosa " in
which " il Poeta
se insonia chiauar una sua arnica cortegiana," and addresses
laudatory
verses to Angela Sara, Cornelia Griffo, Lucretia Ruberta (to
whom it
will be seen the volume is dedicated), Cornelia da Santo Aluigi,
Andriana
Ziauatina, Angela Zapheta, Iulia Riniera, Isabeta Griega,
Marieta Bernardo,
Cornelia Dolphina, and other ladies distinguished by such
qualities as " cul
duro," " pozo chicstro," " bella man," &c. That these names are
not
fictitious, but that the women really existed, seems probable by
most of them,
even those with such appellations as Lucieta cul duro, being
enumerated in
Caciffa Utile -Puttante Hi 'Fentgta, already cited.
32 He Crtnte ft Win Be la Zaffctta is a coarse and not very
witty satire in
the vein of Corneille Blessebois, or of Dr. William King without
his erudition.
In it Veniero relates how Angela Zaffetta was lured to Chioggia,
and there
forced to submit to the embraces of thirty-one men, without
renumeration.
Angela was certainly a notable courtesan in her day, and her
beauty was as
long lived as it was splendid. Arehno was one of her lovers, and
said of
her that she caressed the virtues and the virtuous, and that she
was as
ready with her lips as with her hands. She had the honour of
supping with
preliminary remarks.
xxix.
vilified them in their verses. Foreigners who have visited
Venice—the historian and archaiologist Charles de Brosses, (s3)
the novelist-philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau, C84) or our
Aretino, Titian and Jacopo Sansovino. Bandarini (see previous
note) ad-
dresses to her the following lines:
" Vien Angela zapheta il cui bel raggio
" II sole e ogni altro lume ella abarbaglia
" Lei fa benigno ogni animal seluagio
" Si come si adimanda ella si aguaglia
" A Vener bella il uolto diuo e saggio
" Tutt' antiqua bellezza chiude e intaglia
" Onde ciascun che la uede fauella
" Quest Angela non e ma uener bella "
88 His lament at having to leave Venice is almost touching: "
C'est
demain, cependant, qu'il me faudra quitter mes douces gondoles.
J'y suis
actuellement en robe-de-chambre et en pantoufles k vous ecrire
au beau
milieu de la grande rue, berce par interim d'une musique
celeste. Qui pis
est, il faudra me separer de mes chores Ancilla, Camilla,
Faustolla, Julietta,
Angeletta, Catina, Spina, Agatina, et de cent milles autres
chose en a plus
jolies les unes que les autres. * » * Je ne crois pas que les
fees ni les anges
ensemble puissent, de leurs dix doigts, former deux aussi belles
creatures
que la Julietta et 1'Ancilla. Lacurne est trfes-feru de 1'une,
et je ne devrois
pas 1'gtre rnoins de celle-ci, aprfes l'avoir vue un jour
deguisee en Venus de
Medicis, et aussi parfaite de tout point. Elle passe avec raison
pour la plus
belle femme de toute l'ltalie." £rttre«, I. 146.
84 " Mais, k propos de filles," he writes," ce n'est pas dans
une ville comme
Vemise qu'on s'en abstient," and he describes the mistresses of
his friends as
Presque toutes filles k talents, chez lesquelles on faisoit de
la musique ou des
is. My readers will remember his strange adventure with the
charming
etta, as illustrative of his own perverse character as it is of
the coque-
fry of the Venetian courtesans. " Ne tachez pas d'imaginer," he
exclaims,
Cs c^armes et les graces de cette fille enchanteresse, vous
resteriez trop
e
XXX.
preliminary remarks.
own amusing, if somewhat pedantic Thomas Coryat (35)—vie
with each other in their panegyrics of the charming frail ones
with whom they came in contact. Considering this, and the
vast amount of curious information afforded as to other matters
of Venetian life, social, domestic, judicial and criminal,
pardon
will be accorded me for affording so much space to Leggi e
Memorie Venete sulla Prostitutione.
loin de la verite; les jeunes vierges des cloitres sont moins
fraiches, les
beautes du serail sont moins vives, les houris du paradis sont
moins piquantes.
Jamais si douce jouissance ne s'offrit au cceur et aux sens d'un
mortel." I[fjj
Confessions!, partie n. livre vix.
33 More than 130 pages of his CruUttteg are devoted to
Venice, "this incom-
parable city, this most beautifull Queene, this vntainted
virgine, this Paradise,
this Tempe, this rich Diademe, .and most flourishing garland of
Christen-
dome." There is a freshness and stamp of truth about his
descriptions,
which impart to them a special charm. This my readers will own
to be
particularly the case with the somewhat lengthy extract given in
note 26,
ante, the best sketch of a Venetian Courtesan with which I have
met. So
close and detailed a picture could not have been drawn except
from life, and
with many apologies for the seeming " wantonnesse " of his
conduct, our
Odcome eccentric owns that, for his " better satisfaction," he
did " visite the
Palace of a noble Cortezan, view her own amorous person, heare
her talke,
obserue her fashion of life, and yet was nothing contaminated
therewith, nor
corrupted in maner." Nor does Coryat confine himself to a verbal
de-
lineation, for he has embellished his volume with an engraving
fairly well
executed by Gulielmus Hole, representing the meeting of R
Signior Tomasq
Odcombiano and Margarita Emiliana bella Cortesana di Venetia, or as he puts
it in the text: " And I haue here inserted a picture of one of their nobler
Courtezans, according to her Venetian habites, with my owne neare vnto
her, made in that forme as we saluted each other."
preliminary remarks.
XXXI.
The greater part of the volume, as before remarked, is
devoted to Fiction—English from pp. 61 to 321, (*) Spanish
from pp. 373 to 394. I make no claim to have exhausted the
subject. I have altogether omitted Translations, which in some
instances (m) nearly approach original works. There exist
moreover a vast number (as) of English erotic novels which
38 See also among the periodical literature, pp. 322 to 358,
and Additions,
p. 400.
87 Not having had occasion to mention her, I extract the
following notice
by D. Juan Valera of a Spanish female erotic novelist: " Dona
MarIa db
Zayas y Sotomayor, senora muy principal de Madrid, publica entre
sus
novelas ejemplares, una, titulada EI ^ubtnttto tnganatio, en la
cual se cuenta
con notable complacencia una serie de adulteries chistosos, cuya
moraleja es
que todo hombre debe tratar de casarse con mujer de
entendimiento para
que le engane con disimulo y sin que el lo sepa." lE&u&to*
Crittcotf, I. 246.
88 As in the recently published series of 15 adventures: Cfye
Saleittoftope
of ©ice—True Anecdotes of My Amours with our Professional
Beauties,
Illustrious Fuckstresses, Fashionable Friggers, Perfect Ladies,
and Titled
Tribades. By A "Masher." London: Berkeley Square. 1884. Size of
paper 7! by 5I, of letter-press by 3! inches ; counts 4; pp. 77;
title-page
printed in red and black, with a fancy and a small plain line ;
" limited to
ISO Copies." The work is rendered from, or rather based upon,
its
®afoltau)f "FtbaitW, ou mes confessions au pied de la Duchesse,
but it has been so
Englished that it scarcely reads like a translation, the
personages having
been boldly transplanted to British soil, and made to speak in
the modern
jargon which has been propagated by such prints as The Sporting
Times.
89 The following- alphabetical list of bare titles may have a
certain utility!
The books, all I believe, exist, or have existed, and most of
them have passed
through my hands at one time or another; as however they are not
all
before me now, I do not guarantee the titles given to be
invariably correct: ^Wafof, or the Trials of a Governess—W^t
3fa&wtui'ea of gntta the Belle
xxxii.
preliminary remarks.
from various causes I have not comprised in my gathering.
Enough will however have been analysed to enable my readers
to form an estimate of the nature and value of these per-
of New Fork, New Orleans, 1863—flgtreS HJtllougi)b$, or the
Adventures of a
Gay Woman — Amours anti Intrigued of a df las{) IHan—8mourS
JntngueS anti
fltibentures of a jHuSual dtutient, without place or date,
written by Sam May
the elder, father of Sam May the theatrical costumier, published
by H.
Smith, i.e. W. Dugdale, probably the original of the tale
noticed at p. 229,
post.—Amours of tf|t Erngs of Jptance, 1863—SfatourS of Horti
J3»ron, 1848—
Amours of Robert JHarStien, 1841, with a second part entitled
Sutobiograpfjw
of a jPootman—Annals of tlje ©rem 3&oom—&mials of t'f)e
TOf>ttefiouSe, there
are two distinct works with this title—®fje &nttS»pI)tlftu
©uttie—Buna, or
the Life of a Lady's Maid—Hutobtograpfjn of a footman, 1835,
with a second
part, ®i>e Eife of Robert JHarStieit, 1841, a reprint no doubt
of the work just
before mentioned—©f|t 33eauttful Semoit, a Tale of Love Intrigue
and
Treachery— Confessions of a &ati»'S 3®atttng JfHatU, possibly
identical with
the work mentioned at p. 179, post—Confessions of a
Jiun—Confessions of
;j$latiame TTtStrtS, there are several editions from 1830 to
i860—Conjugal
HefotineSS, or Matrimonial Whoredom—Conjugal ILobe anti
Sutn—Cf)e Con*
nubtal<©uttie—Court anti Cottage—Cfje Cutfeolti, same as Mornan
Uisrobeti—
Cupiti'S Slbttm—StltgljtS of tfje jiitpttal J3etf, there are
several editions from
1806 to 1855—Bon SUian ui tlje arrng— Bribe on £oad)mati, a
Humorous
Tale,London, J.Brett, 1739—i£umitf)ism UtSplaueS—(Soen>
OTomait's 33oofe,
or What is Love, 1828 and 1841—dfamit) 3£ainSaj), a Child of
Nature—Cfje
dfifteen pleasures of a 'Ftrgtit, 1709—€f)e ©obemess -f&istorn
of a 3&afcc—
Clje Hatitts Comforter, or the Art of rousing the procreative
faculty in the human
animal—ILar&S of SLontioit, or the SweWs Guide—Cf)e JLiff anti
luiouvS of Hate
ftori&al, New Orleans, 1864, 12 plates—Cfje fUfe anti Career of
JMotf>er
Cummins, London, no date, reprinted 1830—Cf(e Htft anti
Surprising ^tiben*
tures of J3ige«io—Cl)e %ift Cimes anti atibentures of
©torgeJSamngtott —
preliminary remarks.
xxxiii.
formances, and they will probably agree with me that they
were, with one or two exceptions, written by men devoid oi
Hftttaa, the Milliner's Apprentice—ftonBon fig J^tgfjt— ®f)t
loSt 'FirgimtD, or
the Rival Lovers, a Drama in 3 acts—Ho be iHffatnf, a complete
guide—Cf)e ILobe
dfroltca of a ®onng Scamp—Hobe on tlje dip, 1825, 1861, and
reprinted in
America—Eober'S Cabinet—Hober'S Instructions, or Whole Art of
Caurtship—
C!)e EobeS of ti)e fearem—iucretta, 1864—©f)e fHafaen's
Cabinet—Cf)e
ifilan of «SaUantr»'s Jiocbet Companion—JHan of treasure's
30ocfcet Com*
panton—©f)e fMamage 32eW, or Wedding Secrets revealed by the
Torch of
Hymen—ffilarg Price, or Memoirs of a Servant Maid—jftemoirS of
jUSlatlame
Vttitvti, two editions—iHemotrs of tf)e SLife of tfje ISufee of
(©ueensbertg—
JlMousietrap of Sobe—iffigsteros of a Conbent—l&oateries of
"Fenus, a Nuptial
Interlude, Boston, 1798, see pp. 314,404, post—jiefo Eontlon
&uiHtfor 1846 to
the Night Houses—fiurSerp amusements— JiartS bg jiigi)t, a
complete Guide to
Paris—€f)e peeress antf tipe Page, Mackenzie, 1852, reprinted
as, DKam'eV
IHato's dTtrsft flight, and again by Judge, about 1870, as,
intrigues %plotW
antt Amorous ^UbentureS of ^anHSotne or the Confessions of a
Page—
©f)e Pj)tloSop!)» of pleasure, pnd $Ji)MSioIogi) of pleasure,
or History of a
Young Lady, probably identical with dTannp J£larasa»—PfyuStologn
of tfje
Vantage jettgl)t, Boston, 1844—Pleasures if a Single iLtfe,
1709—Pribate
flntvigueS of HortJ Sjjron—Pribate fttfe of Hort
J3uroix—(Queenie: her Life of
Free Enjoyment, and Ecstatic Love Adventures, related by
Herself, in course of
publication—J&eptntaitce of CI)0mag @reen, " confessions more
frank and as-
tonishing than Rousseau"—®lje 3fiU&t»Ie—Homester's Setter to
Jitll ®.o»iine—
3£acl) ester's 2Ufe—Scenes tn a SJrotljel, or Adventures in the
Parisian Houses
devoted to the Paphian Goddess—j&ci)QQl of "FenuS, or Anecdotes
for the Ladies,
4 plates—a Sealei Book for OTtoman—Cf)e Seamstress—Seevet
ftistorn of
iSettg Jrelani—Secret fKemotrs of dFratue during the 18th
Century—Seeret*
of J8ature Jftebeateti—Setouction b« Chloroform—Seduction
©hibeilett—Si*'
fWontfjS in a Conbent—Sottom arrtJ (©nan—Ci)e SotleB Uobjt—C^e
Sfoell's
$ligf»t ©utoe through the Metropolis — ©abes Sorsalts— ©trhltsl)
CaleS,
xxxiv.
preliminary remarks.
learning and possessing little or no skill in their craft.
(40) As
literary productions they are worthless, and what attention (41)
we may he inclined to devote to them must spring from other
causes. (42) They are perhaps what Mr. John Ruskin would term
4 plates—'Fernig Alburn, or Rosebuds of Love—Victim of
Jlature, or Nancy
Hariwell—Uoluptuarian Cabinet, or Man of Pleasures Miscellany,
not the same
collection, I believe, as that noticed at p. 292,
post-~'Foluptuousl fotnotcnt—
Cf)e 3K8anton SEBtttofo—Cf)e ©EJetftttng IE tie, a Nuptial
Interlude and Preceptor
for Ladies and Gentlemen—Clje OTHjole JjHeaSttreg of JHatrtmong,
several times
reprinted—Cfje foM'i Preceptor, or Every Swankee's Book, not the
same
work as that noticed at p. 403 of Jnfcej: Stbrorum
^i-o^jbitorum—CI)e
©oung JMatVg Htbrarn, containing- The Lascivious Servant Maid,
The Battles
of Veuus, The Mysteries of Venus, the same collection as that
entitled Clje
jKafttm*£ Cabinet, noted above.
40 fnSejr fctbrorunt iPioljtbttorum, p. xvm.
41 Those of my readers who desire more information concerning
pub-
lications hailing from the other side of the Atlantic, of which
several figure
in the following pages, and particularly about those which the
Americans
call dime and half-dime novels, are referred to two books by Mr.
Anthony
Comstock of New York: dfrauttt ffrpogefc; and Crapsf for t|>e
|>ouit
remarks: " Others may object that the tales have, by their
freedom, a
tendency to corrupt the minds of youth; and that whatever has
any such
tendency should, in this age of profligacy and licentiousness,
be carefully
suppressed. My answer is, that these Tales, instead of tainting
the youthful
mind, will, I imagine, be found to have just the contrary
effect. Ideas of a
certain kind must, at some seasons, infallibly enter into the
minds of all
young men, and also of -all young women, who have in their veins
a drop of
healthful blood. Books therefore which hide these ideas in a
mysterious
manner, are almost as pernicious as those infamous ones, the
professed
design of which is to display them with all the powers of the
most inflam-
matory description. Those of the latter kind are read with the
most attentive
preliminary remarks.
XXXV.
" warm-blooded, human books " which " sneer at sin " ; and
they undoubtedly fall into the " frightful multitude" which
Thomas Carlyle classifies as "goats," upon which he advises
us to " keep a strict eye." Fiction, of whatever description,
(43)
always was, (44) and still continues to be, (45) one of the most
avidity; no smile is seen to illume the countenance of the
reader, for these
ideas are of a very serious cast. I, for these reasons,
maintain, that the
Author, who, at the same time that he raises such ideas, also
raises our
laughter, by rendering them familiar without danger; neither
vitiates the
heart, nor inflames the mind; but, on the contrary, furnishes
both of them
with the most powerful of all antidotes against the most subtle
of all poisons,
©rifle*, p. 37.
43 " L'homme (observes the Marquis de Sade) est sujet k deux
faiblesses
qui tiennent & son existence, qui la caracterisent. Par-tout il
faut qu'il prie,
par-tout il faut qu'il aime; et voilit la base de tous les
Romans; il en a fait
pour peindre les £tres qu'il implorait, il en a fait pour
cdlebrer ceux qu'il
aimait. Les premiers dictes par la terreur ou l'espoir, durent
etre sombres,
gigantesques, pleins de mensonges et de fictions; ♦ » *. Les
seconds,
remplis de delicatesses et de sentimens; * * * mais comme
l'homme pria,
com me il aima par-tout, sur tous les points du globe qu'il
habita, il y eutdes
Romans, c'est-k-dire des ouvrages de fictions qui, tantot
peignirent les
objects fabuleux de son culte, tantot ceux plus reels de son
amour." ftiie
*ttr les S&oinans, p. 9.
u " Nous jugeons les usages des anciens, et souvent leur
histoire d'aprfes
les pontes j ceux de nos ancetres et quelquefois les dvfenements
de notre
propre histoire, d'apres les romanciers. Je crains que dans cent
ans on ne
juge, en partie au moins, nos derniferes revolutions d'aprfes
ces milliers de
romans demi-historiques qui nous en offrent des peintures si
fausses et si
mesquines." F.-G. De La Rochefoucauld, ffitfprit ties Skrftatits
tiu i8t
$iiclt, p. 88.
45 w I just spoke of the gin-and-water of the circulating
library; but let
me put in a good word for the circulating library, and for the
study of novels.
Yes, the study of novels; for novel-writing has become, in these
modern days,
XXXII.
preliminary remarks.
influential (") branches of literature, and one of the surest
sources whence to gather a picture of the times. (47) And this
an important branch of art, and novels a very real and
substantial department
of literature. He who either neglects or despises or fears
novels, not only
cuts himself off from one of the very best sources of
intellectual and moral
refreshment, but ignores a branch of literature from which a
wise reader
can get instruction as well as entertainment. I am not a very
social man,
and some of my best friends are in novels." William P. Atkinson,
<©n
fttgfjt ©te* of Soaks, p. 20.
48 " We are told that eighty per cent, of the books taken out
of the great
circulating libraries are novels, and that their ethical
influence is greater in
the present day than that of the pulpit; in fact, that they
provide one of the
most powerful means by which the standard of morality is
affected. * » •
We propose to examine a few, with a view to illustrating our
contention that
all books which deal with vice, or which raise questions
difficult to answer,
are not necessarily hurtful; though some, planned by even the
purest writers,
appear to us as calculated to be so. In this estimate, something
must of
course depend upon the reader. There are minds which have the
blessed
faculty of extracting good from books which appear to contain
only evil."
Trevor Creighton, l£t1)ici of Some ffHotttni flobtfel, pp. 9,
11, 12.
47" By contemplating the fables of a people, we have a
successive delineation
of their prevalent modes of thinking, a picture of their
feelings and tastes
and habits. In this respect prose fiction appears to possess
advantages con-
siderably superior either to history or poetry. In history there
is too little
individuality; in poetry too much effort, to permit the poet and
historian to
pourtray the manners living as they rise. History treats of man,
as it were,
in the mass, and the individuals whom it paints are regarded
merely, or
principally, in a public light, without taking into
consideration their private
feelings, tastes, or habits, Poetry is in general capable of too
little detail,
while its paintings, at the same time, are usually too much
forced and
preliminary remarks.
xxxvii.
picture, more reliable perhaps in the domestic novel, the
novel
of the interior, than any other, is a truthful copy of nature
when drawn by a man of sound sense and moderate capacities,
rather than by a too dexterous or talented hand. Profound as
may be his knowledge of humanity, the genius is apt to allow
himself to be carried away by his imagination, and to depict
ideal, impossible characters, and unreal scenes and situations ;
whereas the more modestly endowed writer will observe rather
than imagine, will content himself with a simple record of his
observations, (48) and not create what he has not seen. This
is, in truth, what we want in a novel, if it is to be of
permanent
value, if it is to afford us anything more than mere amusement.
It must of course be understood that the author describes the
epoch in which he lives, the people with whom he associates,
the scenes which he has visited. Retrospective and histori-
cal C9) novels, or romances of which the scene and action are
exaggerated. But in Fiction we can discriminate without
impropriety, and
enter into detail without meanness. Hence it has been remarked,
that it is
chiefly in the fictions of an age that we can discover the modes
of living,
dress, and manners of the period." John Dunlop, ©f)e itfstorg of
dTiction,
vol. i, p. XXVII.
48 The following tribute of Heinrich Heine may not be out of
place here :
" Silent and self-contained, he (the English novelist) observes
the customs,
the passions, the actions of humanity, and in his works of
fiction are reflected
the actual world and real life. Sometimes it is a joyous picture
(Goldsmith),
sometimes a gloomy one (Smollet) (sic), but always accurate and
truthful
(Fielding). TOt, OTustJom, anU Patijos, p. 225.
49 In the hands of a Walter Scott or a Bulwer Lytton the
historical
novel rivals history as far as the delineation of character is
concerned. It
/
xxxviii.
preliminary remarks.
placed in foreign countries unfamiliar to the writer, (60)
may
display great study and consummate literary skill, but will be
found, certain notable exceptions admitted, to afford little
real
instruction, and to be of doubtful benefit. It would generally
be better for the reader to go at once to the sources whence the
novel writer has drawn his colouring. Now, Erotic Novels,
falling as they generally do into the category of domestic
fiction, contain, at any rate the best of them, the truth, and
" hold, the mirror up to nature " more certainly than do those
of any other description. For, unlike a Sanchez (5l) or a
Forberg, (52) their authors have, in most instances, been eye-
witnesses of the scenes they have described, as were a
FuRETifcRE, (M) a Restif de la Bretonne (m) or, to borrow
is perhaps to be regretted that such writers did not turn
their attention to
history rather than fiction. It may be laid down as a rule, at
any rate to the
novice, that history proper is the surer guide.
60 Anne Radcliffe is a notable instance, and it is scarcely
credible that
she never saw the places and scenes which she so vividly and
correctly
describes.
61 Cmturia ktbromm Sftdcontritorum, p. xxix, note 33.
® Vide p. 449, post.
53 " FuretiAre n'idealise pas les moeurs qu'il retrace, il
les etudie h fond et
dans des classes entires, non plus seulement & l'ext&ieur et
sous leur c6t6
individuel. Ses procureurs et ses bourgeois sont des masques
frappants de
verite:" &c. Victor Fournel, fta ftftttraturt InUiptuDantf, p.
240.
m it was in his nightly prowls through the streets of Paris
that he found
material for many of his tales. " Avec une franchise que n'ont
pas tous les
&rivains, il avoue qu'il n'a jamais rien pu imaginer, que ses
romans n'ont
jamais (sic) €t6, selon lui, que la mise en ceuvre d'evenements
qui lui 6taient
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
XXXIX.
but two examples from our own writers, a Defoe, (s"') or a
Dickens ; (5f!) or even have, like a Marquis de Sade, (57) them-
selves enacted, in part, what they have portrayed. Immoral,
and amatory fiction then claims our study, (58) and must
unfortu-
arrivcs personnellement, ou qu'il avait entendu raconter;
c'est ce qu'il
appelait la base de son recit. Lorsqu'il manquait de snjets
(sic), ou qu:il se
trouvait embarrass j pour quelque episode, il se crcait a
lui-merne une
aventure romanesque, dont les diverses pcripeties, amenees par
les circon-
stances, lui fournissaient ensuitc des ressorts plus ou moins
henreux (sic).
On ne peut pousser plus loin le r'ealisme litteraire." Gerard de
Nerval,
%ti $Uiumn&, p. 130.
6S Defoe was as realistic as Restif. " The germ which in his
fertile mind
grew into Robinson Crusoe fell from the real adventures of
Alexander Selkirk,
whose solitary residence of four years on the island of Juan
Fernandez
was a nine days' wonder in the reign of Queen Anne."—"Defoe had
from
nature what he calls his ' natural infirmity of homely, plain
writing,' but he
did not invent—although he often gets the credit for it—the art
of writing
about the lives of vicious people." JOantel Defoe by William
Minto, p. 135 ;
ISnqliSl) Utterature tn tfye iEigljteentlj Century by Thomas
Sergeant Perry,
p. 310.
56 He began his career of fiction with Sketches, and his most
finished novel,
perhaps his best, David Copperfield, consists, in the main, of
incidents which
happened lo himself. Like Restif, he collected materials during
his daily
and nightly walks through the streets of London. See SkfeenS by
A. W.
Ward. Apart his inimitable style, the real value of Dickens for
the future,
more than for the present, age, lies in the exactness and depth
of his obser-
vation.
w fnttep Eibrorum SProKjtbttovum, p. .37.
88 What says the learned Bishop Huet : " If any one object;
That Love
is treated of in a Manner so soft and Insinuating, that the Bait
of this
Dangerous Passion invades too easily the Tender Hearts : I
answer, That
it is so far from being Dangerous, that it is in some Respects
Necessary,
that the Young People of the World should be acquainted with it;
that they
xl.
preliminary remarks.
nately be acknowledged to contain, cumgrano salis, a
reflection
of the manners and vices of the times—of vices to be avoided,
guarded against, reformed, but which unquestionably exist, and
of which an exact estimate is needful to enable us to cope with
them. English Erotic Novels, I repeat, are sorry productions
from a literary point of view, the only one which could excuse
them in the eyes of a cultivated man. It would appear indeed
that the English language does not lend itself to the
composition
of amatory works, and that delicacy of treatment is with us
next to impossible. That refined licentiousness which Eugene
Sue, himself a past master in debauchery, (59) calls " la
religion
des sens—non la sensuality vulgaire, ignare, inintelligente,
mais
cette sensuality exquise qui est aux sens ce que l'atticisme est
may stop their Ears to that which is Criminal, and be better
fortified against
its Artifices; and know their Conduct, in that which has an
Honest and
Sacred End. This is so true, that Experience lays before us,
that such as
are least acquainted with Love, are the most unguarded to its
Assaults, that
the most Ignorant are the soonest decoyed. Add to this, that
Nothing so
much refines and polishes Wit; Nothing conduces so much to the
Forming
and Advancing it to the Approbation of the World, as the Reading
of
Romances." Cfje ftftftorg of &omatueg, p. 143.
69 " E. Sue est l'homme le plus debauche de la terre. II a
conduit Mme
C. Laffite, sa maitresse, dans les lieux les plus mal fames, de
meme son
nevu, le jeune Caillard, que sa sceur lui confiait et qui
n'avait que quatorze
ans, il l a fait violer par des filles malgre ses repugnances et
Fa traite de
petit sot lorsqu'il s'est mis a pleurer. E. Sue m'a raconte
Im'-piSme cette
scfene, un soir chez la duchesse de Rauzan. Quand il s'est
retire dans la
Sologne, E. Sue a forme chez lui un petit serail de jeunes
filles, il n'avait pas
de domestiques miles, et il me dit alors : ' Venez me voir, nous
ferons de
bonnes orgies.' " ifUntotreg du Comte Horace de Viel Castel, hi.
212.
preliminary remarks.
xli.
a l'esprit," is rarely, I may say never, attained, (eo) but
on the
contrary the motto attributed to Buffon " qu'il n'y avait de
bon en amour que le physique, is what our writers strive to
depict, (61) and that in the crudest words and coarsest ex-
60 The same idea has since been more fully elaborated by M.
Adolphe
Belot : '' Faut-il se borner k peindre la vertu ?—La vertu ne
change rien k
l'affaire. Certaines personnes la ddpeignent avec tant de
brutality qu'ils la
rendent indecente, tandis que d'autres, an contraire, qui ont
l'art du savoir
dire, en arrivent k rendre decent le vice meme.—Et, quand on l'a
rendu
decent, vous n'etes pas fachee qu'on vous le presente ?—Non; h
condition
encore que ce soit un vice comme il faut, un vice lave, peigntf,
brosse, assez
bien couvert pour faire illusion. Ne reste-t-il done plus rien k
etudier, rien k
apprendre, rien k creuser dans notre monde, sans qu'on fouille
sans cesse
dans l'autre, celui que nous voulons ignorer ? Pourquoi nous
faire descendre
dans les sous-sols, les caves, les communs, les repaires,
lorsqu'on peut nous
faire monter au premier ou au second etage, nous ouvrir des
salons, des
boudoirs, des chambres k coucher qui nous sont inconnus et sur
lesquels^nous
voudrions bien jeter un regard timide, furtif, mais penetrant."
Ea JSoucfje tit
J&atoamt X***, p. 16.
61 " Le roman contemporain a le tort de se mouvoir presque
exclusivement
dans le domaine de l'amour sexuel, envisage sous toutes ses
faces, analyse
dans tous ses details les plus intimes et les plus bas. 11 tend
done k faire
croire que la sexualite est la chose totdressante par
excellence. Ouvrons
les Revues et les publications du jour, on ne sort pas de la
sexualite. L'effet
produit est deplorable. ' Autant il est necessaire, ecrivait un
homme d'esprit,
que l'on voie clairement que le rapport des sexes est un facteur
considerable
dans les choses humaines, autant il importe que l'ori comprenne
que ce n'est
ni le seul ni le premier. La sexualite ne devrait jamais etre le
sujet d'un
roman; quand elle joue un role dans une ceuvre litteraire, il
faut qu'elle soit
plac
dire unique d'une literature qui par cela seul devient immonde.'
Que
xlii.
preliminary remarks.
pressions, so that their tales become unfortunately, or I
should
rather say fortunately, revolting rather than attractive, and
can
only be qualified by our very expressive word bawdy. More-
over, no improvement has taken place of late years. On the
contrary, if we compare such stories as the Memoirs of a
Woman of Pleasure, or the Memoirs of a Coxcomb, with The
Romance of Lust, the Experimental Lecture, or Lascivious
Gems, we cannot fail to perceive that while in the former books
the characters, scenes and incidents are natural, and the
language not unnecessarily gross, those in the latter are false,
while the words and expressions employed are of the most
filthy description. Cleland's characters—Fanny Hill, the cox-
comb, the bawds and debauchees with whom they mix, are taken
from human nature, and do only what they could and would
have done under the very natural circumstances in which they
are placed ; whereas the persons in the latter works are
creations
of a disordered brain, quite unreal, and what they enact is
either
improbable or impossible. (6a) It is evident that the writers of
peuvent d'ailleurs ajouter ces descriptions sensuelles au
talent d'auteurs tels
que Theuriet, qui nous donnait autrefois de charmantes
compositions, et
qui, pour suivre la mode ou gagner de l'argent, s'est devoye au
point d'ecrire
Sauvageonne ! ! " 0u Sanger BesS iilaubatgf fttbresf, p. 61,
62 I cannot better express my meaning- than by employing the
words in
which M. Victor Fournel sums up the novels noticed in his
Sattecature
InB^penUante: " Elles se tiennent plus pres de la terre, ne
de'daignent point
les menus details et les peintures vutgaires, entrent dans la
voie d'une
observation plus vraie des moeurs et du cceur de Fhomme, en un
mot, au
lieu de se lancer dans un monde factice et monotone, elles
etudient la society
re'elle, et surtout ses regions inferieures, pour en faire le
portrait ou la
satire. * * * II est facheux seulement que, sauf un trop petit
nombre
preliminary remarks.
xliii.
the present day have allowed themselves to be influenced by
the pernicious, bloodthirsty, anti-natural doctrines of the
Marquis de Sade, and have copied the cynicism, cruelty and
impracticable lasciviousness which he made the" distinctive
feature of his books, but which, it must be owned, he manipu-
lated with a masterly hand. Thus, the nature of English erotic
fiction has been changed, and its wholesome tone (if any book
of the kind can be called wholesome) entirely lost; the earlier
novels must consequently claim our attention in preference to
those of the present day, and in them must we rather look for
a truthful picture of
the piebald miscellany, man,
Bursts of great heart and slips of sensual mire. (63)
The Additions, beginning at p. 400, are necessarily more
copious than in former volumes. In them I have endeavoured
to clear up as I proceed, i.e. I have noted any new editions
which have appeared of books previously noticed, further in-
formation concerning them, or recently issued works bearing
upon them, also books in the branches with which I have been
dealing, and which have left the printers' hands since my MS.
d'exceptions, ces oeuvres aient eu pour auteurs des £criyains
d'ordre inf£rieur,
dont le syst&me, h. y regarder de pres, semble fonde non sur une
originalite
vigoureuse, mais sur les lacunes et 1'infirmite de leur
intelligence, incapable
de se hausser j.usqu'k cette poesie de convention qu'ils
combattaient moins
par haine du faux que par impuissance d'y atteindre. Ils ont
compromis la
valeur de leur protestation, les uns par la fade et insipide
mediocrite de leurs
livres, les autres par une imagination sans gout et sans mesure,
confondant
la grossiferete Jtvec la verve, la bizarrerie avec Poriginalite
et la platitude
avec le naturel."
•* Tennyson, The Princess.
xliv.
preliminary remarks.
was sent to press. As I have not bound myself to any hard
and fast rule of arrangement, this apparent irregularity may
be indulged in without impropriety, every thing in this volume,
as in the previous ones, being reproduced, generally under
more than one heading, in the alphabetical index to be found
at the end.
In using my bibliographies I would suggest that my readers
consult the indices in the reverse of their chronological order,
by which plan nothing contained in either of the volumes will
escape them.
In another place (®*) I have indicated my indebtedness to two
bibliophiles who afforded me material assistance at the outset
of my undertaking. Unfortunately death has since removed
both those gentlemen from among us, and I now desire to
express my obligation to them in a more direct manner :
A kinder hearted man, a stauncher friend, a more polished
gentleman, a more amiable and entertaining companion than
Octave Delepierre never existed, or one more ready to impart
to others the extensive-and multifarious knowledge with which
his unusually retentive memory was stored. To a thorough
knowledge of the world he added a rare erudition : the Classics,
English, French, Italian, Flemish literatures were equally
familiar to him; but the untrodden bye-paths of literature had
greater attraction for him than the more thoroughly beaten
high roads, and he preferred to investigate rarely ventilated
subjects and to carry his researches into quaint, out-of-the-way
64 {ntiqr Htfiwrum Profyilntorum, p. lxxv.
preliminary remarks.
xlv.
books. (") He was a true bibliophile, loving books more for
what they contained than on account of their outward ap-
pearance. Octave Delepierre was on indefatigable worker, as
his very numerous publications amply prove, indeed, during
his later years, after he had retired from active public
service,
he was, like Robert Southey, seldom to be seen without a book
or a pen in his hand. His faculties were happily spared him
to the very last, and reading was his constant solace in the
illness to which he succumbed. The volumes, pamphlets, and
articles which emanated from his busy pen have been carefully
recorded in the volume dedicated to his memory by his son-in-
law, cited below. Further, it was Octave Delepierre who
suggested to M. Jules Gay the StbltOffrapbte 0Ubrajje0
rdatffe h mainour, atijr Jfemmes, au Jttatiage &c. which
has passed through three editions, is now difficult to
procure,
and of which a new edition, long contemplated by M. Gay, is
needed. Delepierre actually began the labour, and his MS. entit-
led: Itowolltliagraltana, ou Bibliographic curieuse cPouvrages
dans le genre badin, irotique et gaillard, Rome 3581, is now
before me. Although Octave Delepierre has been warmly
eulogized by some whose praise he would himself have prized
65 "The follies of man, his mental and moral aberrations,
singularities of
literature, enigmas of life and manners, and the like, had a
strange fasci-
nation for his mind, and were treated by him in preference to
subjects of
more general interest, for which his natural taste, his vast
reading, his
versatility, and powers of analysis equally fitted him."
StoSepf) ©fta&e
Stleptmt Born, 12 March 1802 ; Died, 18 August 1879 In Memoriam
For
Friends only, p. 15.
g
XLII.
preliminary remarks.
most highly, (w) his genius has not met with the complete and
universal recognition which it undoubtedly merits; nor is this
difficult to explain. He never sought popularity, nor catered
for it. With few exceptions his works are of an unpopular
kind, and he was wont to say that he had the honour of writing
books that did not sell. The general public then care little for
his writings. That they are not more fully appreciated* by
those for whom they were destined is perhaps not far to seek.
When the fervour of production was upon him, Delepierre was
in too great haste to get his volume through the press to allow
himself the time necessary to work his subject out thoroughly
and exhaustively, and to put his materials into that state of
order
and correctness needed to produce a definite work of reference.
This may be also the reason why Delepierre, in spite of his
extensive erudition, power of analysis, and astonishing
industry,
published so many small articles and minor volumes, rather
than one or two important works. Be this as it may, he has
opened up several hitherto unexplored fields of knowledge,
which must mark his originality, and insure for him the
gratitude
and respect of the learned of all ages. Octave Delepierre was
66 His cherished friend, M. Gustave Brunet of Bordeaux,
speaks of him
as : " Un des ecrivains auxquels la science des livres
I'histoire litteraire ont le
plus d'obligations, un erudit judicieux qui avait voue k 1'etude
tous les instants
dont il avait pu disposer pendant une tongue carriere." le
fctbre, biblio-
graphic ancienne, vol. i,pp. 22, 290. Consult also UuUettn Du
Bibliophile,
vol. for 1879, p. 4.52 ; J^tfobiblion, Paris, Septembre; fiatti
antt d&uerua,
S. hi. vol 13, p. 180; jKeit of tf>e Crate; 9kt. tted
Contemporaing, Vapereau;
Dirt. He Stograpfue Contemporauu, Ad. Bitard; fitjtonarto
Stografuo,
Firenze, 1870; fntftjr itbrorutn Profjtbitorum; Centnria
Itbrornm &bscon*
Kitorum^
preliminary remarks.
XLIII.
in every respect a handsome man, and his courtly bearing and
polished manners rendered him as much in his place in the
saloon as in the library. The pedantry affected by some men
of letters was entirely foreign to him, and his conversation, at
once brilliant, suggestive and versatile, was always suitable to
the person with whom he might for the moment be conversing.
The portrait I offer is reproduced from a photograph by Dr.
Diamond, kindly communicated to me by Delepierre's son-in-law,
the late lamented Nicolas Trubner. (67)
James Campbell C®) died at Crieff in Scotland, July 4, 1878,
at a ripe age. Decline of health, and failing sight obliged
him to abandon his literary pursuits, and to leave London.
For a short time he resided at Bath, but quitted that city in
October, 1877, for Crieff. Without the advantage of an
university education, James Campbell's acquirements were con-
siderable. He read with ease Latin, French and Italian, and
although not familiar with German, few erotic books in
that language were unknown to him. So thorough indeed was
his knowledge of this particular branch, that hardly an obscene
book in any language had escaped his attention. His industry
was unflagging. Each book, or different edition, as he acquired
it, was at once collated, confronted with every available au-
thority upon it, and compared page by page, word by word, with
any other procurable issue of the same work. Of very scarce
87 Born at Heidelberg, June 17, 1817, died at 39 Upper
Hamilton Terrace,
London, March 30, 1884.
88 His name was J. C. Reddie, but as he elected to be known
in literary
circles as James Campbell I shall continue to write about him as
such.
xlviii.
preliminary remarks.
books, which he might not be able to acquire, he frequently
made copies with his own hand. By this it may be judged how
exact and thorough he was, and how completely he had
mastered his subject. James Campbell viewed erotic literature
from a philosophic point of view—as illustrating more clearly
than any other human nature and its attendant foibles. His
collection of books was extensive—more extensive than choice,
for while he by no means disdained a copy containing extra
illustrations, or in an artistic binding, it was the book itself
that
he coveted, not the adornments, and, as he was not a rich man,
he preferred more books and less embellishment. He never
refused to lend a book, and although he was loth definitely to
part with any one of his treasures, it frequently happened that
a volume was not to be found on account of some forgotten
borrower having omitted to return it. With his knowledge he
was equally liberal. Indeed, imparting information seemed to
afford him special satisfaction, and he would spare neither time
nor labour in his friendly and gratuitous researches. Probably
all the English books which are to be found correctly noted in
M.
Gay's Bibliograpkie, above mentioned, were communicated by
J. Campbell, whose name figures in the preface to the third and
last edition. Further, with a view probably of aiding M. Gay
in a future edition, Campbell corrected many of his other
notices by comparing them with books in his possession, and
his own copy of the Bibliograpkie is now before me, of which
almost every page of the six volumes is covered with marginal
notes and corrections. His enthusiasm for the bibliography of
erotic literature was so great that, had his funds been
sufficient
to1 warrant his incurring the risk which such an undertaking
preliminary remarks.
XLV.
must always involve, he would probably have given to the
world a compilation of his own, which could not have failed to
be a masterpiece of exact and comprehensive reasearch. Shortly
before his death he presented me with the StbllOgrapbual
(69) which he had made with this intention, and I have
found them of great service in preparing the present volume.
Campbell knew William Dugdale, (70) and furnished him with
many of the original tales which he issued, besides the trans-
lations to be found in The Exquisite, (71) and other
publications.
He was an intimate friend of Edward Sellon, (72) and of the
authors of Cyt/iera's Hymnal (73) both of whom died a few
months before him. My readers will not be displeased to have
before them the likeness of one who took so much interest in
the subject in hand, and I add his portrait, the reproduction of
a photograph taken about ten years before his decease.
This leads me to the mention of two other gentlemen, whose
remarkable collections were always at my disposal, and who
have both been called away since the completion of my last
volume :
In William S. Potter, who was born January 21, 1805,
were combined the shrewd business man, the ardent collector,
and the enthusiastic traveller. His collection, which he took
69 See the List of Authorities, post.
70 finUcjr Eibrorum Profyfljitonim, pp. 127, 192.
™ Noticed at p. 3 39, post.
72 fnUtf Htbrorum JJrofjtbttarum, p. 379.
n Ibid, p. 185.
l.
preliminary remarks.
the greatest delight in showing, was remarkable, and
consisted
for the most part of erotic pictures, engravings, photographs
and
bric-a-brac generally. Books he did not collect, and valued only
for the pleasure which their perusal afforded. His taste was
good, and his numerous journeys afforded him the opportunity of
acquiring many rare and precious objects, most of which were
destroyed shortly after his death. (u) Potter was a tall, hand-
some man, and in his latter years his silver locks gave him a
patriarchal, almost reverend appearance. His faculties, with the
exception of hearing, were unimpared to the last.
If ever there was a bibliomaniac in the fullest sense of the
word it was Frederick Hankey. His collection was small, but
most choice, and comprised objects (?5) and books, exclusively
erotic. The former do not fall within the scope of the present
work, nor did Hankey attach the same importance to them as
he did to his books, which consisted of illustrated MS. the best
editions and exceptional copies of the most esteemed erotic
works, frequently embellished with original drawings, and
clothed by the great French binders. (78) The copies which
« See p. 188.post.
TS Among others may be mentioned what he was pleased to call
the sign
of his house, viz, a most spirited marble by Pradier
representing two
tribades; he had also a beautiful bronze of a satyr caressing a
woman,
where caresses with the tongue are not usually bestowed; a
ceiniure de
chasteti, an ivory dildo, &>c.
76 In an article entitled Trots Bons Livres contributed to
the Sbinuatre, 1883,
of the society des Amis des Livres the Baron Roger Portalis
remarks: " Bien
peu d'amateurs ont done consacre leur argent et leurs loisirs k
se creer une
preliminary remarks.
li.
were not in unsullied bindings of the time, he would have
covered by Trautz-Bauzonnet, or other binder of undoubted
repute, and he designed himself appropriate toolings wherewith
to embellish them. He frequently spoke of making a catalogue
raisonnt of his beloved books, but did not, I believe, put his
project into execution. Hankey was in every respect an
original; he never rose until after mid-day, and his hours of
reception were after 10 o'clock at night, when he was to be
found among his books. He had fair hair, blue eyes, and an
almost feminine expression, and answered in many respects to
the descriptions which have reached us of the Marquis de Sade,
his favourite author. He told me he had on one occasion
recovered from a serious illness by suddenly obtaining an
edition of Justine which he had long sought in vain. He had
collection uniquement corapos^e d'ouvrages drotiques. C'etait
pourtant le
cas d'un anglais, M. Hankey, enleve cette annde k ses chers
volumes et qui
avait reellement le sentiment du fin et du delicat, si l'on ose
prononcer un tel
mot k propos de tels livres. La collection qu'il a laissee dans
cet ordre
special est le modble du genre." M. Portalis then proceeds to
describe and
to analyse the " trois bons livres " which graced Hankey's
collection: (i).
Cableaup tits mteurs liu temps, exemplaire de l'auteur M. de la
Popeliniere,
a volume which has been reprinted and frequently noticed. (2).
ConteS de
La Fontaine, " un manuscrit calligraphic avec soin sur peau de
v61in en
caractferes imitant l'impression et orne de miniatures
gouachees. II est relifi
en deux volumes, en maroquin bleu k riches dentelles par Der6me
le pfere.
Ce remarquable exemplaire des contes si amusants de notre grand
fabuliste
avait et^ commande en 1746, par Jean-Louis Gaignat, grand
amateur de
curiosites," &c. (3). liaisons Bangercugej, " exemplaire, en
papier velin avec
figures avant la lettre, les eaux-fortes, et les quinze dessins
originaux de
Monnet et Marguerite Gerard, relie par Koehler en maroquin bleu
avec
entrelacs pour Armand Bkrttn "
lii.
preliminary remarks.
a curious habit of repeating himself, which at times rendered
his conversation tedious. In 1878 appeared a sketch, from the
facile pen of M. Octave Uzanne, (77) of an Eroto-Bibliomane,
named le Chevalier Kerhany, which was generally thought to be
intended for Hankey, but this was not the case, as at that date
M. Uzanne had not seen the well known "riche amateur
anglais." (7S) Son of Sir Frederick Hankey, and of his lady
of Greek extraction, the subject of this notice was born at
Corfu, while his father was governor of the Ionian Islands. He
became captain in the Guards, and after retiring from active
service, fixed his residence at Paris where he expired (79)
June 8th, 1882. A mutual friend announced to me his death
77 CaprtcesS K'utt fitbliopljilt, p. 127.
78 It was the writer who had the satisfaction of introducing-
the editor of
Le Livre to the collector of the Rue Laffitte, March 9th, 1882.
We had
been dining together—Octave Uzanne, Felicien Rops and
myself—when it
was proposed to look up Hankey and spend the rest of the evening
with him.
We reached No 2 Rue Laffitte some time after ten o'clock, and
found
Hankey in his usual dishabille—short velvet coat, shirt without
neck-tie,
thin trowsers, thinner socks, and slippers. There was no fire or
other artificial
heat, in spite of the low temperature of the atmosphere. Knowing
that I
was in Paris, my visit was not altogether unexpected, but he
would certainly
have wished to receive my distinguished friends, especially the
terrible
creator of the Chevalier Kerhany, with more state. We were
however
appreciative guests, and restraint soon gave way to admiration
in presence
of Hankey's treasures; and our visit was protracted far into the
night, or I
should say following morning.
79 His death was noted in itc iitbve, partie moderne, No. for
August, 1882,
p. 518, in a slovenly, journalistic way, as of a "bibliophile
d'une espfece
particulifere," without date, or other satisfactory information.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
LIII.
in the following words: " Notre ami Hankey est mort subite-
ment devant moi jeudi dernier, il avait commence k se soigner.
II ne pensait pas sa mort si prochaine et il ne la'craignait
pas.
II a iti sufFoqu6, sans avoir £prouv£ de douleur apparente.
Nous dtions tres li£s ensemble depuis 30 ans, il £tait un de mes
meilleurs amis. II a 6t6 entered samedi dernier au cimeti&re
du P&re La chaise."
My thanks are also due to those gentlemen who have afforded
me their assistance in correcting the press of the present
volume; and a word may not be out of place perhaps in
extenuation of the many errors which disfigured my two former
volumes. My readers will readily understand that in passing
my volumes through the press I have not enjoyed the advantages
of a well organised printing establishment, with "readers "
competent to correct the press in any language. On the
contrary, these volumes have been set up by a compositor
80 "Une recommandation particulifcre, que tout bon imprimeur
doit
rechercher, mais qu'il est bien difficile d'assurer k un livre,
c'
correcteurs, du prote, qu'on obtient rarement ailleurs que dans
les ateliers
de premier ordre, soumis k une surveillance intelligente et
consciencieuse. » • ♦
Maint auteur moderne s'est plaint, et avec raison, de la
negligence de ses
imprimeurs. On ferait un gros livre de toutes les fautes, de
toutes les
maladresses que ces derniers ont commises ; il y en a de
f&cheuses, il y en
a d'amusantes;" &c. E. Egger, ftfatoirt tin fttbrt, p. 237.
"Erasme, un
jour, ayant dedie son livre k la reine de Hongrie, il y eut dans
sa lettre k la
reine un mot mal imprime, qui changea la louange en injure. Et
pensez
quelles maledictions pour son scelirai d'imprimeur!" S,t ttttire
par Jules
Janxn, p. ra. The misprint was mentula instead of menie ilia,
h
LIV.
preliminary remarks.
conversant with his own language only, and the " reading"
has consequently devolved on me. Now, setting aside all other
disqualifications, the author is a bad " reader," for he is apt
to
" read " the text as it should be, rather than as it is, and
thus
to overlook errors which, it would seem, he ought at once to
have detected. (81) To one who has not made the attempt,
correcting the press appears to be an easy task, whereas it is
in
reality a difficult one, and few indeed are the books or
periodicals (82) free from typographical blunders and printers'
slips. C38) I believe the present volume will be found more free
81 " Quand il fallut songer il l'impression," writes Littre
in the preface to
his Dictionary, " il fallut aussi songer k une nouvelle serie de
collaborateurs.
Faire passer un ouvrage de l'6tat de manuscrit k l'etat
d'imprime, est
toujours, on le sait, une besogne rude, surtout s'il s'agit
d'une aussi grosse
masse qu'un dictionnaire."
82 It wouldT be difficult to point out a periodical more
constantly disfigured
by errors than ICe Etbre, a publication claiming merit for
literary as well as
typographical excellence. The proverbial French ignorance of the
English
language and things in general displays itself in every number.
An amusing
volume may be made some day, I think, of blunders culled from
the leading
literary organ of Paris. One only of these jumbles will suffice
as a specimen:
In the No. for October, 1883, bibliographic moderne, p. 619,
col. 1, Mr.
John Hollingshead's book, Foot-Lights, was transformed into
Footiights, and
the editor, not satisfied with this diverting metamorphose,
which he rightly
supposed his compatriots would not understand, added by way of
elucidation,
Pantalons a pieds.
83 Considering the vast amount of printed matter given to the
world by
the daily press, and the rapidity with which the same must be
produced, its
general correctness is surprising. Nevertheless, were one to
"read"
preliminary remarks.
LV.
from errata (w) than the previous ones, as the sheets have
been
looked through by one or two friends, mentioned above, to
whom I would here offer my thanks.
In conclusion, I would have it distinctly understood that my
carefully such a well ordered paper as Ctmts!, one would
discover daily
errors sufficient to fill several pages. One or two of these
recent " trippings
in type " are strange enough to warrant their being recorded :
In the No.
for January 23, 1882, p. 7, col. 4, the following line: "The
speaker then
said he felt inclined for a bit of fucking." was inserted by a
malicious printer
in the speech of a member of parliament, between the words : "
will have
to be reckoned with." and : " I think that is very likely." The
objectionable
line was expunged as soon as detected, being at first replaced
by stars, and
afterwards entirely obliterated ; and the copies of the number
as originally
issued were immediately bought up, so that very few are now in
existence.
In the issue of January 27, an apology of doubtful taste
appeared immediately
after the leaders. On June 12, of the same year, p. 8, col. 2,
the following
words were interpolated in the advertisement of a book entitled,
Every-day
life in our Public Schools : " With a Glossary of some Words
used by Henry
Irving in his disquisition upon fucking, which is in Common Use
in those
Schools." Nor do the misfortunes of The Times cease with the
above flagrant
blunders, a similar delinquency was committed about the same
time by the
addition of an r after the first letter of the name Figgins.
This last mistake
will recall to the memory of some of my readers a case of the
same nature
which occurred in a daily paper, not The Times, on the occasion
of the birth
of one of the royal children, when the substitution of an F for
a B in the
name of the palace where the Queen was confined gave the heading
of the
notice a suspiciously suggestive appearance.
84 Were this subject thought worth further attention, I would
recommend :
Drukfouien, No. S of CuvtosSiteitm bait Sllerltt Satti (p. 416,
post); journal*
fetir gambit* or Trippings in Type ; and <£uattS for Suti)onS.
lvi.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
own notions of religion or morality are not to be sought in
the
works noticed in the following pages, and only to a limited
extent in the Epigraphs which usher in the volume, or the notes
which illustrate the present Remarks. Each author cited speaks
for himself, and the opinions expressed can no more be consider-
ed as my own than should those uttered by the different charac-
ters in a drama or a novel be set down as the sentiments
peculiar
to the author who put them into their mouths. The view that
I take of Erotic Literature has already been expressed. Better
were it that such literature did not exist. (**) I consider it
pernicious and hurtful to the immature, but at the same
88 " La chastet6," remarks M. Eugene de Bude, "qui vient du
degofon'est
pas la chastetd Ce n'est pas £tre pudique, que d'etaler
l'impudicit6; ce
n'est pas faire une ceuvre salutaire, que de mettre le poison
dans toutes les
mains. Un auteur est chaste quand il decrit les passions sans
troubler
1'imagination du lecteur, quand il se sert des personnages du
roman pour
elever ses lecteurs vers cet iddal qui plane au-dessus de la
r&dite materielle;
un auteur n'est pas chaste lorsque ses oeuvres ont pour effet
presque fatal de
servir d'amorce au vice en excitant h la sensualite. On a beau
dire qu'on
d6gofite du vice en le peignant, le lecteur quand il pose le
livre s'est toujours
sali les doigts." Su Sanger Des ifHaubate Et&rrt, p. 83.
88 Not by any means-so much so as the lives of criminals,
issued generally
in a cheap form, and addressed especially to youth, or the low,
cheap tales
and " penny dreadfuls," based on the worst of crimes, all which,
as far as I
know, are allowed to circulate freely and without supervision in
every country
in Europe. The connection of the sexes, legal or otherwise, can
be injurious
only when carried to excess, and then to none but the parties
concerned, or
their offspring; whereas other delinquencies may lead to the
ruin and
unhappiness of entire families. I am of opinion that more youths
have
preliminary remarks.
LIII.
time I hold that, in certain circumstances, its study is
necessary, (w)
if not beneficial. " La meilleure barriere a placer devant une
oeuvre," observes M. Octave Uzanne, (88) " c'est sa propre
Bibliographie, qui, tout en indiquant, pr^vient.—La Biblio-
graphic, peut, a elle seule, plutdt 6teindre que vivifier les
imp^rieux d6sirs des mauvaises lectures ; elle d6signe 1'infamie
tout en proclamant le chatiment; elle detaille et justie, {sic)
mais
elle fldtrit et flagelle; elle enseigne les detours savants du
labyrinthe, mais elle en conspue le D^dale; et, dans la
concision
froide et r^guliere de sa forme scientifique, elle est plus
utile
que nuisible, car elle ne s'adresse qu'aux esprits mftrs et
cultivds
dont le jugement est inattaquable."
become criminals through reading of the deeds, real or
fictitious, of murderers,
pirates, highwaymen, forgers, burglars, prison-breakers, 6-t.
than have
ever developed into libertines from the persual of obscene
novels.
87 The multitude and divergence of opinions on the subject
may be urged
as a raison d'etre for the present study.
88 Preface, p. xi., to Sur Its i&omanS.
CATENA LIBRORUM TACENDORUM.
Plus corrompu que nous, le sifecle n'aime pas
Qu'on se souvienne d'etre un fils de la nature,
Et qu'on dise tout haut ce qu'il pense tout bas ;
II veut qu'on soit poncif et qu'on chante les roses,
Les bois, les vingt printemps et les hivers moroses;
II faut rougir d'etre homme et renier sa chair.
Ah, qui nous rendra l'&ge oil la gr&ce etait nue ?
L'apre splendeur du vrai rendait le beau plus cher,
Et la pudeur dormait, heresie inconnue;
Tous les bonheurs humains s'appelaient par leur nom,
Et nul n'aurait os£ trouver leur culte immonde . . .
—" Tu vas chatrer ton art, et mentir "—Eh bien, non !
Le monde en rugira : nous meprisons le monde !
Edmond Harancourt. Ha JUgmtt* Kttf p. 142.
CATENA LIBRORUM TACENDORUM.
t ^3oIpgamta, et ^Dlpbtrta Libri Tres. Avctore
D.D.Didaco Garcia de Trasmiera, Olim in maximo
Sancte Crucis Vallisoleti Mus§o Maiori Collegiale, Ab-
bate, & Domino Hermedensi, Almse Palentinae Ecclesie
Dignitate, & Canonico, & Sicilig Regni Apostolico Inqui-
sitore k Consilijs Catholic^ Maiestatis. Vbi Non solum
qua ad Polygamic delictum pertinent verum etiam multa
ad praxim Sanctissimi Tribunalis in omnibus materijs
vtilia&practicabilia tractantur. Opvs Theologis, Iuriscon-
sultis, Philosophis, Historiographis, vtile, gratum, & neces-
sarium. Cvm Dvplici Indice, Vnus est Capitum, & Quces-
tionum; Alter Rerum, & Verborum. S.D. Illustris™0 et
Rev™0 D.D. Fr. Antonio de Sotomaior, Archiepiscopo
Damasci, in Regnis Hispaniarum Supremo, & Generali
Fidei Inquisitori, a Confessionibus, & Consilio Status
Regis Catholici Philippi IV. Magni, & Bullae Sanctae Cruci-
atae Commissario Generali. Panhormi, Apud Decium
Cyrillum, m.dc.xxxviii. Cum Licentijs Necessary's.
4*o.; size of letter-press gf by 5f inches; pp. 352, with 58
unnumbered pages of titles, indices, &c.; double columns; title-
a
2
polygamy and bigamy.
page printed in black and red ; there is also a
well-executed,
engraved title-page, measuring ioj by *j\ inches, and signed
f.n.s., which I reproduce; and a printed bastard-title, as fol-
lows; D.D. Didaci Garcia de Trasmiera, De Polygamia, et
Polyviria Libri, III.
The title of this volume might lead to the supposition that
it
was a work 'in which were examined such questions of con-
science as have been discussed by Sanchez and other members
of the Roman Catholic Church.* It is, however, nothing of the
sort. In the three books which compose the volume legal and
theological questions concerning Bigamy and Polygamy are
argued in accordance with the teachings of the Bible, with
ancient Christian theological law, and with the rules of the
Inquisition. Some curious questions are examined at length,
for instance: "An permittenda Bigamia, vel Biuiria, vbi agere-
tur de periculo extinctionis Generis Humani." (p. 46.) The
work terminates with a subject which enters more particularly
into this bibliography : " De Hermaphroditis, & mutantibus
Sexum, qui antea coniugati erat an ad secundas nuptias possint
transire viuete priore coniuge veluti si mulier coniugata in
virum prosilit possit licite inire matrimonii! cum alia
muliere."
(p. 340). Some very important points upon this question are
detailed in forty paragraphs.
* See Ccnturta ttbrurum SSbSfontittorum, pp. xxiv to xxx, and
62 to m.
sacerdotal crimes.
3
Christians Gottlieb Koch, SS. Theol. D. Facultatis Theo-
Iogicse in Academia Kiloniensi Assessor, Diceceseos
Apenradensis Vice-Praepositus &c. Mt <$bS>tBCnt£f |Jontl-
fin'orum Ben'mts»t Flensburgi. Apud Johann. Christian.
Schumannum, Uteris Christophori Vogelii. Anno 1707.
Small 8vo.; size of letter-press by 3 inches; pp. 48 ;
monogram on title-page.
The author commences his curious little tract with a violent
tirade, in the form of an address to the reader, against the
Roman Catholic Clergy in general; after which, in 8 chapters,
he particularises the obscenities and rapacities of popes, car-
dinals and priests. The treatise is of value, if only on account
of the numerous citations and references that it contains, many
of which are in German.
fit Crtmrne, ft ^oena £>tupriCrartatus ^ofcfestmus ex re-
centiorum rei criminalis interpretum scriptis Operosa artis
methodo elaboratus Legali anatome diligentissime sectus,
atque erudito dicendi stylo digestus Judicibus, & Advocatis
utilis aequ&, ac delectabilis, quem Serenissimo, & Clementis-
simo Principi Antonio I. Farnesio Duci Parmae, Placentiae,
&c. D. D. D. Benedictus Joseph Torri Juris Consultus
c Castronovo Caferoniano. Parmae mdccxxviii. Ex Ty-
pographia Joseph Pescatori, Superiorum facultate.
4to.; size of letter-press 9! by 6 inches; pp. 302, preceded
4
rape.
by 8 unnumbered pages of title, dedication and Index Argu-
mentorum, and followed by one unnumbered page of colophon ;
vignette on title-page.
This erudite treatise, especially valuable for the numerous
references which it contains, and the ample Index rerum which
is added to it, is divided into 61 Argumenta. The subject is
handled in a systematic and exhaustive manner: " De stupro in
Virgine, in Vidua, mulieris honestee nec virginis, nec viduse ;
De stupro sacrilego, incestuoso, perfidioso, prseternaturali,
se-
miadulterino, & sponsalitio, cum qualitate ruptus, violento,
attentato&c.
Theodori Kretschmanni serenissimi dvcis saxo-coburg-salfeld.
et serenissimi principis schwartzbvrgo-rvdolst. commission-
vm secretarii, avlae et regiminis advocati Coniffltntatto
Jbrfotca toe^tbpro WolbntariCU Stvttgardiae mdcclxxxxi.
4to.; size of letter-press 5f by 4 inches; pp. en ex title;
two fancy lines on title-page.
This treatise, partly in Latin, partly in German, contains
much curious information, and displays extensive reading. It
treats of simple copulation as opposed to the same act with
violence, and the subject is considered historically and
legally.
The work is divided into 4 sections, of which the following are
the headings: "De Natvra Stvpri Volvntarii; Historia Criminis
Stvpri Volvntarii; Jvs Principis circa Stvpri Poenas examinatvr;
De Stvpri Volvntarii Jvdicio Civili."
THE SCANTINIAN LAW.
5
i.n. I T. JBi'sfputati'o litattffurali* Surfoua JBe amorr,
Qvarn Jussu & Auctoritate Magnifici JCtorum Lipsien-
sium Ordinis, pro Licentia Doctorali conseqvendd Publicae
placidseq ; eruditorum disqvisitioni exponit SBtfljelnt
Romanus, Lichtenst. Add. 27. Februar. Anno m dc lxviii.
Lipsiae Typis Johannis Georgi.
4to.; size of letter-press by 4 inches; pp. 30 unnumber-
ed, including title.
A legal dissertation of no great value, upon physical love in
its relations with social laws and institutions. It is divided
into
4 chapters, of which the headings are as follows: "De Etymolo-
gia, Homonymia, Synonymia, Definitione, Divisione & causis
Amoris; De Probationibus & Praesumptionibus Amoris; De
Effectu Amoris in Delictis; De Effectibus Civilibus."
$H'£tOria itgfe c^tatnuae antiqvorvm codicvm testimoniis
emendandis illvstrandis passim distincta Avctore Ioh.
Frid. Christio Halae Magdebvrgicae apvd Iohannem
Christophorvm Krebsivm 3m £>ut<$gcmge neuen 9tattj*
<§aitfe§ iteBeit bet $oft Ab O. R. cid id cc xxvu.
4to.; size of letter-press by 4! inches; pp. 27 ; wood cut
of a tree bearing the publisher's monogram on the title-page.
A curious dissertation, under 35 headings, upon the Scan-
tinian* law which punished Sodomy. From a legal and histori-
point of view this little treatise is important.
* See Smith's Uut af ©rttfe an® ftoman Stograpi)!), vol. 3,
p. 734.
6
INCEST AND FORNICATION.
Q.D.B.v. Dteputatto Surimca J3e taestu Contra
turam, Quam Auspiciis Divini Numinis, Praeside Dn.
Michaele Rhodio, JCto, & in Alma hac Professore Ordi-
nario Meritissimo Doctore & Promotore studiorum omni
observantice cultu prosequendot Publice defendendam
suscepit Ad Diem III. Mart. An. mdcciii. Fridericus
Wilhelmus Grote, Eques Lunaeburg. Francofurti ad
Viadrum, Literis Christopiiori Zeitleri.
4to.; size of letter-press by 4 inches; pp. 64, with 11
unnumbered pages of title, dedication, Summaria and Errata.
This pamphlet, written partly in Latin, and partly in German,
consists of five chapters. It is an elaborate disquisition on
Incest in every form, and embraces a vast number of examples
taken from the Scriptures, and the history of the middle-ages.
Io. Volkm. Bechmanni, Haereditarii in Dbern*£T&6r«, JCti, S.
Rom. Imp. Exempti, Comitis Palatini Ccesar. P.P. Cod.
Juris Publici, &c. Famigeratissimi, Consiliarii Sax. Curia
Provincialise & Scabinatus Ass ess oris Gravissimi, Spec-
tatissimi, Cractatio Sfttntrica, Mt Cottu J9amitato, ^UttbH^ett
SBetmifcfjUttgett *r Olim Jence d. Jim.
mdclxxxiv. habita. Halae Salicae, Ex Officina Hendeliana,
f 733*
4to.; size of letter-press 6 by 4-g inches; pp. 40; monogram
on title-page.
By Coitu Damnato the author understands every carnal con-
junction of man and woman not sanctioned by marriage, and
connection between hermaphrodites.
7
the pamphlet, which is divided in two parts, with further
subdi-
visions of chapters and positiones, treats of the nature of
these
crimes, and of the different pains and penalties inflicted on
their account.
Crartati'o Starftfca ®t £>o&orma $era & Spuria Jgtrma*
pfiroia'tf ©on HA)ict ttttb unS^tet ^obomitetet)
CttteS ,3ttrittertt Auctore Johanne Henrico Wolfart J.
U. L. & in Illustri Athenseo Hanoviensi Professore Publico.
Francofurti ad Mcenum, A pud, Joh. Frid. Fleischer,
mdccxlii.
4to. ; size of letter-press by 5 J inches ; pp. 32.
This pamphlet consists of two parts. The first, in
three sections, is a treatise, in Latin, at once clear and
concise, upon Sodomy committed by Hermaphrodites of either
sex with each other, or with ordinary men and women. For
each point considered authorities are adduced, which renders
the work, short as it is, valuable. The author, however, admits
the hypothesis of a complete and perfect herrftaphrodite, which
is deemed an impossibility. Here are a few of the questions
discussed : " Homo Sodomiam committere potest vel cum bruto,
vel cum alio homine; Hermaphroditi sunt vel perfecti vel im-
perfecti, vel masculi vel foeminei; Sodomiae Hermaphroditi
masculi cum bestia, cum Mare non Hermaphrodito, cum An-
drogyno seque masculo, cum faemina non Hermaphrodito, cum
Hermaphrodito fcemeineo; Sodomia Hermaphroditi foeminei
cum bestia, cum foemina non Hermaphrodito, cum foemineo,
8
a perfect hermaphrodite described.
cum Mare non Hermaphrodito, cum masculo ; Sodomio Herma-
phroditi perfecti cum aliis hominibus, inter se. Concubitus
naturalis Hermaphroditi masculi cum foemina non Hermaphro-
dito, cum foemineo, cum Mare non Hermaphrodito." Part 2.
9ie<$tlt$e8 33ebencfen Semproniam eaten Skitter, pto. criminis
Sodomies feetreffenbt, is an abridged account in German, inter-
spersed with Latin, of a scandal brought to light by a
SBeamfcte,
a brother of the author, in 1740. A Hermaphrodite, named
Sempronia, 5 2 years of age, was found committing, or supposed
to be committing acts of lewdness with a girl of 15 years in the
2BaHomjcf5c3 9frmens<§aujj in bet 3?euftabt «$anau. I extract
Wolf-
art's description of this phenomenon, Sempronia:
bet habitus corporis tft |iatf,quadratus, We
Vulva war natntlicfc aufferlicfc anjufeljen, fefyr fjaaridi an
beten linfer @eitf)e aufnsen*
big rcutbt man gewaljt einet SMduitg bet gtofje einer langli^ten
(sic) Saum=9lu§. Qln
freshen ®einen roaren siele Varices ober 9lber<=.fh:$})f • • .
Incavitate (sic) vulvae jeigte
fid? em Membrum virile ungefel>r fo bid al« einer SKannS Sperfon
son mittel-
mdjHger ®rojje 17. fcifj 18. 3a§r alt. S)a8 Membrum gteng nityt
extra vulvam,
§atte einen .Ropff rote fret) 9JJann8 Spetfonen, nnb biefer eine
Deffhung. Der Urin
gieng nl$t a«8 gebadUer Deffnung fonbetn aug ber Vulva. ©a8
Membrum war
situirt, wo We Clitoris tei) $Beif>$*§Ret[onen ju finben. 3n ber
linden (Seite beg labii
sinistri vulvae unter bent Membro war etroaS in ber gtofe einer
mittel gattung
roelftyen 9hifj jn fu^len, auf ber redjten ©rite a&tx ijl nufytS
bergleictyen ju finben
gtirefen.
In furtherance of his theory of a perfect hermaphrodite,
Wolfart supplies Sempronia with a pair of testicles, which upon
closer inspection, and as will be seen hereafter, she was devoid
of. Wolfart's tract gave great umbrage to the doctor who had
the assertion contradicted.
9
examined Sempronia, and he issued the following macaronic
pamphlet in refutation of his assertions :
(^rihlbUrfjC $&tebetlegiut$ @ineg Ungegriirtbeten angebra^tcu
Facti, Mutilati Responsi, Srrtgett unb ni^tigcn Decisi
5ffield)e3
uittet bemTitulo DeSodomia&c. Sot etntgec 3ett in ben Sirucf
gegefcen uwbert, S)et
£odptjUtc^$effen4?cmautf<$en 9tcttfy, £etf>*unb .§off*Medico,
Philosophise unb bet Qtrfcenety Prof. Publ. Berber Stabten
•6anau, lute audj bet ju ©eeligenflabt Physico, unb bc3
<§etltgeit OiSmiftfert Acad. Nat. Curios, 2ttttglteb, Mar-
cellus gencmt. 6amt SB^LNro. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII.
VIII. IX. X. XI. grantffitTt am afta^n, 93e$) ©tofS feel.
(Srfcen tntb ©filling, mdccxliii.
4to.; size of letter-press 6f by inches; pp. 64. Dr.
Cregut treats his adversary with the greatest acrimony; says
* bafii ber <§err Prof. midj publice tya&e prostituiren mttljm
tn
@rab offendixin icollen"; expresses his astonishment that
Wolfart,
a teacher of youth, should publish a book upon such a subject;
finds fault with his authorities; adds others ; and, in
correction
of his description of Sempronia, gives a long account of his own
personal examination of her, from which I extract the following
passage in supplement to that above cited:
B
io a hermaphrodite described.
®ie ©act) »erf)dlt fid; wie folgt: QltS bie Sempronia tit
meinet ©cgennmrt ftefcenb
ifere ©rufte unb Partes genitales jeigen muffen, fo §at ftcfy
feitt Membrum bajiu
nta|( (bag fyeifit anfanglttf) ) gejeiget, nadjbem icfy aber
roalptgeitontmen, bap fid? bie ^erfon uitgemein geftfjdmet, fo
fyabe fie au3 STOitlesjben abtretten laffen, nnb batauf
ber gebacfyten <§eb*'2lmme befofylett mit tf)t in ein anber
3tmmet iu
Semproniam auf bem Sett liegeitbe accurater al3 jle^eitb
gefdjefyen fimnen gu
beftdjtigen, it)r ben s. v. Urinam abfcfylagett ju laffen, ba
bie ^eMlmnie juerjt baS
Membrum gefefyen, «?ie fte nentlid? bie labia sinus pudoris t>on
einattber getljan,
unb tfat e8 fid? bergefialt befuntoett,.....51(8 bie grrau de
Villerme bag Mem-
brum tuafytgenommeit, fo f)at fie ju ber Sempronia gefagt,
comment mal'heureuse
vous changerez bientost vos habits de Femme en habits d'homme: .
. . .
SBoruber bie Sempronia ftd? 'genwltig entfefcet, unb bie
45e6=Qlnune inftdnbig ge»
betten fte bod? ttidjt ju uerrat^en. (He affirms absolutely)
bat? feine Testiculi
observirt worben fe^nb. . . . SBann man aber bie Patres
Conscriptos in Arte
Medica, bie ex professo de Hermaphroditis gefdjrieben, wttb
gef)oret Ijaben, fo
ttiitb] fid? bie
& recte constitutam aut conformatam, circa os pectinis audj eine
Carnea
Substantia ad Membri virilis similitudinem aber N.B. sine scroto
unb testi-
culis observiret wetbe. Testibus, C. Bauhino lib. I. de
Hermaphroditis Cap.
4. de eorum differentiis, pag. 34. Liebaultio lib. 3. morb.
muliebr. Cap. 18.
A Reies in Elys, jucund. quaest. Campo, qusest. 48. 14.
Schurigio in Sper-
matologiae Historico-Medicse* Cap. 13. §. 6. Teichmeyero in
Instit. Medic.
Forensis Cap. 14. §. 2.
It appears that the two professors had been in litigation
with
each other since nine years, which accounts, no doubt, for the
bitterness of Dr. Cregut's animadversions. The last 38 pages of
his book are in great part occupied with explanation and vindi-
cation of his conduct in this matter, with which we need not
here
* Vide Ceittuna ULtbrorum QbgnmiJiterum, p. 1.
the effect of sodomy on marriage. i i
trouble ourselves. The ©tunbltdje SBtebetlegung is throughout
a
clever and closely reasoned piece of argumentation, and may be
recommended for perusal to those curious in literary quarrels.
Concerning J. H. Wolfart little seems to be known, nor am
I aware that he wrote any other works than the treatise above
noticed. He was probably the son of Dr. Peter Wolfart, of
Hanau, traveller, and author of several works.
Friederich Christian Cregut, of French extraction, was
born at Hanau, Feb. 13, 1675; and died in 1758. He took
his degree at Basle in 1696; and wrote several medical works.*
Hermanni Noordkerk ©t iftatrimomtsi, Ob turpe Facinus,
quod Peccatum Sodomiticum vocant, Jure Solvendis, Dis-
sertatio. Amstekedami, Apud Janssonio- Waesbergios.
m. d. cc.xxxiii.
Small 8vo. ; size of paper by 4^, of letter-press 5J by
inches ; pp. 116, with 12 unnumbered pages of title, dedication
(to nine gentlemen), and preface ; fleuron of a basket of
flowers
on the title-page.
The work is divided into five chapters, of which the contents
are briefly as follows: Chapt, 1. The author examines, in 13
paragraphs, the ancient laws, and those of the middle ages, and
*See S to graphic fKttJtcale, Panckoucke ; Btograpfju
Knfttmllt, Michaud;
fjou&flle 33tograpl)te ©httrale, Hoefcr.
12
de die ac nocte nuptiali.
concludes that the law can never embrace all cases. Chapt. 2.
Whether the act of sodomy is a sufficient cause for divorce,
considered in twelve paragraphs. Chapt. 3. The ten para-
graphs are devoted to the consideration of the effect which
might be produced by the commission of sodomy before the
solemnisation of marriage. Chapt. 4. Is the absence or flight of
the person suspected of sodomy sufficient cause for divorce ?
Seven paragraphs. Chapt. 5. In 1733 the Dutch govern-
ment had condemned those persons who were accused of sodo-
my and who had taken to flight. Can such fugitives be legally
divorced ? Eight paragraphs. The treatise has little or no
value at present, but is nevertheless remarkable on account of
the references and quotations, a few of which are in Dutch.
©tectobsi ^fttoricasSftrftub* 2Bt ©t> ac ^ortt flbptialt,
bent «g>o(lj$eit*£<*ge* Unb ber
pvblici jvris factvs a Conrad. Phiijp. Hoitmannoj
J. U. D. Regiomonti et Lipske, Iinpensis Jon. Pnn.ii'pi
Ha ash, cb b ccxx.
4to.; pp. 88 ; monogram on title-page.
The enumeration of the chapter-headings will suffice to give
an idea of the scope and purpose of this short treatise:
" De Die Nuptiali. Caput I. De Temporis Spatio, Sponsalia
& Nuptias intercedente. II. De Temporibus Nuptiis celebrandis
vetitis atque permissis. III. De Temporibus notabilioribus
proper age for marriage.
13
circa ipsas Diei Nuptialis Solennitates diversas apud gentes
conspicuis. IV. De singulari Desponsatorum privilegio."
" De Nocte Nuptiali. Caput I. Generalia quaedam ac Solen-
nia Noctis Nuptialis, inprimis circa devirginationem sistens.
II. De Jure circa 'prsereptam Virginitatem & num Virginitatis
dentur note ? III. De Tempore quo Debitum Conjugate prae-
standum."
Conradi Philippi Hoffmanni J. V. D. in Acad. Regiom.
£>r&etnasina ©t 9®tate Jubtm'It, Contiafctntiisf £>pon-
galtbbg ac iWatn'monus JUmtea. Sive iQon hunger
Scute «^>Ct)rrttt)CU> Ut & de Annis, qvibvs qvis sub
Poena Matrimonivm inire tersetvr, sive ©on 93cftafuu(j un ?
tcrlaffeiten <§et;tatl)en. Regiomonti et Lipsiae. Impensis
Francjsci Bortoletti. 1743.
4to; size of letter-press 6J by 4$ inches; pp. 96.
A very learned but exceedingly tedious historical treatise
upon the age at which marriage should be contracted. It is
divided into two memSri, with seven chapters, and is much
interlarded with German.
I have not been able to obtain any particulars of the life of
C. P. Hoffmann, or to discover whether he wrote other works
than the two noticed above. His name, strange to say, does
not appear in the new 9lllgemetne 3}eutf<$e ©togra^te.
H
frigidity in marriage.
Bt**ertatfo JttrOrica ©e Jfrtgusnito ©ott ftnlt^inuigcr
giefce, Quant prseside Petro Mullero U. J. D. & Prof.
Publ. ad d. Mart. In JCtorum Auditorio public2 ventilan-
dam proponit Autor Johann Georg ©rem, Altenburg. Mis-
nic. Jenae, Typis Gollnerianis, Anno 1678.
4to.; size of letter-press 6 by 4^ inches; 40 unnumbered
pages, including title.
In five chapters are considered the various causes of
coldness,
dissensions and quarrels between married people. The book is
written partly in Latin and partly in German, and is not impor-
tant.
J. J. Johannis. Georgh. Simonis. j.u.D.
vero. denuo. revisa. et. in. lucem. edita. Jenae. A. O. R.
m.dc.lxxii. Typis. Samuelis. Adolphi. Mulleri.
4to.; size of letter-press 6 by 3f inches; 122 unnumbered
pages including title. I have before me another edition, of
which the title-page, printed in red and black, reads as above,
with the exception of " Johan." for " Johannis," the omission of
the full points, and after the word "et" the following
alteration :
opposita spuriis exemplaribus qua vulgo circumferuntur cvrn
indue locvpleto editio qvarta Jena% Impends Joh. Vockmar
Marggraf. 1718. 4to.; size of letter-press 6f by 4^ inches;
IMPOTENCY, ETC.
15
pp. 162, with 36 unnumbered pages of title, preface, and
Index
Rerum; contents as in the edition of 1672, with the omission of
Typographus Lectori on the verso of the title-page, and the
addition of the index as above noted.
This is a dissertation of importance and erudition ; it is
divi-
ded into ten chapters, and treats of impotency, its various
kinds
and causes; of sodomy and the different ways of punishing that
crime; of corpse-profanation ; of hermaphrodites; of eunuchs;
of incubiy succubce and witches; of divorce on account of impo-
tency ; and of other hindrances to marriage, which the author
designates " Impotentiae fictae." Numerous references are
given, and instances, several in German, adduced.
©bntitfri Conjujjtum Sfapaitttett*$ei|rotf), Hoc est
Scripta & Judicia varia De Conjugio inter Evnuchum &
Virginem Juvenculam Anno m. dc. lxvi. contracto, t.t. a
quibusdam Supremis Theologorum Collegiis petita, postea
hinc inde collecta ab Hieronymo Delphino, C.P. Halae,
Recusa Anno 1697.
Square 4to.; pp. 159, preceded by title 1 page, Epistola 4
pp., Catologus 2 pp., all unnumbered, in all 166 pages.
Brunet* notes the book as " singulier et peu commun," and
gives only two editions of Jena 1730, 1737; Leber,f and after
* jf&anuel tiu fctbtatrt, Vol. 2. col. 579.
t Catalogue, art. 800.
16 MARRIAGE OF AN EUNUCH.
him Gay,* gives an edition Halae 1685 ("curieux"), which
must be taken, if it exists, as the original edition; however
the
Epistola Amici ad Amicum in the editions before me is dated
January, 1685 > and it is just possible that Leber may have
noted this date in lieu of that on the title-page. In a
Catalogue
of Messrs. Triibner & Co., 1874, p. 13, an imperfect copy
of the 1697 edition was offered at £2 2s.; it is there said to
be
"more full than the subsequent impressions of Jena in 1730
and 1737." This is possible, as it contains seven pages more
than they do. I have copies of both the editions of Jena before
me : they have both title-pages printed in red and black; both
are published by Franciscus Bortoletti ; and both are styled
"editio novissima summa fide emendataalthough the types
in which they are printed vary, and the title-pages are not
iden-
tical, that of 1737 having a monogram, which the edition of 1730
has not; the text is word for word, and page by page the same,
and both have 152 numbered, and 7 unnumbered pages; size
of letter-press, edit. 1730 6 by 4$, 1737 6 by 4§ inches.
This very curious book is partly in Latin and partly in Ger-
man. It begins with: UttfcB^ragc an bag Consistorivm ju
Setyjifl pp. 1 to 13; then 3>c3 Consistorii ju Setyjfg
SBcantoortung
pp. 13 to 14 ; after which follow the various judgments, some
in German, some in Latin, in the matter of the marriage of
* SftHograpijtt, 1871, vol. 3, p. 244.
OF THE NATURE OF EUNUCHS.
17
Bartholom/eus de Sorlisi and Dorothy Elizabeth Licht-
waria, which union was eventually officially dissolved.
I extract a few of the most remarkable opinions and argu-
ments :
Eunuchi et Spadones qui utroque teste carent, ad matrimonium
contra-
hendum inhabiles sunt, quia vero semine sunt destituti, sicut
constet ex motu
proprio Sum V.
Opinantur tamen aliqui Eunuchum posse contrahere matrimonium,
alii
negant. Quod si Eunuchus, vel potius Spado cum muliere quidem
coire
posset, prout tradunt tales castratos posse, nihilominhs actus
ille in matri-
monio vero probrosus redditur, thm vitiatur quidem foemina.
E contrk Eunuchi tales, quibus soli abscissi sunt testes,
acrius et ardentius
inflammati libidine sunt, et ad concubitum impatientissimi, quia
quum pruri-
tus exurgit, non possunt alleviari seminis emissione, et
fatigatio solummodo
solvit eorum aestum libidinis. Adeo ut quia non possunt
concupiscentiae
suae satisfacere, dentibus utantur, et ardentem in carne
concubitus rabiem
morsibus indicent. Tales congressus et commixtio ilia tantum
abest ut libi-
dinem extinguat, ut pruritum potiiis in fcemina accendat.
Paulus in Ethnicos gravissime detonat quod naturalem fceminae
usum
relinquentes, usum illius, qui est contra naturam, assumpserint.
Non potest
ergo non Pauli gravissima reprehensio ad ilium fceminae abusum
lascivum et
procacem in Eunuchis illis extendi. In Eunuchi autem congressu,
pruritus
juvenculae acriiis accenditur, et per copulam carnalem forti&s
exsuscitatur.
Haec copulatio cum Spadone libidinem accendit, sopitum ignem
excitat, et
omnem impuritatem fovet. Mulierum frictricium quae t/>i/?<£t«s
dicebantur,
horrenda libido et turpitudo fuit, nonnfe justfe abominamur earn
libidinem
quae ab iM sola membri, quo exercetur, differentia distinguitur
? Attamen
Paulus dicit: propter fornicationem suam, suam quisque uxorem
habeat,
non! propter liberorum procreationem. Orbe omni repleto, haec
propagatio
filiorum nunc jam non habet illam necessitatem, undfe mulieres
accendeban-
c
i8
OF THE NATURE OF EUNUCHS. 74
tur non pietate pariendi, sed cupiditate concumbendi. Quando
conjuges,
carnalis voluptatis explendae victi, concumbunt, ignoscitur in
comparatione
pejoris culpae, ergo cum junguntur puella et spado, conjugium
est. Consensus
cohabitandi, et individuam vitae consuetudinem retinendi
interveniens, eos
conjuges fecit.
Basilius Magnus, in libro de vera virginitate, non procul a
fine dicit:
quotidie videamus eos qui non habent genitalia, majoris
petulantiae fieri,
atque omnibus postpositis pudoris et verecundiae froenis, in
obscoenam
prorumpere vilitatem flagitiorum, confessione vulgati. Verum
ista quidem
de his qui una cum testibus, genitalia quoque absciderunt. Nam
qui ad
virilitatis annos, cum genitalibusjam peraetatem ad coitum
idoneis pervecti,
solos postea testes abscindunt (Spadones), eos ai'unt acrius
atque ardentius
inflammari libidine, et ad concubitum impatientissime ferri.
Neque id solum,
verum tuto jam, ut sibi videtur, violare quascumque potuerint.
In libro
Ecclesiastico (c 30 v 21) adhibetur hsec similitudo: videns
oculis atque
ingemiscens, quasi Spado cum tenet earn in sinu suo, complexam
inter
brachia, et suspirans. Si autem soli testiculi abscissi fuerint,
non auferuntur
desideria, imo sunt valdfe magna, etiam si non tolluntur omnes
actus,
Possunt facere commixionem Sexuum, sed non commixionem seminum.
Ideo Castrati quibus virga manet, fortes tentationes patiuntur
quas non
expolent, sed possunt deflorare quamcunque mulierem, nullam
tamen
impregnare. Si homo habeat virgam (Glossa in Decretal) arrectam,
sive resolvat sperma, sive non, est ibi matrimonium; nam talis
satisfacit
mulieri, sicut mulier satisfacit viro, sive resolvat, sive non.
Nec requiritur
quod semper in matrimonio sit filiorum procreatio, quia sufficit
quod non
evitet prolem.
Ad verbum Spado, Suidas scripsit: " Licet autem videre
Magnatum aedes
refertas hujus modi monstris, faciem portentosa forma praeditam
habentibus,
et fracto gressu incedentibus, et delicate loquentibus, ac
indecore Meretricu-
larum instar, hue et illuc caput circumagunt quassantes; et
intemperanter
et impudenter rident, insaniam manifestam prse se ferentes. Unde
cum
viris.quidam ut mulieres molliter cubantes, et effceminati
corrumpuntur.
OF THE NATURE OF EUNUCHS. 75
Cum mulieribus vero ut custodes simul et temperantiae
scilicet exempla>
dormientes, impudenter et sine rubore turpia facinora faciunt.
Ipsi quoque
miseras mulierculas et exagitatas peccatis contaminant et
graviter laedunt,
tanquam rabiosi canes."
Quidam Doctores (Gerhard, de conjugio § 660, et alii)
contendunt Spa-
dones posse matrimonium contrahere quia utraque persona ad
cohabi-
tandum et carnaliter consuescendum habilis et idonea est. Mus
enim, licet
Sit exsectus, congredi tamen, atque semen, quamvis aquosum et ad
prolifi-
candum non satis elaboratum, emittere valet. Adeoque non quoad
genera-
tionis actum, sed tantummodo quoad generationis effectum,
impotens factus
est. Verse autem impotentiae nomine intelligitur ea quse
congressum conju-
galem penitus impedit, non ea quae generationis duntaxat
effectum inter-
vertit.
Conjugium est libidinis remedium et scortationis evitatio (1
Cor. 7. v. 2)
hunc finem nuptae Spadonum assequuntur: in utroque sexu est
caro»
igitur etiam in eis est ardor incitans ad co'itum. Eunuchus
igitur ad
coeundum stimulatus et potens, ac sese continere nonValens;
propter restin-
guendas flammas carnis et evitandas vagas libidines, ad quas
aliks fortb
raperetur, matrimonium contrahere potest.
Objicitur autem talem congressum non extinguere in fremina
ardorem
libidinis, sed potius accendere et perpetuo fovere. At unde toe
probatur ?
Objicitur porro hujus modi congressum esse abusum et
profanationem sancti
ordinis. Sed quid fiet textibus Paulinis qui sine conditione et
requisitione
procreationis seu generationis liberorum, indefinite suadet
congressum seu
copulam carnalem, si non sint continentiae dono praediti, et
propter evitanda
stupra. Qui igitur conjugii remedio utuntur ad restinguendum
carnis sestum, et
ad fugiendum peccatum vagas et promiscuae libidinis, atque
impurae pollu-
tionis, per Paulum commendato, conjugii profanatio et abusus
illis imputari
nequit.
Objicitur denuo superesse alia ustionum remedia
physico-medica, preces,
jejunia, &c. Sed Apostolus illis qui uruntur, non preescribit
excercitia
precum, jejuniorum et laborum, sed vult eos nubere.
20
SODOMY AND TRIBADISM.
Objicitur quoque oraculum Paulinum (i Cor. 6. v. 9) in quo
tous fiakoaovs
damnat et ab hsereditate Regni Ccelestis disertfe excludit.
Resp. fj-aXaxol
apud Paulum esse masturbatores, venerea extra vas exercentes, et
semen
extra conjugium profundentes, quod ne quicquam in nuptos nostros
Spadones, maritalem in modum se cognoscentes, ingeritur.
Commixtio Spadonis cum juvencula, veram satisfactionem dare
potest per
introductionem veretri.
Cur tantum eunuchos habeat tua Gellia, quaeris,
Pannice ? Vult futui Gellia, non parere.
Martial. Epigr. lib. vi., 67.
IBt &0&0tm'a CractatUS. in quo exponitur doctrina nova de
Sodomia Fceminarum a Tribadismo distincta Auctore
R. P. Sinistrari de Aremo Ordinis Minorum Observantice
Reformatorum Parisiis Apud Isidorum Liseux Rue
Bonaparte, n°2 1879
i2mo. (counts 6); size of vol. 6 by jf, of letter-press by
inches; pp. xii and 89 : title-page printed in red and black,
with editor's vignette; price 5 francs.
This little volume is extracted from Sinistrari's great work:
fie Beltrttd et flcem'sl, Roma, 1754, in-fol.y seconde idition,
ap-
prouvie, and, as the editor observes in his Averiissement,
"contient
k lui seul plus de faits piquants, plus de hardis aperqus qu'il
n'en
faudrait pour faire la fortune d'un gros volume." In his trea-
tise Sinistrari mentions the casuists who had already discussed
the same points; but few of them have pushed their investiga-
21 SODOMY AND TRIBADISM.
tions so far, or reasoned so closely as he has done.* An
extract
of a few headings in the Summaria will suffice to show how
curious and scabrous are the questions which he has undertaken
to elucidate:
" Sodomia exercita, cum conjuncto in gradu, ad matrimonium
prohibito, an mutet speciem ?; Sodomia juxta aliquos inventa a
foeminis; Sodomia datur propria inter foeminas; non tamen
active possibilis in omnibus foeminis; Clytoris, membrum foemi-
narum, quibus vasis constet; Clytoris in juventute potest erum-
pere; Foeminae, quae dicuntur esse mutatas in mares, et filios
generasse, fuerunt Hermaphroditae; Foeminae, praeditae cly-
toride, Sodomiam possunt exercere; Confirmatur, foeminam
cum utroque sexu sodomiam committere; Quandonam fceminae
solam mollitiem, et quando veram Sodomiam exerceant;
Si in foemina appareat clytoris, praesumptio est contra earn, ut
eo
delinquent."
After the discussion of the above questions, and several
other
almost equally subtle topics, follow Probatio and Poena, the
book being written, be it remembered, for the use of priests in
the confessional. I venture, in conclusion, to cite one of
Sinis-
trari's illustrations :
* Many of these writers will be found: enumerated at p. xxiv.
of the
Ctnturia fctfcrorum 9i>0ronfcttorum.
22
INCUBI AND SUCCUBI.
Habui a Confessario fide dignissimo, sibi occurrisse casum in
confessione,
in quo Mulier qusedam nobilis ephebum quemdam, quae pro
acersecome domi
retinebat, habuit in deliciis, ipsumque praepostere cognoscebat,
et enixissime
deperibat; mulierque talis, quae tres filios viro pepererat,
viri congressum
aversabatur, libidinemque suam exercebat cum puero illo, circum
circa
duodecenni; crediditque Confessarius ille, talem Mulierem
fuisseAndrogynam,
prout mihi dixit: non enim sciebat ille doctrinam de clytoride
quam hucusque
tradidimus. (p. 21.)
Sinistrari's remarkable work, JBe jSJflHO!tt'all't&tt> with
its
French translation, I have already noticed elsewhere ;* it has
since been put into English by Mr. Turney, of Paris, and pub-
lished as follows:
©fmOtttalttp, or Incubi and Succubi A Treatise wherein is
shown that there are in existence on earth rational creatures
besides man, endowed like him with a body and a soul,
that are born and die like him, redeemed by our Lord
yesus- Christ, and capable of receiving salvation or dam-
nation, By the Rev. Father Sinistrari of Ameno (17th
century) Published from the original Latin manuscript
discovered in London in the year 1872, and translated into
French by Isidore Liseux Now first translated into
English With the Latin Text. Paris Isidore Liseux, 2,
Rue Bonaparte, 1879.
12mo. (counts 6); size of volume 6f by 4^, of letter-press
4^ by 2§ inches; pp. xvi and 251; publisher's vignette on
title-page ; price io.r. 6d.
* Centurta ftibrorum Sfoconfcitorum, p. 77.
VIRGINS PREFERABLE TO WIDOWS.
23
Crartatto Sbrftrica qba qbofc mtltbs; sit tfirgfttem fcbmt
qbam ^fobant $uff fceffet feij eitte ^itttgfet
f)et)?aif)en eitte plenivs examinat, ex
variisqve jvris effectibvs svccincte et Ivcvlenter common-
strat, juxta atqve Mt WtrgUU #It)ltntUta sive Pandectis
Florentinis qvaedam corollarii loco adiicit Christianvs
Vlricvs Grvpen Harbvrgensis. Jense, apvd Werthervm.
Anno m dcc xiv.
Small 4to; pp. 56, preceded by 4 unnumbered pages of title
and dedication, and followed by a folding sheet of Specimen;
monogram of publisher on title-page ; no headings; numbering
in the middle, not in the corner of the pages. The volume con-
tains a dedicatory epistle, dated "Jenae 18. MartiiAnno 1714,"
to Io. Christoph. Lvdemanno, 4 chapters, 2 poems, Corollaria
de Virgine Florentine^s, and Specimen ex Pandectis Iustiniani
Florentinis. There is an earlier edition of 1712, which I pre-
sume to be the editio princeps; I have not seen it, but suppose
it may have been privately printed as a wedding gift.
I have before me two other editions, both in quarto, and in
both of which the author's name heads the title-page, which then
reads JUt S&UffUW pm Wtbba tobmrta, &c.; they are Editio
Secvnda, Mvlto A vctwr> Lemgoriee, Typis et Svmptibvs Henrici
Wilhelmi Meyeri, Aulae Lippiac. Typography 1716, pp. 68,
and folding page; and Editio Tertia, Mvlto Avctior, 1740,
publisher and place of publication identical, pp. 62 ex title.
24
VIRGINS PREFERABLE TO WIDOWS. 24
The second and third editions contain the same matter, the
one
as the other, except that in the latter the introductory epistle
and the folding page of Specimen are omitted. In them Argu-
menta are added to the introduction, and to the chapters, and
much new matter is interwoven with the text of the four chap-
ters and of the Corollaria. The paper of the second edition is
good, whilst that of the third is bad. The edition of 1716, the
letter-press of which measures by 4 inches, is the most de-
sirable. There is yet an edition of 1720 mentioned by biblio-
graphers,* but I have never seen it, and am in doubt as to its
existence, as the issue of 1716 is called the second, and that
of
1740 the third edition.
This little treatise, one of the earliest productions of
Grupen's
prolific pen, appears to have been composed on the occasion of
the nuptials of the author's sister with one Ludemann, as I
gather from the dedication, which dated March 18, 1714,
opens thus : " Sic preesens tractatio nostra, CI. Lvdemanne,
quam anno abhinc & semestri nuptiarum solennia cum sorore
celebraturus beneuole suscepisti, postea qttam auctior prodiit &
Plenior, suo iure ad Te redit, Tibique ex antiqua Pratoris
formula, Dari, Dicari, & Addici, postulate &c. If one of the
least known, it is not the least curious of the author's
numerous
writings, and though not so erudite as some of his maturer
works,
* 'XKjjmeiited ©elt^titit.gejricoti, ffortfcfcuttg.
VIRGINS PREFERABLE TO WIDOWS.
25
such as JBe ®jrore ©brottsfca,* it does not altogether merit
the oblivion into which it has fallen ; it is in any case a
literary
curiosity, treating of a subject not often handled. Its purpose
is sufficiently set forth on the title-page, and it will be
sufficient
for me to add the chapter-headings: "I. Varias variorum
sententias exkibens; II. Nostram sententiamproponens, &
vlteritis
declarans ; III. Quo nostra sententia probatur,potissimumque
ex variis iuris effectibus commonstratur; IV. Quo dissentientium
argumenta succincte conuellantur." A couple of rhymed pro-
verbs, introduced by Grupen, may perhaps be reproduced:
@in alteS SSeifc, em junget Wlann,
@ine §arte 9luf?, ein ftumpjfer
3ufammen fid? ntdjt reitnen roofyl,
©eineS gteidjen ein jebet ne^men fot.
5Bet ©ittroen nimmt, Jtafbaunen frifft,
3)endt nidjt, rcaS btinn gewefett ift.
I have elsewhere attempted a brief outline of Grupen's
career,f since which his laborious life has been more fully
treated by <§erm F. Frensdorff,^ who, while granting Grupen
extensive reading and great erudition, denies him critica acu-
* t inter Eiirornm Sro^ftttorum, pp. 161, 164.
$ 2l(lgemeine S)eutf$e SBiogta^te, where will be found a list
of other works
in which Grupen is mentioned.
d
26
SEIGNIORIAL RIGHTS.
men and clearness of style, and, in a sentence as roundabout
as any one ever penned by Grupen himself, complains of his
verbose digressions. <§ert Frensdorff omits from his list of
Grupen's works the Tractatio under notice.
§U0 $rimae ^Oftfc Eine geschichtliche Untersuchung. Von
Dr. Karl Schmidt, Oberlandesgerichtsrath zu Colmar
i. E. Freiburg im Breisgau. herder'sche Verlagshand-
lung. 1881. Zweigniederlassungen in Strassburg, Mi'm-
chen und St. Louis, Mo.
8vo.; size of paper 9J by 6, of letter-press 7^ by 4! inches;
pp. xliii and 397; printed throughout in Roman type. The
volume contains a list of over six hundred authorities (31
pages), arranged alphabetically, and an alphabetical index.
No one will again touch this somewhat vexed and hackneyed
question without having recourse to the work of Dr. Schmidt,
which is by far the most thorough and exhaustive treatise that I
have seen—compiled, as its author affirms, after having
consulted
about 600 printed books and 500 different documents, and after
having obtained information from 30 to 40 men who had studied
the subject. Dr. Schmidt's plan is simple, honest, and somewhat
novel. In his Vorrede he enumerates the living authors, who hold
that the custom in question existed, from whom he consequently
differs, and addresses to them " die dringende Bitte um strenge
27 SEIGNIORIAL RIGHTS.
Priifung der beiderseitigen Ansichten, unter
Beriicksichtigung
der in diesem Buch mitgetheilten Quellen, soweit dieselben ihren
bisher unbekannt waren." He then considers the subject in all
its
bearings and ramifications, not confining himself to Europe or
to
feudalism, but extending his enquiries to every part of the
world
in which the practice has prevailed of having newly-married
women deflowered by others than their husbands, whether by
priest, lord, or stranger. In foot-notes Dr. Schmidt furnishes
extracts in the original from the authorities he is handling,
and
concludes each chapter with remarks of his own, generally re-
futing, or at least throwing doubt upon the statements adduced.
As may be easily supposed, these citations contain many inter-
esting and exceedingly curious passages. Already have I had
occasion to mention some of the books which Dr. Schmidt
passes in review.* Without offering an opinion whether the
truth lies with Dr. Schmidt, or with those writers from whom
he differs, I shall content myself with quoting, in conclusion,
the
summary with which the Jus Primae Noctis closes:
Nach den bisherigen Ermittlungen ist anzunehmen, dass die
Sage von
einem jus primae noctis in der heute bekannten Bedeutung dieses
Ausdrucks
sich gegen Ausgang des fiinfzehnten oder Anfang des sechzehnten
Jahrhun-
derts ausgebildet hat.
Zur Entwicklung dieser modernen Sage kann gedient haben:
erstens die
Verbreitung alterer Sagen fiber einige Tyrannen des Alterthums,
die ihre
* fnHtf Stbrorum $ro|)ft)ttorum, pp. 161, 164, 173.
28
SEIGNIORIAL RIGHTS.
Gewaltthatigkeiten bis zu einer gewohnheitsmassigen Schandung
der Braute
ausdehnten, dafiir jedoch die gerechte Strafe fanden; zweitens
die
Verbreitung der Reiseberichte iiber einige Volkerschaften
verschiedener
Welttheile, von von (sic) denen man erzahlte, dass ihre
Jungfrauen vor oder
bei der Heirath einem Priester zur Defloration iibergeben oder
dem
Hauptling zur vorgangigen Geschlechtsgemeinschaft angeboten
wiirden »
drittens die Unkenntniss iiber die geschichtliche Entwicklung
derjenigen
Horigkeitsverhaltnisse, aus denen das Recht der Grundherren auf
Heiraths-
abgaben der Horigen entstanden war. (Vgl. Raepsaet 3. Aufl. S.
6, 7,
34, 35, 37, 38.)
Die seit dem sechzehnten Jahrhundert verbreitete Vorstellung,
das jus pri-
mae noctis habe in alten heidnischen Zeiten bestanden und sei in
christlicher
Zeit abgelost worden, verwandelte sich allmahlich in die Lehre,
dass jenes
emporende Recht im christlichen Mittelalter in den meisten oder
in alien
europaischen Landern geherrscht habe. Insofern, als diese Lehre,
ohne
eine ernstliche Priifung der Beweisgriinde, von modernen
Gelehrten fest-
gehalten und verbreitet wird, kennzeichnet sich dieselbe als ein
gelehrter
Aberglaube.
An authority strangely omitted by Dr. Schmidt—I say
strangely, because of the same opinion as himself—is M. Th.
Leuridan, who in the iHimotresf fce la £>om'ti to £>riettcesf,
ft? UlUf, 1871, 3e serie, ixe annde, considers it a " mon-
strueux mensonge que le seigneur avait le droit de prendre en
tribut, la premiere nuit des noces, 1'honneur de ses sujettes
qui
se mariaient dans son domaine. Nous serions tous issus d'une
suite plus ou moins continue de b&tards, et chacun de nous
aurait a rougir du ddshonneur forcd de l'une de ses
bisa'ieules."
A hundred copies of this article were struck off separately for
private distribution, one of which entitled : if Ut'Cl't ilU
DE PUDORE et dignitate hominis.
29
£>figntur baits! Ia CfcatfUf ntf ie £tlle Par M. Th.
Leuridan,
pp. 23, is now before me; it contains some instances and
arguments valuable for the controversy.
Before quitting the subject I may perhaps note that in 1877,
M. J. Lemonnyer, of Rouen, reprinted the work of M. J. J. Raep-
saet, iuri)trri)es sur P#rigme ft la ^aturf toesf ©rmts
&cvery elegantly, in small 4to., pp. 60, title-page in red
and
black, head and tail pieces, and the title-page and text ruled
with red lines; issue 352 copies.
CrartatusJ Jfloralts ©f &aturah' ^ubore feigmtate
flOmtUt^ in quo agitur, De Incestu, Scortatione, Yoto
Caelibatus, Conjugio, Adulterio, Polygamia & Divortiis,
&c: Auctore L. V. Velthuysen. Ultrajectino. Trajecti
ad Rhenum, Ex officind Typographic^ Rudolphi a Zyll,
Anno clo b c lxxvi.
4to. ; size of letter-press 6J by 4 inches ; pp. 146 with 8
un-
numbered pages of title and preface; vignette on title-page re-
presenting Minerva seated under a tree, with motto: " Pax
artivm altrix Minerva traiectinaclearly printed on good
paper.
Concerning this volume little need be added to what is indi-
cated on the title-page; it is a moral treatise upon the
subjects in
question from a Scriptural point of view chiefly; no authorities
are cited, nor instances adduced; it is written in Latin
throughout.
3°
PUNISHMENT OF SODOMY.
©festrtatfo iinitrica ©e iHittgatione $oenae fit Crtmeui ^>o&omtae, ©ott SRtTbetttttg ber ^ftafe hfym 8af*
tet bet ^obowitcret) J quam praeside D. Christiano
Friderico Graeven, Consil. Reg. Avl. et Prof. Ivr. Pvbl.
Ord. D. ii. Novembr. An. mdccxxxix. H.L.Q.C.pvblicae
disqvisitione svbmittit Fridericvs Avgvstvs Brown,
Brandenb. March. Francof. ad Viadrvm, Rec. Litteris
Huknerianis An. O. R. m dcc l.
4to.; size of volume 8| by 7^, of letter-press 6\ by 4
inches; pp.
32; a fleuron, two single lines, and a double line on
title-page;
clear type, but spongy paper. It must be owned that very
strange and scabrous subjects were frequently selected during
the
last century in German universities for inaugural addresses
and public discussion ; nor is the disquisition now before me
one
of the least remarkable of the several which I have already no-
ticed. The treatment is entirely legal, but the matter is very
closely gone into, and the comparative gravity of offences, such
as sodomy, or simple masturbation, or connexion with animals,
is minutely argued. Legal authorities are freely referred to,
which adds a value to the treatise, and a couple of crimes
committed at Frankfort in 1730 and 1734, with the consequent
judgments, are adduced in German.
PUBLIC BROTHELS.
Cractati'o qba fttpanarta, vulgo 4?ti?ett*
Med. et Philos. Doct. ac Profesore in Acad. Heidelberg-
ensi quondam celeberrimo, publice ibid, ventilata 1674.
Halae Magdeburgicse, E Typography Joh. Christ. Hen-
delii, 1743- (3)'
4to; size of letter-press by 3f inches; pp. 23; fleuron
and three lines of title-page.
This short treatise, of which the arguments are arranged in
twenty-two paragraphs, is directed, as its title indicates,
against
the institution of public brothels; its only value at present
lies in
the numerous references to other writers upon the subject of
prostitution.
Ztssi t iHfmone ©mt* atiHa prosftftu^'one fino alia
caduta della republica. A spese del Conte di Orford.
Venezia 1870—72.
4to.; size of vol. 12f- by 9, of letter-press by 6| inches;
pp. viii and 399 ex title, with 3 unnumbered leaves of
issue, Materie and Errata ; lion of St. Mark and a line on the
title-page; printed throughout in red and black; six
illustrations,
viz.: 4 photographs, "tratte per la prima volta da altrettanti
dipinti a olio, esistenti nel soffitto della stanza dei Capi del
Consiglio de'X., allusivi all' autoritadi quel Magistrate," and
2
lithographs from portraits of courtezans of the time. This no-
ble volume was printed at Venice, to the extent of 150 copies
only, each copy numbered and bound in morocco, "nessun esem-
plare e posto in commercio." Its contents are as follows :
"Prefazione; Catalogo di tutte le principal et piu honorate
Cortigiane di Venetia (210 in number) ; Repertorio ossia Rub-
rica delle pubbliche Meretrici condannate per trasgessioni alle
Leggi promulgate dal Magistrato delle Pompe dal 1578 a! 1617 ;
PROSTITUTION AT VENICE.
33
Serie di Leggi e Memorie Venete sulla Prostituzione ed altre
immoralita, dal 1232 alia caduta della Republica 1797; Appen-
dice alle Leggi sulla prostituzione e delitti carnali; Parte
storica.
Casi che si collegano colle Venete Leggi sulla prostituzione
ed altre immoralita;" and finally
$ronodtiro alia Mtota stopra le $utane« Composto per lo
eccellente dottore M. Salvaor, cosa molto bellissima, et
piacevole*
Et da ridere, con una barcelletta novamente aggiunta. A poem
" in lingua pavana (dialetto rustico padovano) stampato in Ve-
nezia nel 1558, ora riprodotto da un rarissimo esemplare che
conservasi nella Biblioteca Marciana, Misc. Vol. 2213." The
title, printed in red and black, is surrounded by a facsimile
re-
p roduction of the illustrated title-page of the original.
This compilation had its origin in a search made among the
archives of Venice to ascertain what foundation there was for
aspersions made by some writers* upon the rulers regarding
their treatment of
thy less virtuous daughters, grown
A wider proverb for worse prostitution;—
and more especially to discover a certain laudatory
expression
said to have been employed by the Council of Ten in a decree
* Extracts from some of these authors will be found in the
notes to Marino
Faliero, Morft* of Xorti 33nron, London, Murray, 1832, vol. 12,
pp. 207,
225.
e
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PROSTITUTION AT VENICE.
recalling the courtezans. The expression in question not
having been found, but on the contrary, enactments of a very
severe and stringent nature having been met with, showing
that harshness rather than leniency had been the course adopted
towards prostitution in the republic, the present volume was
printed. It was compiled by Sig. Lorenji, sub-librarian of St.
Mark's, and the costs of printing, &c., were defrayed by the
Earl of Orford. As the volume was destined for private dis-
tribution only, it has no fixed price, and as it is so little
known,
and consequently unasked for, it has not realized its full value
on the rare occasions when it has been contended for in the
auction room.* The documents which it contains are written,
for the most part, in the Venetian dialect, interspersed with
Latin, and as both the Latin and the Italian are generally un-
classical, I have abandoned my usual plan of indicating by a
(sic) what appeared to me erroneous or irregular.
To do justice to this remarkable and valuable work, a volume
almost as large as the present one would be needed. Not only
does it afford particulars concerning lewd women and men
—prostitutes, bawds, pimps, catamites—and their treatment,
but many customs of the Venetians and inhabitants of neigh-
bouring cities are depicted; enactments regarding Jews, Turks,
* As far as I know, the highest price for which the volume
has been sold
is £11 5s., in 1879, at the sale of Dr. Qura. Catalogue, art.
115.
PROSTITUTION AT VENICE.
35
and Moors are frequent; several mentions are made of the pox,
which was a source of great trouble in Venice; punishments of
such crimes as incest, rape, sodomy, &c., are numerous; the
scandalous lives of priests are sketched; details are given at
great length of the dissolute habits practised in convents and
monasteries; and finally, one or two escapades by English pub-
lic men are recorded. Let us commence with the subject
which gives the book its title.
The preface opens with the following stricture made by
G. C. Maier, in his Beschreibung von Venedig, Leipzig,
1795, II, 180: "Der Senat wollte aus zweien Uebeln das
kleinere wahlen, und berief die Verwiesenen samtlich
wieder zuriik. Es ist sonderbar, dass er sich in dem
Zurukberufungsproklama des Ausdruks: nostre bene merite
meretrici bediente." "Tale asserzione," observes the compiler,
"che non ha verun fondamento, salvo che nella imaginazione di
chi primo la scrisse, lo storico francese Daru non si fece scru-
polo di ripeterla ciecamente." A few pages further on he very
justly adds: "La facilita di ripetere asserzioni gratuite,
senza verificarle sull' appoggio dei documenti original!, e
quella,
ancor piu funesta, di lasciarsi trasportare dai sogni della
propria fantasia, sono due danni gravissimi alia verita della
storia; alia quale e forse piu perdonable talvolta il silenzio
volontario, che la smania d'inventare novelle ed epiteti falsi,
com' e quello di benemerite, applicato dal Maier alle veneziane
meretrici. Non puossi perd dissimulare che il secolo non fosse
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PROSTITUTION AT VENICE.
libidinoso; et che sovente si cercasse di deludere il freno,
posto
dalla Republica a mantenere la sua Capitale immune da ogni
rotto costume." That the manners of the Venetians during the
time embraced by the compilation, 1228 to 1797, were exceed-
ingly dissolute, no one can doubt; and that to vice superstition
was not unfrequently added, may be seen from the following
declaration, made by the patriarch of St. Mark, March 27th,
1511, on the occasion of the shock of an earthquake :
Vene poi il patriarcha nostro Domino Antonio Contarini
dicendo che il
teramoto venuto e signa Dei et propter peccata veniunt adversa e
quest a
terra e piena di pechati prima di sodomia che si fa per tut to
senza rispeto e le mere-
trice li ha mandato a dir che non polsno viver niun va di Ihoro
tanto e le sodomie e
fino vechij si fcmno laoorar. Item havuto da confessori che
padre se impaza con
fiole fradeli con sorele et similia: item la terra e venuta
pocha divota perche
li predichatori li haveano dito che mal non si predichi il verbo
divinoquesta
XL.ma (Quaresima) poi che la terra e sanna di morbo et e sta mal
fato a
levar le prediche et che adesso che semo a meza XL. soleva li
confessori
li altri anni aver confessa £ veniexia e horra non hanno
confessa si non pizo-
chere e pochissime persone poi disse vol ordinar processione a
san marco
per 3 zorni e per le contrade la sera e dezuni tre zorni pan e
aqua per pla-
char la ira de Dio e disse altre cosse. (p. 257).
The Catalogo, which immediately follows the preface, was
made about 1574, probably for the use of strangers visiting
Venice, and contains a list "di tutte le principal et
piuhonorate
Cortigiane di Venetia, il norne loro, et il nome delle loro
pieze,
et le stantie ove loro habitano, et di piu ancor vi narra la
con-
trata ove sono le loro stantie, et etiam il numero de li dinari
che
PROSTITUTION AT VENICE.
37
hanno da pagar quelli Gentilhomini, et al che desiderano
entrar
nella sua gratia." As such documents had to be stamped by
government, it is clear that the authorities knew what prosti-
tutes there were in the city, and held them strictly in hand.
Concerning this list I need only remark that the prices range
from ^ a scudo to 30 scudi. The Venetian courtezan was fre-
quently accomplished, especially in music; she wore rich attire,
and was careful in the arrangement and disposition of her
charms.
Two illustrations from engravings after Palma and Jacobus
Franco, adorn the volume before me; they are both " con
privilegio," and represent—the first, a courtezan of the first
class, seated at a spinet; she wears an elaborately figured
robe,
a high ruff, bracelets and necklace, with ornaments on her head,
which is carefully dressed-—in the second, a lady, equally
sumptuously attired, is at her toilet, and holds a mirror in her
right hand, while her maid is arranging her hair. This luxury
of vestments and adornments had however to be modified when
they walked abroad, and in 1543 it was enacted as follows :
Sono accreuiuh :>: ianto excessivo numero le mereirice in
quests nostra citta,
quale post posta • ■ ni erubesentia et vergogna publicamente
vano per le
strade et chiesie, et altrove si ben ornate et vestite, che
molte volte le nobile
et citadine nostre per non esser differente del vestire da le
ditte sono non
solum da li forestieri ma da li habitanti non conosciute le bone
dale triste,
con cativo et malissimo essempio di quelle li stanno in stantia
et che le ve-
deno et con non pocha susuratione et scandolo de ogni uno, al
che per far
cosa grata alio etemo Idio aovendosi provedere et in quella
parte si possa
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obviar al mal exempio et scandoli et remediar alle excessive
spese le fano in
sui vestimenti et ornamenti di casa.
L'andara parte, che confermando in tutto et per tutto le
parte prese cerca il
vestir de le donne et Fhornamenti di casa, sia previsto che
alcuna meretrice in
questa terra habitante non possi vestir, ne in alcuna parte de
la persona portar
oro, arzento et seda, eccetto che le scufie qual siano de seda
pura, non possi
portar cadenelle, perle ne anelli cum piera o senza ne alle
rechie o dove
excogitar si possi tal che in tutto a le ditte siano devedate
Voro et V arzento et
seda, et etiam l'uso dele zoie di qualunque sorte si in casa
come fuora di casa
et fora di questa nostra citta. (p. 108).
Nor were these regulations as to dress confined to the city
of
Venice alone. In 1420 the following order concerning the cos-
tume of pimps, male and female, as well as of prostitutes, was
promulgated at Padua: " Teneantur meretricest et ruffianae
quandocunque vadunt per civitatem Paduae, vel suburbia por-
tare ad collum unurn faciolum longitudinis trium brachiorum.
Et similiter ruffiani teneantur portare in capite unum capucium
colons rubei sine becha" (p. 199.) And in Treviso, as late as
1768, no lewd woman could appear in public without she wore
a red headdress : " JVec liceat meretricibus publicis ire per
civi-
tate sine caputiis rubeis in capitibus." (p. 200). Prohibitions
of
"vestimenti indecenti" and "scandalosi" were made as late as
1797 (p. 391), nor were they confined to women of the town,
or indeed to the fair sex, for we find an enactment: " che da
qui (1443) avanti alguna dona 0 femena over gar zona de che
condicion se sia non possa andar ultra el natural habito cum el
39 PROSTITUTION AT VENICE.
chavo et vixo choverto per algum modo per terra over per
aqua,"
&c., and in the same document we read: " Et a simel condi-
cion sotozaxa ogni homo trovado in habito femineo. over altro
habito desconveniente perdando el vestimento e livre cento per
cadaune star mexi 6 in prexon," &c. (p. 45). Nor was it per-
mitted for women to go abroad dressed like men, as was fre-
quently the case. " B cresciuta a questi nostri tempi (15 78)
talmente la gran dishonesta e sfazatezza delle coriegiane et
mere-
trice de Venetia che per prender et illaguear i gioveni
conducen-
dosi a sui apetite, oltra diversi altri modi hanno trovato
questo
novo et non piu usato di vestirsi con habiti de homo, ....
che sia proibito alle meretrici et cortigiane sopradette Vandar
per la citta vagando in barca vestite da homo" &c. (p. 121).
In their head dresses, as well as in the form of their
clothing, the women sought to imitate the opposite sex.
In 1480 occurs the following entry: " Habitus Capitis
quem mulieres Venetiarum gerere a modico tempore citra
ceperunt non posset esse inhonestior, et hominibus qui illas
videant, et deo omnipotenti quem per talem habitum
sexum dissimulant suum et sub specie virorum viris placere con-
tendunt quod est species quedam sodomie," &c. Prostitutes who
were discovered with their heads thus attired were very se-
verely punished : "Offitialibus autem de nocte et Capitibus sex-
teriorum committatur ut facta tali publicatione quascumque
meretrices inveneruntportantes talem sixam Capillorum fustigari
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prius et deinde totum caput radi faciant: et ita abrasis
conduti
super scalis et publicari et qui ilia accusaverit habeat libras
xxv pro quaque de bonis suis, nec exeant de carceribus postquam
fuerint fustigate rase et publicate nisi solverint. (p. 233).
Numerous attempts were made by the authorities to confine
the courtezans to their own quarters, and to prevent them from
frequenting inns, churches,&c. In 1444 it was decreed: "de
meretricibus quod non possint dormiri in hostarijs et tabernis
&c. (p. 192); and two years later : "che \tpubliche meretrixe de
Rialto nonpossa manzar ne bever se non in bordello taverne et
hostarie et che de notte dormir non ossa fuora di ditti luoghi
salvo cum persone le qual non sia bertoni ne usadi conversar
cum alguna specialmente et spesse volte de quelle meretrixe, et
questo sotto pena de libre xxv per cadauno homo che contra-
fara et cadauna volta et scuriade xxv per cadauna meretrixe et
cadauna fiada." (p. 48). In 1543 we find "una denuntia data
contra Lucieta Padovana, visto el suo constituo che confessa
non solamente quanto li e sta imposto nella denutia, diessersta
in
giesia alle hore prohibite per le leze dello Excellentissima
Consi-
glio de X, ma che continuamente va per ogni giesia ad ogni Fes-
tadiquella fra le nobele et citadine non reputandose meretrice
ma
cortesana, ma haver suo marito come justificava, . . . . ac
declarant che non volendo tuor la fama a dita Lucieta Padova-
na" the lady obtained absolution, (p. 274). Four years after
this "madonna Lodovica men'trice" was fined five ducats "di
PROSTITUTION AT VENICE.
41
esser stata in Chiesia di santa Catharina, to the annoy-
ance of devout people who frequented that church. In the
same year "Margarita et Anzola Meretrice" were mulcted of
four ducats for the same cause, with the additional offence:
"per
tenir in casa una puta d'undid anni a servitio suo." (p. 276).
Prostitutes, it seems, were forbidden to have connection with
either Turks, Moors, or Jews, and several condemnations for such
delinquencies are recorded. In 1507 " fo frustra per marzaria
ire femene quale haveano dormito cm Turchi." (p. 256). To
whipping the pillory was frequently added, as in the case of
Lena Greca, a bawd, who " fecerit habere copulam carnalem
quosdam Mauros cum mulieribus cristianisand of Isota and
Medea, the prostitutes whom she had supplied to the heretics.
The sentence on Lena Greca was as follows : " quod dicta Lena
indie Jovisproximo futuro in mane hora terciarum fustigetur
a S. Marco ad Rivoaltum et de inde ponatur super uno pallo
in medio duarum collumnarum cum una mitra ignominiosa in
capite, ubi stare debeat usque ad horam none, et de inde sit
bannita de Venetiis et districtu per decennium," &c. (p. 265).
As late as 1781 we find recorded a sentence, which was, how-
ever, subsequently annulled, against one Stella Cellini,
a danser of the Theatre of S. Cassan, " di tenere scandalosa
amicizia con certo Turco." (p. 383). Although the authorities
corrected peccant prostitutes by fustigation, private indi-
viduals were not allowed to do so; for we find that in 1523 a
de-
f
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scent was made on the house of one Zuan Francesco Justinian,
who was fined 100 ducats, and imprisoned one month "per aver
fato certo insulto a una mere trice" and "per aver da le bote a
Biancha Saraton e tolto una sua cadenella doro qual lei haveva
e non ge la voleva dar." (p. 266). Indeed, in spite of the
severe
enactments against them, it is evident that courtezans must have
held a certain recognized position in Venice. That they were not
absolute outcasts is proved by their having enjoyed the conso-
lation of religion at death. I shall restrict myself to the
citation
of a single instance: "In questa matina (16 Ottobre, 1514) fo
sepulta a santa Caterina Lucia Trivixam qual contava per excel-
entia era dona di tempo tutta cortesana molto nominata apresso
musichi dove a caxa sua si riduseva tutte le virtu, et morite
eri
di note et ozi 8 zorni si fara per li musici una solene messa
a santa Caterina funebre e altri oficij per l'anima sua." (p.
261).
No one can have travelled in Italy without having been more
or less pestered by pimps—a class of men peculiar to that
country for centuries. In the Leggi e Memorie there are almost
as many enactments against procurers as procuresses. For con-
venience sake I shall take both sexes together. As were prosti-
tutes, so farmers of prostitutes were obliged to wear clothes of
a
certain colour. In i486 it was enacted: " quod omnes Mi ruf-
fiani qui stant in civitate nostra debeant portare kabitum
colloris
zalli ut ab omnibus dignoscipossint sub pena fustigationis a
Sancto
Marco ad Rivumaltumet perpetui exilij huius civitatis nostre."
43 PIMPS AND BAWDS.
(p. 69). Again, four years subsequently, a decree almost
iden-
tical, with similar penalties, and this time extended to women,
was promulgated : " che tutti quelli ruffiani et ruffiane i
qualli
stano in questa Cita debino portar habito de color zallo
azoche da tutti possino esser cognosciudi," &c, (p. 197).
Similar regulations were framed for the city of Padua, as
already noted.* The temptation of fine clothes was as potent
in former years as it is to-day, and the Council of Ten had to
forbid brothel keepers from trepanning their victims by offering
to clothe them, under penalty of confiscation of such clothes,
and a fine of 40 lire, (anno 1542, p. 105). It is clear that
bawds
were not tolerated, or I may perhaps say legalised, as were
simple courtezans, and enactments against them for merely
following their calling are numerous. The usual punishment
was expulsion from Venice for periods varying from two to ten
years. This banishment was sometimes preceded by other
degradations. In 1531 we find a sentence recorded contra D.
Angelicham uxorem ser BernardiNi Samit. (Sanmichieli?)
ruffianam . . . quod die crastina in mane ad horam
tertiarum dicta Angelicha ponatur super uno solario apud
officium nostrum cum una corona in capite et ibi manere
debeat usque ad horam nonam, et postea sit bannita de vene-
tiis et districtum per annos duos continuos." (p. 270). A
* Page 38, ante.
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PIMPS AND BAWDS.
worse instance was that of one Marietta Candeleta, who was
condemned, in 1558, "per haver fatto tuor la verzenita a Mari-
eta fiola de Dorigo," to two years' banishment, before which,
"la ditta Marietta Candeleta debi star nelie preson dell'
officio dove se ritrova fino al zorno de sabbado da matina, poi
in dito zorno a hora de terza sia posta sopra un pallo per mezo
le due Collone con una Corona in testa ignominiosa con un
breve che dicha per haver fato tuor la verzinita a una puta, la
qual habi a star su dito pallo fino a hore 18, et di poi sia
posta
nella preson di le donne dalla qual non possi uscir si non
havera
dato nel officio ducati diese a Lire 6 soldi ^per ducato da
esser dati
alia ditta Marietta puta, e pagar le spese dell'officio," &c.
(p.
285). The bawds of Venice were not always Venetian by birth,
for in 1650 is noted a " Sentenza contro Sicile Polacca, mere-
trice Ebrea e ruffiana" who allured to her house " tanto hebrei
che hebree come christiani e christiane;" and in the year fol-
lowing one against two German women, "Cristofolina e Mal-
garita Tedesche." One of our own countrywomen figures, I
regret to say, among those punished for keeping improper
houses, even if her crimes were not of a more heinous kind :
Judgment was given, in 1651, against one "Eme (sic) Inglese,per
tenerprostribolo di meretrici edalloggiar abusivamentefores tie
ri"
It was also alleged of her that she had been "causa della morte
di suo marito." She was banished from Venice " in perpetuo."
(pp. 348 to 350). Nor was this nefarious trade confined en-
tirely to women ; it was carried on by men also. Of this an
THE POX AT VENICE.
45
instance is given, March 14, 1559,0! one "ser Alvise," con-
demned "a star in preson serato fino al di de marti proximo
venturo et de pi u habbi a pagar avanti ensi (esca) di ditta
preson Lire venticinque de pizole le qual tutte integralmente
siano del denuntiante, et le spese dell'officio." This sentence,
compared with those which I have already cited, and the sex of
the criminal considered, must appear a very light one,
especially
when we read of what Alvise was accused: 11 per allozar Fores-
tieri in casa sua et tenir masserepute piccole de anni ij et
anni
14 in circa;" further, " una delle quali e alhospedal de li
Incu-
rabilipiena di mal franzoso impiagata, et talmal lei ha preso,"
(p. 287).
The first mention of the Pox at Venice is in 1496, and the
description of its origin, symptoms, and effects is so graphic
that I venture to transcribe it:
Nota che per infiuxi celesti da anni do in qua zoe da poi la
venuta de fran-
cesi in Italia se ha scoperto una nova egritudine in li corpi
humani dicta
mal franzoso lo qual mal si in Italia come in Grecia Spagna et
quasi per tutto
il mondo e dilatado et di natura he che debillita li membri le
mane e piedi
in specie di gotte et fa alcune puscule et vesiche tumide
infiade per tuta la
persona e sul volto con febre e dolori artetici che fa tuta la
codega piena e
coperta di broze su la faza fino ai ochij come fanno varuole ale
femene tute
le coxe fino ala natura in tanto fastidio che tal paciente
chiamavano la morte
et comenza ditto mal alle parte pudiche prima et nel coyto e
contagioso al-
tramente no: dicitur etiam puti lhano dura a varir longamente:
et conclusive
spurzissimo mal tamen pochi ne more el qual mal licet molti
dicono sia ve-
nuto da francesi tamen lhoro etiam lhano da anni do in qua abuto
et lo
chiamano mal italiano. (p. 253).
46 OSPEDALE D'lNCURABILI AND PALAZZO LANGRAN.
In 1522 was founded a hospital for the treatment of its vic-
tims, "sotto il titolo d'Incurabili" which took only two years
to build. That such an institution had become necessary will
be evident after perusal of the " Terminazione del magistrate
della Sanita che tutti gli impiagati ed infermidimal francese
deb-
bano andar a curarsi nel locale a tale ogetto destinato," in
which
document the poor wretches are described as wandering about
the streets in a destitute condition. With a simple note of
one strange death which stands recorded, we will quit this
unsavoury subject:
In questa matina (21 Novembrio, 1500) edasaperlo discoperto
un strano
caxo acaduto in la contra di san Zuan di Golao (S. Giovanni
Decolaio) a uno
ser Beneto Morexini quondam ser Jacomo di anni 50 qual stava in
coxa sa 4.
anni per malframoso e in leto or havia uno fiol bastardo di anni
9 et una sar-
azina par siano sta trova morti eri sera ditto ser Beneto in
leto e il puto su
ie legne et la sarazina quasi morta e non parlava per do ferite
su la testa
havia: et le casse tutte erra aperte e la roba dentro fo
incolpado uno pre
Francesco oficiava in la chiesia et ita fuit. (p. 255).
The Ospedale cTIncurabili was not however the only edifice
which Venice owed to prostitution or its consequences; one of
her finest palaces was erected out of funds raised by a tax on
courtezans.
Non v'ha tra Veneziani chi non conosca la bellezza del
Palazzo Lang aran
a Santa Maria del Rosario. £ desso meritamente considerate come
il mi-
glior esempio dell' architettura di Tullio Lombardo. Sanno tutti
chi Fabbia
costruito; ma di quella famiglia e origine sua, da chi ordinate,
donde pro-
TREATMENT OF JEWS, TURKS AND MOORS.
47
venissero i fondi necessari alia erezione d'uno de' piii
eleganti edifizi di
questa cittk, niuno ha finora pensato, non che parlato.
Fra i piu celebri legisti d'ltalia annoveravasi nel 1413
(pag. 184-185)
Pietro de Angarano, altrimenti detto Langran, perchfe il popolo
veneziano
suole spesso preporre ai nomi gentilizii l'articolo. Era egli
assai desiderata
a coprire nella University patavina la cattedra de jure
canonico. Ma siccome
mancavano i fondi necessari a somministrare il relativo
stipendio, cosi s'ebbe
ricorso al prodotto del dazio sulle meretrici (pag. 184-185); di
modoche le
giovanili leggerezze degli studenti contribuivano indirettamente
a perfezio-
nare la loro educazione legale, non meno che ad agevolare
eziandio I'ab-
bellimento del Canal grande di Venezia. (p. iv).
The aversion in which the Council of Ten held Jews is fre-
frequently observable. Fines and imprisonment, but especially
the former, were inflicted upon them readily. They were not
permitted to teach, or keep schools of any kind, nor was it
lawful for them to have connection with a Christian woman,
not even were she a prostitute, (pp. 40, 191, 262). This
prohibition was extended to Turks and Moors, and we find
that in 1522 two Moors, who had slept with Christian whores,
were condemned to pay a fine of " libras 300 in hunc modum
centum Pietati, centum hospitali novo incurabilium et centum
monasterio sancti Josephi et non exeant de carcere nisi prius
soluctis dictis libris 300." (p. 266).
It may not be uninteresting to take a rapid glance at the
punishments awarded by the Council of Ten to their criminals,
and the manner in which they regarded those crimes which
are accounted contrary to law in all civilized countries.
Sodomy was an offence to which the Venetians seem to have
48
PUNISHMENT OF SODOMY AT VENICE.
been inordinately prone. Enactments against it, and instances
of its commission, occur at brief intervals throughout the
volume.
I can afford space for one or two of the most remarkable speci-
mens only. As early as 1406 we meet with "inquisitiones testi-
ficationes et alias scripturas inculpatorum pro pecato sodomitij
(pp. 189, 192); again in 1418 it was found that " istud ado-
minabile peccatum sodomitij videtur multum regnare in civitatem
nostram venetiarum, so that the Council of Ten had on more
than one occasion in the same year to deliberate " pro provi-
dendo in futurum ad extirpandum istud peccatum de hac Civi-
tate nostra" (p. 186); and in 1455 are recorded the two
following
remarkable enactments:
Cum per Capita huius Consilij secundum for mam partis pridem
capte in is-
to consilio super eleciione duorum nobilium per contratas, ut si
fieri potest extirpe-
tur dbhominabile vitium sodomie. Ipsi nobiles electi fuerint
etbono animoac-
ceptaverint: sed quia offitium suum sicut bene intelligitur
periculosum est, pe-
tunt posse ferre arma pro defensione persone sue, et bonum sit
dare modum
et omnia possibilia facere quod ipsi nobiles libero animo ad
hanc saluberi-
mam rem attendere possint, suurnque offitium exercere. Vadit
pars, quod
auctoritate huius consilij ipsis nobilibus dentur licentia
armorum, per unum annum,
et tanto minus quanto durabit officium suum predictum.
Cum Capitibus huius Consilij facta sit conscientia quod in
domo multorum
schaletariorum huius nostre Civitatis multi juvenes, et alij
diversarum etatum
et conditionum se reducunt de die et de nocte, uli tenentur
ludiet taberne, et
multe inhonestates ac sodomie committuntur, et bonum sit pro Dei
reverentia et
honore nostro providere quod mala et inconvenientie que ex hoc
sequi pos-
sent evitentur.
Vadid pars, quod per Capita istius Consilij, precipiatur
auctoritate istius
PUNISHMENT OF SODOMY AT VENICE.
49
Consilij Gastaldioni pistoriorum et dictorum scaletariorum,
quod committant
omnibus scalettarijs quod de cetero non acceptent in domo sua
aliquem
cuiusvis condictionis et etatis sit de die nec de nocte pro
tenendo ludos et tab-
ernam, nec aliquam inhonestatem faciendo, sub pena librarum
centum et
standi menses sex in carceribus, et perpetue privationis huius
nostre Civita-
tis. Et hec committantur inquirenda et exequenda offitialibus de
nocte et
Capitibus sexteriorum, qui de predictis libris centum habeant
medietatem, et
alia medietas sit accusatoris si fuerit per quem habeatur
Veritas, et si accus-
ator non fuerit predicte libre centum sint illorum Offitialium
qui executi
fuerint presentem ordinem nostrum. Et si predicti qui inventi
fuerint cul-
pabiles unquam redierint venetias, solvant alias libras centum,
et stent sex
menses in carceribus et iterum baniantur, et toties observetur
quotiens con-
trafecerint de quibus penis non possint fieri aliqua gratia nisi
per istud Con-
silium. (p. S3).
Three years later the authorities still found "quod necesse
est
providere quod humsmodi sodomite eradicentur de civitate
nostra,"
because " tale abhominandum vicium multiplicat," &c. (p. 54),
and they had resort to capital punishment, for the year
following
a sentence is recorded " contra Joannem Jerachi grecum sodomi-
tam, quod isti Joanni die veneris post nonam amputetur caput in
medio duarum columnarum et eius corpus corburetur itaque
totum convertetur in cineremiuxtasolitum;" and "contra Fran-
ciscum Barberium patientem, quod iste Franciscus considerata
tenera etate sua stet uno anno in carcere et postea sit in
exilio
Venetiarum et omnium terrarum et locorum nostrorum a parte
terre et si unquam reperietur iterum carceretur per annum et
baniatur, et qui ilium caperet habeat de bonis suis libras C.
et si non reperiretur de suis bonis comune solvat illas." (p.
55).
g
50
PUNISHMENT OF SODOMY AT VENICE.
In 1462 a man who had falsely accused two others of* this
detes-
table crime was condemned: " Quod die sabbati hora tertiarum
conducatur in platea S. Martii in medio duarum columnarum et
ponatur super uno palo, postea conducatur per canale maiore et
per rivum Sanctorum Apostolorum Murianum in capite Rivi vi-
treariorum cum uno precone qui continue clamet culpam suam et
ibi absidatur sibi nasus et lingua ac bulletur tribus bullis
super
fronte et ambabus genus nec sibi unquam credatur." It appears
that in his clemency the Doge objected to the poor man's
having his tongue cut out, but as a compensation both his eyes
were put out, his nose was cut off " ad osand finally he was
placed " super furckis ibi Jiendis suspendatur itaque moriatuW
(p. 62). Nor did these severe examples suffice to put a stop to
this vice, for in 1464 another violent decree was promulgated,
in
which it was declared : " quod omnes qui de cetero commiserint
vitium sodomie debeant comburi vivi in altum ut videantur cum
vegete piccata in capite super pallo in medio duarum columnarum
SanctiMarci ad terrorem et indicium pene expavescenda&c.
To which is added : " Quodsuspendantur in altis furckis et a
litore cum pedibus comprimantur ut videntur a populo, et
corpora sua ita suspensa igne comborantur ut omnes videant eos
tali morte puniri." And still another clause : " Quod isti
sodomite iudicentur et puniuntur iuxta solitum cum aniputa-
tione capitis et combustione corporis ne aliter fieri possit
nisi
per omnes xvii istius Consilij." (p. 63). Ten years after this
one Colla was decapitated and burnt for sodomy with a youth
SODOMY WITH FEMALES.
51
in the palace of the Duke of Ferrara. (p. 255). Such severity
was not always displayed, as may be seen in the following case,
which occurred in the same year, 1474: "Quod FilippuS
Baffo Cimator accusatus pro turpi crimine sodomitij non re-
pertus culpabilis relaxetur quantum pro nunc: pro quantum
pertinet ad accusationem suprascriptam sed non possit exire de
civitate nisi primo solverit dticatos 130 quos habuit a
Bernadino
Rabia pactiente." (p-225). The propensity was not confined to
one sex, but it would appear not to have been considered of the
same enormity when practised upon females. In 1458 one
Nicolaus Longo de Candida, who was accused by his wife on
the 9th of August of having thus abused her, was on the 16th
of the same month released from prison, (p. 207). Never-
theless Jacobinus a Maietis, a sodomite " cum feminist was
in 1464 condemned to four years' imprisonment, and banish-
ment afterwards, (p. 218). Banishment was also decreed two
years later against a presbiter of Sancta Sophya for having
sodomized a little girl. (p. 220). There can be no doubt
that the streets of Venice were infested with girls as well as
boys, who provoked the passengers to commit this unnatural
offence. The following enactment figures under date 1485 :
Si videtur vobis per ea que dicta et lecta suut quod
procedatur contra
Claram de Corphoo et Marietam Veronensem etatis ab annis
duodecim infra im-
potent es ad sosiinendum viros carnaliter et tamen exercentes
hie Venetiis
meretriciam in publicis locis per medium proximum spetiei
sodomitice cum
offensione dei et infamia civitatis nostre ut est dictum.
52
INCEST AND EXPOSURE OF THE PERSON.
Volunt quod iste due baniantur deVenetiis et districtu ac de
omnibus ter-
ris et locis dominij nostri a parte terre a Mincio et Liventia
citra per quin-
quenium et si contrafecerit banno et capte fuerint conducantur
Venetias et
fustigentur ab sancto Marco Rivoaltum usque, et bullentur in
medio duarum
columnarum tribus bullis in fronte etambabus genis. (p. 238J.
Instances of Incest are not numerous. However in 1586 or\e
Zuan Domenego Librer, together with his brother and another
accomplice, were put to the torture " per haver la verit^. per
imputatione di haver usato carnalmente con Felicita sua Jiola"
(p. 300); and in 1597, a married woman, named Isabella Pisani,
was banished from Venice, with condemnation to death should
she return, for having submitted to the embraces of her brother,
(p. 303). One grave case of Exposure of the Person is re-
corded in 1550, for which an appropriate punishment was award-
ed. To the culprit was imputed " che molte volte molto tempo de
longo et ultimamente in questigiorni ha havuto ardir di mostrar
il membro pudendo a molte donne in diversegietie de questa cittk
a tempo che si celebrava la santa Messa" &c. His condemna-
tion was " chel sia condutto fra le due colonne di San Marco et
posto sopra un soler eminente, et stato chel sara per un' hora
sia ritornato in preson, dove Fhabbi a finir sei mesi, et poi
sia ban-
dito per anni diese continui de questa Citta de Venetia."
(p. 278). In spite of the profusion of courtezans at Venice,
supposed generally to be a safeguard against such an offence,
Rape had frequently to be legislated for; indeed, it appears in
many instances to have been committed for the purpose of re-
PUNISHMENT OF RAPE AT VENICE. 53
cruiting the ranks of prostitution. The ordinary punishment
was banishment for periods varying from five years to
perpetuity.
In the more aggravated cases very severe personal corrections
were superadded. I shall restrict myself to one or two of the
gravest and most remarkable instances, which, as it will be
seen,
were not confined to the male sex. In 1584 we read of a cour-
tezan, Catterina Bressana," imputata che havendo havuto par-
ole con Laura diMezi vedova,habbi mandatodoi suoi confident!,
uno vestito a manega a comedo et l'altro alia forestiera fin'
hora
incogniti alia giustitia, li quali entrati per li balconi in
casa di
essa Laura quali con violentia et arme nude hanno conosciuto
carnalmente QiKQxmkfiglittola de detta Laura maridatat quello
a manega a comedo naturalmente, et quel alia forestiera
contra natura, la quale Cattarina cosi in questa occasione
come in altre habbi biastemato piii volte" &c. The uns-
fortunate Catterina was condemned to be "condota sopra un
soler eminente fra le due colonne de S. Marco la qual habbi
a star ligata ad un palo con una mitria ignominiosa in
testa per hore due, et poi li sia ben tagliata la lengua, resti
bandita di Venetia in perpetuo." (p. 299). One Battista
Furlan was, in 1673, banished for ever for having attempted
to deflower a child of six years of age, upon whom, although
he did not effect his purpose, F habbi pent cosi maltrattata
che ha convenuto passare per mano di Barbiere per medi-
carsi di quel male-eke ha da lui rilevato nelle pari naturali"
54
PUNISHMENT OF RAPE AT VENICE.
(p. 366). In 1678, Zuanne d'Istria, " camerier," received a
similiar sentence for having raped a girl six years old, and in
addition infected her with the pox. (p. 368). The year fol-
lowing a fellow named Marco Ogniben escaped with ten years'
expulsion only for violating a girl " in tenera eta di died anni
in circa rendendolapiena di morbo gallico, per il quale convenne
render Vanima al creatore con scontento grandissimo de' suoi
genitori&c. '(p. 369). With one more instance, that of
Anzolo Rubini, I must close my list. This man, although mar-
ried, was condemned, in 1682, to ten years' banishment, "ch'ha-
vendo sotto alia sua servitii di tirar i lazzi Gatte, putta
semplice
ma ben educata di buoni costumi d'eta d'anni 14 in circa con
promessa di condurla lui stesso a casa * * * habbi a quella
levato
la sua virginita, et per maggiormente sfogare le libidinose
voglie
usasse con la medesima carnalmente senza timor del Signor Dio,
ne alcun rispetto di Maria Vergine sotto tin Capitello ove era
la
sua santissima imagine di notte tempo nel mentre la conduceva a
casa, et havrebbe continuato se non fosse stato osservato, et
av-
ertita la madre dell' eccesso se non 1'havesse levata dalla sua
servitu, See. (p. 372). In the above instances, as indeed 011
all occasions where banishment was decreed, very severe pun-
ishments were threatened to the delinquents should they return
to Venice before the expiration of their respective terms of ex-
pulsion.
To many of the accusations already cited that of Blasphemy
BLASPHEMY AND SEXUAL COMMUNISM.
55
was added, and several enactments were passed against that
crime, although examples of punishments for blasphemy unac-
companied by other misdemeanours are not frequent. Neverthe-
less, in 1551, one Zanetta Compagnessa, "aquaruol carcerada,"
was condemned to five years' banishment, and a fine of " Lire
400 di piccoli da esser date all accusator," for "haver biaste-
madopiu volte il Santissimo nome di Dio." (p. 284). I cannot
refrain from noting one curious instance of Sexual Communism
in high life. In 1720 the "Inquisitori diStato" had to disperse
"in un Casin una riduttione di vinti gentildonne con loro mariti
e che ogn* una delle medesime potesse condurre un altro." (p.
375).
Let us now turn from the secular to the clerical inhabitants
of the great city, and examine whether the religious commu-
nity—priests, monks and nuns—were more virtuous than their
lay brothers and sisters. In 1489 we read of a "presbiter
Joannes officians in Ecclesia sancte Margarite et qui tenebat
scolas litterarias super campo eiusdem ecclesie inculpatus de
pessimo crimine sodomie commisso in personam Andree Victuri
annorum xii." (p. 246). And two years later a similar accusa-
tion is recorded " contra presbyterum Ferdinandum Neapoli-
tanum sodomitam confessum cum Laurentio adulosente fratun-
zello in sancto Stephano." (p. 248). What the castigation
inflicted on these delinquents was is not recorded, but the
Council ordered that they should be handed over to their supe-
riors for punishment. Misdemeanours of a less grave character
56
SACERDOTAL SCANDALS AT VENICE.
are also mentioned. D. Presbiter Iacobus Zonfo was also, in
1539, placed in the hands of the patriarch " quia invente
fuerint
quedam meretrices in domo sua." (p. 271). In 1651 Fra In-
nocente Gritti was banished from Venice because " vivi gict
molto tempo fa fuori del suo Monasterio apostatando dalla reli-
gione et in casa di donne impudiche a loco e foco et commettendo
molte operatione scandalose," &c. (p. 350).
Already in a former volume I have had occasion to mention
the iniquities perpetrated in Italian convents, especially those
divulged by bishop Scipion de Ricci, and by sister Enric-
hetta Caracciolo,* those cited in the work before me as hav-
ing occurred in Venetian nunneries are scarcely less abominable.
We find several instances of young men scaling convent walls
(pp. 248, 255, 303, 334), one of whom was " un eretico di
nazione Ingle se, Francis North, anno 1727" (p. 376); of nuns
found with child (pp. 289, 290); of others deserting their con-
vents (pp. 286, 287); and more frequently still of their giving
themselves up to the embraces of their confessors (pp. 293, 304,
339). Men of the highest rank in the church were implicated
in these disorders. Not the least remarkable case is a long
" Processo ch'ebbe luogo Panno 1604, pei gravi disordini succe-
duti nel Monastero di San Daniele di Venezia in seguito alia
scandalosa pratica di varie di quelle Monache con il Nunzio
Pontificio, Monsignor Sollani Vescovo di Ceffalonia (Canea ?),
* Cenluna Itbrorum Wxcanttttorum, pp. 183, 190.
ENGLISHMEN AND VENETIAN COURTEZANS.
57
N. H. Giulio Molin, Secretario Pietro Pellegrini, N. H.
Andrea Valier, N. H. Marco Loredan ed altri." (p. 307).
I shall conclude my notice of this remarkable volume with
an extract from the preface, in which are sketched two adven-
tures of which Englishmen were the heroes; but before doing so
I may mention that in 1765, John Murray, British secretary of
legation at Venice from 1754 to 1766, caused some scandal
by taking with him to theatres and other places of public resort
" cert a Donna divenuta la compagnia diesso Signor Residente."
(p. 381).
Trovavasi a Venezia nell'anno 1617 un Inglese della famiglia
di de Vere,
appunto quell' Henry Conte di Oxford, ch'ebbe per moglie la
bella Diana
Cecil, e che poi mori all' assedio di Breda nel 1625, ov'ebbe il
comando di
un reggimento.
Presentato questo gran Ciambellano d'Inghilterra nella
primavera del
detto anno dall' Inviato Inglese cav. Wotton al Doge Giovanni
Bembo,
gli offerse i suoi servigi militari contro l'Arciduca Ferdinando
in Friuli, per-
chb fcome asseriva il Wotton) l'amore di Lord Oxford verso la
Republica
era un sentimento, quasi direbbesi innato, in quanto che il
padre suo Conte
Edward, quegli stesso che presentd i famosi guanti profumati
alia Regina
Elisabetta, erasi molto tempo fermato a Venezia, dove anche vi
avea cos-
truita una casa.
Dopo di aver visitato e ben considerato il campo veneto nei
contorni di
Gradisca, il Conte Henry fece ritorno a Venezia. Ed essendosi
egli fatto
vedere nelP anno successivo in gondola negli ultimi giorni del
Carnovale
con una giovine coriese, contro la prescrizione delle leggi che
severamente
cid proibivano, non tardarono nfe quella giovane, nfe i
servitori ad essere
imprigionati. Onde il 18 Marzo del 1618 il Wotton, presentatosi
in Collegio,
dopo di avere scusata l'ignoranza del Conte di Oxford
respettivamente alle
h
58
A NUN ABDUCTED BY AN ENGLISHMAN.
leggi locali, intercesse la grazia pei carcerati, come
leggesi a pag. 343.
II Collegio poi non sempre era in grado di concedere il perdono
ai Ministri
esteri dei falli amorosi, commessi da'loro connazionali, quando
sopra tutto
aggiungevasi la colpa del ratto. Cio b dimostrato evidentemente
da quanto
siam per narrare.
Un quarto di secolo dopo quel galante diporto del Gran
Ciambellano Conte
di Oxford, trovavasi in" Venezia, fra i diplomati inglesi,
succeduti al Wotton
e accreditati presso la Veneta Signoria dal Re Carlo I., il
Segretario
Gilbert Talbot, che fu poi uno de'primi membri della Royal
Society, e Con-
sigliere di quell' illustre Corpo Accademico. Risiedeva presso
quell' Am-
basciata Inglese a Venezia, come uno de'subordinati al Talbot, e
probab-
ilmente nella quality di alunno, un giovine, il cui nome
malamente si rileva
dal Registro Criminale del Consiglio de' X., chiamandosi ora
Giovanni Bren,
ed ora Giovanni Brin, ma che viene contrassegnato col titolo di
Gentilhuomo
Inglese. Ora avvenne che il giorno 14 Luglio del 1643 il Talbot
annunciava
con rossore in Collegio, presente il Doge Francesco Erizzo, come
l'ardito
giovane innominato, recatosi in gondola con un solo de'suoi
barcajuoli, avea
tentato di asportare dal Monastero delle Convertite alia Zuecca
(Giudecca)
una Monaca. Di si scandaloso eccesso, che attenua in qualche
guisa quell'
altro del Conte di Oxford, il Talbot assicurava " di non haver
lui alcuna
colpa e di lavarsi le mani, disapprovando tale indignitiL" Ma
per quanto
egli si adoperasse dall'altro lato ad accertare che " presso gli
stessi Ingles1
godeva quel giovane opinione di modesto e discrete, e che, poco
pratico
essendo di affari donneschi, era stato facilmente gabbato da una
scellerata
vecchianon per tanto, atteso la violazione de'luoghi riservati
al servizio
di Dio, dovette l'incauto espiare la sua colpa, forse in uno dei
cosi detti Piombi
del Palazzo Ducale, per lo spazio di sei mesi, ciofe dal Luglio
1643 al Gen-
najo 1644.
Conseguenza pertanto dello scandalo fu la prigionia di quel
giovane. Ma
a vedere come ad un delitto non per anche effettuato
infliggevasi una tal
punizione, e naturale il dedurre quanto seriamente ordinata
fosse la veneta
legislazione sulla prostituzione e sui delitti carnali; e come
la Republica
NOSTRE BENEMERITE MERETRICI.
59
fosse ben lontana dall'espellere tutte, senza eccezione, le
prostitute dalla
Capitale, e dal richiamarle piu tardi con quell'attributo di
benemerite, che com-
prende la piu aperta calunnia; ciocche piu sopra abbiamo
osservato. Cosi
& ; v'hanno autori, nel porgere a'quali intiera fede e
necessario andare mol-
to a rilento, (p. iv).
iJflemoirs of a OToman of peaatirt from the Original
Corrected Edition with a Set of Elegant Engravings.
8vo.; without place or date ; 2 vols.; pp. 152 and 167.
Although undoubtedly old, this is evidently not the editio
prin-
ceps; it is however complete, and contains an episode which is
not
to be found in the editions of 1749 or 1784, or indeed in any
sub-
sequent issue which I have had the opportunity of examining.
The passage occurs in the latter part of the work, and contains
the details of a scene which Fanny witnessed on her trip to
Hampton Court. Its exact place in the volume is between two
paragraphs—the first ending with the words: "they now pro-
ceeded to such lengths as soon satisfied me what they were."—
the latter beginning: " The criminal scene they acted I had the
patience to see to the end," &c. The expurgated passage runs
as follows :
For presently the eldest unbuttoned the other's breeches, and
removing
the linen barrier, brought out to view a white shaft, middle
sized, and scarce
fledged, when after handling and playing with it a little, with
other dal-
liance, all received by the boy without other opposition than
certain way-
6 4 MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
ward coynesses, ten times more alluring than repulsive, he
got him to turn
round, with his face from him, to a chair that stood hard by,
when knowing,
I suppose, his office, the Ganymede now obsequiously leaned his
head
against the back of it, and projecting his body, made a fair
mark, still
covered with his shirt, as he thus stood in a side view to me,
but fronting
his companion, who, presently unmasking his battery, produced an
engine
that certainly deserved to be put to a better use, and very fit
to confirm me
in my disbelief of the possibility of things being pushed to
odious extremi-
ties, which I had built on the disproportion of parts; but this
disbelief I was
now to be cured of, as by my consent all young men should
likewise be, that
their innocence may not be betrayed into such snares, for want
of knowing
the extent of their danger, for nothing is more certain than
that ignorance
of a vice is by no means a guard against it.
Slipping, then, aside the young lad's shirt, and tucking it
up under his
cloaths behind, he shewed to the open air those globular fleshy
eminences
that compose the Mount Pleasants of Rome, and which now, with
all the
narrow vale that intersects them, stood displayed and exposed to
his attack
nor could I without a shudder behold the dispositions he made
for it. First,
then, moistening well with spittle his instrument, obviously to
make it glib;
he pointed, he introduced it, as I could plainly discern, not
only from its di-
rection, and my losing sight of it, but by the writhing,
twisting, and soft
murmured complaints of the young sufferer; but at length, the
first straights
of entrance being pretty well got through, everything seemed to
move and
go pretty currently on, as on a carpet road, without much rub or
resistance;
and now, passing one hand round his minion's hips, he got hold
of his red-
topped ivory toy, that stood perfectly stiff, and shewed, that
if he was like
his mother behind, he was like his father before; this he
diverted himself
with, whilst with the other he wantoned with his hair, and
leaning forward
over his back, drew his face, from which the boy shook the loose
curls that
fell over it, in the posture he stood him in, and brought him
towards his, so as
to receive a long breathed kiss; after which, renewing his
driving, and thus
continuing to harass his rear, the height of the fit came on
with its usual
symptoms, and dismissed the action.
6 4
MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
The bibliography of this best known of all English erotic
novels is, as M. Fernan Drujon justly remarks, " le (sic) plus
obscure."* In spite of every possible research, I have never
been
able to meet with a copy of the first edition. I have been told
by those who said they had seen the volume that one did exist
in the library of the British Museum, but it is certainly not
there
now. James Campbell, an indefatigable student of erotic litera-
ture, told me that he had never had the good fortune to encoun-
ter a copy of the original edition, which must certainly be of
great rarity.
The precise date of the first appearance of this work is in-
deed involved in doubt. The year 1750 has been adopted by
the English bibliographers,f but it must certainly have been
issued earlier, probably in 1747 or 1748, and the edition given
by Gay J as the original: "G. Fenton 1747—50, 2 vols." may
possibly be correct.^ In 1750 Griffiths brought out an emas-
culated version in one volume, which he caused to be favour-
ably noticed in his own review, and which is " said to be taken
from a very loose work, printed about two years ago in two
* Cat. tits <©ubrageg &t. rmitiamnejs, p. 163.
f J3ttiIiograpI)cv'jj fHanttal, vol. 1, p. 477.
t 33ttiliograpl)ie, vol. 5, p. 50.
§ The date 1742, as given by Cohen, at col. 78 of his ®uftlt,
edit. 1876,
is probably an error. F. Drujon gives 1745-50, which appears
also to be a
mistake.
6 4 MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
volumes." Further, in CflpieS tafeflt from tfte 3&ef0rtJSi *
we find, under date Nov. 8, 1749, a warrant for the seizure
of
"a most obscene and infamous book entitled the Memoirs of a
Woman of Pleasure" and a second warrant, dated March 15,
1749—50, against "Memoirs of Fanny Hill" The former of
these I take to be the original edition of 1747, or latest early
in 1749, while the Memoirs of Fanny Hill is in all probably
the very book noticed in CI)C iHont!)Ij) especially
as the reviewer makes mention of " the step lately taken to
sup-
press this book." The article in question appeared in the No.
for April, 1750, and as it is in many respects curious and
inter-
esting, I give it place in extenso:
Memoirs of Fanny Hill. One volume i2mo. Price bound in Calf
3s.
This is a work of the Novel kind, thrown into the form of
letters, from a re-
formed woman of the town to her friend, containing memoirs of
her past
life, and describing the steps by which she was led into the
paths of vice
and infamy,
Though this book is said to be taken from a very loose work,
printed
about two years ago, in two volumes, and on that account a
strong
prejudice has arisen against it, yet it does not appear to us
that this perfor-
mance, whatever the two volumes might be, (for we have not seen
them)
has anything in it more offensive to decency, or delicacy of
sentiment and
expression, than our novels and. books of entertainment in
general have :
For, in truth, they are most of them (especially our comedies,
and not a few
of our tragedies) but too faulty in this respect.
* See Authorities Consulted, post.
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MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
The author of Fanny Hill does not seem to have expressed any
thing
with a view to countenance the practice of any immoralities, but
meerly to
exhibit truth and nature to the world, and to lay open those
mysteries of
iniquity that, in our opinion, need only to be exposed to view,
in order to
their being abhorred and shunned by those who might otherwise
unwarily
fall into them. The stile has a peculiar neatness, and the
characters are
naturally drawn. Vice has indeed fair quarter allowed it; and
after paint-
ing whatever charms it may pretend to boast, with the fairest
impartiality,
the supposed female writer concludes with a lively declaration
in favour of
sobriety, temperance and virtue, on even the mere considerations
of a life of
true taste, and happiness in this world; considerations which
are often more
impartially attended to (especially by our modern free-thinkers)
than the
more solemn declamations of a sermon; and which are, in truth,
no impro-
per ground-work for a reformation, and considerations of a more
weighty
and serious nature.
As to the step lately taken to Suppress this book, we really
are at a loss
to account for it; yet, perhaps, all wonder on this head will
cease, when we
consider how liable great men are to be misinformed, how
frequently oblig-
ed to see with other men's eyes, and hear with other people's
ears.
%* The news-papers inform us, that the celebrated history of
Tom Jones
has been suppressed in France, as an immoral work.
I am unable then to offer any description of the original
edit-
ion, and shall confine myself, as is my invariable custom, to
noting such editions as I have myself examined, none of which,
as I before observed, includes the passage above cited. As all
these reprints contain omissions and variations, more or less
im-
portant, either in the words or punctuation, due to the sloven-
liness of the irresponsible printers through whose hands they
have passed, it is the more to be regretted that the original
reading as approved by the author cannot be established. I
6 4 MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
endeavour to notice the different issues as nearly as
possible in
chronological order.
*i. iftfmm'rg of a OTomait of pfasitire London Printed
for G. Fenton in the Strand mdccxlix.
Large 12mo.; 2 vols.; pp. 228 including title-page, and 250 ;
a small fleuron on the title-page; no bastard title; large type;
12 mezzotinto engravings. Although this edition dates one
year earlier than that given by Lowndes as the original, I am,
for reasons already advanced, doubtful whether it is really the
first issue of the work. It figures among the books of which
the circulation was forbidden in Belgium.f
2. iflttturirg Of a 2Momatt Of pleasure* London: Printed
in the Year m. dcc. lxxvii.
12mo. (counts 6) ; size of letter-press 4f by inches ; two
lines on title-page between the words "Pleasure" and "London";
the half-title reads Memoirs of a ***** of ********; 2 vols.;
paging runs through; pp. 307 including title-page; vol. 1.
ends at p. 146. I do not know whether this edition was illus-
trated ; there are no plates in the copy before me.
* I am not quite certain as to the punctuation of the title-pages of Nos, 1,
3,4, 10, 20, although the wording may be relied upon,
f Cat. Eibtrtfi HHfentiutf par la Commission Imp^riale et Royale, p. 55.
I
6 4
MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
3- J&emotrsf of a SStomatt Of pleasure London Printed
for G. Fenton in the Strand m.dcc.lxxxi.
i2mo.; 2 vols; pp. 172 and 187; no plates in the copy I
have examined.
4- iHemotrg Of a Woman of pleasure* London Printed
for G. Fenton in the Strand 1784.
i2mo; 2 vols.; pp. 154 and 168; 12 (?) engravings, A. S. L.
Berard possessed a copy of this edition, which he imagined to
be the original; he remarks: " Les nombreuses figures qui
accompagnent ce livre sont aussi mauvaises sous le rapport
du dessin que sous celui de la gravure. Cette Edition est d'une
extreme raret£, meme en Angleterre."*
5. iflemotrs Of jf*»»*«* Vol.1. London: Printed
for G. Fenton, in the Strand, m.dcc.lxxxiv.
12mo.. (counts 6); size of paper 7J by 4J, of letter-press 5§
by 3-g- inches; 2 vols.; pp. 1.32 and 144 ex titles; on
title-page
a figure between two double lines; the half-title reads Memoirs
of /?**♦* H***. I have before me a copy of this same
edition with a title-page bearing date mdcclxxix, and with four
stars instead of six after the letter " F"; as on the half-title
of
the 1784 edition there are only four stars, whereas there
* Catalogue, MS.
6 4 MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
are six in the title-page, I suspect this title-page to be
spurious.
There are no plates in either copy.
6. iftemou'3 Of ********** ** -*«**•***«** Vol, i. London :
Printed for G. Fenton in the Strand.
i amo.; 2 vols.; pp. 228 and 252 in all; 11 mezzotinto en-
gravings, coloured, of which six are in the first, and five in
the
second volume; although without date, this is evidently of the
last century. The late Mr. F. Hankey, of Paris, possessed a
fine copy of this edition.
7. There is an edition of 1829, in i2mo., 2 vols., pp. 159
and 176, with 18 plates, but I am not certain of the wording of
the title.
8. iHtmoirS of a Mo ma it of ftotut: Written by
Herself Embellished with Numerous Copper Plate Engrav-
ings Vol.1. London : Printed for the Proprietors. 1831
i2mo.; size of letter-press 3f by inches ; 2 vols.; pp. 131
and 144; two lines on the printed title-pages; in addition to
the engravings, of the number of which I am not certain, there
are two obscene, emblematical, engraved title-pages; type
small and indistinct. The second volume concludes with :
w Madam, Yours, &c. * * Finis. "
9. I have before me another copy of this edition, or what
6 4
MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
would at first sight appear to be the same. It has, however,
the following curious variation: At the end of the second
volume " Yours &c." are omitted, and inverted initials are
added, thus: " Madam, * * —14 —^ Finis."
10. i&fmotrsf of a OToman of pleasure or the Life of
Miss Fanny Hill In two Volumes From the Original Quarto
Edition of the Author John Cleland Esq. Illustrated with
Twenty-five Original Engravings. London Printed by John
Jones, Whitefriars 1832 Price Three Guineas.
Large i2mo.; pp. 120 and 135; published by W. Dugdale;
the twenty-five engravings are coloured, well done, and consist
of 12 small inserted in the text, and 13 large, including an en-
graved title-page, with: iHmOtrsf Of JfifejS Jfynttp $}tll a
Woman of Pleasure.
11. This edition was reprinted without date, the same plates,
price three guineas.
12. CJ)e life anil a&benttirts of #atmp fcflj, A Fair
Cyprian, By John Cleland, Esq.
A lithographed and coloured title-page, with obscene sub-
jects, without place or date ; no printed title-page; the half-
title reads : Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure; or, the Life of
Fanny Hill; 8vo.; size of paper 6f by 4I; of letter-
press 5f by 3J inches; 2 vols, in one; the paging runs through,
6 4 memoirs of a woman of pleasure.
but is irregular, that of the first volume terminates at page
80,
while that of vol. 11 begins with p. 97, and concludes with p.
173; 20 coloured lithographs, obscene and badly done; pub-
lished by W. Dugdale, about 1850.
13 and 14. I have before me two distinct reprints of this
edition; the title-pages are similar, except that " Esq." is
omitted, and on the more modern issue the " J " in the word
"John" is turned; the lithographs are also turned; the paging,
with its irregularity, is the same in all three issues.
15- JKtmofr* of ti)t %ift of tbe Celebrate* ifttsfc Jfamtp
J^llI, Detailing, in glowing language, her Adventures as a
Courtezan and Kept-Mistress; her strange vicissitudes and
happy end. Illustrated by numerous elegant amorous engrav-
ings. Reprinted from the original Quarto Edition of John
Cleland. " If I have painted vice in its gayest colours, if I
have decked it with flowers, it has been solely in order to make
the worthier, the solemner sacrifice of it, to virtue." London:
Printed by H. Smith, 37, Holywell Street, Strand. 1841.
12mo (counts 6) ; size of letter-press 4I by 2\ inches; pp.
207, with 4 of title and contents; 8 coloured engravings, free
but not obscene; 5 lines on title-page ; divided into 11
letters,
with headings; W. Dugdale was the publisher. This is a
castrated edition, and is probably a reprint of the work noticed
in the Monthly Review.
6 4 memoirs of a woman of pleasure.
16. Memoirs: of tin ill'fe of jfamtp $JtIl, or the career of
a Woman of Pleasure. Illustrated with Coloured Plates.
London:—Printed for the Booksellers
8vo.; size of letter-press 4J by 2\ inches; two double lines
on title-page; 2 vols, in one; paging runs through both
vo's.; 120 pages in all; a portrait of Fanny Hill as frontis-
piece, and 7 badly done lithographs, 8 illustrations in all, co-
loured, not indecent. This is another castrated edition, which,
however, differs somewhat from that noted immediately above;
it is worthless.
17. The above edition was again issued, identical in every
respect, but without the portrait, and with a fresh set of wood-
cuts, eight in number, badly done, free, but not obscene.
18. Original Edition. iftemOtVg Of tf)t Of iftfeft
#anny Hl'U, Illustrated with beautifully Coloured Plates.
Price One Guinea.
Title on outer board in which it is bound; a half-title, but
110 title-page; 8vo.; no signatures; size of paper 6\ by 4, of
letter-press _4§- by 2} inches; 2 vols, in one; paging runs
through ; pp. 144 in all; 8 wretched woodcuts, coloured, not
indecent. This is the same version, with slight alterations, as
No. 16 ; it is of no value.
19. lingular and ^trbftituro; of ifti*0;famtg
6 4 memoirs of a woman of pleasure.
A Fair Cyprian, Many Years Resident in Russell Street,
Covent Garden, Originally Written by John Cleland Esquire.
First Published by R. Griffith, at the Dunciad, in St. Paul's
Church Yard. London, Re-Printed by Turner, 23 Russell
Court, Drury Lane.
Engraved title, with a well-drawn vignette, free but not ob-
scene, representing Mr. H. surprising Fanny with her footman
Will. This edition, of which I have seen the title-page only,
isi2mosize, and was published by W. Dugdale, about 1830;
it was sold openly, and is consequently a castrated version;
there
were probably plates, not obscene.
20. jVUmittS Of a aaaoman Of $foasfut*t written by herself
London.
There is a lithographed frontispiece with: The Life and
Adventures of Fanny Hill, a Fair Cyprian by John Cleland.
i2mo.; 2 vols.; paging runs through both vols.; pp. 284;
lithographed plates; published in New York, about 1845.
Justice has been rendered abroad to the undoubted merits of
Cleland's novel by the numerous translations through which it
has passed. I am not aware that it has been done into Spanish,
but it may be read, in a more or less curtailed form, in most of
the other leading languages of Europe. I will begin with the
French renderings, which are the most numerous; none of those,
72
la fille de joie.
however, which I have seen is complete, and none contains the
passage above quoted.
1. JftlU fit 30P£. Ouvrage quintessence de l'Anglois.
A. Lampsaque, i 75 i.
8vo.; size of paper 6f by 4, of letter-press 5 by 2§ inches;
pp. 172 ex title ; monogram on the title-page, which is printed
in red and black; no plates. This version is much curtailed.
It begins with : "Tu veux ma chere Amie, que je retrace h tes
Yeux les 6garemens de ma premiere jeunesse," &c., and ends
thus: "Adieu, ma chdre, ce qui fsujj'exige de ton amitid, c'est
dene point divulguer mes dgaremens & de mecroire, &c. Fin."
This is no doubt, as Gay indicates, the first French edition.
He adds that the translator's name is Lambert, son of a Paris
banker.*
2. This rendering was reprinted, about i860, by Fischaber
of Stuttgart, without date, wording of title-page the same, ex-
cept that the impress was changed into Cologne, Chez Pierre
Marteau ; 12mo.; size of paper by 3^, of letter-press 4^ by 2\
inches; pp. 108; on title-page area fancy line and a geometrical
figure; no plates.
* Sibltograpljtf, vol. 5, p. 50. In the Catalogue Bid Xtbrrt
BrtrntousJ, p
29, already referred to, a copy is noted with date 1709,
evidently in
error.
73 la fille de joie.
This translation, divided into two parts, or volumes, is the
same as in the following Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
3. ^otibeUe Cratiuctton tie flSBoman of peasur (sic),
ou Fille de Joie. Par M. Cleland, Contenant les Mimoires de
Mademoiselle Fanny, icrits par elle-mime. Avec Figures.
Premiere Partie. A Londres, Chez G. Fenton, dans le Strand.
m.dcc. lxxvi.
i2mo.; size of letter-press 3^ by 2 inches; pp. 119 and
132 in all; two single lines, one double line, and a small
fleuron on title-page ; a bastard-title with the first six words
of the title-page; and a half-title : Mdmoires de Miss Fanny,
icrits par elle-mime15 engravings, unsigned, of which
one only, that which serves as frontispiece, has an inscrip-
tion, and refers to part 1, p. 55. This is the most desirable of
all the French editions, and was published at Paris by Cazin.
No mention is however made of it in <£a|Ut Sfa Wit tt &t&
belles de Borel et d'eluin."* Edouard Tricotel has also
noted this edition.f
* Ut I'&mattur, 1876, col. 78.
133tf»[tograpf)ie Irottque, MS.
k
74
LA FILLE DE JOIE.
4. Jfllle ire 3oie, Par M. Cleland, Contenant les
Mimoires de Mademoiselle Fanny, Scrits par elle-mtme. Avec
Figures. Tome Premier. A Londres. m.dcc.lxxvi.
12mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press 4 by 2\ inches; 2
vols.; pp. hi and 128; two single and one double line on
title-page ; 15 engravings similar to those in the Cazin
edition,
they do not correspond with the English text, but the French
text has been made to suit them. The half-title reads Mimoires
de Miss Fanny, &c.
5. Title-page, and size as above; pp. 107 and 116 ; eight
engravings copied from above.
6. As No. 5, except that on title-page " Mademoiselle " is
contracted into " Mile," and the title does not head the pages
as in Nos. 4 and 5.
7. Title-page as No. 4; pp. 107 and 115; two (?) en-
gravings (one to each vol.), entirely different from those above
mentioned.
8. ^oubelle Craburtton be ia jfflle be Slope. Par
Mr. Cleland, Contenant Les Mimoires de Mile. Fanny, 6crite
(sic) par elle-meme. Avec Figures. Premiere Partie. Lon-
dres, m.dcc.lxxvi.
i2mo.; size of letter-press 4^ by 2\ inches; pp. 101 and
116; the title-page is enframed, and has three fancy lines and
75 LA FILLE DE JOIE.
a small fleuron ; a frontispiece and three engravings roughly
done, but curious, quite different from those above noticed;
they all belong to the first part, and are detailed in the Avis
au Relieur on last page.
9. Jft'Uf tlf ou Memoires de Mademoiselle
Fanny, Ecrits par elle-meme. Nouvelle Edition. Avec
Figures. Tome Premier. A Londres. 1790.
i2mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press 3f by 2 inches; pp.
143 and 142 ex titles; one graduated and one plain line on
title page ; engravings as in No. 4, of which there appear to
be fifteen only, although the last is numbered 16; the volumes
are differently divided, the second beginning at " Ayant deja
passe," &c., instead of at "Tandis que j'^tois," &c., as in
Nos. 4 to 8.
10. ^ouMIe Crafcuction Ue SHomait of pieasur (sic)
ou Fille de Joye de M. Cleland Contenant Les Memoires
de Mile. Fanny ecrits par Elle-meme Avec xv Planches en
taille douce Partie I. Londres Chez G. Fenton dans le
Strand mdcclxx.
8vo.; size of paper 8f by 51 of letter-press by sc-
inches ; 2 parts; pp. 170 ex titles, the paging continued
through
both parts; the title-pages are engraved and surrounded with
76
LA FILLE DE JOIE.
a fancy border, at the bottom of which, under the frame, is a
2; they are alike with exception of i or 11 to indicate the
respective part, under which is a double line; to each part
there is a frontispiece (both identical in every respect) repre-
senting a naked woman standing in the middle of an apartment
before a pedestal, out of which protrudes a phallus; the design
is enframed, outside the frame there is (at the top) i, and (at
the bottom) the inscription Voeux de Chasteti d la Modems ;
the engravings are in reality only 13 in number, the title and
frontispiece of the first part being counted as two, they are
all
numbered, some at the top, some at the bottom, and some in
the design; they are not enframed, they are specified in the
Avis au Relieur which concludes the second part; they are
weak in design and poor in execution; to each part there is a
second half-title: Mimoires de Miss. Fanny, icrits par elle-
mime., but there is neither printed nor bastard title.
Of this version the first part begins : " Je vais te donner,
ma chere Amie, une preuve indubitable " &c., and ends : " qui
tenoit une bonne hdtellerie, l'^pousa," The second part
begins : " Tandis que j'dtois embarrassde de ce que je devien-
drois, &c." and concludes with: " c'est de ne point divulguer
mes ^garements, & de me croire, &c."
11. £a 4ft'Ut if Jfrn't, ou Mimoires de Miss Fanny,
77 LA FILLE DE JOIE.
Ecrits par Elle-Meme. A Paris, Chez Madame Gourd an.
m.dcc.lxxxvi.
Large 8vo.; size of letter-press 5f by 3 inches; 2
parts; the paging runs through both parts; pp. 235
ex titles : on the printed title-page there is a vignette of
two cupids seated round a basket of flowers; there is no
printed title to the second part; both parts have half titles :
Mimoires de Miss Fanny, icrits par Elle-M&me ; one bastard-
title at the beginning of the volume: La Fille de Joie; there
are two engraved title-pages, one for each part, worded :
^oufcelle (Erabuctfon ire 02Boman of {sic) ou. Fille
de Joye de M. Cleland Contenant Les Memoires de Mell° Fanny
icrits par Elie-mime Avec des Planches en taille douce P"?
Partie. A Londres. m.dcclxxvii, with a vignette of a cupid,
his penis erect, grinding a knife at a grindstone, while a
female
cupid is pissing upon it; the engraved title-page for the second
part differs in the form of the letters, and slightly in the
wording, " de M. Cleland" becomes " Par M- Cleland,"
" Seconde Partie" is given in full/the vignette here represents
seven naked children, the males with cloven hoofs and erect
members, dancing round an altar on which is an erect phallus;
both engraved title-pages are surrounded by two lines, and in
that to the first part, immediately under " P-e Partie " are two
lines, which are omitted in the engraved title-page to the
second part; to the first part there is an engraved frontispiece
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LA FILLE DE JOIE.
enframed, representing a woman holding up her shift, and
admiring her backside in an oval mirror, while a cupid opens
a door through which fly winged hearts; there is a statue, with
erect member, in a niche, over which is written, " Priappe";
the word " Fanny " is inscribed over the door, and above the
whole design " Frontispiece." ; to each part there is an en-
graved full page tail-piece, enframed, that terminating the
first
part represents Mercury copulating with Venus, surrounded
with flowers and clouds, and is inscribed within the design
(above) " Les Joies Celestes", (below) " Fin de la Premiere
Partie "; that at the end of the volume portrays another naked
couple, possibly Jupiter and Juno, in a similar attitude, and on
clouds, it is designated within the design (above) " Charme
des Yeux", (below) " Fin de la Deuxieme & Derniere Partie ";
there are besides 31 engravings, all obscene except Nos. 1, 2,
10, 14, 15, 16, 21, 31, 32, all enframed; in the volume (both
parts), there are then 33 plates (including the two tail-pieces)
all numbered, 1 frontispiece, and 2 engraved and illustrated
title-pages, or 36 engravings in all; the engravings in this
edition are certainly not by Borel and Eluin ;* they are in the
same style, and possibly by the same artist as those in Tkerese
* As Gay affirms, nor are they taken from any English
edition, but
in every respect French.
79 LA FILLE DE JOIE.
Philosophe the large 8vo. edition without date, in V Academic
des Dames. Venise chez Pierre Aretin, no date, and as
those in Le Por tier, Grenoble de V Imprimerie de la Grande
Chartreuse. This is by far the most luxurious of all the
French editions of La Fille de Joye. The text is the same
as No. 10.
12. The above edition was reprinted in 1881, at Brussels,
by MM. Gay and Douc£; title-page similarly worded with
impress altered into: Boston Chez William Morning ; 8vo.;
size of paper 6f by 4 inches; pp. vi and 157 ; .small geome-
trical figure on title-page; the plates of No. 11 reproduced.
An Avant-Propos of two pages is added.
13- 3La Jfl'Ile tl£ Jofe ou Memoires de Miss Fanny Merits
par elle-meme. Tome I. A Londres, Chez Les Marchands
de Nouveautes. mdccxxxvi.
Large 12mo. (counts 6); size of paper jl by 4|, of letter-
press 5! by i>\ inches; 2 vols.; pp. 92 and 84; on the title-
pages are two short lines and a small scroll; this is a Brussels
edition of about 1860; there are 15 engravings from the same
copper-plates as done for the edition of 1776, No. 4; the
half-title reads : Mimoires de Miss Fanny, &c.
14. £a jfl'II* lie 30t'l ou Mimoires de Miss Fanny ecrits
136
LA FILLE DE JOIE.
par elle-meme. Tome Premier. Amsterdam et Paris.
1788.
Small 8vo.; size of paper 6J by of letter-press 4f by
2f inches; pp. 98 and 100; two graduated and one plain line
on title-pages. This is a Brussels reprint, 1872 or 73, of the
edition immediately before mentioned, and contains a repro-
duction in bistre, and by photography, of the same 15 plates ;
price 20 frcs.; the bastard title reads: Miss Fanny.
To recapitulate the peculiarities of the various French
translations: The edition of 1751, No. 1, is very much
abridged; those of 17 70 and (17 7 7) 1786, Nos. 1 o and 11,
though
following the previous one as far as it goes, are considerably
more ample; and the subsequent editions, with some slight
variations, follow the text of 1770. Two of the plates in the
editions with 8 and 15 figures do not correspond with the
English text, and there are some slight changes made in the
text of the French translation of 1776, No. 4, in order to make
it tally with the engravings. But in the Brussels edition, dated
1736, No. 13, the text of the 1770 edition, No. 10, is followed,
while the plates used are those belonging to the edition of
1776, so that text and illustrations do not correspond. The
Stuttgart edition without date, No. 2, follows the text of the
edition of 1751, as before mentioned.
81 LA FILLE DE JOIE.
A complete translation, from the pen of M. Joseph de
Chaignolles, has been promised for several years, and is, I
believe, already in manuscript.*
Another version will be found in Brunette, ou A ven-
tures dune Demoiselle. A Amsterdam 1761. 8vo., pp. 96. It
forms the second tale, pp. 35 to 96, in £a Jfflle dangjfemtfce.t
In the iftfnw'resf fc'une tilefcre rourttsamte lies enMrons
dufalais; Bopal, ou vie et aventures de Mih Pauline surnom-
mde la veuve de la Grande Armie. Paris, Terry, 1833, 8vo.,$
with folding, lithographed frontispiece, bearing three subjects,
is reproduced, pp. 178 to 189, the latter part of Cleland's
novel, from the bathing episode to the end of the book, but cas-
trated and otherwise altered. The Barville flagellation inci-
dent is given in La Lettre, p. 67 to the end of Cfttrutuit, ou
CHeureux libertin, suivi (Tune lettre de Julie d Pauline sur
quelques gouts bizarres de certains kommes avec lesquels elle
s'est
trouvie, illusM de 4 gravures sur acier. Amsterdam, 1796.
• ttiograp^e, year 1873-4, p. 191.
t This volume resembles in appearance %t* dFoUrt Smourg Be*
©unci.
Cette prhente Annie. Both were probably published in Holland.
t ©ut Btfi ©ubragts Snongmra, vol. 3, col. 191.
l
6 4
MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
It is known in Germany as f$?
tains the suppressed passage.*
There are two Italian renderings, one of which is said to be
by Count Carlo Gozzi.f Both have passed through several
editions. I have seen only:
?La iHeretrice $njjlfSt O Avventure di Fanny Will Parigi
1861.
8vo.; size of letter-press 5 by 2f inches; pp. 95; 4 bad
woodcuts. This version is translated from the French, and ab-
breviated even from that. It is no doubt a reprint.
Finally, there is a Portuguese translation:
# 3Fdo tra Jnnormtt'a ao auge da Prostitui^ao, ou Memo-
* I suspect therefore that $err Hayn is in error when he says
that it is a
translation from the French. He has certainly drawn on his own
imagina-
tion for the English title given by him at p. 115 of Siblctfjeca
©ermanorom
erotica, as "The Girl of Pleasure."
t Avant Propos to the Brussels reprint of Ea dfttle tie $ott,
No. 12, ante.
6 4 MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
rias de Miss Fanny, escriptos por ella mesma, 2 tomos em
1 volume, com 7 estampas.*
Few works have been more frequently illustrated than the
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, but really good artists
have not, as a rule, exercised their talents on its adornment.
The two best sets of plates are : firstly, those by Borel and
Eluin, already mentioned; f and secondly, a series by George
Cruikshank; they are unsigned, but there can be no doubt
that they were designed and etched by the great artist; their
size would admit of their insertion into an 8vo. volume, but I
know neither the edition for which they were done, nor their
exact number; they are extremely rare. Besides the engrav-
ings and lithographs made to illustrate various editions, I have
before me the following mezzotints, designed probably by
George Morland, and engraved by his brother-in-law, Wil-
liam Ward, or by John Raphael Smith.
1. $ Fanny Hill and Phoebe. Size 13 by 10 inches. The
two girls are 011 the bed together, their shifts turned up to
* I have not seen this volume, but extract the title from a
catalogue at the
end of © £J)tru6tm, noticed at p. 160 of the fntiqr Itbrorum
groljibitorum.
+ P. 73, No. 3, ante.
J The following five mezzotints, with eight others, are
noticed at p. 48 of
%t 2Jibltopf)tU dPantaisttftt.
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MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
their waists. Phoebe has her left hand on Fanny's private
parts. A table, with a lighted candle, on the right.
2. Mrf Brown, the Horse Grenadier, and Fanny Hill.
Size i if by 10^ inches. Fanny is peeping through a glass
door at fat Mrs. Brown, who is enjoying the vigorous attack of
her soldier. Fanny has her left hand on her own private parts.
3. Fanny Hill, Louisa, and the Nosegay Boy. Size 12f by
10 inches. The boy is having connection with one of the
girls upon a bed, while the second girl, fully dressed, seated
at the foot of the bed, is feeling his testicles. A basket of
flowers in the foreground, and a birch on a chair to the right.
4. Harriet ravish? din the Summer House. Size 1 if by 10
inches. Harriet reclines on a wooden bench with arms, her
clothes above her waist, while a naked man stands between her
legs, and is having connection with her.
4A. The same subject, without any title. Size io| by 9
inches. There are very slight differences in the hair of both
figures, in the drapery of the woman, in the panels of the
room, &c. One plate, however, must have been copied from
the other. That without title seems to be the older.
5. Harriet and the Barronet. (sic) Size by 10J inches.
6 4 MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
A naked couple are copulating on a couch, while two other
pairs, fully dressed, stand behind the couch and observe them.
5 a. The same subject, same grouping, plate a trifle smaller,
with the following slight variations, viz : the man operating on
the sofa has a shirt on, one of the women behind the sofa has
her clothes pulled up above her waist; the sofa, hair, and
head dresses differ, and in this plate there is an armchair to
the
right, and a man's hat and boot to the left in the foreground,
which are not given in the plate immediately above described.
The procuress, Mrs. Cole, is supposed to be Mother Douglas,
of the Piazza, the same woman that Hogarth introduced
into his March to Finchley, Industry and Idleness, plate xi.,
and in Enthusiasm Delineated. Foote, in his comedy of
The Mirror\ brings her on the stage as Mrs. Cole, a character
he used to play himself. Joseph Reid's Mrs. Snarewell, in his
farce of The Register Office, is intended for the same person.*
The name of Cleland's heroine has been frequently used to
render attractive catchpenny publications, which have no
connection with his work, other than a similarity of title.
Such are : Cfct $atfo*ttC £tf* Of ti)t Sfauttful Jfamtp
* Cf)t TOjoM'a Jaf)ttoridk,i836, p. xii.; ftcflartij'j!
JKSorfea, series 1, p. 289,
and series 2, p. 132, note.
6 4
MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
Showing how she was seduced, &c.; and Cf)t JJcttJ) Of
i¥ltSf0 JftUtltp H?tll, a Woman of Pleasure, Containing
Useful
Instructions for Young Men and Women, &c. Such perni-
niciouSj deceptive garbage, not unfrequently issued by psuedo-
pious people, should be avoided. The fraud which aids in
palming it on the public must defeat the objects of its promul-
gators.
The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, on account of which
Cleland was summoned before the Privy Council, and the
bookseller, Drybutter, was put in the pillory in 1757, has
been condemned in England, France, and Belgium. Its copy-
right was sold for 20 guineas to Griffiths, the bookseller, who
cleared about £ 10,000 by its sale.* It has been censured by
nearly all who have had occasion to s'peak of it,f but neverthe-
less its merits are by no means contemptible, and it must be
pronounced one of the best, if not the only good erotic novel in
the English language. Although the plot is of the simplest,
the scenes follow one another naturally and consistently, and
*5H)t JJibltograpijer'sS fHaitual, vol. 1, p. 477; Copies
taken from t$e
Before, London, 1763, pp. 45,46; Cat. to lEm'tsS, &c.,
toniamnta, Paris,
1850, p. 103; Cat. ilea ©ubrage? eonUamnfcS, Paris, 1874^.84;
Cat. Htd
(fihtbragea, &c., pourtfutbt*, Paris, 1879, p. 164; Cat. ties!
Xabretf UtfeitlButf,
Bruxelles, 1788, pp. 29, 55.
t»io graphical Stcttonarj, Chalmers, vol. 9, p. 447;
£iograpi)te Shifter*
delle, Michaud, vol. 8, p. 385.
6 4 MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
are described with considerable power. Every detail is given,
but in such clear and well chosen language that one is not dis-
gusted, as is almost invariably the case in English works of
this
class. Moreover, the expressions are so skilfully varied that
they never pall or fatigue, an accomplishment of the difficulty
of which no one is more fully aware than the author, who, in
beginning his second volume, apologetically expresses the fear
that his readers
would have been cloyed and tired with the uniformity of
adventures and
expressions inseparable from a subject of this sort, whose
bottom, or ground-
work, being, in the nature of things, eternally one and the same
: whatever
variety of forms and modes the situations are susceptible of,
there is no
escaping a repetition of near the same images, the same figures,
the
same expressions, with this further inconvenience added to the
disgust it
creates, that the words joys, ardours, transports, extacies, and
the rest of those
pathetic terms, so congenial to, so received in the practice of
pleasure, flatten
and lose much of their due spirit and energy, by the frequency
they
indispensibly recur with, in a narrative of which that practice
professedly
composes the whole basis: &c.
The story of the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure is so very
simple, and so generally well known, that the briefest outline
possible is all that is needed. Fanny Hill, an unsophisticated
country girl, having lost her parents, proceeds by the Chester
waggon to London to seek fortune. On arriving in town, the
friend who had accompanied her, a girl of more experience than
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MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
herself, leaves her in the lurch, and Fanny, without a soul
to
take counsel of, repairs to a registry office, to procure a
situ-
ation. Here she is picked up by an old bawd, Mrs. Brown,
who at once engages her, and takes her home with her. Fanny
is of course ignorant of the hands into which she has fallen,
and scarcely realises her position until she has been schooled
by Phoebe, her bedfellow, a girl in Mrs. Brown's confidence,
and deputed by her to overthrow the new comer's country pre-
judices. Some few days elapse before Mrs. Brown has found
the right customer for Fanny's virginity ; but he at last ap-
pears in the form of a disgusting old man, whose efforts Fanny
successfully baffles, and being now fully alive to her
unpleasant
position, she determines to attempt an escape. This she soon
effects by the aid of a handsome young man, a frequenter of
Mrs. Brown's seraglio, who carries her off to a lodging, where
she willingly offers to him her person. Charles, her liberator,
is naturally as much surprised as delighted to find that she,
whom he had taken for an ordinary brothel nymph, is in reality
a virgin, and a mutual affection springs up, which results in
their definitely living together in more commodious apart-
ments. Their felicity is not, however, of long duration.
Charles's intrigue being discovered, he is, without any warning,
shipped off by his father to " one of the factories in the South
Seas," and Fanny, now big with child, is left to her own re-
sources. The shock brings on a fever and miscarriage, from
6 4 MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
which she has scarcely recovered when her landlady, Mrs.
Jones, who has carefully tended her during her illness, intro-
duces to her a Mr. H-, to whose proposals Fanny in her
distress is fain reluctantly to yield. Her new protector,
although of superior birth and education, is not to Fanny's
taste, and does not supplant Charles in her affection; however,
she remains faithful to him, until discovering him one day
with her own servant-maid, she determines to give him a
Roland for an Oliver. This she shortly after accomplishes by
seducing Mr. H-'s own footman, a country youth, with
whom she passes some agreeable hours, but being surprised by
Mr. H-, he at once informs her that he will see her no
more. " A middle-aged discreet sort of woman," Mrs. Cole,
of Covent Garden, who had known Fanny for some time, now
presents herself, and proposes to take our heroine under her
guidance. Her offer is accepted, and Fanny repairs to new
lodgings, next door to Mrs. Cole. The establishment of Mrs.
Cole is a pleasing contrast to that of Mrs. Brown. Here reign
comfort, order, and discretion. A neat, well-kept shop hides
the brothel, for brothel it is in reality, and the girls, four
in
number, are well cared for and looked after. Under Mrs.
Coles's protection, and in pleasant companionship of girls of
her own age and taste, Fanny passes a happy time, until her
mistress, feeling the infirmities of age creeping upon her,
M
6 4
MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
breaks up her establishment, and retires to the country to
spend the remainder of her days in repose. Fanny bears with
sorrowful resignation the separation from one whom she looks
upon as her benefactress, but having now amassed a little
money, she takes a "pleasant convenient house at Maryle-
bone," represents herself as a " young gentlewoman, whose
husband has gone to sea," and calmly awaits another turn of
fortune. Her happy star soon dawns. An old gentleman,
whom she discovers in a fit one day whilst walking in the
fields, and naturally aids, takes her into keeping, and soon
after dying, leaves her all his large property. Behold our
heroine then a lady of means, and entirely her own mistress.
Her love for Charles has never chilled, and her only wish now
is to be re-united to him. Having arranged her affairs, she
determines to visit the place of her birth, and sets out for
that
purpose. On the road she puts up at an inn, where two horse-
men alight, wet through by the storm which is raging. To
her infinite surprise and joy one of the travellers is her long
desired lover, on his return from his enforced voyage. Fortune
has not smiled on Charles, but Fanny has enough for both, and
unreservedly places her wealth at his disposal. To him she
also makes a full confession of the life she has been
constrained
to lead during his absence. They become legally united, and
Fanny retires into virtuous domesticity. " The paths of Vice
6 4 MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE.
are sometimes strewed with roses, but then they are for ever
infamous for many a thorn—for many a canker-worm: those
of Virtue are strewed with roses purely, and those eternally
unfading ones."
This, then, is the brief outline of the career of the woman
of
pleasure. Into the main narrative are introduced stories of the
lives of Fanny's companions at Mrs. Cole's; and the tale is
also enriched by descriptions of the proclivities of the male
frequenters of that establishment. The book ends, as we have
seen, with a moral, but as its termination is, at the same time,
a happy one, the heroine being fully rewarded, instead of
passing her last days in a prison or a hospital, its tendency
must, I suppose, be pronounced doubly pernicious. Be this as
it may, the.Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, simple as is its
construction, presents a characteristic picture of the manners
of a certain class at the time, and is a pleasant and readable
book. It undoubtedly is, and will probably long remain, the
best erotic novel in the English language.
Note. A few years ago was frequently to be found exposed in
the
windows of Holywell Street, now Bookseller's Row, the English
version of
Ernest Feydeau's Fanny, upon the outer wrapper of which the word
Hill
was added in order to induce the unwary to mistake it for the
much-
coveted novel of Cleland. The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
does not
often appear in sale catalogues, a copy, however, of the edition
of 1749
(No. 1, ante) figures in that of M. le Comte Du Boxs du Bais,
Paris, 1882.
92
MEMOIRS OF A COXCOMB.
iaemmrs Of a Cojttomb* London: Printed for R.
Griffiths, at the Dunciad in Paul's Church-Yard.
M.DCC.LI.
Tall 121110.; size of letter-press 5 by inches; pp. 386
ex title; a fleuron and a line on the title-page.
The Memoirs of a Coxcomb, which Lowndes * qualifies, with
justice, as, "a work of considerable merit," is indeed a
charming book : light and easy in style, yet never flimsy or
trivial, true to nature and the costume of the period. The
plot, which bears much resemblance to that of the Memoirs of
a Woman of Pleasure, a rake being substituted for a prosti-
tute, is of the simplest, the chief merit of the work lying in
the admirable sketches of character, and the pithy remarks
upon the manners, follies and vices of the times. The cox-
comb himself is by no means a foolish or despicable person :
led on by the force of his temperament in the pursuit of plea-
sure, he nevertheless succeeds in maintaining a certain dignity
of character, and looks upon the depravity in which he parti-
cipates quite philosophically, perhaps too much so for one of
his age. The work, which is never indecent, may be considered
harmless, and should be better known.
* J3iWtogr«pi>ec'jt Manual, Vol. I., p. 477-
NOTICE OF JOHN CLELAND
93
The book is attributed to John Cleland, who was born in
1707, and died in 1789, and concerning whom a notice will be
found in Vol. 59 of the <®*tttlematl,0 iftaga^t'm. Although
that memoir is, according to a correspondent of &QU& aitfc
(©ttttt'Mf, " inaccurate in several points," * it is the best
one
I am acquainted with, and I venture to reproduce it in
extenso.
He was the son of Col. C., that celebrated fictitious member
of the
Spectator's Club, whom Steele describes under the name of Will
Honey-
combe. A portrait of him hung up in the seal's library till his
death,
which indicates all the manners and tfabord of the fashionable
town-rake
in the beginning of this century. The son, with the scatterings
of
his father's fortune, and some share of his dissipations, after
passing
through the forms of a good education in Westminster-college,
where he
was admitted in 1722, at the age of 13, and was contemporary
with Lord
Mansfield, went as consul to Smyrna, where, perhaps, he first
imbibed those
loose principles which, in a subsequent publication, too
infamous to be
particularised, tarnished his reputation as an author. On his
return from
Smyrna he went to the East Indies; but quarrelling with some of
the
members of the presidency of Bombay, he made a precipitate
retreat
from the East, with little or no benefit to his fortunes. Being
without
profession or any settled means of subsistence, he soon fell
into difficulties;
a prison, and its miseries, were the consequences. In this
situation, one
of those booksellers who disgrace the profession, offered him a
temporary
* It is to be regretted that the ^accuracies were not
corrected. 2 s.,
II., pp. 351, 376,418.
94
NOTICE OF* JOHN CLELAND.
relief for writing- the work above alluded to, which brought
a stigma on his
name, which time has not obliterated, and which will be
consigned to his
memory whilst its poisonous contents are in circulation. For
this publica-
tion he was called before the privy council; and the
circumstance of his
distress being known, as well as his being a man of some parts,
John Earl
Granville, the then president, nobly rescued him from the like
temptation,
by getting him a pension of loot, per year, which he enjoyed to
his death,
and which had so much the desired effect, that, except " The
Memoirs of a
Coxcomb," which has some smack of dissipated manners, and "The
Man of
Honour," written as an amende honourable for his former
exceptionable book.
Mr. C. mostly dedicated his time to political and philological
publications,
and was the author of the long letters given in the public
prints, from time
to time, signed A Briton, Modestus, &c., &c., and of some
curious tracts
on the Celtic language. He lived within the income of his
pension for
many years, in a retired situation in Petty France, surrounded
by a good
library, and the occasional visits of some literary friends, to
whom he was
a very agreeable companion, and died at the advanced age of 82.
In con-
versation he was very pleasant and anecdotical, understanding
most of the
living languages, and speaking them all very fluently. As a
writer, he
shewed himself best in novels, song-writing, and the lighter
species of
authorship; but when he touched politics, he touched it like a
torpedo, he
was cold, benumbing, and soporific.
Nichols * notices several of Cleland's works, and adds :
" In these publications Mr. Cleland has displayed a large
fund of ingenuity and erudition, not unworthy the education
he received at Westminster."
Concerning Griffiths, who chose for the sign of his shop
* liUrarp SnertfotMi, vol. 2, p. 458, vol. 8, pp. 98, 412.
NOTICE OF R. GRIFFITHS.
95
in St. Paul's Church Yard the curious name of The Dunciad,
very adverse opinions were expressed, no doubt attributable
in a great measure to the jealousy caused by the establishment,
in 1749, of his Monthly Review, the earliest publication of its
kind. Certain it is that he enjoyed the esteem and friendship
of the worthy Josiah Wedgwood.* He is, however, thus
apostrophized by John Foster,f the latest writer of note, as
far as I am aware, who has mentioned him.
Now, this Ralph Griffiths, the bookseller, whom the diploma
of some
American university as obscure as himself made subsequently
Doctor
Griffiths, was one of the most thriving- men of the day. In
little more
than three years after this he was able to retire from
bookselling, and
hand over to Becket the publication of his Review. As time wore
on, he
became a more and more regular attendant at the meeting-house,
rose
higher and higher in the world's esteem, and at last kept two
carriages,
and " lived in style." But he lived, too, to see the changes of
thirty years
after the grave had received the author of the Vicar of
Wakefield; and
though he had some recollections of the errors of his youth to
disturb his
decorous and religious peace of mind,—such as having become the
pro-
prietor of an infamous novel, and dictated the praise of it in
his Review,—
such as having exposed himself to a remark reiterated in
Grainger's
letters to Bishop Percy, that he was not to be trusted in any
verbal agree-
ment upon matters of his trade,—it may not have been the least
bitter of
his remembrances, if it ever happened to occur to him, that to
Oliver
Goldsmith, in the depths of a helpless distress, he had applied
the epithets
of sharper and villain.
*£f)attoh)0 of tfje <©ltf JBoofcfStUrra, p. 187.
t lift of ©attiimfy, Vol. I., p. 170.
96
THE PUPIL OF PLEASURE.
€t)t pttptl Of pleasure: or, The New System Illustrated.
Inscribed To Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, editor of Lord
Chesterfield's Letters. By Courtney Melmoth. Versa-
tile ingenium. Vol. I. London, Printed for G. Robinson,
and J. Bew, in Pater-Noster-Row. 1776.
12mo.; size of letter-press 4§ by 2§ inches; 2 vols.; pp.
xv., 230 and 252 ex title.
In 1783 the same publishers re-issued the work as A New
Edition, Corrected, adding the author's name, Mr. Pratt, in
place of the pseudonym; the title-pages are embellished by a
pretty engraving signed Dodd, delin, T. Cook, sculp; 2 vols.;
12mo.; size of letter-press 4f to 5 inches high by 2-f inches
wide; pp. x. and 234 and 252 ex titles. This edition contains
only no letters, the following short, but rather important one
being omitted:
Letter XCII. Sedley to Thornton.
Traitor and tattler as thou art, I have the start of thee. .
. Yes,
Thornton, she did fall upon my bosom; and I reaped the rewards
of my
insinuations, and of my address, in her arms.....'Tis true, she
returned not the embrace . . . What of that ? I was wrought
up to
the crisis, and her strugglings only answered the ends . . . and
served
as the sweet succedaneum of writhing the limbs in the transports
of taste.
Philip Sedley.
L'^lilVE DU PLAISIR.
97
From the indication on the title-page of the French render-
ing, which I am about to mention, it would seem that there are
at least two other editions.
ftMtoe tiu pafetr, Par M. Pratt. Traduit de VAnglois
sur la quatrieme Edition, Par M. L.D. Premiere Partie. A
Amsterdam, Chez D. J. Changuion; Et se trouve A Paris,
Chez Th^ophile BARROislejeune, Libraire, quai des Augustins,
n? 18. m.dcc.lxxxvii.
12mo.; size of letter-press 4f by 2\ inches ; 2 parts ; pp.
viii.and 158, and 142, ex titles; two lines on title-pages. This
translation contains only 106 letters. Reprinted in 1788.*
The translator's name is A.-J. Lemierre d' ARGY.f
Were it not on account of its title, which is deceptive, and
of an erotic mezzotint for which the subject has been afforded
by one of its incidents, and which I shall presently describe,
The Pupil of Pleasure ought scarcely to find a place in this
catalogue. The object of the work is to refute Lord Chester-
field's maxims, and to show, by means of an example, their
pernicious tendency. Sedley, a handsome and wealthy young
* J3ii)Itofffapt)tt tttsi <®u6ragt? relattfa k P&mour, vol.
3, p. 156.
+ Ha dfranee Etttfratrt, vol. 5, p. 144.
n
98
THE PUPIL OF PLEASURE.
rake, thoroughly imbued with Chesterfield's teaching, visits
Buxton, where he succeeds in seducing two married ladies—
Harriet Homespun, and Fanny Mortimer. His villany is at
last detected, and he is killed by the outraged husband,
Mortimer. The tale is told in 111 letters from various per-
sons, chiefly between Sedley and his friend Thornton. While
displaying ingenuity and talent, The Pupil of Pleasure is
" distinguished by a kind of mawkish affectation of
sensibility,"
which renders it entirely unsuited to modern taste. Although
the story turns entirely upon the seduction of women, all
voluptuous descriptions and harsh words are avoided. In some
respects it reminds one of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. It has
been designated as "unnatural and shocking—it cannot be
read without disgust." *
I know of no illustrated edition, but have before me an
obscene mezzotint, 13^ by 10J inches, designed probably by
George Morland, and engraved by W. Ward, subscribed, out-
side the design, M» Homespun and Sedley. Pupil of Plea-
sure. On an old-fashioned four-post bedstead Harriet reclines
with her right leg raised, her breasts exposed; Sedley is plac-
ing himself upon her; with her right hand she pats his cheek,
with her left directs his member.
* fHontpg lUfutio, vol. 56, p. 232.
NOTICE OF S. J. PRATT.
99
Samuel Johnson Pratt, pseudonym Courtney Melmoth,
was born at St. Ives, in Huntingdonshire, Dec. 25, 1749 ; and
died at Birmingham, Oct. 4, 1814. He was an actor, poet,
playwright, bookseller, lecturer, and author of several novels
and other works, in fact, " a very voluminous gentleman."*
Cfee 8utfoentir jHemotrs of tfce Countess lie JBarre, the
French King's Mistress, Carefully collated from a
Manuscript in the Possession of the Dutchess of
Villeroy, By Sir Francis N-.
Si Von se plait a Vintage du vray,
Combien doit on rechercher le vray meme ?
The Second Edition. London: Printed for the Editors, and
Sold by J. Roson, No. 54, St. Martin's Le Grand; and
G. Reily, Queen-Street, May Fair, 1771. Price Bound
Three Shillings.
Large 1 amo.; size of paper 7 by 4|, of letter-press 4! by
2f inches; pp. 216 ex title.
* Biographical Diet. Gorton; Idem Chalmers; Idem Watkins;
Btograpljta Bramattca; Critical Stct. Allibone; petite
33tbltograpl)u
33iograp{)uo*3aomattrtferc; Cat. of dft'&e Sim&rtif CtltfiraUB
authors of
@reat Britain uofo Etbtng; jUotaS anil <©uevu<$, 6 s. vi. 212,
vii. 37 ; &c.
His second name i s sometimes given as Jackson in error.
IOO
MEMOIRS OF THE COUNTESS DE BARRE.
Other editions: London, 1772; Bern, 1775;* London
Rason, 1777.f Reprinted by William Dugdale, as CI)t
iflbfr'S JffSttbal, or Melting Moments.% Reproduced in
(^jrqUtSfttf as Memoirs of the Countess du Barre, be-
ginning with the third letter. A French translation,
by the original London publishers, Roson and Reily,
metres autftrnttques* ©e £a Cumtesse &e Barri, Mai-
tresse de Louis XV.
en 1859."$ This volume is in 8vo.; size of(letter-press 5 by
2f inches; pp. 136; on title-page are the same' quotation and
two double lines; 24 letters; dated 1772. There is a German
rendering, as follows: (SftaubHmtbtfle 9ladjttd)tett tam bet
dfciifilttt t»0tt ©am in SSttefen. bem dnglifdjen ftfcetfefct.
(SMIn am SR^etit, Peter Marteau, fcem Sttngcrn. 1772.
8vo.; size of letter-press 4f by 2-f inches; pp. 176; on title-
page a fleuron, one plain and two fancy lines. The volume
contains 24 letters, not dated. This edition was published at
Leipzig by Hertel. Reprinted in 1778, 8vo.||
* JJtbltograpijte JSiograpljiqtu, Oettinger, vol. 1, col.
439.
t 8tfiItotif>wa JSritarmua, Watt, vol. 3. Rason should 110 doubt
be Roson.
+ JStoarapfytral JintesS by J. Campbell, M.S.
{ Cat. Bes( ©ubragtg kc. tonfcamn&, Drujon, p. 246, where du
Barri
should be de Barre.
1 $tf»lu)tl)tca «5trtnanorura etottca, p. 8.
IOO MEMOIRS OF THE COUNTESS DE BARRE.
These Memoirs consist of 24 letters, all dated 1770, supposed
to be written by a gentleman in Paris to his friend in England.
In them are narrated the amatory adventures of one Emily
Palmer, who, through the agency of the Due de Richelieu, be-
comes the mistress of Louis XV. On the title-page the name
is given without accent, although throughout the volume it i s
printed De BarrL In the first letter the author says : "The life
of the countess De BarrS> before the French King became en-
amoured of her, has been whispered in my ear; but it differs
so much from the account the editors of some magazines have
given you of that lady, that it looks rather like a romance than
a real history. It is in every respect the reverse of what you
know concerning her." This is perhaps the only truthful pas-
sage in the book, which is indeed no more the history of Madame
Du Barry than of any other profligate woman who combines
prudence with cunning and licentiousness. "C'est un petit roman
(write E. & J. De Goncourt) qui n'a pas le moindre rapport
avec l'histoire de madame du Barry."* The style is somewhat
flimsy and stilted; gross language is carefully eschewed; the
story is sufficiently interesting; and the book altogether may
be
pronounced a fair specimen of its class.
Another heap of rubbish, swept out of Mons. Vergy's garret. This
* Xa Du J3arrj), p. 2, note.
IOO MEMOIRS OF THE COUNTESS DE BARRE.
foreigner, who has so impudently thrust himself into the
English Grubean
society, appears determined to fill all our booksellers shops,
stalls, and
circulating libraries with lies and obscenity; the only studies
in which he
seems ambitious of excelling. In truth, we are sorry to see the
Chevalier
so grossly misapplying his talents; for he certainly is capable
of better
things
With these trenchant remarks did a contemporary critic
dispose of the book and its author.*
On the fly-leaf of the copy before me, formerly in the
posses-
sion of M. Arthur Dinaux, is the following note, in his own
handwriting, signed by him, and dated Montataire, 1857 :
Ouvrage singulier, dont l'auteur ou 1'dditeur a la
singulifere pretention de
donner, en le publiant, les vdritables mdmoires de la comtesse
Dubarry. Et
rien, positivement rien de ce qui est dans ce livre, n'a le
moindre rapport
avec la veritable histoire de la dernifere maitresse de Louis
XV. L'imagi-
nation d'un &rivain anglais a tout fait; il ne faut done pas
chercher en cet
ouvrage la moindre parcelle de v^ritd historique.
Emily's seduction has inspired the artist, probably George
Morland, of a mezzotint, 13 by io£ inches, entitled, outside
the design, Emily Palmer (afterwards Countess de Bar re) &
M? de C.-. The incident occurs at p. 128, which, together
with a quotation of three lines, is given on the plate. Emily
reclines on a couch, one foot touching the floor, her breasts
and
legs exposed; with her right hand she endeavours to keep
from her the member of Mr. de C-, who kneels on the
couch between her legs.
* IHontljIp 3£Ub«to, 1771, vol 44, p, 92.
DAMNED STUFF.
I03
BiU you eber see situ!) JBamneH 5>tuff ? Or, So—Much
—The—Better. A Story Without Head or Tail, Wit or
Humour.
Rantum-skanium is the Word,
And Nonsense shall ensue.
London: Printed for C. G. Seyffert in Pall-mall. 1760.
Small 8vo., size of letter-press 4f by inches; pp. vii. and
168.
We must suppose that the author intends the first part of
his title to be applied to the novels he is about to parody,
rather than to his own work, which cannot be looked upon as
"damned stuff;" indeed, it is throughout pervaded with a
fair amount of humour, and, however far-fetched some of the
situations may be, and are intended to be, it is never dull. It
is, in fact, an imitation, or rather a parody, and a very clever
one, of those French anti-clerical, semi-erotic, fairy tales, so
much in vogue during the last century.
A time may come when thinking- will not be out of fashion:
when
writings that might be of real service to the public, shall be
no longer
condemned to accommodate chandlers and trunk-makers, or what may
be
worse yet, in heaps of waste paper, to reproach and punish the
poor book-
seller for having had a better opinion of the Age than it
deserves; while
such trash in the French haut-gout, as I am now serving you
with, will
most probably consume numerous editions, (p. 50.)
io4
DAMNED STUFF.
The Princes Toadstool and Discreet are rivals for the hand
of the Princess Tricolora. Toadstool is protected by the Fairy
Burning-spite, Discreet by the Fairy Sly. Out of the rival-
ries of the two Fairies, and the following Oracle of the Inqui-
sitor-General, spring the incidents and complications of the
tale. " The Prince Discreet will have the Princess Tricolora,
and he will not have her; so much the better for her. The
Prince Toadstool will have the Princess Tricolora, and will not
have her ; so much the better for her, and for me." (p. 39.)
Discreet and Tricolora are transformed into a cock and hen
partridge, and in this form the first part of the oracle is
accom-
plished ; brought back to her human form, Tricolora is wedded
to Toadstool; in this wise passes their wedded night:
Scarce had the company cleared the room before a voice was
heard to
pronounce these words: "He is not there yet."—Madam, said
Toadstool
allow me to give this voice the lie. Tricolora observed a modest
silence,
which authorized a husband's rights: he was proceeding to avail
himself
of it, when the Princess made a face, a complaint, and a motion.
Toad-
stool full of respect, reined in his rapture, and asked what
ailed her. My
Lord, said she, something very extraordinary is the matter with
me. Do
you feel any pain in any part ? pursued Toadstool.—My Lord, it
is more
embarassing than painful.—Permit me, Madam, to see.—I dare not,
replied
the Princess, if you knew but where it is you would not ask
me.—Your
saying so, answered Toadstool, points out to me where it is. At
these
words, he examined; but how great must be his astonishment at
seeing a
rose surrounded with thorns!—Ah, said he, Madam, what a
beautiful rose
DAMNED STUFF.
105
is there I pray, is it a mark you was born with?—My Lord,
said the
Princess, I believe it is but just now come there.—That is very
odd, said
Toadstool; this must either be a trick plaid me, or meant me for
a piece
of gallantry. But I perceive some letters: they are perhaps a
motto
allow me to use a light to read them: the character is very
small: I fancy
it is Elzevir. Toadstool went and brought a candle: but he found
a
change of decoration. There were now neither rose nor thorns: in
their
place he saw two monstrous fingers that were making horns at
him.
Toadstool put himself into a violent passion; can you blame
him?—
Madam, cried he, you have got a gallant, and those are his
fingers.— My
lord, what do you mean? you use me ill.—Madam, be so good as to
stand up, that I may see whether that will make no alteration.
The
Princess stood up, but the fingers were still there. Toadstool
tried to think,
but as he had always been an enemy to thinking, thinking was, at
this junc-
ture, an enemy to him, as indeed it generally is to those who
have not got
a habit of it. This will now appear. "Princess," said he with an
air of
satisfaction; "all this is nothing but a joke, and a cursed
stupid one of the
Fairy Sly, who wants to obstruct my joys by giving me umbrage
about you
I remark however, that those two fingers cannot hinder me from
giving you
proof of my esteem. They will doubtless disappear the instant I
shall shew I
despise them!" He had then, as [things appeared, a misplaced
desire, and
indeed his wrong head never suggested to him any other: and that
desire
he was proceeding to satisfy. But the two fingers just then
became a pair
of claws, and squeezed him unmercifully. He skreamed out, and
what re-
doubled his torments, was, that the Princess by an involuntary
impulsion, at
the same time he was thus held fast, walked or rather ran in a
retrograde mo-
tion round^the room with as much speed, as the fleetest
greyhound could do in
its course forward. S'death 1 Madam, cried he out, you are mad:
what do
you mean ? stop, stop !—Indeed, my Lord, I cannot, answered she,
continu-
ing to draw him, in that manner, several turns round the room,
without
ceasing.—Madam, said Toadstool, this is not to be born: you ruin
me: I
Q
io6
DAMNED STUFF.
shall never be good for any thing as long as I live. At
length, after a full
quarter of an hour and more, Tricolora fell backward into an
arm-chair,
and Toadstool, released with a jerk,"rolled down upon the floor,
quite sense*
less. (p. 72).
The Inquisitor is consulted, gives some oracular explanation,
which Toadstool does not understand, and:
At these words the Inquisitor made up directly towards the
Princess, who
was sitting on the bed, waiting modestly the result of all this.
Toadstool
was hurrying after, to seize and stop him, when the Inquisitor
pronounced
with the true tone of a magician, "Invisible spirits, subjected
to my power;
make the prophane keep their distance, while I consummate the
mistery in
hand." That instant the apartment was seen separated into two by
a cur-
tain of the richest Genoa-velvet. Toadstool remained with the
two fairies
on the side in which was the Queen in the tapestry, and the
Inquisitor on
that where the bed was, and alone with the Princess. His Royal
Lowness
the Prince Toadstool turned furious, in the choleric stile of
all little men:
and wanted to creep under the curtain, than which however not a
wall of
adamant could have more effectually cut off all communication.
Finding
this, he cried out, you, son of fifty fathers, you!—stay but
till I come to
you. Tricolora at this, on the other side, made her dulcet-voice
be heard,
saying, "That must not be." This put the poor Prince in a
greater rage
yet: he foamed at the mouth, and cried out, Hold, you execrable
spawn of
a goat and a monkey:—I will be at you. Not, said the Fairy Sly,
before
he will have been at the Princess. Well I said Toadstool,
cooling a little,
what somewhat comforts me is that, at least, he will prick
himself.—Hush
Ladies, a moment's silence, pray.—Let us hear how he will come
off: the
thing deserves attention. At the same time he clapped his ear
close to
the curtain, not expecting to hear the exclamation he did hear.
O what
pleasure 1 said the Inquisitor-General. Pleasure 1 Pleasure I
intterrupted
THE FRUIT-SHOP.
i07
Toadstool: why the man must be mad. Let us hear a little
more. And
indeed the sort of sighs and murmurs he heard, convinced him but
too
well, that the rose had no thorns for his happy substitute. The
Princess
giving at length a piercing cry, at which she fainted away, the
charm was
broke, &c. (p. 9i),
Cftf fmit*&f)0$, a Tale. Vol. I.
Mais je Vaime, et veux que mes vers,
Darn tous les coins de Funivers
En fassent vivre la Memoire;
Et ne veux penser desormais
Qu'a chanter dignement sa Gloire.
voit.
London : Printed for C. Moran, in Covent-Garden. 1765.
Small 8vo.; size of letter-press 5 by 2J inches; 2 vols.;
the pagination of the first volume is irregular: there are pp.
xxii. of Dedication, Invocation, Protest, Caution, and Advice,
and the body of the volume begins with p. 17 to p. 168; vol. 2
pp. 160, both ex titles ; three lines on the title-pages of both
volumes; but the quotation on that of the second volume con-
sists of ten lines of English verse signed R.; to vol. 1 there
is
a curious, roughly engraved frontispiece, signed C. Trim fee4-,
representing a garden scene; before a temple of oriental design
stands a yew tree shaped like a phallus, above which two Cu-
pids hold a wreath in form of the female organ; a man,
dressed in academic robes, and leaning on an ass, points to the
io8
THE FRUIT-SHOP.
phallic tree, while a boy squirts at him with a syringe. The
chief figure in this frontispiece is intended for the
"distinguished
personage" to whom the volume is dedicated, to whom the
author thus addresses himself:
In the first place, you have reflected a disgrace on what,
when properly
supported, ought to be a respectable appellation, that of
author; by run-
ning upon the world repeatedly, so many volumes of unconnected
and
slattern ribaldry; wherefore we exhibit you at full length,
receiving ablu-
tory chastisement, through what resembles your beloved slit of a
French
girl's petticoat (O infamy I O dulness!) in that very region,
relative to
whose prurient concerns your thoughts mostly concentrate.—Thence
is
made to drop on the ground, your burning shame, that ungracious
chest-
nut, which in your former volumes, you had made to excite a
smarting there,
or thereabout.
You are displayed in our frontispiece, by way of a satirical
gibbet, as
(which indeed is the truth) totally neglectful of what should be
in your eye,
a sacred edifice (because for that end, liveried in its service)
and fixing all
your attention upon inferior things.
We give you, for congenial support to lean upon, the grave,
the four-
footed philosopher you cultivated such an intimacy with at
Lyons, and whose
long-eared solemnity, seems not only to listen to, but even to
converse with
you, in a sly and chuckling manner. Here the wags, the wicked
wits of the
day, will be for adopting and patching you over with these Latin
shreds,
Similis Simili gaudet; Like herds with like. Asinus Asinum
fricat; ass tickles
ass. Par nolile frairum; a distinguished pair of brothers.
This violent tirade, with a couple more pages ejusdem farina,
evidently intended for the author of Tristram Shandy, (the
book on which the ass treads in the frontispiece), forms the
dedication.
As the author elects to designate his book A Tale, it may
THE FRUIT-SHOP.
109
as well figure among fiction as anywhere else. It is,
however'
for the most part, a humourous, allegorical, and discursive dis-
quisition on the Fruit-Shop, as he is pleased to call woman, or
rather on those parts of her which are more particularly
connected with fruit-bearing. The manner and humour of
Swift and Sterne seem to have been aimed at; sarcasms and
covert inuendos on living personages are frequent; and di-
gressions are freely indulged in; but the wit and true satire of
these writers are never attained.
The work is divided into four parts. The first, treating of
the Garden of Eden, its probable position on the globe, &c., is
dull and tedious. The second part relates to what happened
after the Fall, the invention of the Fig-leaf, &c., and goes on
to treat of Love, Marriage, Cuckoldom, and "The Unnatural -
ists, or Deserters of the Fruit-Shop"; it is not the least
curious
chapter in the book. Part III. consists of a review of the "un-
wearied passion for the Fruit-Shop" among the Romans, be-
ginning with Jupiter and ending with Julius Caesar. The fourth
part strikes me as the most remarkable, both as to the subjects
it embraces, and the mode of treating them; in it are chap-
ters on "Odd Conceptions," Celibacy, Flagellation as a "Bye-
Way to Heaven," concerning which I cannot refrain from a
short extract:
A most happy expedient was hit off by a vigorous monk, and
confessor
to a convent of nuns, to whom he preached that the shortest road
to Heaven,
no
THE FRUIT-SHOP.
and the bye-way thither for the elect, was to lower in the
most humbling
manner they could, that part of their body which was the most
elevated. By
this means certain plumpnesses (in vulgar phrase called
posteriours) and
most despised, would be raised to a deserved and conspicuous
degree of
eminence: in which situation they might be sure of receiving,
anon, ani-
mating impressions, and missionary irradiations, if they were
destined to
figure among the elect.
Natural curiosity as well as religious obedience, must have
made any
woman, nun, or other, pay proper regard to so interesting a tale
(doctrine
we mean) nay proceed without hesitation to the putting it in
practice, and
this gave rise to two whimsical terms, invented by errour, to
wit, attrition
and contrition, both derivatives from the Latin verb terere to
rub. Its com-
pounds atterere, signifies to rub to : conterere to rub with.
Attrition was done
by the woman when lowering her head, the highest part of her
body, she
rubbed her nose to the ground. In this act of devotion she must
be sup-
ported on her knees, to raise to a conspicuous view her
background, whose
situation in general is rather low, and held in contempt. By
that position
the fair penitent resembles somewhat those peculiarly shaped
vessels,
which mariners call, a low peak and high stern.
The second part of the ceremony, contrition borrowed from
conterere, to
rub with, and executed by the judiciously intriguing confessor,
or conscience
director, that by neither bearing too heavily upon, nor touching
with his
mortal hands, the discovery of such a fraud might be prevented.
She the
while was to keep her eyes piously closed, the veil drawn fast
before them
as yet not worthy of having a peep at heavenly things.—The
operation
proved too pleasureable not to be readily believed in, because
flattering to
her pride for the present, and hopes of hereafter; as well as on
account of
her exquisite sensation to her unknown, until the priestly
office of installa-
tion ; which by the implicit devotee was received as a
super-natural gift,
that she desired to repeatedly taste of; as often as the holy
man should think
THE FRUIT-SHOP.
Ill
her worthy of being honoured with such mystical and
enraptured visitations,
which indeed was as frequently as he could comply with her
request.
From pranks like these, have been derived all the imposture
of stigmats,
and other religious frauds, as practiced by Pere Girard with La
Cadiere, &c.
&c. &c. and in their calendars, (as may be seen in some of the
old legendary
collections) are called the Sinners practical Comfort, or the
pious Recrea-
tion of—
Nez a Terre,
Cul en Eair
That is, the Bye- Way to Heaven, (vol. 2, p. 95).
Other matters discoursed upon in the same chapter are Ma-
cerations, "Mahomet no Fool," Platonism, Eunuchism, and the
" Philo-gonists, the truly Orthodox," to whom four chapters
are devoted.
The object of the book is to inculcate the use of woman as
nature intended her to be used—as a source of pleasure and
means of propagating the race; those who refuse thus to use
her, either celibates, masturbates, or sodomites, are severely
censured. In the chapter on Love we read :
Moreover, the Fruit-Shop, growing still more refined in its
sentimental
faculty, was become so nice, and so scrupulous, as not to
receive any thing
within its precincts, but through a predilection, above all
others, for the per-
son to whom the thing belonged; and vice versa—Every reader of
the least
learning must understand the inuendo of these two Latin words.
Let us be
picturesque and clever, but by no means coarse or vulgar, (vol.
1, p. 139)-
The Appendix and Notes which close the second volume are
by no means the least curious, or erudite, portions of the per-
112
THE FORCED VIRGIN.
formance. In them is described "The Fruit-Shop of St. James'-
Street," where " matters never proceed further in this chaste
domain than to a kiss or a feel, transiently and with the great-
est decorum the object, title, &c., of the work are explained;
and, finally, as a bonne bouche, various quotations, in
different
languages, upon women's breasts.
Shall we stigmatize this strange composition as obscene?
Perhaps it is scarcely more so than the novels which the author
sets out by condemning; it certainly seems not to have been
considered as such at the time of its publication, for in the
copy before me there is an ex libris of " Walker's Circulating
Library, Maidstone, Books let at 3s. 6d. a Quarter."
anoe JforoU Virgin; or, The Unnatural Mother. A True
Secret History.
How strange a Riddle Virtue is !
They never miss it who possess it not,
And they who have it ever find a Want.
Rochester's Valent.
London: Printed for W. Trott, at the Seven Stars, in
Russel-Courty Drury Lam. mjdccxxx. [Price One
Shilling.]
8vo. (counts 4); size of paper 8\ by 5, of letter-press 6J by
3! inches; pp. 40 with 6 unnumbered of title and dedication;
title-page has a single and a double line, and is surrounded by
169 THE FORCED VIRGIN.
double lines; there is a curious engraved frontispiece,
signed
G. Thornton.
The story, which is quite tragical, is worked out with much
more plot than was usual at that period; quaint and stiff as
are the diction and style, it is by no means devoid of interest,
or even of dramatic effect.
Arastes and Lominia love each other, and their attachment
is favoured by Lominia's parents. Lysanor also desires Lo-
minia, and finding his suit rejected, employs villains, who sur-
prise the lovers in an arbour, carry off Lominia, and murder
Arastes, whom they leave for dead. Lominia is conducted to
a cave, where Lysanor awaits her. Failing by fair means to
induce Lominia to submit to his wishes, Lysanor determines to
resort to violence, and
impatient of Delay, already prepared for the direful Act,
came hasty in;
from forth his burning Orbs the destructive Light'ning flew;—His
whole
Frame shook with boiling Joy; Lust, not Love, sway'd his Soul,
and nothing
less than Lominia?s Ruin possessed his Brain. The Door at his
first Entrance
he secured, when with a sudden Turn he seized the trembling
Maid;—The
beauteous Fair, press'd in his rough and harden'd Arms, by more
than man-
ly Force he bore with Pleasure to his stately Bed: in vain she
prayed, his
Lust had shut his Ears to such Intreaties.—In vain she strove to
stay his
raging Flames; Regard to her Virtue, or Fear of future
Punishment, could
make no room for a Moment's Delay; he had her now in full
Possession,
and was resolved to use the wished-for Hour; with one Hand
intangled in
her Hair, he held the Maiden down; while the other furthered him
to com-
pleat his hellish Purpose, (p. 14).
p
170
THE FORCED VIRGIN.
The deed committed, "Lominia snatched up a Dagger, which
lay on an adjacent Table, and struck it in his Breast—The
Blood sallied apace from the Crimson Wound, and the heavy
Wings of Death sealed down his lustful Eye-lids." She now
thinks about the best means of escaping from the cavern, and
decides to strip the " dead Carcass, and habit herself in the
very Dress which Lysanor wore." This she does, gets out of
the cave unperceived, and returns to her father's house. Here
she learns that Arastes still lives, but she informs her father
of
her disgrace, and proclaims to him her intention of never mar-
rying Arastes, considering herself now too much defiled to be
any longer worthy of becoming his wife. Arastes recovers
from his wound, and his affection for Lominia not having in any
way abated, he "intreated Lominia to bless his Bed, and take
upon her that most happy Title, a Wife." But, " a Difficulty
arose to his Wishes, she began to feel the weighty Burthen of
Lysanor's filthy Embraces, the dreadful Product of her destruc-
tive Ravishment." Mad to find herself in this state, she en-
deavours to procure abortion; but the drugs which she takes
only make her ill without producing the desired effect. She
succeeds, however, in concealing her pregnancy, and after a
while resumes her former manner of life. Arastes's passion
augments daily, and as Lominia still rejects his suit, he deter-
mines to enjoy her nevertheless. " One Day returning from
Hunting " he induces Lominia to take supper at his house.
171 THE FORCED VIRGIN.
Supper being1 ended, Arastes began to execute his Intentions,
by such a
Stratagem, which he thought his Good, but Evil Genius had put in
his Brain.
The sparkling Wine enliven'd their tired Spirits, when an
Opportunity offer-
ing most desireable to his Wishes, he threw into her Glass the
Juice of
some bruised Poppies; which secret Design, or any other, the
Innocent Maid
no way dreaded: she thought herself, in this House, as secure,
as in her
Father's; she.drank the prepared Liquor, which being seconded
.with other
Opiates, began shortly to make their long wish'd-for Operation.
Now heavy
Sleep press'd down the starry Lights, and seated it self on her
clasping Eye-
lids ;—A sudden Numbness possessed every little Motion, and she
appeared
a Coarse, senseless, and unmoveable. Arastes, overjoyed at the
Success of
his Design, snatched up the Captivated Fair, laid her on an
adjacent Bed,
and there performed the Act his Desires had long urged him to.
(p. 25).
The next day she returns to the parental roof, " thoughtless
of her compleated Ruin." The time for her delivery being
now arrived, she is by the aid of a confidante, Carina, de-
livered secretly of a boy. Unable to continue the concealment
of her disgrace, except by getting rid of the child, she induces
Clarina to take him away and leave him in a neighbouring
wood. Arastes in the meantime, suspecting Lominia to be
with child by him, watches her closely, and sees Clarina deposit
something in the wood; he goes there, and finds the child,
whom he takes away, and gives into the hands of an old woman
of trust to rear for him. Lominia, hearing nothing more of the
babe, believes him dead; until one day, walking with her lover,
and overtaken by a storm, they seek shelter in the very cot-
tage where the little one is being brought up. Arastes then
116
THE FORCED VIRGIN.
tells her that he found the boy, and is rearing him in the
hope
of some day discovering his parents.
At this Account, Anger, Revenge, and Hate filled her Soul! To
think
that any Part of Lysanor was in Being, revived obliviated Woes.
Yet, in
this extravagant Point, was she so far Mistress of her Thoughts,
that
Arastes coyld not see any Variation in the tormented Maid;
though her
Griefs were highly swell'd, she curb'd the rising Passions, and
parted with
him in appearance as usual. As soon as he was gone, she hasted
to her
Chamber, intentively to ruminate upon the many Misfortunes, iuto
which
her anxious Fate had cast her. It was now, her crouding Thoughts
came
too fast for a strict Examination; nothing but Revenge and
Murther filled
her once virtuous Soul; to take away from the Child that Life he
but bor-
rowed from her, she thought would be the only Means to secure
her former
Ease, and shun the Arms of Arastes; whom now she began to loath
with as
great a Remorse, as before she received his Addresses with
Pleasure. All
that can be thought of the most rigid Hate, swelled her every
Intent; 'twas
now she would have rejoiced at the welcome News of the Death of
that
Person, whom once she adored as Life it self; so wavering is the
human
Soul, that, once injured, especially in such a Point as this, it
can scarce for-
give. In the wildest Flights of Thought, and intent on Murder,
she spent
the few remaining Hours of Night; nor did the next Day's early
Dawn
produce the least Abatement or Delay of the rigid Execution; she
went
secretly from her Father's House, with a fixed Resolution to
sacrifice the
innocent Product of her severe Virtue; soon as she reached the
humble
Cottage of the ancient Matron (the sight of which seemed a
Delight to her
pregnant Fancy) the little Babe, fond of its unknown Parent,
came running
with a Smile on his Brow, to the Arms of the more than brutish
Mother.
Lominia, with soothing Words and trifling Toys, prevailed so far
on the Child,
that unperceived, she seduced him to an adjacent Wood; a Place
befitting
the most detested Rapes or Murders; where, with an uncommon Ven-
THE FORCED VIRGIN.
117
geance, she struck the lovely Boy three or four desperate
Blows on his
snowy Bosom, with a Ponyard, which she had taken out with her,
and
concealed till then in her Breast; the Lamb-like Babe sunk under
the heavy
Strokes, in the Folds of Death, where, extended at its Length,
the lovely
Offspring lay exposed to the open Wild. (p. 31).
Arastes meanwhile learns that Lominia has taken the boy
with her from the cottage, and rejoices at what he thinks to be
her affection for him. He goes at once to her house to express
to her his joy, and informs her without any further reserve
that he is aware that she is the child's mother; this she re-
sents as an insult, when he fully explains that unknown to her
he has possessed her, and that he considers the infant his as
well as hers. " Terrified as she was before, now unspeakable
Horror ingrossed her every Thought," and ridding herself of
Arastes, she hastens to the wood, where she had murdered her
child, to gaze on him once more, and then to kill herself. In
this
she is prevented by two men who were passing (this is the sub-
ject of the frontispiece), and taken before the justice. Through
her father's intercession, she is allowed to go out of prison on
bail, and in his house she stabs herself. Arastes, on seeing his
loved Lominia dead, seizes the dagger which she has just used,
with intent to take his own life, but is prevented by a servant.
Arastes now becomes gloomy and unhappy, and being unable
to live longer in a place where such misfortunes have befallen
him, makes over all his property to the family of Orontes, Lo-
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THE PLEASURES OF LOVE.
minia's father, and "the next Day he took Shipping, and is
thought by every one to be dead; the Ship nor any of its Crew
being since heard of."
€f)t fUtagurtg Of lobe. Containing A Variety of entertaining
Particulars and Curiosities, in the Cabinet of Venus*
London : Printed in the Year mdcclv.
Small square 8vo; size of letter-press 3-f by 2f inches; pp.
84, including title and bastard-title; 17 oval engravings,
including frontispiece, all well drawn and finely engraved;
the frontispiece represents a fat woman with a basin of cordial
in her left hand, withdrawing with her right hand the curtain of
a bed, on which four naked legs are seen; on the curtain is
inscribed: The Pleasures of Love 1755. This book, which I
take to be exceedingly scarce, was, in 1872, reprinted by J.
Scheible of Stuttgart at Th. 1. 10 sgr.; without plates; size
of paper 7 by 4^, of letter-press 5 by 3f inches; pp. 65; title
printed in red; issue 100 copies. It was, in 1881, again re-
printed, in London, from Scheible's reprint, as:
Cf)e 8fcbfnturf£f of a &alt£+ Containing A Variety of Enter-
taining Particulars and Curiosities in the Cabinet of Venus.
Six Coloured Illustrations. Privately Printed. London: 1881.
Size of paper 6|- by , of letter-press 4f by 3 inches ,* pp.
60 in all; two fancy lines on title page; 6 coloured lithographs
ii8 THE PLEASURES OF LOVE.
of the vilest description, not in any way inspired by the
pretty
engravings of the original edition; price £2 2s.; issue 150
copies. The heroine's name is, in this version, changed from
Betsy into Maria, and chapter-headings are added.
There is, I believe, no person, however insignificant in the
world, but, if
an account of his life and adventures were committed .to paper,
would be
entertaining in some degree: the follies of our own life, and
those we are
liable to be drawn into by others, will constantly afford matter
for serious
reflection. Those which are innocent (as there are harmless
follies) will be
most entertaining; and those of a vicious kind, may, if properly
related,
deter others from pursuing the same path.
The truth of the above platitude, with which the volume
before us opens, was never less forcibly exemplified than in the
flimsily written narrative entitled The Pleasures of Love. The
hero, son of a gentleman of fortune, tells his own story. He is
sent to reside with an uncle in the country, where he becomes
enamoured of a farmer's daughter, whom he wishes to marry.
The union being disapproved by the friends on both sides, the
love-sick youth elopes with his darling Betsy. His uncle has
him pursued, and forcibly carried off, not however before he
has obtained the last favour from the willing fair one. He is
carried to London, and articled to an attorney. Neither his
master nor the study of the law is to his taste; and his
vexation,
augmented by regret at the loss of his intended wife, drives him
in-
ii8
THE PLEASURES OF LOVE.
to dissipation. Although his father, whom he accidentally
meets
when at the end of his resources, pays his debts, finds him a
new
master, and pardons him, he soon falls back into his old
courses,
until, reduced to the verge of penury, he accepts service as a
footman to a lady in the country. On arriving at his place he
finds that his duties to his mistress are to be of a personal
and
most familiar kind. She is however a woman in the prime of
life, he is nothing loth, and gives such substantial
satisfaction
that he becomes her major-domo. Similar services are accorded
to the cook and housemaid, so that his energies are kept well
employed. This lady having gone to London for a change
sends home a new chambermaid, who, to our hero's astonish-
ment and delight, turns out to be no other than his beloved
Betsy, of whom ever since he was forced away from her he has
been unable to obtain any trace. A newspaper, in which
Betsy has wrapped up some of the trinkets he gave her, informs
him at the same time of the death of his father, through which
occurence he has become master of the paternal estate. He
now weds Betsy, and goes with her to her home, where they
discover that she is not the daughter of a farmer, but of a man
of wealth, and is in fact entitled to no less a sum than
,£20,000.
"I could not," observes the narrator in conclusion, "help
acknowledging the hand of Providence, in thus bringing about
things by so uncommon a series of chequered circumstances."
The tale is padded with the adventures of two London strumpets
THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN HEART.
121
with whom our rake sleeps; and mention is made of " that
school of Venus, Bob Derry's," and "the Golden Lion in the
Strand, well known by the name of the Cat."
€!)t fctetorp Of tfce f&uman ^eart, or The Adventures of a
Young Gentleman. London : 1769.
i2mo.; pp. 314.* Reprinted with merely the name changed
as:
iflemoirs Of a ifflaitof pleasure; or, the Amours, Intrigues,
and Adventures, of Sir Charles Manly. Interspersed with
curious Narratives, and Embellished with Numerous Elegant
Engravings. London : Printed and Published by W. Dugdale,
23, Russell Court, Drury Lane. 1827.
12mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press by inches; pp.
306 in all; on the title-page there are a graduated, a double,
and a plain line; 4 engravings, free, but not obscene, unequal
in merit; that referring to p. 254, as indicated on it, being
the
best, although unsigned; two others, however,bear the following
signatures: (1) T. Jones Del. B. Reading Sc. (2) B. Reading
Sculp, only. It was again issued, probably by the same
publisher, with title-page similarly worded, but with the
* I am indebted to James Campbell's MS. flotMf for the above title and
description.
Q
THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN HEART. 122
impress altered into Printed and Published by J. Turner, *
50 Holywell Street, Strand ; 8vo.; size of letter-press 4f by 3
inches; two fancy lines on the title-page; pp. 231 including
one title-page; 6 coloured lithographs, suggestive, but not
obscene, very badly done, and not copied from the engravings
in the last mentioned edition. In the copy before me a second
full title-page is added, of which the first six words are
identical,
after which it is much amplified; the publisher's name and
address are given as above, and Price Half-a- Guinea is add^d.
This I take to be the edition noted by Gay, as the words
Wanton Waiting Maid occur in the additions to the second
title-page. I have an American reprint before me : title-page
worded as the first edition of Dugdale, given in full above,
but with impress, New- York: Henry S. G. Smith & Co.
8vo. ; no signatures; size of paper by 5^, of
letter-press 5 J by 3-f inches; 3 wretchedly done wood cuts; on
the printed outer wrapper occur the words Wanton Waiting
Maid; price 50 cents.
This is a tale of some pretention, not a mere tissue of
amatory adventures, as delineation of character, at least that
of the hero, is aimed at. After a long and irrelevant Intro-
* Turner was one of the names under which W. Dugdale traded.
See
foxtitp Htfarorum ^rof;ibttorum, p. 127.
THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN HEART.
123
duction of 14 pp., his history is began while our hero is
still "in
the loins of his father," whence, during the wedding night of
his parents, he is transferred "into the ovaria of his mother, "
and the narration is continued with some tedium during the
whole time of gestation. The subject of generation generally is
fully dilated on, but as the author has embraced theories
which are at present entirely exploded, this portion of his
work,
although treated as ex cathedra, is worthless. Our hero's birth
is dated 1686, but the costume of the story is of a much later
period. Charles Manly evinces at an early age a passion for
the fair sex, which is thus accounted for. During his mother's
pregnancy,
Sir Charles Manly chanced to be called some days from home,
and
Louisa (his mother) made a young lady, a kinswoman of hers, her
bed-
fellow for that time. This lady was young and frolicsome, and
one night,
when undressed for going to bed, playing some wanton tricks to
make
Louisa laugh, she discovered a certain promontory about her,
more
naturally coveted by a man than a woman, but as the latter have
sometimes
very strange longings in their pregnancy, Louisa, casting her
eyes on that
seldom seen spot, was seized with an unaccountable desire to
taste it. She
endeavoured to check the thought as soon as conceived, but in
vain; the
more she strove to banish the unnatural idea, the more it
haunted her
imagination, She grew very restless, and communicated her
anxiety to
the unborn infant, who wished and longed, it knew not for what,
but still
was sensible something was wanting to remove its uneasiness,
little knowing
at that time, that what was so much its own and it (sic)
mother's wishes,
was destined for purposes much different from what its present
notion of
things'could suggest. (Memoirs, 1827, p. 22.)
124
THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN HEART. 124
When about 12 years old, Charles seduces, or is seduced by,
his cousin, a girl of a similar age ; which being discovered, he
is sent for a time to the house of a friend; shortly afterwards
his father dispatches him on his travels, under the care of a
tutor, who introduces him into bad company, and encourages
him in his licentiousness. We follow him step by step through
intrigues, probable and improbable, until at last he weds a
young lady, whom he had seduced, and afterwards deserted at
the Hague, and who follows him back to London. " Adeline
(thus she is named) tempered love and the conjugal bed with
so much discretion, that she perfectly reclaimed the once wild
Charles, and made him own that one hour's happiness with her
was worth an age of those guilty scenes, in pursuit of which he
had spent so much money, time, and youth."
Some interesting sketches of the amusements of the rakes of
the time may be picked out of the book, one especially curious
scene is that of the " posture girls, " depicted at p. 116, who
" stripped stark naked, and mounted themselves on the middle
of the table," the better to display their talents. One of
these Cyprians afterwards tells her- own history, which is good.
The History of the Human Heart, or the reprint from which I
have quoted, Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure, can scarcely be
designated as a licentious novel; very free in parts it undoubt-
edly is, but obscenity is generally avoided and it scarcely
over-
steps the limit in tales of an amatory kind. The style is poor,
and it cannot be looked upon as a composition of anything but
inferior order.
THE MODERN RAKE.
125
C&t iKofcfttt ^afee; or, the Life and Adventures of Sir
Edward Walford : Containing a Curious and Voluptuous
History of his luscious intrigues, with numerous women of
fashion, his laughable faux pas, feats of gallantry, debauch-
ery, dissipation, and concubinism! His numerous rapes,
seductions, and amatory scrapes. Memoirs of the Beau-
tiful Courtezans with whom he lived; with some Ticklish
Songs, Anecdotes, Poetry, &c. Enriched with many
Curious Plates. J. Sudbury, Printer, Gate Street. 1824.
Tall 12mo. (counts 6); pp. 112 in all; 9 coloured
illustrations,
spirited, characteristic, and very obscene; the name of the
publisher and the date are correct; catalogued at „ 3 „ o.
The book was, I believe, reprinted a few years later by
]. B. Brookes, with slight alterations in the wording of the
title,
the word " Adventures," for instance, being replaced by
" Voluptuous Intrigues."
Son of a lusty footman by the young wife of a debilitated old
baronet, our hero displays early precocity, and having one day
witnessed, himself unseen, the amorous encounter of a dust-
man and his " bio wen, " he returns home with his dress in
disorder, and his erect member uncovered. The door is
opened to him by a servant girl, with whom he at once proceeds
to have connection. His father surprises the imprudent young
couple, turns the girl out of doors, and determines to send the
youth on a journey with his tutor. This gentleman proves to
be a thorough libertine. On the packet they pick up a French
126
NOTICE OF SUDBURY AND BROOKES.
courtezan, who accompanies them to Paris, and recounts her
own adventures, perhaps the most interesting part of the book,
as they embrace some very striking flagellation scenes, together
with anecdotes of George IV., and of Rover, manager of Drury
Lane Theatre. At Paris our hero lives very hapily with his
mistress, until one night he is robbed at a brothel, and has to
regain his home in a state of complete nudity. His mistress
is indignant at such conduct, and leaves him, being unwilling,
as she writes, to " submit to have the leavings of any common
strumpet." Tiring of Paris, young Walford passes into Spain,
where he is captured by brigands. He manages however to
effect his escape together with the niece of a Spanish noble-
man. Hearing now of his mother's death, he hastens back to
England, and is well received by his father, who, however, soon
after expires. Sir Edward now reforms, and becomes a happy,
married man. Although no literary talent is displayed, the
tale is fairly entertaining. Mention is made in the course of
the story of Fanny Hilly Bawdy House Dialogues, Letters of
Two Cousins, Intrigues of a Lady of Fashion, The Ladies
Tell Tale, and Chevalier de Faublas. The volume before me
is disfigured by numerous typographical errors.
John Sudbury carried on business from about 1820 to 1830,
chiefly at No. 252, High Holborn, and did not hesitate to
attach his name to the erotic books he published.
John Benjamin Brookes had a shop in the Opera Colonnade,
whence he removed to 9, New Bond Street; he died in 1839.
INTRIGUES OF FERDINAND AND MARIE.
127
Cfoe 3nrorou$ Intrigue* aitfc atJfcenttin* of ©on #er.-
limantJ anU ©Otina ifiarte. Ferdinand's Intrigue with
the Innkeeper's Wife. Cataline's Amour with Ferdinand.
Donna Marie's Intrigue. Curious Adventures of the
Duke & Duchess of Storza. London: Printed for the
Booksellers.
Size of letter-press 41 by 2f inches; no signatures ; pp.
124; the last 16 pages are in a smaller type than the former
part
of the volume; there is a line on the title-page; the half-title
and page-headings bear Woman Disrobed; date of publica-
tion about 1820 to 1830.*
The tale, which is divided into 16 chapters, is indicated in
skeleton on the title-page. Don Ferdinand and his lady
Donna Marie make a journey from Madrid to Ubeda. On
their arrival, Ferdinand takes a fancy to Cataline, the mistress
of the inn, and her husband being absent, arranges to share
her bed that night. As soon as his wife is asleep, he quits the
nuptial couch, and proceeds to the room of Cataline, but in his
hurry leaves the door of his own apartment open. One of his
valets having occasion to relieve himself in the night, loses
* In the copy before me there is an engraved and coloured
frontispiece,
not obscene, with the following inscription: "I raised her in my
arms it was
but a few steps to the bed she had just quitted, in which I—
Page 67" As it
has no reference to the text, I suppose it belongs to another
work.
12$
INTRIGUES OF FERDINAND AND MARIE.
his way on his return from the jakes in the dark, and gets
into
bed with his mistress. Marie at first takes the servant for the
master, but is afterwards undeceived; and having derived
much satisfaction from his vigorous embraces, and exacted a
promise of secrecy, she pardons his error, and sends him off
to his own room. In the mean time the innkeeper returns.
Ferdinand has to conceal himself under Cataline's bed, and
after much discomfort, fright, and risk of detection, manages to
regain his own chamber. The next day a lady and gentleman
arrive at the inn, and desire to be allowed to accompany
Ferdinand and Marie on their journey. Their offer is
accepted; and all four set out together. The lady, however,
turns out to be a former lover of Marie, to whom she sacri-
ficed her virginity, and whom she was to have espoused, but
for the opposition of her parents, who forced her to wed
Ferdinand. He has adopted this female disguise, together
with the name of Pensilea, in order again to approach his
former mistress. Ferdinand is entirely deceived, and even
makes love to the supposed damsel. At the next village they
stop at there is but an ale-house with one bed, that of the
hostess, which is given up to the ladies; and Marie and her
quondam lover have the felicity of again passing a night in
each other's arms. Pensilea pretends to encourage Ferdinand's
attentions, and when they next put up, gives him an assig-
nation in her bed chamber, exacting however from him a
THE MAN OF PLEASURE AT PARIS.
129
promise to come without a light, and not to speak during the
night. When dawn breaks, Ferdinand finds himself in bed
with an ugly kitchen wench—his wife having in the interim
eloped with the person with whom he supposed he was sleeping.
Although the author is a man of some reading—a few
curious books being alluded to, and Latin quotations and
snatches of English verse being scattered freely through the
volume—the tale is flimsily put together, and badly told;
altogether the book has no literary value.
itet Of pleasure at parts!; or, An Account of the
Pleasures of that Capital: in A Series of Letters, from
Sir Charles P ... to Lady Emily C . . .
"-In nos tota ruens Venus
Cyprum deseruit—." Hor.
Paris : Printed in the year 1808.
Large 8vo. (counts 4); size of letter-press 4^ by inches;
pp. 63 ; on the title-page are two graduated lines; 4 coloured
folding plates, obscene, rough in execution, but spirited in
design; catalogued at the time of publication as: " translated
from the French, embellished with 4 coloured plates, 16s";
published in London by John Benjamin Brooks. There is
another edition which I have not had the opportunity of ex-
amining. In 1881 the work was reprinted in London, without
r
130
THE SEDUCING CARDINAL.
illustrations, on toned paper, price £1. us. 6d.; title-page
as
above, with following exceptions: dashes replace the dots after
the letters " P " and " C," the quotation is omitted, and the
impress reads London 1881; no signatures; size of paper 8f
by 4J, of letter-press 4f by 3 inches; pp. 54.
The work is in eight letters, addressed to Emily; it is not
translated from the French. The hero narrates to his mistress,
whom he has left in England, his amatory adventures in Paris
—adventures of the most common-place description, and un-
worthy of any more special notice. The volume is dedicated
to the author's tutor, Rev. J . . . L . . . M . . . ., D.D.,
under
whose auspices he " first became acquainted- with the
elegancies of the learned Meursius, and the valuable secrets of
the eloquent Aloysia Sigea.—"
CI)f gtimrtag Cardinal, or, Isabella Peto. A Tale founded
on Facts. London: Published as the Act directs, By
Madame Le Duck, Mortimer Street; and to be had of all
Respectable Booksellers. 1830. Price 1/. 11 s. 6d.
12mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press 4| by 2f inches; pp.
78; on the title-page a graduated and a plain line; five
obscene, coloured engravings, differing in merit and style of
execution; date correct; published by J. B. Brookes.
The Seducing Cardinal is " John Peter Carraffa, who was
THE SEDUCING CARDINAL.
afterwards Pope by the name of Paul the 3d,"* and Isabella
Peto is an orphan of 18 years " on the point of marriage with
Signor Antonio Lucca." Carraffa is smitten with her beauty,
and in order to gain possession of her, causes her betrothed to
be thrown into the prison of the Inquisition. Isabella is
advised
by a woman who has passed through the Cardinal's'hands, and
is in his interest, to apply to him for her lover's release; she
does so, and purchases his freedom with her virginity. The
young people are united ; but a week after the marriage Lucca
is ordered to his post in Candia, and the Cardinal renews his
intimacy with Isabella. Soon after, Isabella sets sail to join
her
husband, who however " was killed in an action with the Turks,
and she fell into the hands of the Bey of Adrianople, to whose
Seraglio she was immediately conveyed." The remainder of
the book is devoted to her treatment (very kind and delicate),
by her new master, and to several letters between the Bey and
Atalide, his favourite slave. Eventually Carraffa visits Con-
stantinople on the business of the Venetian Republic, obtains
the release of Isabella and Atalide, and by his persuasions
they both take the veil. The book is exceedingly licentious,
but has no literary merit whatever.
* Pope Paul III. was a Farnese, not a Caraffa, nor was there
a John
Ptter Caraffa, a personage having probably no existence except
in the brain
of the author.
132
THE INUTILITY OF VIRTUE.
&l)t Jfmittlttj) of tfU'tUt. Translated from the French by
Dr. —, of Magdalen College, Oxford. London: Pub-
lished as the Act directs, By Madame Le Duck, Mortimer
Street; And to be had of all Respectable Booksellers.
1830. Price 2/. 2s.
12mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press 4f by 2f inches; pp.
72; one plain and two graduated lines on the title-page; 8
folding engravings, obscene, bold in design and well executed;
date correct; published by J. B. Brookes. About 1860 W.
Dugdale reprinted the book, with the following elaborate
title-page, which I reproduce in extenso, as it not incorrectly
affords a notion of the contents of the volume :
" O Virtue! What art thou but an empty name ? "—
Brutus.
Cfte Smitflftg of Utrtuf, A Tale of Lust and Licentious-
ness, Exemplified in the History of a Young- and Beautiful Lady,
Modest and Virtuous, who, by a Series of Unfortunate
Circumstances, is first
Ravished by a Robber, Then becomes successively the victim of
Lust
and Sensuality; till overpowered by Debauchery, her Passions
become Pre-
dominant, her Mind remaining Pure, while her Body is
contaminated. The
whole richly and beautifully Narrated, and illustrated with
Numerous
Elegant Engravings. Showing the Triumphs of Vice, and
the Degradation of Virtue. London, Printed for the Society of
Vice.
133 THE INUTILITY OF VIRTUE.
8vo.; size of letter-press 5J by 3 inches; pp. 59; two
double lines on title-page; 8 wretchedly done coloured litho-
graphs, obscene, and not copied from the engravings above
mentioned; catalogued at Two Guineas.
The heroine, who is born at Naples, and educated for the
Opera, writes her adventures for the edification of a female
friend. On her way to Rome to join Count Torso who has
offered her marriage, she falls into the hands of a brigand by
whom she is raped. She is wedded nevertheless to a man of
whom she is fond, and to whom she desires to remain true; but
in spite of her good intentions, and of her repeated
protestations
of constancy, she falls a prey to every man with whom she
comes in contact. The adventures are of the stalest and
most ordinary kind. The book is full of errors, and has no
merit whatever. In spite of the indication on the title-page, it
does not appear to be a translation, although its origin may be
traced to a French source. Setting aside the cruelty and
bloodthirstiness in which " le joli Marquis" delighted, but
which would not have been found attractive to English readers,
the idea of insulting virtue and making it ridiculous pervades
all De Sade's books, and there can be no doubt that the
adventures before us were inspired by those of Justine, one
of whose first misfortunes, be it remembered, was experienced
at the hands of brigands.
134
THE LUSTFUL TURK.
Wt)t Cugtful ClU'k, Part the First. A History Founded on
Facts, Containing An interesting Narrative of the cruel fate of
the two Young English Ladies, named Silvia Carey, and Emily
Barlow.
Fully explaining how Emily Barlow, and her servant, Eliza Gibbs,
on
their passage to India, were taken prisoners by an Algerine
Pirate, and
made a present of to the Dey of Algiers ; who, on the very night
of
their arrival debauched Emily.—Containing also, every particular
of the
artful plans laid by the Dey, to get possession of the person of
Silvia
Carey— how he effected his purpose— with the particulars of her
becoming a victim to his libidinous desires. Which Recital is
also
interspersed with the Histories of several other Ladies confined
in
the Dey's Harem. One of which gives an account of the horrid
practices then carrying on in several French and Italian
Convents by
a society of Monks, established at Algiers, under pretence of
redeeming
Christian slaves; but who, in reality, carried on an infamous
traffic in
Young Girls.—Also an account of the sufferings of Eliza Gibbs,
from
the flogging propensities of the Bey of Tunis. With many other
curious circumstances, until the reduction of Algiers by Lord
Exmouth; by which means these particulars became known.—The
whole compiled from the Original Letters, by permission of one
of the
sufferers. Embellished with Beautiful Engravings. Pub-
lished in Two Parts, By An Arcadian, A 8 (sic) The
Law Directs; And to be had of all the principal Book-
sellers in town or country. Price £2 2s. 1828.
Six lines on the title-page. In the following year a new and
genera/ title-page was issued, worded thus :
Cf)f 2.U£tftll CUt'fe, An Interesting History, Founded on
135 THE LUSTFUL TURK.
Facts. Embellished with Eiyhteen (sic) beautiful Engravings.
Published in Arcadia. Price Four Guineas. 1829.
Large 12mo. (counts 6) ; size of letter-press 5 by 2f inches;
2 parts; pp. 69 and 94, ex titles; eighteen coloured engravings,
bold in design, but faulty in drawing, and poor in execution;
dates correct; published by J. B. Brookes.
W. Dugdale reprinted the book twice. His first edition,
which appeared in i860 or 64, I have not seen, but find it
catalogued by him as with " sixteen plates in the two volumes,
and price four Guineas." The title-page of his second issue
reads as follows:
Wbt £ UStflll Curft t or Scenes in the Harem of an Eastern
Potentate, Faithfully and Vividly Depicted In a series of
Letters
from a young and Beautiful English Lady to her Cousin in
England—
The full particulars of her Ravishment, of her complete
abandonment
to all the salacious Tastes of the Turks, described with that
zest and
simplicity, which always gives guarantee for its authenticity.
In Two Parts Part 1. Enriched with Superb Engravings
Printed for the Society of Vice. Three Guineas.
8vo.; size of letter-press 5 by 3 inches; two plain and two
fancy lines on title-page; two parts, each with separate title-
page ; pp. 136 of the 2 parts, the paging running through; 14
or 16 coloured lithographs in the 2 parts, partially imitated
from the first-mentioned edition, but most infamously done.
Although the arrangement is not quite identical, the matter in
this is substantially the same as in the edition of Brookes.
136
SCENES IN THE SERAGLIO.
The title-page which heads this notice serves at the
same time as table of contents, from which the substance of
the book can be pretty well gathered; more we hardly want to
know. It is not badly written, and a remarkable feature of it
is that the same adventure is in one or two instances recounted
by the two different actors—by Emily to her friend, and by the
Dey to his,—so that we get the same tableau from two
different points of view. All the adventures are exceedingly
voluptuous.
&ttW* ill ti)t &ttafflfO* By the Author of "The Lusty
(sic) Turk." With Numerous Coloured Plates. Price
Two Guineas,
8vo.; size of letter-press by if inches; two fancy lines
on title-page ; pp. 88 ; 6 badly done coloured lithographs ;
pub-
lished about 1855 to I?6o in London, by W. Dugdale. There
is a somewhat later edition, same size and number of pages,
title the same, except that the inverted commas which enclose
"The Lusty Turk" are omitted, and " With Numerous
Coloured Plates" becomes simply "Coloured Plates"; this
edition is not so well printed, and the type used is slightly
different. Both issues have a second half-title. Seraglio
Scenes-, and in both the illustrations are identical. There is
yet an earlier edition of about 1820 to 1830, with 6 coloured
plates, well executed, and from which the common lithographs
137 SCENES IN THE SERAGLIO.
in the two issues above noted have been copied. Dugdale
catalogued the volume as follows:
Scenes in the Seraglio, or Adventures of a Young Lady in the
Harem of
the Grand Sultan. Brought up in the most refined modesty, she is
assailed
by the grossest attacks upon her chastity. From a retiring and
virtuous
maid, she is gradually roused to become one of the most
voluptuous and
ardent votaries of Venus, and seeks in the recesses of the
Seraglio, for
that one thing which can alone render captivity endurable. A
most power-
ful (sic) written work, and one eminently calculated to rouse
the dormant
passions.
This work is similar to The Lustful Turk, and could very
well have been written by the same author. Adelaide, a young
Sicilian beauty, is carried off by the corsair Tiek, who at
first
contemplates enjoying her himself, but, having satisfied himself
that she is a maid, his avarice overcomes his lust, and he
determines to derive profit rather than pleasure from her
virginity. He contents himself then, during the time she is on
board his ship, with forcing her to submit to his caresses, and
to add zest to his enjoyment by being present while he com-
pletely satisfies his desires in the arms of a certain countess
whom he has also captured. Tiek conveys his yet unde-
flowered victim to Constantinople, and sells her to Achmet,
Sultan of Turkey, who treats her with the greatest kindness
and delicacy, and at last induces her to submit willingly to his
wishes. In the body of the book is introduced the history of
the Amours of Eupkrosyne> another inmate of the harem.
This brief sketch, together with the above advertisement, is as
ample a notice as the book deserves,
s
138
injured innocence.
JnjureiJ Jiuiocettce i or, The Rape of Sarah Woodcock, A
Tale. Founded on Facts. Compiled partly from the
Trial of Lord Baltimore, partly from papers found after
his decease, and arranged without the omittal of any of
the facts given in Evidence by Sarah Woodcock, at the
Trial. By S- J-, Esq., Of Magdalen College,
Oxford, Author of The Lustful Turk.—The Inutility of
Virtue.—Seducing Cardinal.—Scenes in the Seraglio.—
Seduction of Sontag. Domestic Discipline, or Every One
to his Taste. Eight Beautiful Plates. New York:—
Printed for the Booksellers.
8vo.; size of letter-press by 3 inches; pp. 76 in all; the
8 plates are coloured lithographs, obscene, and badly done;
published in London, by W. Dugdale about i860. There are
two other editions which I have not seen: the first by J. B.
Brookes, without place or date, but with engravings; the
second by W. Dugdale about 1840, of which the volume
before me is a re-issue.*
Injured Innocence is in truth founded on the well known trial
of Lord Baltimore; f it is put in the form of a narrative, and,
* fiott3 by James Campbell, MS.
t Cl)t Crial of df«Hcrick Cal&ert, iEsq; Baton of Baltimore, in the
Kingdom of Ireland, for A Rape on the Body of Sarah Woodcock
; and of
Eliz. Griffinburg, and Ann Harvey, otherwise Darby, As
Accessaries
before the Fact, For procuring, aiding and abetting him in
committing the
injured innocence.
139
although his lordship is proclaimed guilty, Sarah is
represented
as a consenting party. Much matter, not to be found in the
trial,
is introduced : Miss Ludlow recounts to Sarah how Lord Balti-
more had seduced her.
There are also The History of Miss Lee, and Mrs. Sidney1s
Amours. The latter are ingenious and interesting; the real
seducer of the heroine making her believe by a well con-
cocted plan that her own father and not he had taken her
maidenhead, and by the same artifice procuring her own and
her father's consent for ljer to live with him as his mistress.
In the present volume it is stated as
a well known fact, that shortly after the trial Sarah and her
sister Jane,
nearly as lovely as herself, were sent to a relation's near
Colchester, in
Essex, under assumed names, from whence they both suddenly
disappeared,
nor was it until the death of his lordship, many years after,
that any
information of their fate was obtained; from his papers it
appeared,
although she had endeavoured to sacrifice his life to the
injured laws of his
said Rape, At The Assizes held at Kingston, for the County of
Surry
On Saturday, the 26th of March, 1768. Before The Hon. Sir Sydney
Stafford Smythe, Knt. One of the Barons of his Majesty's Court
of
Exchequer. Published by Permission of the Judge. Taken in Short-
hand by Joseph Gurney. London: Printed for William Owen, in
Fleet-
Street ; and Joseph Gurney, at No. 39, in Bread-Street,
m.dcc.lxvhi.
Folio; pp.74 ex title. There is also an 8vo. edition; pp. 232
ex title;
title and date the same. Lord Baltimore and the two women tried
with
him were found not guilty.
140
MEMOIRS OF ROSA BELLEFILLE.
country, this attempt had not in the least abated his passion
for her, and
after the trial he carefully sought for, and found out where she
was secreted,
and eventually not only persuaded her, but also her innocent
sister to
accompany him to Italy, where Jane the youngest, it is reported,
became
also a victim to his uncontrollable licentiousness.
The book is written without ability, although the Amours of
Mrs. Sidney and the final defloration of Sarah are told with
some warmth.
ittemofaef of $U)Sa $eUtfiHr; or, A Delicious Banquet of
Amorous Delights 1 Dedicated to the Goddess of Volup-
tuous Pleasure, and her soul-enamoured votaries.
" ' Tis nature's work, when hot desires
Inflame the soul with amorous fires i "
Vide page 5.
Paphian Press.—1828.
12mo.; size of letter-press 4^ by 2f inches; pp. 99; one
double and two single lines on the title-page; 6 engravings,
obscene, and fairly well executed; published in London by G.
Cannon; original edition; the tale is in 18 chapters (the
last two being both numbered xvii.), each of which has a
synopsis of contents at the beginning, and closes with a few
doggerel lines. There is a more modern edition: iJfttHIOl'rsS Of
&033 3SfUtfiIle, or a Delicious Banquet of Amorous Delights.
M. Sullivan, Printer, London. 8vo.; pp. 96 ; 8 abominable,
obscene, coloured lithographs, not copied in any respect from
141 MEMOIRS OF ROSA BELLEFILLE.
the edition of Cannon. This version is in 16 chapters, the
last two being omitted, as well as many of the chapter headings
;
at p. 65 a smaller type than in the first part of the book
is adopted; published by W. Dugdale in 1865. I have
before me a set of 6 water-colour drawings to illustrate Rosa
Bellefille done by Edward Sellon, of whose artistic efforts I
have already spoken elsewhere*; they measure by
inches, and are more remarkable for their expressiveness and
obscenity than for correctness of drawing or technical finish.
This is an insipid, tiresome book—the language stilted,
overloaded, and fulsome, frequently interspersed with French
words ; the narrative monotonous, and lacking interest. Rosa,
who recounts her own adventures, is a young woman of
exceptionally salacious disposition; she elopes from school,
and actually solicits every man she meets; she is kept by
several, and quits each as she tires of him, or finds that he
does not possess sufficient vigour to satisfy her boundless
cravings; she at last becomes a common whore, and takes "a
small lodging in the purlieus of Drury Lane." The repro-
duction of a few lines will justify the strictures advanced
above.
Rosa, dressed in male attire, is eloping with a gentleman from
her academy at Hammersmith :
Velocitous as our speed was, we had not proceeded half a-mile
before,—
propulsive pruriency stimulating the energy of procreant
zeal—the members
* fuatjr Etbrorunt ^rofttbitorum, p. 396.
142
EVELINE.
of inoculative union stood erect in impatient condition for
active duty! my
inamorato, with one hand thrust into my swelling bosom (in
celestial ramble
over my bubbies) and with the other, removing le
culottin-empechement,
(the close-breeches obstruction,) inserting his finger up the
temple-porch
prepared the the (sicJ venereous agent within for immediate
sacrificial offer-
ing ! placing himself procumbent with his shoulders against the
back, and his
toes stretched against the front of the chaise, and I putting
myself, Buttock
over him, in an incubative attitude &c.
€5btlme ; or, the Amours & Adventures of a Lady of Fashion
Written by herself. Vol. t. London: Printed and Pub-
lished by Charles Roberts, Wardour Street.
12mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press 4§ to by to 2f
inches; 2 vols.; pp. 105, and 85 in all; both vols, are printed
throughout in two different types, the first change to the
smaller type occurring at vol. 1, p. 23 ; 6 very badly done
coloured lithographs; two fancy lines and one plain line on
the title-page. This edition appeared about 1840, but is not
the original, which was, I believe, entitled Cbtltua* I have two
other editions before me: (1). After the first fourteen words of
the title-page, which are identical, occur the following lines :
Cupidon! c'est mon Dieu—Son empire absolu
Existe dans mon coeur, subjugue ma vertu ;
C'est lui qui me conduit je n'ai point d'autre guide.
Et ma vie sans lui ne deviendrait qu'un vide. The Author.
The impress is altered into London: Printed for the Book-
sellers, i2mo. (counts 6); pp. 130; on the title-page are two
plain lines and a line divided by a circle, thus:--o-.
EVELINE,
143
This edition was, I believe, published by Anthony Dyer in, or
shortly before, 1843. (2). Title as above; no motto; impress
London: Printed for the Bibliopolists.; 8vo.; size of letter-
press by 3 inches; pp. 151 ; the paging being continued
through the two volumes; three lines on title-page; a half-
title only, at p. 85, for the second volume. This I take to be
the edition of W. Dugdale, about i860, in spite of his cata-
loguing it as " Evelina, with fine plates (probably eight in
number, they are wanting in the copy before me) price two
guineas."*
Eveline, or Evelina, a young lady of good family, daughter
of Sir John C--, allows herself to be deflowered by her father's
valet on board the packet while crossing to France. She
afterwards passes into the arms of her different pages, one a
negro, into those of her father's coachman, with whom she
knows her mother to be intimate, of her own brother and
father, both of whom she, as it were, seduces. She assumes
male attire, and parades the streets of Paris by night in search
of adventures; grants her favours to a shoemaker, to a whole
bevy of coachmen, &c.; and she fights a duel. On principle
she never allows any man of birth to enjoy her. She refuses
an offer of marriage from a French Duke, but accepts that of
an English Baronet, whom she succeeds in deceiving with
* The above tale must not of course be confounded with one of
Miss
Burney with a similar title, included by Gay in his
33tblu>grapf)u.
144
notice of a. e. d. white.
regard to her virginity, as she had previously deceived her
father. Her husband stipulates only that she shall remain
chaste until she shall be with child, after which she shall be
free to indulge her passions as she may think fit. He keeps
his word, and during her pregnancy he himself procures her
men to gratify her inordinate cravings. In spite of her
continual commerce with other men she is much attached
to her spouse, and bears him a son and a daughter. He
meets with an accident, and dies suddenly, leaving* her a
large fortune, with which she retires to Paris, accompanied by
those servants who had served her so faithfully. The scene
indeed throughout is chiefly at Paris, where "you are not, as in
London, subject to the epigram of every snarling newspaper
writer—you are not exposed, as in the British Capital, to the
censure and chit-chat of every dame who has or who has not
yet had an opportunity of risking her reputation. Paris is par
excellence—The Paradise of Women! " At the beginning the
book is fairly well written, but towards the end it becomes
tame, same, and fragmentary. It (at any rate the edition
which heads this notice) is full of blunders, printer's and
others, especially in French, with which it is much interlarded.
Anthony Edward Dyer White, who traded, as above
mentioned, under the name of Anthony Dyer, carried on
business in St. Martin's Church Yard, at 88, Regent Street,
and at 24, Princes Street, Leicester Square. He died in 1843,
and was succeeded by his son Edward till about i860.
THE FAVOURITE OF VENUS.
145
€f)t jTabOUrtte Of ^eiTUS; or, Secrets of My Note-Book:
Explained in the Life of a Votary of Pleasure. By
Theresa Berkley.
" Heavens! what a sensation! how can I describe the pleasures
of the rod!—it's magic touch is so enthralling — so
enchanting—
»
Illustrated with Fine Engravings. London: Printed and
published by J. Sudbury, 252, High Holborn.
12mo. (counts 6) ; size of letter-press 4J by 2f inches; a
line
on the title-page; pp. 78 ; the colophon bears the name and
address of the publisher and printer, J. Sudbury ; published
between 1820 and 1830. The work was again issued, about
1830, by John Dugdale, with 6 illustrations,* but I have
never seen this edition.
We have here the Adventures of a Shopman, whose intrigues
are carried on with the customers to whom he delivers goods
purchased at his father's shop; but as his amours are with
ladies of no higher rank than prostitutes and kept women, as
they are tamely told, and lack any kind of novelty, the book
must be pronounced one of the weakest and dullest of its kind,
and of no literary value whatever. One or two Flogging
* UottjJ by J. Campbell, MS.
x
146
the school-ffllows.
scenes are of course introduced. The hero tells his own
story,
and throughout the whole volume there is no reference to,ro
mention of, Theresa Berkley,* whose name figures on the
title-page.
Wf)t Jj>d)0fll-fdl0hj£; or, Young Ladies Guide to Love. In
a Series of Letters. Including some Curious Anecdotes
of Flagellation. To which is added, The Singular and
Diverting History of The Life and Death of a Godemiche,
Enriched with fine Engravings. Part the First. London ;
Printed by John Jones, Whitefriars.
i2mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press 4^ by 2f inches;
three lines on the title-page; pp. 66; five engravings, well
drawn, finely executed, and coloured; although the title-page
bears " Part the first, " the work is complete in one volume;
published by John Ascham, of Chancery Lane, about 1830.
In nine letters, Cecilia and Emily recall to each other the
lewd moments they passed together at school, and recount the
amorous adventures which they have gone through since their
separation. The topics chiefly dilated on are masturbation
and birching. The style is poor, the language coarse, and the
incidents are devoid of interest. The Wonderful and Edify-
* Respecting her consultfntfep Iftrorum Ihttyftritorum.
HOW TO MAKE LOVE.
147
ing History of the Origin of the Godemiche or Dildo, with
which the volume terminates, is translated from UArttin
Modeme.
^otu to itflafet 5Lobt, or, The Art of Making Love in more
ways than one, exemplified in a series of Letters between
two Cousins, Cythera Press, 1823.
Published in London by John Ascham, with 12 obscene
engravings, fairly well executed. In 1828 the same publisher
issued a sequel, probably by the same author, entitled :
to 3lobt, &c., in two vols.* These two works were
reprinted together as follows :
to &atge itobci or Mutual Amatory Series (sic) ;
Disclosed in a Series of Letters, between Two Cousins.
Enriched with Fine Engravings. Dedicated to the Voluptuous.
Vol. 1. London. Published for the Purchasers. 1848.
No signatures; size of letter-press by 3^ inches; three
lines on the title-page; 2 vols.; pp. 71 and 75; the second
volume being divided into two parts, with a half-title at
p. 23; vol. 11. is dated 1849 ; published in America; it has
lithographs, but I do not know how many.
* For above title and information I am indebted to J.
Campbell's MS.
floteg.
148
HOW TO RAISE LOVE.
to Bafet iobe ; or the Art of Making Love, in more
ways than one; being the Voluptuous History and Secret
Correspondence of Two Young Ladies, (Cousins,) handsome-
and accomplished. Minutely detailing their first Sexual
Emotions;
their Feelings at its Introduction; and their delicious
Enjoyment of the
enchanting Revelries of Love. With Fine Engravings. Part the
First. Printed for the Society of Vice.
8vo.; size of letter-press 5 J by inches; two lines on the
title-page; 3 vols ; pp. 104, 54, and 75 ; 24 obscene, coloured
lithographs of vile execution; the title-pages of the second and
third volume are less ample than that of the first, given above;
published by W. Dugdale, about i860 to 65; catalogued by
him as : The Two Cousins, or How to Raise Love, &c. Price
Three Guineas.
Neither of these editions embodies exactly the matter con-
tained in the two works published by Ascham; nor do they
accord with each other. The first twelve letters are identical
in both, after which the arrangement differs.
The correspondents and principal actors in How to Raise
Love are the two cousins, Stella and Theresa, Gabrielle, a
friend of Theresa, and her pupil Lalotte, Charles, afterwards
husband of Stella, Theresa's brother, and a schoolfellow of
his, Frederic. It would be impossible, in a brief sketch, to
convey any adequate notion of the contents of the work, even
were such an attempt desirable. Of plot or connected story
the adventures of a bedstead.
149
there is nothing; the different friends relate, for each
other's
amusement, the adventures which have befallen them during
their separation from one another; their letters, be the corres-
pondents male or female, turning chiefly upon the circumstances
attending their first initiation into the difference of the
sexes,
and the secrets of copulation. The book is fairly well written,
gross and obscene words being avoided, and although the
ground traversed by each writer in turn is pretty much the
same, it may be pronounced a good specimen of its class.
Cfte Curious and Bftttrtutjj Bfetorp anfc g&fcnturrg of a
5 Containing Many Singular and Interesting
Amorous Tales and Narratives, particularly Lord K—'s
Rapes and Seduction: Peep into the Seraglio: Intrigues
in a Boarding School.—London Licentiousness displayed;
interspersed with others, forming one of the most moving
histories, ever displayed to the public of Amours in High
and Low Life. Embellished with Appropriate Plates.
Smith, Printer 3, Wych-street, Strand.
12mo. (counts 6) ; size of letter-press 4! by 2f inches ; pp.
158; two lines on title-page ; 8 coloured engravings * of poor
* Not " 4 fig." as given by Gay, who is also incorrect in the
wording of
the title, and probable date of publication. Through the pages
0f the jUtfo
Konta tetamMflr'a iHagajtne run The Adventures of a Four-post
Bedstead, a
story entirely dissimilar from the one noticed above.
iso the adventures of a bedstead.
execution, free, but not obscene; the type is changed at p.
51,
and again at p. 145. This is a reprint by W. Dugdale, in
1840 or 41, of a tale originally published in 1784, in Cf)C
&am1)Itr'0 Jftaga^t'ne* There is also an illustrated edition by
Henry S. G. Smith & Co., of New York, entitled, I believe :
Cf)t atJbenturfg of a jTrenrh asefctfteaii, &c.*
As the younger Crebillon selected the Sopha as a means
to introduce a series of love scenes, so has the present un-
known author chosen the more prosaic bedstead as an excuse
for his. Here however the comparison stops. For lightly and
gracefully as the French writer touches his theme, with just so
heavy a hand does the British story-teller narrate his more
material adventures. The convenience of a bedstead as a peg
on which to hang amatory sketches is obvious; and the author
has taken full advantage of his opportunity so far as diversity
of incidents is concerned. From the Seraglio of an Irish
nobleman the bedstead passes to the confessional of an Irish
priest, thence it is transported to King's Place, London, to a
brothel in the Piazza, Covent Garden, &c. Of the adventures
themselves the title-page tells us perhaps enough; suffice it to
add that gross details are omitted, and obscene words avoided.
As is not unusual in works of this class, " succeding volumes "
are promised should the " readers have felt pleasure in the
above adventures," but, as far as I am aware, no sequel has
appeared.
* J, Scheibi.e's Catalog Nr. 97, art. 6.
THE MYSTERIES OF WHOREDOM.
Cbr iHpgtmesf of tSKftoretJOin, revealed in a correspondence
between Miss Loveman and Miss Longfort, Two
Blooming Cyprians in Full Trade, Interspersed with
Numerous Interesting Anecdotes, Divers Interesting
Stories, Sundry droll adventures, A Variety of Comic
Incidents, And an Extensive Fund of Voluptuous Recre-
ation and Incitement. Embellished with Beautiful Cuts.
London : Printed for the Society of Vice.
8vo.; size of letter-press by 3\ inches; pp. 91, the first
sixteen pages of which are numbered in Roman numerals ; on
the title-page, which is printed in various types, are two
lines;
6 (?) coloured lithographs, obscene, and badly done; published
by W. Dugdale about 1860 ; price Two Guineas. There is
an earlier edition, which I have not seen, but from which the
above was reprinted, published by George Cannon, shortly
before 1828, and catalogued by him as "with six exquisitely
engraved and coloured plates, bound in morocco, 5s." There
is, I believe, yet another edition, with 60 pages.
The title is scarcely appropriate—of mystery there is none>
and whoredom conveys too deep a meaning for the contents of
the volume. The work consists of seventeen letters which
pass between the two damsels whose names figure on the
title-page, preceded by short sketches of their early life. Both
adopt the profession of Cyprians from choice; Harriet Love-
152
nunnery tales.
man resides in London, Sophia Longfort in the country, which
enables the supposed writers to impart a certain diversity to
the adventures which they relate. Although at the end, a
duke and a count, " resolved to live in a more domestic style,
fixed upon us (the two heroines) as their partners, and
entreated
us to consider ourselves as their wives, the idle ceremony alone
excepted," there is no attempt at a plot, and the correspon-
dence is nothing but a medley of lewd, colourless anecdotes,
without character or individuality, and seldom rising above
common place. In spite of the editor's boast that: " While
all the luscious mysteries of Venus are displayed, it is free
from that too gross disgusting nauseousness of indelicacy so
many works of a similar nature abound with; the language
too, can yield to none, it rises superior to most; nor could the
critics, was this a book those gentlemen would trouble their
wise noddles about, find scarce a word they could supply to
more advantage with another," the book is in truth badly
written, and is devoid of merit either of style or imagination.
^unwrg Caleg 5 or Cruising under False Colours: A Tale of
Love and Lust. London : Printed for the Booksellers.
8vo.; size of letter-press 5 by 2-f inches ; a line on the
title-
page of the first volume; 3 vols.; pp. 134, 128, 137; 24
coloured lithographs, obscene and badly done; original
edition; published by W. Dugdale in the years 1866, 1867,
1
nunnery tales.
153
1868; vol. the third is dated, and bears moreover on its
title-
page, "with appropriate engravings"; sold at 2 guineas per
volume.
Disguised in female attire, the young Augustus gains
admission into a convent of which his aunt is the superior. He
passes the first night in her bed. Aided afterwards by her, by
the confessor of the house, father Eustace, who is in reality
his
own parent, and by the older nuns, he succeeds in enjoying
every sister in the Convent. The abbess and the other nuns
relate in turn their experiences and exploits, by which means
the three volumes are made up. The work is entirely deficient
in tone and character. The orgies and amorous encounters,
were they even possible, would be more in keeping in a low
brothel, than in the most abandoned of nunneries, with the
nature, rules, and habits of which the author displays utter
ignorance. Add to this bad printing and numerous typo-
graphical errors, and the reader may feel assured that the
book is entirely beneath the notice of any literary man. One
passage is sufficiently strange to be pointed out; it occurs at
p. 70 of vol. 1, and is a very circumstantial description of the
manner in which green-sick sisters were relieved by the appli-
cation of a turkey's neck when a man was not available. I
cannot refrain from ending my notice with the highly spiced
words in which Dugdale was wont to announce the book in
his catalogue: "every stretch of voluptuous imagination is here
u
J54
pastimes of a convent.
fully depicted, rogering, ravishing, ramming, one unbounded
scene of lust, lechery and licentiousness."
©[)t spas>ttme0 Of a Content, or The Amorous Adventures of
Father Andouillard, with Dissertation on the Advantages
of Flagellation, Preceded by Recollections of the Youth
of Raymond de B-and of his Amorous Adventures.
Brussels: 1798.
i2mo.; 3 engravings; published in London, about 1830,by
Louis Chappuis and James Ferguson, who carried on business
in Earl's Court, Leicester Square.* A few years afterwards
the book was reprinted as :
Cfte gmoroua Pn'sttorp antr gltibenturest of &apmonfc tie
35-, anil ;fat!)er gntJOUtUarfc, Detailing some Curious
Histories, and disclosing the Pastimes of a Convent, With
some Remarks on the Use and Advantages of Flagellation.
With Engravings. Jones, Printer, King Street, London. 1701.
12mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press by 2§ inches;
two lines on the title-page; part 1, pp. 50 ex bastard-title ; 3
coloured lithographs, obscene, and badly executed, all three
representing flogging; date false. James Campbell remarks :
* For the above title and information I am beholden to James
Campbell's
MS. fhtt*. The notice of the work in Gay's 33t6iu)gn»pl)u, vol.
5, p. 451,
was communicated by J. Campbell.
pastimes of a convent.
155
" The work seems also to have been published in French by
G. Cannon. I find in an old catalogue: ilU
Coubent, ou les Aventures amoureuses du Pere Andotiillard
avec les Dissertations sur les avantages de la
Flagellation,(with
large plates.' I have a set of four large lithographs, two of
which have a reference at the foot in French to Pere Andouil-
lard, but I have not seen a copy of the work in French. I
suspect it must have been translated by Cannon."
I have not seen The Pastimes of a Convent, but have before
me the first part of The Amorous History, of which the
contents are briefly as follows: Raymond de B-, the son of
a Piedmontese nobleman, is, in his seventeenth year, sent to
pursue his studies under Father Hilaire, or Hilario, " a man
about fifty, of an ardent temperament, full of strength and
health. Having early embraced the monastic life, following
the example of a Monk of his own age, he had put in practice
every imaginable act of libertinage except the unnatural one of
s--." Raymond suspects his tutor of intimacy with Julia,
a young woman employed to clean the house, and watches.
Through the key hole of the holy man's bedroom door he
witnesses him enacting with Julia a scene of endearment
heightened by flagellation. He determines to have his share
of pleasure, and one day, during Father Hilaire's absence from
home, surprises the girl while engaged in her domestic duties.
She accepts his caresses, narrates to him the circumstances of
THE PASTIMES OF A CONVENT.
her connection with Hilaire, declares her preference for
him, Raymond, and continues :
We will seize every opportunity of seeing each other, and
(profiting by
the amorous lessons of your Professor,) of satisfying our
passion. My
experience will augment our enjoyments; we are young, let us
spare my
ancient lover, and let pleasure be our only guide. Let us only
think of
our burning desires, mine are sufficient for us both; and am I
not indebted
to Hilario for having initiated me in all the mysteries of
refined libertinage,
without which my senses would never have been completely
satisfied?
(p. 16).
Shortly after, Hilario is nominated head of the college of
G—, near Bordeaux, to which new abode Raymond accom-
panies him. " Confiding in the innocence of his pupil, he had
not the least idea of his intrigue with his mistress; thus all
passed off as usual, the master continued to give lessons of
love and voluptuousness to Julia, which were always repeated
with fresh pleasure by his young and passionate disciples."
Among Hilario's devotees is a Madame de St. Aure, a rich
and handsome widow, who " did not in public pretend to shew
a preference to a lover, she preferred satisfying her desires in
the united society of several persons of both sexes," where
flagellation was one of the chief pastimes. As Hilario's
pupil, Raymond makes the widow's * acquaintance, and is well
received; and afterwards, through his friend Julia, gains
admittance into the society, and is allowed to join in their
orgies. Here he unexpectedly meets his own preceptor, who,
under the name of Father Andouillard, belongs to the club.
STROKE-ALL'S POCKET BOOK.
157
The good father accepts the position without embarrassment,
and at the termination of the meeting:
After exhausting- every natural and artificial resource,
Hilario again
edified them by his counsels, and promised that each time they
met he
would communicate to them some portion of his amorous
adventures, the
difference (sic) scenes of which he would again repeat with the
assistance
of the charming proselytes who now surrounded him.
Here ends the first part, of which the half-title in the
edition
before me reads: The Souvenirs of Raymond. There should
no doubt be a second part containing the amorous adventures
of Father Andouillard, as promised above. Enough however
has been said to identify this worthless book, and afford a
notion of its contents.
Captain £>trofee*aU'£i $otktt 36oofc!
Oh! for a lofty theme to sing,
The triumphs of that hairy thing,
Which makes the stoutest hero yield,
And drop his head, and quit the field.
Peter Prickley.
London: Printed by C. J. Allcock, Cock Court, Cock-
spur Street.
Small 8vo.; size of letter-press 3f by 2 finches; pp. 80;
two lines on the title-page; 7 plates are indicated in the text,
and there should probably be a frontispiece to make up the
usual number of 8 ; the half-title bears: Stroke-all's Recol-
158 RECOLLECTIONS OF DOMESTIC SCENES.
lections. This is a reprint, most likely by W. Dugdale, of an
earlier edition, before 1828, which, I believe, had engravings,
but I have not seen it.
This is a string of insipid, commonplace, yet improbable
adventures, ending in the hero's marriage with one of the girls
he had seduced. The tale is told in a clumsy, inartistic
manner, and in language gross, and frequently ungrammatical.
The volume is worthless in every respect.
Various SUtoltotiontf ot ©omestu Irenes, and Little
Love Affairs; which occurred in my family. Compiled
and written for my dearly beloved husband at Martinique.
By Madame Marie de T**** iWamtfif £>0Ubem']t#,
Domestiques et d'Amourettes qui se Passerent dans ma
Famille. Redig£s et Ecrits h mon tres cher Mari a
Martinique. Par Madame Marie de T****. i 748, In
Three Parts.—Part 1.
8vo.; size of letter-press by 3 J inches; 3 vols.; pp. 114
ex titles, 108, 167 in all; 14 coloured lithographs in the three
volumes, of villanous execution. The Recollections terminate
at p. 152 of the third volume, after which is added a tale in
verse, Rape of Ike Swain; the date is incorrect. The work has
been twice issued: in 1844 by William Dugdale, and
catalogued by him at three guineas; and again by Andrew
159 RECOLLECTIONS OF DOMESTIC SCENES.
White in 1863. Both editions have the same title* and
number of lithographs; I have not had the opportunity of
comparing them, but believe that above described to be by
White. An extract from the third part, with slight alterations,
was published by John Benjamin Brookes, as :
©Otmsttc UtSripltne; or, Every One to his Taste. London:
Published as the Act directs, By Betsy .Wilson, Bond Street,
Sister of Mary Wilson, of St. John's Wood. Price it. is.
Large i2mo.; size of letterpress 4J by 2| inches; pp. 39;
a graduated and a plain line on title-page; 3 engravings fairly
well done.
It would be "a task as rash as ridiculous " to attempt to
give
any analysis of so rambling a work as Various Recollections.
The heroine begins her narrative, written for the edification of
her husband from whom she is temporarily separated, with a
description of their courtship and marriage ; she then proceeds
with her recollections, which mainly consist of a constant
bringing together of the various members of her family for the
purpose of sensual gratification. The story is flimsily put
together, badly written, and is without plot or coherence. In
spite of the second part of the title which is in French, and of
occasional gallicisms, I do not believe that the book is derived
from a French source.
* The work is catalogued incorrectly by Gay as : Curious
Recollections &c.,
ffifoltograplMf, vol. 2, p. 389.
l6o THE VICTIM of lust.
C(jf Victim Of Cuaft! or Scenes in the Life of Rosa Fielding.
Depicting the Crimes and Follies of High Life and the
Dissipation and Debaucheries of the day. With Fine
Coloured Engravings. London: — Printed for the
Booksellers.
8vo.; size of letter-press 5 by 3 inches; two double lines
on the title-page; pp. 135 in all; 8 obscene, coloured litho-
graphs, very badly executed; published by W. Dugdale, about
1867; original edition.
Mr. Bonham, a wealthy country gentleman, and widower,
falls in love with Rosa Fielding, a farmer's daughter, and shop-
girl in a county town. He comes to an arrangement with her
parents to send her to the boarding school of Mrs. Moreen in
London, under pretence of completing her education, and
making her more fit to become his wife. In the carriage,
during the journey to town, he attempts her seduction; and fully
accomplishes his object a short time afterwards, when he visits
Rosa at the school. His daughter, Eliza, having learnt that
her father has proposed to wed Rosa, becomes jealous, and
requests her cousin, lover, and intended husband,' Captain
Torrant, to find out Rosa's whereabouts, and to seduce and
disgrace her, so that old Bonham may not marry her. Bonham
and Torrant meet in London on the very day in which the
former has already deflowered Rosa. They dine together,
la rose d'amour.
161
and spent the night at a brothel. The next day the Captain
writes to Mrs. Moreen in his uncle's name to invite Rosa out
for the evening. He fetches her himself, has connection with
her in the carriage, and conducts her to the house of the Earl
of Longbowles, a friend of his. An orgie ensues, and Rosa is
induced to accept Lord Longbowles' proposition to keep her.
She does not return either to the school or to her former pro-
tector. The book is very obscene, and possesses no literary
merit whatever.
ia U'gmottr ♦ or, the Adventures of a Gentleman in
Search of Pleasure. Translated from the French.
Thus every creature, and of every kind,
The secret joys of sweet coition find.—Dryden.
Philadelphia: Printed expressly for the Purchasers.
Bvo.; size of letter-press by 3 inches; 2 vols.; pp. 72
and 63 ; 16 coloured, obscene lithographs ; two small lines on
the title-page of both volumes; published by W. Dugdale in
1864 This is a reprint of an original American work published
at Philadelphia in 1849; i2ino.; pp. 140; illustrated. There is
another American edition of 1852, pp. 179.* The tale has
again been reprinted in €i)e iffrarLt
* Campbell's ftotei, MS.
t See that title, post.
v
162
la rose d'amour.
From the incorrect language in which this book is couched
one might suppose it to be written by a foreigner, or by one
entirely ignorant of the rules of English composition; and
from the numerous Gallicisms with which it abounds, one might
take it for a translation. It is however an original work,* and
the Gallicisms may be assumed to bear out the indication in the
title.
The hero, a young Frenchman, is introduced by a friend
into a kind of club-brothel in Paris, whence he abducts the
heroine, La Rose d'Amour. The young man posseses boundless
wealth, and a chateau in the interior of France. In his yacht
he makes voyages to buy or steal girls whom he conveys to
his castle. The descriptions of the deflowering these various
maidens occupy the chief part of the two volumes. From a
literary point of view the book is worthless. The only passage
worthy of notice is the description of the brothel above alluded
to, which is curious, and occurs in the first volume. I am
inclined
to allow W. Dugdale, who heads his notice : Adventures of a
Gentleman in Search of Pleasure &c., to describe the book in
his own characteristic manner :
One of the most remarkable works of the present day.
Possessed of
unbounded wealth, and of frame and of stamina of body apparently
inex-
* It is not, as might be supposed, a translation of the work
bearing; the
same title, and noted by Gay at vol. 6, p. 232, of his
iSifcltograjpfju.
AMOURS OF AN AMERICAN ADVENTURER. 163
haustible, he pursues pleasure with an appetite that grows by
what it feeds
on, and is never tired or wearied in the pursuit; this hero
ravishes, seduces,
and ruins all the females that come within his reach—rich and
poor, gentle
and simple, rough and refined, all fall down before his sceptre
of flesh, his
noble truncheon, his weapon of war. His great passion is for
maidenheads,
for young and unfledged virgins, for those in whom the secret
instinct of
propagation has hardly had time to develop itself. He travels
the seas for
new victims of his raging lust; he buys maidenheads by the
score, he
initiates them in all the mysteries of Venus, and, finally,
retires to his
chateau with a seraglio of beauties, such as Solomon might envy,
and
David long for in vain. Every page is a picture of sensual
delight, and the
book is illustrated with Sixteen Coloured Designs equal to the
text. It is in
two vols, and the price is Three guineas.
Amours of an amm'tait Sfobmturer in the New World and
the Old. In Two Volumes. Enriched with Fine
Engravings. New York, 1865.
8vo. ; size of letter-press by 3 inches; three lines on the
title-page; pp. 128; 7 badly done, coloured lithographs, and an
illustrated and lithographed title-page in addition to the
printed
one above noted; price two guineas ; a reprint, done in London
by W. Dugdale, 1865, of an American original which I have
not seen ; in spite of" In Two Volumes, " which appears on the
title-page, the work is complete in one volume, possibly the
original edition may be thus divided.
Julian Norton, the American Adventurer, while yet a lad,
loses his father, and becomes the ward of an unprincipled
164
the youthful adventurer.
uncle, who determines to deprive him of his birthright, and
turns him adrift with ten dollars after a few years' schooling.
While yet at school, Julian has an amour with Anna P—, a
" very pretty girl on the other side of the house, in the female
department." The intrigue being discovered, Norton deter-
mines to run away rather than submit to the punishment which
awaits him. He makes for New York; and the volume is
chiefly occupied with his various amorous adventures on the
road. At New York he arrives almost destitute, and for want
of better employment ships himself as a common sailor for
Liverpool. In England he has but one adventure, somewhat
improbable, and returns in the same vessel to New York.
Immediately on landing he devotes the greater part of his pay
to the relief of the family with whom he had lodged, and who
had in the meantime fallen into distress. Hearing shortly
after of his uncle's death, and that he is now a man of
property,
he espouses his beloved Anna, with whom he had never ceased
to correspond. The book is written in a smart, off-hand style,
and its American origin is clearly discernible.
Cf)t £*OUtJ)Cul a&bwturer, depicting the career of a Young
Man Among the fair sex—with many various choice
anecdotes of the ways of indulging the lustful passions,
both in man and woman forming a guide to young and
old in their pursuit of pleasure. With Coloured Plates.
London; Printed for the Bibliopolists.
8v<5i; size of letter-press by 2f inches; two lines on the
the youthful adventurer.
title-page; pp. 112 in all; 8 coloured lithographs, obscene,
and
of the most inferior execution; published in 1866, by W.
Dugdale, at two guineas.
This is a badly written, and very obscene book, in which a
careless printer has added his blunders to those of an
illiterate
author. The story is stupid and utterly improbable. The
youthful adventurer, after enjoying the housekeeper and a
servant girl in his parents' house, marries his cousin, with
whom
he has already had connexion. On the wedding day his bride
is surprised by her monthly ailment, and she induces him to
satisfy himself, firstly with one of the bridesmaids in her own
presence and in that of the other bridesmaids, then in the
travelling carriage with her own lady's maid, and finally, on
arriving at their destination, allows him to sodomise her in a
water closet. About a fortnight after the wedding, an old
friend of the wife arrives on a visit, and, although hitherto a
great prude, she begs the youthful adventurer to satisfy her
cravings, which he does. His father now procures him a com-
mission in the army, and after a liaison with the wife and
sister-in-law of his colonel, he starts for the Crimea, whence
he
returns minus his left arm, and with a bullet in his body. Thus
no further "amatory narratives" can be expected, and "as
there is nothing romantic or exciting in domestic felicity or
family duty," the tale is brought to a termination. The work,
which is divided into four parts, is dull and tedious, and is in
fact worthless in every respect.
166 love letters of arabella and flora.
3Lobe betters: between Arabella antr jflora, Two Courtezans
of Venice and Paris. Describing in Rich and Impassioned
Language their Initiation into the Worship of the Paphian
Goddess, and their Proficiency in giving Life to the
Experienced Voluptuary, with Curious Anecdotes of the
Courts of England and France, the Earl of Rochester,.
the Duke of Orleans, &c. Illustrated with Fine
Engravings. London : Printed by the Society of Vice.
8vo.; size of letter-press 4! by 3 inches; pp. 94; two lines
on the printed title-page; there is also an obscene, coloured,
lithographed title-page worded : £ofct I^ttfrsf Of Arabella
4flora &c.; 8 obscene, coloured lithographs. This is not the
original edition, but a reprint, by W. Dugdale, about 1864, of
an American work published somewhat earlier. It figures in
Dugdale's catalogue as Correspondence of Two Celebrated
Courtezans, &c., price Two Guineas.
For what purpose the Earl of Rochester and the Duke of
Orleans are introduced is not clear: the former is represented
as having " spent the sweet juices of his system upon the
notorious Nelly Gwyme, " while the latter, on the other hand,
is described as " a continual conqueror in the wars of love,"
but neither has a raison d'etre in the narrative. Nor is there
a vestige of anecdote of the courts of England' or France.
The volume, in truth, consists only of five badly indited
letters,
THE FESTIVAL OF LOVE.
167
by Arabella, a Paris prostitute, to her former companion,
Flora,
a young lady exercising the same calling at Venice, in which
she, for the most part, recounts the circumstances under which
she and one or two other nymphs in the same brothel lost
their virginities. These letters are written without art, origi-
nality, or couleur locale, and might as well have been composed
in Whitechapel (which they possibly were) as at Paris. The
last two pages of the volume before me are occupied by A
Tale in verse having no connection with the letters.
The same letters will be found in the following volume
which hails, I believe, from America :
Cf)e #*sftfiial of iobe; or, Revels at the Fount of Venus,
Disclosed in a Series of Luscious Dialogues and Amatory
Letters between Flora and the Voluptuous Aldabella. By
The Princess Piccolomini. Enriched with numerous
Steel Engravings* and Dedicated, by permission, to Her
Most Gracious Majesty, The Queen. London: Printed
for the Proprietor, i860.
Size of paper by 3f, of letter-press to 4f by 2 J inches;
no signatures; pp. 214; two lines on title-page; printing bad.
The volume contains : pp. 1 to 86, a reprint of Cfrt 3fromp-
* There are no illustrations in the volume before me.
168 THE WEDDING NIGHT.
ItSftetf 22Hf)0l'e, * with the names of Magdalen and Julia
converted into Flora and Aldabella; pp. 87 to 214, the Love
Letters noticed in the previous article, with the name Aldabella
continued in place of Arabella.
Cf)e Milttltiutcr i=ttfff)t; or, Battles of Venus, a
Voluptuous
Disclosure, being the Interesting Life of a courtezan of
quality, com-
pelled by necessity ta-Prostitute her Person for Gold ; is taken
into keeping by
various Rich ami Religious Persons, and becomes famous for her
Artful and
Licentious Methods of raising the Animal Spirits, of reviving
the
drooping energy of age, and of restoring to the expiring Torch a
New
Light. In this work will be found some curious Anecdotes of
Flagell-
ation, and of other strange succedaneums practiced in the
meretricious
science upon old andyoung. The whole being the most interesting
narative(sic)
of intrigue and debauchery ever offered to the public ! ! !
" Thy transports, Love, with what delight I hear,
Such fondness ravishes my listening ear;
With thee Til range yon distant lonely field,
And thou shalt to my soft embraces yield !!! "
Illustrated with Curious Engravings. J. Turner, 50, Holy-
well Street. Price 3s 6d
No signatures; size of letter-press 5 by 3^ inches; pp. 37
ex title; a rough wood cut as frontispiece in which is repre-
* fetter Htferontiw ^rofjibttovum, p. 1.
169 THE WEDDING NIGHT.
sented a woman seated on a couch, with breasts and legs
exposed, taking off a shoe, and is, I believe, the only "en-
graving" belonging to the volume. I have another edition
before me, of which the brief title, Cftf SHefctrmiJ ^tgljt
Coloured Plates. Price js. 6d., \s printed in the middle of
the page, and surrounded by a frame; 8vo.; pp. 47 in all; at
p. 40 a smaller type is adopted than in the first 39 pages; 4
roughly done, coloured wood-cuts, representing nude females
(one a mermaid), which have no reference to the text. Both
these issues I take to be reprints, one if not both, done by
W. Dugdale, shortly before 1841, of the original edition of
John Duncombe, about 1830, which however I have not seen.
The title has nothing to do with the contents, in which a
wedding night is not mentioned, even incidentally. The
volume contains the history, narrated by herself, of a girl
whose warm temperament, vanity, and the misfortunes of her
parents induce to throw herself into the arms of a man of
position who keeps her, but whom she never loves, or even
esteems, and whom she soon leaves for a richer "friend." The
second admirer is less to her taste than the first, and she
quits
him also, to cast in her lot with a penniless young man of her
choice. But her happiness is of short duration, her new lover
soon dies, upon which she herself falls ill, and loses the
fresh-
ness of youth. She is now forced to become a common
prostitute, saves a little money, and starts a brothel on her
w
226 THE WEDDING NIGHT.
own account in the city, where she receives old men only.
The business is a lucrative one, and she succeeds in amassing
a good sum of money, with which she retires into Devonshire,
determined to spend the remainder of her life in quiet and
retirement as the widow of an Indian officer. After some
time, the desire of change and pleasure again takes possession
of her, and she is on the point of returning to London, and to
her old haunts, when a country squire proposes marriage; she
accepts him, and after she has confided to him the secrets of
her former career, they are married. They live happily
together, but her spouse, having occasion to go up to London,
picks up a girl in the Strand, and takes her into keeping. Our
heroine detects the guilty couple flagrante delicto, but behaves
with calmness and moderation, and the husband, thoroughly
ashamed of himself, flies with his mistress to Jamaica. The lat-
ter soon deserts him however for a richer lover, and the husband
returns to England, where he soon after dies forgiven and
attended by his injured wife. Our heroine concludes : " After
his death, I once more returned to my Devonshire estate,
where I now employ myself in works of charity; and have at
last found, that spite of all our fantastic dreams of joy,
either
from wit, splendour, intrigue, homage, or any other incidental
epicurean luxury, there is no permanent pleasure, no solid
happiness that can be felt, except that which arises from the
satisfaction of doing good." The book is never obscene, nor
THE MYSTERIES OF VENITS.
171
are the details too highly coloured, it abounds in sound
obser-
vation, pithy remarks, and affords much interesting information
about the houses of prostitution, their proprietors and fre-
quenters, both male and female. The Duke of Queensberry,
Old Q., is portrayed at some length.
A New Edition.
Cf)£ iHpSttritSf Of WeitU2» or, Lessons of Love: exemplified in
the Amatory Life and Adventures of Kitty Pry.
"Wishes unknown to fill her breast began;
Through every vein the glowing transport ran !
Now in his vigorous grasp, half-won, she pants
Struggles, denies—yet in denying, grants!
While, like the wanton tendrils of the vine,
Their limbs in eager amorous folds entwine.
Breast joined to breast, caressing and caressed,
Of all but love's last fondest bliss possessed;
That to indulge did Nature give command,
And grown impetuous does full joy demand:
Then sunk the maid in her adorer's arms—
No more a maid—she yields up all her charms 1
Half-pleas'd, half-pain'd, she sighs and smiles by turns
And whilst she bleeds for what has hurt her, burns:
Her lover clasps the murmuring, melting fair,
And both each rapture of possession share.
Re-printed from the Original Edition of 1783. Without
Abridgment. Embellished with Curious Coloured Plates.
London: Printed and Published by M. Metford 19,
Little Queen Street, Holborn.
12mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press 4^ by 2§ inches; pp.
144, the last page being numbered 141 in error; three plain
172
the mysteries of venus.
and two fancy lines on the title-page; type small and indis-
tinct; a frontispiece and 4 engravings by I. L. Marks, some of
them signed; the former is subscribed with the title of the
work,
and the latter with the passage and page to which they refer;
they are free but not obscene. The work is divided into 18
chapters, but in the edition before me the chapter numeration
is incorrect from Chap. VII, which is designated "Chap. Ill,"
and the last chapter, which should be the eighteenth, is headed
"Chap. XVI " ; published by John Duncombe, about 1830. I
have never seen the older edition from which this was reprinted
but only an odd engraving or two, which evidently belonged to
it. It may be a reprint of €f)t ©Rafting OTomait, or the
Galanteries of the Times, London, 1775* but I have not had
an opportunity of comparing the two works.
About 1835 t0 1840, W. Dugdale reprinted the took in
12mo.(counts 6); size of letter-press 4^ by 2f inches; pp. 180
in all; type larger and clearer, and paper better than in Dun-
combe's edition; title-page identical, with the following
exceptions: it is headed: The only genuine Edition, the
punctuation is slightly altered, and the impress becomes
Printed by H. Smith, j/, Holywell St., Strand.; no date;
contents the same, with omission, towards the end of the
• fiftltograp^u, Gay, vol. 6, p. 444.
memoires d'une femme de chambre. 173
volume, of a few unimportant passages; 8 engravings in the
same style as those of the above mentioned edition, but not
copied from them; they are unsigned, and have no indications
of the pages to which they refer. The book has been reprinted
in America.
The date given above, 1783, seems not to be that of the first
edition, but possibly that of the issue used by Duncombe, and
supposed by him to be the original. I have before me the
following French translation:
iflemotres ti'une jTemmf tie Cfjambre* Traduit de l'An-
glois. Premier ePartie. 1786.
8vo.; size of paper by 4^, of letter-press by 2f inches ;
two parts ; pp. 179 ex title, and 177; on both title-pages there
are two plain lines, a vignette representing a basket of
flowers,
and a fancy line; a list of Errata is given on the verso of the
last page. This version is not divided into chapters; the first
part
follows very closely the English editions I have noted, and ter-
minates at chapt. 9; the second part differs a good deal towards
the end, and is brought to a conclusion about the middle of the
15th chapt., so that more than three chapters are omitted. As^
on the other hand, many passages occur towards the termination
of the second part which are not to be found in the above men-
tioned English reprints, especially a note at p. 139 referring
to
Trials forAdulteres (sic), I am inclined to think that neither
the
174
adventures of kitty pry.
New Edition nor the only genuine Edition follow faithfully
the text of the original. Of the above translation a new
edition has appeared: jflftfmotres fc'une ftmme tot Cframbre
icrits par eUe-mime en 1786 Tome Premier Bmxelles J.-J.
Gay, Editeur 1883; 8vo.; size of paper y-} by 4f, of letter-
press 5 J by 2f inches; pp. 186, with 6 unnumbered pages of
titles and Avis; title-page printed in red and black, with three
lines ; price 10 francs.
The curiosity of a Lady's Maid is become proverbial:— it was
curiosity
more than either necessity or inclination, which induced me to
live in that
character: and, that my talent may not be said to have been
given or
exercised in vain, I have published my discoveries to the world,
for the benefit
and entertainment of mankind in general.
This is the opening passage of the volume before me; it
will serve to explain the object of the book, as well as to
enable my readers to judge whether my surmise is correct
that the Adventures of Kitty Pry and The Waiting Woman
are identical.
Kitty Pry, the lady's maid, passes from house to house,
spying out the secret doings of the inmates. Sketches are
thus afforded of amorous scenes among all classes of society.
The supposed authoress concludes with two adventures of her
own. The book is not badly written, and although every
chapter contains a lewd episode, obscenity in words is avoided.
Persons of distinction, such as the Dukes of York and
ADVENTURES OF A LADY'S MAID.
175
Cumberland, Lady Grosvenor, &c., are distinctly mentioned,
and it would not be difficult to indicate others from the
initials
which are given.
Ctie atibentures!, Entrigtied, anfo Amours, of a iatip's;
iftaftl! Written by Herself. Never before published.
Here are scenes to stir the blood,
Raise the passions, in a flood
Of fierce Desire and wild delight,
And make thee wish the amorous fight
Was thine,—to ravish Beauty's charms,
And die again within her arms I
Embellished with engravings. London, Printed by J.
Ryder, Portobello Passage. 1822.
€f)t Of iHfeg 3L0tltSia Being the Second Part of
the Adventures, Intrigues, & Amours of a Lady's Maid.
Written by Herself. Never before Published. Embellished
with Eight Engravings. London; Printed by J. Ryder,
Porto Bello Passage. 1822.
i2mo. (counts 6) ; pp. 132 and 169; the verses quoted
above are repeated, with slight variations of punctuation, on
the title-page of the second volume; the type of the second
is larger than that of the first volume.
Louisa Selby is the bastard daughter of a rich country
parson, who has her reared by a village nurse until she reaches
176
life of louisa selby.
her sixteenth year, when he takes her to his own house to
attend on his sick wife, and debauches her, Louisa being un-
aware that her seducer is her father. At the death of his wife,
the reverend gentleman, wishing to marry again, sends Louisa
to her mother, whom he has established in a tobacco shop in
London. Louisa's mother makes no secret of her intention
to use her daughter's charms for her own purposes, and, after
making her sit for an artist as a model, sells her virginity
(as she supposes) to Sir Simon Harcourt. Louisa overhears
the negotiation, but, having a liking for the gentleman,
receives
him willingly in her arms, and is delighted when he removes
her from her mother's shop, and places her as lady's maid with
his own wife. Her relations with Sir Simon being discovered
by one of the servants, she determines to seek another
situation, and passes from the service of Lady Harcourt to that
of Mme. de Sillery, with whom she goes to France. Her duties
with this Lady are peculiar. Mme. de Sillery possesses a
husband of superhuman physical powers, who scruples to
touch any other woman than his own wife, and as Mme. de
Sillery has an amour with her own brother-in-law, and is not
blessed with a very strong constitution, she induces Louisa to
assist her in satisfying her spouse. Louisa fulfills this
strange
duty for some time, until she also finds M. de Sillery's
embraces too much for her, and resigns her post. She now
obtains employment with a Mme. Fieschi, a confirmed tribad,
THE LIFE OF LOUISA SELBY.
177
whose establishment, entirely devoted to the mistresses'
idiosyncrasy, is very graphically described. Louisa does not
take kindly to this unnatural kind of enjoyment, continues her
amour with the brother of her late master, and, by introducing
him to Mme. Fieschi, succeeds in converting that lady from
her depraved tastes. The first volume closes with the death
of Mme. Fieschi and her recantation.
By Mme. Fieschi's will Louisa finds herself provided with a
competency, and contemplates returning to England, but,
having become acquainted with the family of Sir Hugh Sefton,
she is induced to accept a position as companion to Lady
Sefton, and to proceed with them to Italy. In the convent of St.
Bernard, in which they pass a night, she meets with a strange
adventure. One of the monks, whom she ascertains to have
been a lover of Mme. Fieschi, comes to her room in the night,
to learn the fate of his former flame, and after having enjoyed
Louisa, is attacked by a dog, who bites off his penis. Arrived
at Naples, Louisa casts her longing eyes upon Robert, Sir
Hugh's valet, and induces him, during a temporary absence of
the family, to satisfy her desires, but, having forgotten to
close
the curtains of the window, she perceives that she is observed
by a gentleman from the opposite house. Next day she calls
on the gentleman, who proves to be a powerful Neapolitan
nobleman, to beg his secrecy. He is so smitten with her
x
178
the life of louisa selby.
charms that he falls upon his knees, and proceeds to kiss
that
part of the lady's person which is not generally thus saluted.
Robert surprises them, and throws the Count out of the
window, into a dung cart, at the moment passing by. Such
an adventure cannot of course be kept secret, and Louisa,
fearful of disgrace, decamps. She is discovered by the Count,
who offers to make her his mistress. She refuses, and he
carries her off by force; they are surprised by brigands, who
kill the Count and take Louisa to their retreat. Although she
is made to witness some of the orgies of the troupe, she is
preserved from molestation by the captain's jealous wife, who
assists her to escape, giving her as escort her only son.
Louisa and Angelo reach Naples in safety; he has never yet en-
joyed a woman, but Louisa soon initiates him into the mysteries
of Venus. At Naples Louisa again meets the St. Bernard
monk, who having been allowed to leave the convent, has be-
come an officer; they renew their intimacy, and she finds that
the dog did not wholly deprive him of the power of satisfying a
woman. She now takes a passage for England, and finding
that the captain and his mistress are heartily sick of each
other, offers, on. reaching land, to reconcile the erring maiden
to
her father, who is a Rev. Dr., residing near Portsmouth. The
holy man is so struck with Mrs. Selby, now passing for a
respectable widow, that he offers her his hand, and pensions his
daughter. The work has little literary merit, but is fairly
enter-
the confessions of a lady's maid.
179
taining; both volumes do not appear to be written by the same
author, nor are they of equal merit; the first being the better
of the two.
M)t Confessions! Of a Jflaft, or Boudoir Intrigue :
disclosing many startling scenes and voluptuous incidents
as witnessed by her in the various Families of Distinction
with whom she lived: forming a wonderful picture of
fashionable Frailty, Passion, and Seduction. Beautifully
Illustrated with Coloured Plates, by an Eminent French
Artist. W. Johns, 35, Holywell Street, Strand, London
Tall 8vo.; size of letter-press 6 by 3^- inches; two lines
on the title; pp. 24 in all; 2 illustrations, free, badly done,
and not always coloured; published by John Dugdale,
about i860.
There are two reprints, both of the same size, 8vo., having
32 pages, and two wood-cuts each; but they differ in minor
respects: Of the one the title-page is identical with that of
the original, with omission only of the publisher's name and
address; one of the wood-cuts is a man seated between two
women and drinking wine, the other is the partially nude bust
of a girl. The title-page of the other edition differs in more
than one respect: it has, " Beautifully Illustrated, " but" with
Coloured Plates &c, " is omitted, the impress is altered into
" London : Printed for the Booksellers, " and the " ands " are
180 intrigues of a ballet girl,
converted into " &s"; it has two rough wood cuts after
Hogarth
(of which one folding), free, but not obscene. The text of
both these reprints is the same, and is but slightly changed
from the original, but it does not contain the entire matter,
the
last 66 lines, about one page and a half, being omitted. Both
these editions were produced by the Judges.
The Confessions of a Lady's Maid is a trashy, worthless book,
which in no way fulfils the promise of the title; the "
startling
scenes and voluptuous incidents " are two only, and occur but
in one family; nor are they either startling or very voluptuous.
John Dugdale was a younger brother of the more
notorious William; he carried on business under the aliases
W. Johns, J. Turner, &c., at 23, Rupert Court, and at 35, and
50, Holywell Street.
JEntrigues anir Confessions of a Ballet <§td; disclosing
startling and voluptuous scenes before & behind the
curtain, enacted by well-known personages in the Theatri-
cal, Military, Medical & other professions; With-Kisses
at Vauxhall, Greenwich, &c., &c., and a Full Disclosure,
of the Secret & Amatory Doings in the Dressing Room,
Under & Upon the Stage, in the Light & in the Dark,
By One who has had her share.
A pamphlet of pg. 23; published by Rozez & Co., about
1868 to 1870, at 3s.
REVELRIES AND DEVILRIES.
181
This is one of the worthless catch-pennies, advertised in the
low class newspapers, at a high price, to attract ignorant young
people in search of something "racy." There is absolutely
nothing in the book ; it is not obscene, nor does it fulfil in
any
way the promises put forth in its highly-spiced title. I notice
it as a specimen of a class of publication largely produced
some ten years ago, its only object being to obtain the transfer
of money from the pockets of the simple to those of the
sharping publishers.
JUbelriesi! ant* JBtfu'Img!! or Scenes in the Life of Sir
Lionel Heythorp, Bt. His Voluptuous Emotions, and
Emissions: His Amorous Peculiarities: His Peccant
Penchants, for the Bottoms of Bleeding Beauties : and
many other strange diversions, never before narrated and
now selected, from the Private Diary of the Baronet.
With fine Coloured Engravings. London:—Printed for
the Booksellers.
8vo.; size of paper 6f by 4J, of letter-press by 3 inches;
two lines on the title-page; pp. 123 in all; 7 coloured plates,
and a frontispiece with two naked women holding birches, and
five bare buttocks; all badly done, and most obscene ; pub-
lished by W. Dugdale, in 1867.
It is the joint production of four Oxford men and an officer
182
private recreations.
in the army, whose names must not be divulged; they each
wrote a story and then patched them together, making a con-
tinuous narrative in three chapters.
In Revelries and Devilries there is, as the title promises
abundance of flogging, besides other episodes of the most
disgusting nature, not the least remarkable and revolting of
which is a visit to a lunatic asylum, in which the erotic
idiosyn-
crasies of the patients are portrayed in the crudest fashion.
The
volume terminates with A Night in the Borough, chapter the
third, an orgie as filthy and crapulous as any dreamed by De
Sade in his wildest moments. Although the obscenest words
and expressions are employed, the style is rather above the
average of such books.
$rtbatf Eecmttcnsi, or the Ups and Downs of Life. By
One who has been behind the scenes, and Taken part in
the performance. Printed by permission, for private
circulation only. Belfast: 1870.
Size of paper by 5, of letter-press 5f by 3f; no signa-
tures; pp. 41 ex title, the first 17 pages are unnumbered;
printed in Ireland, for the author, about 1879.
This thin volume, which consists of 4 chapters, is merely
a fragment, and terminates abruptly ; a continuation was
evidently intended, but has not, I believe, been issued.
THE ROMANCE OF LUST.
183
Lord L., a voluptuous nobleman, has two mistresses, Lottie
and Sue, and delights in hearing them recount their ad-
ventures and tell him bawdy tales inspired by the obscene
pictures and photographs with which he supplies them. The
losses of their virginites form the themes which chiefly fill
the
volume. The adventure with the calf in Chapter II. is an
evident plagiarism upon The Force of Instinct in Cf)t iBaiJIUO
iHtSSffUaitp,* although the narrative, it must be owned, is
improved. The book is fairly well written, although the very
grossest words and expressions are employed.
©be Romance of 2lusst; or, Early Experiences. Vol. 1.
London, mdccclxxiii.
8vo. (counts 4); size of paper 6f by 4^, of letter-press 5 by
3 inches; toned paper; 4 vols.; pp. 151, 146, 157, 157, with
2 unnumbered pages of errata; vol. 4 was not issued until 1876,
and bears that date; 150 copies were struck off, but as, at the
death of the gentleman for whom the book was printed, the
greater part of the edition was still undistributed, it was
destroyed, so that perhaps not more than twenty copies are
now in existence.
Pungent as is the title, the contents are much more so. The
* Btrtitjr Eibrorum -ProinlntoruKi, p. 113.
THE ROMANCE OF LUST. 240
hero, Charles, is one of those whom Thomas Carlyle would
designate as " physically strong "; he performs super-human
feats of endurance, and is at any and every moment ready for
the fray.
Exuor, em 1 bracis jam prosilit inguen apertis.
At the early age of 15 he begins his amorous career, being
initiated by a married lady, Mrs. Benson, who is on a visit at
the house of his mother. He soon becomes a proficient,
seduces his own two sisters, and allows himself to be seduced
(playing the inginu) by their two successive governesses.
Everything passes without detection, and he is eventually sent
away to school to the house of an uncle. Here he falls into
sympathetic hands, for he enjoys his aunt, while his uncle sodo-
mises him. Here, too, he makes the acquaintance of the
mother and female cousin of one of his schoolfellows, with both
of whom he has connection, while he sodomises and is sodo-
mised by this same schoolfellow. The two ladies become
pregnant, and go over to Paris to be confined, accompanied by
Charles. Flagellation scenes are of frequent occurrence at the
school. The third volume concludes with the hero's removal
to King's College, London. The fourth volume is not so well
written or so interesting as the previous three. In it the au-
thor's object appears to be to show to what lengths he can de-
velop the crime of incest.
THE ROMANCE OF LUST.
185
Altogether The Romance of Lust, though no masterpiece of
composition, is far better written than most English works of
its
class. It contains scenes not surpassed by the most libidinous
chapters of Justine. The episodes, however, are frequently most
improbable, sometimes impossible, and are as a rule too filthy
and crapulous. No attempt is made to moderate the language,
but the grossest words are invariably employed. The last 26
pages of the 4th volume are occupied by Letters produced in
the Divorce Case, Cavendish v. Cavendish and Rochefoucault.
They are 12 in number, and. were written by the young Count
de la Rochefoucault, in 1859, while attachi to the French
Embassy at Rome. No pen can adequately depict their
nasty licentiousness; and it would appear from allusions they
contain that those from the lady to whom they were addressed
were still worse. The author of The Romance gives the
following account of them ;
When the husband's counsel handed up the letters with the
sworn
notary's translation he remarked that he thought they were too
horribly
scandalous to be read in Court. The judge scanned a few of them,
and
addressing the Count, (sic) said, "I am perfectly of your
opinion, my learned
brother, I shall take them home and make a point of them in my
address
to the Jury."
Some of the letters are a string of imaginary events as to
how far they
could carry their imaginations. The Count constantly alludes to
the in-
feriority of his descriptions to those given in her replies.
Alas I as he
possesses those exciting replies of the lady, they cannot be got
at, but from
Y
186 cavendish v. cavendish and rochefoucault,
his descriptions and the remarks on certain gross
familiarities, it is evident
she was gifted with as lascivious and lustful a temperament as
either my
aunt or the divine Frankland (two characters in The Romance of
Lust).
A chance threw these interesting letters into my possession,
and I can
assure the reader they are the veritable sworn translation of
the letters found
in Mrs. Chichester's davenport when it was broken open by her
husband,
and produced on the trial. The Count had evidently dreaded such
an event,
and it will be seen he constantly implores her to destroy his
letters as soon
as read. But with the infatuation of her sex she kept them to
furnish the
sole evidence by which she lost her place in society and became
a lost
woman. It is added that she was a woman of forty-five, and the
mother of
several children, but it is these randy voluptuous matrons who
have the
most attractions to a young man who feels flattered and is proud
of, as he
thinks, conquering a woman in a good position in society. It is
evident
enough that she was no tyro in every depravity of lust, and
probably had
passed through many hands before he gained her. He appears to
have
been really "cunt-struck," which, as I have before observed, is
one of the
strongest infatuations that a man can have.
One short extract from these very curious letters will
suffice
to prove that the above strictures are not without foundation.
You are quite right in saying that you will develope (sic) my
virility, it is you
who have made my member what it is now. I repeat on my word of
honour,
perhaps you will not like to hear these details, but
nevertheless I shall say
it, you are the first woman in the world who has stimulated that
essence
which flows from my prick (queue), which your kisses have
rendered so
pretty, and it is you who have plucked the flower of my
virginity. Never
have I had (baisd) any other woman, and whatever may be the
misfortunes
to which I may be destined, it will always be an immense and
ineffable
rochefoucault's letters to mrs. chichester. 187
happiness for me to think that I have given and lost it
through the luscious
draughts you offer (par tes delices). It is and it will be
perhaps the greatest
blessing, and the only consolation of my life. But before God it
is a great
one, and my enjoyment has not been such as one can expect to
find in this
world. I do hot believe that even he who had the madness to rob
you of
yours was as pure as myself, and as for voluptuous pleasures, if
there be any
greater than that which I know, I promise you never to learn or
seek it,
although I don't require this at your hands. I do not wish to
have any other
woman spoken of, they all disgust me even to look at them. You
know it,
and you know that there is nothing, absolutely nothing in you to
disgust me,
but all that belongs to you maddens me, and I love and adore
all; it has
become a madness, and you know it, for when you are kind you
give at
least the idea by letter of that which you would not do if you
had the slight-
est doubt.
You know that I have sucked you between the legs at those
delicious
moments when you made water, 'or when you had your monthly
courses,
and that my happiness will be complete when you will allow me,
and when
circumstances will allow you to let me lick (passer la langue)
at that inef-
fable moment, when your little love of a jewel of a bottom has
just relieved
itself. In you everything appears different and pure, the purity
which reigns
in your every feature, the excess of refinement which exists in
your whole
body, your hands, your feet, your legs, your cunt, your bottom,
the hairs of
your private parts, all is appetising, and I know that the same
purity exists
in all my own desires for you. As much as the odour of woman is
repug-
nant to me in general, the more do I like it in you. I beg of
you to pre-
serve that intoxicating perfume; but you are too clean, you wash
yourself
too much. I have often told you so in vain. When you will be
quite my
own I shall forbid you to do it too often, at most once a day,
my tongue and
my saliva shall do the rest.
If it is necessary let the doctor cauterize you (toucher),
that is to say
with his instrument, and mind he does not fall in love with you;
I bet he
THE ROMANCE OF LUST. 244
has never before seen any thing so seducing, so pretty, or so
perfect. It is
to be hoped that the irritation does not proceed from the size
of my
member.
Surely fact is stranger than fiction ! But let us return to
the
novel the title of which heads my notice. The Romance of
Lust is not the produce of a single pen, but consists of several
tales, " orient pearls at random strung," woven into a connected
narrative by a gentleman, perfectly well known to the present
generation of literary eccentrics and collectors, as having
amassed one of the most remarkable collections of erotic
pictures * and bric-a-brac ever brought together. He was also
an ardent traveller, and The Romance of Ltist was composed
during a voyage he made to Japan. He visited India in the
months of December, 1875, to April, 1876, and on his return,
* He possessed, inter alia, the celebrated pictures executed
by Boucher
at the instigation of Mme. de Pompadour, and which Louis xvi.
had removed
from the palace of the Arsenal, with the command: "II faut faire
disparaitre
ces ind&ences." The virtuous monarch's wish has now been carried
out
literally, but not by those to whom he expressed it. The erotic
part of the
collection in question was purchased by a well known bookseller
in Edin-
burg for an American amateur, and shipped forthwith to the
United States.
At the New York custom-house the obscene nature of these
precious works
of art was detected, and they were returned to the port whence
they came,
and were, on arrival, destroyed by the English authorities. Sic
transit
gloria mttndi!
letters from a friend in paris.
189
in 1876, had printed, for private circulation, some
interesting
Letters which he wrote during that journey. He died January
16th, 1879, in his 74th year, at Catania, whither he had re-
paired for the sake of his health.
fcttters from a Jfmnfc m $art& Vol. I. London. 1874.
8vo. (counts 4) ; size of paper 6f by 4§, of letter-press 4!
by 3 inches ; three lines on title-page; 2 vols.; pp. 202 ex
titles, and 235 including titles; toned paper; issue 150 copies.
The scene is in France. The writer of the letters and hero
of the adventures is a photographic artist, who obtains, through
a friend with whom he has sodomitical intercourse, admission
into a family, a member of which the said friend is about to
marry, our artist hero having already enjoyed the bride elect.
This amiable family consists of father, mother, two daughters,
and a son, who live together in a state of the most complete
and indiscriminate incest. Our hero goes the round, and
has connection with them all, including both father and
son, actively and passively. Afterwards he himself marries,
and begets a daughter, whom he at an early age initiates
into the mysteries of Venus, and as soon as she arrives
at puberty takes her maidenhead in form as " she lay on
her mamma's belly, sucking the cunt she came from."
Finally, he weds her to his own natural son, thus effecting a
THE POWER OF MESMERISM,
marriage between brother and sister. Indeed, sodomy and in-
cest are the two crimes constantly harped upon. The charac-
ters are without individuality, each man being endowed with
superhuman endurance, and each woman with insatiable lust,
all in the same exaggerated degree. The copulations, which
occur at every page, are of the most tedious sameness; the de-
tails are frequently crapulous and disgusting, seldom volup-
tuous. The work is without a spark of wit or poetical feeling
from beginning to end, but is gross, material, dull and mono*
tonous.
<£f)f $OU)U* of i^Usfmtrfem, a highly erotic narrative of
Voluptuous Facts and Fancies. Illustrated by Six
Coloured Plates. Printed for the Nihilists. Moscow, 1880.
Size of paper 8f by 6, of letter-press 6\ by 3f inches
counts 4; no signatures; pp. 60; published in London, May,
1880 ; the lithograph illustrations are of the vilest
description;
" Price 2>i Guineas " is added on the outer wrapper; issue
150 copies.
The scene passes at Brackley Hall in Devon, the seat of
Mr. Etheridge. His son Frank and daughter Ethel have just
returned home, the former from Germany, the latter from
France, where they had been completing their education.
THE POWER OF MESMERISM.
191
Four years have passed since they saw each other; and a
more than fraternal love arises in their breasts at first sight.
In Germany Frank has learned the art of mesmerism, and
resolves to enjoy his sister by its means. During the
temporary absence of his parents, he carries out his design.
Ethel, he finds, is not a virgin; her morals in fact have in the
French academy been as completely destroyed as have his in the
German college; and he consequently determines to associate
her in his further plans of debauchery. He communicates to
her his desire to enjoy his own mother; and she acknowledges
an equal desire to be embraced by her own father. Frank
undertakes to accomplish this by mesmerism, and both are
eventually satisfied. While in the mutual, double act, he
brings both parents to themselves, and after the first shock of
horror at finding themselves in incestuous connection with
their own offspring is passed, they consent to join their chil-
dren in their erotic Undertakings. After this Frank mesmerises
the groom, a college chum of his, the parson and his two
nieces, &c., for the joint delight of his father, mother and
sis-
ter. Every possible phase of licentiousness is introduced, in-
cluding sodomy, bestiality, &c. The school adventures of
Frank and Ethel are brought in, and several pieces of poetry
form a padding to the volume. The tale, which is not all by
one hand, displays, it must be owned, a great power of imagi-
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the story of a dildoe.
nation in lascivious details; but it is insufficiently worked
out,
is wanting in repose, and the scenes crowd too much on one
another, and are not led up to in any way. The utter impro-
bability of the whole narrative—a youth fresh from school
depraving his parents and the whole family, is too glaring, and
detracts from the effect sought to be produced. The influence
of several well-known erotic works is plainly visible; and the
last scene of all is evidently inspired by De Sade. Finally,
the tale, fragmentary throughout, ends abruptly, and is without
any proper or satisfactory conclusion.
Cf)P JHorg Of a BtI&Oe,a Tale in Five Tableaux. Illustrated
by Five Photograph Plates. London : Privately Printed.
1880.
Size of paper 8f by 6, of letter-press 6§ by 3f inches; no
signatures ; counts 4; a line on the title-page; toned paper;
pp. 44; five coloured plates , obscene, and of better execution
than usual; impress correct; "limited to 150 copies," price
£Z 3s-
The scene is in New York. Three young American ladies
resolve to procure a dildoe for their mutual gratification, and
the purchase is effected by one of them through her milliner.
They then meet and deflower each other with this " Ladies'
Syringe." All details of purchase, preparation of the instru-
ment, equipment, use, &c.» are gone into very minutely. The
the loves of venus.
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tale, although somewhat improbable, is fairly well told, the
dialogues are sprightly, and many pieces of obscene poetry,
parodies of songs, &c., are introduced. The tale has no affi-
nity with a French work bearing a similar title, nor with that
noticed at p. 146 of the present compilation.
Cfrf fcobesf Of Wmmi or The Young Wife's Confession, a
true tale from real life. Illustrated by Six Coloured
Plates, Privately Printed, For the Use of the Irish Land
Leaguers, Dublin, 1881.
Size of paper 9f by 4J, of letter-press 4| by 3 inches ; no
signatures; counts 4; pp. 46; two lines on title-page; toned
paper; "limited to 150 copies"; printed in London; six
obscene, coloured lithographs of wretched execution; price
£2 2s.
In the form of a letter addressed to his sister, with whom he
has had incestuous intercourse, Fred narrates what occurred
on his wedding night and following day. His wife, perceiving
that she is detected as being no virgin, a fact which in no way
diminishes her spouse's affection, offers to make a full reve-
lation of the cir-cum-s.tan.ces attending,her defloration, &c.
This
she does on the following morning; and the details of the
iniquities she has committed so interest and excite her husband
z
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sins of the citie$ of the plain.
that he is rather pleased than otherwise with her conduct,
and
becomes still more enamoured. The incidents described are
of the most obscene nature, and are told in the grossest
language ; the volume possesses no literary merit.
The Bride's Confession, a fairly w'ell written poem, which
has appeared in a separate form, is introduced at p. 9.
Cfte &>utfli Of the Cities Of tfce plain; or The
Recollections
of a Mary-Ann. With short Essays on Sodomy and
Tribadism. Price Four Guineas, London: Leicester
Square. 1881.
Size of paper 6f by 4^, of letter-press 4f by 3 inches;
counts
4; no signatures; pp. 95 ex title; toned paper; no plates
although it was at first intended to illustrate it with " four
beautifully coloured plates, " as stated on the original
title-page
afterwards cancelled, when a note was added that" Six plates "
were contemplated but never done; " limited to 50 copies "
(150 copies?).
The writer of these notes was walking through Leicester
Square one
sunny afternoon, last November, when his attention was
particularly taken
by an effeminate, but very good looking young fellow, who was
walking in
front of him, looking in shop windows from time to time, and now
and
then looking round as if to attract attention.
Thus the volume begins; and the effeminate youth, whom
the author accosts, is Mr. Jack Saul, a *' Mary-Ann " whose
kate handcock.
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adventures and experiences are here given. As the title
indicates, these recollections are almost entirely of a
sodomitical
kind, adventures with the opposite sex forming the exception ;
they are exceedingly obscene, and told in the crudest language,
although not without a certain force and skill. Bolton and
Park figure in the narrative, and would almost appear to have
been sketched from personal acquaintance. The Essays on
Sodomy and Tribadism which close the volume, and cover but
six pages, are entirely insignificant.
hate ^antjcock j or, A Young Girl's Introduction to Fast
Life. Four Coloured Plates. Privately Printed. 1882.
Size of paper 5 by 3^, of letter-press 3f by 2^ inches; no
signatures; counts 4; pp. 27; 4 coloured lithographs, obscene,
and very badly done; price £\ 5s.; issue 150 copies. The
tale terminates at p. 19, after which are added six pieced of
Facetice, mostly in verse.
The subject of this short tale was a lovely girl I once met
late at night
in the precincts of the well known Haymarket, the recognized
centre of
dissipation in London.
She so fascinated me, and took' my fancy that I stopped
several days in
her company, during which I gathered from her conversation
enough of her
previous life to put this little narrative into the form of a
novelette.
With these few prefatory lines does the author intro-
duce us to the charming young lady, then a blooming
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experiences of a surgeon.
Cyprian in full trade, whose early history forms the sub-
ject of the volume before me. Kate Handcock is nevertheless
a mere sketch, apparently unfinished, albeit not badly written.
Kate possesses that precocious inquisitiveness with which
writers of erotic novels delight in endowing their heroines.
At twelve years of age she enjoys the familiarities of
Laura, the servant girl who shares her bed. Suspecting
Laura of an attachment for William, the groom, she sends her
to the stable, and watches her through a grated ventilator.
Her curiosity is rewarded by the sight of a perfect copulation
between the groom and the maid. Kate now resolves to
gratify herself with William, and the next day, while riding
out with him, feigns indisposition, dismounts, and pretends to
faint under a tree in a wood. Thinking her unconscious,
William begins to take liberties, which not being checked, he
proceeds to rape her in form, at first under protest, at last
with
the thanks of his amorous young mistress. Laura soon dis-
covers the intrigue, becomes jealous, and threatens to tell her
master; upon which our heroine, in order to avoid so un-
pleasant a disclosure, runs away from home. Kate takes the
train to London, and in the carriage makes the acquaintance
of a handsome young man, who, on their arrival at the Victoria
Station, conducts her to the house of a friend of his, which
proves to be a brothel. She is however well contented with
her lot, and stays with her new friend "nearly a year before
thinking of making a change to better herself."
197 experiences of a surgeon.
€f)t Smatorp aSrpmenres of a burgeon, with Eight
Coloured Plates. Printed for the Nihilists. Moscow, 1881.
Size of paper 5f by 4f, of letter-press 4 by 2§ inches; no
signatures; pp. 89; toned paper; "limited to 150 copies";
8 obscene coloured lithographs, very badly done; printed in
London; price £3 3s.
»
The hero, natural son of a nobleman, begins his narrative
with his pederastic pranks at school, after which, having passed
as a surgeon in London, " he settles in a small practice at the
village near which his paternal patron had his principal
estate,"
and the experiences begin. His first liaison is with the then
mistress of his father, and this lasts some time, until,
surprising
her in the arms of her own butler, he determines to have
nothing more to do with her. He next consoles a young un-
married lady, whose feelings overcome her prudence, gets her
with child, and procures abortion. After this: " I gave myself
up without reserve to the pleasure of love. All my patients,
who shewed the least susceptibility were overcome by my
potent argument, and vigorously fucked. Satiety, that enemy
to the indulgence of the soft enjoyment, now attacked me, I
wanted a change. I longed for an unripe beauty, a young girl,
a child even—I found a lovely little girl of thirteen years of
age, who had been under my care for a spinal affliction."
igS
experiences of a surgeon.
This little cripple he thoroughly debauches. A clergyman's
daughter, a friend of his, who has been abused by her lover,
seeks his advice; he examines her, and declares that unless
she has connection with another man at once she will be preg-
nant ; needless to add he applies the remedy himself. The
volume concludes with our hero's inducing a frigid wife to
suffer the caresses of her husband by copulating with her
himself, the husband having consulted him on the subject of
his wife's coldness. The feelings of the last two women are
excited by means of ginger with which the surgeon has rubbed
his hands before touching them. It is the first time I have
read of ginger being used as an aphrodisiac.*
The work is poor and thin; the incidents are too sketchy,
and much more might assuredly have been made out of the
subject. It was written by James Campbell.
* In apposition to the above I may quote the following
passage: " she
was given to tribadism and could not exist without it: so if any
damsel
pleased her, she was wont to teach her the art and rub saffron
on her, till
she fainted away for excess of pleasure." wt)s J3oo& of ti)f
Cfjousantt
fitgf)t3 aritf one flight: now first completely done into
English prose and verse
from the original Arabic, by John Payne &c. London :
mdccclxxxii. vol. 2,
p. 156.
amoursf Of a iflotoat iftatt. By A. Bachelor. 1864.
Size of paper 4| by 3, of letter-press 3f by 2f; no signa.
tures; pp. 29 in all, although the last page is numbered 31 ;
two lines on title page; printing bad; two obscene
illustrations,
having no special reference to the text; published in America;
price 25 cents. At the end of the volume are added A Curious
Letter, and Ode to a Belly.
The Amours of a Modest Man, which the hero narrates him-
self, commence in a New York boarding house. A pretty
widow, Mrs. Jane Sweet, is a " boarder in the same establish-
ment." To his great astonishment and confusion the widow,
one day, invites the bashful Mr. Bachelor into her room, closes
the window blinds, and fairly forces him to enjoy her. They
are surprised by Mary, the Irish "help," who has been watch-
ing them through the key-hole. In order to induce Mary to
keep secret the intrigue she has thus discovered, the modest
man repairs that same night to her bedroom, and satisfies her
in her turn. Afterwards, the widow proposes to associate
Mary in their frolics. Her offer is accepted, and an orgie
ensues, in which tribadism and sodomy are practiced. Finding
his strength unequal to the task of satisfying both women, Mr.
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cupid's own library.
Bachelor desires to get away from one of them, Mary, and to
enjoy a short repose. Mrs. Sweet leaves for her native town,
Richmond, Virginia, where our hero follows, and weds her,
and—her fortune, which is immense. The book possesses no
literary merit whatever.
The Amours of a Modest Man forms No. i of a series of
trashy publications, entitled: CttprtJ'S Ctbjrar}), offered
at 25, and 50 cents, and 1 dollar per vol., respectively. The
other volumes of the same collection, a " great treat for the
lovers of the fancy " are :
2. iofaf on &)t &00Se; or, The Carnivals of Venice.
3. JUtlStaff; or, The Mysterious Lover.
4. asefclarfes ; or How to Do It.
5. sports hrit& Wmm; or, The Way to Do It.
6. Scenes m a ^unnerp.
7. €&e §>tmt berimes anir ©uties of ilajor iobitt
8. j£obe ^CrapfS; or, Gay Times in a Boarding House.
9. &Obt tn a ; or, The Adventures of Bouncing Bet.
10. ©be Bafet'Sb Ebpmer; or, Fancy Man's Own Songster.
I! , Stomal Amours; or, Private Lovers of a King.
12. iobe #east; or, A Bride's Experience.
13. amorous Songster,
venus in boston.
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ftotUSi tit 25O0tOtt : A Romance of City Life.
" Ah, Vice! how soft are thy voluptuous ways!
While boyish blood is mantling, who can 'scape
The fascination of thy magic gaze ?
A Cherub-hydra round us dost thou gape,
And mould to every taste, thy dear, delusive shape."
Byron's Childe Harold.
By Greenhorn, Author of Dissipation, House Breaker,
Radcliff,; City Crimes &c &c New York: Printed
for the Publisher,
8vo.; size of letter-press 7 by inches ; pp. 100; double
columns; three fancy lines on title-page, on verso of which we
read : " Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, by Wm. Berry, in the
Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts."; four
full-page wood-cuts, two of which, abominably executed, illus-
trate the text, the other two are better done, somewhat free,
not obscene, but have no immediate reference to the text. The
work was reprinted by James Ramerio, of New York and
Boston.
Venus in Boston is not an erotic novel, but one chiefly of
low life, the Venus being an adventuress of great beauty, who
has, however, little to do with the story. The plot hinges
mainly on the endeavours of an old libertine, the Hon. Timothy
aa
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venus in boston.
Tickels, to debauch Fanny Aubry, an orphan, who is rescued
from his clutches on two occasions by an old corporal. The
characters, we are led to believe, are sketched from life. Many
of the incidents are highly improbable; the style is at once
weak and inflated; and the book has no literary value; it
may, however, have a certain interest as portraying low life in
Boston. Take the following sketch of
those dissolute young females, who pervade every section of
the city, and
are universally known as " apple girls."
These girls are usually from ten to fifteen years of age, and
are pro-
verbial for their vicious propensities and dishonesty. Under
pretence of
selling their fruit, they are accustomed to penetrate into the
business
portions of the city particularly; and in doing this they have
two objects in
view. In the first place, if on entering an office or place of
business, they
find nobody in, an opportunity is afforded them for plunder; and
it is
needless to say they are ever ready to steal and carry off
whatever they
can lay their hands on. Secondly, these girls have been brought
up in
vice from their infancy; they are, for the most part, neither
more nor less
than common prostitutes, and will freely yield their persons to
whoever will
pay for the same.—Should the merchant, or lawyer, or man of
business,
into whose office one of these "apple girls" may chance to
intrude, solicit
her favours (and there are many miscreants, respectable ones,
too, who do this,
as we shall show,) and offer her a small pecuniary reward, he
has only to lock
his door and draw his curtains, to accomplish his object without
the slightest
difficulty. Thus, their ostensible employment of selling fruit
is nothing but
a cloak for their real trade of prostitution and thieving. The
profanity
and obscenity of their conversation alone, is a sufficient
evidence of their
true character.
the delights of love.
203
Htf)t 2BtItgf)t£ Of 2Lobe; or, The Lady Libertine. Being the
Adventures of an Amorous Widow. By George Thomp-
son, ["Greenhorn,"] Author of "The Bridal Chamber,"
"Venus in Boston," " The Gay Deceiver," Jack Harold,
and one hundred other popular tales. J. H. Farrell
15 Ann Street, New York.
8vo. (counts 4); size of paper 7f by 5, of letter-press 6|by
3f inches; pp. 96 in all, although the last page is numbered
100; p. 10 should be p. 6; pp. 44 and 54 have exactly the
same matter, the former being thus printed in error ; printing
throughout very bad and defective.
The young and beautiful Julia Hamilton is the widow of an
old gentleman, who has left her a vast fortune, and an undis-
turbed virginity. Though an inhabitant of New York, occupy-
ing a fine house in the Fifth Avenue, "she had inherited, from
an Italian mother, passions that were almost fierce in their
ardour and intensity," and she now determines to lead a life of
pleasure. Eugene Levison, a handsome young actor, is the per-
son she selects to teach her those delights from which the impo-
tence of an aged spouse has hitherto debarred her. She invites
him to her house; the result of their meeting is thus described
:
Matters now began to come rapidly to a crisis between the
enamored
pair. And no wonder, for they were both young-, ardent, and
madly ia
love with each other; the time and the place were propitious,
and the
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the delights 0e love.
senses were inflamed by the intoxicating perfume that loaded
the air from
flowers that were placed in vases of gilded porcelain.
Upon the wall hung a large and magnificent painting, the work
of an
Italian master, containing two figures of the size of life; and
those figures
represented Venus and Adonis engaged in the most distracting
dalliance.
The most accomplished critic would have admired the artistic
excellence
and accuracy of this picture so glowing were the colors, so
perfect the
proportions, and so natural the attitude of the classical yet
licentious couple;
and yet modesty could not have looked at it without a blush, and
had it
met the gaze of any one of our chaste and immaculate clergymen,
(!) the
reverend saint would have burst forth into a storm of holy
indignation,
denouncing it as a device of old Satan to draw weak,
flesh-loving mortals
down to hell. The painting, in truth, was a melancholy evidence
that
genius is too often perverted to unworthy purposes.
The eyes of both Julia and Eugene now simultaneously turned
upon this
exciting gem of art, and, like electricity, there passed from
one to the
other a burning declaration of their mutual wishes.
" Be my Adonis !" murmured the lady libertine, as she
pantingly sank
into the arms of the eager youth, who whispered, as he pressed
her
yielding form to his wildly throbbing heart—
" I am yours, my Venus ! " ****
It is a great pity, we know, and the reader may blame us for
it; but we
are here reluctantly compelled to drop the curtain.
One entire hour was passed by the lovers in the enjoyment of
such
ecstatic blisses as the divine passion of Love can alone afford,
when it has
thrown off all artificial trammels, and suffers Nature to reign
supreme.
Sated with pleasure—languid from an excessive indulgence in
love's
delights—they remained almost breathless in each others arms;
and an
occasional soft kiss that was exchanged between them, was all
that
indicated the existence of the hot and devouring passion which
had so
recently raged triumphantly.
the delights of love.
205
Julia gazed into the eyes of her lover with looks of yearning
fondness,
for that was her first delicious fault, and he had opened to her
vision a
world of -bewildering delight, of whose unspeakable bliss she
had previously
had no adequate conception, although her vivid imagination had
often
painted, in glowing colors, the joys which she knew must be
inseparable
from the unrestrained union and commingling of two souls
mutually im-
passioned. Delighted with the person of her lover—charmed with
the
affectionate capacities which he had so newly
developed—agreeably
surprised that one lately so timid should have displayed such
remarkable
prowess and valor under the silken banner of Venus—that proud
and
aristocratic lady almost felt that she could have knelt down and
worshipped
the man who had initiated her into the sweetest pleasure she had
ever
known, accustomed as she was to all the delights belonging to
the gay
and brilliant career of a woman of fashion. • * »
More wine was drunk, and more licentiousness indulged in. The
superb
and haughty Julia Hamilton, formerly so refined, so fastidious,
and so lady-
like, seemed suddenly to have been transformed into the most
lascivious
of harlots. Even Eugene himself, experienced as he was in the
ways
of women, was astonished and almost terrified at the fury of her
passions
and the insatiability of her requirement. Some libidinous devil
seemed to
have taken possession of the lady, and caused her to forget
every thing
like propriety, or even common decency. The truth is, that
Julia, finding
it impossible longer to restrain her propensities, now gave full
vent to them.
Once having tasted the forbidden fruit, she was resolved to
gorge herself
to repletion, let the consequences be what they might. The ice
was bro-
ken, and fearful was the plunge into the dark rolling stream
below.
Determined to make a night of it, Julia begs her lover to
return to her after having fulfilled his duties at the theatre.
To
his surprise, she receives him dressed in male attire. They
sally forth, enter a drinking saloon, and are accosted by
206
the delights of love. 206
two women, who invite them to go home with them. Julia,
whose sex has not been discovered, hesitates, but Eugene
presses her to follow up the adventure, and they all four repair
to the abode of " big Anna," who has taken a great fancy to
the supposed youth. She is the wife of John Savage, a sea
captain, at present on a voyage. No sooner arrived, Anna be-
comes very loving, and Julia, to whom an amour with one of
her own sex is not a pleasing prospect, gets nervous, and begs
Eugene not to leave her in the lurch. He, however, smitten
with his new companion, little Kate," sneaks off into another
room, and abandons Julia to her fate. Incensed at this, and
jealous at the same time, she determines to be revenged on her
faithless lover. Matters are at this pass, when a loud knock is
heard—the husband has unexpectedly returned. Levison
and Mrs. Hamilton run up stairs, and get on the roof.
The Captain is at first enraged at finding his wife still on
foot
at so late an hour, and naturally suspicious, but she pacifies
him with the excuse that she is only having a little recreation
with her friend Kate, the wife of one of Savage's shipmates.
Kate now leaves for her own house, and the Captain is about
to indulge in "one of those private connubial scenes which
take place every moment of the day and night all over the
inhabited world," when he espies the boy's cap which Julia, in
her precipitate retreat, had unfortunately left behind her. He
is now convinced that there is a man somewhere, and proceeds
to search the house. Finding the bolt of the trap-door leading
the delights of love.
207
to the roof drawn, he mounts, and discovers the two delin-
quents cowering among the chimney-stacks. A parley ensues,
and the enraged husband discharges his revolver at the in-
truders with no other effect, fortunately, than that of awaking
the neighbours. The actor and the "lady libertine " manage
to slip past their enemy, down the stairs, and—into the arms
of the police, who have just broken open the street door; they
are quickly taken into custody. The captain is also secured,
but not without a struggle, in which he knocks down one of
the guardians of the peace. All three are conveyed to the
Tombs, and locked up for the night. Next morning they are
taken before the magistrate. Savage, whose violent conduct
has brought him within the pale of the law, is sent to prison
in default of bail. The identity of Levison, who endeavours to
pass himself off as an Irish gentleman, is detected by the
magistrate, who has seen him on the stage, and he is discharged.
The same astute functionary also discovers Mrs. Hamilton's
real sex, addresses her by name, and requests her to pass into
his private room. He soon joins her, and grants her liberty
as the price of her favours, which she then and there accords
him. Eugene and Julia return together to the Fifth Avenue,
when the latter at once carries out her projected revenge by
peremptorily discharging her lover for ever.
The " amorous widow " now casts her eyes on her page boy,
and questions him as to his experiences in love matters.
Adolph owns to having been initiated into unnatural practices
208
the delights of love. 208
by Annette, the lady's maid, who, upbraided by her mistress
for her "naughty pranks," resolves to be revenged on the too
communicative youth, and to put it out of his power to satisfy
his mistress who, she plainly perceives, is poaching on her
preserves. Before however she is able to carry out her
diabolical scheme, Mrs. Hamilton has enjoyed her youthful ser-
vitor to her heart's content.
A paragraph having appeared in one of the New York
papers, describing the examinatiou before the magistrate, and
branding Mrs. Hamilton a "harlot," and the "fashionable pros-
titute in male attire," she repairs to the office, and " cow-
hides" the unfortunate reporter. During this excursion, she is
followed by a young man, whose "fine legs" and "vigorous
thighs" captivate her, and she gives him an assignation in a
saloon for that same evening. Samuel Palmer, her new ac-
quaintance, is employed in a jeweler's store in Broadway, and
has to sleep there every night to protect the property. Two
burglars, who have for some time had the intention of "crack-
ing the crib," observe Palmer in the saloon with Julia, whom,
although again dressed as a youth, they at once detect to be a
female, and supposing that he will sleep with her at a house of
accommodation, determine to do the job that night. The
hours fly, and the shop man reluctantly explains to his mistress
that they must part. She however volunteers to pass the
night with him at the store, and thither they repair.
the delights of love.
209
Before leaving home Mrs. Hamilton has informed Annette
that she is not likely to return that night, and the jealous
waiting maid resolves forthwith to carry out her vengeance on
Adolph. She has already communicated her intention to the
serving man, John, her lover, and induced him very reluctantly
to aid her. The three sup together; Adolph is drugged, and
placed on a sofa ; when "Annette having produced a razor, a
most hellish scene was enacted." After this she and her lover
decamp with as much of the widow's property as they can
carry off.
In the mean time Samuel and Julia, "after indulging in
every imaginable luxury, fell asleep in each other's arms, and
their intermingled breath wafted their souls to the rosy realms
of golden dream-land." During the night they are awoke by a
noise, which Palmer at once pronounces to be that of house
breakers. They both remain cool and collected, dress them-
selves, take out pistols which are all ready, allow the thieves
to
enter, when Julia shoots one of the men, and Palmer the other.
After this escapade a single page suffices to bring the
Adventures of our Amorous Widow to a somewhat abrupt
termination ; " but, if our readers feel sufficiently interested
in
her subsequent career, we may, perhaps ere long, continue to
follow her through the strange, voluptuous, and exciting scenes
in which she loved to mingle." I do not know whether this
promised continuation has been made.
bb
2io
fanny greeley; or,
jTaintp i or, Confessions of a Free-love Sister written
by herself. For sale at all Bookstores. [Entered
according to Act of Congress, in the United States
District Court of the State of Pennsylvania.]
Size of paper 9§ by 6, of letter-press 6f by 3f inches; no
signatures; pp. 100 in which the outer wrapper, frontispiece,
and title-page are counted ; a double line on the title-page ; a
coloured frontispiece having no reference to the text, and at
p. 85, a rough, full page wood-cut, which is reproduced on the
outer wrapper ; published at New York by Henry S. G. Smith
& Co.; price 25 cents. Author George Thompson.
This volume, although padded with some extraneous matter,
turns chiefly on the doings of a Free-Love Society, so
thoroughly American, that it may not be uninteresting to take
a peep at its proceedings.
Fanny Greely, "an orphan, young, beautiful, and with a
good income, " is, on leaving school, " perfectly free to choose
her own place of residence; " she at once falls in love with
Diamond Dunstable, a lecturer, and writes to him desiring an
interview, in a letter which she signs: " Thine, won by the
fascination of thy Diamond rays. Isis." As may be readily
imagined, Dunstable accedes to her request, and receives her in
a bed-room, furnished with Parisian elegance and simplicity,
with soft
velvet carpets and clouds of pink and white draperies. • • •
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On a sofa, buried amidst snowy laced pillows, enveloped in a
loose robe
of dark blue cashmere, which set off his pale complexion and
lovely beard
to such advantage, lay the object of my adoration he to whom I
had been
magnetically attracted—my own bright Diamond.
He raised his head and extended his arms towards me as I
advanced
with faltering hesitating step towards him.
" Isis! " he exclaimed, " Isis I " and a deep sigh choked his utterance.
At the sound of his voice all my hesitation vanished, I ran
rapidly to the
sofa threw myself on my knees beside it and buried my head in
his bosom,
his soft beautiful perfumed beard softly caressing my neck and
mingling
with my own curls.
He put his arms round me, then he sighed deeply, I felt his
embrace
relax and looking up I perceived he lay back, pale and exhausted
on his
pillows.
The exhaustion of the great lecturer, whether real or
feigned,
soon passes off, and he requests his fair admirer to remove
her bonnet, cloak and dress, " those abused inventions of
modern barbarism." She hesitates, being "still within the
trammels of prejudice and old fogey ism; " upon which he
proceeds to lecture her, and
As he spoke he proceeded with no unpracticed hand to unfasten
the
various hooks and eyes, and buttons, ribbons, and lacings with
which dress-
makers are wont to incase us. When at length, passive and
palpitating
beneath his soft, caressing hands, I found myself with only one
garment,
which far from clinging round my shoulders fell from them and
revealed
my arms and bust, I, to hide my blushes and myself from his
kindling
glance, could but throw myself into his arms and clinging close
to his
breast hide my face in his bosom.
He pressed me to him, he disengaged my feet from the fallen
garments
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fanny greeley ; or,
which embarrassed them, and laying me by his side he slowly
passed his
hand up and down the spine, over my bosom, and down my arms,
till my
whole frame thrilled beneath his touch, and I could not tell
whether it was
pain or pleasure that I felt.
His eyes were immoveably fixed on mine and mine were
fascinated by
their glance. I had no power to move, a dreamy, intoxicated
feeling came
over me; my breath came quick and panting through my parted
lips: I
was as though in a trance—dead I seemed to the outward world—I
had
no thought of the past, of the future; indeed no distinct
speculation of the
present, yet I was in a state of most unspeakable, most ecstatic
enjoyment.
Perfectly passive and unresisting thus magnetized, was I when
my lover
wheeling me on the sofa to the bed gently laid me on it, and
satisfied by
the holy rites of love the passions he had excited to the
highest pitch.
After this primary initiation Fanny expresses a wish to
" become openly a follower of the glorious new school."
This was arranged most speedily. Strange as it may appear to
you,
this one of the presiding spirits of the new philosophy was
married. In
his early days he had been united to a you ng girl for whom he
had an
attachment. They had lived some years together when he joined
the
Free Love association, aid disclaimed the ties of matrimony—in
fact, all
compulsory ties; but it so appeared that his wife, Mrs.
Dunstable, shared
his enthusiasm for the new doctrine. She was a woman of superior
mind;
although she had no longer any passional-attraction for the
lover of her
youth, she admired and venerated him, and their household in
common
was convenient to them both.
The day arrives in which Fanny is to be introduced to the
members of the society, and Emma, Dunstable's wife, kindly
undertakes to prepare her for the great reception.
" Some dress you must have, I suppose, my Isis," said Emma,
after
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213
gazing at me for some time, " though as according to our
ideas dress
should be an embellishment to the person, you ought properly to
wear
none for it is but an incumbrance to you. Everything we hide
about you
is an insult to nature and a concession to the narrow prejudices
of the
world. Still-"
I pleaded for some dress, I was not quite prepared for this
costume, my
vanity felt I was beautiful enough to adopt it, but a few
lingering foolish
scruples still governed me, so I insisted on something that
might have the
appearance of dress, at any rate: though I did not care how low
the
bodice was cut or how short the sleeves.
" I have it, " exclaimed Diamond, who was present, " let her
be dressed
like the goddess whose name she bears."
" Admirable," responded Emma, " the mystery of the shrouding
veil
will add to the effect she must produce. But the draperies must
all be of
gauze."
I assented to this, and accordingly on the night of the
festival I appeared
as Isis. You will like to hear what I had on.
But one garment; it was made of white, thin, transparent
gauze, but
very full. Gathered round the bust with a small edging of gold,
it was
fastened round the waist with a gold cord and tassels. It was
very full;
but as it was the only garment I had on, its numerous plaits,
which fell to
my feet, concealed nothing that was beneath it, and my skin gave
a pink
tinge to its dead white surface. My arms were bare to the very
shoulder;
I wore nothing but sandals on my feet.
The room is prepared ; the guests arrive ; Fanny is led in,
and after the preliminary introductions, is conducted to a sofa.
She is struck by a group immediately opposite to her.
It consisted of a young man, who was reclining on a sofa
similar to mine,
and five young and handsome women, who were kneeling and sitting
in
various attitudes around him.
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fanny greeley; or,
He was pale and sallow, with regular features, and long
straight black
hair. His eyes, large and black, appeared to have concentrated
his life,
for his form was thin and attenuated and his attitude full of
languor.
He was dressed in a short tunic of white merino, wore
buskins, but no
sort of breeches, and around his brow was a wreath of lilies.
Two young women, in costumes of a different character but
scarcely less
uncovered than my own, set (sic) at the foot of the sofa and
gently fanned
him with branches of roses.
Another kneeled on one side of him and his thin small hand
played with
her largely developed bust. Further, one the other side, was
caressing his
hair, and every now and then she would stoop down and imprint
long
kisses on his lips.
The fifth lady sat by his side and to her he was most
delightfully talking
in a dreamy murmuring tone.
The ceremony proceeds. It is not very impressive : There
is romping of children, music, dancing, and singing, " loud
but not particularly harmonious." "Gentlemen and ladies
are engaged in profound and somewhat noisy discussion,"
some of whom, " particularly unshaven and unshorn," in great
coats and dirty boots, are " the great philosophers of the
society, those whose endowments fitted them not for ministers
of the senses/' Fanny is proclaimed by Dunstable to be their
"priestess of love and beauty, perfect iihage of a perfect
woman, fitted to impart the joys of love, the ecstasy of
passion,
to all who shall, as I have done, worship at her shrine."
Emma snatches away her veil, and places a wreath of red
roses on her brow. Another one of the female guests
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rushed across the room and clasped me in her arms,
accompanying her
speech with the most tender and flattering words.
After a few minutes she began feeling me all over, turning me
round
like a model, explaining the beauties of my form anatomically to
those
around.
This confounded and disgusted me, but I was soon relieved
from the
examination, by the youth with the lilly crown, making his way
through
the group and falling at my feet.
This young man, whose name is Nabal, after pouring into
Fanny's ear " the most flattering and exciting language " she
had ever heard, bids her look round, and select a partner.
She feels no " attraction towards the person of the man to
whom" she listens, but is lured by the "burning glances"
of a dancer called Flavio. Nabal approves her choice, and
exclaims : " Look at him, madam, and if you are a judge of
such matters, and 1 am convinced that you are, you will pro-
nounce this fellow to be the very beau ideal of manly
perfection.
Observe the vigorous symmetry of this leg, the solidity and
volume of this thigh, the—ahem !—the muscular development
of every part. * * * Will you not take him to your arms ? "
Fanny, although embarrassed, resigns herself to the arms of
her strange lover, and Nabal leads the way to a retiring room
appropriated to the purposes of " those under the influence of
a passional attraction."
We entered, all three. My new-found lover did not waste any
time in
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fanny greeley; or,
vain preliminaries; but I confess that the presence of Nabal
was inexpli-
cable to me, and somewhat cooled my ardor.
" Nabal, " whispered I to Flavio, drawing back from his embraces.
" Oh, Nabal is the priest of virginity; it is his privilege to remain."
Still I hesitated, but at last the ardor of my lover, his
magnifictnt form
his entreaties prevailed. » * *
When we became calm, Nabal approached the bed on which we
lay, and
warm were the eulogiums bestowed upon his honor that my
performance, in
conjunction with that of Flavio, surpassed everything of the
kind he had
ever seen.
Then he left us, after imprinting a kiss on our foreheads and
shedding a
quantity of rose-leaves over us, gathered from the numerous rose
bushes
which at once ornamented and perfumed the retreat of the
passionate.
When he was gone I turned towards Flavio and asked an
explanation of
this strange conduct.
" Nabal," he said, " has one ruling passion, that of women.
They are
his adoration, the subject of his thoughts by day and night. But
a
mysterious and extraordinary accident he met with in his
childhood, while
sleeping in the woods of his native south, deprived him of his
powers of
manhood. He is doomed to perpetual virginity of person, though
his
imagination revels in all the wildest enjoyments of passion.
When the
powers of his imagination have brought him to the highest
intensity of
desire, fruition can be obtained but by the means of others.
Thus, whilst
gratifying our own passions for each other, we satisfied the
passion your
surpassing beauty and his vicinity to your glowing charms had
excited in
him." * * *
At length we separated. I had achieved a triumph. Many were
the
declarations I received from nearly all those who were laboring
in the
passional spheres. To almost all these I have responded with
more or less
satisfaction, and all are my friends; none are rivals, though
each knows
the happiness the others have enjoyed.
I was, indeed, the queen of love. Diamond embraced when the
festival was over, and congratulated me on my selection of the
evening.
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217
Flavio was exactly the element you wanted after your
association with
me, my lovely Isis. He has the superabundance of vigor, health,
and
strength for which your nature called, and of which I had not
sufficient
provision for your superior passional organization. But
now—to-night —
after your excess of passion has been exhaled. To night, my own
bright
Diamond, you shall see that I am faithful to my first
attraction—Come.
And soon we slumbered in each other's arms.
I have allowed my pen to run away with me, and have
offered, I fear, too lengthy an account of Fanny's initiation
into the Free Love Society, leaving little space for her sub-
sequent doings. It will however be acknowledged that the
description is peculiar, and entirely American, which must
serve as my excuse for treating it at such length. Fanny, my
readers will have noticed, is a pupil worthy of her preceptor,
and does full honour to the association of which she has been
made queen, becoming a free-lover in earnest, as free from
jealousy as from false modesty. There are other scenes of
equal warmth with those already cited, in which she plays the
procuress, delighting, as she says, in " witnessing the bliss of
others," but enjoying before hand the embraces of the man into
whose arms she is about to thrust the virgin she destines for
him.
It cannot be said that Fanny Greely is either carefully
written, well conceived, or cleverly put together. The
subject is however as thoroughly transatlantic as are the
notions and phases of thought which pervade it. As such,
and on account of the freedom of some of its passages, I have
felt warranted in offering rather copious extracts,
cc
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the bridal chamber.
©be Antral Chamber, and its Mysteries: or, Life at Our
Fashionable Hotels. By George Thompson, Esq.,
Author of "Jack Harold," "His own Autobiography,"
" Dashington," "Lady's Garter," "The Actress," and
One Hundred other Popular Tales. New York: Pub-
lished for the Author. 1856.
i2mo.; size of letter-press by 3! inches; pp. 82;
7 rough wood-cuts in the text, one of which is reproduced on
the outer wrapper ; published by P. F. Harris.
If we are to believe the author, there exist in most of the
hotels and on certain steamboats in the United States Bridal
Chambers, fitted up with the most refined and voluptuous taste
for the use of newly-wedded (or unwedded) pairs. He says :
" It is my purpose, in writing this little work, to tear away
the
cloak of false religion and the mask of vile hypocrisy from the
form of fashionable vice and the face of sanctimonious
rascality.
Wickedness in high places shall be my principal theme—a
subject which I am well qualified to illustrate, as I have
enjoyed singular facilities for obtaining a knowledge of both
high and low. life." This severe determination he has not
carried out, for the volume before us comprises but two
adventures, the one comical, the other tragical, neither
voluptuous, which take place in a bridal chamber in a hotel,
and in which, although two ill-assorted marriages are depicted,
no reforming tendency, or high moral aim is observable.
works by g. thompson.
219
George Thompson is one of the most prolific American
writers of cheap, racy literature, and may not inappropriately
be compared with our own G. W. M. Reynolds. Possibly he
has not much overstated the amount of his labour at " one
hundred tales." He has escaped the attention of the
biographers, and I would refer my readers for particulars of
his career to his 3tlt0l)l0grapf)pt I have already furnished
sufficient extracts from three books of his to enable them to
form an estimate of his style and merits. It will suffice to
mention, in addition to those already cited on his own title-
pages, such others of his works, of which the titles, at any
rate,
excuse their introduction into this repository. Those to which
I add a description have passed under my notice; those, on
the other hand, of which the titles only are given, I have
extracted from the publishers' catalogues.
Smta JBotofjrap; or, Tales of the Harem. New York:
Henry R.J. Barkley. Large 8vo.; pp. 100 including outer
wrapper, coloured frontispiece, and title-page; double columns;
on the illustrated outer wrapper are Price Twenty-five Cents,
and the name of another publisher, James Ramerio,
Wb: iBPSterieS Of 28onlf street; or, The Seraglios of
Upper Tendom. New-York : 1857. 8vo. (counts 4); pp. 84
including an illustrated outer wrapper, a semi-free
frontispiece,
and title-page. To this should be added :
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works by g. thompson.
Jfatts, Cfoeories, anti parallel Cases, concerning The
Mysteries of Bond Street, pp. 11 unnumbered.
£a Cour J3e ^esle; or The Amours of Margurite (sic) of
Burgundy. No signatures; the title-page, which is without
place or date, and the letter-press are in a frame, measuring
by 3ie inches; pp. 195.
6t'rls Of ^eto f)Orfe; or, Life in the Metropolis.
Jrtrolerte, the Female Adventurer.
State Castleton, the Beautiful Milliner,
ifflpstertes anfc ;#lpseries of pjilatielpfjia.
$atTJ> (KlmtJOU, the Man of Many Crimes.
Sulfa iWajrtoell; or, The Miseries of Brooklyn.
€f)t Coquette of Chestnut street.
Cfte Caltform'a TOtfcoto; or Love, Intrigue, Crime, and
Fashionable Dissipation.
€f)t &tfe of Eate Hastings,
BatJCltff; or the Adventures of a Libertine.
©be ©eretber; or, Man's Perfidy and Woman's
Frailty.
Jull'a Ufaff: or, The Follies of a Beautiful Courtezan.
liate fllotttrose ; or The Maniac's Daughter.
amorous a&toentures of Eola iBontes,
the loves of cleopatra.
221
Confess 10Of a J?>0fa. Probably the same work as that
given as:
glilbttttured of a ^>0fa; or, Drawing-room Intrigues.
iHarte ije Clatrbtlle; or, The Confessions of a Boarding
School Miss.
fflbt Criminal, or the Adventures of Jack Harold. (With
16 Illustrations).
$tf)t ^Utlato, or, The Felon's Fortunes, a Sequel to The
Criminal.
Cf)t ftoatr to Kut'n: or Felon's Doom—the end of the
Series.
Cljf iOfceg Of Cleopatra i or, Mark Anthony & his Con-
cubines. A Historical Tale of the Nile. By Appolonius(«V-;
of Gotham.
Size of paper 7f by 5, of letter-press by 3-| inches;
counts 12 ; pp. 96 in all, numbered from p. viii to p. 100.
In his preface the author says: " We will introduce other
heroes and heroines in our historical tale, but Cleopatra,
Ceesar,
Anthony and Herod are the principals. Let Prudes and
Hypocrites forbear our story with the preface, but let those
whose hearts warm at the recital of the voluptuous history of
the world's most beautiful courtezan, scan each page
attentively,
and we promise them a feast of elyseum (sic) that would warm an
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anchorite to amorous frenzy, a feast of loves and graces that
could only be found in pagan Rome, or the lustful lands of the
Pharaohs." The tale is plotless, improbable, and incoherent,
savouring in parts of Monte Chris to, of Vathek, of Justine.
The opening scene is in the slave market at Rome, where an
old lord, Dione, is about to purchase Charmion, a lovely young
girl from Gaul, but is outbid by Caesar, and returns home to
console himself in the arms of his favourite concubine, Astarte.
Dione possesses boundless wealth, and unquenchable desire,
and is accustomed to bathe in wine to invigorate himself
before his orgies, and " to take a magic bath, into which was
diffused the warm blood of a young virgin torecusitate (sic) his
powers." The lovely Astarte dwells in a " subterranean
wonder of the world, far down in the bowels of the earth."
She was bought by Dione when a child, deflowered by him at
the age of eight, and under his tuition has become more in-
satiably libidinous than her preceptor. The amorous old lord
tells his mistress how he has been baffled by Caesar in the
purchase of Charmion, and seeks her condolence and aid in
acquiring her possession. An orgie ensues, which, although it
diverts Dione, wearies the courtezan, who exclaims :
" Sweet lord, you make my heart beat high with rapture, and
my pulse
to throb with joy. Dost thou not think our games are too
monotonous. I lack
excitement; drowning Grecian youths in baths of wine, and
smothering lovely
nymphs in mounds of rose-leaves were my last caprices, but they
seem so
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tame and simple. * * * With you, sweet lord, I'll own that I
have tasted
every phase of love, from the quick ecstatic gush to the
voluptuous spasm,
and when you lacked vigour, though not will, my sweet preceptor
in the art
of love, you, like a dear kind paternal friend, threw into my
arms the
rosiest youths of every clime to satiate my amorous frenzy; but,
papa
Dione, 'tis of no avail, my Grecian youths are to (sic)
effeminate, my lustiest
Swiss is pale and tame from my embrace, and so, dear lord, bid
Forceps
usher to our presence the envy of many a maid and matron fair in
Rome
•—Belletrix, the brave gladiator."
Her request is granted. Upon a couch beneath the statue
of Priapus the amorous couple " rehearse the rosiest dreams of
Paradise," while Dione, who had quaffed a "third goblet of
that highly flavoured wine, tinctured with medicaments to
create amorous frenzy," seated between two young maidens,
"between whom he divided his amorous dalliance," for he
" had cherished the warmest regard for very little girls through
all his eccentricities," witnesses the encounter, and other
saturnalia, which " continued for eight and forty hours."
We assist next at the defloration of Charmion, who has been
conducted by the lictors to Caesar's Palace. At the Emperor's
approach she throws herself at his feet and begs him to spare
her. " Her distress and misery only excite the amorous
desires of Caesar the more." He kisses her, and forces her to
return his embrace, but her coldness displeases him, and
he leaves the apartment, having whispered to a Nubian slave
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to administer a love philter. Caesar returns, and observes
that the philter has done its work. Charmion exclaims :
" Take me, Caesar, I am only thine."
The world's conqueror caught her in his arms, and bore her to
the
couch o'erhung with purple hangings. He tore the linen vestments
from
her round plump bosom, and his wanton tongue tipped on her ivory
teeth>
radiant as orient pearls. The couch of Venus never received a
more
willing sacrifice. The target of Cupid was ready to receive the
golden
arrow of voluptuous joy. The bow that was bent to send the magic
shaft
home to its fair centre, had done too much service in the rosy
wars of
Venus to miss its radiant aim. Kisses, hot as lava, were
exchanged with
lightning swiftness. The purple hangings of the luxurious couch
rustled
as if quivering in the dying currents of the mountain breeze.
There was
a slight shriek, that fell like fairy music on the ear of
Caesar, which sounded
in its echo to a sweet melodious and ecstatic sigh, and then
felt as if
another world was conquered. Again, and yet again, the play of
love was
enacted, until the lovers swooned in one last final spasm of
ecstatic rapture,
and slept in each others arms.
When Dione purchased Astarte, he bought at the same time
her brother, Phaon, whom he had castrated and resold. Phaon
found his way to the court of Cleopatra, where he has risen to
trust and importance. He now returns to Rome in search of
his sister. Her whereabouts and occupation (she has became
a sorceress as well as a courtezan) he learns from a
philosopher,
Apollonius, who also furnishes him with a "small gold tablet"
which gains him admittance into her subterranean dwelling.
He finds her surrounded by her satellites. She proposes to
him to remain with her, to enjoy the delights which Dione's
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225
liberality has placed at her disposal, and even " to revel in
a
sist—." Phaon is shocked, tells his sister that it is not in his
power to accept her offer, explains the outrage that has been
committed on him, and demands her assistance in wreaking
vengeance upon the perpetrator. Astarte assents, and leads
him into her own private chamber, to which even Dione
himself has not access, and where there are " paraphernalia
of the most hideous and horrible objects. There were corpses
strewn upon the stone floor, uncoffined and unshrouded. * * *
At one end of the apartment there was an iron cage of great
magnitude, in which slumbered, or rather reposed a huge
python, of at least seventy feet in length." Astarte dispatches
a message for Dione. She tells him that she has procured
Charmion for him, that she is now in her own chamber, but
will only be enjoyed in the dark. On his arrival she leads the
doating old debauchee into the fatal room, now perfectly
obscure, and pushes him into the python's cage. She then sets
the palace on fire, and escapes with Phaon.
We may pass over without comment the chapters, neither
interesting nor remarkable, which contain the iniquities of
Herod, and the infidelities of his concubine, Marianne, and
enter at once the court of Cleopatra, where we find Charmion,
left there by Caesar, installed as the chosen handmaiden,
attiring
her mistress as a " queen bacchinal," (sic) that is " in a state
of
nudity," to receive Anthony. At his approach, Cleopatra bids
dd
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Charmion hide herself behind a curtain that she may witness
" the most enchanting encounter that ever took place in love's
rosy wars." Their " amorous joy, " in which Cleopatra far out-
shone the general, is minutely described, after which :
Wearied with the race of wild and rapturous joys, the
Egyptian queen
soon sank to slumber in the stalwart arms of her Roman paramour.
Then
it was that Charmion, deeming that Anthony also slept—while her
lovely
brow was suffused with blushes — sought to escape from the tent;
but
Anthony overheard her, and disengaging himself from the queen's
arms,
arose, with his finger on his lip, to indicate silence. The
action was done
so quietly, that Cleopatra still slumbered on. The blushing girl
stood
trembling with fear in the presence of Anthony.
" Be not alarmed, fair maiden," he whispered, to re-assure
her. " Was
it the queen's pleasure that you should witness our mutual feats
of love, or
merely curiosity ? "
Charmion thought of Caesar, and Anthony was a proper man. * *
* At
any other time, the fair Gauloise might have resisted the
persuasions of
the Roman general, but she felt that it was a woman's right to
retaliate in
kind, and besides, her voluptuous passions were thoroughly
aroused by the
exciting scenes she had just witnessed. With a sigh, soft as the
breath of
a summer wind, she sank into his arms, and he bore her into the
adjoining
tent. When he returned, an hour later, he rejoiced to find that
Cleopatra
had slumbered during his absence.
The Gypsey of the Nile was fain to complain that her stalwart
lover, on
the following morning, did not exhibit his usual meed of amorous
fire and
frenzy, but she did not dream that while she slept, he had been
enjoying the
lovely Charmion.
The amours of Anthony and Cleopatra, and the festivities
thereupon attendant, are continued at some length and the
story is told of his overthrow, and of her death, in accordance
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227
with historical legend. The career of each one of the person-
ages introduced into the tale is also cleared up more or less
satisfactorily. Enough has however been said and cited;
suffice it to add in conclusion that Charmion, the most pro-
minent character in the book, weds a knight in the army of
Octavius Caesar, and "was wise enough, on her wedding night, to
pretend to a virginity that must have made the ghosts of Csesar
and Mark Anthony laugh in their sleeve—that is, if sleeves
are worn in the spirit world."
flora ittontgomme, the Factory Girl: Tale of the Lowell
Factories. Being a Recital of the Adventures of a
Libidinous Millionaire, whose wealth was used as a means
of triumphing over virtue. By Sparks. New York:
Published by George Akarman. 167 William Street.
1856.
8vo.; size of paper by 5 J, of letter-press by 3f inches;
pp. 99 including an illustrated outer wrapper with portrait of
the heroine, signed E. Rellman, and a second publisher's name,
James Ramerio, a free coloured frontispiece, and title-page
with two fancy lines.
Henry Richards, proprietor of a cotton mill, devotes his
wealth and energy to seducing his factory girls, and the
volume before us comprises the narrative of the seduction of
two of them—of Lizzie Jones, easily overcome by her master's
228
flora montgomerie.
flattery and presents, backed by her mother's bad advice, and
of the heroine, Flora Montgomerie, whose more austere virtue
can only be conquered by marriage. Richards determines
that the marriage shall be a mock one, but the friend to whom
he confides his secret, and who is to procure a sham "justice,"
brings a properly authorised, instead of a fictitious,
functionary,
and the union becomes in consequence, unknown to Richards,
legal. After a couple of years, the libertine tires of his
mistress,
tells her the wedding was a make believe, and gets rid of her
with a pension. Flora consents not to trouble him again as
long as he remains single, but vows vengeance should he ever
attempt to marry. In spite of her threats Richards soon weds
a rich girl. Flora returns, induces the mill-hands, who have
been imposed upon by a peculating clerk, to strike, and
Richards finds himself ruined. The bride and Flora prove to
be schoolfellows, and combine, with the former's brother, to
punish their betrayer. Richards, seeing his position irre-
trievable, commits suicide, by severing an artery in his thigh.
" Just as he passed from life to the unknown world, his power
of articulation came to him, and he gave directions to have
what remained of his property equally divided between his
wives. Thus ended the life of the libertine." The book is
poorly written, and is less racy than its title would lead us to
suppose, for although the tale turns on seduction, there is
nothing " libidinous " throughout the volume.
amours of a musical student.
229
Ci)t 9mQltr* Of a ilUSl'ral ^>tutiej1t: being A Development
of the Adventures and Love Intrigues of A Young Rake,
with Many Beautiful Women. Also showing The Frailties
of the Fair Sex, and their Seductive Powers. By the
Author of " Julia," * " The Adventures of a French
Bedstead," f "Tales of Twilight," J "Don Pedro,"
" Intrigues of Three Days," §" Bar Maid," || "Amours
of Lady Augusta Clayton," etc Illustrated.^ J. H.
Farrell. 15 Ann Street, New York.
8vo.; size of letter-press by 3f inches ; double columns;
pp. 108.
* 3lulta : or, where is the Woman that would'nt 6°r. Serial
with above vol.:
pp. 115. Translated from Suite, ou fai sauve ma rose, I find
also noted on
the title page of another work by the same author: $ult'a, or I
have saved
my Rose; and: lEugtttta, or Where is the Woman that Wouldn't. I
do not
know whether all three are identical.
t See pp. 149, 150 ante. I am not however sure that this work
and that
noticed at p. 149 identicalv'
t Caleg of €hmi'gi)t.
I believe several editions. A translation of lEntrt C^ten et
2.0up.
§ Cf)* fiutriguesi of Cijrte <5w. Serial with Amours of a Musical
Student; pp. 112. A translation from the French.
|| ©f)t Bar jHaitl of tlje ©Ifc $Joint*3?ouSt. New Fork. No
signatures :
double columns; size of letter-press 6| by 3J inches; pp. 112; a
litho-
graphed frontispiece representing two girls bathing ; without
date; " trans-
lated from the French." There are I believe other editions.
•If There are no illustrations in the copy before me.
230 amours of a musical student.
Although the adventures which form this tale are confined
chiefly to the middle class, and might as well have had for
their hero a man connected with any other than the musical
profession, they are fairly amusing; invariably amorous, they
are never lewd or obscene, and are true to nature. To pursue
them in detail is not necessary, although a brief indication of
their nature may not be out of place. After several ineffectual
attempts to satisfy the promptings of nature with girls of his
own age, the musical student is at last thoroughly initiated
into the mysteries of the sexes by an obliging widow, whose
subsequent jealousy, however, forces him to fly from her amorous
clutches. Once fairly launched, the young rake passes into
the arms of numerous women, among whom may be mentioned
Emma, the wife of a fellow lodger, and Bessy, that of his
landlord;
subsequently he enjoys the favours of a marchioness, but he had
enough, in one short month, of high life, and returns to his
original sphere. Upon the sudden death of his landlord, he
marries the widow, his beloved Bessy, then the mother of two
children, the elder of whom, by her deceased husband, she sells
for ^"1000. He now promises his wife to "refrain from
looking after other women," and opens " a small thread and
needle shop, which fortuna tely, did well, and yielded us a snug
and comfortable living." A couple of extract's will suffice to
show how the author depicts the amorous situations :
I pity the man who has never had an opportunity of exploring
the
magnificent avenues which abound in the vicinity of the
ever-blooming
231 amours of a musical student.
gardens of the all-powerful god of Love, through the
intricacies of which I
fondly imagine to be now walking with Emma; presently I approach
a
grove the thick-set foliage, surrounding the superb sanctuary
sacred to
Venus,—that multiplying, everlasting shrine, which has existed
from the
creation of the world, and will endure until the end of time;
that mysterious
edifice which is no sooner perfected, and Cupid's altar-piece
erected in the
centre, (at which good men ne'er sacrifice in vain) than in its
secret
recesses are engendered new temples, new altar-pieces, small and
portable,
yet miniature models of its faultless self, composed of such
flexible and
rare materials, that in a few years they become so spacious and
extensive
as to vie with the great original in symmetry and beauty, (p.
32).
Bessy had * » » often expressed, a desire to visit the
monument.* * *
It so happened, that we were the only visitors on the occasion.
But before
I proceed, I will take the liberty of stating, for the
information of such of my
readers who have never ascended this beautiful column, that in
order to
reach the gallery, you have to pass several loop-holes, which
answer the
double purpose of admitting light and air; and should the
curious spectator
wish to look from one of these crevices into the street, he can
easily gratify
such desire, there being at every one a kind of landing place,
which will
also serve as a seat, should you feel yourself fatigued before
arriving at
the summit. On one of these did Bessy and I rest awhile, in
order to
recover breath, after having ascended rather more than half way
to the
gallery. We were about to proceed, when she observed that she
would
like to look through the loop-hole immediately behind us, and I
assisted
her to mount the landing-place for that purpose; kneeling upon
which,
while my arm encircled her waist, she gratified her desire. But
now, the
silent loneliness of the place, added to the peculiar situation
in which I found
myself, began to inspire me with thoughts of a certain nature,
to which the
novelty of the idea did not a little contribute and as I turned
my eyes
down the staircase of this extraordinary column, with a view to
discover if
I had ought to fear from prying or listening intruders, I became
sensible of
288
amours of a musical student.
the existence of another column, of minor dimensions
certainly, but equally
stately and resembling its potent neighbour in more than one
respect; so
that I could not forbear drawing many curious comparisons as I
afterwards
gazed from the summit.
My dear girl being on her knees, for the purpose I have
before stated,
with my arm encircling her waist, prompted by the feelings
imparted to
me by the novelty of the idea previously alluded to, I flung my
arms round
her, our lips met—her heart with violent throbbings beats
against my
bosom ; her head sank upon my shoulder, and * * *—As we
descended,
she whispered with an arch smile, " I almost think that I could
find a
solution to the conundrum which so puzzled you a short time
ago."
She alluded to the following lines, which had been pencilled
on the wall
by some previous visitor:—
" Can any lady fair or gent,
p]x plain how this may be :
While I am in the monument,
Two monuments I see! " (p 59).
That The Amours of a Musical Student were written by
the translator of the French works mentioned on the title-page,
I do not believe. All the incidents occur in London, the tale
is thoroughly English, and by an author of no mean pro-
ficiency; its date about 1820, as mention is made of the songs
of Moore and Byron. The volume before me is evidently a
reprint of an English original.
The quantity of these semi-erotic publications is very great,
so great indeed, that a volume, as bulky as the present one,
would be needed were I to notice them on my usual plan. As
I do not deem this desirable, I shall content myself by
american publications.
233
reproducing, generally from the publishers' catalogues, the
titles of those which appear to belong to these pages, omitting
however such as are evidently translations from the French.
They were printed in large editions, and were sold openly,
many of them being duly " entered according to Act of
Congress," but have now become scarce. Although many of
them are advertised as " illustrated," they usually have in
reality nothing more than a rough wood-cut as frontispiece, or
on the outer wrapper.
©En amours of £atrp Augusta Clapton: being the
amorous history of one of the first ladies in England;
showing
how vice can be countenanced in the first circles of society.
New York. 1852.*
Advertised by the publisher as follows :
This is the most celebrated romance in the language. Its rich
and
voluptuous scenes strike powerfully upon the imagination; and we
no
longer wonder that every one reads it and all affect to condemn
it. Perhaps
no work of an amatory and intriguing nature ever excited such a
sensation
in society as that produced by this book. Beautifully
illustrated.
C&e atlbenturesi Of Bon Pefero in search of a wife.
Showing the perilous chances a man runs in the pursuit of
courtship; the
difficulty of finding a woman with an unplucked rose, and the
probabilities,
when taking a wife, that he has taken up, not a Virgin Bride,
but the cast
* Catalog. Nr. 97, J. Scheible, art. 22.
EE
234
american publications. 234
off mistress of some amorous libertine. Also embracing the
histories of an
Amorous Young Heiress, an Intriguing Widow, a Youthful
Voluptuary,
The Amours of a Lively Monk, and the Seductive Powers of Three
" Private " Sisters. Embellished.
i%Temoirs of tl)e publtc antj prtbate life of J^apoleo it
Bonaparte* Boston, 1829. 8vo.; 2 vols*
Cfoe $ntrtgues aitti Secret Amours of ^apoleom
Being a complete history of his loves and amorous adventures
with
several celebrated women of France. Also containing the secret
interviews
of Mme Murat with the Swiss peasant, the Lover and the Dentist,
together
with many other curious intrigues. Also a full account of the
seduction of
his cousin, Leonora, interspersed with numerous engravings.
cije Cfn'ltl of Mature; or, the History of a Young Lady
of Luxurious Temperament and Prurient Imagination,
who experiences repeatedly the dangers of seduction, which are
described
in glowing colours, and whose escapes from the snares of love
are truly
wonderful. Depicting many and various luscious scenes with her
para-
mours, and in the end proving herself to be
" The child of nature, improved by chance."
This curious history, showing the power of woman over man,
when she
can controul her passion, is illustrated with engravings of
singularly inter-
esting and exciting situations, and will be found the most
pleasing and
amorous narrative ever submitted to the public.
ffcmig tn tl)e Cloister; or, Sainfroid and Eulalia. f
* Catalog. Nr. 97, J. Scheible, art. 521.
t firtitv fttbronun ihofctbitotum, p. 70.
american publications.
235
Confessions! of a Statues;' Waiting: iHafo; or The
Veil Uplifted.
aitee SKKaiie; or, the Seducer's Fearful Doom.
StemOtieUS; or, the Iniquities of New York.
f)Ol'fe %xit) or, Mysteries of Upper-tendom Revealed.
$mt Cemjlle; or, Life of an Amorous Girl.
Cfce fcatop (n tflt&b Coloured Ctflftts;*
3loI)H, the Darling of the Ladies.
€f)t Amours of a i¥lan Of Hetsfure; or, The Charming
Young Man.
Cf)e l^l'sttorp of a &afee; or, the Adventures, Amours, and
Intrigues of a General Lover, or Ladies' Gentleman.
Certeette; or, the Amours of an Actress.
Cfre
Renins' aihum; or, Rosebuds of Love. (4 plates coloured), ^enrp
; or, Life of a Libertine.
CI)e CfolO Sobers ; or, Fred in a Fix. (4 plates coloured).
Jntrtffuess of a Slloman of Jasi&l'on written by herself.
iHemofr* of a 8Homan of pleasure**
* See p. 60, ante.
236
american publications. 236
©be ^moursl of a (©uafeei*; or, the Voluptuary *
Cfte &Obe0 of 38pron, his Intrigues with Celebrated Women.
$flerrp ®tbe£> Of iontiori; a Picture of Licentiousness of
the Court.
Cfje Cfjebalter % a thrilling tale of Love and Passion,
©be $dstf) TOflJObj ; or, The Last of the Ghosts.
Harriet OTtfeOtt *, or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.*}*
iffla&elute, the Avenger; or Seduction and its Consequences.
$aul tf)e profltljate ; or, Paris as it is.
9fobentur?3 Of a Country <§trl; or, Gay Scenes in my
Life.
Allium the 3&atltral; or, The Adventures of a Bonnet
Rouge.
Amelia i^loreton J or, Life at a Fashionable Watering
Place'.
€\)t Counter ; or, My Intrigues with the Bloods.
<25btl 6etUU0; or, The Spy of the Police.
£>I)ar}}0 anb #IatSf; or, The Perils of City Life.
Cfre £ame JBebt'l; or, Asmodeus in Boston.
* intttp Etftrorum Jirofjfbttoruin, p. 45.
f No doubt a reprint of the memoirs of the notorious English
courtezan.
american publications.
293
Cftf saaetltjms ; or, Advice to Bridegrooms. (5
plates).
ferret passions. (5 plates).
Charles tbe £>econtr, earl of Eorbester, anti Bucking*
barn's! 5ntrijjue&
lUbenge, a Tale of deep, mysterious, and great Crime.
€f)t iftpsteries anti Jmqutttes of a $ribate iflabbouse.
Confessions of Sulfa Braite.*
Amorous $ntrtgue$ of aaron £urr.t
ft&e iffiarrieti Jftattu
Jfast 2Ufe tn iontion anti $aris.
€f)t jFancp iftan.
Cfte jfemale &oue*
* Cunnusfburg Etbratg, No. 12.
f The last five titles are taken from Cat. Holliday, New
York, 1870,
art. 1323, Library 0/ Love.
Cfce spirit of Jflaffellatton ; or, The Memoirs of Mrs.
Hinton, Who kept a School many years at Kensington.
To which is now added, Anecdotes, By a Lady much
addicted to Birch Discipline. The Whipping Milliners ;
The Severe Stepmother\ And The Complaisant School'
mistress. Avec des figures analogues. London : Printed
& Published by Mary Wilson, Wardour Street.
Tall 12mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press by 2f inches;
pp. 81 ; 6 badly done coloured, folding plates; three lines on
the title-page, but no date; from the Advertisement, however, at
p. 43, the date is given as May 1, 1852. In the said Advertise-
ment, signed Mary Wilson, we are told :
The original edition of the "Spirit of Flagellation,"
appears, by the
costume of the prints, to have been published about the year
1790, but
whether by Holland or Aicken I cannot pretend to say.
I have altered the size from 8vo. to i2mo., as being more
con-
venient for the diminished pockets of the present day; have
added, by way
of appendix, the ensuing anecdotes, furnished me by an amateur
of birch
discipline. I have had a new set of designs made purposely for
this edition,
and flatter myself that the votaries of this fascinating letch
will smile
propitiously on my humble endeavours. As most of the works on
this
subject are out of print, and extremely rare, it is my intention
to replace
them, in quick succession, in a series of volumes uniform with
the present.
the spirit of flagellation.
239
In a notice of Mary Wilson, prefixed to her reprint of
The Exhibition of Female Flagellants, * Theresa Berkley f
tells us that " The Spirit of Flagellation was reprinted by Miss
Wilson in the year 1827."
Reliance cannot of course be placed upon dates given or
statements made on the title-pages or in the text of books of
this class. As far as I know, The Spirit of Flagellation has
passed through three different editions : (1). George Cannon,
1827, six engravings; (2). E. Dyer, 1852 (?), six folding
lithographs (the edition probably which heads this notice) ;
(3). about 1870, six (?) lithographs, not folding.
The anecdotes which fill these 81 pages are of the weakest
and dullest kind imaginable, and must be from the pen of the
veriest Grubian; the illustrations, bad as they are, are better
than the text.
Three of the pieces which form the Appendix of The Spirit
of Flagellation have since been reprinted in a separate form,
without dates, and with half-titles only: %\)t ipie&0Ur? Of
^flagellation, Anecdote by a Lady, pp. 15; €i)t SMfppfllg
jftflDmtr*, pp. 7; Che Complaisant £>rf)ool iHi'Streste, pp. 8.
* fatlev Htbrotuni $ioljtbttorutit, p. 243.
f See itrtJejr ILtbvcuum ^loijibi'tovum for Mary Wilson, and
Theresa
Berkley.
240
elements of tuition.
Clements! Of CuttlOlI, and Modes of Punishment. In Letters,
from Mademoiselle Dubouleau, A celebrated Parisian
Tutoress, to Miss Smart-Bum, Governess of a young
Ladies' Boarding School at —. With some secrets
developed of Mock Tutors, Who have taken a delight in
administering Birch Discipline to their Female Pupils.
Embellished with Most Beautiful Prints. 1794.
Size of letter-press 4! by 2$ inches; counts 6; pp. 72;
6 coloured, folding engravings, roughly executed, but spirited;
published by George Cannon about 1830; the date and
«4 Printed by George Peacock,* Drury Lane," which appear
on the verso of the title-page are false. The Elements of
Tuition end at p. 56, numbered in error p. 47, then follow,
p. 57 to p. 72, with a new half title, Anecdotes by Lady
Termagant Flaybum,f &c. collected in the Fashionable Circles.
Reprinted by W. Dugdale about i860; without date; size
of letter-press by 2 J inches ; counts 4; 8 common, coloured
lithographs, very badly done, and different from those of the
original edition; title-page worded as above with slight
omissions, and impress: " London: Printed for the Book-
sellers." Again reprinted in London; in 1880; on toned
* fciKtj: irtbroram $3ro})ibttorum.
t Cmtum fctbrontm absfcontfitorum, p. 456.
manon la fquetteuse.
241
paper; without date; size6f by 4^ inches; no signatures; pp.
52;
wording of title-page as the last noted edition, except that the
last word is in the singular, " Bookseller," and the type is
different; 8 badly done coloured lithographs, quite unlike
those of the former issues; price £2 2s.
The five letters of which the Elements of Tuition are com-
posed contain a number of common-place anecdotes about
flagellation, told in the most tedious manner, and in language
frequently ungrammatical. The Dedicatory Epistle to Signora
Birchini * embraces many of the remarks upon the subject
which I have already offered elsewhere,f and is the best part
of the book. The Anecdotes by Lady Flay bum contain one
tale almost identical, and some verses quite the same, as those
comprised in the body of the book.
illaraw la rfjOMtttUSft} or, the Quintessence of Birch
Discipline. Translated from the French by Rebecca
Birch, Late Teacher at Mrs. Busby's Young Ladies'
Boarding School. London: Printed for the Society of
Vice.
8vo.; size of letter-press 4! by 3 inches; a line on the
title -
page; pp. 96 in all; 8 coloured lithographs, badly done.
* Snlep Eiirorunt Jhofjflutorum. f Ibid,
ff
242
the birchen bouquet.
published by W. Dugdale, about i860. The first edition
dates about 1805 to 1810; large 8 vo; pp 90; "with 6 large
and beautiful coloured plates, price £1 10s.; " it was certainly
not published until after 1804, because in the work reference
is made to the Paris Fashions for May of that year. There is
an edition by G. Cannon, about 1830, also with folding,
coloured plates; and one, I believe, by Brookes. The early
editions are very rare.
Manon la Fouetteuse is a dull, badly written book, consisting
only of flagellation anecdotes, none of which possess either
point or originality. Manon Dubouleau, a French governess,
who " resides now in America, where she keeps a boarding-
school for young ladies," gives an account of her career. Her
MS. she has confided to Rebecca Birch, her friend, who now
translates it for the edification of her friends. It does not
however appear to be a translation.
CI)f 3Strrf)£n Jiotiquet ; or, Curious and Original Anecdotes of
Ladies fond of administering the Birch Discipline. With
Rich Engravings. Published for the Amusement as well as the
Benefit of those Ladies who have under their Tuition sulky,
stupid,
wanton, lying, or idle Young Ladies or Gentlemen. Boston :
Printed for George Tickler. Price Two Guineas.
Size of letter-press si by 3 inches; counts 4; pp. 48 in all;
two lines on title-page; 8 obscene, coloured lithographs, very
243 the birchen bouquet.
badly done; published by W. Dugdale ; although the title-
page is undated, the preface concludes with : " Bristol, April
4,
1853," which is not strictly correct, the edition was, I
believe,
issued in i860. The original edition, which I have not seen,
dates back to 1770 or 1790; reprinted by G. Cannon, about
1826, with engravings; and again in 1881: wording of title-
page almost identical with that heading this notice, then:
Eight Coloured Plates. Re-published with Considerable
Additions. Birchington-on-Sea, 1881. Size of paper 7 by 4^,
of letter-press 4| by 3 inches; no signatures; pp. 60 in all;
one line on title-page ; the eight obscene, coloured lithographs
are not copied from those of Dugdale's edition; price £2 5s;
the tale is slightly altered, and eight new pieces, partly in
prose, partly in verse, are added, pp. 30 to 60, under heading
Addenda.
The Birchen Bouquet consists of a series of very ordinary
and insipid flagellation scenes, similar in character to those
in
the Elements of Tuition,* put together with an attempt to
weave them into a plot, but altogether worthless from a literary
point of view. It seems surprising that so insignificant a book
should have been so frequently reprinted.
* p. 240, ante
244
the convent school.
Cfre Consent ^fftfiOl, or Early Experiences of A Young
Flagellant. By Rosa Belinda Coote. London : Privately
Printed, MDcco-xxix.
Size of paper 6f by 5, of letter-press by 3f inches; no
signatures; pp.48; 15 badly done, coloured illustrations, of
which coloured proofs on large paper were sold separately at
15s- per set; price of the volume 3s.; issue 150 copies.
The tale is divided into 5 chapters. An Introductory Letter\
dated London, 10th January, 1825, and signed Rosa Belinda
Coote, informs us that "the following curious narrative has
been intrusted to my confidential keeping by a young Countess
of my acquaintance;" &c. Allusion is also made to her own
confessions,* to which the Convent School may be considered a
companion volume. Both tales were written by the publisher.
Lucille, the heroine, is illtreated from her childhood. On
the death of her mother, while she is yet a child, her father
whips her most severely in order to excite his passions, and to
enable him the more ardently to enjoy Lucille's governess,
with whom he is familiar. She is afterwards sent to the
school of a convent at Brussels, where the superior flogs her
in the most unmerciful manner for her amusement. From
this establishment she succeeds in making her escape, and
* Miss Coote's Confessions run through the first ten numbers
of Cf)f $)*arl»
see that title, post.
the convent school.
245
takes refuge at the Hotel d'Angleterre, where-she would have
been refused admittance but for the good offices of a young
English nobleman, Lord Dunwich, who proves to be an
intimate friend of the Earl of Ellington, to whom she is
affianced. The marriage takes place ; but her husband neglects
her for his horses, and she falls into the arms of Dunwich.
Her spouse discovers her infidelity, and, disguised as a priest,
manages to hear her confession (they are both Roman
Catholics). A penance is ordered her. She is shut up in the
convent adjoining the church. Lord Ellington, still in his
priestly garb, and another monk flagellate her in the most
cruel manner, and subject her to all kind of horrors and
barbarities. These abominations enacted, the supposed priest
again presents himself "dressed as a gentleman, and I
immediately recognised him as my husband, as, at the same
instant, he exclaimed, e Woman, my revenge is complete. You
won't deceive me again. How I have revelled in degrading,
humiliating, and torturing my adulterous wife. You'll never
see me more. This has been my way of divorcing myself
from a faithless bitch." ' Her paramour, Lord Dunwich, now
receives her with open arms, calls out the cruel husband, and
shoots him through the heart. The lovers fly ; and Dunwich
shortly afterwards " lost his life by drowning in the Rhine,
since which I have consoled myself as you know by all sorts
of erotic fancies, especially flagellation, and now dear Rosa
246
spanker's lecture.
at the early age of twenty five I find myself fast fading away."
The book is not altogether badly written; no part of the
narrative however is attractive; on the contrary, the numerous
flagellations, supplemented by filthy tortures, are insuperably
tedious and revolting.
Oqpertmental fcetturt* By Colonel Spanker, on The
exciting and voluptuous pleasures to be derived from
crushing and humiliating the spirit of a beautiful and
modest young lady; as delivered by him in the assembly
room of the Society of Aristocratic Flagellants, Mayfair.
London : Privately Printed, A.D,, 1836
Size of paper by 4|, of letter-press 4! by inches; no
signatures ; pp. 81 ; toned paper; a line on the title-page; a
frontispiece with portrait of the heroine, under which are her
name and four lines of verse, and 11 coloured, obscene plates,
in outline, rough in drawing and execution, by four different
artists; price £4. 4s.; issue 75 copies; date incorrect, the
book having been issued in 1878-79. The work is comprised
in two parts, although a third part was contemplated, to pro-
vide for which the last page, p. 81, was struck off in
duplicate,
the one terminating with " End of Part the Second," the other
with three additional lines marrying the heroine, and the word
" Finis." It is from the pen of the publisher.
247 spanker's lecture.
Of this strange performance, " done for a peculiar school of
flagellants, who delight in extreme torture," and " written to
order, in obedience to a regular framework of instructions,"
I offer, in preference to any further description of my own, a
very thorough analysis kindly furnished me by a brother-
bibliophile.
The Experimental Lecture treats, as its title denotes, of the
extasy which
is supposed to be found in cruelty, both moral and physical.
"The emotion of voluptuousness can only be excited by two
causes,
firstly, when we imagine that the object of our desire
approaches our ideal
of beauty, or when we see this person experiencing the strongest
possible
sensations. No feeling is more vivid than that of pain, its
shock is true and
certain. It never misleads like the comedy of pleasure eternally
played
by women, and seldom really felt. He who can create upon a woman
the
most tumultuous impression, he who can best trouble and agitate
the female
organisation to the utmost, will have succeeded in procuring for
himself
the highest dole of sensual pleasure."
These remarks contain the quintessence of the whole
philosophy which
is found argued to exhaustion in the notorious volumes of the
Marquis de
Sade, where he, in his wild dreams of bloody orgies, phlebotomy,
vivisection and torture of all kinds, accompanied by blasphemy,
lays so
much stress upon the moral humiliation of the victims employed.
What he
craves for is physical enjoyment caused by the lingering torture
to which
his unfortunate patients should be subjected, and which
generally ends in
their death. In this little work, our flagellants succeed in
reducing their
experiment to the customs of the present day, embracing a long
series of
torments that are wilfully inflicted upon one person, a
sensitive and highly-
educated young lady. In Justine and Juliette, the number of
individuals
employed in the orgies and the constant murders, preclude all
idea of
248
spanker's lecture.
reality, while here the whole process is so methodically and
tersely set
out, that we may almost fancy that all is founded on strong
facts, the story
being so graphically brought home to the astonished reader.
Are we thus to believe that we daily rub shoulders with men
who take a
secret delight in torturing weak and confiding women, and by so
doing can
produce erection and consequent emission ? Experience proves
this to be
so, and we could unfortunately quote several' recent cases where
girls have
been tied up to ladders, strapped down to sofas, and brutally
flogged,
either with birch rods, the bare hand, the buckle-end of a
strap, and even
a bunch of keys I Some have been warned beforehand that they
will be
beaten till " the blood comes," pecuniary rewards being agreed
upon,
others have been cajoled into yielding up their limbs to the
bonds and
gags by the promise that it is " only a piece of fun." Once
fairly helpless
in the hands of the flagellating libertine, woe betide them 1
These cowards
are bent on inflicting the greatest amount of agony possible,
and their
pleasure is in proportion to the damage done. They seem
sometimes at
that moment like devils unchained, and howl with delight almost
as loudly
as the poor girl cries out in pain. And yet immediately their
paroxysm is
over, they will treat their wretched victim with the utmost,
kindness, and
buttoning up their frock-coats, appear once more as affable,
kind gentle-
men, for they are all gentlemen by birth who indulge in this
awful mania.
Such proceedings are bad enough in all conscience, but what
can be said
of one who derives pleasure " in crushing and humiliating the
spirit,"
besides the body? According to Colonel Spanker's horrible
theory, we
may suppose that no enjoyment can be found in whipping the
callous
posterior of a match girl, who has been used to rude corrections
at the
hands of her parents, but only from exposing the delicate
nakedness of a
real tenderly-nurtured lady, whose mind has been carefully
cultured. In
order to carry out this diabolical idea, the Colonel rents a
house in May-
fair and forms the Society of Aristocratic Flagellants which
includes " at
least half-a-dozen of the most beautiful and fashionable ladies
of the day."
249 spanker's lecture.
So we see that the author considers that females are also
pleased with a
little occasional cruelty practised upon one of their own sex.
Our blue-
blooded viragoes are tired of vulgar, consenting victims, who
submit to be
tortured for the sake of lucre, so the Spanker fiend decoys "a
young
lady known to most of them, Miss Julia Ponsonby, a lovely young
blonde
of seventeen, whose widowed mother being compelled to go abroad
for a
time, is seeking for a suitable lady to whose charge she can
entrust her
daughter during her absence." The suitable lady is merely a
procuress
to the Society, and Miss Julia soon finds herself a prisoner in
the house in
Mayfair, the conservatory of which is fitted up as a Lecture
Hall, where in
the midst of flowering plants, fountains, and other luxurious
surroundings,
stands the apparatus " something like a large pair of steps,
only made of
mahogany," to which the victims are attached when undergoing
punish-
ment.* The Colonel appears on the scene, and after tantalizing
Julia, who
treats him with the scorn he deserves, begins by terrifically
slapping her
naked bottom, then takes other " dreadful liberties," and sends
her to bed.
The next morning he awakes her, rod in hand, and despite her
shame and
terror, assists at her toilette, which he aids by sundry cuts
with the birch.
When half dressed, he forces her to walk up a ladder, holding
open her
own drawers, while strokes of the merciless birch enforce
obedience. Her
executioner makes her stand on her head against the wall, and
then
leaves her. She is now decked out in an elegant ball costume,
and after
being flogged with a ladies' riding whip on the bare shoulders,
is presented
to the eagerly expectant company of flagellants: six ladies in
masks and
dominoes, and four gentlemen with false beards. The Colonel now
expounds his ideas and theories, interspersed with blows, to
which Julia
has to submit, and he gives the whole secret of the delight of
flagellation,
much more fully explained than we have ever met with it before.
She is
now forced to submit to the indecent caresses of all the
company, the little
* Similar in construction to The Berkeley Horse, of which an
engraving
will be found at p. xliv. of infcep: Htbrorum |Jrof)tbitonim,
gg
250
spanker's lecture.
whip is put into requisition once more, and she is slowly
undressed, being
still tortured at every stage of her toilette. She is pricked
with a pin,
pinched, and made to recount several erotic experiences of her
school-days-
Miss Debrette, one of the company, is now placed upon the horse,
and Julia
is forced to flog the lady, who likes it exceedingly, although
ill-treated
until " she bleeds all over." More frightful indecencies, to
prove that" the
floggee as well as the flogger experiences voluptuous pleasure,"
are perpe-
trated, and now begins what the Colonel grimly calls
"flagellation in ear-
nest." Julia is tied up to the ladder with her back to the
rungs, and this
concludes the first part. The second portion opens by the
relation of Miss
Debrette's experiences of flagellation. A male member of the
company fol-
lows suit, and after their cynical and extraordinary
confessions, Julia is tor-
tured again, a bundle of stinging nettles being now used. Her
position on the
ladder denotes the manner in which this vile description is
given. She is
turned with her back to her pitiless audience, and after more
tales of
torture related by the Colonel, she undergoes fresh anguish from
a kind of
cowhide, until she almost faints. They play leap-frog over her
poor
bruised back, and after that variety to their disgusting
entertainment, we
are treated to a story of a wife who was humiliated and
brutalized on her
wedding night. Now a leather scourge tipped with fine steel
points is called
into play while the victim is turned upside down on the ladder.
A general
melee takes place, which is utterly impossible to describe;
suffice it to say
that each gentleman flagellant satisfies the lascivious feelings
which all
this cruelty is supposed to excite, of course at Julia's
expense. She has
again to suffer a fearful onslaught with a heavy riding-whip,
and a still
greater torture than all—she is brutally ravished, with every
addition of
bitter humiliation and savage cruelty.
This book, which we can fairly assert is the most coldly
cruel and un-
blushingly indecent of any we have ever read, stands entirely
alone in the
English language. It seems to be the wild dream, or rather
nightmare, of
some vicious, used-up, old rake, who, positively worn out, and
his hide
tanned and whipped to insensibility by diurnal flogging, has
gone mad on
curiosities of flagellation.
251
the subject of beastly flagellation. The above analysis only
gives the scaf-
folding of the work, as we have avoided copying any of the
details, which
are too minutely erotic for our pen. The boldest descriptions
are given,
and every stage of the poor girl's agony, every movement, blush
and
shriek are dwelt and expatiated upon. Her beauty forms the
subject of
the most violently crude remarks, and nothing seems left undone
to prove
that only a Nero or a de Sade can really enjoy the slightest
sensual
enjoyment. We may console ourselves by thinking that the book is
too
deliberately horrible to be dangerous, for this mixture of
gloating
debauchery, inseparable from mental anguish, and bodily,
cold-blooded,
slaughter-house ill-usage, is merely a highly-coloured,
over-wrought
phantasy of obscene ideas. It is well written, and the author
has evidently
taken great pains to bring out every point into proper relief,
as if he intended
to convince the reader of the absolute reality of the repulsive
system he so
amply expounds.
Curtosrtttf* Of JflagellattOtt A Series of Incidents and
Facts
collected by an Amateur Flagellant, and published in
5 volumes. Volume 1 London, 1875
Size of paper by 4J, of letter-press 4^ by 2-f inches; no
signatures; pp. 78; two lines on the title-page; white paper;
no illustrations. Of this publication, which in the form above
described was not carried further than the first volume, I had
occasion to speak shortly after it was issued.* In 1879 and
1880 the above volume was reprinted in London, and a second
volume, completing the publication, added. They are both
* fntttjr Xftrornm $rcI)(f>ttontm, p. xlii. note.
CURIOSITIES OF FLAGELLATION.
on toned paper; size of paper 6f by 4J, of letter-press 4! by
3 inches; count 4; pp. 56 and 61 ; the title-pages bear
wording, impress and date as above, that of the second con-
tinuing " Published in 5 volumes," while that of the first,
which was reprinted some time after the second, is changed into
" Published in Two Volumes "; further, on each is added the
tale which the volume comprises: vol. 1. The Jeweller's
Housekeeper, vol. 11. Mrs. North?s School; 5 wretchedly done,
obscene, coloured lithographs to each volume; issue 150
copies; price £2 2s. per vol. The publisher is also the
author; his initials, w. l., terminate the address to the reader
on the verso of the title-page of the first edition of vol. 1.
If anything can be said in favour of the tale, The Jeweller's
Housekeeper\ which forms the first volume of this work, it is
that flagellation is here looked upon as an aphrodisiac, as a
means to an end, not as the end itself, as is not unfrequently
the case in flagellation books published early in the century.
The writer goes too far, however, when he would make us
believe that the victims of the most merciless castigations,
accompanied by other degrading tortures, feel, even at the
moment of their agony, ineffable pleasure, which continues in
still greater intensity after the punishment has ceased, so that
they soon willingly submit, and even desire to be birched, to
be lashed with horse whips, and to have their flesh cut open
till the blood flows copiously for the sake of the erotic
CURIOSITIES OF FLAGELLATION.
253
sensation which accompanies and follows their agonies. That
fustigation on the posteriors sufficient to excite an abnormal
circulation of the blood in those and adjacent parts may
exceptionally serve to arouse and stimulate the procreative
faculties in certain sluggish and jaded natures I have no doubt,
but that any one, of either sex, especially if young and
healthy,
can ever be brought willingly to submit to the tortures which
are here depicted, I positively deny.
The family in which occur the adventures, " many of them
founded on facts within the personal knowledge of the author,"
which make up The Jewellers Housekeeper, consists of Mr.
Warren, a jeweller near St. Paul's, "reputed highly religious,"
Sarah his housekeeper, " two daughters by his wife, Miss
Annie, sixteen, and Alice, fourteen, as beautiful girls as can
be met with about Highgate, where their papa has his private
residence," and Master Willie, about eleven years old,
Warren's son by Sarah. By Warren's instructions the house-
keeper trumps up stories concerning the children which afford
an excuse for him to castigate them, male and female, in the
most cruel manner, of an evening, on his return from the City.
After this exciting pastime he calms his feelings in the arms
of Sarah, or he and she mutually flog each other to prolong
their libidinous paroxisms. In spite of the lies she tells about
them, and of the torments ostensibly therefrom resulting,
both Annie and Alice become much attached to Sarah, and
254
CURIOSITIES OF FLAGELLATION. 254
even desire her to castigate them, which I submit is
unnatural.
I do not think it necessary to describe particularly these
repeated floggings, which are very similar in their details,
suffice it to add that they are told in a rather better style
than
is usually to be found in such books. The tale ends somewhat
abruptly, a continuation having been contemplated, as Sarah,
in the concluding paragraph, promises to show her young friends
" some little instruments of pleasure, but it must be deferred
till another time." The analysis of the adventures which
form the second volume of the Curiosities of Flagellation I
leave in the hands of the gentlemen whom I have already cited.
Mrs. North's School consists of five tolerably lengthy
letters, all bearing
upon the influence of the birch in venereal affairs. We need not
trouble
to add that everything is treated in the most free manner, the
author fairly
revelling in his indecent descriptions of whipping scenes,
incidents, and
adventures, with their inevitable consequences, which seem
unbelievable,
did not every one who has sown his wild oats in big cities know
them to
be true.
Letter I. Sir Charles describes how he has in his pay a lady,
Miss
Whippington, who keeps a first class seminary for the daughters
of the
aristocracy. She flogs her pupils for the benefit of her wealthy
patron,
having contrived for him a hiding-place, where he comfortably
watches
the torture and shame of the beautiful and blushing victims.
Lady Flora
Bumby, " a slightly-made, meek-looking, fair .girl, of about
fourteen," is
comfortably polished off, with all the usual gloating
descriptions of her
toilette, hose, and secret charms. Then Miss Mason, "a dark girl
of
about sixteen, with flashing eyes and burning cheeks," is
stripped to the
skin and neatly cut up. This produces an erotic effect upon both
executioner and victim, an idea that we may suppose only exists
in the mind
256 CURIOSITIES OF FLAGELLATION.
255
of these lascivious writers, when " piling up the agony."
Nevertheless, we
venture to say that a woman who is a martyr to hysteria may
suffer much
pain at the hands of a favoured lover and never hardly feel it,
especially if
he can provide some means of producing voluptuous excitement,
while his
patient is undergoing physical torment. Still these creatures
are exceptions.
They are all poor-blooded, and martyrs to their nerves. They
frequently
contradict themselves. They tell lies and have visions and
attacks of
sleeplessness. They resort to drink, while sometimes the chloral
or
morphine habit claims them for the madhouse and the grave. No
fully-
nourished, healthy woman, with her blood careering plentifully
and purely
through her veins, could enjoy being beaten, any more than could
a really
strong, healthy man. Male flagellators are always more or less
worn out,
and so are the females—if not, they are as we have briefly tried
to depict
them. Returning to our subject, after a digression which we hope
is not
entirely out of place, we come plump upon " Miss Howard, a short
stout,
red-haired girl of about seventeen, with dark-brown eyes," who
is fully
exposed in all the glory of her nudity. She takes her punishment
lying
prone on her face, till she really faints away. This concludes
the pleasant
entertainment, and Sir Charles, bursting with impatience, is
comfortably
attended to by Miss W., who indulges his most libidinous ideas
for more
than two hours, reviving his drooping energies from time to
time, by a
vigorous application of the rod, while Miss Mason and Lady Flora
are
indulging in a little Lesbian love upstairs in their bedroom.
Letter II. Still continuing, Wildish relates more of his
experiences as a
flagellant. A wife chastises a drunken and incapable husband
with a
dog-whip, and this exercise leads her to solace herself in the
arms of a
lover who has watched the onslaught through a keyhole. Then we
have
the story of a marriage contracted by a certain Lord
Coachington, who at
the age of thirty and entirely used-up, marries a wealthy young
widow.
"She was no novice in the art of love, and after the first night
or two was
quite carried away by her lust in endeavours to raise his poor
limp affair to
a state of action. She sucked, fingered, and played with his
pego and
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CURIOSITIES OF FLAGELLATION. 256
balls in every possible manner, and in her heated, excited
state, threw her-
self over his face, pressing her longing, amorous cunt down to
his mouth and
tongue, spending profusely over his moustache and beard, as she
furiously
rubbed her mount backwards and forwards, but all in vain."(p.
14.)
Her unworthy lord confesses his impotency, proffers £ 10,000
to be allowed
to secure her carefully with silken ropes and birch her
posteriors. This is
done in spite of her ladyship's groans of pain and moans of
regret, and the
result is the birth of twins—two girls !
We now have a recital of the salacious gambols of a Mr.
Robinson. He
gives £5000 to a youth to be allowed to whip him to his heart's
content, and
finding, afterwards, that the handsome adolescent is only a
young woman
in disguise, he hands her over to the tender mercies of his four
footmen,
and an indescribable orgie takes place. This epistle concludes
with a
communication from Miss Whippington, who gives the usual details
of a
fine flogging administered to Miss Lucy St. Clair, one of her
pupils.
Letter. III. Mrs. North sends a true copy of the diary of the
late Lord
P., " a most devoted advocate of birch discipline." This memoir
is suffici-
ently novel and curious, even for the perusal of the practised
libertine, who
no doubt finds very little in these books that he does not know
already. It
details the amours of a robust governess who birches a sister
and brother
entrusted to her care. She experiences extraordinary spasms of
pleasure
through these corrections, leading her to admit her little male
charge to
her couch, where she strokes his sore bottom and the adjacent
precincts,
together with other caresses of the same luscious kind. The
peculiarly-
assorted pair then play at a game which this precocious English
Fanblas
calls " cows and calves." We will hastily slur over the amiable
lessons
taught to the little boy, as we must positively refuse to
analyse the rise and
progress of corruption as applied to, and fostered in children
of tender
years. The loves, or rather the passions, of this nymphomaniacal
governess
are continued in Letter V., which concludes the book, the last
words being
in a very ironical strain:— " Dear Sir Charles, I think this
will be enough
of Lord P's diary, the rest is too filthy for me to write." Is
it indeed?
Then what must it be! . . .
256 CURIOSITIES OF FLAGELLATION.
257
Letter IV. Sir Charles tells the story of a friend of his,
who kept
several baboons and taught them to flagellate each other in
order to excite
their venereal desires. This, if not true, is certainly rather
new, and opens
up a fresh vista for the Buffons of the future. Once more we
have the
description of three trembling young ladies being tied to school
desks and
vigorously flogged, for the amusement of a late Lord Chancellor,
Mr. S. (?)
who is paying to see the execution through a peep-hole, being
afterwards
indulged by the schoolmistress.
This little work is as original as such narratives can be,
considering that
the changes are being continually rung on the same set of bells.
Doubtless,
those addicted to the vice of flagellation will enjoy the five
letters and sigh
perchance for more. It is fairly written and is evidently from
the same
pen as the Experimental Lecture. The similarity of style is
easily detected,
the sentences being somewhat too long at times. The extract we
have
given is an instance of this fault. The best written portion is
that relating
to the gambols of the governess, which show us how dangerous it
is to con-
fide young children too much to the care of servants. The
terrible
Bordeaux scandal * is an instance of such negligence on the part
of mothers
and fathers, and more instances may be found in Doctor Tardieu's
clever
book.f So there is some good to be found everywhere—even in a
delibe-
rately erotic volume I
Apology is perhaps scarcely needed for the above lengthy
analysis, as it is of a book which was its author's maiden pro-
duction.
*&ffat«Uu ©rantl ^catrtaltit J8ort»au)r. Bordeaux, Pellerin, 1881. 8vo.
f fatuUt dfEeBtfo4Ugalt tfur less attentats! auj: fMceursS,
par Ambroise
Tardieu, Paris, J. B. Bailli^re et fils, 1873. 8vo., plates.
hh
25b quintessence of birch discipline.
C&e <®\lintt$$mtt Of $trcl) Bt'SCtpInte, A Sequence to the
Romance of CMastisement. Illustrated by Four Beauti-
fully-Coloured Plates. Privately Printed. London. 1870.
Size of paper 7| by 5, of letter-press 4J by 3 inches; no
signatures; pp. 30; one plain and two fancy lines on title-
page ; toned paper; 4 obscene, coloured lithographs of very
vile execution; issue 150 copies; price £2 2s.; date incorrect,
the volume was really not issued until February, 1883;
numerous printer's blunders. The author and publisher are
one and the same person, but not the writer of the book to
which the present tale professes to be a sequence.* The
Quintessence terminates at p. 23, and the remaining seven
pages are occupied by a Letter From a Page Boy to his Mother
in the country.
In The Quintessence of Birch Discipline, one Mrs. Martinet,
in a letter addressed to a friend, favours us with an account of
the manner in which she spends her vacation at Aspen Lodge,
near Scarborough, the seat of her " old patron, Sir Frederick
Flaybum, who, you know, found it needful to fit up and start
my aristocratic seminary, and also for whom I have secret
peep-holes for his use on grand occasions." By means of a
loan of £200, Sir Frederick has induced the widow of an
Indian officer to entrust to his care her two young daughters,
* fnUtjr tLibrorum JJroijtbttorum, pp. 344, 345.
quintessence of birch discipline.
259
"giving him carte blanche in every respect, provided his
exercise of parental authority was not to have any dangerous
effects or leave any disfiguring marks on her children."
Annette and Miriam are at Aspen Lodge on Mrs. Martinet's
arrival, and, on the day following, she and her patron proceed
to whip them both, availing themselves as excuse of a paltry
and untruthful complaint from Sir Frederick. At the termi-
nation of the chastisement, which is not attended by any
particular cruelty, Miss Vaseline and Mr. Handcock are
announced. They are old friends of Sir Frederick, and the
lady, " a lovely pretty blonde of slender but exquisite figure,
coral lips, pearly teeth, and those fine, large, greyish-blue
eyes
so indicative of a lustful temperament," begins by " throwing
her arms around the neck of Sir Frederick, and kissing him
with an amorous fervour which quite took me by surprise." A
scene of promiscuous copulation, stimulated by mutual birchings
and other provocatives, now takes place, which " lasted a long
time, affording us ladies an infinity of delights, the gentlemen
being too much used up to come again in a hurry."
In the Letter From a Page Boy, Fred describes how, through
" listening and looking through keyholes," he observes his
mistresses, the "two Miss Switchers," pander to the depraved
tastes of the Hon. Mr. Freecock by birching him, and other-
wise administering to his lewd propensities; Fred is however
detected in his eavesdropping, and : " In a trice they tied me
260 the mysteries of verbena house.
up to the horse by my wrists, pulled down my trousers, and
proceeded to whack my poor naked bottom with a tremendous
birch rod."
The style of this volume is on a par with the three imme-
diately before described, but it has the advantage of being free
rom the excessive cruelty which renders them so repulsive.
Cft* iftgfifterws of Verbena 2?OU0e; or, Miss Bellasis
Birched for Thieving. By Etonensis. Price Four
Guineas. London. Privately Printed, mdccclxxxii.
Size of paper 7 by 4J, of letter-press 5 by 3 inches; no
signatures; pp. 143 ex title ; two graduated lines on the title-
page; toned paper; 4 coloured lithographs, obscene and of
vile execution; issue 150 copies. The volume is by two
different hands, and was printed at intervals, the first
portion,
pp. 1 to 96, being issued in 1881, with a half title only:
Birched for Thieving, or the Punishment of Miss Bellasis,
under which designation it was announced; while the re-
mainder of the volume, together with the full title-page as
given above, did not appear till the year following. The first
part of the work to the bottom of p. 96 is attributed, appar-
ently with truth, to a gentleman well known in London literary
circles as a constant contributor to the daily press, a keen
student of London and Parisian life, a pleasant writer of
travels, of fiction, and of artcles of an ommiscient and cosmo-
politan character, a most versatile genius, in fact, as ready
with
317 the mysteries of verbena house.
his pencil* as with his pen. Being unable to complete the
tale,
in spite of his prodigious industry and astonishing facility for
work, it was brought to a conclusion by the gentleman whose
notes have already enriched this volume.
After wading through so many dull, insipid, if not absolutely
repulsive books on the subject, it is a relief to alight at last
upon one which tact and clever writing render almost readable.
I doubt, indeed, whether it were possible for the most talented
author to make a really good and attractive book upon flagel-
lation. Of the scant plot which runs through Verbena House
the most has been made, and the practised writer who
originated the story has, by his savoir faire, and light and
pleasant style, been able to make acceptable, nay even enter-
taining, that which a lesser proficient, one with less cunning
of
his craft, would have rendered as flat, tedious, and revolting
as
are flagellation books generally.
In Verbena House we have a most minute and truthful
description of a fashionable Brighton seminary for young
ladies, of the present day, and the tale turns upon the corporal
punishment administered to the fair inmates. A Creole pupil
is robbed of two gold doubloons, and Miss Bellasis is detected
as the thief, having augmented her guilt by hiding the stolen
* I have before me a sheet of paper, 10 by inches, covered
with 37
figures and subjects, done by him in ink and slightly tinted;
they are very
clever, and relate, all of them, more or less to flagellation.
262
the mysteries of verbena house.
treasure in the work box of one of the little girls. A search
through the pupils' desks, &c., in quest of the missing coins,
discloses that a Miss Hazeltine has secreted a bottle of gin,
while a Miss Hatherton is the possessor of an obscene book;
both are destined to be flogged, as well as the more wicked
heroine, and the proprietress, Miss Sinclair, writes to the Rev.
Arthur Calvedon, the spiritual adviser of the establishment, to
consult him on the point, for, be it remarked, up to this time
the school mistress has been averse to corporal punishment.
Pending his arrival, a council of war is held, and the German
and French governesses commnicate their respective opinions
and experiences concerning the castigation of young girls. The
speech of the Gallic teacher, which occupies two pages, is given
in French, fairly graphic and idiomatic, were it not disfigured
by countless printer's blunders. The reverend gentleman
now arrives, and gives Miss Sinclair his Eton experiences,
which serve to introduce other descriptions of flogging.
Arthur, as the clergyman is usually termed, is sorely tempted to
beg leave to be a witness of the birching of Miss Bellasis, but
takes his departure ungratified, with the promise, however, to
return after the execution. On the following morning the
thief is conducted by the sub-governess and the housekeeper
to the school room, where, after much resistance, she is
stripped,
tied over a desk, and publicly flogged before her companions
and the servants. The stripping brings us to p. 96, and the
263 the mysteries of verbena house.
description of her castigation and suffering begins on p. 97,
and is consequently not from the pen of the original author.
Indeed the change of style is very plainly discernable. The
light and playful manner of the first portion of the book is
exchanged for one more solid and serious. Up to this point
obscene words have been but sparingly used, but the writer of
the latter part has no squeamish scruples on this head, but
calls
all things by their proper, or improper names. The character
of Miss Sinclair is entirely changed. From the "maid-matron "
concerning whose fair fame not a whisper had ever been
uttered, and who "was not by any means a flogging school-
mistress," never having " seen such a thing as a birch rod,"
she is converted into " the lascivious lady of Verbena House,"
who "registers a vow to become a fearless heroine of the
birch, and make the sufferings of her pupils minister to her
devices." And this metamorphosis is the less admissible, as it
is entirely at variance with the original and far more artistic
conception of the character. At p. 20 we read:
Enough has been said, however, to show that Miss Sinclair
could not
hitherto lay claim to the character of a " flogging
schoolmistress," and I
very much doubt whether such " flogging schoolmistresses " do
really exist,
save in some rare and occult instances, where ci-devant gay
women are set
up in business by wealthy flagellants for the express purpose of
carrying on
the birch discipline—the performances being witnessed by the
amateurs
through crevices or peepholes in doors, or from behind curtains,
or from
some other secure point of espial. Ceci est ung livre de bonne
foy, lecteur, as
old Montaigne says. * • * On the other hand I would point out
that the vast
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majority of stories of systematic birching- in girls' schools
which appear in
the correspondence columns of newspapers and periodicals are
gross fables,
invented either to tickle the fancy of the writers who write
them, or cunningly
devised as decoy-ducks to draw forth genuine communications from
corres-
pondents writing in good faith.*
But to continue our analysis. The castigation of Miss
Bellasis is described at great, perhaps too great, length, as
nothing new or striking is imported into it. Immediately after-
wards we have a scene of passion between the clergyman and
Miss Sinclair, who is supposed to have been greatly excited by
her cruelty to her peccant pupil, over whose posteriors three
rods have been used up. The next day Miss Sinclair and
Arthur, who is now her lover, severely punish the Misses
Hatherton and Hazeltine in private, that is to say, the school-
mistress brutally torments the two girls, first with a riding
whip, then with a hair brush, while the reverend admirer is
peeping through a spy hole. The volume ends abruptly with
a few lines of encouragement to flagellants of both sexes.
I have already expressed my opinion that The Mysteries of
Verbena House (at least the first part of it) is one of the best
books of its kind, and a truthful picture of what is passing
around us; further, I believe the author when he writes : 411
am not narrating fiction, but fact; and throughout the entire
,tory I shall have but very rarely to draw on my imagination."
The merit of the book, however, does not so much lie in the
story, or in the descriptions of birchings, as in the
digressions,
• InVfT ttbrontm $rofctbftorttm, p. xli,
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consisting frequently of very judicious strictures on the
occult
habits of the fair sex, or of disquisitons upon some of their
garments as now worn, and sometimes exposed to the gaze of the
vulgar. Threatened as we at present are with a total revolution
in female attire, especially in their under clothing, through
the
medium of "hygienic" and "rational" dress societies, who seek to
revive the Bloomer mania of former years, and to impose on their
votaries divided skirts and other quasi-masculine innovations,
it may not be out of place to give more prominence to the
following dissertation on ladies' inexpressibles, which it is
proposed to sweep away, or so far modify, that our author's
description of them may eventually possess even a historical
value.
At the period to which this narrative refers the school
contained perhaps
thirty girls of the junior category; that is to say, children
wearing petti-
coats short enough to display some portion of their drawers; and
twenty
elder pupils, wearing long skirts, and whose " pantalettes "
were conse-
quently only visible to the eye of the profane vulgar when they
were walking
on the Marine Parade, and when the wind blew very high. But that
every
one of her girls, little and big, should wear drawers of some
kind or another
was part of Miss Sinclair's code of laws, and those laws were as
those of the
Medes and Persians. Thus there were little minxes whose breeches
only
reached to the knee, and others whose trowsers only came
mid-leg, and a
few who wore the old fashioned drawers, which came down to the
ancle,
and well nigh covered the boot. Some of the elder girls wore
drawers
almost as tight as nun's (sic) pantaloons, and whole seated—that
is to say not
slit up the back. These buttoned at the sides, and necessitated
the letting
down of a hinder flap when the wearer went to the watercloset.
Others,
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ladies' riding trowsers.
again, patronised " knickerbocker " drawers of crimson or
purple flannel—
Zouave breeches in fact, secured by an " elastic " at the
knee—but the ma-
jority of the elder girls wore the ordinary undergarments of
English ladies,
young and old, linen or longcloth " tongs," slit up the front
and the back,
tying round the waist with a string, the drawers themselves
reaching to the
middle of the calf of the leg, and decorated at the extremities
with several
" tucks," or with embroidery or "insertion."
One girl, Miss Montes, from Cuba, a " big one," wore regular
Turkish
drawers of transparent gauze, which bagged down to her ancles.
She had
brought three dozen pairs of these curious inexpressibles with
her from
Havana. " They were useful," she said, " in the Tropics, as a
protection
against mosquitoes." (p. 7).
The author resumes the subject at p. 23 by entering a pro-
test against riding trowsers for women, of "chamois leather
with black feet," which he considers indelicate, firstly,
because
they are measured for, and fitted on, by men, and secondly,
because they fit tightly. He continues :
The greatest enemy to a woman's chastity is contact. Let her
wear her
things loose, and she may keep her blood cool. Nuns—continental
ones at
least—don't wear drawers. Peasant women, who are chaste enough
as
times go, don't wear drawers; and when they stoop you may see
the bare
flesh of their thighs above their ungartered stockings. But the
bigger the
whore—professional or otherwise—the nicer will be the drawers
she wears,
while the prude, or the cantankerous. old maid will either wear
the most
hideous breeches imaginable, or none at all. I positively knew a
lady once
who not only repudiated drawers herself, but would not allow her
daughters
to wear them.
" They were immodest," she said. And so they are. They bring
into
immediate contact with a woman something belonging to the
opposite sex.
When drawers are made of linen, and are bifurcated at the
bottom and
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belly, they are feminised to an extent which may neutralise
the elements I
have spoken of; although, as far as I am concerned, it tickles
me some-
what when I look from the windows of a railway carriage into
suburban
back gardens to see the white drawers of women hung to dry on
clothes
lines, and fluttering in the breeze. My imagination fills the
empty galli-
gaskins with cosy bottoms and hirsute quims. Were those drawers
loqua-
cious, like Tennyson's "Talking Oak," what mysteries might they
not reveal,
A lady, putting on her riding trousers becomes, consciously
or uncon-
sciously, akin to a hoyden assuming man's clothes, or nearer
still, to a bal-
let girl drawing on her tights. She is subject to contact of the
most perilous
kind. The warm close substance that passes close to her flesh,
that clasps
her loins, and embraces her bum, and insinuates itself between
her thighs,
has, all senseless leather, cloth, or silk, as^the case may be,
something of the
nature of a man's hand in it.
Let the graces be stark naked, or vest them only with flowing
drapery,
and they may be as chaste as Susannah. Put them in drawers or
tights
and they become prostitutes.
If Diana had gone a hunting in trousers of " chamois leather
with black
feet," she would not have behaved, I take it, quite so savagely
to poor
Actaeon.
i^eto attalantlS Jfar tlje Hear 1762 : Being A Select Portion
of Secret History; Containing Many Facts, Strange! but
True!
The Godly dame who fleshly failings damns
Scolds with her maid, or with her chaplain crams;
Would you enjoy soft nights and solid dinners
Faith, gallants, board with saints and bed with sinners.
Pope.
London: Printed for W. Morgan, in Pater-Noster-Row.
m.dcc.lxii. Price is. 6d.
t2mo.; pp. 100; the-half title reads: An Attalantis, &c.*
The vol., terminates with " End of the First Part," but is
nevertheless complete in itself.
This little volume, of extreme rarity, comprises five
histories,
founded, no doubt, more or less upon fact:
i. The Amours of Lady Lucian. This young lady was not
handsome, being rather Dutch built, too fat, but indifferently
featured, and
more indebted to the perfumer for a tolerable complection, than
to
nature. * ♦ * * She lived in the sterile state of virginity till
she had fairly
counted as many years as she had teeth. Yet, when I say she
lived in the
state of virginity, I would not be supposed to mean any more,
than she
* The title begins probably with " The or " A," which has
dissappeared
under the binder's knife in the copy before me. The work must
not be
confounded with one by Mrs, Manley bearing a similar title.
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lived unmarried : for, not to mention actual commerce with
the male sex
it is well known that French milliners sell more instruments
than one to
soften the rigour of a lady's celibacy. • * * A pious and
erudite noble-
man, called Lord Lucian, opened his honourable trenches before
her, and
cannonaded her so successfully, with politics, poetry, and
religion (for he
was equally a dab at them all) that he soon carried the
fortress, and must
have fixed his standard in the midst of her citadel.
But behold the very first night, ere his lordship |had been
in bed with
his fair consort three minutes, he found jhis spirit move
him—not to cele-
brate the rites of Hymen, but to get up and transcribe one of
St. Paul's
epistles, which engaged so much of his thoughts and time,.that
he had not
leisure for anything else that night.
The next, and following nights are no better, until our
heroine can bear her spouse's neglect no longer.
What! my lord, cried she, in a rage, does religion teach you
to negleot
your duty ? it's your duty to do what I require of you. Softly,
my dear,
said he, softly; don't put yourself in a passion: it is a rule
with me, and I
can't deviate from rules, never to shed my ink from two pens at
once: but
be easy, I tell you once more; while I refrain from tickling
your tail with
the one, I will tickle your ear enough with the other; I will
write you every
day the sweetest verses.
The devil run away with you and your verses too, said her
ladyship,
more furious than ever ; I had rather have one good (here she
muttered
a paw paw word) than a thousand of them; and if you won't give
me what
I love I will find those that shall, you poetical, political
fumbler; you are a
fumbler every way, I see you are, and you would serve me the
same way
you do the muses, if I would let you.
Her ladyship now unburthens her bosom to Madam Rouge,
"the compound idea of bawd and smuggler," who is quite wil-
ling to assist her. Lady Lucian is however shocked at the
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idea of having a child, and Rouge suggests a " castrato," for
"these creatures are very tractable; it gratifies their pride to
be
taken notice of by a woman; and I have heard my mother
say they toil like horses." A meeting is forthwith arranged
at Rouge's house between her employer and Signor Squalini,
a singer upon whom her ladyship has had her eye for some
time past; he turns out to her entire satisfaction, so she takes
him into regular keeping, and appoints him her music
master. But:
One morning- as her ladyship was shut up with her instructor,
the count
came down softly from his study, and stopt opposite my lady's
chamber;
whether through any suspicions, or in hopes to hear a musical
prelude, we
shall not presume to determine.
But certain it is, that he had not remained in the post long
before he had
cause for suspicions enough whatever he brought with him: for
after a
little bustling and odd thruming on the keys of the harpsichord,
he heard
his lady cry out in an extatic tone ©f voice,
" Give what thou can'st, and let me dream the rest."
His lordship was too well read in Pope, not to know where
that line was,
and the occasion of speaking it; he laid his hand immediately
upon the
lock of the door, and giving it a push open, for the lady had
omitted to
bolt it, he beheld my lady and her master—not playing the
harpsichord,
but playing upon it; her ladyship couchant on the instrument,
which served
her for a sopha, and the master recumbant on the lady, while
every now
and then he touched the keys of the harpsichord with his feet.
The natural result of such a scene is that " three days after
my lord and lady parted by mutual consent," and her ladyship
has full " opportunity to enjoy the society of her dear castrato
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without molestation." But Squalini soon deserts her, and she
consoles herself in the arms of another eunuch singer. The
tale ends with twenty lines of verse, written by Lady Lucian
" in praise of one of her mutilated favourites."
2. Henry and Emma. "Two of the most accomplished
persons in the court and kingdom in which they lived. The
latter was daughter of Albertus; the former the husband of
the engaging Priscilla." They become enamoured of each
other, and although Emma is to be married to Nauticus to
whom "she has no objection," they elope together to the
Continent. The adventures are narrated in a dry, philosophizing
manner, and are without interest or entertainment. There are,
however, some sensible, though severe strictures upon the
foolish and insufficient way in which girls were then educated,
too long to be quoted in full, but which terminate thus:
Well, all this while nature does not fail to act her part, to
raise in her
little fluttering heart such commotions as excite her curiosity
to know how
she came into the world. She sees the lambs, the birds, nay
every animal
creature, speak a sensible passion. She watches them, observes a
converse
between them, pleasing, though unintelligible to her. This
excites her
further attention :—She sees the bulls and heifers wanton with
their mates
in a more striking manner. By this time, perhaps, she surprizes
the cook-
maid and John on the kitchen table, and her mensly swelling
ridicules the
parsley-bed notion. Ere now, puberative locks begin to flow, and
her
bosom pouts its pleasing prominences. In a word, she decides
herself a
woman; yet she sighs, and wants she knows not what. She eats
chalk,
looks pale, and her doctor prescribes every thing but the right
nostrum for
the green-sickness. Man is forbidden her, as the only bane of
woman's
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felicity; and yet she has made a notable discovery by
accident, which
raised such unusual Batterings, such an eager and rapid
circulation through
her whole frame, as proved the object of her wishes then in
view. This
she at length communicates to her hearty friend miss Anybody,
who chides
her for her folly, in repining for what she may at any time
possess in
effigy, and, according to her, with equal rapture. She is now
initiated in
the unnatural mystery, and from this moment we may bid adieu to
virginity, though miss thinks herself completely chaste,
according to the
mortality she has imbibed, whilst she remains untouched by man.
These
seeds of corruption having been thus sown, they are brought to
maturity
by novels and romances, which soon excite her to fall in love,
in order to
be a heroine; so that a little importunity on the side of the
first man that
offers, easily prevails upon her; and if she does not make an
elopement to
be tacked to her father's coachman or footman, she perhaps plays
some
such rediculous farce as I am here made so capital an actor in.
3. The History of The Countess of B. Oh, cupid 1 if thou hast
any regard for thine own honour, and desirest that the annals of
thy empire
should be transmitted fair to posterity, in the lives of thy
votaries, vouch-
safe to let me have a quill plucked from one of thy own wings;
give it to
thy mother Venus; entreat her to make a pen of it; and, dipping
it from
time to time in a certain place, not fashioned very unlike an
ink-horn,
prevail on her to supply me with that luxurious moisture which
alone is fit
to write the amours of the celebrated countess of B.
Thus runs the invocation. Nevertheless the heroine has
been reared in the most modest and virtuous manner.
Such was her delicacy, that at first she had much ado to
prevail on
herself to admit him to those liberties which a husband has a
right to claim;
for she was tender and delicate; his lordship of a make like
Hercules,
whose club, or something very like it, he usually carried about
him; and
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the very thought of that dreadful weapon (it is said) almost
frightened the
poor lady out of her wits.
Thus for three weeks after the nuptial knot had been tied,
the earl was
baffled in all his amorous encounters, till one day, he and his
fair consort
having retired to the country, the weather proved so sultry,
that the countess
could not support it; she ordered a bath to be prepared tor her:
and
having left it, she retired to a pleasant chamber, where she
threw herself
down on a sopha, with only one thin petticoat and a loose night
gown, the
bosom of her gown and shift being open.
She lay uncovered in a melancholy careless posture, her head
resting on
one of her hands. The earl watched his opportunity, and came to
her
door with his damask night gown wrapt about him, under which he
had no
other covering than his shirt; he opened the door softly, and
the first thing
the lady saw, on raising her eyes at hearing the noise, was the
impatient
champion, with the distinction of his sex flaming like a priapus
before him.
The majority of readers will imagine, I dare swear, that his
lordship
immediately rushed forward, flew to the fair one's arms, nailed
her down to
the couch with kisses, and that his desires and resolution
giving him double
vigour, in spite of prayers tears and strugglings, he forced his
way into the
seat of bliss : but his lordship was a more experienced engineer
than so (sic).
On seeing the countess attempt to rise, in some disorder, he
instantly
covered that tremendous engine which seemed to create her
disgust; and
gently seating himself by her on the couch, he drew her gently
to him,
drank her tears with his kisses, which now flowed plentifully
from her, while
she leaned upon his breast; sucked her sighs, and gave her by
that tender
commerce, new and unfelt desires.
This gentle and delicate conduct of the earl at length
prevails, and " she closed her languishing eyes, delivered up
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her lips and breath to the amorous invader, returned his
eager
grasps, and, in a word, gave her whole person into his arms,
in meltings full of delight."
For seven years their wedded bliss continues without inter-
ruption, the lady thoroughly satisfied, for her spouse " filled
Cupid's granaries with seed of the best, and the fruit produced
were four or five fine children." But this happiness was not
to last; his lordship dies, and his widow remains discon-
solate.
The knocker at the great gate was tied up for a fortnight,
and no visitors
admitted, but a few friends to make up a party at cards, which
was
absolutely necessary to keep her ladyship from wholly sinking
under the
load of her afflictions. The booby-hutch, the vis-a-vis, the
chariot, were
all hung in sable, and the servants arrayed like sons of sorrow,
while the
countess herself, covered from head to foot in bombazeen, now
and then
made HUer appearance, like madam Cynthia in a cloud, to get a
mouthful of
fresh air, for a stomach to her tokay and ortolans.
Thus she lived for upwards of a twelvemonth (oh ! wonderful
proof of
affection 1) without tasting, or wishing to taste once more, the
pleasures of
the nuptial bed.
But such violent grief, such chastity could not last, and "
at
length those fires, which Lord B. had so effectually raised, and
so constantly supplied with fuel, began to blaze again, and
threatened to burn her ladyship to ashes, if she did not get
the engine which alone could quench them."
" To amuse her mind, it was her ladyship's chance to go to
a place where certain waters were drank for the recovery of
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health." There she makes the acquaintance of a widower named
Squire Bullruddery.
He was one day walking in a grove, with his arms across,
thinking no-
body by; but I believe that a mistake, for he certainly knew
Lady B. was at
that time sitting in a laurel summer-house, from whence she
could see
everything that passed within fifty yards of her. Squire
Bullruddery then,
suddenly starting from his pretended reseverie, applied his
right hand very
leisurely to that part of his garments which concealed the
distinction of his
sex, vulgarly called a cod-piece, and unbuttoning it, with the
same calmness,
displayed what is not fit for me to mention; but it was a very
fine thing to
be sure, and in very good condition ; for the lady was so taken
with it from
her hiding-place, that from that moment
For him she did so scald and burn
That none but he could serve her turn.
But first I should tell, that Squire Bullruddery, after
pouring forth a
deluge, which was as a love draught to the lady, who drank it in
at her
eyes, he gave his gentleman a lusty shake, and again committed
it to the
confinement of his black velvet breeches. * * * Three weeks
after this
Lady B. and Squire Bullruddery were made one flesh, as much as
the
church could do it. But " great cry and little wool," says the
proverb,
which her ladyship found true to her sorrow. She was
confoundedly dis-
appointed with Mr. Bullruddery's performance ; and in the
morning, when
her faithful Abigail met her at the bed chamber-door, demanding,
with a
simpering curtsey, "how her ladyship had rested"; "Rested!
Abigail,
returned the Countess, I have rested too well; got sleep, my
belly-full.
Who would ever judge by the eye." " Why to be sure, madam,
returned
the chamber-maid, the proof of the pudding is in the eating." "
A meer
pudding I have got indeed, returned the countess."
" You found it a marrow pudding, I hope, ma'am, cry'd the
Abigail."
To which her ladyship, with a shrug and a sigh, said no more
than "Mr.
Bullruddery is not the man I took him for."
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It will be naturally imagined that failures in these parts
bred some ill
blood between the new married couple. Bullruddery was sensible
of his
own disposition, more bulk than spirit; however my lady kept a
sullen
silence without complaining: except one morning, after some
little bustle in
the bed-chamber, she was heard to say, " What the devil do you
mean,
Bullruddery, for teizing me in this manner; it won't do, you
know it won't."
" Well, but can't you let me try, madam, said the supplicating
husband ? "
" Try 1 cried the lady, I am sure you try my patience every
night and
morning; but by the living G--I'll be even with you." She spoke in a
passion, and to be sure, poor lady, was violently provoked.
The lady now refuses positively to admit her husband again
into her bed, " so he put on his breeches again without any
quarrel, ordered another bed to be sheeted, and called up the
kitchen-maid, who kept his back warm the remainder of the
night." The housekeeper's nephew, a lad of 18 years, is
chosen to supply the Squire's place, and he is soon followed
by other lovers. The tale ends with a dialogue, in which the
ill sorted couple arrange a mutual separation.
4, A Private Anecdote in the Fashionable World. Long had
the beautiful Melessa, of the first family and fortune, in the
island of Angola,
indulged a criminal flame for the gay Hyppolitus, which her
timorous hus-
band saw her continually satisfying; yet such was his love of
her, and his
fear of her gallants, that he durst pot complain of the injury.
But the fickle lover, sated with her charms, has transferred
his affections to an opera-dancer, and ponders upon the means
of ridding himself of Melessa; at length the following plan is
resolved on, and carried out by the help of his friend. Colonel
Bevil, who also loves Melessa.
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Melessa came to Hyppolitus the next day, immediately after
she had
dined; she scarce allowed herself time to eat, so much more
valuable in
her sense were the pleasures of love. The servants were all out
of the way
as usual, only the valet who told her, his master was lain down
in a bed-
chamber that joined his study, and he believed was fallen
asleep.
The duchess softly entered that little bower of repose. The
weather
violently hot, the umbrelloes were let down from behind the
windows, the
sashes open, and the jessamine, that covered them, blew in with
a gentle
fragrancy. Tuberoses, set in pretty gilt and china pots, were
placed
advantageously upon stands; the curtains of the bed drawn back
to the
canopy, made of yellow damask, the panels of the chamber,
looking-glass.
Upon the bed were strewed, with a lavish profuseness, plenty of
orange and
lemon flowers; and, to compleat the scene, the young Bevil, in a
dress and
posture not very decent to describe; for it was he that in a
loose gown had
thrown himself upon the bed, pretending to sleep, with nothing
else on
besides his shirt, which he had so indecently disposed, that
slumbering as
he appeared, his whole person stood confessed to the eyes of the
amorous
duchess.
His limbs were exactly formed, his skin-shiningly white, and
the pleasure
the lady's graceful entrance gave him, diffused joy and desire
throughout
all his form, as well as erected that standard, the peculiar
distinction of his
sex. His lovely eyes seemed to be closed, his face turned on one
side (to
favour the deceit), was obscured by the lace depending from the
pillow on
which he rested.
The duchess, who had about her all those desires she expected
to employ
in the embraces of Hyppolitus, was so blinded by them, that at
first she
did not perceive the mistake, so that giving her eyes time to
wander over
beauties so inviting, and which increased her flame; with an
amorous sigh
she gently threw herself on the bed, close to the desiring youth
; the ribbon
of his shirt-neck not tied, the bosom (adorned with the finest
lace) was
open, upon which she fixed her charming mouth. Impatient, and
finding
that he did not awake, she raised her head, and laid her lips to
that part
of his face that was revealed.
27 2
new attalantis.
The burning lover thought it was now time to put an end to
his pretended
sleep; he clasped her in his arms, grasped her to his bosom; her
own
desires helped the deceipt; she shut her eyes with a languishing
sweetness,
calling him by intervals, her dear Hyppolitus, her only lover,
taking and
giving a thousand kisses. He got the possession of her person
with so
much transport that she owned all her former enjoyments were
imperfect
to the pleasures of this.
The duchess however finds out the deception, but is so
satisfied with the Colonel, that " she bestowed upon him what
she before, in her own opinion, had bestowed upon Hyppolitus."
As previously arranged, Hyppolitus now arrives, surprises the
lovers in the act, and vows never to forgive the faithless lady.
But more than this, " he took his measures so well, that it was
the duke's own fault he did not twice find Bevil in bed with
her; but he was a man perfectly good-natured, full of love
and inconstancy, and made strange allowances for the frailties
of flesh and blood."
"Thus indulgent, he suffered a great belly of the duchess
(due to that happy amorous encounter on the damask bed) to
pass in the esteem of the world (as the rest of her's had done)
for his."
5. The Royal Rake: or, the Adventures of Prince Yorick.
This tale simply describes " a frolic (as they term it) which
some noblemen took lately in scouring Drury-lane, among
whom was a person of distinguished rank, named Yorick."
new attalantis.
279
They rescue a girl who is being raped; " they picked up as
many strumpets as they could meet, and carried them to a
tavern, and sent a porter to bring as many as he could find ;
till at last the room, though spacious, was crowded like the pit
on the first night of a new play. It was then agreed, that
every man should chuse for himself, which was done accord-
ingly, and those ladies who were so unfortunate to be disliked
by these men of taste, took pett, and were immediately sedan'd
to mother Godby's, and related the whole affiair." One of
these fair Cyprians is " Posture Nan, the greatest mistress in
that way of any of her sex." After this they go to a brothel,
where a " ruddy-complectioned country girl " is offered with
" twenty guineas as the lowest price of her maidenhead." The
prince, to whose lot the virgin falls, does not abuse her, but
pays the money, and soon afterwards " sent her in the stage-
coach to her parents."
Although the five tales which compose the New Attalantis
cannot be said to bear the impress of genius, they possess, it
must be owned, a certain amount of originality; moreover
they are diverting, and illustrate with tolerable fidelity the
manners of the times.
In noticing this curious little volume I have been perhaps
somewhat too lavish of extracts, but their raciness, and pithy
humour, and the great rarity of the book, must be my excuse.
280 useful hints to single gentlemen.
useful to Single Gentlemen, respecting Marriage,
Concubinage, and Adultery. In Prose and Verse. With
Notes Moral, Critical, and Explanatory. By Little
Isaac.
Amor vincit omnes.
Each day we break the bond of human laws,
For love—and vindicate the common cause.
Dryden.
London: Printed for D. Brewman, No. i 8, Little New
Street, Shoe Lane; and sold by H. D. Symonds, No. 20,
Paternoster Row. [Price One Shilling.] 1792.
Large 8vo.; pp. 5 2 with 4 unnumbered pages of title and con-
tents ; a prettily engraved frontispiece, signed J. Cruikshanks,
and subscribed: " The Invitation. Published by D. Brewman,
April 28th. 1792."; it represents a girl seated on a sopha,
talking through a window to a man, whom she is inviting to
take a seat beside her ; in her right hand she holds a fan; the
man appears to refuse her invitation. Gay * notes an edition
of 1795, possibly in error.
The object of this work is strictly moral. Vice is portrayed
in various phases by means of anecdotes and short sketches
such as:
* JSfljUojjrajrijtt, vol. 6, p. 380.
useful hints to single gentlemen.
281
The Artful Seducer; a Picture taken from Life.
Maria ; or A n Address to the gay Lotharios of the present Day.
The melancholy Consequences of Seduction.
A Dying Harlot's Address to an Old Debauchee, &c.
Each article is interspersed with moral reflections and
warnings, and is illustrated by copious foot notes. The volume
is curious and scarce, and although by a different publisher,
was issued in the same year as, and forms a companion volume
to : €f)t Cfjtrtlf), or Guardian of Female Innocence.f
In Cfce a&ott Con No. for May 1795, the same
plate which adorns Useful Hints was used again, the name of
the artist obliterated, and the subscription altered into Men
Traps, to correspond with an anecdote bearing that name
which it was made to illustrate, and in which it is thus alluded
to:
I stopped short, and whispering Mrs. Primstaff in the ear,
pointed to a
beautiful young lady, who sat facing the window. The sash was
thrown up,
to afford the spectators a better display of her charms. The
nymph
appeared clad in loose attire. Her lovely bosom bare to view,
and whiter
than the driven snow, moved in graceful pitty-pat motion; whilst
her fine,
expressive, sparkling eyes darted fire sufficient to thaw and
melt the frozen
bosom of an hermit.
In a foot note to the above story Useful Hints is mentioned
as "a curious tract," but the purloining and mutilation of
Isaac Cruikshank's plate is not acknowledged.
f fnttcf Etbrorum $Jrof)tbitotum, p. 158.
LL
282
the ladie's tell-tale.
Ht\)t dairies' Cell Cale; or, Decameron of Pleasure. A
Recollection of Amourous Tales, as related by a party of
young friends to one another. With Characteristic Plates.
London : Published by May, Wilson, and Spinster, 2,
Portabellea Passage, Leicester Square. Price, £1 1 is. 6d.
12mo. (counts 6); size of letterpress 4-f by 2§ inches ;
three
lines on title-page; 4 vols. The first three vols, were pub-
lished, about 1830, by John Ascham, of Chancery Lane, the
fourth by William Dugdale. The engravings, six for each
volume, are fairly well drawn, and neatly executed. In 1863
W. Dugdale reprinted the first three vols., and two years
later re-issued the entire work as :
lobe's Cell-Cale ; or; The Decameron of Pleasure. Volume 1.
London : Printed for the Booksellers, mdccclxv.
8vo.; size of letter-press 5J by 3 inches; two lines on the
title-pages; 5 vols.; pp. 109, 75, 92, 118, 55, in all; 40 badly
done, coloured lithographs, 8 in each vol. The order of the
tales in The Ladies', and Love's Tell- Tale is not quite the
same; I have in my notice adopted that of the latter.
Some ladies and gentlemen form a club for combined and
mutual sexual indulgence, each member having to entertain
the company with a tale, generally of personal experience.
These narratives are supposed to have been collected by the
lady president. They do not appear to be all by one hand,
love's tell-tale.
283
but the composition throughout is generally superior to that
of books of a similar nature.
Vol. i, Tale 1. Little Miss Curious''s Tale. Between
little Miss Curious, when in her tenth or eleventh year, and
her father's servant, Henry, a friendship springs up. She
watches him, and between the chinks of his bedroom door
observes him while he is allaying the ardour of his tempera-
ment in solitude. One day, while chasing a butterfly in the
garden, little Miss Curious falls upon a stake, which pene-
trates the part destined for the reception of a more pliable
instrument. Henry is at hand, carries his young mistress into
a summer house, extracts the stake, and laves the wounded
part. The ice is now broken—miss is no longer reserved
before Henry, but allows him every possible freedom. He,
however, restrains himself, and does not endeavour to snatch
the last favour until one day he surprises her in the summer
house, asleep, with her person exposed, when, after a little
gentle masturbation, he makes a partial attempt upon her
virginity. The damsel wakes, and Henry hastily hides his
member. Miss, however, determines to bring matters to an
issue, and drags the now crest-fallen limb from its conceal-
ment. Her youthful fingers soon produce renewed vigour,
and to her great satisfaction she watches at her ease that
operation of nature which she had hitherto only indistinctly
perceived through the cracks of the door. She now begs
Henry to complete her education, which after obtaining her
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love's tell-tale. 284
promise of secrecy, he does that same night in her own "
little
bed," she being only 12 years old.
Tale 2. The Young Gentleman?s Tale contains nothing
remarkable. The hero, an entire novice, accosts in the public
street, a girl whom he takes to be a prostitute, but who is in
reality a young lady of " ton." After some banter she con-
ducts him to a bagnio, where she thoroughly initiates him into
the mysteries of Venus. Mutual confidences and discoveries—
of her social position and of his complete innocence—lead to a
lasting friendship. The amorous damsel is also a member of
the " Tell-tale " society, and recounts her adventures in the
following story.
Tale 3. The Young Lady's Tale. The heroine, while yet a
school girl, forms the acquaintance of a gentleman living in the
Temple, but does not allow him any serious familiarity. The
schoolmistress, discovering one-day a valentine secreted in her
pupil's bosom, sentences her to a flogging before all the other
girls. This so much irritates young miss that she writes forth-
with to her admirer, begging him to send a coach to a certain
street to wait for her. She escapes from school, jumps into
the conveyance, and reaches her lover's chambers. With him
she remains some few weeks, and then joins a female friend in
the country, by whose assistance her relations are reassured and
pacified, and she returns home without the least stain upon her
reputation. The main point of the tale is the destruction of
love's tell-tale.
285
her virginity, which is narrated at length and with the
minutest
details.
Vol. II. Tale 4. The Traveller's Tale possesses little either
novel or attractive. The hero, while travelling in France,
finds himself in a dilligence beside two girls—a young lady
and her maid—with whom he manages to scrape acquaintance.
During the journey, and in the vehicle, they permit him certain
covert liberties; and he discovers that they are about to visit
a lady with whom he is also acquainted, and who is the aunt
of the young lady. He accompanies them to their destination.
The old lady is not yet visible, and while waiting for her, the
maid having discreetly left the room, the young libertine
succeeds in deflowering the niece. He is invited to remain a
few days at the chateau. His room adjoins that of his fair
travelling companions, and each night during his stay they all
three share the same bed.
Tale 5. The Amateur Artist'' s Tale details the hero's amour
with a German baroness, whom he induces, by showing her
the painting of a naked woman, to allow herself to be similarly
portrayed. During the sitting the lady's feelings overcome
her, and she permits the artist to obtain material possession of
her nude charms.
Tale 6. The Student in Art's Tale is a very common-place
adventure. The student, a novice in sexual pleasures, finds
his way into a brothel, where, as may be easily imagined, he is
soon relieved of his innocence.
286
love's tell-tale. 286
Vol. III. Tale 7. The School Master and Mistress's Tale.
The pedagogue Bumpush and the widow Plumpit are appointed
joint teachers and managers of a school in which children of
both sexes are educated. They become attached to each other,
and their first copulation is attended by the upsetting of a
table
which alarms the house and brings the servant girl and pupils
to the scene. Their intimacy is suspected, but not discovered.
They now mutually agree to aid one another in enjoying the
pupils under their control. As a commencement it is arranged
that a girl who has got into disgrace shall be at once whipped,
that the master shall hide himself behind a door in the
mistress's room, shall witness the castigation, shall then
enter,
as if by chance, and beg for the cessation of the punishment,
desiring the accomodating widow to send the young delinquent
to his, Bumpush's, apartment to receive a further task. This is
accomplished, and leads to the two tales which immediately
follow.
Tale 8. The School Girls Tale. Young miss enters
Bumpush's room at the appointed time. By adroit questions,
somewhat in the manner of those used in the confessional, the
preceptor induces her to confide to him her secrets, and the
doings of the bigger girls ; he also works upon her feelings by
means of carresses and touches, and at last succeeds in
seducing her.
Tale 9. The School Boy's Tale. Our young hero has been
love's tell-tale.
287
detected by his master writing amatory verses in honour of
the
widow, Plumpit, whose charms, if somewhat matured, have struck
his youthful fancy. These lines have been handed over to the
amorous governess, who, greatly to the confusion of the youth,
taxes him with their composition, soon after his entrance into
her room. She however at the same time gives him, by means
of soft looks and kind words, every possible encouragement,
soon overcomes his bashfulness, and leads him on to make
himself and her entirely happy. As the newly initiated school-
boy leaves his mistress's room he meets the young maiden
who has just received her first lesson in love from her master.
A sharp dialogue, interspersed with caresses, ensues, and
although miss complains of being sore, she allows her young
friend to repeat with her the lesson which they have both that
very evening severally learned.
Vol. IV. Tale 10. The Soldier's Tale. A young officer, on
leave of absence, visits an aunt of his. The bedroom which
he occupies adjoins that of his cousin, a lovely girl just
verging
on womanhood. Through a chink which he makes in the
thin partition dividing the rooms he is eye-witness to a scene
of tribadism between miss and her aunt's maid, and he over-
hears a promise made by the servant to her young mistress,
who has expressed her desire to see a man, to show her,
through a glass door in a recess between the sleeping apart-
ments of the maid and her mistress, the amorous doings of the
288
love's tell-tale. 288
old lady and her butler. Our hero determines to profit by the
opportunity. He watches the couple as they pass to the place
of observation; follows them, and secrets himself, unknown to
them, in the recess. After some little time, being left alone
with his cousin, he begins to embrace her as if he were the
maid. As they are in total darkness, he is not at first dis-
covered, but the young lady at last puts her hand on some-
thing which betrays his sex, and makes so loud an exclamation
that the aunt rings for her maid to learn with whom she is
talking. The young lovers have to make the best of their way
to their respective rooms, but not before the son of Mars has
exacted from his cousin the promise that she will be his on
the first convenient opportunity. This takes place in the
garden on the following morning. During the six months that
his leave of absence lasts, they mutually enjoy each other, with
an occasional tribute to the waiting maid, until miss is found
to
be pregnant, when she gives her hand to a neighbouring parson
who is paying his addresses to her, and her honour is saved.
Tale 11. The Sailors Tale. Our hero, when stationed in
the Bay of Naples, obtains leave to go ashore, and meets a
lovely girl of "a complexion bordering almost upon a jetty
black." He accosts her, and obtains a "rendezvous," not
for herself but for her mistress, a wealthy and amorous lady of
title, the girl herself being but " a poor slave, not yet bidden
to the feast of love." He keeps his appointment, and is
love's tell-tale.
289
enraptured with the lady, who is equally satisfied with him.
Perceiving that a mutual desire exists between her maid and
her lover, the good-natured countess makes her dark-skinned
attendant appear naked, and permits the union to take place
in her presence, which results in the willing sacrifice of the
little slave's virginity. This double amour lasts during the
whole time of our hero's stay off Naples. This tale has since
appeared in a separate form :*
Tale 12. The Foster Brother and Sister's Tale. Cicely,
the daughter of a well-to-do widow, is brought up with her
foster brother Will; and a mutual affection is the result. Will
is in due course sent to a boarding school, whence he returns
quite a young man. It is arranged that Mary, the maid, shall
sleep with her young mistress, and that Will shall occupy
Mary's room. Cicely remains with her mother for some time
after the household has retired to rest, and then goes to her
own apartment and gets into bed. On putting her arms round
her bed-fellow she misses those points which indicate the
female sex, and determines to make a thorough examination,
Will, for it is he, feigns sleep, and allows the investigation
to
proceed. He then wakes up, and easily induces Cicely to
permit him fully to initiate her into the mysteries of sexual
union. All is successfully accomplished, and the enraptured
girl " sank senseless, inanimate, exhausted, upon him, myself
* See page 291, post.
mm
2go
love's tell tale.
over-laying his whole person in the very position which had
brought us to this last climax of insatiate lust, knowing not
and caring not whatever might happen after." In this
edifying posture the young couple are surprised by the mother,
who, after a very moderate outburst of wrath, sends her
daughter to spend the rest of the night in Mary's bed.
Mamma is however a sensible woman, and repairs the slip by
uniting the youthful libertines at once by a parson, for whom
she sends the very next morning.
Vol. V. Tale 13. The Philosophic Sister's Tale. Sue, a
most precocious girl of 15 years, leads her less advanced,
although somewhat older sister into all manner of improper
ways. Sue observes that her cousin Maria frequently retires
into her room with her lover; she makes a peep-hole in the
partition, and, together with her sister, watches the lovers in
their amorous encounters. Sue afterwards invents a kind of
French letter, and she and her sister enjoy the embraces of a
young gardener without fear of unpleasant consequences.
Tale 14. The Country Girl's Tale. A young lady, residing
in Kent, and just verging into womanhood, becomes enamoured
of a gipsy boy. From her father's garden she perceives, one
day, a gipsy man and woman reposing in the road hard by,
and toying with one another. She gives the woman sixpence
to tell her fortune. The woman predicts that she will be
ravished by one of the tribe. The young innocent feigns
ignorance, and the fortune teller promises that for another
love's tell tale.
29I
coin her companion will illustrate her meaning more fully
Miss gives another shilling, and the man, after displaying his
erect member, proceeds to use it upon his spouse. Miss runs
away, but returns to watch, unperceived, the end of the oper-
ation. At this moment, her own feelings having somewhat
got the better of her, the dumb gipsy boy approaches from
behind, and enacts with her a scene similar to that which she
has just been beholding.
Tale 15. The Country Boy's Tale. The hero, invited to
spend some time in the West of England, at the house of an
elderly widow, mother of two fine daughters, observes, through
a crack in the partition which separates his room from theirs,
the young ladies amusing themselves with dildoe and birch.
The old lady is called away from home; and our hero, left
alone with the girls, proposes that they shall flog him. They
consent, admit him into their bed room, and amidst mutual
birching he enjoys them both.
Bijou Edition. jLobe'S Cell Cale, The Sailors Yarn, A
Delicious Adventure in the Bay of Naples. Illustrated by Six
Coloured Plates. Printed for the Nihilists. Moscow, 1880.
8vo.; size of paper 5f by 4|, of letter-press by 2-f inches .
pp. 40 ex title; the plates are coloured and original; two
plain lines on title-page; printed in London, in 1880; issue 150
copies. A reprint of Tale No. 11, noticed at p. 288, ante; the
first three paragraphs are omitted, and the names altered,
otherwise the tale is identical.
292 the voluptuarian cabinet.
€f)t la&fctf' Ctll.-fale; or, Decameron of Pleasure. A
Collection of Amorous Tales, as related by a party of
young friends to one another. With Characteristic
Plates. London : H. Smith, 37, Holywell Street, Strand.
Price 2S. 6d.
i2mo.; (counts 6); pp. 19; title-page surrounded by
double lines, by 3f inches; published by W. Dugdale.
This catch-penny tract has nothing whatever to do with the
work immediately before noticed, except the similarity of its
title. It contains Recollections of my Youth, and four very
dull Facetious Anecdotes. The Recollections, which are divided
into 5 parts, and come to an abrupt and unfinished termination,
are unworthy of any longer notice. The language is through-
out sufficiently guarded to admit of the pamphlet being sold
openly. In spite of the announcement on the title-page of
"plates," I believe none were issued.
€f)t SMtljptuarian Cabinet; being A Faithful Re-print of
such Facetious Facts as have become scarce; Interspersed
with New and Original Articles Written Purposely for
this Collection. Dam futuimus vivimus. London : Printed for
M. Wilson, Old Bond Street. 1824.
12mo.; (counts 6); size of letter-press 3| by 2J inches;
4 vols,; 9 well executed engravings to each volume. Upon the
the voluptuarian cabinet.
293
subject of illustration, the editor, Mary Wilson, is particu-
larly anxious. In her Advertisement, subscribed, " At the
Golden Dildoe, Old Bond Street," she writes :
Should this book fall into the hands of any Artist who is
clever in drawing
the human figure, and in making original designs, he may obtain
employ-
ment by applying to the Editor, who will pay most liberally for
voluptuous
subjects, if executed in a masterly style.
Any female whose figure generally, or partially, is reckoned
good, will
be handsomely remunerated for sitting an hour or two to an
artist, or even
to the Editor herself, if she objects to stripping before a male
creature.
The first vol. is divided into two parts, and contains :
Part 1, pp. 60, The Woman and Virgin: A Dialogue between a
Maid and a Whore. London : Printed iy88—Reprinted 1824.
A reprint to line 10, p. 43, of a JBtalogue hettomt a 35230matt
aitU a Wtrgtm *
Part 2, to p. 60, Lessons of Love; or. Nunnery Dialogues
between the Cognoscenti and the Initiated, upon the Subject of
that Powerful and Infatuating Passion. London: Printed
1788—Reprinted 1824. These dialogues are of much the same
character as The Woman and Virgin, but are rather better
written; the principal interlocutors are Miss Rogers and Miss
Allcock. A couple of good bawdy songs are introduced.
Part 2, pp. 61 to 76, Adultery On the Part of Married Women,
and Fornication On the part of old Maids and Widows Defended
* See that title, post.
294
THE VOLUPTUARIAN CABINET. 294
By Mary Wilson, Spinster. With Plans for Promoting the
same. A ddressed to the Ladies of theMetropolis and its
Environs.
Miss Wilson's arguments in favour of Adultery and Forni-
cation need not detain us, but her Plan for promoting the
happiness of her patronesses is curious, and deserves an
extract, it consists of an Eleusinian Institution, to which any
lady of
rank and fortune may subscribe, and to which she may repair
incog; the
married to commit what the world calls Adultery, and the single
to commit
what at the Tabernacle is termed Fornication, or in gentler
phrase, to obey
the dictates of all powerful Nature, by offering up a cheerful
sacrifice to
the God Priapus, the most ancient of deities. I have purchased
very
extensives (sic) premises, which are situated between two great
thorough-
fares, and are entered from each by means of shops, devoted
entirely to
such trades as are exclusively resorted to by ladies. In the
area between
the two rows of houses I have erected a most elegant temple, in
the centre
of which are large saloons, entirely surrounded with boudoirs
most elegantly
and commodiously fitted up. In these saloons, according to their
classes,
are to be seen the finest men of their species I can procure,
occupied in
whatever amusements are adapted to their taste, and all kept in
a high
state of excitement by good living and idleness. The ladies will
never
enter the saloons even in their masks, but view their inmates
from a
darkened window in each buordoir In one they will see fine
elegantly
dressed young men, playing at cards, music, &c.—in others
athletic men,
wrestling or bathing, in a state of perfect nudity—in short they
will see
such a variety of the animal, that they cannot fail of suiting
their inclinations.
Having fixed upon one she should like to enjoy, the lady has
only to ring for
the chamber maid, call her to the window, point out the object,
and he is
immediately brought to the boudoir. She can enjoy him in the
dark, or
have a light, and keep on her mask. She can stay an hour or a
night, and
have one or a dozen men as she pleases, without being known to
any of
them. A lady of 70 or 80 years of age, can at pleasure enjoy a
fine robust
the voluptuarian cabinet.
295
youth of 20; and to elivate (sic) the mind to the sublimest
raptures of love,
every boudoir is surrounded with the most superb paintings of
Aretino's
Postures after Julio Romano and Ludovico Carracci, interspersed
with
large mirrors : also a side-board covered with the most
delicious viands and
richest wines. The whole expense of the Institution is defrayed
by a
subscription from each lady of one hundred guineas per annum,
with the
exception of the refreshments which are to be paid for at the
time.
The greatest possible pains have been taken to preserve order
and
regularity and it is impossible that any discovery can take
place by the
intrusion of police or enraged cuckolds, as will be demonstrated
to every
lady before she pays her subscription, and as is more fully
detailed in the
private prospectus to be had of Madame de Gomez, the
subdirectress, at
the Institution, who will also furnish them with a catalogue of
the most
extensive collection of bawdy books in French, Italian, and
English, which
have ever been collected, and which I have purchased at the
expense of
2000/. for the use of my patronesses. The different saloons have
been
decorated by one of the first painters of the age, with designs
from Mr.
Pain (sic) Knight's work on the ancient worship of Priapus,
which renders
them one of the most singular exhibitions of Europe. No male
creature is
admitted into any part of the temple but the saloons, and those
only the
trusty tried and approved functionaries, who are^well paid for
their services,
and not let in to gratify curiosity. Having thus made it my
study to serve,
my own sex in a most essential point, I trust to their
liberality for encourage-
ment in my arduous undertaking; and am, Ladies, your most
obedient
Servant, Mary Wilson.
Vol. 2 contains the Amours &c., of Tom Johnson.*
Vol. 3, with an engraved title-page, representing an archi-
tectural design, well drawn and executed, pp. 184, contains :
* fctBtj: lUbrorum igrofjilritorum, p. 49.
296
the voluptuarian cabinet. 296
The Curtain drawn up, or The Education of Laura, with
a half-title, which reads: Memoirs &c, A translation of
Ce ftfteatt lebi, of Mirabeau.
The Advertisement to this volume is so interesting, both
bibiiographically and socially, that I must afford space for an
extract:
The work selected on this occasion, will be found infinitely
superior to
any thing-1 have hitherto had the honour to lay before my
patrons and
patronesses.—It was translated by an officer in the army, and
presented
to the late Mrs. Powell, of Charles Street, Covent Garden, who
published
it in 8vo. about the year 1808, with six coloured prints. That
edition has
long been out of print, and the work being in considerable
request, I
thought I could not better testify my gratitude to my
subscribers than by
presenting them with a new and improved one. I have had a set of
designs made on purpose by M. Bolano, and have procured them to
be
engraved in the best manner (from the nature of the work) in
which they
could possibly be done. The translation is not precisely what I
could wish,
but I found it impossible to alter it much without I took the
trouble of
making an entire new one; therefore, as the sense at least, of
the original
is given, I have contented myself with changing the vulgar words
used
throughout the first edition to express those well known symbols
which dis-
tinguish the sexes from each other.
I have likewise altered one scene (which ought never to have
been
rendered into English) by the substitution of flagellation
instead of a peder-
astic encounter. It is much to be regretted, that some of the
very best
French works should be deformed by passages descriptive of
Socratic love;
but it is still more to be lamented that such ideas should ever
be transferred
into our language. I speak not merely with the feelings of a
woman upon
this subject, for were I a man, I should consider it highly
criminal to pro-
pagate doctrines, the adoption of which is attended with such
horrible
the voluptuarian cabinet. 297
consequences. Let us have all kinds of orthodox futuition
(sic), but no
heterodox fashions.
To those patrons who have been in the habit of visiting- me
as a Governess,
I beg leave to say that I have given up my flogging
establishment in
Tonbridge-place, New Road, Saint Pancrass, and have retired from
bus-
iness in favour of Mrs. Theresa Berkley,* to whom I can most
confidently
recommend them. She is a clever, pleasing, and trust-worthy
woman, in
the prime of life, and perfectly mistress of her business. She
is an excellent
ontologist, and therefore quite au fait in treating the
wonderful aberrations of
the human mind. Her museum of natural and artificial curiosities
and her
collection of " Illustrations de arcanis Veneris et amoris," are
by far the most
extensive to be found in any similar institution.
Hall Place, Mary Wilson.
St. John's Wood. Nov. 12, 1828.
Vol. 4. The contents of this volume are identical with The
Bagnio Miscellany f; there is a further title, Sermones Ludicri.
In an edition of Che %I)flntfon of Jfemale ^Flagellants,
Printed at the Expense of Theresa Berkley, for the Benefit
of Mary Wilson the editoress favours us with the following
note concerning her friend :
To my personal friends I need not explain the cause of Miss
Wilson's
difficulties, as they are all well acquainted with her
misfortunes, and will, I
am sure, patronize this work, which I have caused to be
reprinted for her
benefit To those who are unacquainted with Miss Wilson I beg
leave to
state that she is the Reviver of Erotic Literature in the
present century.
When she commenced her career there was but one good book in the
market, viz. " The Woman of Pleasure." She herself edited, or
translated
* fnUep tttbrovum 39roljtfritorum, p. xliii. f Ibid, p. 113.
J Ibid, p. 243.
nn
298
the festival of the passions.
twelve different works : her success has stimulated others to
embark in the
same line of useful exertion, and we have now upwards of fifty
volumes of
Voluptuous Entertainments, for the Rising generation.
There are several portraits * of Mary Wilson, whether
apocryphal or not I will not pretend to say. On p. 76 of vol. 1,
of the compilation under notice we read : " On the 1st January,
1825, will be published a Superb Engraving, from a Painting by
Miss Hellen Drummond, of Mary Wilson Sleeping on a
Couch, &c. &c. Price 5s." I have before me a well executed
engraving, surrounded by a double line, 5f by 3f inches,
representing a girl with high head dress, lifting her gown above
her navel, and displaying a dildoe attached on her person. It
is subscribed: Mary Wilson's Patent Godemichi. Engraved
for the Lady's Magazine, May 1829.
ClK#eSttbal0f tf;e pas&tonss or, Voluptuous Miscellany. By
An Amateur. Constantinople Printed and Published by
Abdul Mustapha.
12mo. (counts 6); size of letter-press 4J to | by 2§ inches;
2 parts; pp. 59 to each part; 8 engravings, of unequal merit,
one or two of which are fairly designed and drawn, and well
engraved; on the title-page of the second part the author's
name and place of publication become, Philo Cunnus Glen-
f tnUtjr Htbrorum $ko|)flHtoruin, p, 244.
299 THE FESTIVAL OF THE PASSIONS.
fucket, foot of Bennavel. This is the original edition; it
was
brought out, in 1828, by George Cannon, who was convicted at
Bow Street for its publication, Dec. 10, 1830, and fined ^"20.*
Reprinted, in 1863, by Andrew White of Holywell Street, who
died about 1866; its title is as in the second part of the
edition
noted above, except that on the title-page of vol. 1, Cunmis is
converted into Cunnis; 8vo.; size of letter-press 5 by 3 inches
;
2 vols.; pp. 54, and 67, or with the catalogues which are
added to each vol. and duly paged, 64 and 72 ; each volume
contains 8 coloured lithographs of the vilest possible descrip-
tion.
Gay f notes the work incorrectly as Festival of the Paphians,
and adds a reprint of 1843, which I believe to be also in error.
The Festival of the Passions, Cannon's edition, comprises
three distinct tales, each with a separate, full title-page.
1. A Surgeon's Diary ; or, Big Bellied Nelly I with Epistle
Dedicatory and Preface. By way of argument, to countenance
the application of plain language to plain things. Constanti-
nople : 1828. In the Epistle Dedicatory to Miss M. Wilson
that lady is eulogized as " the Ornament of her Sex and Age,"
a "second Aloisia," and the writer, who signs himself Philo
* Cljt Crim. Con. ©alette, Nos III. and V. In the first
notice Cannon's
Christian name is given as William in error,
t Btbltograpijte, vol. 3, p. 327.
356
the festival of the passions.
Cunnus3 supposes that: " after ages will place Mary Wilson in
the same page with that Grecian Poetess, whose chief merit,
after all, perhaps, consisted in the invention of a Pleasure,
still
dear to her Sex, and consecrated to her Glory, by the title of
the Sapphic Game." In the Preface, which has nothing what-
ever to do with the Diary, a stage coach adventure of the
author's with "a lady of perhaps thirty years of age " is told.
She has the demeanour and conversation of a saint, but on the
coach stopping, she retires to a bed room, and through a
chink in the wall, her companion observes her, book in hand,
endeavouring, with her finger to assuage the desires which the
motion of the vehicle or the perusal of the volume may have
aroused. Seated once more in the coach, he informs her of
what he has seen, and requests her to show him the book,
which instead of one of devotion proves to be The Amours of
Pietro Aretin.* Familiarities are now hazarded and permitted,
and the lady shows herself a thorough libertine, with a remark-
able aptitude for calling a spade a spade, or of applying "plain
language to plain things." In the Diary the pregnant Kelly,
accompanied by her mother, seeks the advice of a young
surgeon, who, conducting her to another room, examines her,
and afterwards has connexion with her. After one or two
subsequent interviews, Nelly narrates how she lost "that much
* i-uDfv Ht&rorum fholjibttorum, pp. So, 266.
301 the festival of the passions.
valued toy a maidenheadand the surgeon promises to induce
her lover to marry her, and to get her through her troubles.
On the wedding day Sandy, the swain in question, is made
drunk, and the surgeon sleeps with the bride. After the birth
of the child, Nelly and her benefactor continue their liaison,
on
one occasion while the mother has the baby at her breast,
" which she acknowledged to be a highly enrapturing mode.'''
2. part 2, to p. 38, Humours of Northumberland Street. By
Philo Cunnus. Glenfucket; Printed and Published by Abdul
Mustapha. In the form of a letter addressed to her friend
Agnes, Anne Watkins narrates how, during her residence in
Northumberland Street, she became acquainted, in the summer
of 1814, with a captain in the Navy, who took a set of rooms in
the same house for himself and a girl, Lucy, who passed for
his niece. Anne has " never fallen in with a man entirely to
her satisfaction," but Captain George proves altogether to her
liking. " In the evening, before the great fete, given in honour
of the visit of the Emperor of Russia, &c., it was agreed that
the Captain, Lucy, my lover, and self, should go to Hyde Park
next evening, to witness the sea fight, fire works, &c." The
party become separated in the crowd, and the Captain and
Miss Watkins, being left together, indulge in sundry familiar-
ities which are continued to a late hour in the dark allies
adjacent to Northumberland Street. George begs Anne to
render him completely happy. She replies :
302
THE FESTIVAL OF THE PASSIONS.
Yes, my love—my George, would to heaven it was this moment!
How
willingly would I deliver myself up to love and you! But we must
be circum-
spect : it is now morning and our friends will be home before
us. Lucy, I
fear, will be gone to bed, and I know not what to say to her.
She will soon
know what I have done.
Fear not for Lucy, (said my lover) leave her to me;—she will
assist us
and minister still to our pleasures, as she has often done. Lucy
should
have been the priestess of Isis, to whose worship she is
devoted.
The Captain recounts Lucy's career, and it is agreed that
Lucy shall be present on the interesting occasion. A day or
two later, the Captain engages a room at a bagnio, and the
assembled three enact various amorous sports into which are
introduced such diversions as baise tetons and baise con.
3. Part 2, pp. 39 to 59, Letter from The Countess de BeaucuL
Glenfucket: Printed by Abdul Mustapha. The fair writer
informs us that:
At the age of fifteen I became the bride of a man of three
score and ten
years; a sacrifice to ambition and pride.
Such, however, had been the care taken in my education, that
I remained
for months perfectly ignorant of the duties of husband and wife,
and rather
looked on the Count as my father than my husband.
At this time, however, I was destined to have my eyes opened
by the
marriage of my best friend, Maria Peticon, to the object of her
choice, a
young officer in the navy. We visited, and I soon had the
misfortune to
discover from Maria that her condition, far as it was below mine
in rank,
was infinitely far more happy.
No sooner had she detailed to me the true nature of human
happiness,
than I felt the impossibility of my ever enjoying it with the
man who had,
303 THE FESTIVAL OF THE PASSIONS.
as I now thought, made me an object of pity and contempt to
my own sex,
and of desire to his own. My resolution was soon taken, it was
to choose
a lover with whom I determined to make every amends.
The lover presents himself in the person of a cousin, Louis
Longvit. Their first amorous encounter occurs one afternoon
while the count is reposing on his wife's bosom, and their
union is completed the same night as the countess is in bed
with her spouse. She becomes pregnant. The count, who
has made Longvit his secretary, finding his health decline,
presents him with the contents of one of his book cases, which
contains, as the young lovers find to their great delight, a
large
collection of erotic books, pictures, &c. The count dies. Soon
after a child is born, and Louis and the widow become man
and wife. The scenes, at which I have rapidly glanced, are
closely detailed, and the delights which the countess experi-
enced in copulation during gestation are specially dilated on,
the writer affirming that: " some women are subject to an
increase of amorous feeling during the latter periods of their
being with child."
In White's edition the Epistle Dedicatory to Miss M. Wilson
is omitted, the interest in that lady having by that time
subsided, but at the end of the second volume a piece in
verse, The Bride's Confession, occupying 9 pages, is added,
in which Emma describes for her friend Bell's edification what
happened between her husband and herself on their wedding
night.
304
CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG LADY.
€\)t saaoman of pleasure's! pocket Companion. With
Engravings.
Hither virgins, hither haste,
Love's delicious nectar taste ;
Would ye pleasing raptures prove,
Here peruse the Tales of Love.
Paris: Reprinted in the year 1830.
i2mo.; pp. 48; published in London. Original edition
1787. Contains 6 tales, amorous, but not unnecessarily indecent;
some of them are humorously treated. To each tale is an
engraving, irregular in execution; some are reproductions of
plates belonging to other works, that, e.g., illustrating the
first
tale, The Modern Susanna and the Two Elders, is copied from
(although with several marked differences) the plate facing
p. 60 of les asijouj: fiu petit J^ebeu Ire KlSritftt, 1791-
Cte Confessions of a Houng Catrg, to which is added Cen
f^ears &tfe of a Courtesan, illustrated with Fine
Engravings. London : Printed for the Society of Vice.
Size of letter-press 5 by 3 inches; no signatures; pp 78 ex
general title-page, on which there are two lines; 8 obscene
lithographs, including one title page, coloured and badly done;
published about 1860, by W. Dugdale, who catalogues it at
305 CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG LADY.
£1 iis. 6d.* This volume contains two distinct works, with
separate full page titles:
Che Confessions! of a Voluptuous ipounjj Hatip of High
Rank. Disclosing her Secret Longings and Private Amours
before Marriage. Forming a Curious Picture of Fashionable
Life and Refined Sensuality. London : Printed by Strokeall
& Co Ten Inches up Red Lane, Maidenhead, Sportsman's
Square.
On this printed title-page there is a line. There is also a
coloured, lithographed title-page bearing the first ten words,
and
the impress, as above.
The Confessions, which extend to p. 39, and to which three
of the plates refer, are addressed by the heroine-authoress,
Tilly Touchitt, to the editor of the Rambler, and are by no
means badly written. Tilly explains the inclination she always
had for the opposite sex, and the curiosity which a man excited
in her. During one of her walks she catches a glimpse of the
member of a drayman, and determines to satisfy herself
thoroughly as soon as the occasion shall present itself. She
has not to wait long. Her cousin, Joe, who is staying in her
* Gay includes the work in his ?3foliograpijte, vol. 2, p.
307, and gives a
date 1849, and 72 pp. As the copy before me is undated, and
contains
75 pp., the vol. mentioned by Gay must be another edition, and
may have
been done, as he suggests, in America. His notice must however
be accepted
with caution, as he has confused the Ten Years with the
Confessions.
00
306
LIFE OF A COURTEZAN.
parents' house, returns from a ride wet through, and repairs
to
his room to change his clothes. Tilly soon follows him up
stairs, and perched on a stool which she places before his door,
is enabled to view her cousin entirely naked. In her excite-
ment she loses her balance, falls against the door which gives
way to her weight, and rolls into Joe's room. What follows
may be easily guessed. The contemplation of her cousin's nude
manliness has so far disposed her, that very little coaxing on
his part is sufficient to induce her to submit to his embraces,
and make him master of her virginity.
Of the second tale, to which 5 of the illustrations belong,
and which occupies the remainder of the volume, the title-page
reads as follows :
€en !>ears of tfoe £tfe of a Courtesan; or, The Memoirs
of Mademoiselle Celestina. Detailing her first Lessons in
Lust, her Seduction, and Voluptuous Life, the Piquant Pen-
chants of her various Lovers, &c., &c., &c., Forming a Picture
of Sensuality seldom offered to the Public. Illustrated with
Fine
Engravings. London : Printed for the Society of Vice.
Two lines on the title-page. This is a translation, and a
very
bad one, for it is couched in language neither idiomatic nor
even correct, of M? fce la Wit tl'une Jfemme, ou Mimoires
de Mademoiselle Anais C * * *. Manuscrit Original Extrait
de la correspondance secrete de la baronne de F. . . . Paris.
THE PLEASURES OF KISSING. 307
Chez le Libraire de tAmour 1838. i2mo., (counts 6); pp. 53 ;
with 12 engravings, from which the four illustrations above
mentioned are not in any way copied.
CIk prastutg of 2u's&m& anto 3Srm$ XUsftetu
Naughty man—take it out,
I'm too small—you're too stout,
Old Song.
T. Benson, Islington Green, London 1850.
8vo.; size of letter-press 5-! by 2-f inches; two lines on
title-page ; pp. 80; eight badly done coloured lithographs;
published by W. Dugdale, about i860. In addition to the
tale noted on the title-page the volume contains: The Peeping
Lass's Tale, pp. 49 to 71 ; and The Monk and the Nuns; a
funny tale, pp. 73 to 80. This is not the original edition,
which was first published about 1840, by John Ascham, with
engravings 4f by 3J inches.* I have not seen this original
edition.
The hero of The Pleasures of Kissing is a young English
gentleman, who, captured by Algerian pirates while on a
voyage from Cadiz to Naples, is sold as a slave. Employed
as a gardener, he manages to attract the attention of a young
* Jlotesl by James Campbell, MS.
3o8
THE PLEASURES OF KISSING.
virgin destined for the pleasures of the bashaw, his master;
and gains access to her apartment by removing a plank in the
floor. She reciprocates his passion; and he deflowers her, and
gets her with child. His ransom arriving, he disguises his
young mistress as a sailor boy, effects her escape, and carries
her with him to England. The tale, although not a specimen
of literary merit, is sufficiently attractive, and is original.
The Peeping Lass's Tale is very simple. An unsophisticated
country girl, verging into womanhood, visits an aunt who is
housekeeper to a man of fortune. Our heroine observes that
the owner of the mansion frequently passes in and out of a
room the door of which he keeps strictly locked. Her curiosity
is awakened; she watches where the gentleman deposits his
key on leaving the house, and thus gains secret admission to
the mysterious apartment. It proves to be the sanctuary
where he indulges in sexual enjoyment; and she finds its walls
hung with voluptuous pictures. Her visits to this enchanting
retreat become frequent; until she is suspected by its occupant,
who surprises her when in the act of solitary enjoyment before
one of the exciting pictures. As may be easily supposed, he
relieves her of that which had become a burden to her—her
maidenhead, which is the climax of the story. Although
written with too much pretention, the little tale is
nevertheless
not badly told. In spite of the addition of a third piece, the
first tale concludes with "End," and the second with "The
End."
LASCIVIOUS GEMS.
309
The Monk and the Nuns is a tale in verse. The confessor
of a convent, already the lover of the abbess, refuses her
further contentment unless she will allow him to enjoy the nuns
as well. She consents; and he passes forthwith through the
dormitories. He surprises a young nun using a dildo, and after
threatening her with punishment for her misdemeanour, tells her
he can give her that which will afford a more perfect content-
ment. The girl is nothing loth ; and after administering a
mild flagellation by way of penance, he deflowers her to her
complete satisfaction. The other nuns discover the intrigue,
and desire to be similarly gratified. The friar, unable alone
to perform such a Herculean labour, calls to his aid another
young monk; and the whole convent are soon pacified. The
verses are not of a high order, but flow nevertheless with
tolerable ease.
£a$ribtOU0 Set to suit every Fancy, By Several
Hands.
" Delay no pressing appetite,
And sometimes stir up lazy nature ;
Of age the envious censure slight;
What pleasure's made of 'tis no matter."
—Sedley.
London : Printed for the Booksellers, mdccclxvi.
8vo.; size of letter-press 5! by 3 inches; two lines on the
title-page; pp. 90; 8 badly executed, coloured lithographs;
LASCIVIOUS GEMS.
published by William Dugdale, and catalogued by him at
two guineas. The volume contains eleven pieces :
1. The Diary of a Nymphomaniac (to p. 21) is supposed to
have been written by a young lady suffering from that malady,
and to have been purloined by the medical man who was
called in to attend her. In it the sufferer describes how her
passions were aroused by her maid, Lucy, how she endeavoured
to allay them in the arms of Edwin, her groom, and how her
health deteriorates from her self indulgence. The diary ends
abruptly and unsatisfactorily.
2. In A Night in St, John's Wood (pp. 22 to 33) Mr. F.
Puttitinfar describes his meeting, at " Mots," an old acquain-
tance, Kitty Graham, formerly a common prostitute, now a
fast girl, living in style upon a legacy of £60,000 left her by
a
duke by whom she has been kept. Kitty invites Puttitinfar to
accompany her home, where he finds to his surprise that Miss
Graham keeps six other frail sisters to minister to her
pleasures.
The eight join in an orgie, into which flagellation and other
irregular practices are introduced.
3. Letter from Charley to Fred (pp. 34 to 38). In this
most cynical epistle Charley relates how he seduced Theresa,
an innocent girl, whom he had induced to accompany him on
a pleasure trip to Margate. " It would weary you," he writes,
" were I to go on to describe the perfect whore I made her."
LASCIVIOUS GEMS.
311
Theresa proves with child, and her seducer determines to get
rid of her. He begs his friend, Harry, to endeavour to have
connection with her, but as the girl refuses, he makes her
drunk, and puts her to bed with his friend. In the morning
he surprises them, pretends wrath, and presents a pistol, which
so frightens Theresa, that a miscarriage is the result. The
heartless hero gives her a sovereign and turns her out.
4. Letter from a Married Man to a Sensible Wife (pp. 39 to
47). You remember, my dear wife, how you told me last June that
you
would consent to my having a week's enjoyment with a girl of my
own
choosing, if I would allow you the same privilege with a
gentleman you
fancied. Well, you know, the bargain was soon struck between us,
the
only stipulation insisted upon by either party being against the
introduction
of crabs, clap, or pox, into the matrimonial couch. You fixed on
Captain
Tracy, and I on Nelly Morley. * * *
I now write to you, after a week's debauch with Nelly, in the
kindest
spirit, to let you know how 1 have spent, or to use a better
term, how I have
enjoyed my time with her.
In this opening passage we have the key to the present
letter, and to the one which follows it. In describing his
diversions with Nelly, which comprise nearly every kind of
lewdness, he is careful to point out to his wife, a blonde, in
how far the caresses, &c., of Nelly, a brunette, differ from
hers.
The letter is by no means badly written.
5. Amy's Letter to her Husband (pp. 48 to 56). The
" sensible wife" is not less confiding than her spouse. Her
312
LASCIVIOUS GEMS. 312
lover, the " handsome chivalric Edward Tracy," arrives at the
matrimonial dwelling, but so " screwed'' that he is not in a
state adequately to perform the task required of him. After
sundry acts of lewdness, Amy threatens to flog him, a practice
to which he is by no means averse. She consequently attaches
him securely to the bed posts, and after wearing out the birch
upon his posteriors :
Still I was not satiated. Seizing a hand brush, I struck the
raw flesh
with the bristles, and scrubbed it with them. I then took the
eau de cologne
bottle from the dressing table, and poured the contents over the
parts, and
resumed the use of the hair brush. All the time the smothered
groans
continued, and the blood was flowing fast. The whole body was
quivering
with the pain.
Suddenly the quiver stopped, the strained muscles relaxed,
and Edward
Tracey fell back insensible, suspended by his wrists. He had
fainted......
I nursed him for four days, during which time he had to keep
to his bed,
and was attended by Doctor B—.
And he forgives me my cruelty ! Do you wonder at him ?
6. Letter from Philip Handf ul to Clara. Wherein are dis-
played the advantages of the pleasing pastime offrigging (pp. 57
to 61). The title sufficiently describes the purport and con-
tents of this filthy letter, which is beneath criticism.
7. In the Letter from Philip Handful to Clara. Shewing the
fanciful extremes of fucksters (pp. 62 to 64, numbered in error
58 to 60), a list, a pretty complete one, is furnished of the
ec-
centric and unnatural propensities current, or supposed to be
so, among men.
LASCIVIOUS GEMS.
313
8. Letter from Laura to Clara. Giving a specimen of the
eccentric lover (pp. 65 to 69). The eccentricity of this lover
of fifty years consists in his procuring young girls to explain
and demonstrate to him every detail of the act of copulation,
of which he professes entire ignorance.
9. Letter from Charley to Laura. Describing the old-
fashioned amusement of fucking, and justifying the same. (pp.
70 to 75). In this letter the circumstances attending Clara's
seduction and debasement are narrated in the most cynical and
obscene manner.
10. The Strange Communication from Philip Handful to
Clara (pp. 76 to 83) contains a tale of corpse profanation, so
positively nauseous, and accompanied by details so outrage-
ously filthy, that any fuller notice of it is out of the
question.
11. A Still Stranger Communication from Philip Handful
to Clara (pp. 85 to 90). The scene is in Heaven, and the
acts described are so foolish, so crapulous, and withal so abso-
lutely blasphemous, that I abstain from attempting any analysis.
Although these tales are by several hands, the chief contri-
butor was a barrister of standing, who died about ten years
ago. The object for which the writers appear to have striven
is to outdo each other in cynicism, obscenity and blasphemy;
they have failed to impart to the work that literary value
which it was undoubtedly in their power to have done, but have,
on the other hand, produced a volume which is a disgrace
even to erotic literature,
pp
3i4
THE MYSTERIES OF VENUS.
©J)e i»psfter«fi! Of tfemtg A Nuptial Interlude A
Preceptor for Ladies and Gentlemen, on their Wedding
Eve Illustrated by Way of Dialogue London Printed
by Mary Wilson.
8vo.; size of paper 5 by 3J, of letter-press 3! by 2^ inches;
pp. 67; two lines on title-page; 6 obscene lithographs, with
mottoes in French, and having no reference to the text;
published at Naples, in 1882, at 10s. Besides the dialogue
noted on the title-page, the volume contains, pp. 45 to 59,
Kissing; or, the Seduction of E--r S--n ; and 7he Amours
of Alibeck and Santon, a translation from Boccaccio. The
three pieces are printed from volumes originally produced in
England, and are reprinted with innumerable typographical
blunders. I note this otherwise utterly valuless volume as a
curious specimen of a foreign attempt at obscene catch-penny
literature in English.
Jitalogue bettoeen a TOoman aitij a $?t'rguu Printed for
R. Borewell, South-Audley-Street. mdcclxxxvi. (Price
Two Shillings.) *
x 2mo.; size of letter-press 6-| by 3! inches ; on the
title-page
are two lines and a fleuron of nine stars; pp. 35 ; Reprinted
in Cfn Wolujmtarian Cabinet f
This dialogue cannot be called original, as it appears to be
made up from several sources, although not a translation.
Volupta, who has already " initiated many a lass," explains to
Lydia, a green virgin, the pleasures of copulation, and narrates
to her the circumstances and delights attending the loss of her
own virginity. Mr. Do Little, an impotent old letcher, enters,
and is mulcted of ^"ioo, for a few minutes fumbling with Lydia.
On his departure, Charles, a vigorous young man, and acquaint-
ance of the two women, arrives, and soon deflowers Lydia to
her entire satisfaction.
* Serial with the above, and by the same publisher, are :
Dialogue 0! a JKarrteK 3Latfi> attU fHattt; Stalogue of a
extract from the publisher's catalogue,
f Vide p. 292 ante.
316
THE VIRGIN'S OATH.
€i)t WtrgUt'S 0att) ; or, the Fate of Sontag. An Historical
Drama, in Two Acts. London. Sudbury Printer, Gate
Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
12mo. (counts 6) ; size of letter-press 4f by 2'f inches; two
lines on the title-page; pp. 40; 3 folding mezzotints, fairly
designed and executed, but not really belonging to the work;
printed for G. Cannon, about 1828-30. Reprinted without
date; 8vo.; size of letter-press 4f by 2f inches; pp. 40; with
the title altered:
£f)e ^ebucttoit Of ^mttag; or The Virgin's Oath. An
Historical Drama, in two acts. Forming a Picture of Rich
and Unbridled Luxury & Licentiousness unparallelled in
history. Founded on Facts. With Rich Illustrations.
The plates in this edition are bad lithograph copies of those
of the former issue, or rather of those which were introduced
into it; they vary in number, sometimes 4 and sometimes 6
being found in the volume. This reprint was published by
W. Dugdale, about 1860, who catalogues it as:
A picture of rich and unbridled lust and licentiousness,
unparallelled in
history * * *. This is the most faithful history of the Rape and
Violation
of the Celebrated singer, Mademoiselle Sontag, by Prince
Leopold, now
King of the Belgians. Illustrated with Engravings, containing
capital
Portraits of the principal personages mentioned in the history,
price Two
Guineas.
Sontag is secretly betrothed to Prince Hardenburg, but the
the seduction of sontag.
317
prince's father, disapproving of the match, procures through
his influence an engagement for Sontag at the Opera in London,
in order to remove her from his son. Before the young prince
and Sontag part, she, kneeling before the altar, takes the
following oath:
I swear by all the holy ties which bind us erring mortals, by
all my hopes
of future happinesss in the arms of the Prince, to whom my
virginity is
devoted, never, by look, word, or action, to give encouragement
to any
other suitor ; If I break this plighted oath, I pray that
wretchedness may
be my position in this world, and eternal punishment in the
world hereafter,
So help me, Jesus.
On her arrival in London she is invited to Marlborough
House by the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, who shows her much
attention, and gives her a second invitation. But in the mean
time he has bribed her woman, Lisett, to administer a drug to
her just before her departure from home, so that, no sooner does
she arrive at the palace, than she falls asleep, and the prince,
after having cut off all her clothes but her shift with a pair
of
scissors, abuses her. She regains her consciousness during the
prince's second enjoyment of her, and before she quits him is
quite resigned to her fate and reconciled with her seducer.
This is the substance of the story contained in the volume
before us, which is told in dialogue ; every particular is very
minutely described, and the book may certainly be character-
ised as " licentious " in the highest degree.
It is needless to add that there is no foundation for the
3*8 intrigues in a boarding school.
scandal here put forth. Sontag, who was remarkable for
"l'agr^ment de sa personne et la decence de ses manieres," *
made her first appearance on the London stage in 1828, and
her beauty and success probably induced Cannon thus to make
capital by a base and baseless defamation.
intrigues tn a JSoatrfctUg School; or, the Adventures of
Dr. Phookall, with his servant girl; And various other
Funny Histories. With Rich Engravings. Printed for the
Booksellers.
8vo. (counts 4) ; size of letter-press by 2§ inches ; two
double lines on title-page; pp. 24; 4 badly done, coloured,
obscene lithographs. This is a reprint, by W. Dugdale, circa
i860, of an earlier edition illustrated with engravings.f
Dugdale catalogued the volume at Two Guineas.
The tale is told in ia dialogues ; and the dramatis personce
are: Dr. and Mrs. Phookall; Don Fred, and Sylvia, pupils of
the Dr., the latter also his ward ; John the gardener, and the
maid servant Jenny. Fred and Sylvia are in love with each
other; Fred seduces Sylvia, who is nothing loth, while she
communicates to her lover the Dr's attempts on her virtue.
* 33fograpf)ic Keg fHutf trims. Fetis. Vol. 8, p. 63.
t Biographical jSotMS, J. Campbell, MS.
harlequin prince cherrytop.
319
Fred advises her to encourage her guardian's advances, so
that he may surprise him in the act. On his part, he under-
takes to punish the Dr. by obtaining the favours of Mrs.
Phookall. In both intrigues he succeeds—he gets the peda-
gogue into his power, and his wife with child. The Dr. also
enjoys Jenny, who is however already enceinte by John. The
denouement is this, that the Dr. is made to believe that all
three children—of his wife, Sylvia, and Jenny, are his, and is
forced to give Sylvia an additional dowry, and Jenny a sum of
money, to induce their respective lovers to marry them. The
old man is however too proud of his supposed triumph over
their virtue to complain. These dialogues are put together
without any art, and the volume is valueless from a literary
point of view.
Theatre Royal, Olimprick. New & Gorgeous Pantomime,
entitled: $arItqUUl ^I'llUf CfrOTptO}), ailtl tfcf #00tJ
Jfatrp jfat'rfurfe ; or, The Frig—The Fuck—And the
Fairy. Oxford: Printed at the U niversity Press
mdccclxxix.
Size of paper 8-| by 5§, of letter-press by 2| to 3f inches .
no signatures; pp. 31; on the title-page, which is printed in
red and black, are two broken lines; toned paper; blue,
printed outer wrapper; issue 150 copies ; printed in London ;
320
harlequin prince cherrytop.
price iis. 6d.; date of publication July, 1879; three
obscene, coloured lithographs, which appeared some time after
the volume, badly executed, but possessing originality.
Of this clever jeu d?esprit, said to emanate from the same
pens
as the Index Exp-urgatorius of Martial* I leave the analysis
to the bibliophile whose notes I have already employed on
more than one occasion :
The authors, amongst whom it is rumoured figures a master of
the " fleshly
school," have also been guided by the celebrated and really rare
work of
the Earl of Rochester: Sodom, f In both casts of characters we
find :
" Clitoris, a waiting maid, or maid of honour."
Harlequin Prince Cherry top follows closely the lines laid
down by the
ingenious gentlemen who annually contrive the Christmas
pantomine
openings at our principal play-houses. The first tableau,
according to the
golden rule, dubbed the " dark scene," shows us the Cavern of
the Demon
Masturbation, who having laid a spell upon the Prince Cherrytop,
has made
him become a martyr to Onanism. The remaining scenes show us the
struggle between self abuse and the counter influence of the
good Fairy
Fairfuck, who of course protects the Prince, trying to coax him
over to the
joys of wedlock with his betrothed, Princess Shovituppa, whom he
eventu-
ally marries. There is an underplot relating to the rivalry of
Bubo, King
of Ruperia, whose attendants personify venereal disease in all
shapes and
forms.
The droll idea is cunningly worked out and the libretto is
plentifully inter-
larded with puns, allusions to the topics of the day, and
parodies of
popular melodies. We believe that a " Harlequinade," or series
of scenes
* IhiiJejr Eibrorum $rof)tfcttorum, p. 280.
t Centura tttbtonim SbSfontlttorum, p. 326.
321
of " comic business," was also contemplated, but at present
it has not seen
the light.
This facetious sketch will draw a laugh from the most
squeamish, as there
are, for a wonder, no allusions to the all powerful rod, nor are
the passions
as earnestly appealed to, as is usual in erotic works. With
playful satire,
the authors gently take off some of the vices of the day, and
point a moral
as they gaily laugh at the ills and pains which we bring upon
ourselves by
our own debauchery, showing us that some happiness is to be
found in
honest healthy sexual indulgence, without having recourse to
unnatural
doings or peculiar modes of enjoyment.
€f)t 2&0U Con iHaijan'ne; or, Microscope of Fashion and
Folly, (For the year 1791.) Volume 1. London. Printed
for the Proprietors, and sold by D. Brewman, N° 18,
New Street, Shoe Lane, and all Booksellers, & News-
Carriers, in Town & Country.
8vo.; counts 4) ; size of letter-press by 4 inches; double
columns; engraved title-pages; 5 vols.,* extending from March
1791 to March 1796; an index to each vol.; the numerous
engravings, which, although of unequal merit, are generally
fairly well done, are specified on the first page of each
number,
and again in the Directions to the Binder which follow the
Index of each vol.
It would lead me beyond my purpose were I to notice this
and the following magazines and gazettes as minutely as I have
done previous volumes containing one, or even a few distinct
works. I shall abstain then from analysing the numerous pieces
comprised in these periodical publications, and confine myself
to a bibliographical description of the publications themselves,
and a rough estimate of their contents.
* €f»e Eibltograpljer'g Manual, vol. 1, p. 233. Gay,
generally unreliable
concerning English books, without even consulting Lowndes, gives
2 vols
only.
the bon ton magazine.
323
The Bon Ton is probably the most important of these
gallant or semi-erotic miscellanies, and may be said to occupy
for the "fashion," "folly" and scandal of the times, the same
place as did The Gentleman's Magazine for matters of greater
and more universal importance. It contains inter alia, three
sets of papers entitled : The Adventurer, The Voluptuary, The
Essayist; A Dictionary for the Bon Ton, or the savoir vivre
vocahtlary, and A Fashionable Dictionary of Love; a Short
Accotmt ofthe Crimes of the Kings of France, the Amours of
the Kings of France, and numerous anecdotes of royalty, English
as well as foreign ; Anecdotes of Love, and innumerable detach-
ed amatory adventures of notable persons; biographies of cele-
breties, such as Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Gooch, Mrs. Howe ; of
notorious characters, the longest of which is the Life of
Jumping
Joe, a notorious Surrey Footpad; memoirs of actors and ac-
tresses in addition to those contained in The Green-Room Bio-
graphist; History of the Theatre, comprising the plots of, and
criticisms on, modern plays, and many separate notices; The
Eunuch, a series of historical essays on that subject. Among the
numerous trials those most fully reported are : Anthony Hodges
v. Hon. Charles Wyndham, Mrs. Piper for adultery with Joseph
Alamaze, James Duberly v. General Gunning, Mead v. Rev.
Mr. Daubney, Lady Elizabeth Lambert v. Mr. Tattersal*
Mrs. Wilmot, Leverington v. Edwards, Lady Belmore, for
adultery with Lord Ancram, William Bromel v. Sir M. W.
324
the bon ton magazine.
Ridley, John Curtis for rape upon Sarah Tipple, James
Lavender for rape upon Mary Lewis, Ford Lord Grey for
crim. con. with his wife's sister Lady Henrietta Berkely,
Howard v. Bingham, Lord Cadogan v. Rev. Mr. Cooper,
Elwes v. Harvey, Joseph Seymour Biscoe v. Robert Gordon,
Rev. Mr. Scoolt for seduction of Miss Reddie. Fiction is
very fully represented; the most important tales are : Elmina;
>r theflower that never fades, by Mr. Maffon,— The Curate and
his Daughter,—Life of a Modern Man of Fashion,—Claudine:
from the French of Florian,— The Unexpected Lnterview,—
Frank Prinrake, by T. Dutton,—Adventures and Amours of
a Bar-Maid,— The Black Joke,—Legal Barbarity,— The Dia-
mond Ring; or, successful artifices of three London wives,—
Churkumgurkum; or the gift of tongues,— The History of Ap-
prius, King of Merry land,— Trick and Tye; or the indiscreet
wager,—Memoirs of a Young Lady,— The Vagabonds; or, Anec-
dotes ofa foundling,— Tant Mieux Pour Elle I or the marriage
of Tricolore,*—Memoirs and Adventures of a Courtesan,\—
Johanna and Ubaldus, a tale of thefourteenth century,—History
of Ricardo; or, experience bought is better than taught,—Muj-
noon\ or, the distracted lover,— The Modern Lovers; or the
* Extracted from the tale Bftf jjou tbtr Stt siut!) Samnrti
Stuff? p. 103,
ante.
t In no way similar to Cleland's novel, noticed at p. 60,
ante.
325 the bon ton magazine.
adventures of Cupid,— Wollmar and Jacobina translated from
the German by T. Dutton,— Walter Popmarvel by T.
Dutton,—Eugenio and Matilda,— The Lawful Parricide,—
The Spirit of the Ring, containing secret anecdotes of many
illustratious personages of this and the neighbouring Kingdoms
by
C. B. I. A.,—Love-Matches; or, the. history of Paladel and
Patty,—Memoirs of a Sad Dog. In addition to the above items
there are descriptions of marriage rites in all countries,
numerous
letters on flagellation, accounts of strange clubs,
pedestrianism,
pugilism male and female, London cries, prostitution,
kissing,&c.
There are some facetious letters, and a great deal of poetry.
The engravings, which are generally of a free and suggestive
character, are for the most part borrowed from other publi-
cations, and written up to; this is notably the case with
Effects
of Strangulation * (vol. 3, p. 242), and Men Traps f (vol. 5,
p. 109).
The Bon Ton Magazine is said to have been edited by John, J
better known as Jack Mitford,§ but this is certainly an error
for he must have been a youth, or at any rate serving in the
* From PtoUmt SfkoptnStttra, see that title, post.
f See p. 281, ante.
X Not to be confounded with the Rev. John Mitford, also of
Mitford
Castle.
§ Cnt. $ut. of iSngltei) XUtraturr, Allibone, vol. 2, p.
1330.
326
THE QUIZZICAL GAZETTE.
Navy during the years of the magazine's existence. His
editorial labours, as will be presently seen, were of a later
date.
He was bom at Mitford Castle, near Morpeth, of a high family,
and was a man of considerable talent, with classical acquire-
ments ; he rose to be a commander in the navy, serving with
honour under Hood and Nelson, but brought himself by dissipa-
tion to penury, and died at St. Giles's Workhouse, London, in
1831.* William HowiTTf speaks of him as " one of the most
deplorable instances of misused talents, and one of the most
pitiable victims of intemperance and want of prudence."
Cf)e (©Ut^tcal ffiajftte and Merry Companion.
Size of letter-press by inches; counts 4; double
columns; rough wood cuts in the text, two of which are by R.
Cruikshank ; 21 Nos. from August 27, 1831, to January 14,
1832, which was I believe the last; published at first by T.
Major, Bell Yard, Strand, afterwards at Elliot's Literary
Saloon, 14, Holywell Street.
This worthless publication contains varied matter of a
facetious rather than an amatory nature, and would not figure
in this compilation were it not for an unfinished obituary of
Jack Mitford, in which it is said that he "was the early
* fKatocual licgtettr, Sykes; ©ui^tcal ©a$cttt, p. 158.
t ©fette to lltmarkablt $(arrg, vol. 2, p. 394.
THE RAMBLER'S MAGAZINE.
327
Editor of the Quizzical Gazette; he it was who wielded the
pen with so much zest as to leave it difficult to meet his
compeer."
mn $amt)ltt''0 JHagawtf; or5 Annals of Gallantry, Glee,
Pleasure, and Bon Ton : A Delicious Banquet of Amorous.
Bacchanalian, Whimsical, Humorous, Theatrical, and
Literary Entertainment.
Our Motto is, be gay and free t
Make Love and Joy your choicest treasure;
Look on our Book with eyes of glee,
And Ramble over scenes of Pleasure.
Embellished with Superb Engravings. Vol. 1. London :
Published by J. Mitford, 19 Little Queen Street, Holborn,
Size of paper 7^ by 4J, of letter-press 6 by 3| inches;
counts 6; title-pages enframed and with three lines each;
2 vols.; pp. 286, 284; date 1827 to 1829; 19 engravings,
some coloured, in the two volumes, the enumeration of which
is given on the colophon of each vol.; they are for the most
part borrowed from other works and written up to; the re-
spective numbers are headed: ^tfo) XOlltlOn JlamijIti'S
iHagajmf, which should in reality be the title of the publi-
cation.
Although not in its chronological order I place the New
London Rambler's Magazine here on account of its publisher,
editor and chief contributor, whom I have mentioned in the
328
the rambler's magazine. 328
two preceding articles. It follows in the wake of a
periodical
with a similar title which I shall presently notice, about which
the editor writes in his opening number :
It is now fifty years since the ' Old Rambler' ended its
amorous career.
Written with great spirit and decency at first, it became drunk
with pros-
perity, and at last degenerated into that obscenity, and
political impiety,
which abruptly brought its ne plus ultra.—Two attempts have been
made to
revive it, but after a transient struggle for ephemeral
reputation, they
faded away like mists of the morning. We propose keeping up all
the wit,
humour, spirit, gallantry, and intrigue, which distinguished the
'Old
Rambler,' avoiding its indecencies, rancour, personalities, and
political
satire.* * * No freak of the day shall pass unnoticed—no
gallantry be
smothered, whatever the rank of the parties may be,
concerned,—we will
not give cause for the severest moralist to censure, or the most
sensitive
female to blush; &c.
It may be said that the editor has fairly fulfilled his
promise
as far as obscenity is concerned, objectionable evidence even
being struck out from the reports of trials, but every number
contains double entente plain enough to make the least sensitive
female blush. The most important items are: Saloon Voluptu-
aries., and Bazaar Beauties, two series of biographies of ladies
and courtezans of the time; a memoir and numerous mentions
of Madame Vestris, then 31 years old, with a portrait of her
in Midas; Private Life and Amours of Lord Byron ; various
amorous anecdotes of notabilities of the day. In the articles
headed: Cuckolds Chronicle, and Amatory Bon Ton Intelli-
gence are given condensed reports of the notorious trials for
the rambler's magazine.
329
crim. con., rape, seduction &c. There are numerous theatrical
notices, and a few reviews of books. The most important
pieces of fiction are : Helen of Glenshiels ; or, the Miseries
of
Seduction, signed John Mitford;—The Adventures of a Four-
post Bedstead;*—Amours of London, and Spirit of Bon Ton-,—
The Confessions of a Methodist; or pictures of sensuality;—
The Cambridge Larks.
€1)t Bambini iWagamte; or, The Annals of Gallantry, Glee
Pleasure, and the Bon Ton; calculated for the entertain-
ment of The Polite World; and to furnish The Man of
Pleasure with a most delicious banquet of Amorous,
Bacchanalian, Whimsical, Humorous, Theatrical and Polite
Entertainment. Vol. 1. For the Year, 1783. London:
Printed for the Author, andsold by G. Lister, No. 46, Old
Bailey;
Mr. Jackson, at Oxford ; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr.
Frobisher,
at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Pearson and Rawlinson,
at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath ; and all other Booksellers
in Great Britain and Ireland.
8vo,; size of letter-press 7J by 4 inches ; double columns;
numerous engravings, generally amorous, but of which some
are political, others portraits, enumerated in the Directions to
the Binder, at the end of each volume except the last.
The matter embraced in this publication is as diverse, and
* See note to p. 149, ante.
rr
33°
the rambler's magazine.
as amatory, as that contained in The Bon Ton Magazine. As
special features the editor proposes :
giving the History of every Lady, whom the attracting charms
of Gold
can conquer, that resorts to any of the polite Assemblies; as
well as the
History of every married Lady, who for want of due Attention
being paid to
her at home by her Charo Sposa (sic), forms some little amorous
Alliance
with a Party without Doors pour s'amuser, and to qualify herself
for the Relief
very frequently granted by Doctors Commons : we shall illustrate
the most
S-riking passages of their Histories with elegant Copper-plates,
representing
the various Situations in those critical Scenes.
Besides these Memoirs, our Readers will find such pleasant
amorous
Histories, as we think will be most conducive to their
Entertainment, related
in an easy, familiar style, without the Restraint of prudish
Squeamishness. &c.
The most important items in The Rambler's Magazine,
those which extend over two or more numbers, or even vol-
umes, are the following : In addition to two long series of pa-
pers entitled The Rambler, and The Doctor, we have a Lecture
on Propagation, an Essay on Woman, in prose, an Essay on
Manhood, one On the Generation of Man,—The Lover's Physi-
cian,— Vestina: or, the Rosy Goddess of Health, a lecture,—Doc-
tor Graham's Advice to the ladies, his New Lecture on Love
and Propagation, a description of his Celestial Bed, with an
engraving, and several notices of, and letters to, Dr. Graham.
There are a series of descriptions of Marriage Ceremonies in
different countries, letters on Flagellation, A Dialogue on Di-
vorce, and Cytherean Discussions. Besides a series of memoirs
the rambler's magazine.
331
headed The Developer, we find The Amours 0/ Cecil, Lord
Burleigh ;—Genuine Memoirs of Peter Abelard ;—An Apo-
logy for the Life of George Ann Bellamy, with a portrait;—
Life of Mrs. Allpropf;—Memoirs of the Duchess of Kingston;
—Life of Miss Ann Cat ley. In nearly every number are
given extracts, of greater or lesser length, of trials then
before
the public; those more fully reported are : Trial of Mr.
Williams, in order to obtain a divorce, before the House of
Lords ;—Trial of Lord Grey for crim. con. with his sister-in-
law Lady Henrietta Berkely ;—Trial of Rev. James Altham
for adultery, obscenity, &c.;—Trial of Isaac Prescott for bar-
barity;—Trial of Lady Ann Foley for adultery;—Trial of
Mrs. Inglefield for adultery with John Webb, a black ser-
vant;—Trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Lockwood for adultery ;—
Trial of the Duchess of Grafton for adultery ;—Trial of Mr.
Tenducci for inability to perform conjugal rites ;—Trial of
Catherine Knight for adultery with John Norris ;—Trial of
Mrs. Catherine Newton for adultery;—Trial of Mrs. Arabin
for adultery;—Trial of Diana Viscountess Bolinbroke for
adultery with Topham Beauclerk. In accordance with the
editor's promise, fiction forms an important part of the maga-
zine ; in addition to a series of tales under the heading of the
Amorous Novelist, there are the following more important
332
the rambler's magazine. 332
works: Adventures of a Dancing Master;—Adventures of a
Gold-Ring;—The Gipsy,—Adventures of Kitty Pry*;—Confi-
dence Displaced ;— The Guardian, or conjugal infidelity;—
History of Emma J—nson\—Eliza Gordon ; or, the fairrun-
a-way ;—Adventures of a North Briton;—The History and
Adventures of a Bedstead f;—Adventures of an Eunuch ;—
Julia\ or, Miss in her teens;—Adventures of a Lap-Dog\—
The Rash lover;—Memoirs of an English Seraglio;—Adven-
tures of Lord M-;—A dventures of a Rake% ;—A dventures
of a Sopha\—The Ambitious Mother ;—Adventures of an
Oxford Student',—Life and Adventures of Madam Flirt;—
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure %\—Adventures of Moses
MFun ;—Adventures of a Shilling;—Life and Adventures of
a Strolling Player)—Adventures of a Stage Coach;—Adven-
tures of Christopher Curious;—Memoirs of Lydia Lovemore, in
letters ;—Luanda; an amorous history. There are numerous
theatrical notices, and some dramatic pieces, among which may
be noted: The Coffee-House Medley, a comedy. Among the
very many miscellaneous pieces I shall indicate only a set of
humorous papers called Shandean Imitations.
* Extracts from the work, noticed at p. 171, ante.
f See p. ISO ante.
+ Not identical with the tale noticed at p. 118, ante.
§ In no way similar to the novel of Cleland (p. 60, ante),
although the
heroine's name is also Fanny Hill.
the rambler's magazine.
333
€J)t &amt)kr'0 iHagajlllf; or, Fashionable Emporium of
Polite Literature, The Fine Arts—Politics—Theatrical
Excellencies—Wit—Humour—Genius—Taste—Gallantry
—and all The Gay Variety of Supreme Bon Ton.
From grave to gay, from lively to severe,
Wit, truth, and humour shall by turns appear.
Vol. i. London : Benbow, Printer, Byron's Head, Castle
Street, 1822.
Size of paper 7§ by 4§, of letter-press 5§ by inches;
counts 6; 1 vol.; consisting of 12 Nos., from January to
December, 1822; pp. viii and 570; after which, I believe, the
publication ceased; 12 engravings, generally suggestive, but
some portraits.
In his preface the editor says: " we have not flattered
hypocrites and scoundrels that we might share in their dishonest
plunder. To unmask these has been our object, and with what
effect, let the Vice Society tell. We have expressed that
openly, which others did by inuendoes and equivoques; we
have made Love our principal theme, because, as Moore says}
! The world are all thinking about it,' and for this we have in-
curred the malice of a gang of reverend hypocrites.''' Indeed a
prosecution was instituted against the publisher, extracts from
which will be found at p. 350 of the volume before us, headed
Vice Society v3 Benbow.
334
the rambler's magazine. 334
Among much poetry, many reviews of books, some memoirs
of celebrated men, theatrical notices, &c., we find under the
headings: The Cuckold's Chronicle, and Fashionable Gallantry,
accounts of trials for divorce, seduction, rape &c. There is a
series of papers entitled; London Hells Exposed. There are
extracts from The Golden Ass, and a work of fiction which runs
through the whole volume without being finished: The Rambler;
or the Life, Adventures, Amours, Intrigues, and Eccentricities
of Gregory Griffin.
Cfor Kambltr; or, Fashionable Companion for April; being
a complete Register of Gallantry. Embellished with a
beautiful engraved Frontispiece of The Venus de Medicis.
Art, Nature, Wit, and Love display
In every page a Rambler's (sic) gay,''
London : printed and published by T. Holt, i, Catherine-
Street, Strand ; and to be had of all Booksellers.
Size of letter-press 5f by 3 inches; counts 6; an engraving
to each number, generally of a classical subject, but one a
portrait of Miss M. Tree; 10 Nos., from April, 1824, to
January, 1825; when, I believe, the " work was discontinued
because of its licentiousness; "* the titles of the several
numbers
* MS. note on the copy in the British Museum (press-mark P.S.
21 a 15).
The copy, the only one which has passed through my hands, is
without title-
page; the title given above is copied from the outer, pink
wrapper of No. 1.
the rambler's magazine.
335
read : The Ramblers Magazine, whereas the page-headings are
identical with the title on outer wrapper, viz. The Rambler.
This publication follows strictly in the wake of those with
similar titles which preceded it. The editor prefaces it thus :
" The Rambler once more introduces himself to a discerning
Public. * * * His Spirit is still unimpaired. The same feast
of Reason and the flow of Soul still exists," &c.
Theatrical notices, scraps of scandal, rtsumis of trials,
short
poems, anecdotes of actresses, form the bulk of the volume.
There is a tale entitled Maria ; or, the Victim of Passion, and
Canto xvii of Don Juan, not finished.
€f)t Original Gambler's iWagajtllt ; or, Annals of Gallan-
try : an amusing miscellany of Fun, Frolic, Fashion, and
Flash. Amatory Tales & Adventures, Memoirs of the
most Celebrated Women of Pleasure, Trials for Crim. Con.
and Seduction, Bon Ton, Facetiae, Epigrams, Jeu d'Esprit,
&c. Vol. i. Enriched with elegant Engravings. London :
Printed and Published by Edward Duncombe, 26, Fleet
Market.
Size of paper by 4^, of letter-press 5! by 3 inches; counts
6; title-page enframed ; of the plates, one to each number, and
a frontispiece, some are coloured and of an amatory kind, others
are portraits; the pages are headed Rambler's Magazine; the
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publication was not, I believe, carried further than the
first
volume, which appeared during the year 1827; pp. 202 with 6
unnumbered pages of title, address, and index.
The contents of this volume are ejusdem farince, as miscella-
neous, and quite as free as those of previous Ramblers, in spite
of what the editor writes in presenting his first number to the
public : " we do not aim at infusing the poison of ' loves
illicit
stream ' into the ears of youth ; or of causing their hearts to
beat, at the call of incipient or premature passion. Our object
is to beguile a leisure hour with gay and lively strictures of
the
incidents of the day—to hold the mirror up to the rakes and
fashionables who polish the paves (sic) of the West End— and
to render our Work, in process of time, the repertory of Bon
Ton, Folly, and Fun — a most important desideratum in these
degenerate times." There are no very long pieces, the most
important are biographical, and among these may be enumer-
ated : Loves of Col. Berkeley;—Life, Amours, Intrigues, and
professional career of Miss Chester, with a portrait;—Amours
of the Duke of Wellington;—Amours of Mrs. Thompson;—
Amour of Napoleon Buonaparte and Mrs. Billington ;—
Life of Eliza Smith Memoirs of Miss Singleton, with a
portrait of that " beauty of Arlington-Street" in a state of
nudity;—Amorous Memoirs of Lady Grigsley. There are
one or two interesting sketches of London brothels and night
houses. Some of the papers appear to be by Jack Mitford,
as they are signed J. M.
THE RANGER'S MAGAZINE.
337
Cfre 3Utt£U*'0 ittaffauttr; or, the Man of Fashion's Com-
panion; being the Whim of the Month, and General
Assemblage of Love, Gallantry, Wit, Pleasure, Harmony,
Mirth, Glee, and Fancy. Containing Monthly list of the
Covent-Garden Cyprians; or, the Man of Pleasure's Vade Mecum—
The Annals of Gallantry—Essence of Trials for Adultery—Crim.
Con.—
Seduction—Double Enlendres—Choice Anecdotes—Warm Narratives—
Curious Fragments—Animating Histories of Tite-b-Tites (sic)—and
Wanton Frollicks—To which is added the Fashionable Chit Chat,
and Scandal of the Month, from the Pharaoh Table to the
Fan Warehouse. Vol. I. For the Year 1795. London:
Sold by J. Sudbury, No. 16 Tooly-Street, and all Book-
sellers in Great Britain and Ireland.
Size of letter-press 7^ by 4 inches; counts 4; double
columns; 1 vol., January to June, 1795; pp. 298; an engraving
to each number, some suggestive, others portraits. As the
editor observes in his opening number:
The complexion of our new Periodical Publication, is
sufficiently indicated
by the Title we have given it. * » • *
Like the Editor of the Rambler's Magazine, (which no longer
exists) we
shall limit ourselves to the Path of Pleasure; but unlike the
Rambler, the
Ranger has opened a more extensive field, in order to admit a
multiplicity
of delightful objects which escaped his Predecessor in the
Amorous Walk.
It was a general Complaint against the Rambler's Magazine,
that it was
frequently too moral, and generally too timid; the Ranger
acknowledges
the propriety of these Complaints, and is determined to pursue a
contrary
conduct; well knowing that it is his province to amuse and
entertain; to
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the crim. con. gazette.
promote Mirth and Gaiety, and provoke the Broad Laugh from
the liberal-
minded Reader; he will not, therefore, be afraid of hazarding a
Double
Entendre, or a voluptuous Allusion ; or of dwelling upon the
particulars of a
warm Amorous encounter.
The following are the most important pieces comprised in
the volume: Trial of Mr. Gordon, for adultery ;—Memoirs of
Richard Brothers, with a long account of his prophecies, and
an engraving representing the prophet being taken to prison.
The List of Covent Garden Cyprians, given in each number, is
curious. There is a History of Boxing, and much theatrical
information under the headings : Rise and Progress of the
English Stage,— The Theatrical Censor, and the Dramatic
Register. Among the fiction may be signalized: Original
Amorous Correspondence,— The Modern Marplot, and Memoirs
of a Lady of Pleasure. There is A Philosophical Dialogue on
Procreation from the French of M. Mercier ; and I-ove and
Loyalty, an opera.
CI)t Crum Con* #ajette; or, Diurnal Register of the Freaks
and Follies of the Present Day.
Size of letter-press 7§ by 4^ inches; counts 4; double
columns ; 18 numbers, at 2d. each, from November 20, 1830,
to April 30, 1831, when, I believe, the publication ceased with-
out a full title-page or index; occasional illustrations, some
wood-cuts in the text; published by E. Elliot.
the exquisite.
339
In spite of its title, which was in the eighth number changed
into Cf)f 38011 Colt <8>a*ftt£, this publication is not
exclusively
confined to reports of trials; there is, on the contrary, much
poetry and some lengthy memoirs, among which may be
indicated: those of Sally Maclean, Madame Vestris, Clara
Foote, Mrs. Jordan, and Private Heroics and Amorous
Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington. Although the editor
constantly insists upon the morality of the publication with an
intrusive fulsomeness, its tone is in no way higher than that of
other periodicals already noticed.
CI)t (Ef qu&tt? ♦ a collection of Tales, Histories, and
Essays,
Funny, fanciful, and facetious, Interspersed with Anec-
dotes, Original and Select. Amorous Adventures, Piquant
Jests, and Spicey Sayings, Illustrated with numerous En-
gravings, published weekly. Volume the First. Printed
and Published by H Smith, 37 Holywell St., Strand.
4to.; size of letter-press 8f by 5| inches; double columns;
title-pages enframed, with figures, and headed with the words :
Veluti in Speculum The Exquisite ; 3 vols.; 145 Nos., at 4d
each, from 1842 to 1844; numerous illustrations, free and
humorous, portraits of actresses &c., lithographs and wood-
cuts, many in the text; published by William Dugdale.
Although fiction is the staple offered to the readers of The
Exquisite, the three volumes before us embrace a vast amount
34°
the exquisite.
of semi-erotic literature of a miscellaneous nature. In every
number there are several pieces in verse, among which will be
found reprinted Wilkes's Essay on Woman. Unlike its pre-
decessors, The Exquisite does not contain reports of amorous
trials of the day; one old one, however, that of Mervyn, Lord
Audley, Earl of Castlehaven, is reproduced at length. Under
the headings Stars of the Saloons,—Sketches of Courtezans, and
Seduction Unveiled, the names, abodes, descriptions, and
sketches of the careers of favourite prostitutes are given,
some-
what after the manner of Harris's Lists. There are further
memoirs of Madame Vestris, Mrs. Davenport, Mademoiselle
DeBrion, Madame Gourd an, Queen Marie Antoinette; also
Original Anecdotes and Sketches of Charles II. and the
Duchess of Portsmouth. The relation of the sexes is con-
sidered in essays entitled : The Bridal Pocket Book,—A Safe
Conduct through the Territories of Venus,— Venus Physique,—
The New Art of Love,—A Physical View of Man & Woman
in a state of Marriage, some of which are translated from the
French, as well as several extracts from Montaigne, and a
series of papers On the Present State of Prostitution in Paris,
from Du Chatelet. In furtherance of fecundity we find several
lectures by Dr. Graham, and against it: Seven Years Experi-
ence on the Practicability of limiting the Number of a Family
by the best known Methods. There are moreover several letters
on Flagellation, a set of papers called The Eunuch, and Arbor
the exquisite.
341
Vita.; or the natural history of the Tree of Life. A great
number of the tales are from the French, with a few from the
Italian, translated for the most part, if not entirely, by James
Campbell ; among these may be signalised : Tales of the Queen
of Navarre,— Tales from the Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles,—
Evenings at the Palais Royal,—Ecclesiastical Triumphs, or the
campaigne of the Abbt De T. in the field of Venus,—Conjugal
Nights,—The Adventures of a French Turk,—Memoirs of an
Old Man of Twenty-five,—Delights of the Low Countries,—
Tiamy ; or the History of four Mysterious Children and their
Parents, *—Philosophy for the Ladies ; or, the history of
* Most of the tales above enumerated are too well known to
render an
indication of the titles even of their originals necessary.
Tictmy is however
not in such universal circulation, and as it is a curious tale,
somewhat of the
character olthelrmiceoi Dulaurens, I venture the following note
concerningit.
I have before me two editions : Ctatnj), ou la Cachetic de mon
Oncle; Histoire
de quatre Enfans du Mysore et de leurs Parens. A Paris Chez
Pigoreau, Lilraire,
place Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois 1800. i2mo. (counts 6); pp.
I56and4unnum-
bered pages; a finely engraved frontispiece by Binet and Bovinet
; also :
itffitOtW filujStfcwuge Ife Ctamj) ou la Cachette de mon Oncle.
Bruxelles,
Imprimerie et Lilrairie de Martyn Rue de Loxum 4. Small 8vo.;
pp. 96; no
date; the outer wrapper bears the following title: Jta dfemmt
fcc la fiatute
ou 7JAmour extraordinaire et myst'erieux de Tiamy (derrilre
Valcove de mon oncle.)
with impress as above. This is the history of a female, stolen
from her
parents at the age of two years by a rich libertine, " mon
oncle," in order
to serve his lubricity. He shuts Tiamy (short for " petite
amie") up in a
room entirely cut off from communication with the outer world,
and rears
her himself, without any aid whatever. At the age of fourteen he
takes
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Father Girrad and Madame Eradice * —Stolen Pleasure,—
The confessions of the Chevallier D'-,—Memoirs and
Adventures of a Courtezan,—and finally the three celebrated
novels of Andrea de Nerciat: The Aphrodites\ or, fragments
of the history of Pleasure,—Felicia ; or, the follies of my
life,—
and Monrose; or, the libertine of fatality, f Among the original
her virginity, and has children by her, whom he keeps
confined in the same
room. " Mon oncle " dies suddenly ; and this interesting family
is dis-
covered by his nephew and heir. The book is fairly well written,
and at
the commencement is sufficiently interesting; but towards the
end it is
padded with details altogether devoid of interest, and becomes
in con-
sequence tedious. There is yet another edition of Tiamy,
published by la
Veuve Jarison, An XI.; pp. 14O; frontispiece. Consult rPetttf
J3tbltofffaplji'f,
Pigoreau, p. 232 ; and $oltfi fiompfyts Uu Calais ilooal.
* CI)tost $l)ilo£Sopf)t. I give the names as altered by the translator.
11 beg to offer the following note by Octave Delepierre : Les
Aphrodites.
C'est le pendant du livre intitule Le Diable au Corps, et tous
deux meritent
beaucoup mieux le titre d'Arttin frangais que le recueil qui
porte ce nom. C'est
un des ouvrages drotiques les plus ddvergond^s. L'auteur y
decrit les
myst&res et les scenes d'une association, qui, assure-t-on, a
r^ellement exists
a la fin du dernier scifecle sous la designation qui forme le
titre du livre.
C'est une reunion de tableaux varies, mais sans suite,
alternativement decrits
en dialogues ou en r&its. Le style est assez bon.—Monrose. C'est
une
continuation des aventures de Felicia ; elle raconte ce qui est
arrive a Paris
k un de ses neveux du nom de Mondor. La conduite de ce roman est
assez
bonne, et les aventures amoureuses sont toutes d&rites en un
style voild mais
vif qui ne blesse toutefois jamais la pudeur par l'expression.
On y rappelle
& tout moment des scfenes de Felicia, et l'on y parle d'un ordre
des Aphrodites- ^omottftasScaltaiia, MS.
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fiction I would point out: Memoirs of the Countess du Barre *
The Lady's Maid, a tale of passion,—Auto Biography of a
Footman,—Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure, f —Nights at
Lunet; or a budget of amorous tales,— Where shall I go to-
night ?—The Loves of Sappho,■—Wife and no Wife, A tale
from Stamboul,—The Child of Nature. Improved by chance,—
The History of a Young Lady's Researches into the nature of
the Summum Bonum,—The Practical Part of Love exemplified
in the personal history of Lucy and Hellen, eminent priestesses
of the Temple of Venus,— The Illustrious Lovers ; or, secret
history of Malcolm and Matilda,—Julia: or, Miss in her
Teens,—The London Bawd.
Ci)f $)tari, a Monthly Journal of Facetiae and Voluptuous
Reading. Vol. I. Oxford: Printed at the University
Press, mdccclxxix.
Size of paper by 5 J, of letter-press by 3§ inches;
counts 4; 18 parts, from July, 1879, to December, 1880;
3 vols.; pp. 192 each vol., plus title-page and index; 36
obscene, coloured lithographs, of vile execution ; toned paper ;
* Vide p. IOO, ante.
t The same tale as that noticed at p. 121 ante, with omission of the
Introduction.
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the pearl.
printed in London; issue 150 copies ; price £25 os. od. the set.
This journal, which the publisher, editor, and part-author
announces as " without exception the grandest and best erotic
work ever published in the English language," contains in
truth a very vast amount of "voluptuous reading." He
expresses the hope that when " the modest little{Pearl' comes
under the snouts of the moral and hypocritical swine of the
world, they may not trample it under foot, and feel disposed
to rend the publisher, but that a few will become subscribers
on the quiet." Its contents consists of Poetry, Facetice, and
Tales. The first two items I shall dismiss with the remark
that they are always coarse and bawdy, sometimes humorous,
never really witty. The most important Tales are: Lady
Pokingham, or they all do it;—Miss Coote's Confession, or the
voluptuous experiences of an old maid, a series of flagellation
scenes, the heroine being grand-daughter of " the celebrated
Indian General, Sir Eyre Coote,* almost as well known for
his eighteen-penny fiasco with the Bluecoat Boys as for his
services to the Hon. E. I. Company;"—Sub-Umbra, or sport
among the she-noodles, a most insipid story, in which
flagellation
is again the leading feature;—La Rose D'Amour, or the
adventures of a gentleman in search of pleasure ; f—My Grand-
* An account of his adventure is given in ©f)t J3Iue«Coat 33o»S.
f Vide p. 161, ante. The illustrations to the above reprint
are different
from those in the former edition.
THE PEARL.
345
mothers Tale, or May's account of her introduction to the art
of love, in which there are a few fairly good scenes;—Flunkey-
ania, or Belgravian Morals, a chain of low, common-place
adventures. The object of the writers of the above tales—for
they are certainly not all by one hand—would seem to be to
cluster together the greatest amount of filth possible,
unrelieved
by a sparkle of wit. Scenes follow fast upon each other as
cruel and as crapulous as any to be found in Justine or La
Philosophie dans le Boudoir\ and, it must be owned, far more
pernicious, for the enormities in those works are generally
enacted in unfrequented forests, in imaginary ch&teaux, in un-
known convents, or in impossible caverns, whereas in the tales
before us they are brought close home to us, and occur in
Belgravian drawing-rooms, the chambers of our Inns of Courtf
or in the back parlours of London shop-keepers. Moreover,
the language is invariably of the coarsest description. I shall
confine myself to a brief analysis of the first-mentioned tale,
which is one of the longest, and I think the best of the six.
In Lady Pokingham, the heroine, Beatice, commences her
narrative at school, where the usual onanistic and tribad pro-
pensities are indulged in. The story of her young friend, Alice
Marchmont's seduction is introduced. With Alice she goes to
Town, and resides in a Roman Catholic family. An episode
in Lord Beaconsfield's Lothair is parodied, the hero's name
being used; and the convent flogging scene in Gamiani is
tt
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closely Imitated. A society, called the Paphian Circle, is
described (ii. 26), in which ladies and gentlemen meet together,
and in cold blood perform all manner of improbable, not to
say impossible, feats. Flagellation scenes are of course not
omitted, and at vol. 11. p. 50, The Berkeley Horse? is intro-
duced and described. In these orgies, when the gentlemen are
tired out, the ladies have recourse to the servants and footmen.
Lady Beatrice Pokingham is now introduced to the Earl of
Crim-Con, " an old man of thirty," whom " one would have
guessed to be fifty at least." She accepts him for her husband
although : " His youthful vigour had been expended long ago
by constant and enervating debauchery, and now instead of
being able to enter the lists of love in a genuine manner, he
had a perfect plethora of disgusting leches, which he required
to be enacted before he could experience sensual excitement."
One need not enter more fully into these aberrations, but add
only that his lordship quits his wife for his two pages.
Beatrice, however, surprises her spouse in the very act, and
joins in the orgie, of which Crim-Con dies. After the death of
her lord, she seduces his brother and heir, and persuades him
to degrade his own wife by sodomising her, while Beatrice
watches them from her room. Once more her own mistress,
she resolves upon debauching her servants, consisting of a
virgin
* Jntitjf Etbrotum fkofjtbttorttm, p. xliv.
swivia.
347
housekeeper, Miss Prude, two pages and two young girls. She
begins with the boys, whom she first enjoys herself, and then
superintends their defloration of the maidens. The irregularity
of her conduct at last undermines Beatrice's health, and she is
ordered to Madeira, but does not start until she has seduced
her medical man and adviser. She takes with her Miss Prude,
whose seduction she effects by means of a youth who accomp-
anies her, disguised a sa female servant. On the passage, she
debauches two midshipmen, after having birched them. Her
stay at Madeira is but short, and she returns to England with
a " galloping consumption," which soon carries her to her grave.
The publication cannot be considered complete without the
addition of the four following volumes, which appeared in four
consecutive years, and are serial in every respect with The
Pearl, although issued separately:
J&ttHbia; or, The Briefless Barrister. The Extra Special
Number of The Pearl, Containing a Variety of Complete
Tales, with Five Illustrations, Poetry, Facetiae, &c.
Christmas, 1879.
PP. 64 ; one fancy and one plain line on title-page; the five
" photo-water colour illustrations " appear to be taken from
French originals, and include a frontispiece with inscription,
in
the design, Frank Jones's Dream of the Erotic Showman ;
published in London; price £z 3s ; blue printed wrapper.
This volume, which is divided into 4 chapters, contains a
348
THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
wild farrago of erotic matter, chiefly remarkable for its
utter
obscenity. Four young men, the Hon. Priapus Bigcock,
barrister, Frank Jones, photographic artist, Jack Turdey, and
Mr. Spencer, meet at the chambers of the former in the Temple,
to celebrate Christmas Eve, and perform an impossible orgie
with the two girls who serve up their supper. At intervals
they narrate their adventures, and dreams, the most original
part of the work, and sing lewd songs. The composition,
which is unliterary, is of recent date, as allusion is made to
the
attempted rape of Miss Dickenson by Coloned Valentine
Baker, and to the Franco-German war.
Cfyf launtetl or the Revelations of Theresa Terence.
"An o'er true tale." " There are more things in heaven
and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy." Being
the Christmas Number of "The Pearl." Beautifully
Illustrated with Six Finely Coloured Plates. December
t88o. London;—Privately Printed.
PP. 62; six coloured lithographs of vile execution ; price
3s ; red printed wrapper.
Dick Fenn is agreeably surprised one winter's evening by
the news of the death of an aunt who has left him a fortune.
His joy finds immediate expression in the seduction of the
girl who waits on him in his chambers. Among the property
349 THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
eft him by his aunt is " an estate in Sandyshire, the
so-called
"Haunted House,' " and, the funeral of his deceased relative
accomplished, Dick sets out with two friends to take possession9
and unravel the mysteries of this haunted house. On the road
they have some exceedingly lewd, but equally improbable,
adventures with the female attendants of the inns where they
stop. From one of the girls they learn some part of the history
of a Sir Anthony Harvey, a great flagellator, who had to quit
the hotel precipitately for having " got hold of a little girl
of
twelve or thirteen, and fucked and flogged her so unmercifully
that the country was up in arms about it, and he had to cut."
Hearing an altercation between the ostler and a gentleman,
who it seemed had proposed to the former to allow him to
flog his daughter, the friends feel convinced that this
gentleman
can be no other than Sir Anthony, and they determine to follow
him.
After a smart run they saw him descend a deep declivity into
a dense
wood, and pausing for a moment he jumped off the horse, and
putting aside
some brushwood, entered a sort of cave in the side of a high
bank. At the end
of the very long passage he paused at a door, and rapped three
times, and
it was soon opened by a dwarfed and humpbacked little man,
dressed in
most fantastic fashion in a costume like that worn by Italian
brigands.
The gentleman having passed in, the friends overpower the
door keeper, and compel him to conduct them into the cavern.
They heard the sound of laughter issuing from a room directly
in front of
them, and dashing aside a heavy curtain of velvet that fell
across the
406
the haunted house.
entrance our heroes entered. Sir Anthony, or as he pleased to
call himself,
Rinaldo, dressed in fantastic costume in the midst of a bevy of
fine, beauti-
ful girls, all of them entirely nude. A magnificent banquet was
spread. Cups
of gold and crystal glistened on the board, and a splendid
candelabra spread
a soft light over the scene. Down the room were hung beautiful
pictures of
an amorous character, well calculated to arouse the passions.
This banquet had been prepared to celebrate the defloration
of a young lady, whom, with her maid, Sir Anthony had cap-
tured and brought into his retreat; hitherto she had resisted
all his importunities, but this night he had determined to
effect
his purpose by force. The friends had learned these particu-
lars, and the name of the young lady, Nelly, from the dwarf,
and more than suspecting that the victim was the missing sis-
ter of Bob, one of the friends, engaged to Dick Fenn, they
make up their minds that her virginity shall not be taken by
the " cadaverous looking old bugger," Sir Anthony, but by
Dick, for whom it was intended.
As may be supposed, the master of the cavern is by no
means pleased at the abrupt entry of the three young men,
but perceiving them to be gentlemen, and supposing them bent
on amorous exploits, rather than deeds of violence, he invites
them to take part in the banquet and night's proceedings, and
orders the captives to be brought in.
As soon as Nelly, accompanied by her maid, enters the room,
she perceives her brother, and flies to him for protection. Sir
Anthony is astounded, but after a little explanation, seeing how
matters stand, he deems it prudent to give way.
351 the haunted house.
"Ah, ah," said Sir Anthony,laughing, " why this is better
than all; quite
a denouement. I will yield to the affianced husband so far as
the first fuck
of this sweet young lady is concerned, but one thing I am
determined on,
the room shall witness their nuptials, and I shall be the
presiding priest."
"I," said Bob, "am her guardian, and if my friend Dick is to
be the
favoured one, I consent. Come, Nelly, when you are at Rome do as
Rome
does, you are in the abode of love, your modesty must vanish."
Sir Anthony proposes a little preparatory birching, which he
is allowed to administer, after which Nelly is deflowered by
Dick in the presence of the whole company. An orgie ensues,
during which the dwarf brings in Lotty, " the young lady who
(«V)we found having a fuck with Dick in our opening chapter."
The narrative is interspersed with several pieces in verse;
and two minor recitals are introdced : The Story of Dilkoosha,
the Malek's Daughter, an Eastern tale, and Theresa's Story,
the scene of which is Paris during the first revolution; neither
of which demand fuller notice. The Revelations of Theresa
Terence, as promised on the title-page, are not given, but like
Th' adventure of the Bear and Fiddle
Is sung, but breaks off in the middle.
Theresa is the historian of Sir Anthony, and promises that:
my past experiences, and the new scenes of enjoyment we
commence to-
night, I will keep a record of, and give to the world some day
as a book*
and no more delightful book ever can be produced, full of erotic
pleasure,
brimming over with salacious delight than the Revelations of
Theresa Terence.
To which the following note is appended :
352
the pearl christmas annual.
The lovely Theresa carried out ber idea, the MSS., one (sic)
of the most
extraordinary ever penned, exists, and at a future time will see
the light.
The Haunted House is a sorry production, and displays no
literary skill whatever; an excess of bawdiness is its chief
characteristic.
€f)t pearl, Christmas annual 1881. Containing New Year's
Day, The Sequel to Swivia, Vanessa, and other Tales,
Facetix, Songs, &c. Six Coloured Plates. London:
Privately Printed.
PP. 64; price 3s.; the six obscene and infamously
executed coloured lithographs were not issued until some short
time after the letter-press, which appeared in consequence with
a title-page worded as above with omission of the words " Six
Coloured Plates; " red printed wrapper.
The same characters appear in New Year's Day as in Swivia,
and. several bawdy songs are introduced. The first chapter
contains the description of an orgie similar to that in the tale
to which it is a sequel. In the second chapter we have another
dream of Jones, but the subject is in this instance the Sack of
London by the Germans, after the Battle of Dorking. Up to
this point the book appears to be written by the same hand as
Swivia, and is quite as coarse and filthy, the doings of the
Germans being as crapulous as they are cruel. The tale of
Vanessa, which commences in chapter 111., and is continued to
353 the pearl christmas annual.
the end of the volume, is much better written, and is a
readable
story. The heroine, Phoebe, a modern Fanny Hill, is born in
a workhouse, and receives her first intuition into the
proclivities
of the sexes from the rector, " a nice old gentleman, nearly
eighty years of age," to whom she is sent on errands by the
matron, and who dresses her up in pretty clothes, and induces
her to birch him. " The master of the workhouse was in the
habit of inflicting personal chastisement on any of the boy or
girl inmates who gave cause for correction, this I had long
known and now felt quite a curiosity to see how he managed
it, especially with the big girls and boys." Through the usual
convenient" glass panes in the door," she is able to satisfy her
curiosity, and witnesses one of the often-told scenes, in which
the master and matron flog the juvenile offenders and then
mutually assuage each other's lubricity. While yet quite a
child, Phoebe, whose instincts have been prematurely awakened
by what she has gone through, admits her little bed-fellow,
Sarah
Marsh, into her confidence, and the friends " resolved the very
first chance to have a game ourselves with one of the boys."
This they attempt in the park of a Squire Benson, where they go
with the other children for the annual treat; they are surprised
by the Squire himself, who joins in their fun and gives them a
shilling each to let him play with them. " Soon after I was
twelve years old they put me out to be nursemaid in the family
of Farmer Royson," a widower, whose household is presided
uu
354
the pearl christmas annual.
over by a Miss Mabel Wilberforce. Fancying that there was
between Royston and Mabel an affection stronger than that
which usually exists between master and housekeeper, Phoebe
again plays the part of eavesdropper, and on this occasion from
a cupboard adjoining Mabel's bedroom. She is eye witness to
a scene, by no means badly described, which has so much
effect upon her that: " I fairly fainted, and falling down in
the
closet, aroused them from their delicious after lethargy. Mr.
Royston must have run away, but Miss Wilberforce dragged
me from the closet, and when I came, to a little I found myself
lying on her bed, she had assumed her chemise de nuit, and
was holding a smelling bottle to my nose. You may be sure
I was awfully frightened, but she soon reassured me by promise
of forgiveness, so that I told her all. I shall never forget
that
woman, her blood was on fire; she told me I had spoilt her
amusement for the rest of the night, and must make up for it
by playing with her." No great stretch of imagination is
required
to find Phoebe, after this, associated with the farmer and
house-
keeper in their amorous encounters, her admission being however
inaugurated by a whipping for her prying conduct. " After
this I stayed with them rather over a year, and during that
time assisted at many of their little parties of pleasure."
Phcebe is now apprenticed to a Madame Coulisse, a fashionable
milliner in New Bond Street. The establishment proves to be
nothing better than a private brothel, and Madame, after having
355 the pearl christmas annual.
rechristened our heroine, Vanessa, sells her virginity to a
nobleman, who is so satisfied with his prize that he pays
Madame a round sum, and takes Vanessa into keeping. For
some time she lives happily with her protector, who is very
fond of her, and treats her most kindly, until she succumbs to
the solicitations of one of his lordship's friends, and the
guilty
pair are surprised in the night while indulging their love
during
his lordship's absence. The friend escapes unperceived, and
her lord joins her in bed. In the midst of an amorous encounter,
Vanessa, forgetting herself, murmurs the name of the man who
has left her instead of that of her protector. His lordship's
suspicions are aroused; he discovers his rival's watch under
the pillow, and other unequivocal evidence of his mistress's
guilt, and vows vengance; " he hissed rather than spoke, at the
same time I felt one arm grasped by his powerful hand,
wrenching me away from his body, and a perfect rain of stabs
pierced neck, bosom, and arms." Not wishing actually to
murder her, the nobleman, his rage somewhat calmed, calls a
doctor, who in a fortnight makes her convalescent, and hands
her ^2000 from her protector, whom she never sees again. In
order entirely to recover her health, Vanessa repairs to Italy.
On the steamer, going out, she has an adventure with the
Captain ; and on her return, attracts the attention of an Indian
prince, to whom she surrenders herself at the Grand Hotel at
Paris, and who lavishes jewels and money on her to the extent
356
the erotic casket gift book.
of ,£10,000. Back in London, she picks up a handsome officer
of the Guards, who takes her into keeping, and on quitting her
gives her the furniture and ^1000. Here the story ends some-
what abruptly, and although, as I have already said, it is not
badly written, it. is in parts too sketchy, and might have been
improved by a more thorough treatment. The heroine, we are
told, " is a very fashionable beauty in Kensington at the
present time; * * * now one of the shining lights of the
highest circle of the Demi-Monde."
&f)t (Orotic Casket
of Space. With Coloured Frontispiece. London: Privately
Printed.
PP. 20; although some few copies contain 18 pages only;
a graduated line on title-page.
This thin volume comprises eight anecdotes, or short tales,
all of the most obscene and disgusting character; the first, La
Grotte Rouge, seems to have been written up to the frontispiece,
and is founded on an original idea, albeit as revolting, as it
is
impossible.
Upon the completion of The Pearl, the publisher started
two other periodical publications, which, although not yet
brought to a conclusion, I will mention here :
the crem0rne.
357
No. 1. Jan., 1851. €f)t Cltmorm; A Magazine of Wit,
Facetiae, Parody, Graphic Tales of Love, etc. Privately
Printed. London, Cheyne Walk, mdcccli.
Size of paper 7! by 5, of letterpress 5! by 3! inches; the
date is incorrect, the first number appeared in August, 1882 ; *
two infamous, obscene, coloured lithographs to each number ;
price £1 is. per number; issue 300 copies.
The editor proposes in his preface to complete the pub-
lication in twelve numbers, and he adds: " here, the young
and beautiful of both sexes shall find those arts of love which
doubly, or a hundred-fold, enhance the charms and freshness
of youth, graces of form, or beauties of nature; whilst those
who have expended their energies in the field of Venus, will
also find the entertainment of a good story, combined with
repartee, epigram, rhyme, or bon (sic) mots, with sparkling wit
in
parody, poetry, or jeux d'espirits " (sic).
Of the minor items above enumerated nothing need be said
further than that they are remarkable for an abundance of
obscenity and a " plentiful lack of wit." The more important
pieces are: Tke Secret Life of Linda Brent; A Curious
History of Slave Life and Slave Wrongs;—Lady Hamilton:
* The above title is transcribed from the outer, buff wrapper
of the first
number, no general title-page having been issued as yet.
358
THE BOUDOIR.
or Nelsoris Inamorata. The Real Story of her Life; both
pieces are original.
CDe JSOUtfOtl'; A Magazine of Scandal, Facetice, &c.
Size of paper 8f by 5^, of letter-press 6J by 3f inches; *
the first number was issued in June, 1883 ; outer wrappers buff,
printed in violet; no illustrations; price 10s. 6d. each number
;
issue 300 copies ; it is proposed to complete the publication in
six numbers.
Like its predecessors, The Boudoir contains numerous short
anecdotes, scraps, and Eccentricities, in prose and verse, to
which the strictures already made may be with equal justice
applied. The tales of greater length are : The Tkree Chums:
A Tale of London Every Day Life, written by the editor;—
Adventures and Amours of a Barmaid. A Series of Facts ; f—
Voluptuous Confessions of a French Lady of Fashion. [ Trans-
lated from the French\ by the editor. $
* The above is the half-title of the first number, no general
title-page
having yet appeared.
t Part x is taken from C|)c )8on Con JHaga$nu, see p. 324,
+ From the Contagion dalante B'unt Jfttnnu Hit monfc*,
noticed at p. 165
of Jntitj: Etbrorum 3iJn>f)tfntorum. I may add that the
illustrations of the
French original are by J. Chauvet, of which the original designs
are in the
possession of the author.
folklore and popular tales.
359
KPYIITAAIA Recueil de Documents pour servir k l'Etude
des Traditions Populaires Vol. i Heilbronn Henninger
Freres, Editeurs 1883 Tous droits reserves
8vo.; size of paper 6|- by 4, of letter-press 4f by 2§
inches;
pp. xii. and 363; title-page printed in red and black, with a
square fleuron and three lines; "tird k 210 exemplaires
numdrotds"; price 10 Marks.
Students of folklore, a numerous body at present, both in
England and on the Continent, will hail with delight the
appearance of this well printed and carefully got up little
volume, to be followed, let us hope, by many others of the
same kind, equally remarkable for talented and faithful
rendering, and masterly editing.
This first volume of the series is divided into four parts :
Conies Secrets traduits du Russe, with Tablezs\&Anmerkungen>
pp. 7 to 292 ;—Norwegische Marchen und Schwdnke, with
Inhalt and Anmerkungen, pp. 293 to 332;—Trois Contes
Picards, pp. 333 to 359 ;—and Devinettes et Formulettes
Bretonnes, pp. 360 to 363. It seems strange that one language
should not have been adopted throughout the volume, but this
apparent anomaly is explained in the Avis du Comittde Direc-
tion. This introduction, as well as the Prifacede VAuteur, is so
interesting, so ably written, explains so thoroughly the nature
and objects of the publication, and is withal so replete with
36o
folklore and popular tales.
remarks pertinent both to the immediate subject, folklore,
and
to fiction in general, that I venture to reproduce it in
extenso:
Aux frivoles qui tromp^s par l'apparence placeraient ce
recueil sous
l'invocation de Cypris la lascive et de son gentil fils Eros,
dieu d'Amour,
nous dirons sans plus tarder que nous avons choisi pour patronne
la grave,
chaste et austere Athend, ddesse de sagesse et de science.
Notre premier souci en commengant une publication qui, nous
l'dspdrons,
comprendra plusieurs volurftes est, en effet, d'en bien pr&iser
le but et l'objet,
afin que personne ne puisse s'y mdprendre.—Nous le devons b. nos
lecteurs,
nous nous le devons k nous-memes bien que nous gardions
l'anonyme, par
crainte des mal intentionne's et des Prud'hommes faux ou
sincbres.
Tous ceux qui s'occupent de la literature populaire et
traditionelle, on (sic)
pour employer l'expression excellente, concise et harmonieuse de
folklore,
maintenant adoptee k peu prbs generalement, ont eu occasion de
rencontrer
sur leur chemin, sous toutes les formes qu'elles affectent:
contes, chansons,
dictons, proverbes etc., des productions qui meriteraient d'etre
conserves et
publiees, non seulement au point de vue litt^raire pur, les unes
par la verve
joyeuse et l'esprit qui y p&illent, d'autres, plus rarement il
est vrai par leur
style aimable et leur grace coquette, mais surtout parce
qu'elles constituent
un document d'dtude pour les folkloristes. Mais la erudite,
1'immorality du
sujet, la grossifcret^ des expressions employees ont fait
reculer les collecteurs
qui la plupart du temps ont laissd retomber dans l'oubli les
matdriaux qu'ils
avaient pu recueillir.
Cependant, grand nombre d'entre elles, grace surtout aux
litterateurs du
moyen age et de la Renaissance, en Italie et en France
notamment, moins
bdgueules ou moins hypocrites que ceux de notre epoque, ont
passe' dans les
lais, les fabliaux, les soties, les farces et les contes, plus
ou moins ddguisfes et
travesties, plus ou moins d^pouilldes de leurs expressions
grossiferes et cyniques
primitives. II est vrai que le public, m6me lettr^ les ignore
pour la plupart,
car elles dorment dans les manuscrits des bibliothfeques
publiques ou privies,
puisque les erudits qui ont compost les recueils les plus
renommes de fabliaux
folklore and popular tales.
n'ont pas os^ troubler leur poudreux sommeil pour les insurer
k cote d'autres
pieces. II y a lk une mine curieuse k exploiter, et plus d'un
tr&or k mettre
en lumibre. Nous en trouverons peut-etre l'occasion quelque
jour.—Quelques
unes et non des moins obscfenes ont eu pourtant la bonne fortune
d'etre
pubises dans des recueils cdlfebres. Temoin le lai des Quatre
Souhaits St.
Martin (Recueil Barbazan—M&m, tome iv) dont l'auteur ne
craignait pas
assurdment d'appeler un chat: un chat. Nous poss&lons ainsi une
version
litt6raire du conte des Souhaits ridicules aussi curieuse que
grossifere, mais
dont la gaftd et l'esprit font pardonner 1'absolue obscenity.
Heureusement
aussi, plus d'un conte k forme obscfene a pu, aisement,
moyennant quelques
lagers changements sans importance, prendre l'aspect decent qui
lui permettait
d'etre racont6 pour l'amusement des enfants ou de circuler dans
la soci6te
polie et elegante.—Pour n'en donner qu'un exemple, et puisque
nous avons
cite les Souhaits ridicules, Perrault n'a eu dans ce recit, qu'a
faire pendre au
nez de la femme de son villageois l'aune de boudin pour que
l'une des trfes-
nombreuses versions de ce conte put prendre place en un recueil
destin6 k des
mains enfantines.
De mgme dans les contes de meme famille que celui dont
L'arbre-Nez de
Grimm est le type, ce n'est pas le nez qui dans la version
populaire s'allonge,
s'allonge pendant plusieurs lieues et dont on peut retrouver le
proprietaire en
le suivant tout du long par les broussailles et les
sentiers.—Dans ce volume,
nous donnerons deux versions populaires non cMti£es de ce recit,
le premier
c'est le conte no. 32 de la collection cosaque, et le second un
conte recueilli
en Picardie.
Lorsque des substitutions aussi simples ont pu avoir lieu,
sans nuire au
recit, tout a ete pour le mieux, k touts les points de vue. Mais
il n'en est
pas toujours ainsi. II existe certainement — notre collection en
sera
la preuve—des versions populaires, eurieuses i. recueillir k
plus d'un titre,
dont l'obsc6nit6 est telle qu'il n'est pas de plume,
quelqu'alerte et exercde
qu'elle soit qui puisse les reproduire sans les denaturer et qui
pour ce fait se sont
perdues au grand detriment de la science folklorique.—II est
d'autant plus
regrettable de laisser dans l'oubli telle version obscfene d'un
conte, quelle (sic)
w
362
FOLKLORE AND POPULAR TALES. 362
constitue souvent la forme primitive, primordiale, qui avec
des variantes, des
interpolations a donne naissance k d'autres versions plus
connues, plus aima-
bles, mais qui au point de vue special oil se place le
folkloriste ont moins
d'interet. Ainsi, pas n'est besoin d'etre folkloriste pour etre
certain que des
deux formes du trait obscene qui se rencontre dans Rabelais et
le conte de
Lafontaine "Le Diable de Papefiguiere " et dans plusieurs des
contes cosaques
ci-aprfes, c'est la forme populaire qui a precede la forme
litteraire. A coup
s6r, les moujiks grossiers et ignorants, narrateurs des (sic)
ces contes n'ont
jamais connu ni Rabelais, ni Lafontaine; c'est k la tradition
populaire
qu'ils les ont recueillis. De meme aussi a fait Rabelais
d'aprfes qui
notre fabuliste l'a raconte ensuite litterairement.—L'immoralite
d'une oeuvre
ne reside pas au surplus dans la erudite des mots, la
grossiferete des
expressions, mais dans le but que se propose l'ecrivain. Les
romans les plus
pervers du 18*. sifccle sont souvent ecrits en un style ch&tie
oil les fleurs du
langage y distillent un poison detestable.—A quelque nation ou
quelque sifecle
qu'il appartienne, un ecrivain qui aura cherche k allumer de
mauvaises
passions dans l'esprit de son lecteur, fut-ce dans le style le
plus correct et
irr6prochable, devra etre repute immoral; quant k l'emploi
d'expressions
obscenes, l'immoralite en est toute contingente; c'est une
question qui varie
avec l'epoque, la mode, les usages et le pays. On n'en saurait
citer de meil-
leur exemple que des recits fort connus de La Bible ou les
dissertations fort
graves et fort pieuses d'intention des scholastiques sur les
sujets eux-memes
le (sic) plus scabreux.
Nous considerons done faire ceuvre utile k la science en
publiant un recueil
du les productions obscfenes, grossieres, scatologiques m@mes
(sic), se rapportant
k la litterature populaire et traditionelle seront reunies k
titre de documents
d'etude. Nous aurons plus d'une fois k faire taire nos
scrupules, k surmonter
notre repugnance, sans aucun doute. Mais nous pensons que comme
le feu,
la science purifie tout.—De meme que le chimiste pfese, analyse,
recompose
les matiferes les moins ragoutantes, sans s'affecter de leur
aspect ou de leur
odeur; de meme que le medecin decrit dans leurs plus intimes
details, etudie
dans leur (sic) fonctions les plus mystcrieuses les organes de
la generation sans
folklore and popular tales.
363
songer qu'k la science, de merae nous toucherons d'une main
et d'un esprit
chastes aux sifjets les plus obscknes ou de l'immoralit^ la plus
choquante.
Pourtant, comffle ce n'est pas pour rien que le vieux sang
gaulois coule dans
nosveineset que d'ailleurs "rire estlepropre de l'homme," nous
ne r6prime-
rons pas k l'occasion le rire large et franc, sans arribre
pensee qu'amfene sur
toute 16vre (sic) frangaise la lecture de Pantagruel ou des
farces tabariniques
ou bien le fin sourire que font dclore les oeuvres plus
raffinees des aimables
conteurs de la Renaissance.
CeS premisses bien etablies, ce qui nous reste k dire au
sujet de notre
programme en decoule facilement.—Et d'abord notre titre de
Kruptadia,
c'est k dire les sujets secrets, nous 1'avons choisi precisement
pour son aspect
hirsute, barbare et rebarbatif, parce qu'il est intelligible
(sic) au plus grand
nombre et qu'inscrit sur le dos d'un livre, il ne tentera pas la
main d'un
curieux sur un rayon de bibliothfcque.
Notre publication etant destinee exclusivement aux
folkloristes et notre
dessein etant d'ecarter absolument ceux qui dans le fumier
d'Ennius n'aiment
que le fumier et se moquent des perles, les ihtelligents et
serieux editeurs de
Kruptadia : M.M. Henninger freres de Heilbronn (Wurtemberg) qui
partagent ces idees ont pris tous arrangements necessaires pour
atteindre
ce but.
La serie qui s'ouvre aujourd'hui par la collection des contes
cosaques de la
petite Russie, des contes norwegiens et de quelques formulettes
bretonnes
comprendra des contes et productions folkloriques de toutes les
nations.
Comme en outre, elle interessera les folkloristes de race
germanique et
latine autant au moins que ceux de France et que d'ailleurs
l'6tude du folklore
exige l'inteiligence du plus grand nombre possible de langues,
nous publierons
dans leur texte anglais, allemand, espagnol, italien, les
ouvrages de ces langues,
r&ervant le fran$ais pour les productions franchises et les
traductions
d'oeuvres ecrites en langues accessibles au petit nombre. Les
volumes
seront tires, k 210 exemplaires numerotes, dont dix pour les
6diteurs, auteurs
et directeurs de la publication.
Les membres du Comite de direction du present recueil
tiennent k declarer
364
FOLKLORE AND POPULAR TALES. 364
k cette occasion qu'ils travaillent pour la science seule et
repoussent toute
remuneration sous quelque forme que ce soit. C'est d'ailleurs ce
qui permet
aux editeurs de livrer k un prix modique, en regard du faible
tirage, des
volumes dont il serait si aise de trouver un tout autre prix, si
1'idee de specu-
lation n'6taitpas ecartee.
Les contes cosaques de ce volume sont traduits d'un recueil
en dialecte
petit-russien tir6 k petit nombre. — Nous les avons reproduits
tels quels,
malgre leur grossibrete inouie de langage et qui pis est de
sentiments,
grossi£rete qui est un temoignage, helasl trop probant, de leur
origine
populaire. lis offrent des traits de moeurs curieux k plus d'un
titre et
fournissent de nombreux points de comparaison avec des contes
fort con-
nus et notamment avec les nouvelles badines italiennes et
franchises de la
Renaissance, dont ils constituent la version populaire. Les
specimens des
contes satiriques populaires sont beaucoup moins frequents que
les contes
merveilleux ou mythiques. C'est la caractdristique de ce volume.
Detail
assez piquant: les contes auraient et6 recueillis par un moine
orthodoxe,
pour la plus grande gloire de la science d'ailleurs et imprimes
par 1'im-
primerie du couvent afin d'echapper k la censure russe.—Ils
contiennent en
g6neral d'amferes satires contre les popes ; c'est un trait de
ressemblance de
plus avec nos auteurs de fabliaux et nos conteurs qui se
plaisaient k mettre
en sc&ne de la fa$on la moins edifiante, les moines et les
nonnes.—Si l'on
s'etonnait que des moines orthodoxes imprimassent de telles
satires contre
les popes, sans invoquer le souvenir de notre joyeux cur£ de
Meudon qui ne
se faisait pas faute de mettre les propos les plus sales dans la
bouche
des moines et moinesses, et en Italie du bdn^dictin Firenzuola,
nous
rappellerons qu'un (sic) Russie il existe un antagonisme
trfes-vif entre les
clerg^s rdgulier et s&ulier, entre les popes et les moines et
que de part et
d'autre, ils ne se m&iagent gufere.
Les contes picards qui suivent les contes cosaques sont
surtout donnas
pour montrer des variantes fran§aises de ces memes contes. Nous
en
publierons d'autres par la suite.
Et maintenant, nous passons la parole au chereheur curieux
qui a receuillj
FOLKLORE AND POPULAR TALES.
365
ces recits de la bouche des soldats et des moujiks et qui a
bien merits des
folkloristes en mettant courageusement les interns de la science
au dessus
des pr^jug^s vulgaires.
L'lidition de nos contes secrets, dans la forme et 1'ordre
sous lesquels
nous les pr6sentons aux amateurs de la nationalite russe, est
une apparition
& peu pr&s unique en son genre. II pourra bien se faire que,
pr&isement
pour cela, notre edition donne lieu k des reproches et k des
exclamations de
tout genre, non seulement contre l'&Iiteur t6meraire, mais aussi
contre la
nation qui a produit de pareils contes, contes oU la fantaisie
populaire,
sans la moindre contrainte d'expressions, a deroule, dans
d'eclatants tableaux,
toute la force et toute la richesse de son humour. Mettant de
c6te tous les
reproches qui ne s'adresseraient qu'k nous personnellement, nous
devons
declarer que toute exclamation contre 1'esprit national serait
non-seulement
une injustice, mais encore l'indice de cette ignorance complete,
qui, le plus
souvent, k dire vrai, constitue un des traits les plus
ind61ebiles de la pruderie
criailleuse.
Nos contes secrets sont, comme nous l'avons dit, une
apparition unique en
son genre, parce qu'il n'existe pas, k notre connaissance, une
autre Edition
dans laquelle le vrai langage populaire jaillisse avec une aussi
grande
abondance, etincelant de tous les c6t6s brillants et ing6nieux
de l'homme du
peuple.
Les literatures des autres nations offrent beaucoup de contes
secrets du
m£me genre, et depuis bien longtemps dejk nous ont precedes dans
cette
voie. Non peut-etre sous forme de contes, mais sous forme de
chansons, de
dialogues, de nouvelles, de farces, de soties, de morality, de
dictons etc., les
autres nations posskdent une enorme quantite de productions,
dans les-
quelles I'esprit populaire, egalement sans aucune contrainte
d'expressions et
de tableaux, signale avec humour, stigmatise par la satire et
livre hardiment
k la ris6e differents c8t£s de la vie. Qui done a jamais doute
que les contes
joyeux de Boccace ne soient tires de la vie populaire, que les
innombrables
nouvelles et faceties fran^aises des xve, xrie et xvin siecles
ne proviennent de
la m£me source, que les productions satiriques des Espagnols,
les Spoitlieder
366
folklore and popular tales. 366
et les Schmahschriften des Allemands, que cette masse de
pasquinades, de
feuilles volantes diverses dans toutes les langues, apparaissant
au sujet de
tous les incidents possibles de la vie privee etpublique, ne
soient des productions
du peuple ? Dans la litterature russe, il est vrai, jusqu'k ce
jour, il existe,
toute une categorie d'expressions populaires qui n'ont pas ete
imprimees, qui
ne sont pas destinies a Vimpression. Dans les litteratures des
autres nations, de
pareilles barriferes n'existent plus depuis longtemps pour le
langage du
peuple. Sans remonter k l'antiquite classique, est-ce que les
Ragionamenti
de P. Aretino, les Capitoli de Franc. Berni, de Giov. della
Casa, de Molza,
la Rettorica delle putane, de Pallavicini, YAlcibiade fanciullo
a tcola et les
productions des autres ecrivains italiens; est-ce que le livre
de Meursius:
Elegantice latini sermonis; est-ce que toute la serie, dans la
literature
franchise, des celfebres joyeusetez, face ties et folastres
imaginations, le fameux
Recueil de pikes choisies par les soins du Cosmopolite ; est-ce
que tout ce deluge
de Flugschriften, qui, au dire de Schade, " damals wie eine
Fluth iibers
Land fuhren," ne montrent pas clairement qu'on ne regardait
point comme
necessaire de couvrir le mot imprime de la gaze d'une pruderie
effarouchee
et de la feuille de vigne d'un ecrit passe k la censure ? Est-il
besoin de
rappeler encore les productions macaroniques, jouissant d'une si
haute es-
time depuis le magnifique Laurent de Medicis jusqu'aux Medicis
de notre
6poque ? Est-il besoin de remarquer en finissant, qu'elles ne
sont pas
reservees aux seuls bibliophiles, ces sections entibres dont les
sujets sont
decrits dans des bibliographies speciales, telles que la
Bibliotheca scatologica
(.Scatopolis, 5850), sections connues dans le monde des livres
sous les noms
de: Singularith, Curiosa, Erotica, Ouvrages sur Tamour, sur la
galanterie, etc.
Et le reproche de cynisme grossier fait k la nation russe
dquivaudrait au
meme reproche fait k toutes les nations, c'est-k-dire se
reduirait k zero. Le
contenu erotique des contes secrets russes ne temoigne ni pour
ni contre la
moralite de la nation russe; il met tout simplement en relief un
c6te de la
vie, qui, plus que tout autre, excite I'humour, la satire et
l'ironie. Nos
contes sont livres sous une forme sans art, tels qu'ils sont
sortis des Ifevres du
peuple, et sont ecrits avec les mots des conteurs. C'est ce qui
constitue leur
caractfere propre: rien, dans ces contes, n'a ete change, rien
n'a ete enjolive,
rien n'a ete ajoute. Nous ne nous etendrons pas sur cette
particularite, que,
folklore and popular tales.
367
dans les diffcrentes zones de la vaste Russie le meme conte
se presente sous
des formes differentes. Ces variantes sont nombreuses, et pour
le plus grand
nombre, sans aucun doute, elles passent de bouche en bouche,
sans avoir
6te jusqu'k ce jour ni recueillies ni transcrites par les
collectionneurs. Celles
que nous donnons sont tirees du nombre des plus remarquables ou
des plus
caracteristiques k un point de vue quelconque.
Nous regardons aussi comme superflu d'expliquer l'ordre dans
lequel
paraissent nos contes. Nous ferons seulement remarquer k ce
propos que
ceux dont les acteurs sont des animaux, font voir, on ne peut
mieux, toute
la sagacite et toute la vigueur d'observation de notre homme du
peuple.
Loin des villes, travaillant dans le champ, dans la foret, sur
le fleuve, il
comprend partout avec profondeur la nature, sa bien-aimee; il
observe
avec precision et apprend I connaitre dans le menu detail la vie
qui l'entoure.
Les cotes pris sur le vif de cette vie muette, mais eloquente
pour lui, se
peignent d'eux memes dans son imagination, et voilk un conte
tout pret,
plein de vie et d'eclatant humour. La section des contes sur
ceux que
le peuple appelle la race ktalonniere, et dont nous n'avons
donne pour le
moment qu'une petite partie, eclaire vivement et les relations
de notre
moujik avec ses pasteurs spirituels et la veritable manure de
comprendre
ces derniers.
Curieux sous beaucoup de rapports, nos contes secrets russes
sont par-
ticulierement remarquables sous le rapport suivant: Au savant
grave, £
I'investigateur profond de la nationality russe, ils fournissent
un vaste champ
de comparaison, relativement au contenu de quelques uns d'entre
eux, avec
les recits de contenu presque identique des ecrivains 6trangers,
avec les produits
des autres nations. Par quel chemin ont penetre dans les coins
recules de la
Russie les contes de Boccace, les satires et les farces
frangaises du xvie
Steele ? Comment la nouvelle occidentale a-t-elle ressuscite
dans le conte
russe, quel est le c6te commun k l'une et k 1'autre, oil sont et
de quelle part
viennent les traces de 1'influence, de quelle nature sont les
doutes et les
conclusions derivant de l'evidence d'une pareille identite, etc.
etc. ?
Abandonnant la solution de toutes ces questions et de
beaucoup d'autres
£ nos savants patentes, nous esperons que nos lecteurs
trouveront une bonne
368
FOLKLORE AND POPULAR TALES. 368
parole pour les travaux des honorables collecteurs de ces
contes. Nous, de
notre cote, en 6ditant cette rare collection, dans le but de la
soustraire k
l'aneantissement, nous resterons en dehors, nous osons la (sic)
penser, et de la
louange et du blkme.
Ainsi, sans prendre hypocritement un exterieur scientifique,
notre livre
apparait comme le simple recueil accidentel de ce cSte
Devant les conditions sauvages de la censure russe, et sa fausse
appreciation
de la moralite et de la morale, notre livre s'est imprime sans
bruit dans une
retraite eloignee des agitations du monde, lk oh n'a pas encore
p6netre la
main sacrilege (sic) de quelque censeur que ce soit. A ce
propos, nous ne
pouvons nous empScher d'exprimer un de nos desirs intimes: Que
d'autres
coins paisibles de notre patrie suivent l'exemple de notre
couvent. Que Ik
se developpe, k l'abri de toute censure, le noble art de la
typographic, que
des mains de la confrerie laborieuse sorterit et viennent se
reunir sous des
presses secretes, tous mots libres, tous recits intimes, k
quelque cote de la vie
russe qu'ils se rattachent.
Nous ajouterons, en finissant, que nous nous proposons de
publier ult£-
rieurement les Proverbes secrets russes, et la suite des Contes
secrets russet. Les
materiaux sont entre nos mains; il ne nous reste plus qu'k les
mettre en
ordre. En les publiant, nous esperons rendre service et k
I'etude de 1'esprit
national russe en gen6ral, et, en particulier, k nos confreres,
aux amateurs
veritables et experts de la verve russe intime, franche, imagee
et du brillant
humour populaire.
Let us now pass to the tales themselves, which are for the
most part humourous, frequently improbable, but have, one and
all, a spice of coarse obscenity, which, as has been above
remarked, clearly indicates their plebeian origin. The immoral
lubricity which emanates from the perverted brain of a man of
culture, and has for its object the excitement of the passions,
FOLKLORE AND POPULAR TALES.
369
is entirely absent, but the rough, gross fun, so dear to the
unedu-
cated, where each object is called by its common name, each
act or incident told in a plain, unvarnished manner, abounds.
They are in truth popular tales, and bring us face to face with
the moujik, or peasant, endeavouring to while away the long
winter evenings by telling stories after the toils of the day
are
finished. They reveal to us in an interesting and unequivocal
manner the feelings, aspirations, modes of thought, manner of
living of the people who tell them, and are possibly one of the
most valuable contributions to the study of folklore which has
yet appeared. To select one as a specimen rather than another
is difficult. They are all characteristic—all good. I leave,
then, the choice to the editors themselves, and will endeavour
to give the pith of the tale mentioned in the Avis du Comitt de
Direction. The Russian and French versions differ materially,
although the fundamental idea may be said to be the same.
I prefer the former, which is entitled :
UAnneau Enchants. Three peasants, brothers, dispute
concerning the division of what is left to them, and have
recourse to hazard. Fortune favours the two older brothers,
who thereupon determine to wed. " C'est bon pour vous, dit
le plus jeune frere, vous £tes riches, et les riches trouvent a
se
marier; mais que pourrais-je faire, moi ? Je suis pauvre, je
n'ai pas une bftche; pour toute fortune, je n'ai qu'une p . . .
sur les genoux! " This exclamation is overheard by the
daughter of a merchant, who determines to secure for her
ww
37°
l'anneau enchant^.
spouse this youth who has "une p . . . qui descend jusqu'aux
genoux!" After some difficulty she obtains the consent of
her parents.
Elle se couche avec son mari pour la nuit de noces et voit
qu'il n'a qu'une
petite p . . . , plus petite que le doigt. " Oh, gTedin 1
s'ecrie-t-elle. Tu te
vantais d'avoir la p . . . sur les genoux, qu'en as-tu fait
?—Ah, chfcre femme;
tu sais que j'etais un celibataire tres-pauvre; quand je me
disposai k jouer au
mariage, je n'avais ni argent, ni rien pour m'en procurer, et
j'ai mis ma p . . .
en gage.—Et pour combien l'as-tu mis en gage ?—Pour peu de
chose, pour
cinquante roubles.—C'est bon! demain j'irai trouver ma mere, je
lui deman-
derai l'argent et tu iras sans faute retirer ta p . . .; si tu
ne la rachetes pas,
ne rentre pas k la maison I " (p. 78).
The disappointed wife explains to her mother in so many
words for what purpose she requires the money.
La mfcre, comprenant ce besoin, tire cinquante roubles de sa
bourse et les
donne k sa fille. Celle-ci revient k la maison, donne l'argent k
son mari et
lui dit: " Allons, cours maintenant au plus vite racheter ton
ancienne p . . . ,
afin que les Strangers ne s'en servent pas I " Le jeune homme
prend l'argent
et s'en va le regard k terre; il marche et refl&hit. Oil dormer
de la t£te
maintenant ? oh trouver k ma femme une p . . . pareille ? Allons
k la bonne
aventure. (p. 79.)
He meets an old woman, to whom he explains clearly his
difficulty.
La vieille lui repond: " Donne-moi ton argent, et je
trouverai un remede
k ton chagrin." II tire de suite les cinquante roubles de sa
poche et les lui
donne ; la vieille lui remet un anneau. "Tiens, lui dit elle,
prends cetanneau,
mets-le seulement jusqu'k l'ongle." Le jeune homme prend
l'anneau, et il ne
l'a pas sit6t mis jusqu'k l'ongle, que sa p . . . s'allonge
d'une coudee. " Eh
bien, quoi ? demande la vieille, ta p . . . va-t-elle jusqu'aux
genoux ?—Oui,
bonne femme ! elle descend meme plus bas que les
genoux.—Maintenant,
mon petit pigeon, passe l'anneau au dpigt tout entier." II passe
l'anneau
l'anneau enchant^.
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au doigt tout entier: sa p . . . s'allonge de sept verstes. "
Eh, bonne femme 1
oil vais-je la loger. II m'arrivera malheur avec elle.—Remonte
l'anneau k
l'ongle, elle n'aura plus qu'une coudee. Te voilk renseigne.
Fais attention,
ne mets jamais l'anneau que jusqu'k l'ongle." (p. 81).
On his road home our peasant stops to rest and refresh
himself by the road side, and falls asleep while playing with
his
ring. A gentleman and lady pass in their carriage ; the former
notices the ring, and bids one of his servants take it from the
sleeping moujik, and bring it to him. No sooner does he put
it on, than its magic powers display themselves. " Sa p . . .
s'allonge, elle renverse le cocher de son siege, atteint une
jument droit sous la queue, pousse la jument et fait partir la
caleche en avant." The lady, fearing a greater misfortune,
bids the servant wake the peasant, who extricates the gentle-
man from his difficulty on payment of two hundred roubles,
regains his ring, and hastens home.
Sa femme est k la fenetre (sic) et le voit venir; elle court
k sa rencontre:
"L'as-tu rachet^e, lui demande-t-elle ?—Je l'ai rachetee.—Montre
I—Viens
dans la chambre, je ne peux pas te la montrer dehors I " lis
entrent dans la
chambre. La femme ne cesse de r^peter: " Montre, montre! " II
met
l'anneau k son ongle, sa p . . . s'allonge d'une coudee; il la
tire de son calegon
et dit: " Regard e, femme 1" La femme lui saute au cou : " Mon
cher petit
mari 1 voilk un instrument qui sera mieux chez nous que chez les
Strangers.
Allons vite diner, puis nous nous coucherons et l'essaierons 1"
Elle met de
suite sur la table toutes sortes de mets et de boissons, elle le
fait boire et man-
ger. lis dihent et vont se coucher. Quand, avec cette p . . . il
eut enfile sa
femme, celle-ci, pendant trois jours entiers, regarde sous sa
jupe: il lui
semble toujours que la p . . . lui pousse entre les jambes. Elle
r>e rend en
visite chez sa mere; pendant ce temps, son mari va dans le
jardin et se couche
sous un pomrnier. " Eh bien, demande la mbre k la fille,
avez-vous rachetg
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L'ANNEAU ENCHANTlS.
la p . . . ?—Nous l'avons rachete'e, petite mfcre! " La
marchande ne songe
plus qu'k une chose: se d&ober, en profitant de ce que sa fille
est chez elle,
courir chez son gendre et essayer sa grande p . . .. Pendant que
la fille cause,
la belle-mfere arrive chez le gendre, et court au jardin: le
gendre dort, l'anneau
est k l'ongle, la p .. . se dresse k la hauteur d'une coudde. "
Je vais monter
sur sa p . . ., se dit la belle-mfcre;" elle monte, en effet,
sur la p . .. et s'y
balance. Mais par malheur l'anneau glisse jusqu'aubas du doigt
du gendre
endormi, et la p . .. enleve la belle-mfcre k sept verstes de
hauteur. La fille
s'apergoit que sa mfere est sortie, elle devine pourquoi et se
hate de retourner
chez elle: personne dans l'izba; elle va au jardin, et que
voit-elle ? son mari
dort, sa p . . . s'dlfeve k une grande hauteur, et tout en haut
est la belle-
mfere, k peine visible, et qui, lorsque le vent souffle, tourne
sur la p . . .
comme sur un pieu. (p. 84).
A crowd of peasants assemble, each giving his advice as to
what is best to be done.
Pendant ce temps, le gendre s'^veille, il voit que son anneau
est descendu
au bas du doigt, que sa p . .. s'dlbve vers le ciel k la hauteur
de sept verstes
et le cloue lui-mSme solidement sur la terre, de telle sorte
qu'il ne pourrait
pas se tourner sur l'autre fianc. II retire tout doucement
l'anneau de son
doigt, sa p . . . descend k la hauteur d'une coudfe, et le
gendre voit que sa
belle-mfere est suspendue au dessus: " Comment te trouves-tu lk,
petite
mere ?—Pardonne, mon petit gendre, je ne le ferai plus !" (p.
86).
It is to be regretted that the press has not been corrected
with greater care, especially in the prefaces, in citing which I
have endeavoured to indicate the errors which disfigure the
otherwise clearly printed pages.
&*trat0 tot la lojana ^nKalUja, en Lengua Espanola muy
clarisima, compuesto en Roma. En cual Retrato dmuestra
lo que en Roma pasdba, y contiene muchas mas cosas que la Ctlestina,
Madrid, Imprenta y Estereotipia de M. Rivadeneyra,
calle del Duque de Osuna, 3. 1871.
Size of paper 7 by 4J, of letter-press by 2^ inches;
counts 4; pp. xiv. and 347; title-page printed in red and
black, with a small fleuron and a plain line; there is also a
facsimile of the title-page of the original edition in black
only.
This work, which forms the first volume of a Coleccion de
Libros Espaholes taros 6 curiosos, produced in limited numbers
for a society of Spanish bibliophiles, is reprinted from the
original edition of La logana Andaluza first discovered by Sr.
D. Pascual de GayAngos in the Imperial Library at Vienna.
Of this unique volume he had made two copies, one of which
he deposed in the National Library of Madrid.
It is a remarkable and interesting book, by no means over-
rated by its editors, who qualify it as : " uno de los mds
curiosos que se han escrito en lengua castellana." Noteworthy
374
la lozana andaluza.
is it, not so much for the history of the heroine, as for the
vivid picture it affords, doubtless truthful in the main, of
Rome
and its inmates, drawn evidently from the life by the author.
It is divided into lxvi Mamotretos, and consists chiefly of
dialogues between Lozana and persons of all classes, in which
the author frequently joins in a strange and at times somewhat
confusing manner.
Lozana de Cordoba, deprived in youth of her parents, goes
to Seville to reside with an aunt, who soon introduces her to
one Diomedes el Ravegnano, a merchant's son, whose mistress
she becomes, and with whom she travels to the Levant, &c.
Diomedes, having to return home to Marsella, promises
Lozana, who has now children by him, marriage on their
arrival; but the father, displeased with the connection, puts
his son into prison; " y ella, madona Lozana, fue despojada
en camisa, que no salv6 sino un anillo en la boca. Y asf fu6
dada d un barquero que la echase en la mar, al cual dio cien
ducados el padre de Diomedes, porque ella no pareciese."
The boatman, however, is more tender-hearted than the
merchant for whose son she had sacrificed herself; he gives
her one of his own garments with which to cover herself, and
allows her to land at Liorna. Here she sells the ring which
she had secreted in her mouth, and travels to Rome. One of
Lozana's first acquaintances in the Eternal City is a
Napolitana,
whdse son, Rampin, she begs to be allowed to show her the
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375
city. She is delighted with its wonders, as well as with her
conductor, whom she invites to sleep with her the first night.
Here is the conversation which passes between them on retiring
to bed:
Lot. I Ay hijo! 4 y aquf os echastes ? pues dormf y cobijaos,
que harta
ropa hay; I que haceis ? mird que tengo marido.
Ramp. Pues no estd agora aquf para que nos vea.
Loz. Si, mas sabello hd.
Ramp. No hard, este queda un poquito.
Los. 1 Ay qu6 bonito j 1 y desos sois ? por mi vida que me levante.
Ramp. No sea desa manera, sino por ver si soy capon me dexeis
deciros
dos palabras con el dinguilindon.
Lot. No har6, la verdad, te quiero decir que estoy vlrgen.
Ramp. Andd. senora, que no teneis vos 030 de estar vfrgen;
dexdme ahora
hacer, que no parecerd que os toco.
Lpg. j Ay t lay! sois muy muchacho y no querria haceros mal.
Ramp. No hareis, que ya se me corto el frenillo.
Los. & No os basta besarme y gozar de mi ansi, que quereis
tambien copo y
condedura ? catd que me apretais & vos pensais que lo hallar&s ?
pues hagos
saber que ese huron no sabe cazar en esta floresta.
Ramp. Abrilde vos la puerta, que el hard su oficio d la macha martillo.
Los. Por una vuelta soy contents. Mochacho, 1 eres td ? por
esto dicen,
gudrdate del mozo cuando le nace el bozo; si lo supiera, mis
presto soltaba
las riendas & mi querer, pasico, bonico, quedico, no me
ahinqueis, andd
comigo, por ahi van alld, ay qud priesa os dais, y no mirais que
esta otrie en
pasatiempo si no vos, catd que no soy de aquellas que se quedan
atras, esperd
besaros he, ansi, ansf, por ahf, ser6is maestro, 4 veis cdmo va
bien ? esto no
sabiedes vos, pues no se os olvide, stis, dalde maestro que aquf
se verd al
correr desta lanza, quien la quiebra, y mird que por mucho
madrugar no
amanece mds ahfna; en el coso te tengo, la garrocha es buena, no
quiero
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la lozana andaluza.
sino verosla tirar, buen principio llevais, earning que la
liebra est! echada,
aquf va la honra.
Ramp. Y si la venzo, i que ganare ?
Loz. No cureis, que cada cosa tiene su prernio, i k vos vezo
yo, quenacistes
vezado ? daca la mano y tente k mi, que el almadraque es corto,
aprieta y
cava, y ahoya, y todo k un tiempo. A las clines corredor, agora,
por mi
vida, que se va el recuero. j Ay amores, que soy vuestra, muerta
y viva I
quitaos la camisa, que sudais; j cuanto tiempo habia que no
comia cocho 1
ventura fue encontrar en hombre tan buen participio, a todo
pasto, este tal
majadero no me falte, que yo apetito tengo dende que nacf, sin
ajo y queso
que podria prestar k mis vicinas! Dormido se ha, en mi vida vi
mano de
mortero tan bien hecha, j que gordo que es ! y todo parejo, mal
ano para
nabo de Xeres, parece bisono de frojolon; la habla me quitd, no
tenia por do
resollar, no es de dexar este tal unicornio. & Que habeis,
amores ?
Ramp. No, nada, sino demandaros de merced que toda esta noche
seais
mia.
Loz. No mis, ansf goceis.
Ramp. Sefiora, i por qu6 no ? i falte algo en la pasada ?
emendallo hemos,
que la noche es luenga.
Loz. Dispone como de vuestro, con tanto que me lo tengais
secreto. j Ay
qu^ miel tan sabrosa! no lo pense, aguza, aguza, dale si le das
que me
llaman en casa, aquf, aquf; buena como la primera, que no le
falta un pelo,
dormf por mi vida, que yo os cobijard; quite Dios de mis dias y
ponga en
Ios tuyos, que cuanto enojo traia me has quitado; si f uera yo
gran sefiora,
no me quitdra jamas este de mi lado, j oh pecadora de mi! 4 y
desperteos ?
no quisiera.
Ramp. Andd, que no se pierde nada.
Loz. | Ay! 1 ay I 1 asf va, por mi vida, que tambien camind
yo 1 allf, alH
me hormiguea, que, que, i pasareis por mi puerta ? Amor mio,
todavfa hay
tiempo; reposa, alza la cabeza, tomd esta almohada; miri que
sueno tiene,
que no puede ser mejor, qui^rome yo dormir.
377 la lozana andaluza.
Audor. Quisiera saber escribir un par de ronquidos d los
cuales desperto
61, y queridndola besar, desperto ella, y dixo: | Ay sefior! ^
es de dia ?
Ramp, No se; que agora desperte, que aquel cardo me ha hecho dormir.
Loz. i Que haceis ?.....y cuatro, £ la quinta canta el gallo, no estare queda,
no estard queda hasta que muera; dormf que ya es de dia, y yo
tambien,
matd aquel candil que me da en los ojos, echaos y tir£ la ropa i
vos.
Auctor. Alii junto moraba un herrero, el cual se levantd £
media noche y
no les dexaba dormir, y & se levantd i ver si era de dia, y
tornindose £ la
cama, la despertd, y dixo ella : i De dd venis ? que no os sentf
levantar.
Ramp. Fuf allf fuera, que estos vecinos hacen de la noche
dia, est^n las
Cabrillas sobre este horno, que es la punta de la media noche y
no nos dexan
dormir.
Loz. i Y en cueros salisteis ? frio venis.
Ramp. Vos me escalentardis.
Loz. Sf hare, mas no de esa manera, no mis, que estoy harta y
me
gastareis la cena.
Ramp. Tarde acordaste, que dentro yaz que no rabea; harta me
decis
que estais, y parece que comenzais agora, cansada creeria yo mds
presto
que no harta.
Loz. Pues i quidn se harta que no dexe un rincon para lo que
viniere ? por
mi vida, que tan bien batfs vos el hierro como aquel herrero, A
tiempo y
fuerte, que es acero ; mi vida, ya no m£s, que basta hasta otria
dia, que yo
no puedo mantener la tela, y lo demas serfa gastar lo bueno;
dormf, que
almozar quiero en levantdndome. (p. 61).
This most interesting night does not end here, but a
dialogue,
equally entertaining, is continued for some pages : my extract
is however sufficiently long. Lozana now establishes herself
as a courtezan, with Rampin as her servant and pimp. Nor
has she mistaken her vocation.
Esta Lozana es sagaz, y bien mira todo lo que pasan las
mujeres en esta
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la lozana andaluza.
tierra, que son sujetas i tres cosas, £ la pinsion de la
casa, y & la gola, y al
mal que despues les viene de Ndpoles, por tanto se ayudan cuando
pueden
con ingenio, y por esto quiere esta ser libre, y no era venida
cuando sabfa
toda Roma y cada cosa por extenso, sacaba dechados de cada mujer
y
hombre, y queria saber su vivir, y c<5mo y en qud manera. De
modo que
agora se va por casas de cortesanas, y tiene tal labia, que sabe
qui&i es el
tal que viene alH, y cada uno nombra por su nombre, y no hay
senor que no
desee echarse con ella por una vez, y ella tiene su casa por si,
y cuanto le
dan lo envia £ su casa con un mozo que tiene, y siempre se le
pega £61 y d
ella lo mal alzado, de modo que se saben remediar, y £sta hace
embaxadas,
y mete de su casa muncho almacen, y s&bele dar la mana, y
siempre es
llamada senora Lozana, y £ todos responde, y & todos promete y
certifica, y
hace que tengan esperanza aunque no la haya. Pero tiene esto que
quiere
ser ella primero referendada, y no perdona su interes & ninguno,
y si no
queda contenta, lu
Sabela. (p. 121).
As before observed, one of the most valuable features of the
book is the picture it affords of Rome, of which sketches, of
more or less interest, occur at almost every page; here is a
curious and most graphic description of its prostitutes. Lozana
is in bed with one of her clients :
Loz. Mi senor, 1 dormfs ?
Balijero. Senora, no; que pienso que estoy en aquel mundo
donde no
ternemos necesidad de dormir, ni de comer, ni de vestir, sino
estar en gloria.
Loz. Por vida de vuestra merced, que me diga qud vida tienen
en esta
tierra las mujeres amancebadas.
Balij. Senora, en esta tierra no se habla de amancebadas ni
de abarra-
ganadas, aqui son cortesanas ricas y pobres.
Loz. 1 Que quiere decir cortesanas ricas y pobres ?
379 la lozana andaluza.
Balij. Todas son putas, esa diferencia no os sabre decir,
salvo que hay
putas de natura, y putas usadas, de puerta cerrada, y putas de
gelosfa, y
putas de empanada.
Lot. Senor, si lo supiera no comiera las empanadas que me
enviastes, por
no ser de empanada.
Balij. No se dice por eso, sino porque tienen encerados d las
ventanas, y
es,de mds reputacion; hay otras que ponen tapetes y estdn mis
altas, 6stas
mu&transe todas, y son mds festejadas de galanes.
Loz. Quizd no hay mujer en Roma que sea estada mds festejada
que yo,
y querria saber el modo y manera que tienen en esta tierra para
saber
escoger lo mejor, y vivir mds honesto que pudiese con lo mio,
que no hay
tal ave como la que dicen: ave del tuyo, y quien le hace la
jaula fuerte, no se
le va ni se pierde.
Balij. Pues dexdme acabar, que quizd en Roma no podrfades
encontrar
con hombre que mejor sepa el modo de cuantas putas hay, con
manta <5 sin
manta. Mird, hay putas graciosas mds que hermosas, y putas que
son
putas dntes que mochachas, hay putas apasionadas, putas
estregadas,
afeitadas, putas esclarecidas, putas reputadas, reprobadas, hay
putas
mozaraves de Zocodover, putas carcavesas; hay putas de cabo de
ronda,
putas ursinas, putas giielfas, gibelinas, putas injuinas, putas
de rapalo
zapaynas, hay putas de simiente, putas de boton grinimon,
noturnas, diur-
nas, putas de cintura y de marca mayor, hay putas orilladas,
bigarradas,
putas combatidas, vencidas y no acabadas, putas devotas y
reprochadas de
Oriente d Poniente y Setentrion, putas convertidas, repentidas,
putas viejas,
lavanderas porfiadas, que siempre han quince anos como Elena,
putas
mertdianas, ocidentales, putas maxcaras enmaxcaradas, putas
trincadas,
putas calladas, putas dntes de su madre y despues de su tia,
putas desu-
bientes e descendientes, putas con virgo, putas sin virgo putas
el dia del
domingo, putas que guardan el sdbado hasta que han enxabonado,
putas
feriales, putas d la candela, putas reformadas, putas xaqueadas,
travestidas,
formadas, estrionas de Tesalia, putas avispadas, putas
terceronas, aseadas,
apuradas, gloriosas, putas buenas y putas malas, y malas putas;
putas
436
436 la lozana andaluza.
enteresales, putas secretas y pdblicas, putas jubiladas,
putas casadas,
reputadas, putas beatas, y beatas putas, putas mozas, putas
viejas, y viejas
putas de trintin y botin, putas alcaguetas, y alcagiietas putas,
putas moder-
nas, machuchas, inmortales, y otras que se retraen & buen vivir,
en burdeles
secretos, y publiques honestos, que tornan de principio & su
menester. (p. 102).
Loz. Decfme, senor, esas putas, <5 cortesanas, <5 como las
llamais, ^ son
todas desta tierra?
Balij. Senora, no, hay de todas naciones; hay espanolas
castellanas, vizcal-
nas, montanesas, galicianas, asturianas, toledanas, andaluzas,
granadinas,
portuguesas, navarras, catalanas y valencianas, aragonesas,
mallorquinas,
sardas, corsas, sicilianas, napolitanas, brucesas, pullesas,
calabresas, romanes-
cas, aquilanas, senesas, florentinas, pisanas, luquesas,
boloiiesas, venecianas,
milanesas, lombardas, ferraresas, modonesas, brecianas,
mantuanas, ra-
venanas, pesauranas, urbinesas, paduanas, veronesas, vicentinas,
perusinas,
novaresas, cremonesas, alexandrinas, vercelesas, bergamascas,
trevijanas,
piedemontesas, saboyanas, provenzanas, bretonas, gasconas,
francesas,
borgononas, inglesas, flamencas, tudescas, esclavonas y
albanesas, can-
diotas, bohemias, hungaras, polacas, tramontanas y griegas.
Loz. Ginovesas os olvidais.
Balij. Esas, senora, sonlo en su tierra, que aqui son
esclavas, o vestidas A
la ginovesa por cualque respeto.
Loz. 1Y malaguesas ?
Balij. Todas son malinas y de mala digestion.
Loz. Di'game, senor, 1 y todas estas como viven, y de que ?
Balij. Yo os dire', senora, tienen sus modos y maneras, que
sacan i cada
uno lo dulce y lo amargo, las que son ricas no les falta que
expender y que
guardar, y las medianas tienen uno & posta que mantiene la tela,
y otras
que tienen dos, el uno paga, y el otro no escota; y quien tiene
tres, el uno
paga la casa, y el otro la viste, y el otro hace la despensa, y
ella labra, y
hay otras que no tienen sino dia 6 vito, y otras que lo ganan &.
henir, y
otras que comen y escotan, y otras que les parece que el tiempo
pasado
iu6 mejor, hay entre ellas quien tiene seso y quien no lo tiene,
y saben
437 la lozana andaluza.
guardar lo que tienen, y &tas son las que van entre las que
son ricas, y
otras que guardan tanto, que hacen ricos £ munchos, y quien poco
tiene
hace largo testamento; y por abreviar, cuando vaya al campo
final dando
su postremerfa al arte militario, por pelear y tirar £ terrero,
y otras que £
la vejez viven & Ripa, y esto causan tres extremos que toman
cuando son
novicias, y es que no quieren casa si no es grande 6 pintada de
fuera, y
como vienen luego se mudan los nombres con cognombres altivos y
de gran
sonido, como son: la Esquivela, la Cesarina, la Imperia, la
Delfina, la
Flaminia, la Borbona, la Lutreca,la Franquilana, la Pantasilea,
la Mayorana,
la Tabordana, la Pandolfa, la Dorotea, la Orificia, la Oropesa,
la Semidama,
y dona Tal, y dona Adriana, y asf discurren, mostrando por sus
apellidos
elpreciodesu labor; la tercera que por no ser sin reputa, no
abre en
pdblico £ los que tienen por oficio andar £ pie.
Loz. Senor, aunque el decidor sea necio, el escuchador sea
cuerdo, i todas
tienen sus amigos de su nacion ?
Bah)'. Senora, al principio y al medio cada una le toma como
le viene;
al ultimo frances, porque no las dexa hasta la muerte.
Loz. i Que quiere decir que vierien tantas £ ser putas en Roma ?
Balij. Vienen al sabor y al olor; de Alemania son traidas, y
de Francia
son venidas, las duenas de Espana vienen en romeaje, y de Italia
vienen
con carruaje.
Loz. i Curies son las mds buenas de bondad ?
Balij. j Oh 1 las espanolas son las mejores y las mis perfectas.
Loz. An si lo creo yo, que no hay en el mundo tal mujeriego.
Balij. Cuanto son alld de buenas son acd de mejores.
Loz. ^Habrd. diez espanolas en toda Roma que sean malas de su cuerpo ?
Bali/. Senora, catorce mill buenas, que han pagado pontaje en
el golfo
de Leon.
Loz. £ A que vinieron ?
Balij. Por hombres para conserva.
Los. £ Con quien vinieron ?
Balij. Con sus madres y parientas.
382
la lozana andaluza.
Loz. ^D<5nde estdn ?
Bahj. En Campo Santo, (p. 107).
The author of La Lozana Andaluza, as will presently be
noted, wrote a work upon the pox, any remark consequently
of his concerning that malady possesses a certain interest.
Lozana is conversing with Divicia, a sister prostitute, and
enquires:
dime, Divicia,
mataron los pobres de San Ldzaro, y dieron d saco los soldados
del rey
Carlo Cristianlsimo de Francia aquella tierra y las casas de San
Ldzaro, y
uno que vendid un colchon por un ducado, como se lo pusieron en
la mano,
le sali<5 una buba ansf redonda como el ducado, que por eso son
redondas,
despues aqu^l lo pegd 4 cuantos toco con aquella mano, y luego
incontinenti
se sentian los dolores acerbisimos y lundticos, que yo me halle
alH y lo vi,
que por eso se dice el Senor te guarde de su ira, que es esta
plaga que el
sexto dngel derramd sobre casi la metad de la tierra.
Loz. 1 Y las plagas ?
Div. En Nd poles comenzaron, porque tambien me halM allf
cuando dicien
que habian enfecionado los vinos y las aguas, los que las bebian
luego se
aplagaban, porque habian echado la sangre de los perros y de los
leprosos
en las cisternas y en las cubas, y fueron tan comunes y tan
invisibles, que
nadie pudo pensar de donde procedian. Muchos murieron, y como
allf se
declard y se pegd, la gente que despues vino de Espana
llamibanlo mal de
Nd.poles, y este fu£ su principio, y este ano de veinte y cuarto
son treinta &
seis anos que comez6. Ya comienza d aplacarse con el legno de
las Indians
Occidentales, cuando sean sesenta anos que comenz<5, al hora
cesard. (p. 273).
At length Lozana becomes weary of her manner of living,
and together with Rampin, retires to the island of Lipari to end
383 LA LOZANA ANDALUZA.
her days in peace. She expresses her determination to her
companion in the following words :
ya estoy harta de meter barboquexos & putas, y poner xaquimas
de mi casa,
y pues he visto mi ventura y desgracia, y he tenido modo y
manera y con-
versacion para saber virir, y veo que mi trato y ptetica ya me
dicen que no
corren como solian, hard como hace la Paz, que huye i. las
islas, y como no
la buscan, duerme quieta y sin fastidio, pues minguno se lo da,
que todos
son ocupados & romper ramos del sobrescrito drbor, y cogiendo
lqs hojas
serd mi fin; estarme he reposada, y vere mundo nuevo, y no
esperar que el
me dexe 6. ml, sino yo £ dl. Ansf se acabard lo pasado, y
estar6mos & ver
lo presente, como fin de Rampin y de la Lozana. (p. 329).
I may possibly be blamed by some for having been too
lavish of extracts, but the passages which I have reproduced
do but sparse justice to this most interesting story, which is
worthy of perusal from the first to the last page.
The volume under consideration is, as has been already
remarked, a reprint. The work was written "en lengua
espanola muy clarfsima " by Francisco Delicado, or Delgado,
in Rome, in 15 24, as noted on the colophon of the original
edition, and first printed anonymously, in Venice, in 1528. In
their Advertencia to the volume before us, the editors, the
Marques de la Fuenta del Valle, and Don Jose Sancho
Rayon, opine that the author of La Lozana Audaluza took for
his models the Raggionamenti and the Puttana err ante, but
the former did not appear until 1534, and the earliest known
edition of the Puttana is 1538 *. It seems then more probable
* iWanuel iu IMbratrt, vol. 1, col. 409, vol. 2, col. 574,
vol. 4, col. 985.
3%
notice of f. delicad0.
that Aretino copied Delicado, than that the reverse could
have
been the case. I know no record of Aretino and Delicado
having met; they were probably in Rome together, and were
certainly in Venice at the same time, and it is very improbable
that two such congenial spirits should not have been acquainted
with each other. Nothing is known of Delicado more than
can be gathered from the works he has left us. A native of
Cordoba, and pupil of Antonio de Lebrixa, he embraced the
clerical calling. He travelled to Italy, and lived in Rome
from 1523 to 1527, whence he took his departure when the
Spanish army evacuated that city. He then fixed his residence
at Venice, where he devoted himself to authorship, and acquired
great reputation for learning, and for the excellence of his
writings; he was, as his editors put it, " buen hablista entre
todos los aficionados £ la literatura espanola." In Venice he
remained until 1533, after which all record of him appears to
be lost, nor is it known when or where he died. Few of his
works have come down to us. We have however Ct WOtfO lit
alioperare el lejpo lie Entria orcftrentalt saluti/ero remedio a
ogni piaga et mal incurabile, et si guarisca mal France so ;
& c.
Venetiis, 1529, probably the same work which he mentions him-
self as Se tonsolatume mfirmorum, and which he says he
wrote " para quitar la melancolfa de los que se encontrasen en-
fermos como £1." No copy of the work with the latter title is
hoWever known to exist. Delicado also edited the filial) &
fce #aula and ffcunaleott; both editions are esteemed.
la cortina corrida.
385
3ta Cortina Corrfta* o la Educacion de Laura Segunda
Edicion. Adornada con 12 ldminas primorosamente
grabadas Impreso en Londres. 1862.
8vo.; size of paper by 4§, of letter-press 4f by 2| inches;
a circular fleuron and a line on the title-page; pp. 142 ; the
twelve illustrations, which are very bad, include an allegorical
frontispiece; green, printed outer wrapper.
£a f&mnria tie Jfaimlt'a continuacion de La Cortina Corrida
Paisajes verdaderos, indditos hasta ahora, que salen a luz
d ruego de numerosas personas. mdccclxxvi Se impri-
mieron en Moravia por orden del tio Sua via
8vo.; size of paper by 3|, of letter-press 4! by 2-| inches;
two fancy lines on title-page; pp. 199; eight coloured illus-
trations, including a fancy frontispiece with a motto; the
outer,
yellow wrapper bears Impreso en Londres 1876.
These two volumes, printed in Barcelona, although not
identical in size of paper or type, were probably issued by the
same publisher, and form a sequel the one to the other. La
Cortina corrida is a literal translation of if &ft)£au 2*fai;
different in tone and character from the work to which it is
while La Herencia de Familia is original matter, entirely
yy
386
la herencia de familia.
issued as a sequel. The tale attributed to Mirabeau is too
well known to need any remarks here.
The scene of La Herencia de Familia is laid at Madrid.
Valsay, the lover of Laura's friend Eugenia (Eugenie to whom
Le Rideau levi is addressed), has deserted his mistress, leaving
her pregnant with a daughter, and has married Laura, by whom
he has a son. At the opening of the tale, Laura is living with
her husband in luxury as a woman of the world; Eugenia has
become abbess of a nunnery; and their children, Eugenio and
Enriqueta, are in Madrid unknown to their parents. Eugenio
has become a young scamp, has robbed his father of 40,000
duros, and is living a life of debauchery with the money.
Enriqueta has been taken away by her nurse, is now a
" pajillera," getting her living by prostitution, but having as
yet preserved her virginity. The brother and sister are un-
known to each other. One night Eugenio meets Enriqueta in
the street, and takes her to his apartments. She accords him
every favour except the last, expressing her determination to
reserve her maidenhead for the man who shall have gained her
love. Eugenio keeps her in his lodgings with the determination
of deflowering her sooner or later. With this intention he
invites three libertine friends with their mistresses to aid him
in effecting his purpose. Enriqueta assists at their orgie un-
moved, and the reprobates proceed to use force. At this
la herencia de tamilia
387
moment a servant of her persecutor, accompanied by other
men, all masked, rushes into the room, puts out the lights, and
removes Enriqueta to another apartment. Later on, however,
in another grand festivity, Enriqueta willingly yields herself
to
Eugenio. This incest is one of the main features of the book.
Their relationship is soon after discovered, and they proceed
to Rome to obtain absolution from the Pope. Valsay is killed
in a duel; and Laura retires to the convent of Eugenia, where
she falls a victim to her own excesses, and expires in the
following manner. After having copulated thirty-three times
successively, she is taken ill and put to bed :
Permanecieron en vela Eugenia y Luisa, pero rendidas por la
fatiga de
las faenas sensuales y por el sueno, quedo solo al lado de la
enferma el
sacristan Luis que no permitia Laura se alejarse; y aM sobre las
cinco de
la manana did la doliente senales de vida, abrazando al
adolescente con
sumo entusiasmo y cogiendole con sus calenturientas manos la
polla, que, por
ser la hora que hemos dicho, tenia el sacristan medianamente
tiesa,
induciendole con sus senas y acciones i. que se la metiese. Tres
veces con-
sumaron nuevos sacrificios la adolescente Laura y el joven Luis,
y, al concluir,
la boca de Laura cogio anhelante entre sus ldbios la robusta
pieza del jdven
sacristan para soltarla a los pocos instantes, inclinando la
cabeza hacia atrds
y dando su ultimo suspiro; pero sin hablar palabra y brillando
la dltima
rdfaga de gusto en sus lindos ojos. (p. 189).
The convent over which Eugenia presides is, as may be
gathered from the above extract, of the most depraved kind,
and the description of the libertinism there practised occupies
a large part of the volume. Other characters are introduced ;
388
LAS ALCAHUETAS DE MADRID.
and the plot of the story turns upon an inheritance, which is
so
complicated and confused that its explanation would require
more space than its interest warrants. Why the author should
have trammeled himself by tacking his tale on to La Cortina
Corrida it is difficult to say. At all events La Herencia de
Familia is badly constructed, told in miserable language, and
is in fact without any literary merit whatever.
las aitaftuetas toe iftafcrifc obra clasica en su gjenero por
Don Casto Casc6sela y Pingalisa Doctor en Galilea,
natural de Jodar. Madrid.—1872. Imprenta de Prfapo,
Perro, 43.
Small 8vo.; size of paper 5-| by 3f, of letter-press 3| by 2§
inches; pp. 174 in all; a fancy line on the title-page ; green,
printed outer wrapper.
The hero is born in a village in Andalucia, and introduces
himself in the first chapter as undergoing his education in the
house of a " cura." Having observed the holy man embracing
his housekeeper in the kitchen, he determines to emulate his
example. He accordingly makes friends with the lady, tells
her what he has seen, and, one day during the priest's absence,
induces her to admit him into her bed. The master, coming
back unexpectedly, surprises them in the act, and turns his
precocious pupil out of doors. Our hero makes his way to the
house of his parents. His father, having however received an
LAS ALCAHUETAS DE MADRID.
389
account of the affair from the priest, in which our hero is
accused of having employed force in carrying out his design,
threatens to send him for correction to a monastery. This is
by no means to his taste, and to avoid it he elopes in the
night,
taking with him what money he can lay hands upon. He pro-
ceeds towards Madrid, and at an inn, where he stops to rest
and refresh himself, meets a young gentleman also journeying
to the Spanish capital. The gentleman offers to take our hero
into his service; he accepts, and they proceed to Madrid
together. They put up at one of the best hotels in the city,
and for several days our hero remains quietly in the house
attending to his duties. Being induced by a young man, whose
acquaintance he makes, to visit a brothel, he soon becomes
intimate with the mistress, one Paca, who takes a great fancy
to him. His master having become desperately enamoured of
a girl whom he has seen casually, applies to a bawd to procure
him possession of her. Paca, being a woman of great ex-
perience in her profession, is asked to use her influence, and a
plot to dupe the foolish young man is arranged, in which our
hero is a willing accomplice. The conspiracy succeeds; the
gentleman is made to believe that he has raped a young lady
of virtue and good family, although she was nothing better than
a strumpet in league with Paca, and fearing the consequences, he
precipitately leaves Madrid, after having been mulcted of a
considerable sum of money. Our hero now takes up his abode
39°
las alcahuetas de madrid.
with Paca, becomes her "fancy man," and assists her in
carrying on her nefarious traffic. After five years of this dis-
graceful mode of life, he becomes dissatisfied, and resolves to
better his condition. He communicates his determination to
Paca, who offers to set him up as a barber. All arrangements
are made, but our hero, thinking it desirable to leave Madrid
altogether, starts suddenly with a friend for Seville. After
travelling seven days, he finds himself " con dos incordios en
las ingles, y otros dos, uno debajo de cada sobaco," and is
unable to proceed further. He puts himself in the hands of a
surgeon, and after partial recovery, returns to Madrid, where
he gains admission into the house of a priest similarly
afflicted,
who shares with him his medicine. The priest, however, on
hearing the disreputable life which our hero has led, desires
him to get out of the house. Here the narrative ends some-
what abruptly. The book is not badly written, and the author,
who professes to have had the good of society in view in
composing his tale, or memoirs, appears to have taken Gil Bias
for his model in point of style. A great part of the volume is
occupied with accounts of prostitution in Madrid, and with
descriptions of the manners and ways of living of the prosti-
tutes there. The author affirms :
que en Madrid estaba calcuiado el numero de las putas pMlicas
del todo
abandotiadas, en ocho mil; las putas decentes, en diez mil; y
las de compromisos
por caprichos y mamas, en cinco mil; que habia mil y quinientas
alcahuetas
de todas gerarquias, y cerca de ochocientos hombres encargados
de reclutar &
otros para llevarlos & dichas casas,asalariados por este bajo
ejercicio. (p. 106).
LAS N0CHES DE AMOR.
391
Los casa,dos, haciendo traicion de continuo & sus mujeres,
estas faltando d
la fidelidad & sus maridos, las hijas burlando & sus padres, los
hijos estafando
sus casas, los empleados prostituyendose y vendiendo la justicia
y los empleos
por satisfacer sus voluptuosos deseos, el eclesidstico
humilMndose & sucumbir
i los capirichos de una mujerzuela; todo esto y mucho mds veia
con mis
propios ojos, y decia entre ml mismo : 4 ddnde se podrd aprender
m&s que
en la casa de unaalcahueta ? (p. 126).
lasi ^Otfttst tie SmOl\ Traduccion del Arzobispo de
Trajan6polis. De la Edicion Francesa. Habana.
Imprenta del Parnaso. 1874.
8vo,; size of paper 6 by 4^, of letter-press 4-g by 3 inches;
. pp. 84; small fleuron and a line on title-page; 8 roughly done
lithographs, of which the drawing is better than the execution;
printed, coloured outer wrapper ; published at Barcelona.
Don Rafael, enamoured of the charms of Mercedes, the
daughter of the people with whom he lodges, devises the
following plan for possessing himself of her favours : He writes
a letter which he gives her professing that it comes from an
unknown admirer, and that he is ignorant of its contents. In
this letter are offered to Mercedes all possible sensual
delights
without loss of reputation or virginity, if she will accord to
the
writer her confidence. She is accused of improper familiarities
with one of heir school-fellows, and is offered the loan of a
book which will delight and instruct her. If she accedes to
392
LAS NOCHES DE AMOR.
the writer's proposal she is to appear on the balcony at a
certain hour with a flower in her hair. Curiosity and the
warmth of her temperament get the better of the ardent girl,
and she gives the desired signal. At the "paseo," Rafael
manages to slip into her hand the promised book, Cartas! iff
&O0 &migaSu The chamber of Rafael adjoins that of Mercedes,
and by the light which he perceives through the chinks in the
partition he is aware that she spends most of the night in
reading the attractive volume. Next day Mercedes asks
Rafael who is the writer of the infamous epistle, and desires
to return the book, which she professes not to have read. He
owns at once that he wrote the letter, and that he is certain
she has read the book. He makes ardent profession of his
love and admiration, and begs her to leave her door unfastened
that night. She does so ; and he enters her bed-chamber, but
fearing to be overheard by the maid Rosa, who sleeps in her
mistress's apartment, he induces her to come into his room.
Mercedes proves an apt pupil, and during the several nights
which they pass together, she is initiated into all the
mysteries
of love, short of actual defloration, as promised. At last they
are surprised by Rosa, who is however as lewd as her mistress,
and promises to keep the secret, begging only to be allowed to
witness their embraces. As a reward for Rosa's silence, Rafael
pledges himself to assist her, pecuniarily or otherwise, in her
proposed marriage with her lover, Juan. Before the event
las aventuras de un pollo.
393
takes place Rafael succeeds in relieving Rosa of her maiden-
head. Being a married man, Rafael is unable to wed Mercedes,
who shortly after obtains a husband, although her affection for
Rafael continues unabated. She nevertheless becomes " un
modelo de esposas virtuosas y honestas," and " madre de tres
adorables criaturas." The book is not badly written, and in
spite of its being offered as a translation, bears all the marks
of
an original work.
£asf 8benturas tie tin polio, Cuadro de costumbres sociales
por EI Reverendo Padre Claret. Olimpo. Imprenta
Mitoldgica. 1874.
8vo.; size of paper by 4^, of letter-press 5 by 3 inches ;
pp. 132 ; a fancy line, a fleuron and two plain lines on
title-page ;
sixteen lithographs, fairly drawn, but roughly executed; pink,
printed outer wrapper; published in Barcelona. The name of
Archbishop Claret has been thus appropriated, probably on
account of the scandal caused by the publication of his £Iabe
be
Roberto, " el polio," while yet a student, on a visit to his
uncle during the vacation, seduces his cousin Blanca. The
holidays over, he returns to his college, and she to her
convent;
and they do not again see each other until Roberto, on his
departure for Madrid to begin his career as a diplomatist, is
* Cmturia librorum StormrtJttorum, p. 69.
zz
394
LA TRIPONA.
taken by his uncle to the convent to bid adieu to Blanca. He
renews his protestations of love, but his cousin, grown more
prudent, positively refuses to listen to him. He proposes
marriage, and swears eternal constancy. Roberto now proceeds
to Madrid; and the volume is chiefly made up of his many
and various amorous adventures in that city. In spite of every
temptation his heart remains true to his cousin; and becoming
weary of a libertine and roving life, he returns to his uncle's
home and weds her. The book is written in easy and fluent
language; the plot, simple as it is, is carefully kept in view ;
and the adventures, which never overstep the bounds of possi-
bility, follow each other naturally. It is one of the most
pleasing books of its kind which have come under my notice.
CrfjpOlia o La Casa de Trato. Comedia en un acto
original y en verso.
E. E. L. P. D. C. P. E. C. C. D. L. O. C. D. B.
Y. C. D. S. T. N. D. J. S.
S. H. E. E. C. D. S. E. E. E. M. D. F. D. M. O. S. Y. V.
Bayona: 1850. Imprenta de Jodiguelos, a cargo de don
Cipote.
8vo.; size of paper by 5 J, of letter-press by 2 to 2f
inches; pp. 32; on the title-page a small square fleuron,
enclosing the male and female organs.
el nuevo barberillo de lavapies.
395
The piece, in one act only, plays in a brothel in Cadiz,
where
several roystering young fellows come to "make a night of it,"
get drunk, sing bawdy songs, &c. One of the girls, whom
circumstances have forced to become a prostitute, and who is
in the house against her better feelings and aspirations, is
released by a gentleman sent in quest of her by her repentant
seducer. The episode is well told. Altogether this little play
is written with spirit and humour, and presents a truthful
picture of a Spanish brothel. The characters are, for so short
a piece, well defined, especially that of the mistress, La
Tripona.
€1 Sarbm'UO lie labaptfg, Papotada en tres Burdeles
Original de D. Telometo Porelano, Leche del Maestro
Melamanes, estrenada en las mejores puterias de Madrid.
Quinta Jodienda Caracondones. Imprenta de Cornelio
Lamido.
Size of paper by 4^, of letter-press by 2 to 3 inches ;
counts 4 j no signatures; pp. 72 ; two small grotesque heads on
title-page; 6 obscene lithographs including frontispiece;
yellow,
printed outer wrapper; published, probably in Barcelona,
about i860.
This play is in verse, partly spoken, partly sung, and is
indeed
a parody in the form of a zarzuela of the same name. " La
396 EL NUEVO BARBERILLO DE LAVAPIES.
escena pasa en 1770, reinado de Cdrlos 111—El primer acto en
los alrededores del Pardo, los dos tiltimos en Madrid." To give
any idea of its plot, if plot there be, would be impossible. The
dramatis persona—-putas, cabrones, polizontes, bujarrones, etc.—
are brought together with no other apparent purpose than to
have connection with each other, and to sing bawdy songs.
The chief person of the drama is Lamparilla, whose description
of himself and of his office may be taken as a specimen of the
composition generally:
Yo soy puto y curandero
Y alcahuete y sacristan
Y en mi barrio no ha nacido
Otro yo para mcjar.
Vendo echizos & las ninas
Pues se el arte de Merlin
Y voy siempre tras los tontos
Por supuesto con buen fin.
Digo mil embustes
Canto con primor
Y & las viejas pinto
De cualquier color.
Bebo como cuatro
Jodo como seis
Y me tiro & todas
Con el mismo pez.
Esgrimiendo un carajo de tres palmos.
Punetero fui
Punetero soy
Nadie pega micos
la desvirgada por su gusto.
397
En donde yo estoy.
Lamparilla soy
Lamparilla fui
Yo soy el carajo
Mejor de Madrid.
la ©eStH'rjjafca por SU gusto con licencia de su madre
juguete carajinal y fornicario en un acto, en verso por
El Doctor Conicida. Inpreso en la venta del Carajo.
Afto de tantos y tantos.
Small 8vo.; size of paper 6J by 4§, of letter-press 5f by i-|
to 3 inches; pp. 31; two lines on title-page; 8 vilely done,
obscene lithographs ; published at Barcelona, about 1877-8.
There is in this little play some originality, but obscenity
is
its main feature. The Marques de Mela-infles is the paramour
of the Condesa de Cono-duro, and the curtain rises upon one
of their ttte-a-tete. As they are concluding their love scene,
enters the Condesita del Chumino, who narrates to her mother
that she has just seen the servants Melchor and Carolina
embracing one another, and how her feelings are excited by
the scene. The Condesa tells her that the effect will soon
subside, offers to give her an immediate remedy, and leads her
off. The Marquds left alone begins to calm his overwrought
desires by masturbation, but on the arrival of Carolina,
satisfies
himself in preference with her. They are surprised in the act
by the Conde de Trasti-vaya, who at once falls upon the
398
la desvirgada por su gusto.
Marques and sodomises him while he is still on Carolina. At
this juncture the Condesa returns, and surprised at the scene,
enquires :
porque
mi casa en un lupanar
se ha convertido ?
Her ire however soon abates, and being left alone with the
Marques, her wounded feelings are entirely pacified in his arms.
The Marques now makes her the following proposal:
Me quiero sacrificar
£ tu gusto solamente,
si eres condescendiente
£ lo que voy £ esplicar.
Nunca he tenido ilusion
por saber lo que es un virgo,
y £ cualquiera se lo endilgo
sin la menor aprension.
Tu niria esti en un estado
que ya por joder delira,
y cualquiera se la tira
el dia menos pensado.
Quiero gozar sus primicias,
y el privilegiado ser
que abra puerta £ su placer
y la lleve sus delicias.
The Condesa consents, but imposes the condition that:
S
ni joder en todo el flies.
She is as good as her word, brings her daughter nothing loth,
and aids in her defloration by her own lover.
399 la desvirgada por su gusto.
The deed is scarcely accomplished when loud knocking is
heard; the Marquis and the Condesita hurriedly arrange their
dress; and the Condesa opens the door. Enter el Baron, el
Condeand Melamenees (servant to the Marquis). After some
explanatory dialogue, in which the Condesa justifies herself
that
" la chica estaba en sazon," and " Se la ha cedito dun maestro,"
the piece concludes with the following edifying tableau:
El Marques jode £ la Condesita en la cama ; Melameness, i. la
Condesa en
la butaca; el Conde y el Baron sentados uno en frente de otro,
con su chisme
en la mano, se tocan la pera con mucha grave dad. Momento de
silencio, y
cae el telon.
ADDITIONS.
INCE the present volume has been passing through the
press, another edition has appeared of :
CI>e ifflmofc* of a Ionian of pleasure, or, The Life of
Fanny Hill. By John Cleland. Profusely Illustrated.
Bond Street, London: Printed for the Booksellers.
Size of paper 7 by 4§, of letter-press 5 by 3f inches; counts
4; pp. 159 ex title and bastard-title; three graduated lines on
title-page ; 5 inferior lithographs, copied from illustrations
to
former editions, were done expressly for this edition, although
in some copies may be found inserted the plates themselves be-
longing to former issues, especially those by W. Dugdale; pub-
lished in 1883 ; issue 500 copies; price £4 4s.; some copies
without plates were sold at £2 2s. This volume was reprinted
from one of W. Dugdale's editions, and does not contain the
suppressed passage cited at p. 60 ante.
Through the pages of ct)c Cobeut ffiarbrti jHagajtm; or,
Oiannette.
401
Amorous Repository: Calculated solely for the Entertainment
of the Polite World, * runs a novel entitled: Memoirs of a
Woman of Pleasure, which is not strictly identical, I believe,
with Cleland's work.
There is a German version entitled 2Dte trrenbc 93enu8,f pp.
94,
entirely different from that already noticed at p. 82, ante, and
not so complete.
* I have never met with a complete set of the journal, or I
should have
noticed it with other similar publications (p. 322, ante). The
number which I
have seen is that for August, 1773. It contains also a tale
entitled : Memoirs
of a Maid of Honour.
f It forms part of an uncommon volume: 9lannette ober bte
tanbelnbe 33enug.
28it 12 JEupfern. ©ertin 1792. 8vo.; size of letter-press 5 by
2f iriches; two
lines on title-page; the 12 roughly done engravings are copied
from French
originals. The volume contains three distinct tales, with full
title-pages, and
separate pagination : 3)ie tanbelnbe 5Jenu8, pp. 78, £>te
mdjenbe SBenuS, pp. 94,
and the translation above mentioned. Sie tanbelnbe 93emt8 is a
very incomplete
translation of the well known novel: fh'gtotre He tiorn 38 ...,
Portier des
Chartreux. In 2Dte wacfyenbe 93enu8, which appears also to be
from a French
source, Lucille, in bed with her friend Toinette, recounts how
her husband,
Rapineau, took her maidenhead. She goes on to relate how she and
other
girls, in a gtauenjimmergefettfcfjaft, seduced a youth named
Lorinet, who
happened to pay the merry party a visit; and how Lorinet had
connection
with them all successively. She interlards her narration with
numerous
reflections upon the peculiarities of the sexes. Then follow
several anecdotes,
in one of which Lorail attaches a Jteutfd$eitggurtel to his
wife, that instrument
of security being minutely described. A general conversation
ensues con-
cerning the sexes generally, their relations, distinctive
features, &>c. The
volume concludes with a @djlufjtcbe addressed to fctaufenbcn
SSenuSfedjter and
untrfdttlicfytn SButjlfc^njeftern.
AAA
402
tant mieux pour elle.
In noticing ©ft pou eber see eJticf) Samnetr £>ttlff? at
p. 103 ante, I ought to have added that it is a translation
of
the once popular tale attributed to the abbe de Voisenon : *
Cant i¥ltetiv pour elle; tant pis pour lui, of which at least
three editions have appeared. I have before me only one
edition, that of Tiger, without date, containing xvii chapters.
The copy noted of Did ycni ever see suck Damned Stuff? has
xvni chapters, and the last seven pages, with exception of the
first two lines of p. 162, are new matter.
A companion volume to the work mentioned at p. 194 ante
has appeared since that notice was written, and may be noted
here:
letters from 3Laura anfc €beltne; giving an account of their
Mock-Marriage, Wedding Trip, etc. Published as an
Appendix to The Sins of the Cities. London : Privately
Printed mdccclxxxiii.
Serial with the volume to which it forms a sequel; pp. 77;
two lines on title-page; "issue limited to fifty copies"; price
£6 6s.
* Centura fttbvotum &b$confctt
LETTERS FROM LAURA AND EVELINE. 403
There is a boldness in the idea upon which are based the
two letters comprised in this volume, which, in spite of its
monstrosity, might, with an abler and more delicate treatment,
have lent itself to the creation of an attractive narrative.
Conceptions equally impossible and contrary to the laws of
nature have been productive of readable stories. * Laura and
Eveline are hermaphrodites, capable of enjoyment both active
and passive, and they recount the incidents of their weddings,
which take place simultaneously. Their husbands are neither
astonished nor displeased at finding their brides endowed with
the
attributes of their own as well as of the softer sex. After
these
details, as disgusting as they are absurd, follows the
description
of an orgie, still more filthy and impossible, enacted by
numerous ladies and gentlemen, at a London club, in honour
of the said nuptials. The work, which is from the pen of its
publisher, is mainly remarkable for its gross obscenity both in
idea and language, and possesses no literary merit whatever.
--fi>i—i -
The worthless little volume which I noticed at p. 314 ante
has been, since reprinted at Brussels as follows :
* As in lEttonove, ou Vheureuse personne.
4°4
THE MYSTERIES OF VENUS.
CI)t iHgSteneSf of ©flttl* A Nuptial Interlude and A
Preceptor for Ladies and Gentlemen on their Wedding
Eve London 1883
8vo.; size of paper 6f by of letter-press 4^ by 2\ inches;
pp. 60; fancy line on title-page; the outer, yellow wrapper
bears impress: Cownpore (sic) 1880; catalogued at £1.
I beg to offer here an analysis of the volume referred to in
the first note on p. 325 ante ;
Modern ^ropetisttted ; or, An Essay on the Art of Strangling,
&c. Illustrated with several Anecdotes. With Memoirs of
Susannah Hill, and a Summary of Her Trial at the Old-
Bailey, on Friday, September 16, 1791, On the Charge of
Hanging Francis Kotzwarra, At her Lodgings in Vine
Street, on September 2. London : Printed for the Author ;
and sold by J. Dawson, No. i 2, Red-Lion Street, Holborn;
at No. 18, New Street, Shoe Lane ; and No. 20, Paternoster
Row. [Price One Shilling.]
8vo.; size of letter-press by 3^ inches; a line on title-
page; pp. 46; frontispiece, "printed in sepia, and fairly well
drawn, representing Susannah Hill putting the cord round
MODERN PROPENSITIES.
40S
Kotzwarr-a's neck. A rare and curious pamphlet. The Essay
contains several strange anecdotes; Flagellation, in the sense
in which Meibomius understands it, is treated of; and the
strictures on Hanging bring to mind a chapter of Justine;
Dr. Graham and his Celestial Bed are mentioned, and 17 lines
of ^a very warm and eloquent poem" (unpublished), by Dr.
Katterfelto on that "bliss giving machine," are quoted.
Here is the substance of Susannah Hill's Evidence:
That in the afternoon of 2d of September, between one and two
o'clock, a
man whom she had never seen before, and who was the deceased,
came
past the house where she lived—That he came into the house, the
street
door being open, (as usual it was observed by the counsel) and
asked her if
she would have anything to drink. That she replied, if she chose
anything,
it should be a little porter. The deceased said he should like
some brandy
and water; and gave her money to buy both porter and brandy—with
two
shillings for some ham and beef, which she accordingly bought,
Some time after this, they went into a back room, where
several acts of
the grossest indecency passed; in particular he pressed her to
cut off the
means of generation, and expressly wished to have it cut in two.
But this
she refused. He then said he should like to be hanged for five
minutes ;
and while he gave her money to buy a cord, observed that hanging
would
raise his passions—that it would produce all he wanted. But as a
cord
large enough could not be immediately procured, she brought two
small
ones, and put them round his neck. He then tied himself up to
the back
parlour door, a place where he hung very low, and bending down
his
knees. * * + After hanging five minutes, she cut him down; he
immediately
fell to the ground: she thought he was in a fit, and called to
an opposite
neighbour for help. • • * The prisoner was dismissed.
This peculiar effect of hanging is not unknown to medical
406
peculiar effects of hanging.
men or erotic authors. The Marquis de sade, as before
mentioned, has worked out a scene similar to that in the book
before us. In Gamiani we read : " que la pendaison produit
son effet ordinaire. Emerveill^e de la demonstration nerveuse,
la sup£rieure monte sur un marchepied, et s'accouple dans l'air
avec la mort et s'encheville k un cadavre." The following
lines give a further illustration:
Pour viol, un jour—certain vieux pandour,
Sans tnisericorde,—fut mis k la corde;
L'heureux effronte,—de par son supplice
Gofita le ddlire,—de la volupt6 . . .
Modern Propensities afforded the editor of The Bon Ton
Magazine an opportunity not only to reproduce the engraving
which adorns it, (in No. 31 for Sept. 1793), but to write up to
it the following little history which I reproduce in extenso, as
it
may not be uninteresting to compare it with the evidence
already cited:
Effects of Temporary Strangulation on the Human Body.
The strangulation of Kotswarra, however whimsically fatal,
has not
entirely discouraged the practice of animal suspension. It
unfortunately
appeared, from the private examination of the fair object who
assisted that
eccentric paramour in the operation, that for some moments
before his final
exit, he actually did evince certain signs of ability, which
clearly demonstrated
the good effects of his expedient—she was, indeed, rather gross
and direct in
her description, but, speaking with technical delicacy, we will
say, that during
those concluding paroxisms, spasms, and corporeal fidgettisms,
which attend
total dissolution, she observed a kind of central tumour and
pulsation, which
promised fairly an actual reciprocity of contact.
peculiar effects of hanging.
This observation having been communicated to the amorous
subject of our
present Plate,* who is a wealthy citizen of Bristol, and who,
though in want
of auxiliary assistance in the private affairs of Venus, is yet
a character of
great public respectability—this, we say, having been told him,
he resolved
upon adopting the antidote, but with more caution. Accordingly,
about the
beginning of last month he came to the metropolis for that
special purpose,
and immediately applied to a fair Cyprian in Charlotte-street,
telling her
fairly his infirmity, and the method he had resolved upon to
remedy the evil,
so as to possess her lovely person with all the fullness of
enjoyment. To
enforce her compliance, the never-failing argument of gold was
profusely
urged, and being himself already prepared with a stimulative
ligament, the
process was immediately commenced.
Mounting a little stool, he fixed the noose about his
yielding windpipe, and
throwing the opposite end over a cross-beam, (for the ceremony
was per-
formed in an attic story) fastened it, with the assistance of
his delicate and
consenting companion, in such a manner as to give it perfect
security ; the
little stool was then gently removed, and our hero hung in such
a manner as
just to let his impassioned toes touch the floor. In about half
a minute, he
began to shrug his amorous shoulders, and in about half a minute
more, his
legs, congenial to the approaching consummation, began to shake
and
shiver with extraordinary commotion. The fair one, according to
her
instructions, now examined the parts particularly in question;
but, alas I
instead of those warm vivifying effects which were expected,
like the fat
Knight in his last moments, all was cold as a stone !
Alarmed at this unexpected and deleterious symptom, our
heroine, with
more dexterity and coolness than her Vine-street prototype, cut
the instru-
ment of suspension, and gently holding her fair bosom against
the prominent
*The very one representing the adventure of KoTswARRA,be it
remembered.
In it there is neither beam nor stool; and the cord is attached
to the handle
of the door, as described by Susannah Hill.
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mezzotints.
abdomen of our meretricious adventurer, let him down easily,
and just time
enough to save his life ; not, however, without the assistance
of the society
for the recovery of drowned persons 1
-—.1 ■( mmtm o i t -
I have already noticed, under the headings of the books they
were drawn to illustrate (pp. 83, 98, 102, ante), nine
mezzotints,
to which the following may not inapropriately be added. The
first ten seem to have been done at the same time as those
already noted, and are probably by the same artists, viz.
George Morland and John Raphael Smith :
1. Tom yones and Molly Seagrim in the Grove. Size 13 by
9$ inches. Molly is on her back on the grass under a tree, and
Tom lying upon her; Thwackum and Square are looking on
in astonishment, and in the distance; Sophia Weston, assisted
by the Squire, is crossing a stile.
2. Tom yones, Molly Seagrim, and Square. Size 13 by 9^
inches. Tom and Molly are on the bed together, in the act;
Square, in his shirt, and holding his limp member in his left
hand, surprises them. There is a dog in the foreground.
3. Tom yones & Mrs. Waters at the Inn at Upton after
the Battle—Tom yones, Booh IX, Chap. V. Size 13-f- by 9^
inches. Mrs. Waters reclines in an arm chair, her clothes up
to her waist, while Jones, in top boots, but with his breeches
down, stands between her legs and enjoys her.
MEZZOTINTS.
409
4. Lady Bellaston & Tom Jones after their return from the
Masquerade, Tom Jones book 13 Chap1. 7. Size 13^ by io|
inches. Jones is on his back on the bed, while Lady Bellaston,
her posteriors entirely exposed, lies upon him.
5. La Fleur taking leave of his Sweethearts. Size 13 by 10
inches. La Fleur is lying on one girl on the bed, and is
operating with vigour; a second girl, seated on a chair, with
her clothes up, watches them, and consoles herself with her
right hand, while with her left she supports her head. Yorick
is peeping in at the window.
6. Rousseau & Madam de Warens, Rousseau's Confessions.
Size 13 by inches. Rousseau sits on a chair, his breeches
down, while Mme. de Warens, her clothes above her rump,
stands across him. They are in the act. An oval mirror on
the wall at back reflects the lady's face.
7. St. Preux and Eloisa. I feel—I feel you are a thousand
times more dear to me than ever—O my charming Mistress !
my Wife ! my Sister t my friend I By what name shall I
express what I feel Eloisa Vol. 1 Page 185. Size 13^ by 10 J
inches. St. Preux is lying upon Eloisa on a bed, and operating
vigorously ; both are naked to the waist.
8. Mock Husband. 13J- by 10 inches. Two girls, with
their clothes drawn up above their waists, are on a couch, the
one with a dildo fastened round her is acting the man's part, a
third girl fully dressed and standing behind the sofa, is
bbb
4O8 MEZZOTINTS.
applying the birch to the posteriors of the girl who is
upper-
most. Signed J. R. Smith Fecit.
9. The Nobleman*s Wife and the Taylor Crazy Tale. Size
13J by 9^ inches. A very fat man is strenuously exerting
himself, apparently in vain, to have connexion with a woman
who lies on her back on the bed; he has his breeches about his
heels, and her clothes are well up above her middle. The
lady seems to favour to the utmost the fruitless exertions of
her stout admirer.
10. The Female Contest; or, my Cunt's larger than thine I
Size 14 by fof inches. Five young women, in various postures,
are exposing their persons, while a sixth woman is examining
them; she has her breasts bare, and stands behind a long,
narrow table covered with a white cloth which runs across the
picture.
The following ten mezzotints, unsigned and without titles,
appear to be the work of J. R. Smith :
1. Size by 4f inches. Interior. On a couch, the foot of
which rests on the ground, a nude youth and maiden are
copulating in a natural manner. The design is filled in with
drapery and classical details.
2. Size 8f by 6f inches. Interior. A vigorous young man
is sitting on the edge of a bed with a plump girl astride across
his lap; he is entirely naked, while the upper part of her
person
is draped; her left leg reposes on the ground, while her right
MEZZOTINTS.
411
foot is on the bed. The drapery of the bed and accessories
are classical, although a chamber-pot occupies the right corner
of the picture.
3. Size 6 by 4^ inches. Interior. A girl, her legs and
backside entirely exposed, kneels on a couch; her head rests
on an enormous dildo which she holds in her right hand upon
the pillow. A winged Cupid with his left hand inserts a stick
or candle into the girl's person, while with the fore finger of
the
right hand he tickles the adjacent hole.
4. Size by 6 inches* A nude female, her hair streaming
down her back, sits on a bed; with her right hand she supports
her head; her attitude and expression'denote great grief. The
bed is surrounded with drapery; the treatment is classical.
5. Size 5| by inches. Interior. A monk, whose legs
and backside are bare, is having connection with a pretty young
girl whom he has forced back upon a couch or bed; her left
breast, person and legs are entirely , exposed.
6. Size 7-5- by inches. Dutch Interior. A man with high
hat, smoking a long pipe, which he holds in his right hand, is
groping, with his left hand, under the petticoats of a woman,
sitting on a chair close by, apparently asleep ; her knees are
bare.
7. Size 6 J by 4-f inches. Interior. A naked woman, seated
on a chair with a canopy, holds her left breast in her right
hand, while with her left hand she points to a man, fully
dressed,
who, seated on a chair close by, is masturbating himself with
his left hand underneath the woman's left leg Tvhich is extended
4O8
mezzotints.
across his knees; with his right hand he touches her private
parts. A window, to left of the design, affords a view into a
garden with Cyprus trees.
8. Size 8f by inches. Interior. A young man, whose
head is bare, but who is otherwise dressed and booted, is
tickling with a bow, which he holds in his right hand, 'the
private parts of a girl who sits on his left leg, with her right
leg across his right leg ; with his left hand he holds the
girl's
petticoats up above her waist; on her left bare thigh is a piece
of music; she wears a high head-dress. There is a table with
a bottle and a wine-glass, and a violoncello. To the right of
the picture a little girl holds her petticoats above her middle,
and pisses into the man's hat.
9. Size 8f by 6 inches. In a park, under a tree, a girl, with
a high head dress, as in previous picture, is asleep; her
clothes
are raised above her middle, and her legs are wide apart, the
left being stretched out, while the right is drawn close up to
her buttock, her private parts are thus entirely exposed. She
has a patch on her right cheek, and wears shoes with large bows.
10. Size 9J by 7f inches. Interior. A man, seated on a
chair, is undressing himself; a cat is playing with his member,
which dangles from between his bare legs. A bed to the left, and
a window to the right of the picture; a sword and a wig hang on
the wall.
The two following mezzotints, of a later date, and very
inferior in drawing and execution to those already noticed, and
MEZZOTINTS.
413
certainly not by the same artists, appear to form a pair;
they
have no titles:
1. Size 12 by ic£ inches. A sitting room. A young girl is
leaning out of a window, her elbows resting on the sill, and
her clothes turned up, leaving her backside entirely bare, while
a young man in tightly fitting pantaloons and Hessian boots,
with his flap open, is having connection with her from behind.
A curtain falls on the girl's back, and on the wall, to the
right,
hangs a picture representing Leda and the Swan. The young
man is said to be George IV, when Prince of Wales.
2. Size 12 by 10J inches. A bed room. A young man, in
his shirt only, is seated on a chair, while a young girl,
entirely
naked, kneels across his legs on the same chair; they are
having connection and passing their tongues into each other's
mouths. The engraving is poor and liney, and the faces are
badly drawn. The background is filled up by a bed and a
door, before which latter stands a table with a decanter and two
wine-glasses.
The eight mezzotints which now follow are well drawn, and
carefully executed. From the costume and head dresses they
appear to belong to the best period of the art, although I do
not believe them to be by the artists already mentioned.
1. Size 6 by 4J inches. Interior. A man and woman
are having connection on the edge of a bed or couch ; the man
stands on the floor, the woman reclines on the couch, with her
legs extended above his back; they are kissing. The legs of the
4O8
MEZZOTINTS.
woman and person of the man are exposed. A boy kneels on
one knee and watches the operation; he holds his hat in his
left hand, whilst his right hand is raised in sign of
astonishment.
2. Size 6 by 4^ inches. In a park, under a tree a young
man and a girl are copulating on the grass ; she holds a large
book under her posteriors, and her legs are extended about the
man's back. Her breasts and buttocks as well as the man's
private parts are bare.
3. Size 6 by 4^ inches. Interior. A young man is enjoying
a girl in the wheelbarrow fashion, i.e., she has her hands on
the
floor, while he supports her legs, one on each side of him; the
girl's posteriors and the man's member are exposed. To the
right of the picture is a sofa with a hat on it.
4. Size 5! by 4! inches. Interior. An old man seated on
a couch is caressing a girl, who leans backwards against him.
He supports her with his left hand, whilst his right is on her
breast. The girl has her hand on her own private parts, which
are exposed, as well as her person above her navel.
5. Size 7f by si inches. Interior. A man, whose erect
member protrudes from his breeches, handles the private parts of
a woman whom he is forcing back on a bed. She has her
clothes above her middle and her right hand on the man's head.
The design is in an ovalcompartment and is filled in with
drapery.
6. Size 7^ by 5f inches. In a wood, a naked couple are
copulating in the following manner: the youth lies on the ground
op his back, while the maiden, who holds on to the branch of a
illustrations to tristram shandy. 415
tree with both hands, sits upon his person. The design is
enclosed in an oval compartment.
7. Size by 4 inches. Interior. On a couch without legs,
a couple are copulating, the man above, the woman underneath ;
the man's posteriors and the woman's person are exposed.
Much energy is displayed, but both drawing and engraving
are bad.
8. Size 4^ by 3 inches. Interior. A naked girl reclines on
a bed, while a man, fully dressed, points with his left hand to
her well developed posteriors, and holds up his right hand in
admiration. The back ground is filled in with drapery.
I have before me a set of fourteen obscene mezzotints to
illustrate €t)t Iff* ant! 0pfttfoit0 of Cristram ;
they consist of a portrait, 4$ by 3^ inches, and thirteen
designs,
51 to ^ by 3-| to ^ inches; they were evidently done for a
special edition, as volume and page are indicated on two of
them. The portrait, subscribed Tristram Shandy, is the head
of a clergyman whose nose and upper lip represent a phallus.
The mottos on the designs are as follows : Such a silly
question, I have the same subject engraved.—pat le moyen dune
petite Canulle—Right end of a Woman.—a Limb is soon broke
in such Encounters.—Vol. iv. p. 11. I will touch it—Vol. iv.
P> 75* The Intricacies of Diego and Julia.— Whiskers.—Take
hold of my Whiskers. I have this design also reversed—
Widow Wadman.—Yes, Yes,-I see,—the duce (sic) take that
416
curiositeiten van allerlei aard.
slit.—I seized her hand—Tom's had more gristle in it. and the
same reversed.
_— ■: :---
In a former volume * I noticed one part only of a pub-
lication : Curiosrtteiten ban &Ilerlet which, then in
course of issue, has now been brought to a somewhat abrupt
close. It appeared during the years 1875-1878, and is complete
in forty-four numbers. In spite of the announcement that
No. 45-46 was " in bewerking," the part never appeared.
It may be of utility to place on record the contents of these 44
parts : 1. Canards.—2. Zonderlinge Advertentien.—3. Curieuse
Documenten.—4. Anecdoten.—5. Drukfouten.—6-7. Koopjes-
gevers.—8-9. Geheimzinnige Personen.—10. Platers in en over
Boeken.—//. Zonderlinge Testamenten.—12-13. Toneel.—
14. Van den Kansel.—13. Geestige Gezegden.—16. Voorbeelden
van Verstrooidheid.—17. VreemdeEigenschappenvanMenchen.—
i8-iq. Letterkundige Kunststukjes. — Poezie. — 20. In de
Gerechtzaal.—21. Hoge Ouderdom.—22-23. In de Schouwburg
zaal.—24-25. Curieuse Gebruiken.—26. Letterkundige Kunst*
stukjes.—Proza.—27. Grote Gevolgen van kleine Oorzaken.—
28. Letterkundige Bedriegerijen.—29-30. Zonderlinge Straf-
bepalingen.—31. Op de Planken.—32-33. Rare Snaken.—
34. Een paar Staatsstukken.—35-36. Dwergen.—37. Graf-
schriften,—38-39. Hoar en Board.—40. Op de Planken.—
41-42. Hofnaaren.—43-44. Oud Nieuws.
* ftiHn" Drofjftttorum, p. 173.
the worship of priapus.
417
My former notice * of the work on phallic worship by R. P.
Knight may be supplemented by the three following recent
publications:
Cfre 2®30rsif)tl> Of PrtaptJSu An Account of the tfttt Of
Cosimo antv ©amiano Celebrated at Isernia in 1780. In
a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, President of the .Royal
Society,
By Sir William Hamilton, Minister at the Court of Naples. To
which is added Some Account of the Phallic Worship,
principally derived from £ ©t'SCOtirSff OH tf)t ®0rstf)tp
of |JriapU£5, by Richard Payne Knight. Edited by
hargrave Jennings, Author of " The Rosierucians," etc., tic.
London George Redway i 2, York Street, Covent Garden.
mdccclxxxitl.
4to.; size of paper 8^ by 6^, of letter-press by inches;
pp. xi and 37; the first four words of the title are underlined;
a frontispiece and a tail-piece reproduced from engravings in
the
original volume of R. P. Knight; issue 100 copies; price
one guinea. The Letter of Sir W. Hamilton is reprinted in
extenso, the remainder of the volume is condensed from the
work of R. P. Knight.
In connection with the above must be mentioned the following
* fcrtrtj: Ir&rorum f)rof)&ttoruttt, pp. 3, 9.
ccc
4i8
SITUATIONS GRATIEUSES.
set of designs reproduced by an enthusiastic gentleman at
Bath
as extra illustrations to The Worship of Priapus, though the
only way in which they can be said to illustrate that book is
that the originals from which they are copied are incidentally
mentioned in a foot note. They form a distinct publication :
JNtUatfottS GEratffUSeS $umamsf dessignies (sic) d'apres
Julio Romano a (sic) Paris Chez Rouvaullon et Comp. 1295.
Size of paper 9^ by 7 inches; title-page, bastard-title and
outer wrapper printed in red; the former reads ** Cabltau
PSmOUlV* Number of 12 Copies printed, the latter Crotlf a;
one page of letter-press, and five leaves, four designs each, of
photographic reproductions from the well known engravings
attributed to Giulio Romano and Maro Antonio; price
£\ us. 6d. The letter-press, as remarkable for its literary
style as for the information it affords, is sufficiently curious
to
lure me to its reproduction in extenso:
" Hunt dott (©ut fMaUti^msit." Ses {sic) Postures, inventees
par Cyrene,
Philonis, Asianasse, Elephantis, and Aretin' 'N. Venette,'
'Tableau de
I'Amour,' 1689.—These positions, supposed to be surpassingly
effective in
the extortion of the most exquisite pleasure out of the exercise
of the ' Act,'
were caused to be painted by some of the finest artists of the
Rome of the
Caesars, in life size, and fof)ollj> in tfje nuKt upon the
sumptuous walls of his
Imperial Banquetting (sic) Hall, in the famous 'Golden Palace'
of the Emperor
Nero. By some unknown accident these famous designs—the triumph
of
ancient art—came down to posterity, and were reproduced (ages
after),
through designs in miniature by Giulio Romano, for the purpose
of realizing
models for the display of perfect artistic human proportion and
beauty."
le culte de priape.
419
The third publication is a reprint of Cult* Iff Prtap?,
of which the title is changed in the impress only, which
becomes:
Bruxelles Chez J.-J. Gay, Libraire-Editeur 1883; a fleuron of
children dancing, and a small line on title-page; size of paper
94 by 7f» of letter-press 6f by inches ; counts 8; pp. xvin
and 200; "illustr6 de 40planchesrenfermant 138 dessins"; issue
500 copies ; printing good ; buff, printed outer wrappers ;
price
20 francs. In his advertisement of this reprint the publisher
remarks : " Notre nouvelle edition est identiquement pareille k
celle de 1866, sinon que les figures lithographies dans la pre-
miere, sont gravies dans celle-ci." Their execution is not of
the
first order.
SHUU et ^alrour ou le Roman Philosophique Ecrit a la
Bastille,
un an avant la Revolution de France. Tome Premier
Bruxelles J.-J. Gay, Libraire-Editeur 1883
8vo.; size of paper 7f by 4^, of letter-press 4-5 by 2f
inches;
4 vols.; pp. vol. 1, xiii and 272 with 3 unnumbered pages,
vol. 2, 361, vol. 3, 437, vol. 4, 309, ex titles and
bastard-titles;
title-pages printed in red and black with square fleurons in red
enclosing the initial letters J J G; " papier verg6 anglais " ;
" 16 figures gravees," reproduced from those of the original
edition ; type and printing good; yellow outer wrappers printed
in red ; price 40 francs. A reprint, plus an instructive preface
420
ALINE ET VALCOUR.
by the editor, of the work which I have already noticed at
some
length.* At the time of its appearance an esteemed critic
wrote for this " assez belle rdimpression" a review of three
columns, in which he justly stigmatises the romance of the
Marquis de Sade as " un de ces ouvrages pernicieux dont rien
ne pouvait faire ddsirer la r&mpression." In his article f
M. Drujon cites some of my observations, which he finds " fort
justes," and supplies an interesting account of the difficulties
under which the work was originally produced. His remarks may
be found acceptable here; in quoting them I add, in brackets,
dates in correction of his, which appear to be given in error :
Dfes 1792, de Sade chargea Girouard de l'impression du roman
d' Aline et
Valcour (Girouard, 1793). Compromis dans une conspiration
royaliste, cet
imprimeur fut arretd ainsi que l'auteur. Girouard fut condamne k
mort;
quantk de Sade, il echappa au meme sort, grace k des
protestations, congues
en termes ignobles, de son devouement k la cause
revolutionnaire. " Apres
l'execution de Girouard, le roman de de Sade continua d'etre
imprime secrete-
ment jusqu'au jour de son complet achbvement; ce fut alors qu'il
parut avec
je nom de la veuve Girouard, en 1793 (1795).—La Revolution
dtait, en ce
moment, dans toute sa violence; la tete du roi venait de tomber
sur l'echafaud;
nul n'dtait stir ni de sa fortune ni de sa vie et, dans ces
circonstances, le
roman d' Aline et Valcour trouva peu d'acheteurs.—Des
exemplaires parurent
en 1695 (1795), avec de nouveaux titres; la meme annee, le
libraire Maradan
acquit les exemplaires non vendus, remplaga egalement les titres
primatifs
et changea aussi un frontispice. C'est ainsi qu'on pourrait
croire qu'il
existe quatre editions de cette production, qui, en realite,
n'en a eu qu'une
seule.
* fnUer JtiSrorum IJrofjtfHtorum, p. 30.
f Et&rt, Sept. 1883, bibliographie moderne, p. 589.
le roman de mon alcove.
421
Bo man lie iWoiT 3Uobe Confessions Galantes d'une
Femme du Monde Pour Servir A l'Histoire de nos
Moeurs
Bvo.; size of paper by 4, of letter-press 4f by 2f inches ;
pp. 79 ex titles; vignette of a satyr's head on the title-page j
"tirdk 100 exemplaires;" paper bad; price 7 francs. This
is a reprint, made at Brussels, in 1881, of the clever tale
issued
originally as: COttfrSgtOlt #alaitt*, and already noticed.*
The illustrations, the chief attraction of the first editions,
are
wanting in this reprint.
----- iii
Another reprint, identical with the above in form, quality of
paper, place and date, issued in fact by the same publisher, is
2tttt cte a £a &agne f, the title-page of which is illus-
trated, worded, and dated as in the original edition, noticed
elsewhere with the addition of the following heading :
* fertfep m&rorum -Proljtfettorum, p. 165; and note to p. 358
ante.
-t This innocent title was adopted in 1879 by Mme. Emma d'Erwin
for-a
little volume for children which she had published by Messrs.
Hachette & Co-
in selecting a book for girls care is consequently necessary as
to which Ete
A la Campagne one puts into their hands.
t Jnlej: Kffirorum |>rof)ifutarum, p. 236. Consult also
August Doubt*
iftalutfluf Bibliographic, p. 24.
422
l'ecole des biches.
Pour servir a V Histoire de nos Mceurs; pp. 127 in all; price
10 francs.
In 1880 there appeared at Brussels a reprint of %*(jttOlt
tl££»
BtCfttS*, with impress Erzeroum, chez Quizmich-Aga, libraire-
iditeur; 8vo.; pp. iv and 220; "papier verg£"; price 15
francs. In a notice of this edition, which appeared at the time
of its publicationf, we are told that it was "due a 1'obligeance
d'un des bibliophiles les plus distingu&s de Paris, le prince A.
G."
I have already named the actual author of the work, at whose
dictation it was written, for the most part in the apartments of
Mr. F. Hankey, and by the fair hand of one of the ladies who
figure in the voluptuous scenes described. Hankey and another
gentleman still alive offered suggestions; but M. Baroche,
although his collaboration has been affirmed^, had nothing
whatever to do with the work. The ladies were well known
actresses, whose names it would be easy to give, were the dis-
closure not premature.
* fntftj: iUbrorum Proi)tl)ttorum, p. 194.
f ®Lt'&ce, bibliographic moderne, vol. 1, p. 312.
t Cat. Sets ©ufcragftf &r. JjupprimcS, F. Drujon, p. 134.
essay on woman.
423
To the numerous editions, genuine and spurious, already
noticed of the CSSap Ott SEomait*, may be added a very
carefully done reprint by George Redway, of London; the
title-page, printed in black only, and the contents are
identical
with the edition which heads my notice; 4to.; size of paper
10J by 7f, of letter-press 5£ by 3f inches; pp. 23 ; title
printed
in red on outer paper wrapper; 50 copies only issued; for
subscribers only; on the verso of the last page is a short
bibliographical notice, extracted, for the most part, from my
remarks, and dated " Chelsea, September, Mdccclxxxiii";
hand made paper; clear type.
•i 1 *i rfj^-—;-■-
As a supplement to the $?fetOrg Of tf)C £>ftt Of iHafjarajag f
should be read the following volume printed and published in
India, and containing "a full report of the Maharaj Libel case,
together with a copious account of the origin, trial and con-
clusion of the Bhattia Conspiracy, which arose out of the pleas
put in by the defendants. The argument in the demurrer first
filed by the Defendants is also given in full: "
* ttnUcj: Sibrorum -ptofytbttoroni, pp. 198,430; Cmturia
ftt'brorum Miton*
fcttoruin, p. xiv.5
t fafttj: Htbvonun Pvo^tftitorum, p. 268.
424
the maharaj libel case.
Beport of tfce iBatjara? iUM Case, an* of tbe UDattia
Coitspl'rarp Case, connected with it. Jadunathjee Briz-
rattanjee Maharaj, vs. Karsandass Mooljee, Editor and
Proprietor, and Nanabhai Rastamji Ranina, Printer,
" Satya Prakash." Second Edition. Bombay: Printed
by N. R. Ranina at the Union Press. 1882. Price Rs. 3.
Size of paper by 6f, of letter-press by 5 inches;
counts 4; pp. iv and 260; one fancy, and five plain lines on
title-page. To the lengthy extracts of the evidence given in
this "most extraordinary" trial, which I have offered else-
where, I shall add but a few words from the preface of the
present volume:
If it be said that the Maharajas exercise absolute control
over the minds
and bodies of their votaries, it would be a statement that falls
short of the
truth. Adultery with them is not only enjoined but an absolute
necessity
without which no man can expect happiness in this world or bliss
in the next.
A course of bestial licentiousness is their beatitude of heaven.
* * *
The trial of the libel case occupied full twenty-four days.
In this
respect it is quite unprecedented in the annals of judicial
administration in
India. The ordinary reader cannot but rise from the perusal of
the report
with a spontaneous conviction that it has afforded him a more
accurate
glimpse into the interior of a section of native society, than
that which could
be had from works professedly treating of native manners and
customs. The
report cannot fail to be of material value and importance to
professional
men embodying as it does the arguments of the able counsel on
either side.
GILLRAY—SELLON.
425
When I reproduced the flagellation print: Lady Termagant
Flay bum,* I strangely omitted to mention that it was the work
of James Gillray. It may not be uninteresting to note here
a companion engraving by the same artist: Size 18 by 14^
inches. Interior. A lady in a high head-dress, with her
bosom exposed, is seated on a long sofa, which extends across
the picture, and is birching a lad stretched across her lap with
his breeches down. A pretty girl, in a round hat, stands behind
the sofa, and with her left hand holds the boy's left leg. To
the right of the picture, in the foreground, a little girl is
rubbing
her naked bottom with her right hand, and wiping her eyes
with her left. Three pictures hang on the back wall. The
design, which is very spirited, is in outline only.
---a .....
I have endeavoured in former volumes f to supply a complete
bibliography of that erratic writer, Edward Sellon. His
" first literary effort " I had not seen when I simply mentioned
it. It is now before me, and although not erotic, is scarce and
little known, and of sufficient interest to warrant my noticing
it at greater length :
* Cmturta Etbrovum fHwconHttorttm, p. 456.
t faStjr Etbvorum flrofitbttorum, pp. 73, 314, 326, 369, 379,
396, 536; and
Ctnturia tttbtorutn HbScortttttorum, p. xm.
ddd
426
herbert breakspfar.
Herbert BreafeSpear, A Legend of the Mahratta War. By
Edward Sellon.
" J'ai dit le bien et le mal avec le (sic) meme franchise."'
Rousseau.
London: Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane. And
sold by A. Wallis and R. Folthrop, Brighton. 1848.
Size of paper 7I by 4f, of letter-press 5| by inches;
counts 6 ; pp. 143, with 8 unnumbered pages of titles,
dedication
and preface; four lines on title-page; printed at Brighton,
from whence it is dated; cloth cover with title in gilt on the
side.
" For the delineation of native character, manners, and
costume,
I have relied almost solely on my own observations, during a
residence in India of nearly six years," observes the author in
his dedication, and it must be confessed that Herbert Break-
spear, although perhaps a somewhat jejune performance,
possesses, apart from the interest of the narrative itself,
sufficient
couleur locale to entitle it to a certain consideration. It
contains
the adventures, for the most in India, of the two cousins—
Herbert Breakspear, brave, honest, open-hearted, a perfect
gentleman, and Everhard, a heartless, disloyal scamp, whose aim
it is to supplant the confiding Herbert in the affection, of
both
his father and his bride. Everhard is betrayed by a native girl,
whom he had abandoned, into the hands of a Mahratta Chief,
into whose court he had penetrated as a spy, and is executed.
adventures of a gentleman. 427
Herbert, on the other hand, although wounded in an engage-
ment with the enemy, is saved through the greatful generosity
of a Mahratta, whose life he had on a previous occasion pre-
served. He returns home to wed the girl of his love, and
solace the declining years of a doting father.
Edward Sellon wrote also a tale entitled : Sfobmtureg Of a
Gentleman, which, although announced by W. Dugdale in one
of his catalogues, was never published. The MS. is probably
destroyed, but I have before me four water colour drawings
done by Sellon to illustrate the book. They are of the same
character as those noted at p. 141, ante. Let me add another
one, ejusdem farince, to illustrate Cf)e ^tttOrOtlS <®uaker+*
This
drawing was no doubt intended for a new edition of the book,
but was never reproduced.
Xtbresf &fCret0 iiesi COttfedgfUl'g devoiles aux peres de
famille Cette Edition scrupuleusement conforme aux
Textes Originaux des Traites de Luxure en usage dans
les Sdminaires est faite par les soins de M. Leo Taxil,
Paris En Vente, chez M. Leo {sic} Taxil, 35, Rue des
Ecoles et chez les Principaux Libra ires de France 1883
* fnBtj: Ettirorum iko^flbitormn, pp. 45, 433.
428
livres secrets des confksseurs.
Size of paper 9! by 6f, of letter-press 7§ by 4J inches;
counts 16; pp. 637 with one unnumbered page of Table; on
title-page a frame of four plain lines and a short line. The
following comic wood-cuts are introduced, representing : Le
Pape Leon n° /j; Mgr Bouvier, iv&que du Mans; Le
R. P. Beckx, giniral des jSsuites; Son Eminence Antonelli,
le Cardinal-Pacha; Mgr Hippolyte Guibert, archeveque de
Paris ; Mgr Mermillod, 6v£que de Geneve; Mgr Duquesnay,
archeveque de Cambrai; Mgr Fava, 6v£que de Grenoble; Mgr
de CabriIires, ivtque de Montpellier; Mgr De Dreux-Br^z^,
4v£que de Moulins; Le R. P. Monsabr£, moine prMicateur;
Mgr Lavigerie, archeveque d Alger; Mgr Meglia, nonce du
pape; Mgr Richard, coadjuteur de Parchevique de Paris ; Le
Pere Hyacinthe, pridicateur\ Mgr Place, archeveque de
Rennes ; Mgr Donnet, archeveque de Bordeaux; Mgr Freppel,
tveque dAngers; Mgr Caverot, archeveque de Lyon; Mgr
Besson, iveque de Nimes; they have been used before, and do
not raise the character of the publication.
In this volume, a veritable hand-book of modern Romish casu-
istry, are brought together twelve distinct works, several of
which I have analysed in another place.* In his preface Leo
Taxil (M. Gabriel Jogand-PagIs) f affirms that the object of
his publication is to call the attention of the government to :
* Cmturia ttftrorum StostonUttotum.
f H'Matve iUo Capiat* tjr. 8,'4Uiusti:attcm, No. for January
27, 1883,
gives Maurice in error.
livres secrets des confesseurs.
429
Ces livres qui servent k faire les cours de luxure et que Ton
met entre les
mains de jeunes gens de dix-huit k vingt-trois ans, on les cache
avec mille
precautions ; l'imprimeur diocesain n'en delivre un exemplaire
au seminariste
que contre une autorisation particuliere, ecrite et signee par
son eveque.
Ils ne veulent pas, les mis^rables, que les pbres de famille
puissent se
douter des infamies qui forment la base de l'&lucation des
jeunes pretres.
Si le public connaissait ces turpitudes, quel pere laisserait
ses enfants aller
au confessionnal ? quel mari y laisserait aller sa femme ?
The works contained in the volume are :
1. Les Diaconales Manuel des Confesseurs par Mgr J.-B.
Bouvier,
pp. 7 to x 19.
2. A brigi (f Embryologie Saerie, pp. 119 to 131.
3. Compendium Abrkgi AlphaUtique conienant la Solution des
Principaux
Cos de Conscience suivant la Doctrine des Conciles et la
Decision des Papes,
pp. 133 to 204.
4* La Cli d?Or par Mgr Claret, pp. 205 to 229.
5. Examen de Certains Pichis par Le R. P. E. Bauny, pp. 231
to 249.
6. TraitS de Chastetd par Le R. D. Rene Louvel, pp. 251 to 280.
7. Reglement Intirieur des Siminaires, pp. 281 to 296.
8. Moechialogie par Le Pere Debreyne, pp. 297 to 502.
9. Examen des Deux Questions Suivantes comme compliment
nkessaire de I'essai sur la tMologie morale dans ses rapports
avec la physiologie et la
midecine, et de la moechialogie.
I* Le medea'n doit-it faire Foperation cesarienne sur une
femmt enceinte qui
meurtavant d'accoucher ?
2' Le pretre, dans la mime circonstance, et d defaut de
midecin, doit-ilou peut-il
430 la confession—le livre qu'll ne faut pas faire lire.
faire pratiquer la mtmt operation ; ou la pratiquer lui-meme
s'il ne trouve absolu-
ment persome qui puisse ou qui veuille s'jy priter ?
Par Le Pire E. Debreyne, pp. 503 to 526.
10. Pratique du Confesseur par A.-M. de Liguori, pp. 527 to 577.
11. Du Sacrement du Mariage par A.-M. de Liguori, pp. 579
to 633.
12. Examen de Conscience par TAlli Lenfant, pp. 635 to 637.
The above compilation may be supplemented by the two
following publications of a similar nature :
Leo Taxil la Confession et lesf Coitfesteeurs Appendice :
Pieuses exhortations, par Monseigneur Claret ; Mcechia-
logie, par le R. P. Debreyne ; Compendium; et les
Diaconales, par Monseigneur Bouvier. Paris Cet ouvrage
est dditd spdcialement par l'auteur Depdt A Son Domicile:
35, Rue des Ecoles Tous droits reserves.
12mo.; pp. 212 and 4 unnumbered pages; first issued in
1882; price frcs. 1.50; printed, yellow outer wrapper. The
original matter of M. Gabriel Jogand-Pag£s occupies the first
54 pages only.
He iibre qu'il ne faitt pas jfairr Eire Paris Libraire
Populaire 35, rue des Ecoles, 35.
i2mo.; pp. 140 and 2 unnumbered pages; price frcs 1.50;
first published in 1881; yellow, printed outer wrapper.
manuel du clerge—lettre X m. haureau. 431
Cet ouvrage est le recueil authentique de la Pornographic
Religieuse.
II contient in extenso, entre autres pieces curieuses, le
Cantique des Cantiques,
de Salomon.—Tres recommande aux pferes de famille republicans
qui ont la
faiblesse de laisser aller leur femme h la messe et leur fille
au catechisme. Ils
apprendront quelles sont les infamies que cache la religion,
quelle deprava-
tion abominable existe dans les livres attribuds par les pretres
k l'inspiration
du Saint-Esprit.
In conjunction with, and in illustration of, the work of M.
Bouvier should be read the two following curious and rare
pamphlets:
4%tanucl lilt Clerge ou Examen de l'Ouvrage de M.
Bouvier, eveque du Mans, publie sous le titre de Dis-
sertatio in sextuin Decalogiprceceptum et supplcmentum ad
tractatum de Matrimonio, auctore J. B. Bouvier, Episcopo
Cenomanensi; (decima editio; Parisiis, Mequignon, 1S43,
i vol. hi-12.) Par J. B. Haureau. Au Mans, Au Bureau
du Courrier de la Sarthe, 18, Rue Courthardy. 1843.
8vo.; size of paper 8f by 51, of letter-press 6f by 3^
inches; pp. 32 ; a fancy and a plain line on the title-page.
fcfttre 9U ^auriau, sur sa brochure intitulee: Manuel
du Clerge, ou Examen du Livre de M®1 Bouvier, sur le
Sixieme Precepte du Decalogue; Par B. Ulysse Pic.
Au Mans, Chez Fleuriot, Imprimeitr-Libraire, Rue de la
Prefecture, 21. 1843.
432
j.-b. haureau—b. ulysse pic.
Size of paper 8f by of letter-press by 3 inches; no
signatures ; pp. 21 ; a plain line on title-page.
In a copy of the above pamphlets, bound together in a
volume, now before me, I find the following MS. notes, written
by persons evidently well conversant with Le Mans, and the
parties concerned :
L'Apparition de cette brochure, Le Manuel de Clergi,
produisit une emotion
prodig-ieuse : non seulement l'eveche du Mans, mais tout le
clerge du diocese
d'abord, puis celui de partout en furent abasourdis; car c'&ait
la mise en
pleine lumibre aux yeux du laique d'un intime secret de
l'enseignement
ecclesiastique personnel, d'autant plus k cacher qu'il est plus
sale.
Levgque du Mans, auteur du livre attaque, crut que cette
critique meritait
reponse, mais qu'il ne devait pas la donner lui-meme ni la faire
faire par un
ecclesiastique, que peut-etre il n'aurait pas trouve voulant
s'en charger. On
s'adressa k M. Ulisse Pic, rddacteur du journal royaliste, Y
Union de la Sarthe,
et comme tel, adversaire de M. Horeau (sic).
L'evgque avait choisi Ik un peu digne champion, pilier de
cafe et de
lupanars, mais, pour se defendre, on prend ce qu'on trouve.
S'empressant de meriter son salaire, Ulisse Pic se mit
aussitot k l'ceuvre et
publia sa Lettre a M. Haurtau, sur sa brochure intitulee Manuel
du Clergi,
En meme temps M. Bouvier donna k ses dditeurs des ordres plus
sevbres
que jamais pour que pas un exemplaire de sa Dissertatio en
question ne fut
delivre k qui que ce soit, pas meme k des alMs, sans une
permission speciale
signec de leveche.
En outre, d'autres ordres furent aussi donnas pour qu'k la
mort de tout
ecclesiastique, on enleva (sic) de sa bibliotheque 1'exemplaire
qu'il pourrait
avoir du susdit livre, ce qui Fa rendu presque introuvable dans
le commerce,
k tel point qu'il s'est vendu jusqu'k 36 francs dans les ventes
publiques—son
prix est de francs 1.50,
Le champion de l'ev&que et du clergi dans cette affaire,
ecrivain sans
anti-clerical publications.
433
convictions d'aucune sorte, mais ardent viveur et homme
d'argent par
dessus tout, a fini, en voulant trop en prendre, par gagner
douze ans de
bagne oti il est alle mourir, pour detournment de 900,000 francs
dans
l'affaire Taillefer, caissier de V Union, 1869.
M. Haur^au, homme de moeurs sevfcres et de hautes Etudes
philosophiques,
est aujourd'hui un des membres les plus distingues de l'lnstitut
de France.
The other note, in a different hand-writing, referring to R.
Ulysse Pic, says : " Nous, qui avons connu l'auteur de cette
Lettre, nous pouvous dire que ce fut le diable pr£chant la
passion.".
The enmity against the clergy in France has in no way died
out since the above was written, as has been amply proved by
the recent expulsion of the religious bodies. On the contrary,
a band of writers, headed by M. G. Jogand-Pages, already
mentioned, has been of late, and still is, bitterly militant
against Catholicism and its teachers. To give a mere list of
their numerous publications—parodies of the Bible, scurrilous
memoirs, romances of clerical life, &c., got up cheaply, and
frequently illustrated with rough wood-cuts to render them
attractive " to the general, " would lead me too far. Nor is
such a list necessary, for my readers have but to procure the
catalogues of the Librairie Anti- CUricale, the Librairie Popu-
laire, or the Librairie du Progrh, to be thoroughly informed.
I cannot pass from this subject without offering a note con-
cerning a very curious attack from another quarter, whence it
might be least looked for—from China. In a former century
EEE
434
death blow to corrupt doctrines.
the Jesuits enjoyed great influence at Peking, but were, as
from
every other country in which they have been allowed to obtain
a footing, eventually expelled on account of their meddling,
intolerant and overbearing conduct.
©*at& BloU) to Corrupt ©octn'nes A Plain Statement of
Facts Published by the Gentry and People Translated
from the Chinese Shanghai: 1870.
Size of paper 8f by 5-J, of letter-press 6 by 3§ inches ; no
signatures ; counts 4; pp. ix and 64; on the title-page a fancy
line and (in some of the copies) a square with Chinese
character.
The contents are : Preface; Extract from tke Sacred Edict,
published in 1724, by the emperor Yung-Cheng ; Authorities
Consulted, given for the most part in Chinese characters ; A
Collection of Facts respecting the False Religion of T'ien-chu ;
Miscellaneous Quotations; Evidence from Public Records;
" A Death Blow to False Doctrines," reprint from a work by
Kuang-hsien, 17th. cent., 2 parts ; Petition from Hunan for
the Expulsion of the non-human Species; Conclusion.
This singular pamphlet, of which 500 copies were originally
printed, but of which no more perhaps than 100 now exist, the
remainder of the edition, as well as of the original work from
which it is translated, having been destroyed (or said to have
been
destroyed) by mutual consent, when the attention of the autho-
rities had been awakened by the scandal caused on its publi-
435 DEATH BLOW TO CORRUPT DOCTRINES.
cation, may be looked upon as a literary curiosity in more
than
one respect. The original Chinese work, the importance of
which is possibly overrated, was a direct attack upon Christi-
anity, or rather upon its promulgators in the East—the Jesuits
and missionaries. The translation is from the pen of the Rev.
C. W. Mateer, of the American Presbyterian Mission in the
province of Shantung. Before proceeding to the consideration
of the book itself, it may be well to glean from the preface,
dated
Tungchow, Aug. 18th, 1870, the translator's objects in giving
it to the public.
The book of which this pamplet is a translation, came into
the hands of
the missionaries in Teng-chow, Shantung-, several months since,
though it is
only recently that special attention has been given to its
contents. In the
present juncture of affairs in China we regard it as of too much
importance
to be withheld from the foreign public, believing as we do that
it is a re-
markable representation of the animus of the ruling and literary
classes of
China towards foreigners, and such a representation as is rarely
met with.
We believe also that it has been largely instrumental in giving
rise to the
vile and slanderous stories concerning foreign residents and
native Christians
which have recently spread throughout China ; and that it sheds
important
light on the means by which the recent massacre at Tien-tsien
was brought
about. No mere description however full, could possibly convey
any
adequate idea of its vileness and deadly animosity. Moreover, it
has been
secretly used as a powerful engine against us, and one which in
the
circumstances we have no means of successfully resisting. Hence
we publish
it that its contents and the spirit which prompted it, may be
fully known. * *
It is for the most part a compilation from other works, and a
portion of it
was written against the Jesuits as long ago as the 17th century,
at which
time it was answered by them. The author with great pains and no
little
436
DEATH BLOW to CORRUPt DOCTRINES.
research, has collected every false and slanderous charge
within his reach
which would suit his purpose, and without intimating that they
have been
disproved, or answered, or suppressed by imperial edict,
reproduces and
reiterates them in the ears of the present generation, with all
the confidence
of truth, and makes them the occasion of a fresh appeal to the
people to
rise against foreigners, and exterminate them.
We are aware that serious objections may be urged against
publishing in
English a book so full of obscenity, but at the present crisis,
when a true
insight into the Chinese mind is essential in order to the
proper adjustment
of the relations between this nation and foreign countries,
these objections
seem to us to be outweighed by the advantage of having so direct
and
reliable a means of ascertaining the dispositions and plans of
the Chinese as
is afforded by a truthful translation of a book of their own in
which their
views of foreigners are, as it were, photographed. It is not an
ordinary
obscene book, nor are its obscenities their own end. They have a
subtle
aim. It is to connect with the very idea of a foreigner,
associations the
lowest and most repulsive. For this reason, its obscenity
constitutes one of
its most dangerous features, and to appreciate this it must be
read. It is
certainly not a book to be left on centre tables, yet it has its
place and its
use. It is part of the literature of the present controversy
between China
and the outside world. * * *
Of its authorship, and the exact date and place of its
publication, the book
itself gives no information. It is printed in good style, and
published pro-
fessedly (as seen by the title page) " by the Gentry and
PeopleConcerning
its real authorship several things may be noted:—It has been
compiled and
written by some one of first class literary abilities—The author
has had
extensive facilities for consulting public documents, and for
ransacking all
that has fever been written in China against foreigners, and
against Christi-
anity—He, or at least the parties responsible for its
publication and circu-
lation, must at this time be in no mean position in the Chinese
government,
seeing they can secure its distribution throughout the country,
by the hands
of the mandarins or their underlings.
437 death blow to corrupt doctrines.
The translators have endeavoured to give a faithful
reproduction of the
original, avoiding too great literality on the one hand, and too
great
freedom on the other. Special care has been taken not to
exaggerate, so
that the English reader may rest assured that the severity of
the language
used in the translation, falls short of, rather than exceeds
that of the
original. A few of the names of men and places we have not been
able to
identify, and we have in such cases inserted the Chinese
characters. The
long list of authorities cited, it was not possible in the
nature of things to
translate intelligibly, and we have simply given them in the
Chinese.
In the numerous instances in which obscene language is used,
we have
been obliged in order fairly to reproduce the original to use a
similar style
of expression, without attempting to gloss it over. In a few
instances where
the language is too outrageous we have simply omitted a few
words.
It would lead me too far, and indeed be foreign to my
purpose, were I to detail the absurdities and puerilities con-
tained in the Death Blow concerning the religions and politics
of Europe, I shall confine: myself to extracting a few of the
passages which entitle the volume to a place in this
bibliography.
But before so doing, I cannot refrain from citing the passage
embodying the superstition which, as alluded to in the preface,
was made use of to bring about the massacre at Tien-tsin.
In case of funerals, the religious teachers eject all the
relatives and friends
from the house, and the corpse is put into the coffin with
closed doors. Both
eyes are secretly taken out, and the orifice sealed up with a
plaster. * * *
The reason for extracting the eyes is this. From one hundred
pounds of
Chinese lead can be extracted eight pounds of silver, and the
remaining
ninety-two pounds of lead can be sold at the original cost. But
the only way
to obtain this silver is by compounding the lead with the eyes
of Chinamen.
The eyes of foreigners are of no use for this purpose. Hence
they do not
438
death blow to corrupt doctrines.
take out those of their own people, but only those of the
Chinese. The
method by which this silver is obtained has never been
discovered by any of
the native Christians during the long period in which this
religion has been
propagated here.
Here then are a few of the abominations laid to the charge
of Christians by the writers of the Death Blow; their absurd
puerility would suffice to render them ridiculous and harmless,
were it not certain that the uneducated Chinese are disposed
to give them credence.
Priests are for the most part educated to their profession
from their child-
hood. They are emasculated. This is called Mi-seh (?) Those who
enter
this religion practice sodomy with the priests without
restraint. This is
called " adding to knowledge."
Every seventh day they perform worship which they call the
Mass. * * *
When the ceremony is over all give themselves up to
indiscriminate sexual
intercourse. This is the height of their enjoyment. They call it
the " Great
Communion," or the " Love-gathering."
The bride is required to spend the first night with her
religious teacher.
This is called " holy introduction to the net of pleasure." * *
* When a
father dies his son may marry his mother. When a son dies a
father may
marry his daughter-in-law. A man may also marry his own
daughter.
They marry the widows of deceased brothers, uncles, or nephews.
They
also marry their own sisters. Women are regarded are (sic)
superior, men
as inferior. From the king down to the people, all are subject
to the
authority of their wives. It is a common thing for a wife to
drive away her
husband and seek another. They say that men are born of women;
there-
fore many of their kingdoms are governed by queens.
As to those who wish to enter their chapel, whether men or
women, the
teacher in charge first washes their bodies. They call this "
purifying the
body." He avails himself of this occasion to indulge in
licentious propensities.
439 death blow to corrupt doctrines.
After this, their victims are entirely subservient to their
wishes. Those thus
seduced, unconscious of their degradation, even glory in it.
All barbarians, males and females, in their sexual
intercourse with their
religious followers, make use of the art of prolonging the
orgasm, which
they call " seeking to become genii." They also suck in with
their mouths
the seminal fluid from youths who have arrived at puberty; and
in the
same manner obtain the corresponding principle from virgins.
They call
this " opening the heavenly aperture," and " the virile dose."
Passing the
night with another person they are able to possess themselves of
his secret
thoughts, and improve the opportunity to do injury. This they
call " dis-
covering secrets." They even cut out the ovaries of girls,
emasculate boys,
and use different methods to obtain the brains, hearts, livers,
etc., of children.
It is impossible to enumerate all their practices. If we seek
for the general
motive which leads to them, it is a fixed determination utterly
to befool our
people, and under the false pretence of religion to exterminate
them. Thus
they wish to take possession of the Middle Kingdom. What
infatuation to
embrace such a religion as this !
The vilest of all is the Greek sect, which is but a branch of
the T'ien-chu
religion, and is prevalent in Russia and England. When the
children, whether
male or female, are three months old, they insert a tube in the
anus in order to
enlarge it, so that afterwards it may be convenient for the
practice of sodo-
my. They however take out this tube at night, which they call
"preserving
the constitution." Every year at the change from spring to
summer, the
men take the menstruous blood of a woman and rub it on their
faces, and
so go to the T'ien-chu chapel and worship; which is called "
purifying the
face in the holy presence." This is considered as offering the
most profound
worship to God (Tien-chu), Fathers, sons, and older and younger
brothers,
are accustomed to have a mutual interchange of sexual commerce,
which is
called " connecting the subtle fluids." They further say that if
this be not
done, the affections of father, son, and brothers will be
estranged. Every
thing is after this kind. It is impossible to set it all forth
in detail. Yet,
would you believe it, there are those of our Chinese people who
join their sect!
44°
apologie pour herodote.
' In a certain city there was a man named Ts'au, whose whole
family were
Christians. His neighbours happening to look through a crevice
into his
house, saw his wife and the priest both naked. The priest having
fondled
* * * * for some time, united in adulterous intercourse with
her, after
which he sucked the semen out of her genitals with his mouth,
she the while
showing signs of gratification, as if she enjoyed it greatly.
----— ■; »iii>;■ ■ -
To the numerous editions of the Spologlf pour ^crOtlOtf,
several of which it has been my privilege to describe,* may
now be added a very worthy reprint, produced by the erudite
and indefatigable publisher M. Isidore Liseux of Paris, in 1879,
as a: Nouvelle Edition, faite sur la premiere et augments de
remarques par P. Ristelhuber Avec trois Tables; 2 vols. ;
pp. xlviii and 431, and 505 with one page of colophon; size
of paper 8 by 5f, of letter-press 5§ by 3 inches; title-pages
printed in red and black, and with publisher's vignette ; outer
wrappers printed in red and black ; " papier de Hollande ";
price 25 francs. It may not be irrelevant to note what M. Liseux
says about his edition of the work which :
parait aujourd 'hui pour la premiere fois, ostensiblement
imprimee en France
dans toute l'int6grite de son texte primitif.
L'edition originate (la seule, selon toute apparence, qui
soit sortie des
mains de Henri Estienne) ne vit le jour k Geneve, en 1566, que
mutitee par
la censure du Conseil. A peine quelques exemplaires intacts
avaient-ils pu
echapper k la rigoureuse suppression qui en fut faite; et ils
demeur&rent si
* Ctnturta Eibrorum Sbsrontiitorum, p. 157.
442 apologie pour herodote.
441
longtemps caches ou inconnus, que, sur treize editions ou
contrefagons publiees
aprfes la premiere, dans les quarante annees qui la suivirent,
de 1567 k 1607,
aucune ne reproduit le texte censure. Celle de La Haye (1735, 2
tomes en
3 vol. in-8°), qui se trouve le plus communement et qui passait
pour la
meilleure, ne donne elle-meme que trente ou quarante lignes de
ce texte.
Nous avons eu la bonne fortune de mettre la main, au dernier
moment,
sur un des deux seuls exemplaires connus ^chappes k la censure,
et de
constater, par une comparaison minutieuse de cet exemplaire
primitif avec
les exemplaires ordinaires, que Henri Estienne avait dfi
rdmprimer, en
divers endroits de son livre, vingt-huit feuillets, soit
cinquante-six pages.
Personne, jusqu'k ce jour, n'avait eu l'occasion de signaler
ces nombreux
passages, qui font de YApologie pour Herodote, trois cents ans
apres sa pub-
lication, un livre presque nouveau. * * » Nous avons reimprime
toutes les
feuilles contenant les passages censurds, et nous y avons
retabli le texte
primitif en y joignant, sous forme de note, celui de
l'exemplaire cartonne.
Notre 6dition est done bien definitivenjent la seule complete ;
disons mieux,
elle a toute la valeur d'une edition originale, puisque celle
d'Estienne n'existe
plus qu'k 1'etat d'objet rare, soigneusement cache dans deux
cabinets
d'amateur.
A couple of remarks in correction of what is above stated
may not be out of place here: 1. Henri Estienne revised the
text of at least one other edition besides the original, viz.
that: A Lyon par Benoit Rigaud 1592, in which he did not
reintroduce any of the suppressed passages, but contented
himself with verbal alterations. 2. There are in existence
more than two copies of the original uncastrated edition.
Besides the two copies in France, indicated by M. Liseux,
there is one in the Grenville library at the British Museum
fff
442
apologie pour herodote. 442
and another copy, a very poor one, but with a long note by
Chardin, which was sold at the Beckford sale for £6 ios.*
Preceding the Note de PEditeur, above referred to, there
is an Introduction from the pen of M. P. Ristelhuber which
comprises the following important items: Three extracts from
the archives of Geneva, dated 1566; the Avertissement de
Henri Estiene, to which I referred elsewhere, and which is
here reprinted in extenso; Supplication de Henry Estienne,
produite le xxix® april 1567; Liste de 24 questions a adressera
H. Estienne; Responces de Henry, jilz de feu Me Robert
Estienne, bourgeois de Geneve, imprimeur, le viif de may 1567;
" notes des commentateurs et des bibliophiles," which might,
with advantage, have been extended; " la liste des editions de
VApologie donnee par Sallengre," to which M. Ristelhuber
might perhaps have added those which I indicated.
If we now take into consideration the handsome " get up "
of these two volumes—clear type on excellent paper; the
pure, uncastrated text, collated with that corrected by the
author himself; the various interesting documents before
mentioned; numerous explanatory foot notes by M. Ristelhuber;
&c. we must pronounce this edition infinitely superior to that
of Le Duchat, 1735, and indeed the best and most complete
which has yet been given to the world.
* Cat. oftfjt 33ec&for0 Xibrarg, London, 1882, Part 4. No.
967.
DEUX DIALOGUES.
443
Before taking leave of Henri Estienne and his most recent
publisher, I desire to note a companion publication, to that
which has just occupied us :
JBrur Bialosuesi tau noubtau Eangue Jfransoia Italtanf;*
H autrement desguizi, principalement entre les courtisans
de ce temps par Henri Estienne Riimprimd sur l'ddition
originale et unique de l'Auteur (1578) Tome 1 Paris
Isidore Liseux, Editeur Quai Malaquais, Na 5 1883
2 vols.; pp. xxiii, 319, and 319, with 4 unnumbered pages of
titles; " tird a trois cent cinquante exemplaires." The first
volume opens with a Note de FMiteur and an Avertissement
by M. Alcide Bonneau. In this reprint it has been the pub-
lisher's aim to preserve "au livre le plus possible de sa
physionomie materielle. Ainsi nous n'avons rien changd,
merae dans la ponctuation ou I'accentuation, et nous avons
fidelement reproduit les s longues," &c.
It is foreign to my purpose to treat more fully a work which
I have introduced simply as a companion publication to the more
popular Apologie. Suffice it to mention that these Dialogues
were directed against those courtiers whose mania it was to
Italinanize their native language—the Euphuists, if I may be
allowed the word, of Henri II, and to cite a few lines of M.
Bonneau's just appreciation of H. Estienne and his remark-
able satire:
444
MANUEL D'EROTOLOGIE. CLASSIQUE. 444
Ces Dialogues ont un grand merite; ils sont d'une lecture
attrayante, tout
en roulant sur des sujets qui ne semblent pas pr&is6ment appeler
le mot
pour rire. En les achevant, on s'apergoit qu'on vient de passer
quelques
longues heures en compagnie de Mesdames Grammaire, Linguistique
et
Syntaxe, personnes maussades entre toutes, non seulement sans
ennui, mais
avec plaisir. Henri Estienne, ce laborieux 6rudit, tout bourre
de Grec et de
Latin, est le moins pedant des savants. II ecrit sans plan bien
arr£te d'avance,
au courant de la plume; son Celtophile et son Philausone
engagent, plut6t
qu'une discussion dogmatique, une conversation k batons rompus
qu'un rien
fait devier. Des anecdotes, des reparties, des souvenirs, des
citations,
rompent continuellement la trame de l'entretien et l'empechent
d'etre jamais
monotone; la satire des mots amfene la satire des mceurs et
donne pretexte
k d'amusantes digressions.
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iHanttel tJNErOtOlOgte Cla^l'que (Defiguris Veneris) par
Fred.-Ch. Forberg Texte Latin et traduction litterale par
le Traducteur des Dialogues de Luisa Sigea. Tome
Premier Imprimi a cent exemplaires Pour Isidore Liseux
et ses amis Paris 1882
8vo.; size of paper 8 by of letter-press 4f by 2f inches;
2 vols. ; pp. xv, 239, and 238 ex titles and Table; title-pages
printed in red and black, and bearing the publisher's vignette.
At first sight this publication, which forms No 3 of a series
entitled Musie secret du Bibliophile, would appear to be a new
work : it is however only a reprint, with a French translation,
MANUEL D'EROTOLOGIE. CLASSIQUE.
445
by M. Alcide Bonneau, en face, of the commentary to the
^irmapfrrofrl'tUg, already noticed elsewhere.* As both the
book and its learned editor are little known, I may be excused
for offering here the information which is afforded us
concerning
them in the Avertissement to the publication before us :
L'eminent auteur de ce livre n'a pas beaucoup fait parler de
lui; son nom
est quelquefois cite dans les Manuels et les Catalogues & propos
de
VHermaphrodites d'Antonio Beccadelli, surnomme le Panormitain,
qu'il a
edite: Brunet, Charles Nodier, la Bibliographie des ouvrages
relatifs aux
femmes, h Vamour et au mariage, le mentionnent k cette occasion;
la liste de
ses ouvrages se trouve d'autre part dans VIndex locupletissimus
librorum ou
Bikher-Lexicon de Christian-Gottlob Kayser (Leipzig, 1834).
Mais, sauf
YAllgemeine Deutsche Biographie, que la commission historique de
l'Academie
de Munich a commence k publier en 1878 et qui lui a consacre une
courte
Notice, tous les Dictionnaires ou Recueils de Biographie
ancienne et moderne
sont muets k son egard; le Conversations Lexicon et l'immense
Encyclopedic
de Ersch et Gruber n'ont pas une ligne pour lui: chez nous,
Michaud, Didot,
Bachelet et Dezobry, Bouillet, Vapereau, ignorent complement son
existence.
II vaut pourtant bien la peine qu'on en dise un mot ou deux.
Friedrick-Karl Forberg, ne en 1770 k Meuselwitz (Duchd de
Saxe-
Altenbourg), mort en 1848 k Hildburghausen, etait un adepte et
un cqlla-
borateurxle Fichte; il s'occupa aussi d'exegfese religieuse, et
fut surtout un
philologue, un humaniste erudit et curieux. II suivit d'abord la
carriere
universitaire; privat-docent en 1792, professeur-adjoint de
Philosophie k la
Faculte d'lena (1793), il fut nomme, en 1796, co-recteur k
Saalfeld. Sa
thfese inaugurate : Dissertatio inauguralis de aesthetica
transcendentali, porte la
date de 1792 (Kna, in-8°) ; il la fit suivre d'un Traiti des
bases et des rlgles du
libre arbitre, en Allemand (Iena, 1795, in-8°) et d'un Fragment
tiri de mes
* fnUejr Htbrarum $rof)tl)ttorum, p. 81.
446
manuel d'erotologie. classique. 446
papiers, en Allemand (179S). De 1796 A 1800, il contribua
pour une large
part h. la defense des doctrines de Fichte dans les Journaux,
les Revues,
notamment le Magasin philosophique de Schmid, et dans diverses
feuilles
fondees par Fichte lui -meme. II publia en outre:
Antmadversiones in loca
select a Novi Testamekti (Saalfeld, 1798, in-40); Apologie pour
son pretendu
atheisme, en Allemand (Gotha, 1799, in-8°) ; Des devoirs des
Savants, en
Allemand (Gotha, 1801, in 8°), etc.
La seconde partie de sa carriere semble avoir 6t€ uniquement
consacree
aux lettres. En 1807, il fut nomine conservateur de la
Bibliotheque aulique,
k Coburg, et, philoscphe desabuse, se voua dtfcidement au culte
de l'antiquite
Latine et Grecque. Anterieurement dejk ses gouts s'&aient
manifestos
par de jolies editions qu'il avait donnees de petits poetes
erotiques Latins ;
elles forment une collection de six ou huit volumes tous
imprimes en
format in-16, avec des encadrements rouges, qu'il est fort
difficile de se
procurer. La decouverte qu'il fit, dans la Bibliotheque de
Cobourg, d'un
manuscrit de 1'Hermaphrodilus du Panormitain, offrant des lemons
et variantes
prdcieuses, lui sugg^ra 1'idee d'en donner une edition
definitive, avec de
copieux commentaires. Cet jHermaphrodilus, ainsi intitule "
parce que," dit
la Monnoye, " toutes les ordures touchant l'un et l'autre sexe
font la
mature du volume," est un recueil d'epigrammes Latines farcies
de centons
de Vergile, d'Ovide, de Martial, oh la memoire a beaucoup plus
de part
que l'imagination et qui ne nous a jamais sembM avoir une grande
valeur
litteraire; mais les mesaventures du livre, autrefois brule, en
manuscrit, sur
les places publiques de Bologne, de Ferrare et de Milan, les
anathbmes
dont l'ont poursuivi quelques savants, la faveur que lui ont au
contraire
accordee certains autres, heureux sans doute du plaisir que
peuvent
causer de vieilles reminiscences, lui a valu une sorte de
reputation.
L'abbe Mercier de Saint-Leger 1'edita le premier, & Paris, en
compagnie
de quatre autres pobtes du meme genre: Ramusius de Rimini,
Pacificus
Maximus, Jovianus Pontanus et Jean Second. Mais Forberg, tout en
appreciant le travail et surtout l'audace de Ferudit Fran^ais, y
trouvait
beaucoup k reprendre : les Epigrammes du Panormitain ne
portaient pas
manuel d'erotologie. classique.
447
de numdros, ce qui rendait les citations difficiles; un grand
nombre de leqons
. etaient fautives, * et, grace k son manuscrit, il pouvait les
corriger; enfin,
Mercier de Saint-Leger avait neglige de faire de son auteur un
commentaire
perpetuel, de l'eclairer au moyen de notes et de rapprochements,
alors que,
de 1'avis de Forberg, un tel livre exigeait des notes par
dizaines et par
centafnes, que chaque vers, chaque hemistiche, chaque mot
offrait matifcre
k des reflexions philosophiques, k des rapprochements d'un grand
interet. II
reprit done l'ceuvre et se mit k colliger curieusement tout ce
que les Anciens
avaient pu ecrire sur les matures scabreuses dont traite
1'Hermaphroditus ;
mais arrive au bout de sa t&che, il s'aptrgut que son
Commentaird sub-
mergerait le livre, qu'il peine pourrait-il en donner un vers
toutes les deux
ou trois pages, le reste etant pris par ses Notes, et que ce
serait un chaos k ne
plus s'y reconnaltre. Faisant de son travail deux parts, il
laissa la moindre au
bas de 1'Hermaphroditus, reduit k n'etre accompagne que des
eclaircissemcnts
les plus indispensables, et de la seconde, de sa plus copieuse
moisson de re-
cherches Erudites, il composa un traite special qu'il fit
imprimer k la suite, sous
le titre d'Apophoreta, ou Second service, ce traite ne devant
etre, dans son in-
tention, qu'un sorte de dessert apres ie repas substantiel
fourni par le pofete
Latin du xvi© siecle. Le tout forme un volume trfcs recherche
des amateurs.
Antonii Panormitce Hermaphroditus ; primus in Germania edidit et
Apophoreta
adjecit Frider, Carol. Forhergius. Coburgi, sumtilus
Meuseliorum, 1824, in-8°.
Le bon Forberg se trompait, par trop de modestie : le vrai
repas sub-
stantiel, nourrissant, savoureux, c'est le sien, celui qu'il a
tire de son propre
fonds, de son inepuisabte memoire et de la connaissance
£tonnante qu'il avait,
jusque dans leurs infiniment petits details, des auteurs Grecs
et Latins. En
reimprimant cet excellent travail, qui meritait assur^ment
d'etre traduit, nous
lui avons donne un titre qui lui convient beaucoup mieux, celui
de Manuel
* (©unique IlUwtrtum iJortantm &c. See JnBtjr SU&rorum
Jholjtbttovum,
P- 343-
443
MANUEL D'EROTOlOGIE. CLASSIQUE. 504
£Eirologie classique. Par le charme, l'abondance, la vari&e
des citations,
c'est une pr&ieuse Anthologie drotique; par la classification
mdthodique des
matures, Forberg en a fait un ouvrage didactique, un veritable
Manuel. Si
preoccupation premifere avait ete de rassembler, chez les Grecs
et les Latins,
le plus grand nombre des traits dpars qui pouvaient servir de
points de com-
paraison avec les lipigrammes de Beccadelli; en possession de
tant de
richesses, il a et6 amen6 k y introduire de 1'ordre, k ranger
les uns prfes des
autres les textes similaires, et il s'est arrete k une division
en huit chapitres,
r6pondant k autant de manifestations spdciales de la fantaisie
amoureuse ou
de ses depravations: i. De la Futution ; n. De la Pedication ;
m. De Vlrru-
mation ; iv. De la Masturbation ; v. Des Cunnilinges ; vi. Des
Tribades ; vii. Du
edit avec les betes; viu. Des Postures spintriennes. Dans chaque
classe, il a
encore trouv6 k faire des subdivisions, comme le sujet le
requ^rait, k noter
des particular^, des individuality, et le contraste entre cet
appareil
scientifique et les facetieuses matures soumises aux lois
rigoureuses de la
deduction, de la demonstration, n'est pas ce qu'il y a de moins
plaisant.
Un grave savant d'outre-Rhin etait peut-etre seul capable d
avoir l'idde de
classer ainsi par categories, groupes, espfeces, varietes,
genres et sous-genres
toutes les sortes connues de voluptes naturelles et
extra-naturelles, d'aprfes
les auteurs les plus dignes de foi. Mais Foberg a poursuivi
encore un autre
but. Au cours de ses recherches, il avait remarque combien les
annotateurs
et les interprfctes sont en general sobres d eclaircissements
aux endroits qui
en demanderaient davantage, les uns par une fausse retenue et de
peur de se
montrer trop savants, les autres par ignorance; combien aussi se
sont
trompes et ont commis d'insignes bevues, faute d'entendre la
langue erotique
et d'en saisir les nuances infinies. Le savant humaniste k
precisement fait
porter ses plus decisives observations sur ces endroits
difficiles et obscurs des
anciens pofetes, sur ces locutions d'une ambiguite voulue, qui
ont mis k la
torture les critiques et fait se fourvoyer les plus doctes. Ce
qu'il a compulse
d'auteurs, tant Grecs que Latins, Frangais, Allemands, Anglais,
Hollandais,
pour etablir son exacte et judicieuse classification, monte k un
chiffre formi-
dable ; on trouve dans le Manuel (TErotologu quelque chose comme
cinq cents
girard-cadiIre.
449
passages, empruntes k plus de cent cinquante ouvrages
differents, tous
controls, expliques, comments, et, le plus souvent, de tenebreux
qu'ils etaient,
rendus la lucidit6 meme par leur simple rapprochement. Avec
Forberg
pour guide, nul ne risque plus desormais de s'^garer, de croire,
comme M.
Leconte de Lisle, que cette femme dont Horace dit qu'elle ne
change ni de
costume ni de lieu, peccatve superne, " n'a pas failli outre
mesure "; il s'agit
bien de cela ! ou de traduire, comme M. Nisard, dans Sudtone :
illudere capiti
altcujus, par: "attenter k la vie de quelqu'un."
Philosophe, Forberg a traitd ces delicates matieres en
philosophe, c'est-k-
dire d'une fa
un examen si attentif. II d6clare n'en rien savoir par lui-meme,
n'avoir jamais
songe k s'en rendre compte exp6rimentalement et n'en connattre
que ce que
disent les livres. Sa candeur est k 1'abri de tout soupgon. Elle
ne lui a
toutefois pas epargne les censures; mais comme il a rdplique k
tout et des
autorites pour tout, il y avait repondu d'avance par ce mot de
Juste-Lipse, k
k (st'c) qui Ton reprochait de se delecter aux turpitudes de
Petrone: " Les vins,
quand on les pose sur la table, surexcitent l'ivrogne et
laissent fort calme
l'homme sobre; de m§me, ces sortes de lectures echauffent
peut-etre une
imagination dejk ddpravee, mais elles ne font aucune impression
sur un
esprit chaste et temperant."
- -.^aioic;.- -
After the ample manner in which I have treated it,* too
ample perhaps in a work of simple bibliography, it may appear
superfluous to revert to the Girard-CadiIire scandal. Never-
theless that " affaire tres triste d'une morality douteuse dans
laquelle on vit qu'un vieux pretre avait ^trangement abuse
* Centura Eftrorum abtfconttitomtn, p. 239.
ggg
450
girard-cadiliire.
d'une pauvre fille hyst^rique, * * * (in which) on se moqua
des
parlementaires et des pretres, nul n'y gagna, ni la justice, ni
la
religion," * is so typical of the Jesuits that it will never
cease
to occupy the attention of those who study the detestable sect
of which the chief actor was a member, and by which he was
so strenuously, so iniquitously protected. Thus, since my
observations were written, M. Pompeyo Gener has again
epitomised the matter in a few brief and truthful paragraphs, f
" Le proems de la Cadiere contre le pere Girard, son confesseur,
(writes M. Charles Richet) est la copie exacte des proces de
Gaufridi, de Grandier et de Boulle. * * * Comme
Magdeleine de la Palud, comme Jeanne de Belciel,
comme Magdeleine Bavent, Louise Cadiere est une folle,
ddmoniaque et hystero-6pileptique." $ Nor has the affair failed
to find record in verse as well as prose, as may be seen in the
* Maxime du Camp, "Parte, gcS ©rgaiteS, vol. 4, p. 103.
t Ea JMort ct If ©table, p. 684. The story is also told in
Cfjromque tiu
Crime et tie Tfinnocente, vol. 2.
t Mebue ties Seup JHontifg, February 15, 1880, p. 859, art.
Les Demom'a-
gttes cPautrefois. M. Richet censures Michelet, whom he affirms
to have
been carried away by his hatred to the Jesuits, in his severe
judgment on
the result of Girard's trial. In M. Richet's interesting article
will be found
sketches of the scandals in which figured the various persons
whose names
are mentioned above.
christianity UNMASKED.
satirical poems of the time. * I beg leave however to point
out more particularly the two following English publications
which possess the merit, if no other, of being very little known
i
Cfcrfetiamtp ©mnasttefc; or Unavoidable Ignorance prefer-
able to Corrupt Christianity. A Poem. In Twenty-one
Cantos. By Michael Smith, A. B. Vicar of South
Mimms, in Hertfordshire.
A Verse may catch him who a Sermon flies,
And turn Delight into a Sacrifice.
Ludentem lasciva severum, Seria dictu. Art. Poet.
London, Printed for H. Turpin, Bookseller, in St. John's-
street, West-Smitftfield. m.dcc.lxxi.
8vo.; size of letter-press 6 by inches ; on the title-page
one double and three single lines ; pp. xxiv and 229 ex title;
dedication to the Earl of Hillsborough. In the ninth canto
of this curious poem, written in the style of Hudibras, the
author narrates:
The fertile Schemes of Monkish Art,
Venslave a superstitious Heart;
With tK hellish Tricks a fesuit play'd,
Tenjoy a peniential Maid.
* In such collections, for instance, as; S&eruril Kit ire
fElaurepasS, Leyde,
1865, (Gay, Brussels) 6 vols.; Cfjanaonmer SHtftoriijue Uu
jrtmte Steele, Parts,
Quantin, 1879, &c,, 10 vols.
452
CATECHISME DES GENS MARIES.
The lines which refer to the Girard-Cadiere scandal were, in
May 1879, reprinted by J. Bursill, of 36 Kennington
Road, with the following title and false rubric :
jfatbcr (ftfrarto attfc J¥tfss Cabtere, A Poem of 374 lines.
By Michael Smith, A. B.
A Verse may catch him who a Sermon flies.
And turn Delight into a Sacrifice.
With a Prose Introduction detailing the True Story of this
Celebrated Case. First Printed mdcclxxi. London:
Reprinted by R. Turpin, Soho. 1840
"Crown, 32 mo." size of paper by 5, of letter-press 4!
by 3 inches; five lines on title-page 5.32 pages unnumbered;
issue said to be 60 copies only; price 5s. 6d.
The following new editions of books mentioned in former
pages * have appeared since my notices were written :
Catirijteme te (Setts; iHarite par le P. Feline Reimpression
Textuellesur l'Edition Originale augmentee d'un avant-
propos et d'un frontispice grave a l'eau-forte. Bruxelles
Gay et Douce 1881
Size of paper 7f by 5$, of letter-press 4^ by 2§ inches;
counts 4; pp. viii and 52; printed by V. Bona of Turin
* Centum Sibrorum ^baronUitorum, pp. xlii note, xliii note,
137, 277, 280,
288, 425, 428 note.
le roman du cure.
453
throughout in violet and red ; 500 copies issued;
frontispiece
by F. Rops ; a fleuron and a short line on the title-page;
green,
printed outer wrapper. In the Avant-Propos we read : " Une
r^impression de cet ouvrage vient de paraltre a Rouen, mais
elle n'offre rien de particulier. * * * Le P. Feline 6tait un
naif et obscur religieux missionnaire de Bayeux, en 1782."
Hector France (x.x.x.) ILt &0»iau till Cure Eau-forte de
Henry Maboux. Bruxelles Chez Henry Kistemaeckers,
iditeur. 25, Rue Roy ale, 25
8vo.; size of paper 6f by 4, of letter-press 4$ by af inches;
pp. 414 with 5 unnumbered pages of Table &c.; title-page
printed in black and red, and with the publisher's vignette and
two lines; title and text throughout surrounded by lines;
printed, green outer wrapper ; type small but clear.
The Roman du Curi, which first saw the light pseudonymously
at Brussels, Nov. 11, 1877, had an immediate success; in a
short time seven editions, or 7000 copies, were sold of it. An
action was brought against the publisher which did not however
result in a condemnation. Its author, M. Hector France,
was born at Mirecourt, Vosges, about 1840. Exiled from
France, he has lived in England since 1871, where, after
embracing by turns innumerable callings, he was appointed
professor at the Academy of Woolwich.*
* 4Koiiiteut flu »fl)liop|jiU, vol a, pp, 286, 304; ft*
ftifew, Biblkjgr&phie
Moderne, vol, 1, p, 59,
454 THE PRIEST—LA MADONE—SAINT ANTOINE.
w priest, €\>t SEomait, atrti €bt CortfessuwaL By
Father Chiniquy. Twenty-fourth Edition. One Hun-
dred and Twentieth Thousand. London: W. T. Gibson,
38, Parliament Street, S.W.
Small 8vo.; no date; with a wood-cut portrait of the author.
fces1 abentures <®alantes tie la iHafcone avec ses Ddvots
suivies de celles de Francois d'Assise par J.-B. Renoult
Moine Ren£gat Paris Librairie VTe Pairault et fils
55, rue Lafayette, 55 1882
Size of paper 7^- by 4f, of letter-press 5f by 3 J inches;
counts 6; pp. xvi and 128 ; a fancy initial P and a short line
on title-page; pink, illustrated outer wrapper; in addition to
the ordinary issue, there were struck off 30 copies on " papier
de Chine " at 10 francs, and 120 copies on " papier verg6 de
Hollande " at 5 francs, both with titles in red and black, and
" num£rot£s et paraph£s par les £diteurs." The volume forms
one of a series entitled : BibliothZque Clerico- Galante.
A French translation of W. Busch's clever skit <£>eUige
SfttiOttittS toon $Pabua has been published by Hinrichsen of
Paris
as : %t #ranlj £>amt 9nt0tne lie faUoue par Ernest
d'Hervilly. It was noticed at the time of its publication as:
"un livre des plus d^sopilants, et Ernest d'Hervilly a su
accompagner d'un texte en vers d'une cocasserie hors ligne les
betzh am00th—montcornillon—rowlandson. 45 5
joyeuses caricatures du dessinateur allemand W. Busch; c'est
un volume qui devrait se trouver dans toutes les bibliotheques
d'hommes de lettres et dans tous les ateliers d'artistes." *
les JBebottons toe illaftame tie 35et#amootl) and la
fcetrai'te les Centattons et les Confessions lie j$a&ame He
iHontrormllon,—those two charmingjeux d? esprit of the abb£
Duvernet, were republished in 1880, by Gay and Douce at
Brussels, in one volume, 8vo.; pp. vii, 83, and 67, each tale
with separate title-page and pagination; issue 500 copies.f
--mi 11; m -
The following etching by Thomas Rowlandson may be noted
in supplement to my former list: $ No title. Size 6f by 4f
inches.
Interior. A pretty girl with flowing hair, and entirely naked
with exception of stockings and shoes, is reclining on her right
elbow under a canopy. Her posteriors of abnormal develop-
ment, are exposed in such wise that her pudendum is visible.
A man, in the back ground, of whose presence she seems to be
aware, draws back the curtain and observes her.
I may mention that the right hand half of the etching Inquest
of Matrons, No 15 in my list, has been reproduced.
* %t 3Ltbrr, bibliographic moderne, annee 4, p. 297.
t £4 Eifcre, bibliographic moderne, vol. 2, pp. 8, 52.
t Ctnturia itbrorum Slbjstontlitontm, pp. 346 to 393.
456 dr. king—mme. de pompadour—le passe-par-tout.
There exists a fine 4to. portrait of the author of Wfyt C033t
*
executed in mezzotint, and subscribed: " Gulielmus King
LLD JEtAt 75, T. Hudson Pinxt., P M® Ardell fecit."
---^ < ■■-
I have elsewhere f spoken of Madame de Pompadour as an
engraver. The following notice of her by Petrus Borel may
consequently not be out of place, especially as it evidently
refers to the collection of engravings, iOtStrg, which I
then described:
En ce moment, madame Putiphar travailloit & graver une petite
peinture
de Francois Boucher. Dejk elle avoit grave et public une suite
de soixante
estampes d'aprbs des pierres-fines intaillees par Guay, tirees
de son cabinet.
Aujourd'hui ce recuei! in-folio est fort rare, n'ayant ete
imprim6 qu'k un
petit nombre d'exemplaires d'amis.J
■■I" iO"?*3>rlp—■! » —--
To the notice offered elsewhere of It $a2>3e-par40llt Ijt
ivomamf § may be added that in the edition of 1727
should be found the portraits of Cardinal Franciscus Zabarella
and of B. Petrus Eisenberg, the latter by Bruhl.
* Ceifiarfa %'ihmnni ^baconiJitoram, p. 301.
t Centurta itbrorunt SbgconDttorum, p. 400.
t iHaUame Puttpijat, Paris, 1839, vol. i, p. 218.
§ €mtmi& %&tmim iSfocoitUitanun, p. 418.
the catalogue fortsas—-the kama shastra. 457
Those of my English readers who take a special interest in
the curiosities of literature, will certainly be pleased to find
in
the fifth volume of Cf)£ SftttOgrap&tr, 1884, a reprint of
that amusing mystification by M. Rene Chalon the Cfttfc
loguc &c., de feu Mr. le Comte J.-N.-A. de Fortsas, of which
I previously made mention,* and which has now become
extremely rare. The reprint is preceded by some interesting
particulars concerning both author and publication.
In a former volume I analysed a remarkable Hindu work on
love which had appeared in an English garb under the title:
llama J?>f)aj5tra* f The chief translator of that book, Mr.
F. F. Arbuthnot, has since had printed for private circulation,
and at his own cost, another more important treatise on the
same subject, which I propose here to notice. Before doing so,
however, I will note a couple of remarks which Mr. Arbuthnot
makes concerning his former publication. The title, it appears,
was not well chosen; the book is known in India as the
Snuitlja Munga, or the Stage of Love; it is also called iiama-
letofylplaba, or a Boat in the Ocean of Love. " This is supposed
* Ccnturia Eibrorum Sltorontottorum, p. xn, note,
t Antitf Ht&iorum ikoipbitorum, p. 282.
hhh
45»
the kama sutra.
to be the latest of the Sanscrit works on the subject, and
the
ideas in it were evidently taken from previous writings of the
same nature." As the Kdma Shdstra, or Anunga Runga, or
Kamaledhiplava, is the most recent treatise of its kind, so is
the work which I am about to notice the most ancient, and con-
sequently the more interesting:
Suma &>utra of Vatsyayana. Translated from the
Sanscrit. In Seven Parts, with Preface, Introduction, and
Concluding Remarks. Benares: Printed for the Hindoo
Kama Shastra Society 1883. For Private Circulation
Only.
8vo.; size of paper 9f by 6|, of letter-press 6f to by 3|;
pp. 198 ex general title-page which is printed in black and red,
and has a fancy and a plain line; seven parts, each with full
title-page in black only, and printed, grey outer wrapper; the
impress of the first part bears " London," and part 111 is with-
out pagination; two different printers were employed; issue
250 copies.
Before examining more closely the book itself, I offer the
following interesting account, kindly furnished me by Mr.
Arbuthnot,of the way in which the translation was made, and of
the difficulties attending it:
The Kama Shastra, or the Hindoo Art of Love, (Ars amoris
Indica) was printed
in London in 1873. In this work, at pages 46 and 59, references
were made
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to the holy Sage Vatsyayana, and to his opinions. On my
return to India
in 1874 1 made enquiries about Vatsyayana and his works. The
pundits
informed me that the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana was now the
standard work
on love in Sanscrit literature, and that no Sanscrit library was
supposed to
be complete without a copy of it. They added that the work was
now very
rare, and that the versions of the text differed considerably in
different
manuscripts, and the language in many of them was obscure and
difficult.
It was necessary then first to prepare as complete and as
correct a copy of
the work as possible in Sanscrit, and after this had been
accomplished,
then to get it properly translated. The first thing then to be
done was to
find a man competent to prepare the Sanscrit text, and after
that a competent
translator. After some inquiry Dr. Biihler, now Sanscrit
Professor in Vienna,
but then employed in the Educational Department in Bombay,
recommended
to me the Pundit Bhugwuntlal Indraji. This Pundit had already
been
frequently employed by Mr. James Fergusson, and Mr. James
Burgess, in
copying and translating for them writings found on copper
plates, on stone
boundaries, and in temples in many parts of India. Not only had
he been
useful to the above named gentlemen, but to many others engaged
in Indian
archaeology, and antiquities. Last year he submitted a paper to
the
Oriental Congress held at Leyden in Holland, and the University
there
conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Letters, while the
Royal Asiatic
Society of London elected him as an honorary member. The Pundit
himself
was unable to speak English fluently but understood it
sufficiently, and after
an interview I set him to work to compile a complete copy of the
Kama Sutra
of Vatsyayana in Sanscrit. The copy of the text he had procured
in Bombay
being incomplete, the pundit wrote for other copies from
Calcutta, Benares,
and Jeypoor, and from these prepared a complete copy of the
work. With
the aid then of another Brahman by name Shivaram Parshuram
Bhide, then
studying at the University of Bombay, and well acquainted both
with
Sanscrit and English, and now employed in the service of His
Highness the
Guicowar at Baroda, a complete translation of the above text was
prepared
and it is this translation which has now been printed and
published in London,
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with the impress of Benares, 1883. The pundits obtained great
assistance
in their translation from a commentary on the original work,
which was
called Jayamangla, or Sutrabashya, and which is fully alluded to
in the Intro-
duction, page 10, to the Kama Sutra.
Without this commentary the translation would have been most
difficult, if
not impossible. The original work is written in very old and
difficult
Sanscrit, and without the aid of the commentary it would have
been in many
places unintelligible.
The above information will be found, in a less detailed form,
and without mention of names, in the introduction to the work
itself. In a former book * also Mr. Arbuthnot spoke at some
length of Vatsyayana and his treatise.
Here is a brief summary of the chief questions discussed in
The Kama Sutra: Part I. On the acquisition of Virtue
(.Dharma), Wealth (Artha), and Love {Kama) ; About classes
of Women fit and unfit for Congress with a Citizen, and his
Friends, and Messengers. Part II. Kinds of Sexual Union
according to Dimensions, Force of Desire,, or Passion, and
Time; On Embracing, Kissing, Pressing or Marking with the
Nails, Biting, and the ways of Love to be employed with regard
to Women of different countries; Of the different ways of
Lying down, and various kinds of Congress; Of the various
modes of Striking, and the Sounds appropriate to them ; About
Females acting the part of Males, and of the work of a Man;
Of the Auparishtaka, or holding the Lingam in the Mouth;
How to begin and how to end the Congress; Of the different
kinds of Congress, and Love Quarrels. Part III. Of Betrothal
and Marriage; How to create Confidence in a Girl; On Court-
• iEarlj) J&tasf. A Group of Hindoo Stories. Collected and
Collated by
Anaryan. London: W. H. Allen and Co. 1881.
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ship, the manifestation of the feelings by outward signs and
deed ; About things to be done only by the Man, and the
acquisition of the Girl thereby, also what is to be done by a
Girl to gain over a Man, and subject him to her ; On the
different Forms of Marriage. Part IV, On the -.ir^r of
living of a Virtuous Woman, and of her behivj^- r the
absence of her Husband; On the conduct of KM', - Wjf**
towards the other wives, and on that of the i •„ Wife
towards the elder ones; On the conduct of a Virgin Widow
re-married; Of a wife disliked by her Husband; Of the
Women in the King's Harem ; On the conduct of a Husband
towards many wives. Part V. On the Characteristics of Men
and Women; The Reasons why Women reject the Addresses
of Men ; About men who have Success with women, and about
Women who are easily gained over ; About making acquaint-
ance of the Woman, and of the efforts to gain her over;
Examination of the State of a Woman's Mind ; The Business
of a Go-between ; On the Love of Persons in authority for the
Wives of other Men ; About the Women of the Royal Harem;
Of the Keeping of one's own Wife. Part VI. Of the Causes
of a Courtezan resorting to Men; Of the means of Attaching
to herself the Man desired; Of the kind of Man that it is
desirable to be acquainted with; Of a Courtezan living with a
Man as his Wife; Of the Means of getting Money; Of the
Signs of the Change of a Lover's Feelings, and of the way to
get rid of him; About Re-union with a Former Lover; Of
different kinds of Gain ; Of Gains and Losses; Of the different
kinds of Courtezans: Part VIII. On Personal Adornment;
On Subjugating the Hearts of others; On Tonic Medicines;
Of the Means of Exciting Desire, and the ways of Enlarging
the Lingam ; Miscellaneous Experiments and Recipes.
Shortly after it left the printer's hands The Kama Sutra
was noticed in €l)e Bl&ItO0raj)f)fr (May, 1884, p. 162) as a
curious and suggestive book, contributing directly and clcarly
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to our knowledge of Indian thought. " From almost every
page might be extracted something fresh, or startling to our
Western notions." It is not, as Mr. Arbuthnot tells us in his
preface, the only work of its kind. " Besides the treatise of
Vatsyayana the following works on the same subject are pro-
curable in India:—
1. The Jrtatu'afjagpa, or secrets of love.
2. The JJanrfjaSakga, or the five arrows.
3. The i&mara JJraBtpa, or the light of love.
4. The J£tattmanjari, or the garland of love.
5. The t&agmanjari, or the sprout of love.
6. The Slmmga Jftunga, or the stage of love; also called
Itamalrtf)tpla&a,
or a boat in the ocean of love.
Concerning each of these and their authors Mr. Arbuthnot
gives valuable information. The following remarks, suggested
by the perusal of The Kama Sutra, and communicated to me
by the gentleman whose notes I have utilised in former pages,
will not be unwelcome :
The first impression on roughly running through the writings
of the old
Indian Sages is that Europeans and modern Society generally
would be
greatly benefited by some such treatises. It is difficult to get
Englishmen to
acknowledge that matrimonial happiness may in many cases be
attained by
a careful study of the passions of a wife, that is to say
admitting that a wife
be allowed to feel passion. Many a life has been wasted, and the
best feelings
of a young woman outraged by the rough exercise of what truly
become the
husband's " rights," and all the innate delicate sentiments and
illusions of
the virgin bride are ruthlessly trampled on, when the curtains
close round
the couch during what is vulgarly called the "first night." The
master
either swoops down on his prey like a vulture, or what is just
as bad, sins
by ignorance; appearing to the trembling creature either as a
cruel brute
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or a stupid, bungling fool. The French nation, certainly more
refined in
love matters than the English, know this well, and have founded
many novels
upon the danger arising from the folly of husbands not knowing
how to woo
their wives delicately. Unfortunately, Continental marriages are
no more
made in heaven than are those of the "nation of shopkeepers," as
what is the
use of all the husband's art, gentle kindness and soothing
endearments, when
his courtship begins only after marriage and not before ? The
summum bonum
is the English system of free choice and mutual engagement
without " go-
betweens," and the husband to possess all the philosophy and
knowledge of
conjugal arts peculiar to the people who dwell under a hotter
sun than we
do. Such ideas however are quite foreign to insular minds, and
those daring
to give them utterance are put dowtv as paradoxical
philosophers, or simply
obscene wretches. The Englishman who would advise "those about
to
marry " to read Balzac, would probably be rated as a madman, and
if
he continued would be told that there is nothing to be learnt
from " dirty
foreigners " but debauchery and vice. The same reproach cannot
apply to
the work under notice, written many thousands of years ago, and
which has
obtained the consecration of time.
Let us now glance at some of the most salient features, some
of the teachings contained in this admirable work :
There are sixty-four arts to be learned by a woman, among
which, although several, such as tattooing, colouring the teeth,
cock fighting, are foreign to our Western notions, we find many
that our women would do well to acquire more thoroughly :—
music, dancing, drawing, making beds, cooking, sewing, reading,
knowledge of about gold and silver coins, chemistry, gardening,
composing poems, the rules of society, and how to pay respects
and compliments to others, (pp. 24 to 28).
The life of a citizen is next treated, his house and garden
described, and advice is offered as to his toilet, ablutions,
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social intercourse, and the kinds of women he should frequent.
The second part is devoted to the consideration of Sexual
Union. Men and women are divided each into three classes,
the former according to the size of the lingam, the latter
according to the depth of the yoni. Tables are given of equal
and unequal unions. The amount of pleasure enjoyed by the
different sexes is compared, and various questions connected
with the subject are considered. The whole chapter is worth
careful study, especially when looked upon, as it should be,
from the translator's point of view:
So many men utterly ignore the feelings of the woman, and
never pay
the slightest attention to the passion of the latter. To
understand the subject
thoroughly, it is absolutely necessary to study it, and then a
person will know
that, as dough is prepared for baking, so must a woman be
prepared for
sexual intercourse, if she is to derive satisfaction from it.
In the second chapter the various modes of embracing are
described, put in order and analysed, but the subject is ac-
knowledged to be inexhaustible for:
Even those embraces that are not mentioned in the Kama
Shastra should
be practised at the time of sexual enjoyment, if they are in any
way con-
ducive to the increase of love or passion. The rules of the
Shastra apply
so long as the passion of man is middling, but when the wheel of
love is once
set in motion, there is then no Shastra and no order, (p. 51).
Chapter 111 on Kissing is one of the most charming in the
book; it is almost poetical, and I should like to transcribe it
in extenso ; space however compels me to limit myself to one
short extract:
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When a wotnan looks at the face of her lover while he is
asleep, and
kisses it to show her intention or desire, it is called a " kiss
that kindles love."
When a woman kisses her lover while he is engaged in
business, or while
he is quarrelling with her, or while he is looking at something
else, so that
his mind may be turned away, it is called a " kiss that turns
away."
When a lover coming home late at night kisses his beloved who
is asleep
on her bed in order to show her his desire, it is called a "
kiss that awakens."
On such an occasion the woman may pretend to be asleep at the
time of
her lover's arrival, so that she may know his intention and
obtain respect
from him. (p. 54).
Chapter iv. on Scratching with the Nails is very curious.
The marks produced are of eight kinds. The proceeding is of
course entirely foreign to our European notions, nor is the
practice apparently universal in the East, for the author says :
But pressing with the nails is not an usual thing except with
those who
are intensely passionate, i.e., full of passion. It is employed
together with
biting, by those to whom the practice is agreeable, (p. 56).
The chapter which follows on Biting is equally curious. The
different kinds of biting are eight in number, among which that
done with all the teeth is called the " line of jewels."
The various Postures are carefully considered in the sixth
chapter, and many are described which would seem to be
impossible of accomplishment by stiff-limbed Europeans.
Variety is here, as elsewhere, inculcated :
An ingenious person should multiply the kinds of congress
after the fashion
of the different kinds of beasts and of birds. For these
different kinds of
congress, performed according to the usage of each country,, and
the liking
of each individual, generate love, friendship., ami respect tit
me he&m of
women, (p. 67),
iii
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The various Modes of Striking are analysed in Chapter vn.
There are six parts of the body which may be struck, four kinds
of striking, and eight different sounds or cries arising
therefrom.
Nor are the blows always given with the hand :
The wedge on the bosom, the scissors on the head, the
piercing instrument
on the cheeks, and the pinchers on the breasts and sides may
also be taken
into consideration with the other four modes of striking, and
thus give eight
ways altogether. But these four ways of striking with
instruments are
peculiar to the people of the southern countries, and the marks
caused by
them are seen on the breasts of their women. They are local
peculiarities,
but Vatsyayana is of opinion that the practice of them is
painful, barbarous,
and base, and quite unworthy of imitation.
In the same way anything that is a local peculiarity should
not always be
adopted elsewhere, and even in the place where the practice is
prevalent,
excess of it shouid always be avoided. Instances of the
dangerous use of
them may be given as follows. The King of the Panchalas killed
the
courtezan Madhavasena by means of the wedge during congress.
King
Shatakarni Shatavahana of the Kuntalas deprived his great Queen
Malayavati of her life by a pair of scissors, and Naradeva,
whose hand was
deformed, blinded a dancing girl by directing a piercing
instrument in the
wrong way.
About these things there cannot be either enumeration or any
definite
rule. Congress having once commenced, passion alone gives birth
to all
the acts of the parties, (p. 70).
There is nothing new under the sun. The Marquis de Sade
probably did not even know of the existence of The Kama
Sutra, and yet the cruelties he revelled in were evidently
practised in the East centuries before he wrote. He invented
then nothing.
In Chapter viii. we are told when and in what way a woman
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may act the part of a man ; and the acts of the man,
subdivided
in nine ways, are fully described. Here are the lines with
which the chapter begins and ends :
When a woman sees that her lover is fatigued by constant
congress,
without having his desire satisfied, she should, with his
permission, lay him
down upon his back, and give him assistance by acting his part.
She may
also do this to satisfy the curiosity of her lover, or her own
desire of novelty.
Though a woman is reserved, and keeps her feelings concealed,
yet when
she gets on the top of a man, she then shows all her love and
desire. A man
should gather from the actions of the woman of what disposition
she is, and
in what way she likes to be enjoyed. A woman during her monthly
courses,
a woman who has been lately confined, and a fat woman should not
be made
to act the part of a man. (pp. 72, 75).
The eleventh chapter treats of a subject so disgusting that I
would fain pass it over in silence, should I not in so doing be
departing from the principle of this work. Its consideration
is the more imperative from the fact that the practice un-
doubtedly continues in Europe, although, let us hope, less
generally, and in circumstances less revolting that in the East.
"The Auparishtaka, or Mouth Congress appears to have been
prevalent in some parts of India from a very ancient time. The
'Shushruta,' a work on medicine some two thousand years old,
describes the wounding of the lingam with the teeth as one of
the causes of the disease treated upon in that work." It is
practised by men and women irrespective of sex, and also by
eunuchs, who appear to be the chief agents.
There are two kinds of eunuchs, those that are disguised as
males, and those
that are disguised as females. Eunuchs disguised as females
imitate their dress,
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speech, gestures, tenderness, timidity, simplicity, softness
and bashfulness.
The acts that are done on thejaghana or middle parts of women,
are done in
the mouths of these eunuchs, and this is called Auparishtaka.
These eunuchs
derive their imaginative pleasure, and their livelihood from
this kind of con-
gress, and they lead the life of courtezans. Eunuchs disguised
as males keep
their desires secret, and when they wish to do anything they
lead the life of
shampooers.
The eight different ways in which the eunuch shampooer
performs his filthy office are then described ; and the
districts
of India in which Auparishtaka prevails are enumerated. But
so abominable a propensity is not encouraged, nor even per-
mitted to high, cast men. It
should never be done by a learned Brahman, by a minister that
carries on
the ijusiaess of & stake, or by a man of good reputation,
because though the
practice is. allowed by the Shastras, there is no reason why it
should be
carried o&, and need only be practised in particular cases. As
for instance
the taste and the strength, and the digestive qualities of the
flesh of dogs
are mentioned in works on medicine, but it does not therefore
follow that it
should be eaten by the wise. In the same way there are some men,
some
places and some times, with respect to which these practices can
be made
use of, (p. 79),
Chapter x., which concludes the second part, and in which
Cg/igross and Love Quarrels are discussed, is in parts a prose
poem, and affords some charming pictures of Hindu domestic
life:
In m.f ^kJasufc-f. o i. decorated with flowers, and fragrant with perfumes,
atten-ltd b> us mendo and servants, the citizen should
receive the woman,
who w;!i jornt bathed aiKi dressed, and will invite her to take
refreshment
and to her hair,
, t' .... , ..ious subjects, and may also talk suggestively of
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thing's which would be considered as coarse, or not to be
mentioned generally
in society. They may then sing, either with or without
gesticulations, and
play on musical instruments, talk about the arts, and persuade
each other
to drink. At last when the woman is overcome with love and
desire, the
citizen should dismiss the people that may be with him, giving
them flowers,
ointments, and betel leaves, and then when the two are left
alone, they
should proceed as has been already described in the previous
chapters,
(p. 80).
Congress is then subdivided into seven different kinds, each
of
which has its special designation, and advice is offered con-
cerning quarrels and the way to make them up.
Part hi., which is divided into 5 chapters, treats of
Courtship
and Marriage, and is a charming mixture of sound advice,
puerile notions, and worldly cynicism; it merits careful study.
The latter subject is continued in the two chapters which
compose the fourth part, in which are considered the manner
of living of a virtuous married woman, the conduct of the wives
of one man towards each other, as well as that of a virgin
widow re-married, &c.
Part v., 6 chapters, is an elaborate disquisition on
Adultery,
worthy of Sanchez. " A man may resort to the wife of another ^
for the purpose of saving his own life, when he perceives that
his love for her proceeds from one degree of intensity to
another. These degrees are ten in number," and each has its
distinguishing appellation. There are twenty-four causes of a
woman rejecting the addresses of a man, and twenty-four
descriptions of men who generally obtain success with women.
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The women who are easily gained over are of forty-one kinds,
among which are those" who stand at the door of their houses,"
or who are barren, lazy, cowardly, deformed, vulgar,
ill-smelling,
sick, or old. The signs of a woman manifesting her love are
ten in number. There are some shrewd pieces of advice in
these two chapters:
A clever man, depending- on his own ability, and observing
carefully the
ideas and thoughts of women, and removing the causes of their
turning
away from men, is generally successful with them.
When a man is endeavouring to seduce one woman, he should not
attempt
to seduce any other at the same time. But after he has succeeded
with the
first, and enjoyed her for a considerable time, he can keep her
affections by
giving her presents that she likes, and then commence making up
to another
woman. When a man sees the husband of a woman going to some
place
near his house, he should not enjoy the woman then, even though
she may
be easily gained over at that time. A wise man having a regard
for his
reputation should not think of seducing a woman who is
apprehensive, timid,
not to be trusted, well guarded, or possessed of a
father-in-law, or mother-
in-law. (pp. 122, 125).
Seduction in the East is not always accomplished at first
hand,
but Go-betweens are sometimes employed. Their nature and
modus operandi are detailed in Chapter iv. These female
messengers are of eight different kinds, but their duties are
much the same.
Now the go-between having wheedled herself into the
confidence of the
woman by acting according to her disposition, should try to make
her hate
or despise her husband by holding artful conversations with her,
by telling
her about medicines for getting children, by talking to her
about other
people, by tales of various kinds, by stories about the wives of
other men,
and by praising her beauty, wisdom, generosity and good nature,
&c. (p! 130).
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King's and their ministers have no access to the abodes of
others, and
moreover their mode of living is constantly watched and observed
and
imitated by the people at large, just as the animal world,
seeing the sun rise,
get up after him, and when he sets in the evening, lie down
again in the
same way. Persons in authority should not therefore do any
improper act
in public, as such are impossible from their position, and would
be deserving
of censure. But if they find that such an act is necessary to be
done, they
should make use of the proper means as described in the
following para-
graphs. (p. 137).
The " means of gaining over the wives of others secretly,"
above alluded to, and to which Chapter v. is devoted, are
seven in number, and are in the case of a king generally per-
formed by go-betweens, and even by one of his own wives.
Persons in a less exalted position have not the same
difficulties
to encounter.
The head man of the village, the King's officer employed
there, * * *
can gain over female villagers simply by asking them. It is on
this account
that this class of women are called unchaste women by
voluptuaries.
In the same way the superintendents of cow pens enjoy the
women in the
cow pens; and officers, who have the superintendt nee of widows,
of women
who are without supporters, and of women who have left their
husbands,
have sexual intercourse with these women. The intelligent
accomplish
their object by wandering at night in the village, while
villagers also unite
with the wives of their sons, being much alone with them. Lastly
the
superintendents of markets have a great deal to do with female
villagers at
the time of their making purchases in the market.
In the sixth chapter the condition of the Women of the
Royal Harem is considered. " Some Kings, who are com-
passionate, take or apply certain medicines to enable them to
enjoy many wives in one night, simply for the purpose of
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satisfying the desire of their women," but as a rule the
women
do not " have their desires satisfied, because their only
husband
is common to many wives," and they "get men into their
apartments in the disguise or dress of women," or
Having dressed the daughters of their nurses, or their female
friends, or
their female attendants, like men, they accomplish their object
by means of
bulbs, roots, and fruits having the form of the Lingam, or they
lie down upon
the statue of a male figure, in which the Lingam is visible and
erect, (p, 142).
Men are counselled, however, not to enter the Royal Harem,
even though it may be easily accessible, on account of the
numerous disasters to which they may be exposed there, but
rather to look after their own wives. The nine causes of the
destruction of a woman's chastity are enumerated, and the
chapter and part terminate with the following moral:
A clever man, learning from the Shastras the ways of winning
over the
wives of other people, is never deceived in the case of his own
wives. No
one, however, should make use of these ways for seducing the
wives of
others, because they do not always succeed, and, moreover, often
cause
disasters, and the destruction of Dharma and Artha. This book,
which is
intended for the good of the people, and to teach them the ways
of guarding
their own wives, should not be made use of merely for gaining
over the
wives of others.
Part vi. about Courtezans was prepared by Vatsyayana from
a treatise written by Dattaka some two thousand years ago,
now apparently lost. "The Hindoos," observes Mr. Arbuthnot,
have ever had the good sense to recognise courtezans as a part
and portion of human society, and so long as they behaved
themselves with decency and propriety, they were regarded
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473
with a certain respect. Anywise, they have never been treated
in the East with that brutality and contempt so common in the
West, while their education has always been of a superior kind
to that bestowed upon the rest of womankind in Oriental
countries. In the earlier days the well-educated Hindoo
dancing girl * and courtezan doubtless resembled the Hetera
of the Greeks, and being educated and amusing, were far more
acceptable as companions than the generality of the married or
unmarried women of that period." (p. 149). It is evident that
no complete notion can be obtained of the private life of the
Hindus without taking the courtesan into consideration.
In the first chapter are discussed what kind of persons a
prostitute should form friendships with; what sort of men she
should resort to; what avoid; what her own characteristics
and qualities should be; by what means she may attach to
herself the man she desires.
" When a courtezan is living as a wife with her lover, she
should behave like a chaste woman, and do everything to his
satisfaction." This is the sound advice with which chapter 11.
opens, and which is entirely occupied by similar salutary
counsel,
at times somewhat Oriental in its tenour, to kept women living
with their protectors as their wives.
The third Chapter is a very curious one. In it are explained
* Compare the description of a Nautch Girl by Edward Sellon
at p. 74 of
fnlfrjr fct&rorum $rof>tbttornm.
kkk
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twenty-seven artifices for getting money from a lover; eight
ways in which a waning lover should be treated ; twenty-eight
means of getting rid of a lover.
When a courtezan abandons her present lover after all his
wealth is
exhausted, she may then consider about her re-union with a
former lover.
But she should return to him only if he has acquired fresh
wealth, or is still
wealthy, and if he is still attached to her. And if this man be
living- at the
time with some other woman she should consider before she acts.
This judicious advice forms the theme of Chapter iv. The
conditions of the man with whom she is about to re-unite her-
self are considered under six headings, and the means of gaining
him over occupy eleven paragraphs.
In Chapters v. and vi. we have a minute analysis of the gains
and losses which a courtesan may meet with, the doubts which
may perplex her, and finally a list of the different kinds of
courtesans. " Men want pleasure, while women want money,
and therefore, this Part, which treats of the means of gaining
wealth, should be studied." (p. 182).
In the two chapters which compose the seventh and last part,
numbered in error vi., advice is offered about Personal Adorn-
ment, the Marriage of Daughters of Courtesans, &c.; and recipes
are given for the composition of Love Philters and Aphrodisiacs.
Further, there are minute instructions concerning "Apadravyas>
or things which are put on or around the lingam to supplement
its length or its thickness, so as to fit it to the yoni," and
the
the kama sutra.
475
ways of enlarging the lingam itself are also related. Nor is
this all:
The people of southern countries think that true sexual
pleasure cannot be
obtained without perforating- the lingam, and they therefore
cause it to be
pierced like the lobes of the ears of an infant pierced for
earrings.
Now, when a young man perforates his lingam he should pierce
it with a
sharp instrument, and then stand in water so long as the blood
continues to
flow. At night he should engage in sexual intercourse, even with
vigour, so
as to clean the hole. After this he should continue to wash the
hole with
decoctions, and increase the size by putting into it small
pieces of cane, and
the wrightia antidysenterica, thus gradually enlarging the
orifice. It may
also be washed with liquorice mixed with honey, and the size of
the hole
increased by the fruit stalks of the sima-patra plant. The hole
should also
be annointed with a small quantity of oil.
In the hole made in the lingam a man may put Apadravyas of
various
forms, * * ». All these Apadravyas should be rough on the
outside
according to their requirements, (p. 190).
I terminate with regret this rather long analysis, which it
has
afforded me a real pleasure to make, and which I will conclude
by culling a paragraph or two from Mr. Arbuthnot's Concluding
Remarks.
Thus end («c), in seven parts, the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana,
which might
otherwise be called a treatise on men and women, their mutual
relationship,
and connection with each other.
It is a work that should be studied by all, both old and
young; the former
will find in it real truths, gathered by experience, and already
tested by
themselves, while the latter will derive the great advantage of
learning
things, which some perhaps may otherwise never learn at all, or
which they
45»
THE KAMA SUTRA.
may only learn when it is too late (" too late " those
immortal words of
Mirabeau) to profit by the learning.
It can also be fairly recommended to the student of social
science and of
humanity, and above all to the student of those early ideas,
which have
gradually filtered down through the sands of time, and which
seem to prove
that the human nature of to-day is much the same as the human
nature of
the long ago. * * * .
The author of the present work must also have had a
considerable
knowledge of the humanities. Many of his remarks are so full of
simplicity
and truth, that they have stood the test of time, and stand out
still as clear
and true as when they were first written, some eighteen hundred
years ago
As a collection of facts, told in plain and simple language,
it must be
remembered that in those early days there was apparently no idea
of
embellishing the work, either with a literary style, a flow of
language, or a
quantity of superfluous padding. The author tells the world what
he knows
in very concise language, without any attempt to produce an
interesting story.
From his facts how many novels could be written! Indeed much of
the
matter contained in parts m. iv. v. and vi., has formed the
basis of many of
the stories and the tales of past centuries.
And now, one word about the author of the work, the good old
sage
Vatsyayana. It is much to be regretted that nothing can be
discovered
about his life, his belongings, and his surroundings. At the end
of Part vn
he states that he wrote the work while leading the life of a
religious student
(probably at Benares) and while wholly engaged in the
contemplation of the
Deity. He must have arrived at a certain age at that time, for
throughout
he gives us the benefit of his experience, and of his opinions,
and these bear
the stamp of age rather than of youth; indeed the work could
hardly have
been written by a young man.
DE LA SODOMIE.
4 77
2B? ia &>C)tlOime et particulilrement de la Sodomie des
Femmes
distingu^e du Tribadisme par le R. P. Louis Marie Sinis-
trari d'Ameno auteur de la DSmonialiU Traduit du Latin
Paris Isidore Liseux, Editeur Quai Malaquais, n° 5 1883
Size of paper 6J by of letter-press 4^ by 2§ inches;
counts 4; pp. vi. and 104 with an unnumbered colophon ; title-
page printed in red and black, with publisher's vignette. This
is a translation of the Be ^>0UJ3mt'a CractatUS, noticed at
p. 20, ante. The volume forms No 5 of the Nouvelle Collection
Elzivirienne of which the issue was 150 copies each. As many
of these volumes have already become scarce, and the complete
set difficult to unite, it may be useful to note the titles of
the
different volumes: 1. le petit-^ebeu tie (Sricourt— 2. He
Cmtteet^n He la Zaffetta (p. xxvni. note $2,ante)—3. lesf
Catenas et Crintures tie Cfjasteti, with plates—4. la
Caitffa toelle puttane (p. xxi. note 21, ante)—6. Contesf
de Vasselier—7. Ha ^Uttaiia errante, poeme de Lorenzo
Veniero—8. ©outes $moureujr—9. le Zopptno (p. xx.
note 20, ante.)
At p. 444, ante, I have noticed one of the works comprised
in M. Liseux's Mtisie Secret du Bibliophile, the other works
are: leg dialogues lie lut'sa ^t'sea de Chorier (seule
traduction fidele du Meursius), 4 vols.—JzHUtnetS lUJTUrietl):
de Pietro Aretino, 1 vol.—les« ^agtonamentt de Pietro
Aretino, 6 vols, (p. xxvi. note 28, ante)—la Ca^an'a de
Vignale, i vol.
478
les idees morales des grecs.
As I have mentioned Octave Delepierre at some length in
the introduction to this volume, I may be excused for noticing
two minor works of his which have escaped the attention of his
bibliographer.* The first turns upon the subject which he had
already treated in $m'ttt Curies tiesf iflMUS $rtbieS ht
la
rewritten, and enlarged, as was his frequent custom:
©issertatton sur £es Jfoies Mo rales lies <&rers et sur le
Danger de lire Platon Par M. Aud£, bibliophile. Rouen
Chez J. Lemonnyer, Libraire Passage Saint-Herbland.
1879
Size of paper 7f by of letter-press 4f by 2f inches;
counts 4; pp. 20 ex titles; title-page printed in red and black,
with publisher's monogram and one short line; printed at
Evreux; 300 copies issued; green, printed outer wrapper.
This volume, which forms one of a well printed, well edited
series of CuriositSs Bibliographiques, was noticed at the time
of
♦ To the books &c. in which notices of Octave Delepierre
occur, noted at
foot of pp. xlv. and xlvi. ante, may be added: iflffUtfjSagtr
St* £>ttm«g de
Gand, p. 497; Utaemslcfje ilkijool, of Antwerp, p. 140 ; Souinal
tits Smif
arts!, de M. Siret, p. 133; Stymatum Eelgt, p. 188;
^olgbflbiton; all of
the year 1879.
t iii&tjr Etbrorum JJroljtbttorum, p. 472.
machine interessante.
479
its appearance as an "opuscule qui roule sur un sujet bien
scabreux, trait<£ d'ailleurs le plus ddcemment du monde." *
The other book, of an entirely different character, is :
Exposition Universelle de 1862, A Londres. 8ifeme Classe—
No. 273. iHarbme Jtttoslstaitte, Mouvement Rotatoire
Continu. Par M. E. Fossey, Ing^nieur Constructeur k
Lasarte (Espagne). Modifi^e par NepomucIne Chalon,
Grand Con-fesseur des Visitandines de Br£da. (Le systlme
modifii est brtveti en France et a PEtranger.) Lasarte.
1864.
Size of paper 6f by 4!, of letter-press 5 by 2f inches; no
signatures ; pp. 12; on title-page one plain and three graduated
lines; buff, printed outer wrapper; printed in London ; " Tir6
k 50 Exemplaires seulement."
The idea of this little jeu cC esprit suggested itself to O.
Delepierre on his reading a curious notice of a machine in the
London exhibition of 1862. The object around which his wit
sparkles may be easily divined from the following brief
extracts:
Les appareils generateurs destines aux Noes et a
l'alimentation des hauts-
fourneaux fdminins, ont et^ l'objetde nombreuses etudes, et ont
subi dans ces
derniers temps diverses transformations qu'il nous semble utile
de rappeler
sommairement, en faisant connaitre les inconvenients inherents k
chaque
syst&me.
* Hf Htbrt, bibliographie moderne, Nov. 1880, p. 323.
48Q
THE BOUDOIR—LE ROMAN DU CURi.
With a reference to a favourite writer of his, Schurigius,*
he then briefly glances at " les machines k cape, et sans cape,"
at the " vitesse convenable du piston moteur avec la lenteur
ndcessaire a remission de la machine subjective," at the
frequent
want of " la dur^e de la raideur, et cons£quement " of " l'effet
utile," &c. and continues :
M. E. Fossey * * * a cherche k eviter les inconvenients
signales, inherents
aux machines avec ou sans capes, en substituant k ces organes
vitaux, des
Dislribuieurs composes de disques meialiiques a mouvement
rolatoire continu. La
fonction de ces disques consiste k placer l'exterieur des
matrices vis-k-vis
d'un piston en caoutchouc, qui est mis en mouvement par des
canaux qui
chassent du lait fchauffd, dans le tuyau de refoulement ou
reservoir de
reception de la matiere, et produit le m&me effet que
l'^jaculation ordinaire.
The magazine noticed at p. 358, ante, is brought to a close
as
these sheets are being printed. It is complete in 6 parts,
pp. 192, and the title-page, surrounded by thin lines, and
bearing a vignette of an angel's head, and false impress and
date, is thus worded : CI)* iBdUtlOU'; A Magazine of Scandal,
Facetiae, etc. London. H. Smith, 37, Holywell Street. Printed
for the Booksellers, mdccclx.
1It Momait fctt Curi (p. 453, ante) of which, we are told,
no less than seven Belgian editions exist, was reprinted in
1884,
by Henry Oriol & Cie. of Paris.f
* Centum ILtbroruin SJfosicoitlittanun, pp. xvn. and 1 to 14.
t le SUbM, bibliographie moderne, No. for Sept. 1884, p. 557.
an eye-opener-catechisme des gens maries. 481
An English version of %X Cttatttir,* together with other
anti-clerical matter, will be found in :
3lt "Citateur, par Pigault." Le Brun, Doubts of
Infidels: embodying Thirty Important Questions to the
Clergy, also Forty Close Questions to the Doctors of
Divinity. By Zepa. Second Edition. Boston: William
White and Company, Banner of Light Office, 14 Hanover
Street.
8vo.; pp. 168; entered in the year 1871. The ignorant
misprinting on the title-page is sufficient to show that this
volume is more curious than valuable.
S. J. Pratt (p. 99, ante) appears to have derived his pseudo-
nym from his mistress, Mrs. Melmoth, " whose talents as an
actress were of such respectability as to procure a comfortable
subsistence for herself and friend."f
The Rouen edition of CatfdjlSmf iiesf i&art&,
mentioned at p. 453, ante, was published by J. Lemonnyer, in
* Centuria Stbrorum Sbtfconbitorum, p. 487.
t Cl)t <5robt a Satire, by T. J. Mathias ; £otr* antf lll
482 S>a3 tfloftet—©efjetmntfSe ber JtKftcr Sfeectyete.
1880; size of paper 7§ by 4f, of letter-press 4f by 2f inches
;
pp. 11. and 62 ex titles; title-page printed in red and black,
with
publisher's monogram; issue 400 copies ; no frontispiece.
I have erroneously noted ^fojfet * as complete in 10
vols, but 13 vols, are really required, of which the thirteenth
is
entitled: $licgcttfcctt &c. Stuttgart, 1850. To
these may be added, as supplement, ^djaijgtii&et,
8 parts, 1846 to 1848; and £)<*§ £rfialtjrtf)r, 5 vols., 1846
to
1847, V°1 dated in error 1876. Both were compiled and
published by J. Scheible, the latter with numerous
illustrations.
Mme. Caracciolo's i&pgfores toss Coubents iff Naples f
has been translated into German, and issued at Berlin, as:
(^ctjehttttifSc bet Sllijfter ; and into English as:
illemotrs of Henrietta Caracciolo, &c, London; Richard
Bentley, &c. 1864. 8vo. \ pp. x. 374 ; with a portrait of the
authoress.
The second volume of KPYIITAAIA, the noteworthy pub-
lication of which vol. 1. will be found noticed at p. 359, ante,
* Cmturia Etbrorum Sbsftontojtorum p. 498.
t Centuna Etbromm SbgconUttorum p. 506.
folklore—abishag. 483
reaches me in time to add briefly its contents; date 1884;
tir6 a 135 exemplaires numerous :
Folk-lore de la Haute-Bretagne.—Contes picards. 2de S^rie.—
Schwedische Schwanke und Aberglauben aus Norland.—
Anmerkungen.—Literatura popular erotica de Andalucia.—
Some erotic Folklore from Scotland.—Dictons et formulettes
de la Basse-Bretagne.—An erotic English Dictionary.—Le
poskocnica, sorte de Kolo ou ronde des Serbes.—Trois contes
alsaciens.—Glossaire cryptologique du breton,—Welsh Aedceo-
logie.
The passage given at p. 60, ante, was reprinted in October,
1884, with variation in the wording, and considerable augmen-
tation of details, 8vo. size, pp. 12, with a half-title only,
worded:
Suppressed Scenes from the Memoirs of Fanny Hill.
iji rQ>-^
I cannot better terminate this bibliographical attempt, in
which English fiction so largely figures, than by noticing two
tales which reach me as these pages are passing through the
press:
$Jjt8>Jja0; a Luscious Tale of a Successful Physiological
Search
after Rejuvenescence, Fully disclosing the Secret of the
only natural and true Elixir capable of effecting such a
desirable necessity. By David n. Jerusalem 1851.
Size of paper by 5, of letter-press 4| by 3 inches; counts 4;
pp. 24; two graduated lines on the title-page, which is printed
in red and black; "Limited to 166 Copies, viz., 16 Copies on
484
ABISHAG.
Whatman's Hand Made Paper, and 150 Copies on Ordinary
Toned Paper;" printed in London ; published in 1884.
This is a husband's confession of infidelity to his wife, and
the Elixir for rejuvenescence, promised on the title-page, is
nothing more than the contact of a young girl. Taking the
episode of David and Abishag for his text, the narrator tells us
how, tiring of his wife six months after marriage, he has con-
nection with Jemima, his servant maid, and continues the
intimacy for two years, until she gets a husband. As he grows
older his power of satisfying his wife diminishes, until he
seduces Jemima's successor, "a young orphan girl of about
eighteen, who has never been in service before," and finds
himself in a position to serve both mistress and maid. His
wife compliments him on his return of vigour, and enquires the
cause, which, after some hesitation, he discloses. His partner
expresses surprise that such girls can have so much influence,
but, being an accommodating woman, she determines to keep the
secret, and to profit by the discovery. On Polly's departure to
wed " a particularly well hung young butcher," she engages
another docile maid, " always making a change every three
months or so, as fresh girls are most effective." The idea of
a wife condoning, and even profiting by her husband's
libertinism,
if not strictly new, is at any rate not hackneyed, and a more
thorough, less flimsy treatment than in the volume before us
might have secured an attractive narrative. The constant use
randiana.
485
of obscene words is regrettable. " This book," we are told,
" is strictly true and the faithful result of the experiments of
the
Author." The volume closes with A Wife's Revenge a New
Tale of a Tub, an insignificant sketch occupying only 3 pages,
&an&t'ana; or Excitable Tales; being the Experiences of An
Erotic Philosopher. New York: mdccclxxxiv.
Size of letter-press 5 by 3 inches ; counts 4; pp. 127;
title-
page printed in red and black, with a triangular fleuron and a
—o—; " Limited to 150 Copies," of which the few on hand
made paper measure 7 by inches ; the half-title reads: The
Experiences of a Cunt Philosopher.
Each one of the twenty-four chapters into which this enter-
taining volume is divided contains a "little love affair,"
briefly
but cleverly told, of which the author is the hero. None of
these adventures go beyond the strictly possible, most of them
indeed, with due allowance for admissible colouring, might well
have happened to any man about town possessed of money,
nerve and winning ways. Nevertheless, the author must pardon
me for avowing scepticism when he affirms: " I am a plain
matter of fact man, and relate only that which is strictly true,
so that no matter how singular some of my statements may
appear to those who have never passed through a similar
experience, the avouchment that it is a compendium of pure
fact may serve to increase the zest with which I hope it may be
486
RANDIANA.
read." I hesitate, for instance, to believe to the full in
the
magic efforts of Pinero Balsam, and the use with impunity of
such an aphrodisiac; or in such scenes as the flagellation
orgies
practised by Father Peter, of St. Martha of the Angels, South
Kensington (the veil is too transparent to need lifting); or in
the bold adventure with the virtuous Mrs. Leveson. The very
improbability of these scenes will no doubt be considered by
some as a mark of originality, and the volume will assuredly
be hailed as a boon by all philosophers of the same order as
the author. I have but to add that this well written and care-
fully printed little book may be offered as a veritable bonne
bouche after the many tedious, talentless bawdy tales which have
been noticed in the foregoing pages.
Authorities poNsuLTED
ON QUOTING AUTHORITIES.
Unless you've read it with your eyes
Set nothing down, nor ought surmise.
Imagination leads to lies
In Bibliography. The wise
Know well this golden rule to prize.
But if a beaten path you tread,
(You surely must if much you've read)
And needs must say what has been said,
Give your Authority—be terse—
Quote Author, Title, Chapter, Verse,
That each one to the fountain head
At once and surely may be led,
And read himself what you have read.
P. F.
j>t J^ist of ^Authorities Ponsulted.*
&fifatre titt (SratrtJ ^cantfale te BortJeaur avec L'acte
d'accusation in-
extenso. Sans coupure, tel q j'il a ete lu i l'audience et
qu'aucun journal n'a
reproduit int^gralement k cause des details immoraux qu'il
contient. Bordeaux
Emile Pellerin, i88i A pamphlet of pp. 52; partly double
columns.
H'Sffatre %ia ©ajrtfcJJte tjr. Proces intentd par M. Le Comte
Girolamo
Mastai neveu de Pie ix par devant le Tribunal civil de
Montpellier
Audience des Jeudis 4 et 11 Mai 1882 Chez Tous les Libraires de
France
mdccclxxxix Printed by Collombon et Brule, Paris; counts 4; pp.
70, and
one unnumbered page of Jugement.
SJjjgrabating £attteg being a list of works published under
the pseudonym
of " A Lady," with preliminary suggestions on the art of
describing books
bibliographically. By Olphar Hamst London Quaritch 1880. 8vo.;
pp. S&
In spite of a somewhat misleading title, this pretty little
volume is strictly
bibliographical, and embodies some of Mr, Ralph Thomas's
experiences and
suggestions on cataloguing, pseudonyms, &c., which are worth
careful con-
sideration. Noticed in fiotea antf (Qitmcsi, 6s., 11. 280.
3l%emeine6 ©efef)tten-lLe)rtcott fjerauSgegefceit soon
Christian Gottlieb Jochsr
1750- 4to. with continuation by Johann Christoph Adelung.
American Utterature An Historical Sketch 1620—1880 by John
Nichol,
LL.D. Edinburgh A. and C. Black 1882 Large 8vo.; pp. xii. 472.
* See also Centurta fttOiorum SbseonUttorum, pp. 477 to 518;
and fnttej:
Hibroruin Urofjtbitorum, pp. 439 to 476.
mmm
49°
authorities consulted.
ft'Smour Cinquifeme Edition Paris Hachettk i861 i2mo.; author
J.
Michelet.
&nonj>n«!S, P^tuSongmes ft J&upcrclKrieg llittfratrea ftt la
J3rob?n£f ancienne
et moderne par Robert Reboul. Marseille, Marius Lebon, 1878. No
signa-
tures ; pp. 445, with 1 page of Table unnumbered. Forms a
supplementary
vol. to the 1872 edition of the Anonymes of Barbier.
Cfte flnti^uarian IHaga^tne JSibKograpfjer. Edited by Edward
Walford,
M.A. London: William Reeves. The first No. appeared in January,
1882.
®f)t ^ntiquarg : A Magazine devoted to the Study of the Past.
Edited
by Edward Walford, M.A. London ■. Elliot Stock. The first number
appeared in January, 1880.
?L'&rt B'Stmer fttsf ILtbreg et de les connaitre lettres k un
jeune bibliophile
par Jules Le Petit Eaux-Forles de Alfred Gerardin Paris Se vend
chez
l'Auteur 1884 "Cent exemplaires de luxe" contain "une double
6preuve,
tiree en bistre, de chaque eau-forte."
Stytnatum J3elge.
aiugujStt $ouleUjfflalag*tg—Stbltograpijte 38cs>crtpttbe et ^necBotiijut des
Ouvrages ecrits ou publies par lui Par Un Bibliophile Ornais
Paris
Rouquette. Libraire 57, Passage Choiseul, 57 1883 8vo.; pp. v.
45 ex
titles; title in red and black, with an allegorical fleuron and
the letters PM;
" Tire k 100 Exemplaires numerates." This pamphle is from the
pen of the
Cte G. de Contades, who has since contributed an interesting
biographical
notice of Auguste Poulet-Malassis, enriched with a portrait of
that publisher
by Gaujean.* The Btbliographie was favourably noticed, by an
esteemed
* %s Etort, bibliographic ancienne, Mars, 1884.
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
critic, as a " travail, aussi int^ressant que consciencieux."
* Although the
author teils us in the preface to his Bibliographic, that: "
Certains des
documents qui la composent ont ete pour nous 1'objet de
recherches
laborieuses," he has not, I believe, in every instance made his
notes with
the books themselves before him ; and I make bold to point cut a
few
instances in which the information given is not in accord with
the volumes
in my possession. These suggestions may perhaps be deemed worthy
of
verification with a view to adoption in a new edition of the
Bibliographie,
which is already required, the first small issue being entirely
out of print. I
follow the chronological order adopted in the pamphlet:
1866. ^iEubfesf Uc SJk^efeotff, pagination given : xxxiv-216
et 164 pages.
In the copy before me I find: part 1. pp. xxxiv. and 210, plus 1
page of Errata,
1 page of Table, and 1 page of Catalogue, all unnumbered; part
11. pp. 159,
plus x page of Table, 1 of Catalogue, all unnumbered. Reckoning
those of
the first part together (exclusive of the preface which is
correctly given) we
have: pp. 212 or at most pp. 214.
1867. &upatm, pagination given 178 pages. The copy before me
has :
pp. xii. of Avanl-propos and 169, plus 1 page of Table and 3
pages of Catalogue,
all unnumbered. Further, Lupanieis noted as " in-32," although
it counts 4,
and is serial with the (Euvres de Blessebois, above mentioned,
which is des-
cribed as " in-18."
1864. le $3ama£s£St £>atimqut Uu ttf«neubttmc aifcclt,
pagination given for
vol. n. 262 pages. In my copy there are pp. 250 with 1
unnumbered page
of Errata. Further, there is one frontispiece only, not two. No
mention is
made of the copies on China paper.
1866. %t fioubeau Satjmqut should have one frontispiece by
F. Rops, which is not mentioned.
1864-1866. 3Le Cjjeatu lErotiqut, the preface is signed Brisacier, not
* ILe Etbrf, bibliographie moderne, Juin, 1884, p. 382.
49°
authorities consulted.
" Brizacier " as given. Omission again of any mention of the
copies on
" grand papier—Hollande et Chine " as announced in the catalogue
affixed
to Lupanie. The remark that this " est peut-etre le plus
licencieux des
ouvrages publies en Belgique par Poulet-Malassis " is certainly
open to doubt.
1866. Slcibtatle. I believe this publication to belong to
Jcles Gay : see
his 33tbltograpi)te ties oubrageS relattfcs a t'amour, vol i, p.
55, and fJcocte ties
3£taietfcS. In one of his son's catalogues it is given as: "
traduit en frangais
par M. C . . . professeur frangais." There is an edition of
Alciliade of the
same year, "in-18," pp. xx and 120, on "papier verge," with an
obscene
frontispiece, word for word the same as the edition under
notice, and
evidently reprinted from it; possibly this is the publication of
Poulet-Malassis.
1866. JJotnt tie EentJemam, although serial with (Euvres de
Blesseiois and
Lupanie (see above) is given as " in-16."
1867. Contes fioubeaup is the only work of Andrea de Nerciat
noted,
although we read in the Avant-Propos: " Une edition des ceuvres
de Nerciat
format in-18, papier verge, est prdsentement en cours de
publication. Les
ouvrages parus sont: Contes jHoubeauv, 1 vol. avec portrait
in&lit—
fjobutat, 2 vols, avec 2 fig. libres sur acier—He 33table au
Corps, 3 vols,
avec 12 fig. libres sur acier—HeS SpfyrotiitcS, 4 vols, avec
huit fig. libres sur
acier—!Le Soctorat Impromptu." These were all published by
Poulet-
Malassis in conjunction with Briard, the printer, and Lecrivain
(See
Stbliogtapfytt, Gay). In fact nearly all the obscene works
published in
Belgium between 1866 and 1869, when Poulet-Malassis dropped out
of the
partnership, were done by the trio; and their volumes are easily
recognisable
by their clever avant-propos, style of printing,
1867. ©n 4 la Campagne has a frontispiece by F. Rops, not mentioned.
1867. ©rgant, which is same size as (Euvres de Blessebois, is
given as
"in-32." In fact, all these little books were styled " Format
Cazin, in-32,"
by the publisher himself in his Bulletin Crimegtnel, which
should be studied
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
by all who seek to reconstitute the list of works brought
into the world by
Auguste Poulet otherwise Poulet-Malassis. The space necessary
for all
M. de Contades' omissions cannot here be granted; I cannot
however pass
over in silence %ts ©abltaup :JM«u«f tiu ©empsf, one of
Poulet-Malasois'
most important publications, but which is not included in the
Bibliographie.
Uutl)onf anti tfjet'r 22Hor&4 with dates being the Three
Appendices to " The
Reader's Handbook" by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. London
Chatto and Windus 1884 The Appendices which form this volume are
the
completion of those added to the $}anttboob, see that title,
post.
Sutfjorsf of tftc 20 a»; or List of the Literary Profession,
for 1879, edited
by Wm. Hooe. London: W. Poole. 1879. A pamphlet published at one
shilling.
&ut|)0t£f)(|> & publication: A Concise Guide for Authors in
matters
relating to Printing and Publishing. London: Wyman. 1882. 8vo.;
pp. vm.
and 98: illustrated.
ftttf &utograpf)6 et le gout des autographes en France et &
l'Etranger par
M. De Lescure Paris J. Gay 1805 Large 8vo.; pp. xii. and 344.
Stbltograpfjual jiotti by James Campbell 3 vols.; MS. Two of
the
volumes are devoted to free books generally, the third is
composed ex-
clusively of jiottd on the illustrated editions of Erotic Works
in my Collection, and
is prefaced by the following remarks: " In making this
Collection I have
found so much difficulty from the impossibility of obtaining
accurate in-
formation on the subject, that it has occured to me it may be
useful to
retain a record that can be depended on of the works contained
in the
Collection. For obvious reasons the difficulty in procuring
these books
is daily increasing. The information contained in the Works on
Biblio-
graphy is very defective regarding them, and being generally
given at
nnn
49°
authorities consulted.
second hand is often very erroneous. In these notes nothing
is stated
that has not been verified by reference to the works themselves,
which with
two or three exceptions are still in my possession. The
title-pages are
given in full."
JJtbltograpfju Cl£ruo*®alantf Ouvrages Galants ou Singuliers
sur l'Amour,
les Femmes, le Mariage le Theatre, Etc. Ecrits parades Abbes,
Pr£tres,
Chanoines, Religieux, Religieuses, Eveques, Archeveques,
Cardinaux et
Papes par L'Apotre Bibuografhe Paris M.-A. Laporte 1879 8vo.;
pp.
xxvm. and 178. The publisher is also the author. The first 28
pages of
Introduction were issued separately, in 1879, as : i?fatoir«
U'une 33tbltograpf)tt
C(h-fco?®alante.
fitblujgrapijtf Sea J3tbltograpl)wal par Leon Vallee Paris
Em. Terquem
1883 Large 8vo.; pp. vi. and 773 ; double columns.
JStbltograpiju tf« flmptetfgtansi fHuroscoptquesS par Ch,
Nauroy Paris
Charavay 1881 Small 8vo.; pp. 125 with Table unnumbered; printed
at
Abbeville ; issue 250 copies.
JStbltograpIjte fNaqurtted 3ftomantiqufS par Ch. Nauroy Paris
Charavay
1882 Small 8vo.; pp. 124; printed at Le Havre; issue 260 copies.
33ibltograpf)ie frottque A manuscript catalogue by Edouard
Tricotkl,
begun June 27, 1871, and written throughout by him in a clear,
fine hand-
writing. It contains 1797 articles—careful and exact
descriptions of erotic
books which had passed through his hands, without any critical
appreciations.
$tbltograpf)tt ©htfrale tots ©aulta repertoire systematique
et alphabetique
des ouvrages, memoires et notices concernant 1'histoire, la
topographie, la
religion les antiquites et la langue de la gaule }usqu'& la fin
du v® sifecle par
Ch.-Emile Ruelle Paris Chez l'Auteur The first part of this
work, still in
course of publication, appeared in 1880.
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
fta JStbltograpfju Laurie Par L'Apotre Bibliographk A
Cocupolis et A
Paris 1880 8vo.; pp. 103 ex title, plus 1 page of Post-Face
unnumbered ;
yellow, printed outer wrapper. This bibliography of cuckolds was
compiled
and published by M.-A, Laporte.
3Stbltograpf)te Rationale Dictionnaire des ^crivains Beiges
et Catalogue
de leurs Publications 1830-1880 Bruxelles P. Weissenbruch This
dictionary
was commenced in 1882, and is still in course of publication.
J3tbltograpl)te Jiafeonnie ft Urattque—@ntHe Su Stbratrr-^fattquatre et du
Bibliophile par J. De Beauchamps et Ed. Rouveyrr Paris
Rouveyre &
Blond 1882 8vo.; double cols.; illustrated with facsimiles of
bindings &c.;
in course of publication.
Cfje SJtbltograpfjer A Journal of Book-Lore. London: Elliot
Stock The
first No. of this noteworthy journal saw the light at Xmas.
1881, since which
it has appeared regularly under the able editorship of Mr. Henry
B.
Wheatley.
a BtbltograpijU of JJtblwgniptig or a Handy Book about Books
which relate
to Books By Joseph Sabin New York J. Sabin & Sons 1877 No
signatures;
usual 8vo. size; pp. cl. Joseph Sabin was an accomplished
bibliographer,
but an unsuccessful man of business. His first start was in
Oxford, where
he failed. He then went to the United States, where he failed
twice. He
expired at Brooklyn, June 5, 1881.
%t JJtbIiopf)tIe Gazette illustree des Amateurs et
Bibliophiles des deux
mondes. In course of publication by G. Brunox of Paris.
33tbIiotf)tta Slrtana seu Catalogus Librorum Penetralium
London Geobgk
Redway mdccci.xxxiv A catalogue of erotic books of all kinds, in
course of
publication.
49°
AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
J3ibUotf)«ca Curiosa A Descriptive Catalogue of The Library
of Andrew
J. Odell, of New York. The whole of which will it Sold at
Auction By Bangs
& Co., No 656 Broadway, New York, November 18th &c. New York
mdccclxxviii. 2 vols. This remarkable and artistically printed
catalogue was
noticed in €f)» I,tbrarj> journal, ni. 307; Cije ^oo&StUtr, Nov.
5, 1878; &c.
tttbltotfityut Internationale tie I'Sct—ftes Htbrea 4
drabure* Bu xvi®
%t» HsntbttmeS tt'Slriat par George Duplessis Paris J. Rouam
1884 An
illustrated pamphlet of pp. 62, with 6 unnumbered pages of
titles and Tables.
Ut Btograptyt: publication mensuelle illustree en
photographie. Bordeaux
et Paris. 1873-74; 3 livraisons; 8vo. Author Joseph de
Chaignolles.
Cf)e SoofcEofttr'* Utrcf)irittion: Thoughts on the Solace and
Companion-
ship of Books, &c. By Alexander Ireland. London: Simpkin. 1883.
8vo.;
with three illustrations.
Cf)t J3ooft of tfjc €[)ousiairt Jitgfyts autt <3at &i$l)t:
now first completely
done into English prose and verse from the original Arabic, by
John Payne
London: mdccclxxxii. Before the completion of the publication
this excellent
translation rose to three or four times the original
subscription.
&a J8oud)tBe iHattame X*** Paris E Dentu 1882 One of the best
of
M. Adolphb Belot's novels, containing some noteworthy remarks
upon
matters outside the story.
i3n>nii's iStctionarp of Dainttr* anti liitgrabetf. New
Edition. Edited by
Robert Edmund Graves London : George Bell. In course of
publication.
bulletin Jftt Ca$mopl)ilf Periode Initiale du Petit Format a
Vignettes et
Figures Collection Cazin par A. Corroenne Paris E Rquveyre
mdccclxxx
Of this pretty little volume, of pp. 240, only 377 copies were
printed. A
notice on Cazin by the same author will be found in ^tsctllantet
SKblto*
grapptquot, n. 140. See also p. 498, post.
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Catalogue D'utte Collection De Xtbress aitctcnsi et JHoDerne*
rares et curieux
avec Notes Historiques et Bibliographiques par Jacques Piazzoli
Milan
Dumolard 1878. 8vo.; pp. xxxi. and 430. Contains much useful
information
about modern foreign free literature.
Catalogue D'une collection Be Itbrea curicuv, faceties,
ouvrages ^rotiques
mcmoires et anecdotes secretes, dissertations pour et contre les
temmes, sur
le mariage etc. provenant de la bibliothfeque d'un amateur
distingu6 M.S....
de S........ Lavente se fera Lundi le 8 Mars 1875 par le ministfere de
M. G. Salomon Commissaire priseur k Dresde Seestrasse 3. A
very re-
markable catalogue, of pp. 19, and 625 arts., comprising some
very rare
French novels, besides an interesting list of German erotic
fiction.
Catalogue D'une jolte collection De &tbrt£ ftare4 et Curteu;
dont la Vente
aura lieu 30 Novembre, ier et 2 D&embre 1871 Par le ministere de
M® Delbergue-Cormont Paris This catalogue, now scarce, of the
library
of M. Charles Monselet, is valuable on account of the numerous
biblio-
graphical notes which it contains.
Catalogue De &ranDS <©ut>rages sur les Beaus-Arts les
Belles-Lettres et
THistoire composant la bibliothfeque de feu M. Michelot (de
Bordeaux) La
vente aura lieu 7 et 8 Fevrier 1881 Paris Adolphe Labitte 1881
Contains
many rare and curious books.
Catalogue De Xtbre* Snaens et |BoBerne$ provenant de la
Bibliotheque de
M. J. De Chaignolles Paris Leon Techener 1875
Catalogue Dei Etbrea de la Bibliothbque de feu M. le Comte Du
Bois du
Bais, Paris, Chasles, 1882. 8vo. The sale took place in May,
1882.
Catalogue Deal fLtbre* SMfenDu* par la Commission Imperiale
et Royals,
Jusqu'A I'annie 1/86. Bruxelles. m.dcc.lxxxviii. 8vo.; pp. 91. A
very
scarce and most valuable catalogue of prohibited books, German,
French
and English.
ooo
49°
AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Catalogue tresS ifianuScnW anglats de la Bibliothfeque
Nationale Par
Gaston Raynaud Paris H. Champion 1884. A pamphlet of pp. 30.
a Catalogue of Choice, &are, antt Curious JSoofiS, selected
from the stock
of Trubner & Co. London. 8vo.; pp. 192; double cols.; in 12
Nos., from
January, 1874, to May, 1875 ; edited by James Bohn, who enriched
it with
many useful bibliographical notes.
Catalogue of dPtbe feunKreW Celebrated Sfotfjoti of Great Britain now
Living.
Catalogue of tije 3Eften£ii>e anil Valuable Etbraro, formed
by Hon. George
H. Holliday, of Carlinville, 111. sold by Auction, October 10th,
and the
following days, by Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co., New York. An
excellent
catalogue, compiled in 1870, by Mr. J. W. Bouton of New York.
Catalogue of tf)e Valuable Collection of $utures attH library
of the late
Frederick Foster Quin, Esq., M.D. Sold by Messrs Christie,
Manson &
Woods January 22, 1879.
Ca£m Sa Tit et SeS tltritumS Par Un Cazinophile Cazinopolis
m.dccclxiii.
This charming little volume, printed at Chalons, and compiled by
Brissakt-
Binet, bookseller of Reims, is now scarce.
Centum Htbrorutn $b£(ontottorum: Being Notes
Bio-Biblio-Icono-graphical
and Critical, on Curious and Uncommon Books. By Pisanus Fraxi,
London :
Privately Printed: mdccclxxix. 4to. j pp. lx. 593 and 2
unnumbered pages
of Sodom and Contents; an etched frontispiece by John Lewis
Brown, and
five facsimiles; issue 250 copies; serial with the present
volume. In a few
copies, presented to friends of the author, are inserted,
between pp. 402
and 403, three unnumbered pages describing an album of
water-colour
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
drawings by C, A. Coypel. This work and the faUtjr Etbrotum
|Jrof)ibitoram,
to which it forms a sequel, are noticed, referred to, or quoted
from, in the
following publications: Cf)e ScaBtmg, February 7, 1880, p. 104;
Xtbve,
bibliographie retrospective, 1. pp. 9, 107, bibliographie
moderne, Nov. 1880,
p. 323; ®§e gaturilag Stebtefo, February 7, 1880, p. 196;
StoaepI) ©ctabt
©tlepwrrt, p. 45; JSulItttn Uu J3tbltopf)tle, Nos. for
March-April and Sept.-
Oct., 1879; ©f>e J3tbliograpf)tr, April, 1884, p. 137;
3£tofoIanii3on tfje
Caricaturist, n. 4125 Catalogue Michelot, art. 3391;
28tbItotl)jca Srtana;
and finally ?ffttltt£ Be la dHasellatton, Bruxelles Gay et
Douce, 1879, in which
pp. 112 to 126 are a digest of the matter upon the subject of
flagellation
contained in the two works in question.
Cljt CfjatttptottsS of tl)t Cfyutcl): Their Crimes and
Persecutions. By
D. M. Bennett. New York: D. M. Bennett. 1878. 8vo.; pp. 1119;
with portrait of the author. The last article on Anthony
Comstock was
issued in a separate form.
©f)e Cljotee of Soofes. By Charles F. Richardson. London :
Sampson
Low. 1881. 8vo.; pp. iv. and 222.
C&romque iu Crime et 5e Ffanotencej &c. Par J.-B. J.
Champagnac.
Paris. Menard. 1833. 8vo.; 8 vols. This remarkable collection of
causes
c'elelres has become very rare.
Cormai&sanf t* necfcfatrtf a un U tbliop^ile par Edouard
Rouveyre Troisifeme
Edition Ouvrage accompagne de sept planches &c. Paris Rouveyre
1879
Copied taken from tf>e 3& worts of tire Court of
Sing'^JScntl), at West-
minster ; The original Office-Books of the Secretaries of State,
remaining in
the Paper, and Secretaries of State's Offices, or from the
Originals under
Seal. Of Warrants issued by Secretaries of State, for seizing
Persons sus-
pected of being guilty of various Crimes, particularly, of being
the Authors,
49°
authorities CONSULTED.
Printers and Publishers of Libels, from the Restoration to
the present Time.
And also, Copies of several Commitments, by Secretaries of
State, of
Persons charged with various Crimes, during that Period. London
: Printed
in the Year m.dcc.lxhi. 4t0.; pp. 80 ex title-page; 169 articles
in all.
This volume wa.s printed by Government for the use of the
officers of the
Crown in the prosecution of Wilkes. It contains Warrants for the
seizure
of property, and apprehension of persons guilty, or suspected,
of High
Treason, Illegal Correspondence, Robberies, Dangerous Designs
against
Government, False and Seditious News, Seditious Words against
his Majesty,
General Treasonable and Dangerous Practices, 6r>c; also, "
Artificers going
Abroad with an Intent to teach and exercise their respective
Trades out of
his Majesty's Dominions," Holders of Arms and Warlike Stores,
Publishers
of " seditious and treasonable Maps and Prints, with large
Explanations of
the same," Persons publishing and selling " lewd and infamous
Books and
Prints, within the Cities of London and Westminster, to the
great Scandal
of Religion and good Government," and various other delinquents.
In a
paper communicated to the Philobiblon Society, entitled: 3Seg
HtbrtS
©oiiBamnte au^Ttu tn MngUtevve, Octave Delepierre, without
clearly indicating
the source whence he obtained his information, made mention of
some of the
principal judgments in this volume; an alphabetical table of the
publications
and persons condemned may nevertheless be useful:
Books, Pamphlets, Periodicals, Prints, dw.
©f)C Sgmable Contrast between theformidable fohn of Ganf, and
Don Carlos,
of Southern Extraction, " Treasonable Print;" warrant dated
Sept. 28,
1749, and signed by Holles Newcastle.
Wl)t !Slci)»mt£it, or Weekly Laboratory, by Joshua Boyle,
Esq.; No. 21,
Saturday, June 4, 1737. " A treasonable, scandalous, and
seditious Libel";
June 16, 1737. Holles Newcastle.
&ritinug Hetftbftmg, or the Lady's Academy, translatedfrom
the Original French,
by Philo-Cunnus, Posture Professor, in the University of Paphos,
adorned with
twenty-four curious Copper-plates. " A most obscene and infamous
Book; "
April 5, 1745. Harrington.
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
ascanius, or the Young Adventurer. " A treasonable Pamphlet."
January 3,
1746—7. Holles Newcastle.
Buckingham. The second Volume of the QSforitf of John
Sheffield, Duke of
Buckingham. Sold by John Barber, Alderman of London. Jany 26,
1722—3.
Carteret.
Constitutional g&umes, earnestly recommended to the serious
Consideration of
every true Briton. "A false, malicious, wicked and seditious
Libel."
Jany. 23, 1750—1. Holles Newcastle.
a Continuation of tf)t JSUbtefo of tf)C fetStorg of
lEngtantt, and of the several
Titles and Successions of the Kings of England, since the
Conquest. " A treason-
able Libel." Jany. 31, 1723-24. Carteret.
®f)C Countrn Sfournal of the Craftsman, No. 158, July 12,
1729; published
by R. Franclin. "A false, scandalous, and seditious Paper."
Warrant
signed by Holles Newcastle.
©fje Country journal, or the Craftsman, by Caleb D'Anvers, of
Gray's
Inn, Esq. No. 23s, Jany. 2, 1730; No. 236, Jany. 9, 1730,
published by Ann
Dodd, Elizabeth Nutt, and Ann Smith. " False, scandalous and
seditious
Libels." Jany. 9, 1730—1. Harrington.
©l)e Datl» $o*t, No. 6,504, July 12, 1740; No. 8,099, Aug-
16, 1745.
" A scandalous and seditious Libel." Warrants signed by Holles
Newcastle.
©fje 3i«larattonS of tfje flretentter to his Majesty's Crown,
or of his Son.
" Treasonable Libels." Nov. 10, 1745. Harrington.
a 3Btf«ttt of tf)e U—, in Answer to what is commonly called
his M—y's
Most Gracious Speech. " A scandalous and seditious Libel; issued
by Thomas
Kelsale. April 4, 1715. Townshend.
lie ©rimtate Uebina. " A blasphemous and atheistical Libel."
May 21,
1723. Carteret.
a ©talogue bettoeett ©foomas Stones, a life^guarB JHait, anK
3of)it £im'tf|,
late a Serjeant in the first Regiment of Foot-Guards, just
returnedfrom Flanders.
"A scandalous and seditious Libel." Nov. 14, 1743; March 8,
1748—9.
Holles Newcastle.
PPP
49°
authorities consulted.
dTlping " A scandalous and seditious Pamphlet; " published
by John Baker. August 21, 1714. W. Bromley,
dfog'tf OTee&It? journal, No. 177, March 25, 1732; No. 258,
Oct. 13,
1733; No. 7, July 16, 1737. "A false, scandalous, and seditious
Libel."
Holles Newcastle ; Harrington.
©f)t dfmJjolBn'g journal, No. 4, Feby. 7, 1721 ; Supplement,
March 21;
No. 10, March 23, 1721 ; No. 16, April 25, 1722; and May 23,
1722.
" A seditious, scandalous, and traiterous Libel; printed by T.
Sharpe in Ivy
Lane, published by T. Payne, at the Crown in Pater-noster-Row."
Warrants signed Carteret, and Townshend.
Cl)t ©enutnc journal, &c. "A treasonable and seditious
Pamphlet."
May 12, 1753. Holles Newcastle.
©fje fislaitti of %talanU. "Avery seditious and treasonable
Pamphlet."
June 10, 1755. T. Robinson.
9 Uttter from a ©mtltman tn tfjf iftint to his Friend in
London. " A Book
or Pamphlet; " supposed Author W. Moore. August 9, 1717.- J.
Addison.
& JUtlcr from fj— &—g, iSsq., one of the Gentlemen of the
Bedchamber to
the young Chevalier. " A scandalous, seditious and treasonable
Pamphlet."
Dec. 6, 1749. Holles Newcastle.
Cije Honfcon lEbtnutg f^oSt, No. 1976, from July 10 to July
12,1740; No.
3736, from Sept. 20, to Oct. 1, 1751; No. 3918, from Dec. 7, to
Dec. 9,
1752; No. 4585, from Sept. 7, to Sept. 10, 1754; warrants signed
by
Holles Newcastle ; " No. 4585 containing* under Colour of a
Letter, dated
Cambridge, July 29, 1754, a most audacious, seditious and
treasonable Libel
upon the Revolution, and the Settlement of the present
Government made
in Consequence of it." Signed Holdernesse.
Itontfon ©ajcttetr, No. 64, Feb. 16, 1749; No. 1204, Dec. 26,
1752.
" A false, scandalous, and seditious Libel" Holles Newcastle,
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Cf)* lopal 3£Ubolutton, <5w. The History of the 2Q Fears
Rebellion and
Usurpation, and his Majesty's Letter to the Rev. Mr. Charles
Lesley. Printed
and published by Harry Cheap. "Treasonable Libels." Feb 6,
1717—8.
Sunderland.
a fHanual of SBebout UragtrS anti Ut&ottonS, for every Day in
the Week,
Morning and Evening, fitted for all Persons and Occasions. In
which are con-
tained, an Explanation of the principal Festivals throughout the
Year ; the Pro-
fession of Faith ; the Order of the Holy Mass, in Latin, and
English, the Method
of saying the Rosary, 6r*c. Ijmdon, printed and sold by J.
Marmaduke, Book-
seller, in May's Buildings, St. Martin's Lane, m.dcc.l. " A
Book." Nov. 27,
1750. Holles Newcastle.
jintmotrg of dfanng Uttl. Warrant dated March 15, 1749-50.
Holles
Newcastle. And another for
©f)e fHtmotrg of a SUHoman of fHtasfure. " To make strict and
diligent
Search for the Author, Printer and Publishers of a most obscene
and
infamous Book, entitled, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, of
whom you
shall have Notice, and him, them, or any of them, having found,
you are to
seize and apprehend, for writing, printing, and publishing the
said most
obscene and infamous Book, and to bring him or them, together
with such
of the said Books as you shall find in his or their Custody,
safe before me,
to be examined concerning the Premises, and further dealt with
according to
Law. Nov. 8, 1749. Holles Newcastle. In neither warrant are the
names mentioned of the Author, Publisher, or Printer.
SDl)t iHtmorial of t^e Cfjuref) of 3EnjjIati». " A seditious
Libel; " published
by George Strahan, and William Shiers, Gent. Two warrants, Jany.
19
and Jany. 25, 1705—6. Rob. Harley.
fKfrrglanti. "To make a strict and diligent Search for the
Authors,
Printers, and Publishers of a most obscene and infamous Book of
Prints,
entitled, & compleat dett of Charts of tljr Coasts of
fHerrglantl, wherein are
exhibited all the Ports, Harbours, Creeks, Bays, Rocks, Sands,
Settings, Bearings,
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AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Gulphs, Promontories, Limits, Boundaries, &>c. of whom you
shall have Notice,
and them, or any of them, having found, you shall seize and
apprehend, for
engraving and publishing the said most obscene and infamous
Book, &c.
April 5, 1745. Harrington.
f&iiVi W&ttklo journal, No. 17s, Aug. 24, 1728. " A
treasonable,
scandalous and seditious Libel;" printed by Burton. Two
warrants, Aug. 25,
and Sept 1, 1728; both signed by Holles Newcastle.
hottest ftrmarkg on the Bishop of London's several Discourses
preached in the
Temple Church, and lately published in two Volumes, Octavo; in a
letter to Ait
Lordship; with a Postcript, containing Dr. Sherlock's Creed,
faithfully extracted
from his own Writings. "A most impious and blasphemous
Pamphlet."
Jany 10, 1756, Holdernesse.
jHovnuig auti j8tfff)t f}rajm% with the Litanies and Prayers,
recommended to
le said in Catholic Families, in Latin and English: London,
printed and sold by
J. Marmaduke, Bookseller, in May's Buildings, St. Martin's Lane,
m.dcc.li. " A
Popish Book." Dec. 5, 1750. Holles Newcastle.
Cf>t jlortf) Jkttott, No. 45, April 23,1763. " A seditious
and treasonable
Paper," and " a most infamous and seditious Libel, tending to
inflame the
Minds, and alienate the Affections, of the People from his
Majesty, and to
excite them to traiterous Insurrections against the Government."
Two
warrants, April 26,1763, signed Dunk Hallifax ; and April 30,
1763, signed
by Egremont and Dunk Halifax. Kearslv the Publisher and Balfe
the
Printer having declared that Wilkes was the author of this
Paper, and the
Person who directed it to be printed,—Wilkes was next Day taken
into
Custody, and his Papers seized &*c. "Mr. Wilkes had the Folly
and
Effrontery to treat this public and open Seizure of his Papers,
by the King's
Messenger's &c., as a Robbery, and required them to return the
Stolen
Goods." To this is affixed the following curious Note: " Those
pretended
Stolen Goods were Mr. Wilkes's Papers, many of which tended to
prove
his Authorship, and some Cundums enclosed in an Envelope."
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Cije ©bScrbator, No. 74, Vol. 10. " A scandalous and
seditious Libel," by
John Darby, printer, and Mrs. S. Popping. Sept 28, 1711. H. St.
John.
<©ltf lEnglantf, or the Constitutional Journal, No. 52, Jany.
28, 1744; No. 110,
May 18, 174S. " A treasonable, scandalous, and seditious Libel,"
the last
No. written by Jeffery Broadbottom, of Covent-Garden, Esq.
Holles
Newcastle.
(Sttf iEnglantl'S ®e ©eum. " A blasphemus, impious, and
seditious Libel."
Nov. 14, 1743. Holles Newcastle.
Cl)e <%forfc Eopaltp. One of "a Bale or large Parcel of
seditious and
treasonable Ballads, and other Libels, directed to Mrs.
Elizabeth Cole,
alias Green, is bringing to Town." May 25, 1720. Stanhope.
©fje pacific jFlcet, a new Ballad. " A scandalous and
seditious Libel."
Sept. 12, 1729. Holles Newcastle.
Cfje -Protestant 30oSt--J3op, Nos. 36, 37, and 38, vended and
published by
Benjamin Harris. "Scandalous and seditious Libels." Dec. 3,
1711.
H. St. John.
©f)e <®uafeer antt I)is ifKafij. " A prophane and scandalous
Pamphlet."
June 26, 1675. J. Williamson.
gguems ijumblg offered to tlje Consideration of eberp true
ISuglisfjmati. " A
false, malicious, wicked, and seditious Libel." Feb. 11, 1750—1.
Holles
Newcastle.
JflLobht'S last Sljtft. " A seditious and scandalous Paper."
April 20,1716.
Townshend.
©)t &tf)00l of "PenuS, or the Lady's Delight, reduced into
Rules of Practice.
" A most obscene and infamous Book." April 5, 1745. Harrington.
Cljt Scourge, No. 42, Nov. 18, 1717. " A seditious Libel,"
published by
John Morphew. Dec. 14, 1717. Roxburghe.
21 SeconB better from a fHemfter of parliament, to his Friend
in the Country.
" A scandalous and seditious Libel." Sept. 12, 1729. Holles
Newcastle.
QQQ
49°
authorities consulted.
€}>t &etontf Dart of tyt $t£tomal &tcount of tf)e 8tobantag*S
that hoot
accrued, to England by the Succession of the illustrious House
of Hanover. " A
villainous and traiterous Libel," printed and published by "
Richard Phillips,
sen., and Sarah his Wife; Richard Phillips, jun., Richard Wood,
and
William Garrett." May 23, 1722. Townshend.
Sermons p»aci|ell Sr. TOelton. " Books purporting to be
Sermons
preached by Dr. Welton, and containing Matters of treasonable,
seditious,
and dangerous Import, printed and ready to be published, are in
the Custody
of James, Printer, in Little Britain, and of a Bookseller, whose
name is yet
unknown, at the Sign of the Flower-de-Luce over-against St.
Dunstan's
Church, in Fleet-Street." Feby. 7, 1722—3. Townshend.
Cf)t £ebentl) Setter to tlje people of iSnglanO, &-c. " A
treasonable Libel,
now printing in the House of Joseph Smith, Printer in
Grace-Church-Ally,
Wellclose-Square, and that Part of the Impression is already
conveyed
away from thence to the House of William Toleman Apothecary, in
Grace-
Church-Ally aforesaid." Jany. 23, 1758. Holdernesse.
Cfje £f)tft £f)iftt&, &c. "A treasonable and highly seditious
Libel."
Nov. 10, 1716. And other two warrants for the same Libel
published by
Mrs. Flint, dated respectively June 27, and July 25, 1716,
signed by
Townshend.
a &t> tfj Ettttt to tl)e JJcopIe of lEnglantl, on the
Progress of National Ruin,
in which is shewn, that the present Grandeur of France, and
Calamities of this
Nation, are owing to the Influence of Hanover on the Councils of
England;
London, printed for J. Morgan in Pater-noster Row, 1757. "A
wicked,
audacious, and treasonable Libel." Jany. 12, 1758. Holdkrnesse.
©f)e St. SSatnejj'ii $o£t, &c. No. 707, from July 29 to July
31, 1719.
" For a Misdemeanor, in inserting in the said Paper the
pretended Copy of
a Letter, written by Order of The Lords Justices, without Leave
or Direction
of their Excellencies." August 6, 1719. J. Craggs.
49° authorities consulted.
% €f)trtJ Utttec to tf)e ^tople of 3£itglauU, on Liberty,
Taxes, and the Ap-
plication of Public Money. "A most daring', wicked, and insolent
Libel,
against the King, his Ministers, and the Parliament." Written by
John
Shebbeare, Doctor of Physic. March 8, 1756. Holdirnesse. And
another
warrant, dated March 4, 1756, same signature, against J. Scott,
printer
and publisher of the same Libel.
Crtal of Ci)itS. Hatur, " an Edition or an Abstract of-, printing in a
clandestine Manner, and without the Allowance of the Court
where the said
Trial was had." Feby. 7, 1722—3. Townshend.
a Cru* Copy of tlje JJaptr read by Mr. James Bradshaw, and
delivered ly
him to the Sheriff of Surry, just before his Execution at
Kenningion-Common, on
Friday Nov. 28,1746. "A treasonable Libel." Dec. 31, 1736.
Holles
Newcastle.
a €nu ffitalogut &>c. See & ffitalogue, p. 501, ante.
Cf)t TOfffelj) Stotimal or Saturday's Post, Aug. 4, 1722.
Warrant dated
Aug. 6, 1722, signed Carteret. And another, dated June 25, 1723,
signed
R. Walpole. " A scandalous, seditious, and traiterous Libel,"
printed and
published by Dr. Gaylard, and N. Mist. See also p. 504, ante.
SI Welcome to the fSUfcal, or an excellent new Song called
Cije Constitution
rtstorrtf in iji 1, " A scandalous and seditious Libel,"
published and sold
by Henry Hills and Thomas Harrison. Sept. 28, 17u. H. St. John.
9 SJSorB to tljf df "rfjoliws a»i> 33urgtSsSeS of ©wat
JSritain. " A scandalous
and seditious Libel." Oct. ig, 1733. Holles Newcastle.
Authors, Publishers, &c., not previously mentioned.
Aris, Samuel. For " going to publish, a scandalous and
seditious Libel,
the Title of which is yet unknown." Warrant dated Dec. 11, 1722,
and
signed Carteret.
Dyer, John. "For writing and publishing several false,
seditious, and
scandalous Libels and Papers against their Majesties and their
Government,
49°
AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
and the Actions and Proceedings of their Allies, and tending
to the moving
and exciting their Majesties Subjects to Sedition, and to the
disturbing
the public Peace and Tranquility of these Kingdoms." Sept. 15,
1694.
Shrewsbury.
Edwards, David, printer. " For treasonable and seditious
Practices."
Oct. 14, 1694, signed J. Trenchard. And another warrant " for
printing and
publishing scandalous Libels against the Queen &c." Feby. 6,
1702.
Nottingham.
Fitzgerald, David. " For making and dispersing treasonable
and
seditious Books and Pamphlets." June 5, 1701. C. Hodges.
Siswick, John. "For sticking up a most scandalous and
treasonable
Paper, on St. Margaret's-Hill in Southwark, containing as
follows, Now
selling by Auction, by Order of Thomas Holies, of Newcastle:
Great
Britain, and the Dominions belonging thereunto; Gibraltar and
Portmahon
were disposed of the first Day, and the latter is already
delivered. Tomorrow
comes on the Sale of the King and Royal Family; Andrew Byng,
Broker and
Auctioneer. N.B. For the better Conveniency of the Purchasers,
the
Remainder will be divided into separate Lots." Aug. 27,1756.
Holdernesse.
Withers, George, "the Author and Publisher of a scandalous
and
seditious Pamphlet, to enrage the People, and to villify and
defame the
Members of the House, and to blemish the Honour and Justice of
the House
and their Proceedings; after his being examined at the Bar it
was resolved,
upon the Question, That George Withers * » * be sent to Prison,
and
delivered into the Custody of the Lieutenant of the Tower, There
to be kept
in close Custody, and be denied Pen, Ink, and Paper, and
debarred from
having any Company to come to him." March 24, 1661. Journal Vol.
8,
P- 393.
49° authorities consulted.
Cije Critical ftebteto. 8vo.; edited by T. Smollett; 70 vols;
1759 to
1790;—extended and improved ; 24 vols; 1791 to 1803;—series the
third;
24 vols,; 1804 to 1811;—series the fourth; 6 vols.; 1812 to
1814;—series
thefifth ; 5 vols.; 1815 to 1817.
Coryats CrutfitteS Hastily gobled vp in five Moneths trauells
in France,
Sauoy, Italy, Rhetia comonly called the Grisons country,
Heluetia alias
Switzerland, some parts of high Germany, and the Netherlands;
Newly
digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the County of
Somerset, & now
dispersed to the nourishment of the trauelling Members of this
Kingdome
8vo.; London ; 1611 ; engraved title and plates.
Cf}e Curmusburgf) Htbcarg. Cunnusburgh : Published by the
Officers for
Members of the Bibliographical Society. 1876. Size of paper 8i
by 6j, of
letter-press 4f by 3j inches ; beautifully printed in various
types and colours
on sumptuous paper; an erect phallus on the title-pages; printed
at New
York.
He Curteujr par Charles Nauroy Paris Saint-Jorre. The first
No. of this
publication, in which the form of U Inter me diaire is adopted,
appeared
March i, 1884.
%et CtmogtW litteraire et bibliographique Paris Isidore
Liseux, 1880
4 vols.; the fourth volume, dated 1883, was issued in 1884; the
articles are
well written, but are chiefly on M. Liseux's own editions.
Samel Uefoe by William Minto London Macmillan 1879 English
Men
of Letters Series.
9* I'&mour, considere dans les lois reelles et dans les formes sociales de
1'union des sexes. Par P.....De Senancour. Seconde Edition, Paris,
Capelle et Renard. 1808. 8vo.; engraved frontispiece.
RRR
49° authorities consulted.
St Is IkoStttttttoit m lEtirope depuis l'antiquite jusqu'k
1a. fin du xvi° si^cle
par M. Rabutaux avec un Bibliographic Par M. Paul Lackoix
planches hors
texte &c. Paris Lebigre-Duquesne 1865
Bufuns by Adolphus William Ward London Macmillan 1882.
English
Men of Letters Series.
a Utctionarg of tf)e 9non»mous anti SSfuBongmouK fctttratuie
of @reat
Uritatn. By Samuel Halkett, and Rev. John Laing, M. A. Edinburgh
:
William Paterson. 1882. 8vo.; double cols. This long promised
work
is now in slow course of production.
©tcttonarg of iEngltgl) mtfiaturt by W. Davenport Adams New
and
Revised Edition. Cassell. London. Not dated; about 1882; a
compilation
of little value.
fL IMcttonarj? of @reefc ant) Ionian SntiquittM. Edited by
William Smith,
D.C.L., LL.D. London : John Murray, 1875.
% ©tctt'onarg of ©reek antj 3Rnman JStograpijg antf
fHctfioIogjj. Edited
by William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D. In Three Volumes. London: John
Murray, 1876.
fl Dictionary of ;firl tracks Imitative, Realistic, and
Dogmatic with Illus-
trations by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. London Chatto and
Windus 1884
■Buttonnatre Be la JCangut Jfrajuats't par E. Littre Hachette
Paris 1863
4to.; 4 vols, and supplement.
fiuttonnatre HtsS ^fmatettrtf franrat'S au xvn« Steele Paris
A. Quantin 1884
8vo.; pp. xvi. and 353; author Edmond Bonnaffe.
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Butumnatre fcfS Jiurrtuhs par 1'Auteur du Dictionnaire
(TAstroncmu Paris
A. Lacroix i86g 8vo.; i vol.
5©uttonnaire ijpfrutionjjitujs par Georges D'Heilly Deuxieme
edition,
cntierement refendue et augmentee Paris E. Dentu m.i> cccj.m
i2mo.; pp. xxxvi. 421, and 2 unnumbered pages of Table and
colophon.
jSutioiinaire Urs Romans Anciens et Modernes, ou Methode pour
lire ies
Romans, d'aprfes leur classement par ordre de matiferes. Dedie
aux
Abonnesde tous les Cabinets de Lecture. Paris, a. Marc.
Pigore.mj. i8icj.
8vo; pp. xiv. and 318; double cols. A Supplement of pp. 62,
dated 1824, should
be added.
Styonnrio 33iografko degli Scrittori Contemporanei ornato di
dire •jiK)
ritratti diretto da Akgelo de Gdbernatis. Firenze. Le Monnifr.
187c).
TU Sroit fiu J^eigimir et la ftogftrt tit J^altntj? par Leon
le Lahi^ai^
Paris Rouveyre 1878
Ha ©u i3arr|> par Edmond et Jules be Goncourt JMouvclle
Edition Paris
»k Bude Paris lSandoz Geneve Desrogis Neuchatel J. Sandoz 1883
i2mo.; pp. 300; printed at Geneva. "Ce livre est le
developpement d'un
rapport presente k la Societe genevoise contre la mauvaise
litterature." It
is well conceived and worked out, and contains many arguments
worthy
of consideration.
Uarlg JtBeaS. A Group of Hindoo Stories. Collected and
Collated by
Anaryan. London: W. H. Allen and Co. 1881. 8vo.; pp. 158. For
this valuable contribution to the study of the manners of the
East, and
entertaining volume we are indebted to Mr. F. F. Arbuthnot.
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
October 1882. The first two volumes are in double columns,
and although
the publication is " premiato dal R. Ministero della Pubblica
Istruzione con
un sussidio di incoraggiamento," the paper and printing are a
disgrace to
the country of the Aldi. With the third volume, the double
columns were
abandoned, and better paper and clearer type adopted. The
publication
is useful, although the replies are generally too verbose.
%ti ©raftm* du Dix-huitifeme Steele par MM. Le Baron Roger
Portalis et
Hehkx Be&aldi Paris Mosgand 1880 8vo.; 3 vols.; each vol.
divided in 2
parts; 570 copies issued. 36 portraits, engraved by P.-A. Varin
and
others, were subsequently published by VignSres to illustrate
the work, of
which 12 are also applicable to the companion work, %ti
BetfSinateur*.
€%» ©robt, a Satire. No date; about 1790; attributed toT. J.
Mathias.
See JlottS ants <©uttiti, 6s. vu. 37.
fittOrt »t I'&tnaieur—55 tbltograpfju tt«f ©ubrages IllustrW
du xix* Steele
principalement des livres k gravures sur bois par Jules Bwvois
Paris L.
Conquet 1883 8vo.; pp. xiii. and 468; issue 950 copies, " tous
numerates et
paraphfe par l'auteur. Les numeros pairs portent le nom de M. L.
Conquet.
Et les numdros impairs celui de M. P. Roquette." Although M.
Jules Le
Petit (fc'Srt i'atmtr Us fctbrttl, p. 92) characterises this
volume as an
" ouvrage interessant et fait avec un soin remarquable," and
again as "in-
contestablement l'un des meilleurs ouvrages de bibliographie qui
aient 6t6
faits jusqu'ici," the Guide de F Amateur or Bibliographie des
Ouvrages Illustrks,
whichever may be its proper name, for the double title is
confusing, is cer-
tainly not entirely free from the shortcomings inherent to every
work on bi-
bliography. One might almost be inclined to suppose that it had
been
compiled in great part by the booksellers whose names figure on
its title-
page, as their publications, even when illustrated, not with
wood-cuts, are
noticed to the exclusion of those of their competitors. To give
but one in-
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
stance: Of the Contes Se Eafontaine the editions of MM.
Conquet and
Roquette are described, whereas no mention is made of Barraud
(with the
interesting lawsuit recorded by M. Drujon) or of M. J.
Lemonnyer. At p.
290 the j[£lonument tiu Costume is noticed at some length, but
the reprint of
Wiixem is strangely omitted. As the JKonument Su Costume is not
illus-
trated with wood engravings it would appear to be out of place
in a
work " principalement des livres k gravures sur bois," for which
reason,
we may presume, the EtatSonS ©angereuses is omitted altogether.
We miss also the edition of JfaublaS, Havard, Parts, 1849, 4to.,
illustrated
on wood by Staal. There are a few other works omitted by M.
Brivois, al-
though containing wood engravings,i>ut which are mentioned by M.
Rouveyre
in his ©utile Bu Ei&ratre flnttquai're, the reference Nos. of
which I add:
Cljampa&ert (No. 40)—ffiatlame PuttpFjar, and a recent reprint
(No. 180)—
${)t)Sto(ogte tie la Poire (No. 56)—Ee Eorgnon (No. 75)—Ees
Consultations
Bu J9otteur Jiotr (No. 115). The above remarks must not be
supposed to
detract from the usefulness of the volume before us, or from my
appreciation
of the careful and artistic manner in which it has been
produced.
Henry Cohen ©ntBt Be PSmateur Br Ei&reS i figures tt &
Vignettes du
xvni8 Sifecle Troisi&me Edition Entiirenunt rtfondut tt
constderablement augmmtee
par Charles Mehl Paris Rouquette i 876 Henry Cohen died at
Paris,
May 23, 1880.
Cfje Hamilton Jialare Etbvan'eS. Under this heading were sold
by Messrs.
Sotheby & Co., in 1882, 1883, 1884, the books collected by
William Beckford,
and the Duke of Hamilton. The Catalogue of tije JSetfeforU
Eforarn forms
4 vols., the Catalogue of tlje Hamilton Eibrarg 1 vol., to both
of which must
be added the lists of prices and purchasers' names afterwards
printed.
Hints on Catalogue SCttleS, and on Index Entries, with a
rough vocabulary
of terms and abbreviations, chiefly from catalogues, and some
passages from
Journeying among Books. By Charles F. Blackburn. London: Sampson
Low. 1884. Large 8vo,; pp. x, 181 and 1 unnumbered page of
Abstract.
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
This is one of the most captivating books upon bookish
matters which I
have ever had through my hands, and I opine that no real lover
of books
will put it down till he has gone right through it. Although
written
ostensibly for the neophyte in catalogue making and
librarianship, the
oldest hand at bibliography will find occasional instruction and
constant
amusement. The subject is not generally thought to be
entertaining
(although in French hands imagination and pretty writing, more
than
enough, have been expended on it), but Mr. Blackburn, who has, I
fancy,
taken James Atkinson for his model, has spiced his pages with
sufficient
humour to render them attractive to one in search of amusement
only. The
volume is handsome, well and carefully printed, and on good
paper.
Although the headings are clear, to the point, and in
alphabetical order,
yet a final subject index would have been a boon.
ftttftotre He la HUteratmt SuglatSe Par H. Taine Deuxteme
Edition Paris
Hachette 1866 8vo.; 5 vols.
Stffltom Uu Hibtf depuis ses origines jusqu'k nos jours par
E. Egger.
Troisifeme Edition Hetzel Paris i2mo. j no date, about 1881.
©l>t fetatorj) of dFutum: Being a Critical Account of the
most celebrated
Prose Works of Fiction, from the earliest Greek Romances to the
Novels of
the Present Age. By John Dunlop. In Three Volumes. Edinburgh :
Longman. 1816 8vo,
©f)» itfj»tor|> of &oman«g. An Enquiry into their Original;
Instructions
for Composing them.; An Account of the most Eminent Authors;
With
Characters, and Curious Observations upon the Best Performances
of that
Kind. Written in Latin by Huetius ; Made English by Mr. Stephen
Lewis.
London : J. Hooke. 1715. iamo.; pp. xx. and 149.
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Hogarth's ®2HorftS : with Life and Anecdotal Descriptions of
his Pictures.
By John Ireland and John Nichols. The whole of the plates
reduced in
exact fac-simile of the originals. London Chatto and Windus.
8vo. ; 3 vols.
This edition is useful, and convenient for reference, but
possesses no
artistic merit.
©f)t Sjolu antj profane 5>tate by Thomas Fuller D.D. Cambridge 1642.
Hlfet sfur Its Romans par D. A. F. De Sade publiee avec
Preface, Notes
et Documents Inedits par Octave Uzanne Paris Rouveyre 1878
i2mo.;
pp. xlviii. and 53.
Illustration, Journal Universel. Lists of Anonyms and
Pseudonyms
were given in the following Nos. of this Paris perodical: Sept.
23, 30, Oct,
7, 14, 21, 1882, and January 27, 1883.
2fu fufttjr to :PertoHuaI literature by William Frederick
Poole, LL.D.
Third Edition brought down to January 1882 with the assistance
as associate
editor of William J, Fletcher Boston James R, Osgood 1882 Large
8vo.;
pp. xxvu. and 1442 ; double cols. This noble work, of the
greatest utility, is
not complete. Many periodicals have yet to be be indexed, a
labour which
Dr. Poole proposes to perform by supplements.
tK3 fhnitpfjcs ttu $Mat'jS>Boi}aI, rues, boulevards et
faubourgs
de Paris, ou confessions curieuses et galantes de ces
demoiselles, ecrites par
ellcs-memes, terminees par leur petition aux ministres, revetue
de leurs noms
et adresses. Geneve, Leboxdril, Libraire-editeur Avenue du
Chemin-Cou-
*ert, 23 et chez tous les marchands de nouveautes. No date; a
Brussels
reprint of about 1880.
5JoStpf) dktafot SrfrptctTt Born, 12 March 1802 ; Died, 18
August i8jf)
In Memoriam For Friends only 4to.; pp. 69; no date, issued in
1880 ;
ttt
49° authorities consulted.
toned paper; with a portrait of Delepierre reproduced from a
photograph
by Dr. Diamond, not the same as that given at p. xLvn. ante.
This beautifully
" got-up " volume, written by the late Nicholas Trubner as a
tribute to the
memory of his father-in-law, is divided into two parts:
biography to p. 25 ;
bibliography in chronological order, pp. 27 to 69—this latter
subdivided into
Works Written, Translated, or Edited by M. Delepierre; M.
Delepierre's Con-
tributions to Transactions of Societies, Periodicals, <5rc.; The
Publications of the
Philobiblon Society.
SSouir Paris Glaqv 1875 8vo.; pp. 294 ex titles; 100 copies
numbered.
This charming tale, by Alberic Glady, is directed against the
present
system of marriage in France, and general manner of treatment of
the
virgin bride in all civilized (?) lands. The climax however
seems to defeat
the teaching of the book.
journal Htf fteauf 9rtt.
jftournaltetic SJumbltS or Trippings in Type Being Notes on
some News-
paper Blunders, their Origin and Nature; with Numerous Examples.
By
Frederick Conde Williams London : Field & Tuer. One of " Ye
Leaden-
halle Presse Oblong Shilling-Series "; pp. 80; issued in 1884.
An
amusing little volume, as attractive in its contents as in its "
get up."
journals xatt Skmrnatttfiff; With a Guide for Literary
Beginners. By
John Oldcastls. 1880. London: Field & Tuek. Square i2mo.; pp.
141,
with 3 pages unnumbered. This charmingly printed quaint little
volume
touches on literary matters generally, and is as amusing as it
is instructive.
Le Sire de Chambley (Edmond H . . .) Ha Xigmttt dtfttf Poemes
Hyst6riques 1882 Imprim6 & Bruxelles pour 1'Auteur 8vo.; pp. 147
with an
unnumbered colophon. " II a ete tire de cet ouvrage deux cents
exemplaires,
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
en deux series, et douze exemplaires sur Japon. Ces volumes,
tous
numerates et paraphes par l'auteur ne pourront etre vendus." La
Ugende
des Sexes by Le Sire de Chambley, otherwise M. Edmond
Harancourt, is
assuredly one of the most remarkable volumes, whether considered
from its
artistic " get up," or its most original contents, which has
been produced of
late years. Justice cannot be done it here. Suffice it to say
that knowledge
of human nature and profound psychological observation, coupled
with
mordant cynicism, erotic humour and remarkable power of
delineation
pervade the perfectly versified poems, as well as the preface
from which I
have extracted an epigraph.
JfamiltfrtsS Icrites d'ltalie & quelques amis en 1739 et 1740
par
Charles De Brosses avec une etude litteraire et des notes par
Hyppolyte
Babou Paris Poulet-Malassis 1858 8vo.; 2 vols. Not mentioned in
the
Sftltograpfitt of Poulet-Malassis (p. 490, ante). These pleasant
letters were
reprinted by Emile Perrin; Paris; 1885 ; i2mo ; 2 vols.
Ci)t itbrarg by Andrew Lang with a chapter on Modern English
Illustrated Books by Austin Dobson London Macmjllan 1881 8vo.;
illustrated.
library SUttS by Samuel S. Green revised and enlarged edition
New
York F. Leyfoldt 1883 p.p. 12g. This little volume is a revised
edition
of a paper read by the author at the Baltimore Conference of
Librarians
in 1881, together with one or two articles of a kindred nature
by other
bibliographers.
Cfje Hftrarp Cgjomult A Journal of Librarianship &
Bibliography
Printed and published for the Library Association of the United
Kingdom.
The first No. dates March, 1884.
49°
AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
©Ijt %iU antf ©tmes of ©liber ©orBSmttlj. By John Forster,
Second
Edition. In Two Volumes. London: Bradbury and Evans. 1854.
Ha lUttevature Jnfiepenfcante et les Ecrivains Oublies par
Victor Fournel
Paris Didier 1862 i2mo.; pp. viii. and 484.
He Etbre et la petite Bibliotheque d'Amateur Essai de
critique, dhistoire et
de philosophic morale sur 1'Amour des Livres Par M. Gustave
Mouravit Paris
Auguste Aubry 8vo. ; published in 1865. A well written,
thoroughly
readable volume ; it contains some forcible passages against
obscene books
and their collectors.
It ttibre Revue Mensuelle Paris A. Quantin. This noble
publication, of
which the first No. appeared January 10, 1880, is edited by M.
Octave
Uzanne. It is divided into two parts *. bibliographie ancienne,
and bibliographic
modeme, the former on white paper and illustrated, the latter on
toned paper,
in double columns, forming separate volumes. This
ultra-classification,
which is extended to the very imperfect indices with which each
volume is
furnished, renders the work awkward for reference. It embraces
however
almost every ramification of bibliography, and contains several
items not to
be found in any other bibliographical publication. Greater
accuracy, and
more care in the correction of the press are needed, (see p.
liv. note 82, ante).
%t Eujre lies JL tines par L. Dirgke Paris Rouveyre 1879
jftattame fhitipjjav, par Petrus Borki. (Le Lycanthrope).
Paris. Ollivier.
1S39. 2 vols.; with frontispieces. Reprinted in 1877, by Leon
Willem,
Paris, 2 vols., seconds 'edition, conforme pour le texte et les
vignettes a Vedition de
1839 Pr'eface par M. Jules Claretie; to which should be added
Huit
Gravures sur acier cCapres les dessins inedits de Mxchele
Armajer ; Remain.
49° authorities consulted.
IHanuel Be I'flmateur B'fUutftratum?. Gravures et portraits
pour l'orne-
ment des livres frangais et etrangers par M. J. Sieurin Paris
Adolphe
Labitte 1875. 8vo.; pp. vra. and 242 ; " beau papier teinte 12
fr. Gd. pap.
de Hollande 24 fr." This volume, dedicated to M. Eugene Paillet,
although
ten years old, is still the most useful work of its kind, and
should not be
forgotten in these days of " extra illustrations." For every
work mentioned
is a list of the portraits extant, and the number of the
engravings requisite
to the various editions are given, with remarks on the rarity of
different
" states." Both serious books and noted novels are mentioned,
and the
amateur can learn how to gather vignettes for the Bible or
Bocaccio,
Choderlos de Laclos or Corneille, Louvet or Lesage; Lord Byron,
Dibdin
(T.F.), Fielding, Defoe, Goethe, Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson,
Milton, Thomas
Moore, Anne Radcliffe, Richardson, Schiller, Shakespeare, Swift,
Thomp-
son, Horace Walpole and Walter Scott are among the celebrities
treated. This clever guide has been lost sight of by collectors,
who should
not forget that the old portraits and steel plates will outlive
all the modern
reproductions by various photographic processes that are
sometimes foisted
on to the unwary bibliophile by the cunning booksellers of the
present time,
M. Sieurin died in 1879, and the sale of the treasures he left
behind took
place in the following year.
Manuel Be r&mateur We Hibiesi rares et curieux d'editions
romantiques,
d'ouvrages tires & petit nombre, de reimpressions d'auteurs
anciens, etc.,
depuis 1800 iusqu'a nos jours par L'Apotre Bibliographic Paris
M.-A.
Laporte. In course of publication; compiled by the publisher.
lEamiei Bu €a$mopfj(le Le Petit-Format h Figures Collection
Parisienne
in-18 (Vraie Collection de Cazin) Paris A. Corroenne,
m.dccc.lxxviii
A companion volume, pp. 178, to the bulletin noted at p. 496,
ante.
iJManuel Bu libratre et de l'Amateur de Livres Supplement Par
MM.
P. Deschamps et G. Brunet Paris Firmin-Didot 1878 8vo-? 2 vols-
>
double columns. The Spanish books introduced are scarcely
compatible
with the plan of the work which these two volumes complete.
uuu
49°
authorities consulted.
fttimotvtg du Corate Horace de Viel Castel sur le Regne de
Napoleon III
(rS5i—1864) publics d'aprfes le manuscrit original et ornes d'un
portrait de
l'auteur Avec une Preface par L. Lkouron le Due Paris Chez tous
les
Libraries 1883 8vo.; 6 vols., of which the last appeared in 1884
; printed
by B.-F. Haller, Berne. The MS. was given by the author to his
mistress,
Mme Evremond de Berard, with whom, although her husband was
living,
he was cohabiting at the time of his death, 1864. The first
volumes which
reached France after their publication at Berne were seized by
the Viel
Castel family, both at the railway station and in the shop of
Messrs. Marpon
et Flammarion. In August, 1883, Mme Berard brought an action to
recover the books thus seized and 10,000 francs damages, but
judgment
was given against her, and she had to pay costs. The later
volumes of the
work were sold openly in Paris without restriction.
The first four volumes are fairly interesting, and contain
some mordant
sketches and pungent anecdotes of personages of the court and
well known
writers and artists; volumes 5 and 6, however, are devoted
almost entirely
to politics, and to puerile invectives against England, which,
at the present
day, are devoid of value or interest. " En somme," remarks M.
Augusts
Blondel, " les Mimoires du comte Horace de Viel- Castel
contiennent une foule
d'anecdotes et de faits curieux pour les gens qui ont assiste k
l'etablissement
et k la chute du second Empire, mais 1'authenticite et le gout
de ces
anecdotes laissent infiniment k desirer, et l'on ne saurait
oublier ces volumes
sur sa table, sans s'exposer k faire monter le rouge au front
des honnetes
femmes qui se laisseraient aller k les feuilleter." It is to be
regretted that
a selection of the liter-ary matter and authentic anecdotes had
not been made
in preference to the publication of the entire MS. with its now
antiquated
political diatribes. Horace de Viel Castel was evidently a
disappointed
man, who, missing advancement, vented his bitter ire against his
more
fortunate rivals. The following sketch by a French journalist is
perhaps
very near the truth: "D'une nature jalouse, envieuse, s'il
n'avait pas
attaqu6 l'empereur, il avait en revanche poursuivi de ses
attaques et,
49° AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
ajoute-t-on, de ses calomnies tous ceux qui lui etaient
attaches, qui fr£quen-
taient la cour ou approchaient du gouvernement. Parasite de
haute volte,
il avait ramasse dans les salons, ou plutot dans les salles &
manger et les
antichambres une foule de potins, qu'il accueillait sans
contr&le et qu'il
publiait ^ condition pourtant qu'il (sic) fussent scandaleux et
desagreables
pour ceux qui se trouvaient sur la sellette." See %t fctbre,
bibliographie
moderne, June, 1883, p. 364; <®fl 33la«, August 4, 1883; Et
©aulofo,
Dec. 23, 1882; also IL'Jttttnnetitatre, xvi. 378, 407; Ac.
Amateurs should
secure a copy of the Memoires on large paper, in which is given
a portrait
of the author, of poor execution, but not to be found in the
small paper issue.
The full pleadings of the action between Madame de Berard and M.
Hebert,
" curateur de la succession," will be found m the @a$ttte ties
©ribunaujr,
August 3, 10, 16, 17, and 24, 1883.
ifitntotnS of TOlltam J&ttfcfortl of Fonthill, Author of"
Vathek." In Two
Volumes. London: C. J. Skket. 1859- With a portrait of Beckford
lithographed by J. A. Vinter. This book was written by Cyrus
Redding.
That he could not put his name to it is explained by the fact
that Beckford's
family had already paid him to suppress one life of their
deceased relative
which he had prepared for publication. Redding's acquaintance
with
Beckford will be found narrated in the Jf iftg gtard'
&icolUtttou£, a work
frequently quoted in the two volumes before us.
fl&eu of tf)t Ctmt: A Dictionary of Contemporaries. Eleventh
Edition. By
Thompson Cooper, F.S.A. London: Gzorge Routledge 1884. Square
8vb.;
pp. vii. and 1168; double columns.
1872—1884 Jltjj SEtftamprt Lille Imprimerie L. Dankl 1884
8vo-;
pp. x. 95, and 1 unnumbered page of Table; two lines and a
fleuron on title-
page ; issue too copies; sold by Morgand at 20 francs on "papier
verg6,"
and 10 francs on " papier velin teintd." This is a catalogue,
carefully and
conscientiously compiled, of M. Henri Bkraldi's collection of
engravings and
49°
authorities consulted.
portraits of the French School—it is much more, interspersed
with judicious
hints on print collecting' &c, we find in it anecdotes from
personal knowledge,
frequently pithy and pointed, of collectors, publishers, dealers
in prints,
booksellers, binders, among which mention is made of two men who
figure
in the present volume (pp. l. and 490, ante). M. Be'raldi speaks
(p. 76) of
A. Poulet-Malassis as: " un des hommes qui ont le plus fait pour
la
renaissance du livre imprime avec art." To the memory of F.
Hankey he
is less indulgent, and records him with a harshness, one might
say spite,
which that original hardly deserved. " C'etait un type," writes
M. Beraldi
at p. 77, " fort curieux en somme, que ce collectionneur d'un
bibliotheque
que Cohen qualifie toujours de I'epithfcte euphemique de
speciale (lisez:
superlativement obscene) (a term which purists might apply to
some of
M. Beraldi's own engravings). La seule excuse de H . . ., si
excuse il peut
y avoir, c'est qu'il avait un veritable gout de bibliophile, et
que ce qu'il
collectionnait n'avait rien de commun avec les ignominies
vulgaires: * * *.
Non : ses livres etait illustres des figures de Borel et autres,
la condition en
etait parfaite, et quelques-uns meme parmi eux pourraient
parfaitement etre
admis dans la bibliotheque d'un amateur sans qu'il eut k en
rougir : (surely
there is a contradiction here, and M. Beraldi could find an
excuse for poor*
deluded Hankey if he tried ! He continues:) C'etait un homme de
cinquante
ans, chauve, courbe, figure glabre, parole h&itante et
entrecoupee. Goutteux,
il sortait souvent avec un pied chausse d'une bottine et 1'autre
d'une
pantoufle, ce qui n'etait pas d'aspect bien vaillant. Ces
chaussures, re-
marquablement pointues, lui donnaient une manure d'apparence
diabolique,
et je sais une femme de libraire qui lui croyait le pied
fourchu. * * * Les
libraires le recevaient sans enthousiasme et le trouvaient
visqueux" The
last time M. Beraldi saw Hankey, the latter thanked him for
having written
about some of his books, and wished the note had been longer: "
Je
m'echappai en lui prometlant de reparer k Foccasion cette
deplorable
omission. C'est ce que je fats ict," As M. Beraldi's collection
increases an
enlarged edition of his catalogue may be hoped for, when I would
suggest
the use of a bolder type, one more suitable to the eyes of
collectors, not
always young men, and the addition of an alphabetical index. The
volume
is dedicated to M: Eu£gne Paillet.
49° authorities consulted.
&fS daences de Gand
Cije JRtiJHle StmgBom ; a survey of the geography,
government, education,
social life, arts, religion, &c., of The Chinese Empire and its
Inhabitants.
By S. Wells Williams. In Two Volumes, New York : John Wile*
1879.
Large 12mo.; with map and illustrations,
fftiscellanees iJt<ograpijtqutS publies par Edouard Rouveyrk
& Ocxa*e
Uzanne &c Paris Rouveyre 1878 Complete in 3 vols, or " parties,"
the
"troisieme partie" bearing date 1880.
le ffioniteur fcu 33lbliopI)tle Gazette litteraire,
anecdoitqut et curituse
Directeur: Jules Noriac R6dacteur en chef: Arthur Heulhard Paris
Le Monileur du Bibliophile 34, Rue Taitbout, 34 1878 Large
square 8 vo.
The first No. appeared March 1, 1878, the last February 1, 1881,
forming
3 vols. The following eight distinct works were issued in parts
together
with Le Moniteur, are serial with it, form separate volumes,
with full title-
pages, and are necessary to complete the set: (1). H'SnglatS
USangeur
B'<©ptum Traduit de VAnglais et augmente Par A. D. M. Alfred de
Musset
Avec une Notice par M. Arthur Heulhard Paris Le Moniteur du
Bibliophile
1878 pp. 126 with 1 page unnumbered of Note. (2). %t journal Be
Collettt
Premier Petit Journal Parisien (1676) avec une Notice sur
Colletet,
gazetierpar Arthur Heulhard Paris 1878 pp. 255. (3). Duclos
Cfji-oiuijittS
fttBtStrfcteS Sur la genee Tire d'un Manuscrit autographe de
Colle avec une
notice et des notes Par M. Gustave Mouravit Paris 1878 pp. 63.
(4).
I'&tStotre Be UKaBame la IHarq-utSe Be JJompaBour par
Mademoiselle de
Fauques reimprmee d'aprh Fedition originate de I/S9 avec Une
Notice sur le
livre et son auteur Paris 1879 pp, 155. (5). iWemotrt Sur leS
Venations
qu'exercent les Libraires & Imprimeurs de Paris publie d'aprh
Vimprime de
If25 et le manuscrit de la Bibliotheque de la Ville de Paris par
Lucien Faucou
Paris 1879 PP- lI1- (6)- 'Foltaire Documents inedits Recueillis
aux Archives
Nationals par Ejiile Campardon Paris 1880 pp. 190. (7). %t
Jtortefeuille
vvv
49°
authorities consulted.
He JfitonSteur le Comte tJe Capitis! Publie daprh les
manuscrits inedits de la
Bihliothique de V University et de la BMiothlque Nationale avec
Introduction et
Notes Paris 1880 pp. 96. (8). &'%Mammoir Bu xvrae £tfctle—fte
'Fufo*
angeur Sensible drame en trois actes et en prose par Jean Henri
Marchand
Rkimprimi sur VExemplaire de la collection Menitrier Avec une
Notice par
Lucien Faucou Paris 1880 pp. 126. The last twelve pages of this
volume
contain a poem entitled: Complaint* UeS dfiUeS Auxquelles on
vient dintredire
Ventree des Thuileries, d la brum, " curieuse fac6tie de
l'avocat Marchand qui
parut le ier novembre 1768, (15 pages in-8°) et dont la
rareteest excessive."
jHontfjIj? &ottsS of tl>e tttbrarg Spoliation of the United
Kingdom.
London, Trubner &c.
iUoralttD of df tttton; or, An Inquiry into the Tendency of
Fictitious
Narratives, with observations on some of the most eminent. By H.
Murray.
Edinburgh: Mundell and Son. 1805. i2mo.; pp. vi. and 174.
Sa JMort et le j&table histoire et philosophie des deux
negations supremes
par Pompeyo Gener &c. Paris G. Reinwald, 1880 8vo. The work has
been done into Spanish by the author.
fU jHoubellt IStebue.
(ffiubreS Completes de Gerard de Nerval Paris Michel Levy,
1868
i2mo.; 6 vols.
<8fiubresf Competes de J. J. Rousseau. Paris, A. Houssiaux.
mdccclii.
Large 8vo.; 4 vols,; illustrated.
<©11 Cfte 9&tg|)t ©tee ot JSoofe*: A Lecture. By William P.
Atkinson.
Boston: Roberts. 1879. 8vo.; pp. 65.
49° authorities consulted.
■gang Ses Organes Ses Fonctions et Sa Vie dans la seconde
moitie du
xix8 sifecle par Maxime du Camp Paris Hachette 1869 8vo.; 6
vols.
•Police ©ajette, of New York.
JJoInbtbltorc. of Paris.
$omotfft(a4caltana ou Bibliographie curieuse d'ouvrages dans
le genre
badin, erotique et gaillard Rome 3581 MS. of 35 pages by Octave
Delepierre, containing bibliographical appreciations of
thirty-two diffe-
rent works.
Cf>t grafee of 33oofes, as said and sung by English Authors.
By John
Alfred Langford, LL.D. Cassell London. Small 8vo.; pp. 165; not
dated.
la Uremtfte dftttrufcure par LeDocteur J. Agrippa Paris L.
Hurtau 1877
i2mo.; pp. 88.
Charles Joliet EcS $heutlon»me£ Uu Sour Paris Achille Faure
1867
i2mo.; pp. 131 ex titles, and 1 unumbered page of Table.
For Authors Editors, & Devils edited by And : W. Tuer. i 884.
London: Field and Tuer. Simpkin: Hamilton. Small, square 8vo.;
pp.94.
This literary curiosity consists of a " collection of
typographical quips and
cranks which will appeal more to a printer than to the general
public. Some
of the jokes are good enough in their way, but others are not
good in any
way. However the chief merit of the volume lies in the dainty
manner in
which it has been produced. It is ' a book and a box, or rather
two books
and a box, and yet after all not a box at all, but a book, and
only one book.
' Quads within Quads' is the larger edition of ' Quads ' bulked
out at the
end with extra leaves of paper fastened together, and hollowed
out in the
centre; and in the little nest so formed reposes a copy of the
miniature
' Quads.' The volume is produced in three forms, the most
expensive being
49°
authorities consulted.
bound in extra stout vellum with silken strings. It should be
stated for the
uninitiated in printers' mysteries that quads are little metal
blanks used by
the printer for filling up gaps." Ct)c ©inus, Sept. 17, 1884.
<@Ut0ttotlg JfUugtrel, ou Bibliotheque des Livres
Singuliersen Droit; Analyst
d'un iris-grand nomlre de ces Livres, et recueil d'Art its sur
les Questions de I)rsit
singulilres. Par Julien-Michel Dufour, &c. Paris Takdieu
Denesle, {813
8vo.; pp. vixi. and 342. The same volume exists with this
variation: the
title-page, into which is crowded the matter contained in the
vra pages above
indicated, commences on the verso of the bastard-title, and
occupies 3 pages.
This is a valuable, and I believe rare little work, remarkable
equally for
the really strange questions and singular books which it
embraces, and for
the admirable manner in which they are analysed. At the opening
of his
Bibliothlque, p. 246, Dufour remarks with truth : " Ce qu'on
pourra voir en
parcourant cette Bibliothfeque, c'est qu'il n'y a peut-etre pas
de question si
extraordinaire, si legfere en apparence, et meme si folle
qu'elle soit, sur
laquelle on n'ait dcrit. On ne peut que s'emerveiller de la
conception et de
la fertility de l'esprit humain."
Clje fttatiti'£ ftantiboah of Allusions, References, Plots
and Stories with
Two Appendices by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. London Chatto
and Windus 1880 For Appendices see p. 493, ante.
JSUcucil Clatrainbaultj^laiirfpas -Cljansotiiu'fr jfeistoriqut Bit xvni» £irt!e
Pitblii avec Introduction, Comment aire, Notes et Index par
Emh.e Raunie Orne
de Portraits h Sean-forte par Rocssei.i.e Paris A. Qi.'antin
1879 10 vols.;
187910 1884.
Urcuti'l Dti Bt jHaurtjpas Pieces Libres Ac. Leyde. 1865
i2mo.; 6 vols.;
with an excellent index.
SUbue Sfrtfieologtqiu Paris, In course of publication.
49° authorities consulted.
$.c Jftomati; Etudes Artistiques et Litteraires, Par M.
Cyprien Desmarais.
Paris, Societe Reproductive des Bons Livres. 1S37. 8vo.; pp.
xxi. and 276;
3 badly done illustrations. A tedious book, the object of which
is not very
apparent, and from which no instruction and little advantage are
to be derived.
3&oi»lantsson tl)e Caroaturist A Selection from his Works
with Anecdotal
Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and A Sketch of his Life,
Times
and Contemporaries by Joseph Grego In Two Volumes London Chatto
and Windus j88o. 4to.; numerous illustrations.
Sljafcofos of Cfjt <©IK Booksellers. By Charles Knight.
London: Bell
and Daldy, 1865. 8vo.; pp. 320.
&oetet£ JfeS fimis Ses Sibre*—Slnnuatre Paris Imprime pour
Les Amis des
Livres 1883 8vo.; pp. 146; to which is added, with separate
pagination,
Bibliographie dei Livres Modernes illustres de Dessins
Originaux. This friendly
literary society, which was founded in December, 1873, reprints
yearly
favourite works of fiction embellished' with original
illustrations by modern
artists, and its own transactions, or Annuaire, composed for the
most part of
original articles contributed by members of the society. A
bibliographical
account of both publications and transactions will be found in
©je 33ibtto-
grapljer, Nos. for May, 1882, p. 169, and July, 1884, p. 30.
£t &ott&ur de Voltaire. See %t jHomtriu- au fitbltcpljtle hi. 65.
CrapS for tfje footing. By Anthony Comstock. With
Introduction by
J. M. Buckley, D.D. Second Edition. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
1884
8vo.; pp xn. and 253 ; with a rough frontispiece. In his notice
of this book,
in He Hifcre, No. for April 1884, BiUiographie Moderne, p. 213,
M. Henri
P&ne Du Bois remards : " Je serais bien fache' que les lecteurs
europeens
jugeassent des moeurs americaines par le livre absurde qu'a
ecrit le grand
censeur de la litterature et de I'art de 1'Etat de New-York. Ce
personnage
ridicule, d'homme de peine dans un magasin de nouveautes, est
arriv6
WWW
49°
authorities consulted.
d'emblee k la haute position qu'il occupe, et voyez comme il
l'honore. Un
confiseur expose dans sa vitrine une gravure de l'entrde de
Charles V
Anvers, il est arr£te et son tableau est confisque. M.
Bonaventure, dont la
librairie est le rendez-vous des artistes et des bibliophiles,
importe les
photographies de Goupil, des peintures du dernier Salon de
Paris; elles sont
confisquees et, pendant l'absence du patron, le commis est
arr£te. Est-ce
k. dire que les Newyorkais soient stupides ou hypocrites ? Non,
mais nos
gouvernants le sont; ils ont donn6 raison au censeur contre
Bonaventure, &
Cesnola contre Feuardent. . . C'est pourquoi je ne suis plus
tant contre les
minorites et penche ur« peu vers 1'opinion du celfebre critique
anglais Arnold,
venu ici pour eclairer Philistia, que les majorites ont toujours
tort." Those
who desire to know more of Mr. Comstock and his doings should
consult
Mr. Bennet's Cf) amp tons! of tfje Cfjurcfy, and his Crial.
Crial of 9. jH. Sennett, in the United States Circuit Court,
Judge
Charles L. Benedict, Presiding, New York, March 18, 19, 20 and
21, 1879,
upon the Charge of Deposing Prohibited Matter in the Mail.
Reported by
S. B. Hinsdale, official stenographer of the court. New York. No
date;
no signatures; pp. vra. and 278.
CrifltS: by Vortigern Crancocc, Esq. A. B. C. D. and E.F. G.
H. I. and
K. L. M. N. and O. P. Q. R. S. and T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. Vive la
Bagatelle.
Printed for S. Bladon, Pater-noster Row. mdcclxxii. Small 8vo.;
pp. 124.
Noticed in the ffiontfjlg XUftitfo, vol. 47, p. 73.
Crufmtr'* 3mtrican anil Oriental fcittrarb ^eeorD : A
Register of the most
important Works published in North and South America, India,
China, and
the British Colonies : &c. An useful publication.
Slttlitf He la dflaffellatton dans les plaisirs de 1'Amour et
du Mariage
Traduit du latin de J.-H. Miibomius Nouvelle Edition augments de
Notes
49° authorities consulted.
historigues, critiques tt bibliographiques suivie de la
8a*totinaBt et de la
Flagellation penale par J.-D. Lanjuinais et autres pistes en
vers Bruxelles
Gay et Dovci, &Iiteurs 1879 8vo.; pp. 205 with 1 page unnumbered
of
Table; well printed; frontispiece by F. Lukkow; issue 500
copies. Noticed
in %t fcibre, April, 1880, p. 313.
FerboBen Soeften, Geschriften, Couranten, enz. in de i8«
eeuw. eene
bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der haagsche censuur, door A. J.
Servaas van
Rooijen. Haarlem. 1881. W. C. De Graaff. In course of
publication.
FermomBe en jgaamlooje £cf)rijbera opgespoord op het gebied
der
Nederlandsche en Vlaamsche Letterea Door Mr. J. I. Van
Doorninck.
Leiden. E. J. Brill. 1883. 8va; 2 vols.; date of vol. 2 1885.
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papiers d'&at
des Frari par Charles Yriarte Avec 136 gravures et 8 planches
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illustrated.
3La 'Fille et la fttpubltque Be FetriSe par Alexandre
Toussaint Limojon de
Saint-Didier 1680.
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Flaemsclje &tjjool of Antwerp.
®Htt, SHSisBom, anB Pathos, from the Prose of Heinrich Heine,
with a
few Pieces from the "Book of Songs." Selected and Translated by
J. Snodgrass. London: Trubner. 1879. 8vo.; pp. xx. and 338. This
volume, embellished with a good portrait of Heine, cannot be too
strongly
532
authorities consulted.
recommended to English readers, Both selections and
translation are
excellent, and the book will afford to one not desirous of
reading the whole
of Heine's works an admirable notion of his wit, wisdom, and
pathos. Further,
an alphabetical index is added which can serve as indicator to
Heine's
complete works.
Cije ^HorfejJ of Lord Byron : with his Letters and Journals,
and his Life,
by Thomas Moore. London. John Murray. 1832. Although the words
In
Fourteen Volumes appear on the title-page of vol. 1., seventeen
volumes are
needed to complete the work.
CfjeiDJKorlB'g ^agts, ©fitnfterS antt Reformers, being
Biographical Sketches
of Leading Philosophers, Teachers, Skeptics, Innovators,
Founders of New
Schools of Thought, Eminent Scientists, Etc. By D. M. Bennett.
Second
Edition. New York: D. M. Bennett. 8vo. ; pp. 1075 ; entered in
1876.
There is a smaller edition of the same year with title-page
dated; pp. 1048;
with portrait of the author.
INDEX.
I have never broken stones by the roadside, nor elsewhere, but I have an
idea that the nearest thing to it is the making an index for a book whose
subject has no interest for you. On the other hand, if the book is one which
you desire to master, I should say that there is no better way than to make
an index for it.
In indexing, consider always what is most likely to be
uppermost in the
mind of the seeker that you expect to use your index. Do not be
ingenious,
which is one of the signs of a novice in cataloguing, as in many
other
matters. An index should not oblige people to stay and think
under what
head your fantasy may have led you to hide an entry.
Charles F. Blackburn. &tntd on Catalogue Cities, pp. 50, 126.
^n ^Alphabetical Analytical Jndex.
n.
A. C. B. I., 325.
A. D. M., 525.
A. G., 422.
Saron Surr, Amorous Intrigues* of,
237.
Abdul Mustapha, 298, 301, 302.
Abelard, Peter, Memoirs of, 33 r.
Abrigi eTEmbryologie Sacree, 429.
accomplice* SUBIjore, €ift, 167.
account of tt)t atlbantages, 506.
Adams, W. D., Diet. oj English Lite-
rature, 510. ,
Addison, j., warrant signed by, 502.
aifelaitie, xxxi. note.
Adklung, J. C., 489.
atlolene, 220.
Adultery, book on, 29
Trials for, 323,328. 331, 334, 335,
337-
Enjoinment in India, 424.
When it may be indulged in, 469.
How it may be accomplished, 470.
See also Bigamy, Divorce,
Prostitution, Cuckoldom.
Adultery on the Part of Married Women,
293.
Adventurer, The, 323.
ailbentum, American, 163.
aabenturer, goutfjful, 164.
Adventures and Amours of a Bar-Maid,
324, 358.
a&benturea, Intrigue*, anU amours
of a PlaiU, 175.
aubenturess of a CoutUin ©trl, 236.
Adventures of a Dancing Master, 332.
Adventures of a Four-post Bedstead,
149 note, 329.
aBbentures of a dfrencf) JSetwteafc,
150,229.
Adventures of a French Turk, 341.
aKbentures of a Gentleman, 427.
Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of
Pleasure, 162.
Adventures of a Gold Ring, 332.
Adventures of a Lap-Dog, 332.
Adventures of a North Briton, 332.
aiJbentures of a 3&afce, 118, 332.
Adventurs- of a Shilling, 332.
536
index.
fiBbentureS of a Sofa, 221, 332.
Adventures of a Stage Coach, 332.
Adventures of an Eunuch, 332.
Adventures of an Oxford Studentt 332.
ailbentures at anna f}., xxxi. note.
Adventures of Christopher Curious, 332.
atlbenturtS of Son JJrtJro, 229, 233.
Adventures of Kitty Pry, 332.
Adventures of Lord M—, 332.
Adventures x>f Moses M'Fun, 332.
affaire Uu ©ranB StanBale tie 33or*
Beaujr, 489.
affaire &eo CartU^u xx., 489.
aggrabating ftafctcS, 489.
agnes ®SStllougf)b», xxxxi. note,
agreeable Contrast, Cf>e, 500.
Agrippa, Dr. J., quoted on Sodomy
and Masturbation, xv. note.
La Premiere Flktrissure, 527.
Aicken, publisher, 238.
Akarman, G., book published by, 227.
Alamaze, Joseph, 323.
aiealjuetas Se fWattrtB, Has, 388.
aidjnmist, 500.
SUribtafce, 492.
Slice UBatJe, 235.
aitiu et 'Faltour, 419.
Aixcock, C. J., 157.
QtllgememeS ®tle§rten=Hevtton, 489.
Alpropp. Mrs., Life of, 331.
Altham, Rev. James, Trial of, 331.
Alvise, Venetian Pimp, 45.
amafcis! tie ©aula, 384.
Amateur, An, 298.
Amateur Artist's Tale, 285.
Amatory and Bon Ton Intelligencef 328.
amatory 3Stpericticess of a Surgeon,
197.
Ambitious Mother, The, 332.
Smelta fHoreton, 2 36.
amedcan 9Bbenturer, amouiS of, 163.
American auU <©w»tal Siterar» 3SU*
eorU, 530.
ainerican iUttrature, 489.
American Publications, 198 to 23?.
amore, ©e, 5.
amorous aubeutuies of itola pontes,
220.
Amorous Correspondence, 338.
amorous 8jtStor» of3SU»mon& foe (
154.
amorous fiittctgiuS atift Iflbentures of
a fHusical Stufceni, xxxn. note,
amorous Intrigues of aaron JSurr,
237-
amorous Intrigues of Don jFerBinantt,
127.
Amorous Memoirs of Lady Grigsley,
336.
Amorous Novelist, 331.
amorous (Quaker, Cije, 427.
amorous Songster, 200.
amour, Se V, 509.
amour, 490.
amour, £a 3&ose 161.
Amour of Napoleon Buonaparte, 336.
amours anU Ihitrtguts of a dflaslj
JiWatt, xxxii. note,
amours of a fHan of EetSure, 235.
amours of a fftofcest JMan, 199.
amours of a fftusttal Stuttent, 229.
amours of a Quaker, 236.
index.
537
Amours of Alibeck and Santon, 314.
9mours of an ameraan a&benturer,
163.
Amours of Euphrosyne, 137.
Amours of HaBn Augusta Clapton,
229, 233.
Amours of Lady Lucian, 268.
Amours of London, 329.
amours of fLorti 33»ron, xxxii. note.
Amours of Miss Thompson, 336.
Amours of Mrs. Sidney, 139.
Amours of 33utro a«ttn, 300.
amours of Robert fHarsftra, xxxii.
note.
amours of ^amfrotU anS liulalta, 234.
Amours of the Duke of Wellington, 336.
amours of tije Etngs of dfrance, xxxii.
note, 323.
fhnours of Com Season, 295.
Amsterdam, books published at, 80,^
81, 97-
Amy's Letter to her Husband, 311.
Anayran, see Arbuthnot.
Ancilla, Venetian Courtesan, xxix.
note.
Ancram, Lord, 323.
Slit&otttHartf, dPatfjet, Amours of, 154.
Anecdoten, 416.
Anecdotes of Love, 323.
Angarano, P. de, founder of the
Palazzo Langran, 47.
anglat's fjtangear &'<®ptum, 525.
9nna, xxxii. note.
Slmta JSlotobra®, 219.
fltuia 33., aUbentureS of, xxxi. note.
&nnals oftlje ©reen &oom, xxxii. note,
annals of t$eTO)ttef)ouSe, xxxii. note.
Anneau Enchante, II, 369.
annuatte BeS amis Bes EibreS, 529.
aiionptnes, ^smUonpmes ft Super*
tljeries Eitteratres Be la ^robente,
490.
antiquarian fBtag&fctne, ®f>e, 490.
anttquarg, Cf>e, 490.
antis»pl)tlttu ©utile, ®f)e, xxxii. note.
Antonelli, Cardinal, portrait of, 428.
Antonio, Marc, 418.
Antonius, Saint, 454.
anuitga 3&unga, 457, 462.
Anvers, Caleb d', see D'Anvers.
Anzold, Venitian prostitute, fined for
entering a church, 41.
Apadravyas, 474.
Aphrodisiacs, in India, 474.
Aphrodites, The, 342, 492.
apologte pour fleroBote, 440.
Apology for George Ann Bellamy, 331.
Apotre Bibliographe, L', see Laporte.
Apple Girls of Boston, 202.
Appolonius of Gotham, 221.
Apprius, The History of, 324.
Arabella anil iflota, Setters, 166.
Arabin, Mrs., Trial of, 331.
Arbor Vita, 340.
Arbuthnot, F. F., Kama-Shastra, 457.
Kama-Sutra, 458.
Early Ideas, 460, 511.
Arcadian, An, 134.
Aretino, Pietro, on Prostitution at
Venice, xxvi.
yyy
538
index.
His portrait, xxvi. note.
His connection with Angela Zaf-
fetia, xxviix. note.
H Zoppino, xxi. note.
Sonnets Luxurieux, 477.
Ragionamenti, xxvi. note, 477.
Les Dialogues, xxvi. note.
Shettmts 3£tf*u&tbu£!, 500.
Argy, A. J. L. d', VElhe du Plaisir,
97-
Aris, Samuel, publisher, 507.
Armajer, Michele, illustrations by,
520.
art B'&tmer les; Etbres, 490.
Artful Seducer, The, 281.
Stecanuus, so 1.
Ascham, J., books published by, 146,
147, 282, 307.
flamotieuss, 235.
Stetfommotr Uu xvnie 526.
9tl)enaeum JSelge, 490.
Atkinson, W. P., quoted on the Study
of Novels, xxxv. note, 45.
On the Right Use of Books, 526.
Uttalantfe, 268.
Attrition, described, 110.
Aude, 478.
Audley, Lord, trial of, 340.
Sluguste Poulrt JlTalaSStS, 490.
Auparishtaka, 467.
&utf)entu ^Hcmotrs" of tljc Counted
Be Jiarre, 99.
$fatf)OKS a»B tljctt <£Hovb, 493.
authors of tlje Oan, 493.
note, 343.
Sutol)iograpf)B of 45. ®Ejomp«son, 219.
Sutograpp, Hes, 493.
abenturatf Be tut Polio, 3LaS, 393-
^[btiUurcsii®alanteSBelaiHaBone,4S4.
Avray, Comte d', favourite of Louis
xvin,, xiv. note.
B.
Bachelor, A., 199.
Baffo, F., punished for Sodomy at
Venice, 51.
Baffo, G., quoted on Prostitution at
Venice, xxvii. note.
Eulogised by J. Casanova, xxvii.
note.
Poesies Completes, xxvra. note.
j 33agmo fHteceUani), 183, 297.
Baker, John, publisher, 502.
Baker, Col. Valentine, 348.
Balfe, printer, 504.
JSallet <©ui, fetrigues of a, 180.
Baltimore, Lord, Trial of, 138.
Balzac, H., female hermaphrodite,
xv. note.
index.
539
Bandarini, Marco, on Courtesans at
Venice, xxvm.
Stanze del Poeta, xxvm. note.
Verses to Angela Zaffeta,xxix.note.
Banks, Sir Joseph, 417.
Barber, John, Alderman, 501.
JSarben'llo Be HabapteS, 351, 395-
Barberixjm, F., Venetian Catamite, 49.
Barcelona, books printed at, 385,393,
395-
Bar-Maid, Adventures of a, 324, 358.
Sac Jflat'B 0! tfje ©IB apoutH&ouac,
229.
Baroche, Ernest, accused of Sodomy,
xiv. note.
Baroche, M., 422.
Sarre, ©laubrcurbige 3Radjrirf)ten bonier
©tdfin tjott, 100.
JSarre, fHemotreji Be la Comtease Be,
100.
33arre, IHemotrs of tl)e CountetffieBe,99.
JSamngton, Htfe of ©corge, xxxn. note.
Barrois, T., bookseller, 97.
Barry, Madame du, 101.
Her life,'511.
Basilius Magnus, on Eunuchs, 18.
EastonnaBe, 531.
Battles of Venus, The, xxxiv. note.
Bauny, E., Examen de Certains Peches,
429.
Bavent, Magdeleine, 450.
Bawds, see Prostitution.
Bayona, book published at, 394.
Bazaar Beauties, 328.
Beauchamps, J. de, Guide du Libraire-
Antiquaire, 495.
Beauclerk, Topham, 331.
beautiful 0emon, ©f)e, xxxii. note.
Beccadelli, Antonio, Hermaphroditus,
445-
Bechmann, I. V. Tractatio Be Coitu
Damnato, 6.
Beckford, W., quoted on Booh, v.
Memoirs, 523.
Catalogue, 515.
Beckx, Jesuit, portrait of, 428.
ScBlarkS, 200.
Bedstead, History of a, 149, 332.
Belciel, Jeanne de, 450.
Belfast, book published at, 182.
Bellamy, G. Ann, Apology for, 331.
Portrait of, 331.
Belmore, Lady, 323.
Belgt, A., quoted on Vice in Fiction,
xli. note.
La Bouche de Madame X***, 496.
Benares, book published at, 458.
Benbow, publication by, 333.
Benedict, Judge, C. L., 530.
Bennett, D. M. Champions of the
Church, 499.
On A. Comstock, 530.
Trial, 530.
World's Sages, Thinkers and Re-
formers, 532.
Benson, T., 307.
Bentley, R., book published by, 482.
Beraldi, H., Les Graveurs, 514.
Mes Estampes, 523.
Quoted on A. Poulet-Malassis and
F. Hankey, 524.
54°
index.
Berard, Mme. Evrbmond, mistress of
Comte H. de Viel Castel, 522.
Bekgeret, 100.
Berkeley, Col., Loves of, 336.
Berkeley, Lady Henrietta, 324, 331.
Berkeley, Ihrse, The, 346.
Berkley, Theresa, mentioned, 145,
239.
Quoted on Mary Wilson, 297.
Berlin, book published at, 401 note.
Bernardo, Marieta, Venetian Cour-
tesan, xxviii. note.
Berry, W., publisher, 201.
Bertin, Armand, li. note.
Bessox, Bishop, portrait of, 428.
Bestiality, books on, 30, 448.
See also Sodomy.
Jktt» fvclanti, ijistorn of, xxxm. note.
Bew, j., book published by, 96.
JSljattia Cougptrarp CaSr, 424.
Bhide, Shivaram Parshuram, 459.
J3ibltograpf)rr, Cf)t, 495-
33tbliogi'apf)te Cttrico*©aIanU, 494.
JStbltograpfjie ties! JSibliograpfjtes, 494.
BtlUtograpi)ietofgimprc«stons£fltcros*
topiques, 494.
Bibliographic des Livres Modernes il-
lustr'es de Dessins Originaux, 529.
33tl>liograp!)ti Dt* (©ubragtg flluuWS,
5H-
EtbltograpJju KtS ©ubragess relatife a
rumour, xlv.
J3tbltograpf)tt tot* $la;uettt* lUmati*
tiqufcS, 494.
SiMtograpiju Sfssm'pttbc, 490.
33ib{tograp!jt« crottqut, 494.
iJibHograp^tt ©en hale DrS (©aulrs,
494.
iJibltograpljte Slaunt, Ha, 49S.
J3tbliogiapl)te Jiattonalc, 495.
fitbliograpljie Batsonee ft $3ratiqiu,
49S •
Sibltograpl}!) of 33tblt'ograpl)u, a, 49S.
Bibliography, study of, not de-
creasing, xi.
Andrew Lang quoted, xi.
Plan of an Universal Bibliography
proposed, xii.
Not yet an Exact Science, xiii.
Nomenclature not yet fixed, xm.
The best barrier against immor-
ality in a book, O. Uzanne quoted,
lvji.
Books on 489 to 528.
James Campbell quoted, 493.
See also Books.
JitfeliopljtU, He, 495-
Bibliophile Ornais, Un, 490.
iitbltotljtta arcana, 495.
SSibliotijeca CurtoSa, 496.
JJtbltotijfcqtu Internationale lie I'Srt,
496.
Big Bellied Nelly, 299.
Bigamy, books on, 1.
ftigeuto, ®f)t ILtfe of, xxxn. note.
33t)oujfHu^fttt fJebeu ijt I/arttm,304-
Billington, Mrs., 323.
Amour of, 336.
Binet, frontispiece by, 341 note.
Bingham, 324.
index.
541
J3iog;rapi)e, %t, 49s-
JStbltograpljtcal jHotttf, 493.
Birch, Rebecca, 241.
Birchedfor Thieving, 260.
33trcijm JSouqurt, CJ)t, 242.
Birchini, Signora, 241.
Biscoe, Joseph S,, v. R. Gordon, 324.
Biting, during copulation, 465.
Black Joke, The, 324.
Blackburn, C. F., Hints on Catalogue
Titles, 515.
Quoted on Indexing, 534.
Blasphemy, legislated for at Ven-
ice, 54.
Instance of, 55.
Blessebios, C., mentioned,xxviii. note.
CEuvres, 491.
Blondel, A., quoted on Mimoires de
Viel Castel, 522.
Bohn, James, Catalogue, 498.
Bois du BAis,Comte du, Catalogue, 497,
Bolano, M., 296.
Bolinbroke, Diana,Viscountess, Trial
33i. .
Bolton, 195.
Bombay, book published at, 424.
J3on Con ©ajttte, €f>e, 339-
Bon Con fHaga^tw, 281, 322.
Bona, V., printer, 452.
Bonaventure, prosecution of, 530.
Bqnnaffe, Diet, des Amateurs, 510.
Bqnneau, A., Deux Dialogues, 443.
Manuel d'Erotologie, 444.
Quoted on H. Estienne, 444.
iSoofoHober'S iSncf) trill ton,' Clje, 496.
33oo& of tj)« Ctjousiantj f2igf)ts antJ
<©tu flight, 198 note, 496.
Books, W. Beckford quoted, v.
E. Egger quoted, v.
G. Mouravit quoted, v.
E. P. de Senancour quoted, vi.
Octave Uzanne quoted, vn.
Voltaire quoted, ix.
Du Roure quoted, ix.
More respected now than former-
ly, xi.
Thomas Fuller quoted, xi.
A complete catalogue needed, xn.
Their Titles defined, xiii.
Confusion in giving their Sizes, xiii.
Sizes given by Measurement j xiii.
Technicalities avoided^ xiii.
See also Bibliography.
Borel, illustrations by, 73, 83.
Borel, P., quoted on Crime, vm.
Madame Putiphar, 520.
Quoted on Mme. de Pompadour, 456.
Borewell, R., 315.
Bortoletti, F., books published by,
13, 16.
Boston, books published at, 79, 242,
481.
Apple girls described, 202.
33ouri>« He fHatfanu X***, Ea, 496.
Boucher, F., pictures by, 188 note,
456.
JSouHoir, £f)c, 358, 480.
Boulle, 450.
ZZZ
54°
index.
Bouvier, Bishop, portrait of, 428.
Les Diaconales, 429, 430.
Compendium, 430.
Le Manuel du Clergi examined,431 •
His defence, 432.
Bovixet, frontispiece by, 341 note.
Boxing, see Pugilism.
Boyle, Joshua, The Alchymist, soo.
Bradshaw, James, his execution, 507.
33raut-2ftatf>t, i
xvii. note.
Brem, J. G., De Frigusculo, 14.
Bressana, C., punished for Rape, 53.
Bketgxne, see Restif.
Brett, J., book published by, xxxii.
note.
Erebfe Selineatio f-nipotenttii, 14.
Brewer, Rev. E. C., Authors and their
Work, 493.
Diet, of Miracles, 510.
The Reader's Handbook, 528.
Brewman, D., books published by,
280, 322.
Briard, printer, 492.
JJitJJal Cijaniber, Cfje, 218.
Bridal Pocket Book, The, 340.
Bride's Confession, The, 194, 303.
Brion, Mile, de, 340.
Brisacier, 491.
Bristol, book published at, 243.
Brivois, Jules, Guide de I'Amateur, 514,
Brizacier, 492.
Brizrattanjee, J., 424.
Broadbottom, J., Old England, 505.
Bromel, W., v. Sir M. W. Ridley,
323.
Brookes, J. B., books published by,
125, 129, 130, 132, 138, 159, 242.
Notice of, 126.
Brosses,Charles de. quoted oa Sexual
Intercourse at Venice, xix. note.
Quoted on Courtesans at Venice,
xxiii. note.
His lament on quitting" Venice, xxix.
note.
Lei Ires Famili'eres, 519.
33rotl)eI, J^crncsS in a, xxxiii. note.
Brothels, condemned, 31.
One in St. James'-Street, 112.
Godly's, 279.
Mary Wilson's Eleusinian Institu-
tion, 294.
Mary Wilson's Flogging Establish-
ment, 297.
Sketches of London Brothels, 336.
The Carampana of Venice, xxiii.
note.
Eugene Sue takes his mistress and
stepson to a brothel, xl. note.
His own house made one, xl. note.
See also Prostitution.
Brothers, Richard, memoirs of, 338.
Portrait of, 338.
Brown, F. A., De Mitigatione Poenae
Sodomiae, 30.
Brown, J. L., frontispiece by, 498.
Bruhl, portrait by, 456.
Brunet, G., Manuel du Libraire, 521.
Brunette, tta, 81.
INDEX.
543
Brussels, books published at, 79, 80,
173, 403. 419, 421, 422, 452, 453,
455-
Srgan'4 ©tcttonaru of painters, 496.
Buckingham, Intrigues of, 237.
Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of,
Works, 501.
Buckley, Dr. J. M., Introduction to
Traps for the Young, 529.
Bude, Eugene de, quoted on Modern
Novels, xli. note.
Quoted on Chastity in Fiction, lvi.
note.
Du Danger des Mauvais Livres, 511.
Buhler, Dr., 459.
Buffon, quoted on Love, xli.
JSuIltttn Bu Cajtnopjjtle, 496.
33uIUtt'n Crimestwl, 492.
Burleigh, Lord, Amours of, 331.
Bursill, J. book published by, 452.
Burton, printer, 504.
Busch, W. 2>er <§etfige QtntortiuS, 454.
Le Grand Saint Antoine, 454.
Byng, Andrew, 508.
Byron, Lord, Amours of, xxxii. note.
Private Intrigues of, xxxm. note.
Private Life of, xxxrn. note, 328.
Quoted, 33, 201.
Don fuan, canto xvh., 335.
The Loves of, 236.
Works, 532.
0.
C. B. I. A., 325.
C., M., 492.
CabriEres, Bishop, portrait of, 428.
CaBenasS tt CetnturfS Bt CJjastet*, 477.
Cadikre-Girard Scandal, 449, 452.
Cadogan, Lord, versus Cooper, 324.
California TOBofo, ®f)f, 220.
Caillard, debauched by Eugfcne Sue,
xl. note.
Calvert, F., see Baltimore.
Cambridge Larks, The, 329.
Camp, Maxime du, quoted on Girard-
Cadihre trial, 450.
Paris Ses Organes Ses Fonctions, 527.
Campardon, Documents on Voltaire,
525.
Campbell, James : his death, xlvii.
His erudition, xlvii.
His through knowledge of Erotic
Literature, xLvn.
His family name, xlvii.
Extent of his library, xlviii.
His obliging disposition, xlviii.
Assistance rendered to M. Jules
Gay, xlvih.
His enthusiasm for Bibliography,
xi.viii.
Bibliographical Notes, xlix., 493.
54°
index.
His connection with W. Dugdale,
xlix.
His contributions to The Exquisite,
xlix., 341.
His intimacy with E. Sellon, xlix.
His portrait, xlix.
On Memoirs of a Woman of Plea-
sure, 62.
Experiences of a Surgeon, 197.
Quoted on Bibliography, 493.
Canards, 416.
Candeleta, Marietta, Venetian Pro-
curess, 44.
Candida, N. L. de, accused of Sodomy
with his wife, 51.
Cannon, G., books published by, 140,
151, 239, 240, 242, 243, 299, 316.
Convicted, 299.
Captain Stroke*airs pocket iSook, 157,
Caracciolo, Enrichetta, on Italian
Convents, 56.
Memoirs of, 482.
My stir es des Couvents de Naples, 482.
®ef)eimttif[e bet Jtl&fter {ReapelS, 482.
Cardinals, see Priestcraft.
Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, xxxv.
Carraffa, J. P., 130.
Cartas toe BoS &mtga:S, 392.
Carterei1, warrants signed by, 501,
502, 507.
Cos de Conscience, Compendium des, 429.
Casanova, J., description of a Venetian
Courtesan, xxvii.
Memoires, xxvii. note.
His eulogy of Baffo, xxvii. note.
Castlehaven, Earl, trial of, 340.
Castleton, Hate, 220.
Gastrato, see Eunuch.
Catalogue*, 457, 496, 497, 498.
Catamites, see Sodomy.
Catley, Ann, Life of, 331.
Cavendish: v. Cavendish 185.
Caverot, Archbishop, portrait of, 428.
Caylus, Comte de, Portefeuille, 525.
Cazin, book published by, 73.
Books on 496, 521.
Cazinophile, Un, 498.
Ca^aria, iLa, 477.
Cecil, Lord Burleigh, Amours of, 331.
Cemture* fie CfjaStet*, HeS, 477.
Celestial Bed, 330
Celibacy, books on, 29, 109.
Cellini, Stella, Venetian dancer, 41.
Centurta DLtbrorum 2lfcgconBttorum,
498.
Cerisiette, 235.
Chaignolles, J. de, translation of
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, 81.
Le Biographe, 496.
Catalogue, 497.
Chalon, NepomucIine, 479.
Chalon, Rene, Catalogue Fortsas, 457.
Champagnac, J. B. J., Chronique du
Crime, 499.
Chambley, Le Sire de, see H arancourt.
Champion* of t|ie Cfjurtf), 499.
CHANGUioN,D.J.,book published by,97.
Cfjansonnter f^istorique, 528.
Chappuis, L., book published by, 154.
Chardin, 442.
index.
545
£%&tlt4 tf>t &rconB, 237.
Charles II., Anecdotes of, 340.
Charles II. and III. of Parma, accused
of Sodomy, xiv. note.
Chastet'e, Traite de, 429.
Chastity, destroyed by Contact, 266.
See also Modesty.
Chauvet, J., illustrations by, 358, note.
Cheap, Harry, publisher, 503.
Cijerub, Cfje, 281.
C^erubtm, <©, 83 note.
Cfjfru&ui, 81.
Chester, Miss, Life of, 336.
Chesterfield, Lord, 97.
Cfiefiallrr, e, 236.
Chichester, Mrs., 186.
Cf)i(B of Mature, €f>e, 234, 343.
Chinese Education, see Edu-
cation.
Chiniquy, The Priest, the Woman, and
the Confessional, 4S4.
Portrait of, 454.
Choice of Boo&s, Cfje, 499.
Chorier, Dialogues de Luisa Sigea, 477.
CJ)ri
Hniae, 5.
Christopher Curious, Adventures of, 332.
Cfirontque Uu Crime et He 1'fnnocenee,
499.
Cijromijtte* faBtSrrttes, 525.
Churiumgurkum, 324.
Cipote, 394.
Cttateur, ile, 481.
Cities of ttje Plain, &tns of tfje, 194.
Clatrbille, jflaue Be, 221.
AAAA
Claret, Archbishop, mentioned, 393.
La Ctf d'Or, 429
Pieuses Exhortations, 430.
Claretie, Jules, preface to Madame
Putiphar, 520.
Claudine, 324.
Cle
characters, xlii.
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, 60,
400, 503.
La Fille de Joye, 72.
S)aS grrauensitmner ijon 9Sergnugen,82.
La Meretrice Inglese, 82.
0 Voo da Innocencia, 82.
Summoned before the Privy Council,
86.
Quoted on the difficulties of writing
Erotic Novels, 87.
Memoirs of a Coxcomb, 92.
Notice of, 95.
Cleopatra, ®f)e Soft es of, 221.
Clergy, see Priestcraft.
Clubs, 325-
Coffee-House Medley, 332.
Cohen, H., quoted on La Fille de
Joye, 73.
Guide de VAmateur, 515.
His death, 515.
Cole, Elizabeth, 505.
Colla, executed for Sod omy at Venice,
50-
Colle, Chroniques, 525.
Colletet, Journal, 525.
Notice of, 525.
Collette, C. H., 513.
54°
index.
Cologne, book published at, 72, 100.
Commentatto fbriBita Be Strbpro Va*
Ibntario, 4.
Comfagnessa, Zanetta, banished from
Venice for Blasphemy, 55.
Compendium des Cas de Conscience, 429.
Complaint* Bes dPtlleS, 526.
Complaisant Seljool jj&tetrtSS, ®f)e,
239-
Compltat Sett of Charts of tfje Coasts
of ;JHerr»lanB, 503.
Comstock, A., on American Fiction,
xxxiv. note.
Book on, 499.
Frauds Exposed, 513.
Traps for the Foung, 529.
Censured by H. Pfene Du Bois, 529.
Notices of, 530.
Conchobar, King of Ireland, xvi. note.
Confession tt Confesseurs, 430.
Confession ©alante D'une Jfemnie Bu
jWonBe, 358 note, 421.
Confessions of a HaBg's fitUtS, i?9-
Confessions of a HaBn'S Waiting
jftaiB, xxxn. note, 235.
Confessions of a Methodist, 329.
Confessions of a Jiun, xxxn. note.
Confessions of a Sola, 221.
Confessions of a looting HaBy, 304.
Confessions of a Voluptuous f^ouitg
HaBp, 305.
Confessions of SluUa ©rake, 237.
Confessions of JlaBame "FeStctS,
xxxn. note.
Confessions of the Chevalier D'—, 342.
Confidence Displaced, 332.
Congress, see Copulation.
conicida, 397.
Conjugal HefoBneSS, xxxn. note,
Conjugal 3Lobe anB SJutn, xxxii. note.
Conjugal Nights, 341.
Connatssance ntossaires & un 33tblio«
pfitle, 499.
Connubial <2»uiBe, Clje, xxxii. note.
Conscience, Examen de, 430.
Consequences of Seduction, 281.
Consolaltone {nfi'vmorum, 38e, 384.
Conspiration du 12 Mars, La, xiv. note.
Constantinople, bookpublished at,298.
Constitution restore®, Cf)e', 507.
Constitutional (Queries, 501.
Contact adverse to Chastity, 266.
Contades, Count G. de, Bibliographe
of A. Poulet-Malassis, 490.
Biography of A. Poulet-Malassis,
490.
Some errors of his, 491.
Contarini, A., quoted on Prostitution
at Venice, 36.
Contes Be Ha Fontaine, li. note, 515.
Contes Be TaSSelter, 477.
Contes |2oubeaur, 492.
Contes Picards, 359.
Contes Secrets traduits du Russe, 359.
Continuation of ti)e ftebteto, S, 501.
Contrition, described, 110.
Conbent, JHgsteries of a, xxxui. note.
Con bent, Sir jfflontf)S tn a,xxxm.note.
Conbent Scijool, C|e, 244.
Convents, book on, 482.
See also Priestcraft.
Cook, T., engraving by, 96.
index.
547
Cooper, Rev. Mr., 324.
Cooper, T., Men of the Time, $23.
Coqte, Sir Eyre, 344.
Coote, Rosa Belinda, 244.
Copies taken from ti)e JXttorHS, 499-
Copulation, Octave Uzanne quot-
ed, vii.
Men suitable for, 464.
Women suitable for, 464.
Modes of embracing-, 464.
Kissing-, 464.
Scratching, 465.
Biting, 465.
Various Postures, 465, 467.
Striking, 466.
Wedge, Scissors, Pincers, &c. used,
466.
Mouth Congress, 467.
Love Quarrels, 468.
Seven kinds of Congress, 469.
Book on, 448.
See also Fornication, Incest,
Love, Marriage, Men, Po-
lygamy, Rape, Seduction,
Prostitution, Sex, Virgins,
Seigniorial Rights, Wo-
men.
Coquette of CfjeStnut Street, 220.
Corphoo, Clara de, Venetian Prosti-
tute, 51.
Corpse-profanation, 15-
Correcting the Press, difficulty,
of, L1II.
Thanks to friends for their assist-
ance, un.
Advantages of a good printer, liii .
E. Egger quoted, liii. note.
The Author is a bad " Reader," liv.
Few books free from Errors, liv.
Littre quoted, liv. note.
See also Errors of the Press.
Correspondence of Two Celebrated Cour-
tesans, 166.
Corroenne, A. Bulletin du Cazinophile,
496.
Manuel du Cazinophile, 521.
Cortina CorrtBa, £a, 385.
Coryat, Thomas, quoted on Courtesans
at Venice, xxiv. note.
Eulogises Venice, xxx. note.
Crudities, 509.
Countess, Cl)e, 236.
Country ©trl, HDbtntureS of a, 236.
Country Girl's Tale, 291.
Countri? journal, Cije, 501.
Court anS Cottage, xxxii. note.
Courtesans, see "Prostitution.
Courtezan, Memoirs of a, 324, 342.
Coubent, ftts DaSSetempS, Uu, 155.
Covent Garden Cyprians, 358.
Colmit ©artfen JMagajme, Cfjc, 400.
Cojrcomb, fHcmotvS of a, 92.
Coypel, C. A., drawings by, 499.
Craggs., J, warrant signed by, 506.
Crancocc, Voltigern, quoted on Ama-
tory Tales, xxxiv. note.
Trifles, 5 30.
Cregut, F. C., Grilndliche Wieder-
legung, 9.
Notice of, 11.
602
index.
Creighton, Trevor, quoted on Fiction,
xxxvi. note.
Ethics of Some Modern Novels, 512.
Cremome, ®l)e, 357-
Crim. Con., see Adultery.
Crim. Con. Gajrtte, ®f)e, 338.
Crime, Petrus Borel quoted, vm.
Committed by priests, 3.
See also Vice.
Crimes of the Kings of France, 323.
Criminal, ۤt, 221.
Cristofolina, Venetian Prostitute, 44.
Critical 3&ebiefo, Cije, 509.
CruBtties, 509.
Cruikshank, George, illustrations to
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, 83.
Cruikshank, J., engraving- by, 280,
281.
Cruikshank, R., wood-cuts by, 326.
Crutwell, bookseller, 329.
CudtolB, £1)?, xxxn. note.
Cuckoldom, books on, 109, 328,
495-
See also Adultery.
Cuckold's Chronicle, 328, 334.
Culte Be SJBriape, 419.
Cumberland, Duke of, 175.
Cummtns, 3Ufe of £Hoti)n\ xxxn. note.
Cunnilinges, 448.
Cimnusburgf) Ctbrarw, Cf)t, 509.
CupiB'S album, xxxn. note.
CuptB's ©ton Htbran), 200.
Curate, The, and his Daughter, 324.
Curieuse Document en, 416.
Curieuse Gebruiken, 416.
Curtett)-, He, 509.
Curiosity 509.
Curiosileiteu ban Sllerlei SavB, 416.
Curiosities of ^Flagellation, 251.
Curious anB Utberting feistorn of a
ioetfs'teaU, 149.
Curious Letter, A, 199.
Curtain Btraton up, 296.
Curtis, John, 324.
Cyrillum, D., book published by, 1.
Cytherean Discussions, 3 30.
D.
©atlg $0St, €i)C, 501.
JSamneB Stuff, 103, 402.
Dancing Master, Adventures of a, 332.
ganger ttcs JHaubaifi Hibres, Su, 511.
Daniel jBefoe, 509.
D'Anvers, Caleb, The Country fournal,
SOI.
Darby, Ann, 138 note.
Darby, John, printer, 504.
Daru, on Prostitution at Venice, 35-
Dattaka, on Courtesans, 472.
Daubney, Rev. Mr., 323,
Davenport, Mrs,, 340.
David II., 483.
index.
549
Dawson, J., bookseller, 404.
j©t 'BEtaU Skubemlt Contraljentfis
£ponsaltbu$ ac fiSatrimomisi fiKo-
nta, 13.
Se Smote, 5.
De Beauchamps, J., see Beauchamps.
De Berard, see Berard.
De Brion, Mile., 340.
De Brosses, see Brosses.
Be Cottu Bamnato, 6.
Be consolatione tnfi'rmorum, 384.
lie Crtmtne et 3Poma Stupri, 3.
Be Bemomal.itate, 22.
Be Bte at j3oete Jgupttalt, 12.
Be Bigmtate feominte, 29.
De Dreux-Breze, portrait of, 428.
De Fauques, see Fauques.
Be dfrigusculo, 14.
Be ifnrestu Contra jSaturam, 6.
Be ramour, 509.
De la Popelinxere, see Popeliniere.
Be la Urostitutum en iEurope, 510.
De la Rochefoucauld, see Rochefou-
cauld.
Be la dottomte, 477.
De Lescure, M., see Lescure.
Be iWalrimonite, 11.
Be jSCitigattone $oenae m Crtmtnem
&otJotiuae, 30.
De Musset, see Musset.
Be ftatwali $uDore, 29.
Be ©bsicrcmss $anttfirorum Bectmtsf, 3.
Be $oI»gamta, 1.
Be ioljjbiria, 1.
DeSenancqur, E. P., see Senancqur.
Be l&otfomta flermapfjrobitt, 7.
Be ^otiomta Cractatus, 20, 477.
Be Stbpro 'FolbiUarto, 4.
BeCrimtate Bibina, 501.
De Viel Castel, see Viel Castel.
Be "Ftjrgme JPIorenttna, 23.
Be Virgine prae 'Ftbua UucenBa, 23.
Beat!) JSloio to Corrupt BoctrtneS,434.
Debreyne, Moechialogie, 429, 430.
Examen des Deux Questions, 429.
Declarations of tije -©retentfer, 501.
Befence of tf)e ft—, % 501.
Defoe, D., his Realism, xxxix.
Criticised, by W. Minto and T. S.
Perry, xxxix. note.
Delepierre, Joseph Octave, his ami-
able character, xliv.
Estimate of his labours, xlv.
Originator of the Bibliographie des
Ouvrages relaiifs d VAmour, xlv.
Pornodidascaliana, xlv., 527.
Date of his death, xlv. note.
Why his works are not popular,
xlvi.
Eulogised by G. Brunet, xlvi. note.
Works in which he is mentioned,
xlvi. note, 478 note.
His person described, xlvh.
His portrait, xlvii., 518.
Quoted on Les Aphrodites, and
Monrose, 342 note.
Un Point Curieux des Mcettrs de fa
Grke, 478
Dissertation sur les Idees Morales
des Grecs, 478.
HUB!}
604
index.
Machine Intcressante, 479.
Des Livres Comdamnks au Feu, 500.
His bio-bibliography, 517.
Delgado, see Delicado.
Delicado, F., II Zoppino, xxi. note.
La Lozana Andaluza, 373.
Notice of, 383.
El modo de adoperare el legno de
India Occident ale, 384.
De consolalione infirmorum, 384.
Amadis de Gaula, 384.
Primaleon, 384.
©flints of £obe, ©fre, 203.
Delights of the Low Countries, 341.
SJeligljt? of tt)e Nuptial Sett, xxxu.
note.
Delphino, H., Eunuchi Conjugium, 15.
Urmom'aittatf, 23c, 22.
fJemomaUtB, 22.
D'^peenon, favourite of Henri III.,
xiv. note.
Derome, the elder, li. note.
Derome, L., Le Luxe des Livres, 520.
Sts itibres ConttamHte au jptu, 500.
DBSCHAStPS,P.,Ma«a£/ duLibraire, 521.
Desmarais, C., Le Roman, 529.
Sessinatcurs, les, 514.
UcsbtrgaBa por su gusto, Ha, 397.
2)eu? dialogues tu noubeau Eangne,
443-
Deux Venitiens, 512.
Developer, The, 331.
Devinettes Bretonnes, 359.
JBebotions Be iHme. Btl|f)amoot!i,455-
D'Heillv, G. Diet, des Pseudonyms, 511.
Diablc au Corps, 3U, 492.
JUialogue bftfotrn a Montait anB a
T7irtiiit, 293, 315. ^Dialoguebethum C. $ones, soi.
dialogue of a Christian anB JfteimS,
31S note.
Sialogue of a fHamtB EaBw anB
iWatB, 31S note.
Stalogttc of a (Quaker anB fjts fflaiB,
315 note.
Dialogue on Divorce, A, 3 30.
StalogucS, firs, xxvi. note.
Skalugucs Be ILutSa S?igra, 477.
Diamond, Dr., photographs of J. O.
Delepierre, xlvii., 518.
Diamond Ring, The, 325.
Diary of a Nymphomaniac, 3io.
©tftionan'es, 496, 510, 511.
Dictionary for the Bon Ton, 323.
Dictionary of Love, 323.
Dickens, Charles, described what he
saw, xxxix.
His value lies in the depth of his
observation, xxxix.
Life by A. W. Ward, 510.
Dickenson-, Miss, 348.
QtB you tber see suclj QamneB Stuff,
103, 402.
U.igmtatc ItomtntS, ©e, 29.
BtlBoe, £tor» of a, 192.
Dilkoosha, Story of, 351.
Dkaux, A., quoted on Mtmoires de la
Comtesse de Barre, 102.
Discourse on tfct ££Iorsf)tp of Urtapus,
417.
index.
551
Sisnnsus $tst.«3ur. Se Ste at jiocte
jiuptiali, 12.
Sisputatio luauguralis ShiriBtca Be
&more, 5.
Stsputatio SJurtBira Se finces'tu, 6.
©iSSertatio StoriBieaSe JfriguSrulo,
14.
StSSertatio ^udBt'ea Se fHitigatioue
Ibenae in Crimutem SoBomtae, 30.
Sissertation sur les fBeeS JjHorales Bes
©recs, 478.
Divorce, on account of Impotency, 15.
By marriage with an Eunuch, 17.
Book on, 29.
A Dialogue on, 3 30.
Trials for, 335.
See also Adultery.
Stjr &ns Be la Vie B'une dfernme, 306.
Dobson, A., on Illustrated Books, 519.
Doctor, ITie, 330.
Doctor Graham's Advice to Ladies, 330.
Soctorat Impromptu, lie, 492.
Dodd, Ann, book published by, 501.
Dodd, engraving after, 96.
Doglini, N., on Prostitution at Venice,
xxm. note.
Dolphina, Cornelia, Venetian Cour-
tesan, xxvm. note.
Domestic Sisetpltne, 159.
Somrstu Sctnc£S,a&ecolI«ttonsof, 158.
Don Juan, canto xvn., 335.
Son SJuan ia tfjc Stmi), xxx. note.
Son UeBro, Stobentuves of, 229, 233.
Donnet, Archbishop, portrait of, 428.
Doorninch, J. I. van, Vermomde Schrij-
Ders, S31.
Dorigo, M., Venetian Courtesan, 44.
D'Orsay, Count, accused of Sodomy,
xiv. note.
Douglas, Mother, 85.
Soutes 9moureur, 477.
Dramatic Register, 338.
Drawers, Ladies', described, 265.
Dreux-BriJze, De, Bishop, portrait
of, 428.
©ribc on Coat^man, xxxn. note.
Sroit Bu Sf«S««ur, 511, 512.
Srott Bu Seigneur Bans la Cfjatel*
lente Be Utile, 28.
Drujon, F. on Memoirs of a Woman of
Pleasure, 62.
Drukfouten, 416.
Drummond, Hellen, 298.
Drybutter, pilloried for selling Me-
moirs of a Woman of Pleasure, 86.
Dryden, quoted, 280.
Su 33arrn, &a, 511.
Du Bois, see P£ne du Bois.
Du Bois du Bais, see Bois.
Du Camp, M., quoted on Girard-
Cadihe trial, 450.
Du Chatelet, Prostitution in Paris, 340.
Su Sanger Bes iHaubats fibres, 511.
Du Roure, quoted on Books, ix.
Du Sacrement du Mariage, 430.
Duberly, J., v. Gen. Gunning, 323.
Dublin, book published at, 193.
Duct take that sl^, 415.
552
INDEX.
Duclos, Ckroniques Ihdiscrites, 525.
Dufohr, J. M., Questions Ulustres, 528.
Dvgdale, J., books published by, 145,
179.
Notice of, 180.
Dugdale, W., books published by,
xxxn. note, 68, 69, 71, 100, 121,
132, i3S, 136, 138, Hi, 148, 151.
152, 158, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166,
169, 172, 181, 240, 242, 243, 282,
292^ 304, 307, 3io, 316, 318, 339-
Dunciad, The, 92.
Duncombe, E., publication by, 335.
Duncombe, John, books published by,
169, 172.
Dunki, L., etchings by, xxvi. note.
Dunlop, John, quoted on Fiction, xxxvi.
note.
The History of Fiction, 516.
Duplessis, G., Emblemes tTAlcial, 496.
Duquesnay, Archbishop, portrait of,
428,
Dutton, T., Frank Prinrake, 324.
Wollmar and Jacobina, 325.
Walter Popmarvel, 325.
Duvernet, Les Devotions de Mrne. Betz-
hamooth, 455.
La Retraite de Mme ue Montcor-
nillon, 455-
Dwergen, 416.
Dyer, A., books published by, 143,159.
Notice of, 144.
Dyer, E., book published by, 239.
Dyer, John, his condemnation, 507.
Dying Harlofs Address, 281.
3iarl$ fUtas, 511.
Ecclesiastical Triumphs, 341.
litolt Htg Stents, 422.
Education, college essays, xvii.
Marmontel quoted, xvii. note.
Improper books given young men
and women at the universities,
xvii. note.
The Chinese more careful in this
respect, xvii. note.
S. W. Williams quoted, xvii. note
See also Ignorance.
Education de la Pippa, xxvi. note.
Edwards, David, printer, 508.
Effects of Strangulation, 325.
Effects oj Temporary Strangulation, 406.
Egger, E., quoted on Books, v.
Quoted on Printing, un. note.
Histoire du Livre, 516.
Egremont, warrant signed by, 504.
Eisenberg, D. P., portrait of, 456.
Islrmcnts of Cuttton, 240.
Eleusinian Institution, described, 294,
l&lfcbt Uu JJlafetr, 97.
Eliza Gordon, 332.
Elliot, E., publication by, 338.
index.
553
Elliot's Literary Saloon, 326.
Elmina, 324.
Eluin, illustrations by, 73, 83.
Elwes versus Harvey, 324.
fEmblhneS D'Slctat, lies, 496.
Embryologie Sacre, Abrege d', 429.
Eme, English Bawd at Venice, 44.
Emiliana, Margarita, Venetian Cour-
tesan, xxx. note.
Emily Palmer Mr. de C—, 102.
Emma J—nson, History of, 332.
3£ncf)tri&ton, ®f>», 496.
iEngltSl) Htterature, 512.
Engravings, books on, 496,514,
SIS, 52!, 523.
Enthusiasm Delineated, 85.
fhitrettens sur les ftomans, 512.
Iipernon, d', favourite of Henri III.,
xiv. note.
Erasmus, curious blunder in one of
his books, un. note.
iErotic Casket ©tft Book, 356.
Erotic Literature, see Books,
Fiction, and Literature.
lErotira, 418.
IBrotologie Classtque, JSanuel U', 444.
Errors of the Press, frequent, liv.
Afewblunders instanced, liii. note,
liv. note, lv. note.
See also Correcting the Press.
Erwin, Emma d', 421 note.
lEsgmt Des lEtnbams,'5i2-
Essay on Manhood, 3 30.
lEssaw on HSornan, 330, 340,423.
Essayist, The, 323.
3Essa»s on UiigltSf) Writer*, 512.
Estienne, H., Apologie pour Hirodete,
440.
Deux Dialogues, 443.
iSstuKtos CrtttroS, 512.
lEtl a la Camp ague, ®ln, 421, 492.
iBtfjtfS of Some iffloDern $obelS, 512.
Etonensis, 260.
Eugenio and Matilda, 325.
Eunuch, Adventures of an, 332.
Eunuch, The, 323, 340.
3Eumitf)t Conjugtum, 15.
£Eunutf)tsm StSplaneD, xxxii. note.
Eunuchs, books on, 15, in, 323,
332, 340-
" Toil like horses," 270.
Practice Mouth Congress, 467.
Different kinds in India, 467.
iEbeltne, 142.
Evenings at the Palais Royal, 341.
iEberu Roman's 33ook, xxxii. note.
iEbtl ©emus, 236.
Examm de Certains Pkhes, 429.
Examen de Conscience, 430.
Examen des Deux Questions, 429.
Experiences of a Cunt Philosopher, 485.
ISrperimental iecture, 246.
Exposure of the Person, at
Venice, 52.
lErqutstte, €1>e, 100, 339.
iE»e*(©pener, 481.
CCCC
554
index.
F.
jfaeett® of fioggto, xxvj. note.
Facetious Anecdotes, 292.
dfatti, ©fjeories, anU parallel Casts,
220.
Family, Experience on limiting a, 340.
dTantp 4Man, Cf>e, 237.
dfannp ©reele», 210.
Fanny Hill and Phoebe, 83.
Fanny Hill, Louisa and the Nosegay
Boy, 84.
dfanng 9HH, JHemotrs of, 66.
Jfannp StamSaj, xxxii. note, xxxm.
note.
Farnesio, A. I., book dedicated to, 3.
Farrell, J. H., books published by,
203, 229.
Fashionable Dictionary of Love, 323.
Fashionable Gallantry, 334.
dTast UU tn Kontton anB -Paris, 237.
dTatijer ©irartt anfcf&tss Cafcttrr, 452.
Faucou, L., Memoire sur les Vexations,
525-
Notice on J. H. Marchand, 526.'
Fauques, Mile de, Histoire de Mme. de
Pompadour, 525.
Fava, Bishop, portrait of, 428.
Jpabouritt of TJenus, 145.
Felicia; or, the follies of my life, 342.
Feline, Cattchisme des Gens Maries,
452, 481.
Notice of, 453.
Fellens, Charles, La Fkodalilk, 512.
Les Droits du Seigneur, 512.
Female Contest, The, 410.
dfemale mou*, €t)f, 237.
dfemme He Cljambrc, jftentoires b'une,
173-
jfemme Dr la flature, 2a, 341 note.
dTtmnus 33 lo uUtS, Ses, 512.
Fenton, G., 62, 65, 66, 67, 73, 75.
dfioUalitf, Sa, 512.
dFcrOtiuu]) anil jSarie, Intrigues of,
127.
Ferguson, J., book published by, 154.
dFeStibal of Sobe, Cije, 167.
Festival of the Paphians, 299.
Jfestibal of tfje ftasstons, 298.
dFite-of Cosmo, 417.
Fiction, that noticed in the present
volume, xxxi.
Worthlessness of English Erotic '
Novels, xxxiv., xl.
John Ruskin quoted, xxxv.
Free Tales do not corrupt xxxiv.
note, xxxvi. note, xxxix. note M.
Its importance and utility, xxxv.
De Sade quoted on the basis of all
novels, xxxv. note.
History formed from fiction, xxxv.
note, xxxvi. note.
W.P.Atkinson quoted 011 the study
of fiction, xxxv. note.
INDEX.
555
T. Creighton quoted, xxxvi. note.
John Dunlop quoted, xxxvi. note.
Domestic Novels preferred, xxxvn.
Should record what the author has
seen, xxxvn.
Novels by authors of moderatecapa-
cities the most reliable,(xxxvxi.
Historical Novels to be read with
caution, xxxvn.
English NQvels praised by H. Heine,
xxxvn. note.
Erotic Novels " hold the mirror up
to nature," xxxvin.
Furetifere and Restif de la Bretonne
copied what they saw, xxxvm.
V. Fournel and Gerard de Nerval
quoted, xxxvm. notes.
The Realism of Defoe and Dickens,
xxxix.
W. Minto, T. S. Perry and A. W.
Ward quoted, xxxix. notes.
De Sade enacted what he por-
trayed, xxxix.
Immoral Novels must be studied,
xxxix., lvii.
Bishop Huet quoted, xxxix. note.
The English language not suited
to Erotic Fiction, xl.
A. Belot quoted on Vice in Fiction,
xli. note.
Modern Novels treat chiefly Sexual
Love, xli. note.
Some English Erotic Novels com-
pared, xlu.
Modern English Novelists influ-
enced by De Sade, xliii.
Decay of English Erotic Fiction,
xlxxx.
E. de Bude quoted on Chastity in
Fiction, lvi. note.
" Penny Dreadfuls," lvi. note.
Books on, 511, 512, 516, 517, 526.
Jfifteen Pleasures of a "Firkin, Cf>e,
xxxn. note,
dfifti) Stars' Merollecttons, 513.
dfille Be Slope, la, 72 to 80.
if tile sand JPeuUtSe, la, 81.
Fischaber, book published by, 72.
Fitzgerald, D., his condemnation, 508.
Flagellation, books on, 109,238 to
267, 325, 330, 405-
A Venetian bawd whipped for pro-
curing girls for a Moor, 41.
Prostitutes whipped at Venice, 41.
Private Individuals forbidden to
whip them. 41.
Instance of punishment on that
account, 42.
Fustigation of Pimps and Bawds,42.
A "Bye-Way to Heaven," 109.
Flagellation anecdotes, 126, 145,
j 46, 168, 182.
Letters on, 340.
Striking practiced in India, 466.
Parts of the body to be struck, 406.
jf lagello Belle jHeietrtn, II, xxu. note,
dflast) jilan, Smour* of a, xxxn. note.
Maters in en over Boeken, 416.
556
INDEX.
Fleischer, J. F., book published by, 7.
Flensburg, book published at, 3.
Fletcher, W. J., Index to Periodical
Literature', 517•
Fleuriot, book published by, 431.
ftltcgenben SBIatter, Die, 482.
Flint, Mrs., publisher, 506.
flirt, Life of Madame, 332.
dFlora JHontgomerte, 227.
Florian, Claudine, 324.
Flunkeyania, 345.
dflgtng £ost, ©&e,*502.
dfog's HKetfelp journal, 502.
Foley, Lady Ann, Trial of, 331.
Folklore, 359, 482.
dFolles Smours Vts JiamtS, 81 note.
Folthrop, R., bookseller, 426.
Foote, 85.
Foote, Clara, 339.
jTootmaw, autobtograpf»p of a, xxxn.
note, 343.
Forberg, F. C., mentioned, xxxviii.
Manuel d' Erotologie, 444.
Hermaphroditus, 445.
Notice of, 445.
List of his works, 445.
dfortfit Virgin, €f)t, 112.
Ford Lord Grey, 324, 331.
Formulettes Bretonnes, 359.
Fornication, books on, 4, 6, 29.
See also Copulation.
Fornication on the part of old Maids, 293.
Foster, J., quoted on R. Griffiths, 95.
Life of Goldsmith, 5 20.
Fossey, M. E., 479,
Foster Brother and Sister's Tale, 289.
Fournel, V., quoted on Furetiire,
xxxviii. note.
Quoted on Fiction, xlii. note.
La Littiraiure Indipendante, 520.
Four-post Bedstead, Adventures of a,
149 note, 329.
jTrance, Sernt fHtmotrtf of, xxxra.
note.
France, H., Le Roman du Curi, 453.
Notice of, 453.
Franclin, R., bookseller, 501.
Franco, G., Tractatio qua Lupanaria
improbantur, 31.
Franco, J., engraving by, 37.
Francois d'Assise, Aventures de, 454.
Frank Jones's Dream, 347.
Frank Prinrake, 324.
Frankfort, books published at, 6, 7,
9> 30.
dfrauBS lEfpoStB, 513.
grauenjtmmer bon SSargnftgen, 82.
Fraxi, Pis anus, Centuria Librorum Ab-
sconditorum, 498.
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 499.
Jfretfjotoer's journal, ©f)e, 502.
Free-love, book on, 210.
Freiburg, book published at, 26.
dfrencf) 33«BSUatt, anbtntures of u,
iSO> 229.
Frensdorff, F., on Grupen, 25.
Freppel, Bishop, portrait of, 428.
FrJSre, E., illustrations by, 512.
dfriguseulo, ©e, 14.
Friswell, J. H., quoted on Vice, vi.
Essays on English Writers, 512.
Frobishkr, bookseller, 239.
index.
557
jfrutt*&f>op, ©|>e, 107.
Fuenta del Valle, Marques de la,
on F. Delicado, 383.
Fuller, Thos., quoted on Books, xi.
The Holy and Projane State, 517.
FuRETifeRE, his truthfulness, xxxvm.
Furlan, Battista, banished from
Venice for Rape, 53.
Futution, 448.
6.
Gaignat, J. L., li. note.
Garrett, William, publisher, 506.
Gatte, servant girl, violated at Venice,
54-
Gaufridi, 450.
Gaujean, portrait of A. Poulet-Mal-
assis, 490.
©aufotff, %e, 513.
Gay, J. J.,books published by,174,419.
Gay & Douce, books published by, 79,
452, 455,531.
<8ap Smtber, €f)e, 220,
Sag ©trig of jlefo gorfe, 220.
©ag ©riMtefi, €f)t, 235.
Gayangqs, P. de, edits La Lozana An-
daluza, 373.
Gaylard, Dr., The Weekly Journal, 507.
Geestige Gezegden, 416.
©e^eimniffe ber Softer 9tea:pel«, 482.
Geheimzinnige Personen, 416.
Gener, P., on the Girard- Cadiire
trial, 450.
La Mort et le Diable, 526,
General Biographical Sictioiurg, 513.
Generation of Man, On the, 330.
denuute journal, Cf|e, 502.
Genuine Memoirs of Peter Abelard, 331.
Georg, J., book published by, 5.
George IV., 126, 413.
Gerard, Marguerite, drawings by,
li. note.
Gerardin, A., etchings by, 490.
Gerhard, on Eunuchs, 19.
Giacoma, raped at Venice, 53.
Gibson, W. T.,book published by,454.
®tl mas, 513-
Gillray, James, engravings by, 425.
©iornale Uegfi iEruBtti, 513.
Gipsy, The, 332.
Girard, History of, 342.
Girard-Cadi£re scandal, 449, 452.
Girl of Pleasure, 82 note.
Glady, Alberic, quoted on Vice, via.
Jouir, 518.
©laubrofitbige SRadjricfjten »on ber ©rafin
tjon SBarte, 100.
@ltnt(on, l?atrp, 220.
Go-betweens in India, 470.
Godby's brothel, 279.
Godemiche, History of a, 146.
DDBD
558
INDEX.
Geld Ring, Adventures of a, 332.
Golden Ass, The, 334.
Goldsmith, O., Life of, 520.
Gollnerian, book published by, 14.
Goncourt, E. & J., quoted on Mimoires
de la Comtesse de Barri, 101.
La Du Barry, 511.
Gooch, Mrs., 323.
Gordon, Mr., trial of, 338.
Gordon, Robert, 324.
Gorton, J., Biographical Dictionary,
Si 3,
Gourdan, Madame, 77, 340.
©abernesfS, ®f>e, xxxii. note.
Gozzi, Count, C., La Meretrice Inglese,
82.
Graeven, C. F., 30.
Grafschriften, 416.
Grafton, Duchess, trial of, 331.
Graham, Dr., Advice to the Ladies, 330.
Lecture on Love, 330.
His Celestial Bed, 330.
Lectures, 340.
Mentioned, 405.
©ran® J&atnt &ntome, Se, 454.
Grandier, 450.
©rabeurg, Setf, 514.
Greca, Lena, whipped for procuring
girls for a Moor, 41.
Grego, J., Rowlandsonthe Caricaturist,
529,
Gregory Griffin, Life of, 334.
Green, Mrs., 505.
Green, S. S., Library Aids, 519.
©reen Hoom, Annals of t&e, xxxii. note.
Green-Room Biograpkist, 323.
Greenhorn, see Thompson, G.
Grey, Ford Lord, 324, 331,
Griega, Isabeta, Venetian Courtesan.
xxviii. note.
Griffinburg, Eliz., i 38 note.
Griffo, Cornelia, Venetian Courtesan,
xxvui. note.
Griffiths, R., publisher of Memoirs of
a Woman of Pleasure, 62, 71.
Said to have cleared £10,000 by
its sale, 86.
Published Memoirs of a Coxcomb,92.
Notice of, 94.
Grigsley, Lady, Memoirs of, 336.
Gritti, I., Venetian Priest, accused
of whoring, 56.
Grosvenor, Lady, 175.
Grote, F. W. Disputatio De Incestu, 6.
Grote Gevolgen van Kleine Oorzaken, 416.
Grotte Rouge, La, 356.
©robe, CI)e, 514.
Grupen, C. U., Tractatio qua quod
melius sit Virginem ducere quam
Viduam, 23.
De Virgine prae Vidua ducenda, 23.
De Uxore Theotisca, 25.
Notice of, 25.
Guardian, The, or conjugal fidelity, 332.
Guay, 456.
Gubernatis, A. de, Dizionario Biogra-
fico, 511.
Guibert, Mgr. H., portrait of, 428.
©utile We I'&mateur, 514, 515.
©utile tin Stbraire4lnttquaure, 495.
Gunning, General, 323.
Gurnet, Joseph, 139 note.
INDEX.
559
p.
Haar en Baard, 416.
Haas, P., book bublished by, 12.
Habana, book published at, 391.
Hain, error pointed out, 82 note.
Halkett, S., Dictionary of Anonymous
Literature, 510.
Halle, books published at, 5,6, 15, 31.
Hallifax, Dunk, warrant signed by,
504.
Hamilton, Lady, 357.
Hamilton, Sir W., Fete of St. Cosmo,
417.
ijamilton palace HtbrarteS, 515.
Hamst, Olphar, 489.
SanBfotk, Sate, 195.
feanBfiome Slatfe, Intrigues of, xxxiii.
note.
Hanging, effects of, 405.
Hankey, F., a true bibliomaniac, l.
His choice collection, l.
Trois Bans Livres described by
Baron Roger Portalis, l. note.
His beautiful bindings, li.
His mode of living, li.
His personal appearance, li.
O, Uzanne's Eroto-Bibliomaniac, lii.
His family and birth, lii.
His death, lii.
A night visit to Rue Laffitte, lii.
note.
A book of his noticed, 67.
L'Fcole des Biches, 422.
Described by H. Beraldi, 524.
Harancourt, Edmond, quoted on Mo-
desty, viii., lx.
Quoted on Nature, lx.
La Legende des Sexes, 518.
fcai'cm, ICobes" of tfje, xxxiii. note.
Harems in India, 471.
fenilequttt flrtnte Cijerrntop, 319.
Harley,Rob., warrant signed by, 503.
Harriet and the Barronet, 84.
Harriet ravish'd in the Summer House,
84.
Harriet Milsson, 236.
Harrington, warrants signed by, 500,
502, 504, 505.
Harris, Benjamin, publisher, 505.
Harris, P. F., book published by, 218.
Harrison, Thomas, publisher, 507.
fearrg ©Imtton, 220.
Harvey, 324.
Harvey, Ann, 138 note,
fastings, State, 220.
SjauntcU S?ou«ie, Cfje, 348.
Haureau, J. B., Le. Manuel du Clerge,
431-
Lettre a, M. Haureau, 431.
His character, 433.
Heilbronn, book published at, 359.
•§eiltge 2lntotiiu§, 3>r, 454.
Heilly, see D' Heilly.
560
index.
Heine, H., quoted on English Fiction,
xxxvh. note.
Wit, Wisdom, and Pathos, 531.
Helen of Glenshiels, 329.
Hendel, books published by, 6, 31.
Henninger, publisher, 359.
Henri III. and his mignons, xiv. note,
feenrj, 235.
Henry and Emma, 271.
ffcrfttrt JSreafespear, 426.
Herder, book published by, 26.
Herencia He iFamtlta, %&, 385.
Hermaphrodites, a female and a
male hermaphrodite described, xv.
note.
Marriage of, 2.
Copulation between, 7.
A perfect hermaphrodite describ-
ed, 8.
A perfect hermaphrodite impos-
sible, 9.
Books on, 7, 9, 15, 402.
feermapijroBiti, He SoBomia, 7.
feermapJroBituS, 44S.
Hertel, book published by, 100.
Hervilly, E. d*, Le Grand Saint
Antoine, 454.
Heulhard, A., Le Moniteur du Biblio-
phile, 525.
Books edited by him, 525.
-§ei)tatf), see Marriage.
4>eS)rat$en, 93on 3ungcr Srate, 13.
Hill, Susannah, trial of, 404.
Hills, Henry, publisher, 507.
Hillsborough, Earl of, 45
Hinrichsen, book published by, 454.
Hinsdale, S. B., reporter, 530.
SitntiS on Catalogue Citletf, 5iS-
fiinta to Single Gentlemen, 280.
Histoire B'une Stbltograpfjte, 494.
ittstoire Be bom J3 . . . , 401 note.
ftfetotreBe la Eittfrature Snglafee, S16. ^i^toire Be jftme. Be
UompaBour, 525.
i&istoire Bu Xibre, 516.
fHstotrr Plnstirteusie Be Ciamp, 341
note.
itistoria Hegts Statintae, 5.
History, formed from Fiction, xxxv.
note.
History and Adventures of a Bedstead,
332.
fjtstori) of a &a&e, xxxii. note, 235.
History of a Young Lady's Researches,
343-
History of Apprius, 324.
History of Boxing, 338.
History of Emma f—nson, 332.
fitetorj) of dFutton, 516.
History of Miss Lee, 139.
History of Ricardo, 324.
Hfetorn of &omanug, 516.
History of the Countess of B., 272.
il&torn of tlje Human ?Jeart, 121.
Hfetoru of tfjeSeet offHaf>aVa)a4,423.
History of the Theatre, 323.
J&o^eitsSage, Son km, 12.
Hodges, A., versus Wyndham, 323.
Hodges, C., warrant signed by, 508 .
Hodson, bookseller, 329.
index.
56l
Hoffmann, C. P., De Die ac Nocte
Nuptiali, 12.
De JEtaleJuvenili,Contrahendi* Spon-
salibus ac Matrimoniis Idonea, 13.
Hofnaaren, 416.
Hogarth, W., mentioned, 85.
Works, 517.
Hoge Ouderdom, 416.
Holdernesse, warrants signed by, 502,
504, 506, 507, 508.
Hole, G., engraving by, xxx. note.
Holland, publisher, 238.
Holliday, G. H., Catalogue, 498.
Holt, T., publication by, 334.
S?ob anti Profane State, S17-
Horace, quoted, 129.
Soto to iHafee lobe, 147.
Soto to 3£taise lobe, 147.
Howard versus Bingham, 324.
Howe, Mrs., 323.
Howitjt, W., quoted on Jack Mitford,
326.
Visits to Remarkable Places, 531.
Hubner, book published by, 30.
Hudson, T., portrait by, 456.
Huet, Bishop, quoted on Immoral
Fiction, xxxix. note.
The History of Romances, 516.
Huetins, see Huet.
Stum an Heart, Histor» of tf)e, 121.
Hume, spiritualist, accused of Sodomy,
xiv. note.
Humours of Northumberland Street, 301.
■§uten=£aufer, see Brothels.
Hyacinthe, Father, portrait of, 428.
I.
I seized her hand, 416.
I will touch it, 415.
lK6e sur les JELomanS, 517.
Ignorance, dangerous for children,
xvii. note.
Marmontel quoted, xvii. note.
See also Education.
Illustration, 1', 5*7-
Illustrious Lovers, The, 343.
Impotency, book on, 14.
Trial for, 331.
Impottntt® Conjugal!*, Selitteatto, 14.
In de Gerechtzaal, 416.
In de Schouwburgzaal, 416.
Incest, by rape, 4.
Books on, 6, 29.
Instance of, 22.
Punishment of at Venice, 52.
Incubi, 15, 22.
fnHej: IBfpurgatoriuS of ^Martial, 320.
finUejr librorunt Praljibttorum, 499.
JnBejr to PerioBwal literature, 517.
Indraji, Bhugwuntlal, 459.
Industry and Idleness, 85.
eeee
562
index.
Inglefield, Mrs., trial of, 331.
InjuveU Innoccnce, 138.
Inquest of Matrons, 455.
Intricacies of Diego, The, 415.
Intrigues anB Confessions of a JSallet
©til, 180.
Intrigues anil Secret Amours of
poleoit, 234.
Intrigues iEjrploitS anB Amorous Sto*
bentures of Slanttsome SJacfe, xxxni.
note.
intrigues tn a JSoarUmg i&tljool, 318.
Intrigues 0 f a 3® oman of Jpasljton, 235.
Intrigues of Cljree Bags, 229.
J * *"* , Abbe, 512.
J . . . L . . . M .. ., 130.
Jackson, bookseller, 329.
Jacquin, Abb£ A. P., Entretiens sur les
Romans, 512.
Jadunathjee Brizrattanjee, 424.
James, printer, 506.
Janin, Jules, quoted on Errors of the
Press, liii. note.
Jarrett, Rev. W., a hermaphrodite,
xvi. note.
Jarison, Veuve, publication by, 342
note.
fayamangla, 460.
Jena, books published at, 14, 23.
Jennings, Hargrave, The Worship of
Priapus, 417.
Inutility of Virtue, €&e, 132.
Invitation, The, 280.
Ireland, A., The Enchiridion, 496.
Ireland, J., Hogarth's Works, 517.
Irisi) OTK&ofo, €f)t, 236.
3mnfce 33enuS, ®ie, 401.
Irrumation, 448.
Isaac, Little, 280.
Isabella 33eto, 130.
Islani of Zealand, Cfje, 502.
Isota, Venetian prostitute, 41.
Istria, Z. d', banished from Venice
for Rape, 54.
J.
Jerachi, J., executed for Sodomy at
Venice, 49.
Jerusalem, 483.
feweller's Housekeeper, The, 252.
Jews, forbidden to have connection
with Christian Women at Venice,
41, 47-
Enactments against them, 47.
Joannes, Venetian Priest, accused of
Sodomy, 55.
Jodiguelos, 394.
Joecher, C. G., Allgemeines Gelekrten-
Lexicon, 489.
Jogand-PagJis, G., Livres Secrets des
Confesseurs, 427.
Quoted on Clerical Books, 429,431.
La Confession el des Confesseurs, 430.
INDEX.
563
Le Livre qu'il ne faut pas lire, 430.
L'Affaire Uo\Taxil-Pie ix., 489.
Johanna and Ubaldus, 324.
Joljn, 235.
Joliet, C., Les Pseudonymes du Jour,
527.
Jolis JlUfyit Ha $»mpf)es, 517.
Jones, printer, 154.
Jones, John, 68, 146.
Jones, T., engraving by, 121.
Jones, W., 179.
Jordan, Mrs., 339.
Joseph ©ctabe ©eleptero, 517-
Joutr, 518.
journal tie Colletet, 525.
Journal Bes Staujr arts, 518.
Journalistic Jumbles, 518.
Journals anB Journalism, 518.
Judge, book published by, xxxm. note.
Julta, 229.
Julia, or Miss in her Teens, 332, 343.
Julta ©rake, Confessions of, 237.
Julta Sing, 220.
Julta ;Jffiajfoelt, 220.
Julietta, Venetian Courtesan, xxix.
note.
Juliette, Venetian Courtesan, xxvii.
note.
3ungfet, see Virgins.
Jus -Prtmae JJoettS, 26.
Justinian, Z. F., punished for insulting
a courtezan at Venice, 42.
K.
ItaleiBoScope of Via, ®f)e, xxxi. note.
Jtalts@mniger SieBe, Son, 14.
ftama«Sf)astra, 457> 458.
Ztama«$utra, 458.
iBamaleBfitplaba, 45 7> 462.
Kansel, Van den, 416.
Jtapaunen=»§ei}rat§, 5)ie, 15.
Karsandass Mooljee, 424.
Sate CaStleton, 220.
Sate $anBcotft, 195.
Hate fastings, 220.
Rate Montrose, 220.
Rate fitmbal, Itfe of, xxxn. note.
JJattrafyaSpa, 462.
Katterfelto, Dr., poem by, 405.
Kearsly, publisher, 504.
Kelsale, T., book published by, 501.
&tng, Julta, 220.
King, Dr. W., mentioned, xxvm. note.
The Toast, 456.
Portrait of, 456.
Kings of France, Amours of the, xxxii.
note, 323.
Kings of France, Crimes of the, 323.
Kingston, Duchess, Memoirs of 331.
Kissing, 325,464.
564
INDEX.
Kissing, or the Seduction of E—r, 214.
Hiding, ©ije pleasures of, 307.
Kistemaeckers, H., book published
by, 453-
Bittn Un>, HBbentureS of, 171, 332.
Jttofler, Sag, 482.
Knight, C., Shadows of the Old Book-
sellers, 529.
Knight, Catherine, trial of, 331.
Knight, R. P., The Worship of Pria-
pus, 417.
Le Culte de Priape, 419.
Koch, C. G., De Olsccenis Pontificorum
Decimis, 3.
Koehler, binder, li. note.
Koopjesgeoers, 416.
Kotzwarra, Francis, 404.
kpthtaaia, 3s9> 482.
Krebs, I. C., book published by, 5.
Kretschmann, Theo., Commentatio de
Stupro Volunfario, 4.
Kuang-Hsien, Death Blow to Corrupt
Doctrines, 434.
Il
L. D., M., 97.
Labessade, L. de, quoted on Biblio-
graphy, in.
Le Droit du Seigneur, 511.
Rosilre de Salency, 511.
Lacurne, and Venetian Courtesans,
xxix. note.
ftattteS' Comforter, ®f)e, xxxn. note.
Ladies' Drawers, described, 265.
EatJieS' Cell Cale, 282, <292.
HaDieg' 0&atttng JEafa, Confessions
of a, 235.
Lady Bellaston and Tom fortes, 409.
Lady Hamilton, 357.
Eat>» tn jflesf) Coloured CtgljtS, 235.
Lady of Pleasure, Memoirs of a, 338.
Lady Pokingham, 344, 345.
Lady Termagant Flaybrm, 425.
JUttg'S jfflatB, Sfobentures of a, 175.
ICaUg'3 j&aft, Confessions of a, 179.
Lady's Maid, The, 343.
Safcg's Watting JHafo, Confessions
of a, xxxn. note.
Laffite, Mme. C., mistress of Eugene
Sue, xl. note.
La Fleur taking leave of his Sweet-
hearts, 409.
La Fontaine, Conies, li. note.
Laing, Rev. J., Dictionary of Anony-
mous Literature, 510.
Lambert, La Fille de foye, 72.
Lambert, Lady E. v. Tattersal, 323.
Hame Bebtl, Cfje, 236.
Lamido, Cornelio, 395 .
Lang, A., quoted on Bibliography, xi.
The Library, 519.
Langford, J. A. , The Praise of Books,
527.
INDEX.
565
Langran, see Angarano.
Lanjuinais, J. D., Bastonnade, 531.
Zap-Dog, Adventures oj a, 332.
Laporte, M. A., Bibliographie CUrico-
Galante, 494.
Histoire dune Bibliographie, 494.
La Bibliographie Jaune, 495.
Manuel de VAmateur, 521.
larlt* of lonBon, xxxii. note.
La Roche-Pouchin, accused of So-
domy, xxv. note,
lasetbtous ©ems, 309.
Lascivious Servant Maid, xxxiv. note.
Cast legacy of |®Uss Jfaraig Sill, 86.
Lavender, James, 324.
Lavigerie, Bishop, portrait of, 428.
Lawful Parricide, The, 325.
Layer, Chris., Trial of, 507,
Lecrivain, 492.
Lecture on Propagation, 330.
Le Due, L. L., preface to Mhnoires
de Viel Castel, 522.
Le Due, Madame, 132.
Legal Barbarity, 324.
KgenBe tor* Sere*, la, 518.
leggt t iHemorie TTenete sulfa Pro**
tttu|tone, 32.
ItgtS Scatiiuae, $i*torta» 5.
Leipzig, books published at, 5,12,13,
23, ioo.
Lemierre b'Argy, A. J., L'Elhe du
Plaisir, 97.
Lemonnyer, J., books published by,
29, 478, 481.
Lenfant, Examen de Conscience, 430.
Leo xih., portrait of, 428.
Le Petit, Jules, quoted on Guide de
VAmateur, 514.
EArt d aimer les Livres, 490.
Lescure, M. de, Les Autographs, 493.
Lesley, Rev. Charles, 503.
Lessons in Love, 293.
letter front a Gentleman ut tlje iStnt,
S02.
Letter from a Married Man to a
Sensible Wife, 311.
letter from a fWember of Parlia*
ment, 505.
Letter from a Page Boy, 258, 259.
Letter from Charley to Fred, 310.
Letter from Charley to Laura, 313.
Letter from Laura to Clara, 313.
Letter from Philip Handful to Clara, 312.
letter from ©—r, Esq., 502.
Letterfrom the Countess deBeaucul, 302.
letter to ti)e People of lEnglanB, 506,
Letterkundige Bedriegerijen, 416.
Letterkundige Kunststukjes, 416.
letter* from a JfrienB tn Parts, 189.
letters front laura anB ftaeline, 402.
lettre h flft. $aur*au, 431.
lettre* dfamtltttts, $19.
Leuridan, Th. , Le Droit du Seigneur, 28..
Leverington versus Edwards, 323.
Lewis, Mary, 324.
Lewis, S., History of Romance* 516.
liaison* BangeretiSeS, li. note.
ffff
566
index.
Liberer, Z. D., put to the torture for
Incest, 52.
Stbrarp, Cfje, 519.
Stbrarg StttS, Si9.
Stbrarg Cfjronkle, 519.
Lichtweria, Dorothy, 17.
Life, Amours, Intrigues of Miss Chester,
336.
Life and Adventures of a Strolling
Player, 332.
life anS asbentures of jFannn fetll,
68, 71.
Zj/te Adventures of Madame Flirt,
332.
ttife anS Amours of State fJerttbal,
xxxii. note,
ftife anS Career of IBiotljer Cummins,
xxxii. note.
Stfe antl ^ptntons of Crist ram &l)anS£,
415-
Sife anS Surprising aSbetttures of
331 gent0, xxxii. note.
Sife anS Ctmes of <3Itber ©oltsmitl),
520.
Life of fumping foe, 323*
Site of Sate Hastings, 220.
Life of Miss Ann Catley, 331.
Life of Mrs. Allpropp, 331-
Life of a Modern Man of Fashion, 324.
Xife of Robert JHarStten, xxxii. note.
Etfe Ctmes anS asbentures of ©eorge
JSarrmgtoH, xxxii. note.
Liotori, A. M., Pratique du Cm-
fesseur, 430.
Du Sacrement du Mariage, 430.
Limb, A, is soon broke, 415.
Linda Brent, Secret of, 357.
Lines to the Reader, iv.
Lingam, how to enlarge it, 474.
Perforated in India, 475.
See also Phallus.
Liseux, I., books published by, 20,
22, 440, 443, 447, 509.
Quoted on the Apologie pour Hero-
dote, 44O.
Quoted on F. C. Forberg, 445.
Lister, G., publication, by, 329.
Literature, erotic, pernicious, lvi.
Lives of Criminals, &c., more so,
lvi. note.
Must however be studied, lvii.
See also Books, and Fiction.
St'ttfrature fciBepenSante, Sa, 520.
Sitttas, xxxm. note.
Ijttle Isaac, 280.
Little Miss Curious's Tale, 283.
Littre, E„ quoted on Correcting the
Press, liv. note.
Diet, de la Langue Frangaise, 510.
St'bre, %t, liv. note, 520.
Etbre qu'il ne fattt pas lire, 430.
Stores & ©rabureS Su xvi« dtttle, 496.
Stores ConSamntS, au iFeu, lies, 500.
Stoves BefenSus, Catalogue Ses, 497.
Stores Secrets Ses Confesseurs, 427.
Slabe Se <©ro, 393.
Lock wood, Elizabeth, trial of, 331.
Lola Montes, Adventures of, 220.
Lombardo, T., Architect of Palazzo
Langran, 46.
index.
567
London Bawd, The, 343.
lon&oit b» ^tgJjt, xxxiii. note.
London Cries, 325.
lontion lEbening -Post, Cfje, 502.
lonBon @a$ettm, Qfyt, 502.
London Hells Exposed, 334.
Lord M—, Adventures of, 332.
Loredan, M., debauches Venetian
Nuns, 57.
Lorenji, Leggi Venete sulla Prosti-
tuzione, 32.
Quoted on Prostitution at Venice, 35.
Lorentio, Venetian Catamite, 55.
lost Virginitn, <5Pj)e, xxxiii. note.
Louis xvi., 188 note
Louis xviii. and the Comte d'Avray,
xiv. note.
lout'Sa Selbn, lift of, 175.
Louvel, R., Traiti de Chastete, 429.
Love, books on, 5, 109, 340, 457,
458.
Buffon quoted, xli.
See also Copulation,
lobe, ©Ije 0eligl>ts of, 203.
lobe, Ci)e dfestibal of, 167.
lobe, €j)f -Pleasures of, 118.
lobe 9ffatrS, xxxiii. note.
Love and Loyalty, 338.
lobe dFeast, Wlje, 200.
lobe dfroh'rs of a filing Scamp,
xxxiii. note,
lobe in a ffia$e, 200.
ILobe letters btttoeen Arabella anU
jflora, 166.
lobe Irttns of Arabella anTJ dflora,
166.
Love-Matches, 325.
lobe on ti)i loose, 200.
lobe on ti)e Slj>, xxxiii. note.
Love Philters in India, 474.
Love Quarrels, 468.
lobe Scrapes, 200.
lober'S Cabinet, xxxiii. note,
lober's dTeSttbal, Clje, 100.
lober's Instructions, xxxiii. note.
Lover's Physician, The, 330.
lobes of Cleopatra, 221.
Loves of Col. Berkeley, 336.
lobe* of lortt J3j>von, ®1je, 236.
Loves of Sappho, The, 343.
lobes of ti)e Harem, xxxiii. note,
lobes of "Fenus, Clje, 193.
lobe's Cell Cale, 282, 291.
labitl, iHajor, SerbtceS of, 200.
Hog al JSUbolutton, ©fje, 503.
lozana &nBalu|a, la, 373.
Lucieta cul duro, xxvm. note.
Lucinda, 332.
lucntia, xxxiii. note.
Ludemann, C., 23.
Ludovica, Venetian prostitute, fined
for entering a Church, 40.
Lukkow, F., frontispiece by, 531.
Itipanaria improbantur, Cractatio
qua, 31.
lupatur, 491.
lust, €i)e 3&omanrt of, 183.
lust, Clje Victim of, 160.
lustful Curfe, Cf)e, 134.
lujre ttts libres, le, 520.
Lydia Lovemore, Memoirs of, 332.
Lytton, Lord, xxxvii. note.
568
INDEX.
M. C., 492.
M. L. D., 97.
Macerations, in.
jJJaef)tne fntfreSSante, 479-
Mackenzie, book published by, xxxm.
note.
Maclean, Sally, 339.
iHaDame Puttpijar, 520.
UlaDeltne, 236.
Madhavasena, killed during copu-
lation, 466.
4Hatlone, SSbentures De la, 454.
Madrid, books published at, 373,388.
Prostitution in, 390.
fHaga)ttU£i, 322.
iJHafjaraj ILtbel Case, 424.
iflJafjarajaS, fetStorn of, 423.
Mahomet no Fool, III.
Maid of Honour, Memoirs of a, 401
note.
IHatBen's Cabinet, Cfje, xxxm. note,
xxxiv. note.
Maier, G. C., quoted on Prostitution
at Venice, 35.
Maietis, J., banished from Venice for
Sodomy with women, 51,
£KatntS SoubentrS, 158.
Major, T., publication by, 326.
Malayavati, Queen, killed during
copulation, 466.
Malgarita, Venetian Prostitute, 44.
ifHan of ©allantrg's pocket Cone
pamon, xxxm. note.
f&an of leisure, 3mourS of at 235.
fKan of Pleasure, flfiemotrs of a, 121,
343-
jfflan of pleasure at Pacts, 129.
fHan of Pleasure's Pocket Com*
panton, xxxm. note.
Manhood, Essay on, 3 30.
fflanlg, Sir Charles, &mourS of, 121.
fHanou la dfouetteuse, 241.
Mans, books published at, 431.
Manual of Sebout PragerS, S, 503.
iHanuel B'Urotologie Classtque, 444.
flSanuel Be I'Smateur D'llluStratton*,
S2i.
fHanuel tie 1'amateur He iibres, 521.
Manuel Du Ca$tnopf)tle, 521.
jHamtel Du Clergy Ite, 431.
jHanuel Du Etbratre, 521.
fHanuSerits Snglats, Catalogue Des,
498.
March to FinchUy, 85.
Marchand, J. H., Le Vuidangeur Sen-
sible, 526.
Complainte des Miles, 526.
Margarita, Venetian prostitute, fined
for entering a church, 41.
Marggraf, J. V., book published by,
14.
Maria, 281, 335.
index.
569
Marie Antoinette, 340.
flSaru Ut Clatrbtllt, 221.
Marks, I. L., engraving- by, 172.
Marmaduke, J., publisher, 503, 504.
Marmontkl, quoted on Education, xvii,
note.
Marriage, lax morality at Venice,
xix. note.
C. de Brosses quoted, xix. note.
With hermaphrodites, 2.
Proper times for contracting Mar-
riage. 12, 13.
Of young People, 13.
Causes of coldness in Marriage, 14.
With an Eunuch, 15.
Virgins preferable to Widows, 23.
Seigniorial Rights, 26.
Physical View of, 340.
Du Sacrement du Mariage, 430.
Chinese ideas of European Mar-
riages, 438.
Remarks on Marriage, 462.
Courtship and Marriage in India,
469.
Marriage of the Daughters of
Courtesans, 474.
Books on, ii, 12, 13, 14, 29, 109,
325, 330.
See also Adultery.
Carnage J8tU, Cf)e, xxxui. note.
JHamrtl jWatfc, CI)t, 237. ^Harriett iHatU'fl tfixit Jiigljt,
xxxiii.
note.
Marteau, Pierre, 72, 100.
Martiai., quoted, 20.
Martyn, publication by, 341 note.
fHarj> 3nn Ctmplt, 235.
iHarg jJrtce, xxxiii. note.
Mary Wilson's Patent Godemiche, 298.
Masher, A., xxxi. note.
Massinoni, G. A., II Flagello delle
Meretrici, xxn. note.
Mastai, Comte Girolamo, 489.
Masturbation, engenders Sodomy,
xv. note.
Dr. J. Agrippa quoted, xv. note.
Books on, 30, 448.
Mateer, Rev. C. W., Death Blow to
Corrupt Doctrines, 434.
Mathias, T. J., The Grove, 514.
jfflatrimontte, Be, 11.
jHatrimonu, TOtyole JJlcaSurtsS of,
xxxiv. note.
Matrimony, see Marriage.
fffiafforU, ^ tilt a, 220.
May, 282.
May, Sam., Amours of a Musical Stu-
dent, xxxii. note, 229.
McArdell, I., engraving by, 456.
Mead versus Rev. Daubney, 323.
Medea, Venetian prostitute, 41.
Mehl, C., Guide de YAmateur, 515.
Meibomius, J. H., Utilite de la Flagel-
lation, 530.
Melancholy Consequences of Seduction,
281.
Meliga, Mgr., portrait of, 428.
Melmoth, Courtney, 97, 99.
Melmoth, Mrs., actress, 481.
fttettmg iHomtirttf, 235.
gggg
624
index.
ifSUmout sur IcS Venations, 525.
fHemutres Sutljenttques Bela Comtesse
fit JJarve, 100.
iiJSUmotreS B'une cettbre eourtisanne, 81.
ffiemoires B'une dTemme Se Cijambre,
M73-
|K*motreS Be la Socieu Bes Sciences
Be £We, 28.
Memoires de Miss Fanny, 73, 76,77, 79.
fEttmoirrss Bu Comte Horace Be Vtel
Castrf, 522.
Memoirs and Adventures of a Courtezan,
324, 342.
faemoirs o£ .......... * *
Memoirs of a ***** „f ********, 65.
ificmours of a Cojrcomb, 92.
Memoirs of a Lady of Pleasure, 338.
Memoirs of a Maid of Honour, 401 note,
jftemotrs of a #Kan of Pleasure, 121,
343-
Memoirs of a Sad Bog, 325.
fHtmoini of a Woman of Pleasure,
60, 235, 332, 400, 401, 483, 503-
Memoirs of a Young Lady, 324.
Memoirs of an English Seraglio, 332.
Memoirs of an Old Man of Twenty-
five, 341.
iilcmotiS of dP***'* ST*, 66.
jHcmoirS of dFa«nj? fetU, 63,483,503.
fHemoirS of Henrietta Catarctolo,482.
Memoirs of Lydia Lovemore, 332.
JHemotrS of jHaBame Vestris, xxxm.
note.
Memoirs of ffiliss 68.
ittemonS of 3&oSa Jftellefillr, 140.
fHentoirs of tf)e Countess Be J3arre,
99> 343-
Memoirs ofthe Duchess of Kingston, 331. ^Memoirs of t&e
EtfeofdPannj) fltll, 70.
Memoirs of tlje life of JHiss dfanu»
Hill, 70.
Memoirs of tlje life of tlje CelebrateB
fHtss dFanni) feill, 69.
Memoirs of tt)e VLiit of tlje Sufee of
<©ueensberrj>, xxxm. note.
Memoirs of tlje public anB prtbate life
of f2apoleon JSonapart, 234.
fffiemotrS of William JSechforB, 523.
fBUuianal of tlje Cijuicf) of lEufjlauB,
503-
Men, Cavaliere servente at Venice,
xix.
Jealousy of the Husbands there, xix.
note.
Life of a citizen in India, 463.
Classified according- to the length
of the lingam, 464.
Should understand the Feelings of
Women, 464.
How they should Kiss, 465.
Scratching with the nails, 465.
Biting, 465.
Should multiply the kinds of con-
gress, 465.
Modes of Striking, 466.
How to receive the woman one
loves, 468.
When to practice Adultery, 469.
How to seduce a woman, 470.
Should avoid the RoyalHarem,472.
Sec also Phallus, and Women.
index.
571
ifflen of tlje Cime, 523.
Men Traps, 281. 325.
Mercier Dialogue on Procreation, 338.
4!He«trtce fagleSe, &a, 82.
Mermillod, Bishop, portrait of, 428.
jtttrvp WLibti of ILonBon, 236.
fHerrjJlanB, 503.
Mervyn, Lord Audley, trial of, 340.
ifffles lEstampeS, 523.
$lcs Hoistrs, 456.
fflismmm, Cije Potoer of, 190.
fMtSSager Bes Sciences, 525.
Metford, M., book published by, 171.
Methodist, Confessions of a, 329.
Meyer, H. W., book published by, 23.
Mezi, Laura di, accused of Rape, 53.
Mezzotints, 408.
Mickelet, J., quoted on Hermaphro-
dites, xvi. note.
Censured, 450 note.
VAmour, 490.
Michelot, M., Catalogue, 497.
IMiBBIe HiugBora, ®f>e, 525.
Minto, W.» Daniel Defoe, 509.
Mirabeau, Le Rideau Levi, 385.
La Cortina Corrida, 385.
Mirror, The, 85.
IllisceUanees Jiibliograpfiiqms, 525.
Miss Coote's Confession, 344.
Mist, N., The Weekly Journal, 504, 707.
Mitford, J., The Bon Ton Magazine, 322.
The Rambler's Magazine, 327.
Notice of, 325.
Helen of Glen skids, 329.
Papers by, 336.
Mitford, Rev. John, 325 note.
Mock Husband, 409.
Modern Lovers, The, 324.
Modern Marplot, The, 338.
fHoBem Propensities, 404.
iWoBern 3£Ut», Cfje, 125.
Modern Susanna and the Two Elders,
304.
JHoBrsl fHa>.t, Amours of a, 199.
IJloBcSt 3&cmarfes, 504.
Modesty, E. Haraucourt, quoted,
viii., lx.
In Fiction, E. de Bud£ quoted, lvi.
note.
Book on, 29.
fHoBo Be aBoperare el legno Be tnBia
orciBentale, 384.
Moechialogie, 429, 430.
Molin, G., debauches Venetian Nuns,
57-
Molmenti, P. G., quoted on Cour-
tesans at Venice, xxii. note.
Vie Privee a Venise, 531.
fiflon fJobinat, 492.
Moniteur Bu ibi topi) tie, 525.
Monk and the Nuns, The, 307, 308.
Monnet, drawings by, li. note.
Monrose; or, the libertine of fatality,
342.
Monsabre, Father, portrait of, 428.
Montaigne, 340.
Montes, Lola, Adventures, of, 220.
f&onti)lj> fiot-S of tl>t library 3s*
Sanation, 526.
ilontrose, Hate, 220.
572
INDEX.
fHonument Du Costume, siS-
Mooljee, Karsandass, 424.
Moore, T., Works of Lord Byron, 532.
Moore, W., Letter from a Gentleman
in the Mint, 502.
Moors, forbidden to have connection
with Christian Women at Venice, 41.
Enactments against them, 47.
ifHoraltto of dftctton, 526.
Morexini, B. death from Pox, 46.
Morgan, C., book published by, 107.
Morgan, J., publisher, 506.
Morgan, W., book published by, 268.
Morland, George, mezzotints by, 83,
98, 102, 408.
Morning, William, 79.
flKoriung anB $igf)t SjJraners, 504.
Morfhew, John, publisher, 505.
jffiort, la, et le ©table, 526.
Moscow, books published at, 190,
197, 291.
Moses MFun, Adventures of, 332.
Mouravit, G., quoted on Erotic Books,v.
Le Livre, 520.
Notice on Chroniques Indiscrites,
525-
IHouSttrap of lobe, xxxiii. note.
Mouth Congress, 467.
Mrs. Brown, the Horse Grenadier, and
Fanny Hill, 84.
Mrs. Homespun and Sedley, 98.
Mrs. North's School, 252, 254.
Mrs. Sidney's Amours, 139.
Muller, S. A., book published by, 14.
Mujnoon, 324.
Muller, Petro, 14.
Murray, H., Morality of Fiction, 526.
Murray, John, parades his mistress
at Venice, 57.
JHuSiral StuBent, Amours of a, xxxn.
note, 229.
Mussep, A. de, L'Anglais Mangeur
My Grand-mother's Tale, 344.
iMgStfcresBeS CoubentS Be Naples, 482.
JJtosteries anB Intrigues of a Uribate
ittaBljouse, 237.
;J$lj>steries anB ffluserirs of i^tla«
Belpijia, 220.
|K»SterieS of a Conbetit, xxxiii. note.
fRpsteries of JSonB Stmt, 219.
JHoStevieS of "FeituS, xxxiii. note,
xxxiv. note, 171, 314, 4b4,
jUjistevies of Verbena House, 260.
jWjjStmes of ®Kf>oieBotn, 151.
Naples, book published at, 314.
First appearance of the Pox, 382.
Napoleon, Amours of, 336.
N-
N—, Sir Francis, 99.
fianabfoai 3&aStamjt $Unin«, 424.
Gannett?, 401 note.
INDEX.
573
Intrigues of, 234.
Memoirs of, 234.
Nauroy, Ch., Bibliographie des Im-
pressions Microscopiques, 494.
Bibliographie des Plaquetles Roman-
tiques, 494.
Le Curieux, 509.
Neapolitanus, F., Venetian Priest,
accused of Sodomy, 55.
Nerciat, A. de, list of his Works, 492.
Nerval, Gerard de, quoted on Restif
de la Bretonne, xxxvrn. note.
CEuvres, 526.
New Art of Love, 3 40.
fltio attalantus, 268.
New Lecture on Lowe, 330.
fieto Srontton (JSutUf, xxxiii. note,
fieto eonbon siambler's fhaga^tnc,
327.
New Year's Day, 352.
New York, books published at, 163,
201, 203, 210, 218, 219, 227, 229,
233, 234, 235, 236, 485.
jaeto fJorfe eife, 235.
Newcastle, Holles, warrants signed
by, 500, soi, 502, 503, 504, 505,
507.
Newton, Catherine, trial of, 331.
Nichol, }., American Literature, 489.
Nichols, J., quoted on f. Cleland, 94.
Hogarth's Works, 517-
Night in St. fohn's Wood, 310.
Nights at Lunet, 343.
Nobleman's Wife and the Taylor, 410.
liotljes he smor, has, 391.
Noordkerk, H., De Matrimoniis, 11.
Noriac, J., Le Moniteur du Bibliophile,
S2S-
Norris, John, 331.
North, F., gets into a Venetian Nun-
nery, 56.
North Briton, Adventures of a, 332.
jhortf) JJriton, cfje, 504.
Norwegische Marchen, 359.
Nottingham, warrant signed by, 508.
Jloubeau $}amasse Satprique, 491.
Jioubelle 3&ebue, Sa, 526.
jjloubelle Crabuction He la Jf illt Ut
$ogt, 74-
Jioubelle Crabuctton He Momati of
$leasur, 73, 75, 77-
Novels, see Fiction.
$uebo33arberillo uelubapies,iEl, 39s.
flun, Confessions of a, xxxii. note.
Nunneries, see Priestcraft.
j8umur», Scenes in a, 200.
Nunnery Dialogues, 293.
Hummi? CaleS, 152.
$upttalt, Be Bit at jpoctt, 12.
JiurSerD Amusements, xxxiii. note.
Nutt, Eliz., book published by, 501.
<®httmiz iJonttffcammljeriimf^Be, 3.
#bserbator, cfje, 505.
hhhh
Odcombiano, Thomaso, see Cqryat,
Odd Conceptions, 109.
574
INDEX.
Ode to a Belly, 199.
tiEubrt* Be BleSSebotS, 491-
Ogniben, M., punished at Venice for
Rape, 54.
Odell, A. J., Catalogue, 496.
lEnglanB, 505 ■
<©ttj ©nglanlj'* Ce Seum, 505.
Old Q., see Queensberry.
Oldcastle,Journals and Journalism,
518.
Olphar HaJist, 489.
On ike Generation of Man, 330.
On the Present Slate of Prostitution in
Parts, 340.
<&n tf)e JfiUgfjt ©fie of Books, 526.
Op de Planken, 416.
Opinions in this volume not those
of the author, lvi.
Orford, Earl of, Leggi e Memorie
Venete sulla Prostituzione, 32.
#rgant, 492.
Original Amorous Correspondence, 338.
Original Anecdotes of Charles II., 340.
Original ftambler's f&aga^mc, 335.
Oriol, H., book published by, 480.
Orleans, Duke of, Anecdotes, 166.
Ospedale d'lncurabili, 46.
Oud Nieuws, 416.
©utlato, Cije, 221.
Owen, W. book published by, 139
note.
Oxford, books published at, 319, 343.
Oxford, Lord Henry, at Venice, 57.
©jrforK lopaltp, Cije, 505.
Oxford Student, Adventures of an, 332.
P.
Paar Staatsstukken, Een, 416. |
Pacific dPleet, Cije, 505.
Padovana, Lucieta, forbidden to enter
a Church, 40.
Padua, regulation concerning the
dress of Prostitutes, 38.
Paillet, Eug&ne, books dedicated to,
521, 524-
Pairault, Veuve, 454.
Palais Royal, Evenings at the, 341.
Palazzo Langran, built by taxes on
Prostitution, 46.
Palermo, book published at, 1.
Palma, engraving by, 37.
Palud, Magdeleine de la, 450.
PaudjaSakpa, 462.
Panormitain, Hermaphroditus, 445.
Par le moyen dune petite Canulle, 415.
Paris, books published at, 20, 22, 72,
73, 74, 75, 76, 79. 8°, 81, 82, 97,
129, 304, 306, 418, 427, 430, 440,
443, 444, 454, 477-
Parts bp jStgijt, xxxm. note.
Paris Ses©rgansSesiPoncttons, 527.
Park, 195.
Parma, book published at, 3.
INDEX.
575
PamaMt ftatgttqut ttu xixe &ticle,
491.
PaS«e'par4out He l*3igH*e &omaine,
456.
PaSSetempS Ou Coufoent, leS, 155.
Pastimes tn a Conbent, 154.
Pathetic life of ti)e Beautiful dFannp
fctll, 85.
Paul t&e Profligate, 236.
Paulus, on Eunuchs, 17.
Payne, John, Book of the Thousand
Nights, 198 note, 496.
Payne, T., publisher, 502.
Peacock, George, publisher, 240.
Pearl, Ci)e, 343. 352.
-Pearson, bookseller, 329.
Pedestrianism, 325.
Pedication, 448.
Peeping Lass's Tale, The, 307, 308.
Peeress an* Page, xxxiii. note.
Pellegrini, P., debauches Venetian
Nuns, 57.
Pene du Bois, H., quoted on A. Corn-
stock, 529.
Periodicals, see fWaga^tnrS.
Perry, T. S,, English Literature, 512.
Pescator, Jos., book published by, 3.
Pesciotta, Laura, Venetian Courte-
san, xxin. note.
Petit JJebeu Se ©rftourt, le, 477.
Peto, Isabella, 130.
Phallus, size no indication of
strength, 275.
How to enlarge it, 474.
Perforated in India, 475.
See also Men.
Philadelphia, book printed at, 161.
Phillips, Richard, publisher, 506.
Phillips, Sarah, 506.
Philo Cunnus, 298, 299, 301, 500.
Philo-gonists, ill.
Philosophic Sister's Tale, 290.
Philosophical Dialogue on Procreation,
338.
Philosophy for the Ladies, 341.
PfciloSopf)j> of Pleasure, xxxni. note.
Physical View of Man and Woman in a
state of Marriage, 340.
PljpStologp of Pleasure, xxxiii. note.
PljgStologp of tt)e fHamage #igl)t,
xxxiii. note.
Piazzoli, J., Catalogue, 497.
Pic, B. U., Lettre a M. Haurkau, 431.
His character, 432, 433.
Piccolcmini, Princess, 167.
Pieuses Exhortations, 430.
Pigoreau, publication by, 341 note.
Pimps, see Prostitution.
Pincers used during copulation, 466.
Pipkr, Mrs., 323.
Pis an 1, I., banished from Venice for
Incest with her brother, 52.
Place, Bishop, portrait of, 428.
Platonism, book on, in.
pleasure of flagellation, €$>*, 239.
Pleasures of a Single life, xxxm.
note.
pleasures of HtSStng, 307.
Pleasures of lobe, 118.
Poezie, 416.
j Poggio,quoted on Courtesans at Venice,
xxvi. note.
576
INDEX.
The Facetim, xxvi. note.
Point Cttrttuf toes fHtfurS De la ©ifcce,
478.
Point Be EenBemam, 492.
Polacca, Sicile, Venetian Bawd, 44.
Polite ©alette, 527-
Polio, ^benturas Be tin, 393.
Polgbiblion, 527.
Polwgamta, J@e, 1.
Polygamy, books on, 1, 29.
Poly bins, Se, 1.
Pompadour, Mme. de, 188 note.
Histoire de, 525.
Mes Loisirs, 456.
Poole, W., Authors of the Day, 493.
Poole, W. F., Index to Periodical
Literature, 517.
Pope, quoted, 268.
PopELiNiibRE, De la, Tableaux des
mceurs, li.
Popes, see Priestcraft.
Popping, Mrs. S., 506.
porelano, telometo, 395.
PornoBtBascaltana, 527.
Portalis, Baron Roger, quoted on
F. Hankey, li. note.
Trois Pons Livres, li. note.
Les Graveurs, .514-
Portefeutlle Be JK. Be Caplus, 525.
Portsmouth, Duchess of, Anecdotes of,
340.
Postures during copulation, 465.
Potter, William S.,date of birth, xlx.
Merchant, collector, traveller, xlix.
Destruction of his collection, l., 188.
His personal appearance, l.
Letters from India, 189.
His death, 189.
Pouget, A., illustrations by, 512.
Poulet-Malassis, Auguste, Biblio-
graphic, 490.
His Biography, 490.
His Portrait, 490.
His Partners, 492.
Bulletin Trimestriel, 492.
Powell, Mrs., 296.
Pofoer of USeSmertsm, Cfie, 190.
Pox, first appearance at Venice, 45.
Hospital founded for its cure, 46.
Terrible condition of its victims, 46.
First appearance at Naples, 382.
Books on, 384.
See also Brothels.
Practical Part of Love, The, 343.
Praise of Books, Clje, 527.
Pratique du Confesseur, 430.
Pratt, S. J. The Pupil of Pleasure, 96.
UEleve du Plaisir, 97.
Notice of, 99.
Origin of his pseudonym, 481.
Premtfere JfUtriSSure, £a, 527.
Prescott, Isaac, trial of, 331.
Press, daily, its general correctness,
liv. note.
SeealsoGorrecting,andErrors.
Prebent'Bo engaiaBo, IEI, xxxi. note.
SPriajnfdje Cftomane, 82.
PriapuS, Cf>e Worship of, 417.
INDEX.
577
Prickley, Peter, 157.
Priest, €3)e, tf)e Woman, anti tf)e
Confessional, 454.
Priestcraft,Convents at Venice, xix.,
xx. note19.
Saint-Didier quoted, xix. note.
Crimes by Priests, 3,
Sodomy by Priests at Venice, 51,55.
Clerical Scandals at Venice, 56.
Disorders in Convents, 56.
The Mah£r£jas of India, 423,424.
Enmity against the Clergy in
France, 433.
Attack on Catholic Priests in China,
433-
Books against Priests, 427, 430,
431,434, 451,454. 455, 456.
Convents of Naples, 482.
See also Nunneries.
Primaleon, 384.
Printing, see Corrections and
Errors.
Private Anecdote in the Fashionable
World, 276.
Private Heroics &*c. of the Duke of
Wellington, 339.
Pribate intrigues of HortJ Boron,
xxxxn. note.
Pribate life of lorti Byron, xxxra.
note, 328.
Pnbate Recreations, 182.
Procreation, Dialogue on, 338.
Procuresses, see Prostitution.
Pronostteo alia bitlota Sopra lePutane,
33.
Propagation, Lecture on, 330.
Prostitution en Europe, Be la, 510.
Prostitution, The Bibliography of
Prostitution bulky, xvn. note.
Influence of the Courtesans of
Venice, xx., xxi. note, xxii. note,
xxiii. note.
They outshone those of Rome, xx.
Prostitutes of Rome described, xx.
note, 378.
Number of Prostitutes at Venice,
xxi., xxiii. note, xxiv. note.
Lorenzo Veniero quoted, xxi. note,
xxviii. note.
M. Rabutaux quoted, xxiii. note.
C. de Brosses quoted, xxiii. note.
Luxury of Venetian Courtesans,
xxiv.
Interview with one described by
T. Coryat, xxiv. note, xxx. note.
Witty saying of a Venetian Cour-
tesan, xxvi. note.
Description of aVenetian Courtesan
by J. Casanova, xxvii. note.
Verses by Baffo, xxvn. note.
Marco Bandarini on Venetian
Courtesans, xxviii.
Names of some Venetian Cour-
tesans, xxviii. note, xxix. note.
Joke practiced on Angela Zaffetta,
xxviii. note.
Lament of De Brosses at quitting
Venice, xxix. note.
J. J. Rousseau and Zulietta, xxix.
note.
mi
578
INDEX.
Eugene Sue has his step son de-
bauched by prostitutes, xl.
Books on, xxvi. notes, 29. 31, 32,
325, 510.
Byron quoted, 33.
Nostre bene merite merelrici, 35, 59-
Invective of the Patriarch of St.
Mark, 36.
List and prices of Prostitutes at
Venice, 36.
Venetian Courtesans described. 37.
Regulation as to their dress and
ornaments, 37, 39.
The same concerningPimps, 38,42.
Similar regulations at Padua and
Treviso, 38.
Men forbidden to dress in female
attire, 39.
Women forbidden to dress like
men, 39.
Prohibition for Courtesans to enter
Churches, Inns &c., 40.
Connection with Turks, Moors and
Jews forbidden, 41.
A man punished for insulting a
Courtesan, 42.
Courtesans held a recognised posi-
tion at Venice, and enjoyed the
consolation of religion at death,
42.
Girls allured by fine clothes, 43.
Punishment of Pimps and Bawds,
42 to 45.
First appearance of the Pox at
Venice, 45.
Hospital founded for its cure, 46.
A Palace built by taxes on Cour-
tesans, 46.
Sodomy at Venice, see that heading.
Streets of Venice infested by little
Girls and Boys, 51.
Incest at Venice, see that heading.
Exposure of the Person, 52.
Rape, see that heading.
Sexual Communism at Venice, xix.
note 55-
John Murray and his Mistress at
Venice, 57.
Apple GirlsoiBoston described, 202.
Posturing in Drury Lane, 279.
London Brothels, 336.
Coveni-Garden Cyprians, 337.
Stars of the Saloons, 340.
Sketches of Courtesans, 340.
Prostitution in Paris, 340.
Lectures by Dr. Graham, 340.
Experience of limiting the number of
a family, 340.
Prostitutes at Madrid, 390.
Religious Prostitutes in India, 424.
Des Postures spintriennes, 448.
A courtesan killed during copu-
lation, 466.
Their position in India, 472.
Dancing Girls accomplished, 473.
What sort of men a prostitute
should resort to, 473.
How she may attach a man to
her, 473.
Her mode of life, 473.
INDEX.
579
Twenty-seven artifices for getting
money, 474.
Twenty-eight means of getting rid
of a lover, 474.
Marriage of the Daughters of
Courtesans, 474.
Personal Adornment, &-c., 474.
See also Brothels, Copulation.
Prostitution, fteggt "Fenete sulfa, 32.
Protestant poSt43on, Cfje, 505.
Proza, 416.
Prunaire, A., etchings by, xxvi. note.
Prp, jKittn, &BbentureS of, 171.
PseuBonnmes Du Jour, HeS, 527.
PuBore, 20e jiaturali, 29.
Pugilism, 32S, 338.
Pupil of Pleasure, 96.
Puttana errante, Ea, 477.
<©uaBS, 527-
©uafeer, Smours of a, 236.
<©uaker anB ijis jlMaiB, CIjc, 505.
Q&ueenie, xxxm. note.
Queensberry, Duke of, 171.
Memoirs of \ xxxni. note.
<©ueries fjumbli) offereB, 505.
Querxni and Juliette, xxvii. note.
Questions Mlustres, 528.
Quin, F. F., Catalogue, 498.
<®utnque flUustrium Poetarum, 447
note.
(Shuntessence of 3Strd) ©iSrtpltnf, 258.
Quizmich-Aga, 422.
ft-
Rabia, B., Venetian Catamite, Si.
Rabutaux, M., quoted on Prostitution
at Venice, xxm. note.
De la Prostitution en Europe, 510.
3&aBcItff, 220.
Raepsaet, J. J., Recherches sur /' Origine
des Droits, 29.
3&agtonamenti, Ees, 477.
3&ake, 3BbentureS of a, 118, 332.
fee, StfStorg of a, xxxn. note, 235.
3ftake, Cfje ^MoBern, 125.
3fitakisij SAhnmer, Cfje, 200.
I&ainbler, Cfje, 330, 334.
Gambler's jMagajtne, Clje, 327, 329,
333) 335, 337-
Ramerio, James, books published by,
201, 219, 227.
a&anBiana, 485.
634
INDEX.
danger's 4ttaga|ine, C$e, 337.
Ranina, N. R., 424.
Rape, books on, 3, 4, 329.
Legislation for at Venice, S2-
Instances of, £3, 324.
A tale of, 112.
Rape of the Swain, 158.
Trials for Rape, 334.
Rare Snaken, 416.
Rash Lover, The, 332.
ftaSmanjart, 462.
ftattmaitjart, 462.
Raunie, Chansonnier Historique,
528.
Rawlinson, bookseller, 329.
Raynaud, Gaston, Catalogue des Manu-
scrits Anglais, 498.
Rayon, J. S., on F. Delicado, 383.
Scatter'* JianUboofe, Clje, 528.
Reading, B., engraving by, 121.
Reboul, R., Anonymes, &c. de la
Provence, 49o.
ftecf)erti)eS sur l'©rtgme fce. 29.
Recollections of my Youth, 292.
JEtecuetl Clatrambault*fHaurepaS, 528.
Hecuetl Hit Se fftauvepaS, 528.
Redding, Cyrus, Fifty Years' Re-
collections, 513.
Memoirs of W, Bedford, 523.
Reddie, Miss, 324.
3£teBStaff, 200.
Redway, G., books published by, 417,
423.
JEUgence, Cijromqnes sur la, 525-
Register Office, The, 85.
Rlglement Interieur des Seminaires, 429.
Reid, Joseph, 85.
Reily, G., bookseller, 99.
Rellman, E., illustration by, 227.
Renoult, J. B., Aventures de laMadone,
454-
lUpentanee of Cfjomas ©reeit, xxxiii.
note.
Report of t^e fSSa^araj libel Case,
424.
Restif de la Bretonne, the basis of
his novels, xxxvhi. note.
3£Utratte, Ha, He fMmc. He £&onU
cotmllon, 45 5.
3£tetrato He la Eojana Snttaluja, 373.
Revelations of Theresa Terence, 351.
i&ebelrteS ant) BebtlrteS, 181.
liebenge, 237.
SUbtefo oftfjeftistorg ofiEnglanH, 501.
&ebue &rc!)tologtque, 528.
Rhodius, M., 6.
Ricardo, History of, 324.
Ricci, S. de, on Italian Convents, 56.
Richard, Mgr., portrait of, 428.
Richardson, C. F., The Choice of Books,
499.
Richet, C., quoted on the Girard-
Cadiire trial, 450.
Censures Michelet, 450 note.
Les D'emoniaques, 450 note.
fttHHle, Cfje, xxxiii. note.
miHeau lebf, ILe, 296, 385
Ridley, Sir M. W., 324.
Rigaud, Benoit, 441.
I Right end of a Woman, 415.
INDEX.
581
Riniera, Julia, Venetian courtesan,
xxviii. note.
Rise and Progress of the English Stage,
338.
Ristelhuber, P., Apologie pour HSro-
. dole, 440, 442.
Rivadeneyra, M., book published by,
373.
ftoaB to ftutn, 221.
ftobtrt fHarstfcn, amour* of, xxxn.
note.
ftobert iHarrttn, life of, xxxn. note.
Roberts, C., book published by, 142.
Sfto&in'* fast S|)tft, 505 ■
Robinson, G., book published by, 96.
Robinson, T. warrant signed by, 502.
Rochefort St-Louis, accused of So-
domy, xiv. note.
Rochefoucauld, F. G. de la, quoted
on Fiction, xxxv. note.
Esprit des Ecrroains, 512.
Rochefoucault, Count de la, 185.
Rochester, quoted, 112.
Anecdotes of, 166.
Intrigues of, 237.
Molester's Ittter to jiHl ©fognne,
xxxm. note..
3£UtJ)ester's life, xxxm. note,
ftoman, It, 529.
ftoman Be JMon aitobe, 421.
3&oman Hu Cut*, le, 453, 480.
Romance of lust, €t)t, 183.
Romances, see Fiction.
Romano, G., Situations Gratieuses, 418.
Romanus, W., Disputatio De Amore, 5.
Rome, book published at, 20.
Prostitutes at, see Prostitution.
Rops, F., and F. Hankey, lii. note.
Frontispiece by, 492.
Jfcosa SeUefflle, jHemoirs of, 140.
3Eto*a Quitting, lift of, 160.
&o*e li'Smour, la, 161, 344.
Roson, J., bookseller, 99.
Rouen, books published at, 29, 478,
481.
Roueries des Hommes, Les, xxvi. note.
Roure, see Du Roure.
Rousseau, J. J., quoted on Courtesans
at Venice, xxi-x. note.
His adventure with Zulietta, xxix.
note.
CEuvres, 526.
Rousseau and Madame de Warrens, 409.
Rousselle, portraits by, 528.
Rouvaullon, 418.
Rouveyre, Ed. Guide du Ubraire-
Antiquaire, 495.
Connaissances nkessaires d un Biblio-
phile, 499.
Miscellanies Bibliographiques, 525.
Rover, 126.
Rowlandson, T., etchings by, 455.
&otolanti*on tt)e Caricaturist, 529.
ftogal amours, 200.
Royal Rake, The, 278.
Rozez & Co., book published by, 180.
Ruberta, Lucretia, Venetian cour-
tesan, xxviii. note,
KKKK
582
index.
Rubini, A., punished at Venice for
Rape, 54.
Ruelle, Ch. E., Bibliographie Generate
des Gaules, 494.
Ruffianerie, La, xxvi. note.
Ruffiani, see Prostitution.
Ruskin, John, quoted, xxxiv.
Ryder, J., book published by, 175.
P.
S.... de S.........Catalogue, 497.
Sabin, Joseph, A Bibliography of Biblio-
graphy, 495.
Notice of, 495.
Sacerdotal Crimes, see Priest-
craft.
Saerement du Mariage, Du, 430.
Sade, Marquis de, his influence on
English fiction, xliii., 133,182,185,
247, 345-
Quoted on Fiction, xxxv. note.
Enacted what he portrayed, xxxix.
Aline et Valcour, 419.
Idie sur les Romans, 517
Safe Conduct through the Territories of
Venus, 340.
Sailor's Tale, The, 288, 291.
Sailor's Yarn, The, 291.
Saint-Didier, A. T. L. de, La Ville et
la Republique de Venise, 531.
St. lamest'* Post, €f>e, 506.
St. John, warrants signed by, 505,
507.
St-Louis, R-P.lK..,accused of Sodomy,
xiv. note.
Saint-Megrin, favourite of Henri III.,
xiv. note.
St, Preux and Eloisa, 409.
Sainte-Beuve, accused of Sodomy,
xiv. note.
Saloon Voluptuaries, 328.
Salvaor, M., Pronostico sopra le Pu-
tane, 33.
Samit, Angelicha, Venetian bawd, 43.
Sanchez, xxxviii.
Sansovino, Jacopo, sups with Angela
Zaffetta, xxix. note.
Santo Aluigi, Cornelia da. Venetian
courtesan, xxviii. note.
Sara, Angela, Venetian courtesan,
xxviii. note.
Saraton, B., Venetian courtesan, 42.
Scantinian Law, book on, 5.
Scents in a JJrotfjel, xxxm. note.
Scenes tti a f2umter», 200.
Scenes in tye Seraglio, 136.
©djtiUjiityr, £>aS, 482.
(Styatjgtafcer, 2)er, 482.
Schedmsma, he SJEtate 3ubentli, Con*
traijenUis SpotTSaUbuS ac flilatru
inonits fUonea, 13.
Scheible, J., books bublished by, 118,
482.
Schmidt, K., Jus Prima Noctis, 26.
INDEX.
583
School Boy's Tale, The, 286.
Sf&ooMellofoS, Cf)t, 146.
School GirVs Tale, 286.
School Master and Mistress's Tale, 286.
School of Venus, xxxin. note, 505.
Schumann, J. C., book published by, 3.
Scissors, used during copulation, 466.
Scoolt, Rev. Mr., 324.
Scott, J., printer, 507.
Scott, Sir Walter, xxxvn. note.
Stourge, ®f)«> 505.
Scratching, during copulation, 465.
Sealetf book for SE&omen, xxxm. note.
Seamstress, Cfje, xxxm. note.
Seeontt Setter from afHemberofParlia*
nunt, 505.
Seron& Part of tf)ef)tstorual Account,
506.
Serect fetstori) of Stttg f relanfc, xxxm.
note.
Secrct fWemotrS of dfrance, xxxm.
note.
Secret of Linda Brent, The, 357.
Stents of fiature &ebealett, xxxm.
note.
Secret Passions, 237.
Secret Serbtce* of ittajor 1.0bitt,2OO.
Sedley, quoted, 309.
Seducing Cardinal, Cf)t, 130.
Seduction, trials for, 334,335,337.
How accomplished in India, 470.
See also Men, and Women.
SeUutttoti b» Cijloroform, xxxm. note.
SeUurtion of Sontag, Clje, 316.
SetuctioH Unbfiletl, xxxm. note, 340.
Seigniorial Rights, practiced in
Ireland, xvi. note.
Practiced on the Congo, xvii. note.
Denied by Dr. K. Schmidt, 27.
Denied by M. Th. Leuridan, 28.
Books on, xvri. note, 26, 28, 29,
5". 512.
Sellon, E., drawings by, 141, 427.
His complete bibliography, 425.
Herbert Breakspear, 426.
Adventures of a Gentleman, 427.
Skminaires, Riglement des, 429.
Sempronia, a perfect hermaphrodite, 8.
Senancour, E. P. de, quoted on, Erotic
Books, vi.
De VAmour, 509.
Seraglio, Memoirs oj an English, 332.
Seraglio, Stenes in tlje, 136.
Sermones Ludicri, 297.
Sermons prcacfjrU bg Sr.©Helton, 506.
Seven Years Experience, 340.
Sebentlj Setter to tlje People of
i&nglantt, 506.
Sex, sexual Intercourse at Venice,
xix. note.
C. de Brasses quoted, xix. note.
Sexual Love treated in modern
Novels, xli. note.
Change of sex, 2.
Relation of the sexes, 340.
Chinese notions of Sexual Inter-
course among Europeans, 439.
Sexual union in India, 464.
See also Copulation.
Sextus v., on eunuchs, 17.
584
INDEX.
Sexual Communism, at Venice,
55-
Seyffert, C. G., book published by,
103.
SJjaBotoS of tfje <©IB Booksellers, 529.
Shampooers, in India, 468.
Shandean Imitations, 332.
Shanghai, book published at, 434.
Sharpe, T., printer, 502.
Sharps anB dflats, 236.
Shatakarini Shatavahana, King, kills
his queen during- copulation, 466.
Shebbeare, Dr. John, Letter to the
People of England, 507.
Sherlock, Dr., Creed, 504.
Shiers, William, publisher, 503.
Sfjift SljtfteB, Cije, 506.
Shilling, Adventures of a, 332.
Sieurin, M. J., Manuel de I'Amateur,
521.
His death, 521.
Simon, J. G., Dilineaiio Impo tent ice, 14.
Simon tfje BaBtcal, 236.
Single life, Pleasure* of a, xxxiii.
note.
Singleton, Miss, Memoirs of, 336.
Portrait of, 3 36.
Singular life anB aBbentures of 4$tSS
jfamij feill, 70.
Sinistrari, R. P., De Sodomia, 20.
De Deh'ctis et Paenis, 20.
De Demonialitate, 22.
Demoniality, 22.
De la Sodomie, 477.
Sin* of tlje Cities of ti»e Plain, 194.
Siswick, John, his condemnation, 508.
Situations ©ratteuSeS, 418.
Sir jMontijs tit a Con&ent, xxxiii. note
Stjtfj letter to tfje People of iSuglanli,
506.
Sketches of Courtezans, 340.
Slack, bookseller, 329.
Smara PraBtpa, 462.
Smith, printer, 149.
Smith, Ann, book published by, 501.
Smith, Eliza, 336.
Smith, H., xxxii. note. 69, 172,292,
339, 480.
Smith, H. S. G. & Co., publishers,
122, 150, 210.
Smith, Joseph, printer, 506.
Smith, J. R., mezzotints by, 83, 408,
410.
Smith, M., Christianity Unmasked, 451.
Father Girard and Miss Cadiere, 452.
Smith, Dr. W., Diet, of Antiquities,
510.
Diet, of Biography, 510.
Smollett, T., The Critical Review, 509.
Smythe, Sir S. S., 139 note.
Snodgrass, J., Wit, Wisdom, and Pathos,
531-
SotUtf BeS &nus BeS libres, 529.
Its foundation and purpose, 529.
SoBorn, 320.
SoBoin anB ©nan, xxxiii. note.
SoBomta, Crartatu* Ue, 20.
SoBomta ftermapijroBttt, Se, 7.
SoBomtae, Be fEitigatione Pocnae, 30.
©obomiimS), Son SDiilberung ber Strafe,
30.
(Sobontitere^ etneS Srolttern, $>on, 7.
index.
585
Sodomy, G. A. Thierry quoted, xiv.
note.
List of Sodomites, xiv. note.
Origin of the vice, xv. note.
Dr. J. Agrippa quoted, xv. note.
Books on, s, 7, 11,20,30, 109, 194,
448, 477, 478.
Between hermaphrodites, 7.
Effect of Sodomy on Marriage, 11.
Dutch enactments against Sodomy,
11.
Different modes of punishment, 15.
Distinguished from Tribadism, 20,
477-
On mitigating the punishments for
Sodomy, 30.
Much practiced at Venice, 47.
Enactments against it, 48.
Punished with death, 49.
Instances of Punishments, 49 to 52.
With Women, 51.
Committed by Priests, 51, 55.
A scene from Memoirs of a Woman
of Pleasure, 60.
Chinese notions about Sodomy
among Europeans, 439.
See also Bestiality.
Sofa, attbtntureS of a, 221, 332.
Sofa, Confessions of a, 221.
Sotltti ©obe, ®f)e, xxxm. note.
Soldier's Tale, The, 289.
Somascho, G, A., book published by,
xxii. note.
Sonnets Eurnritufr, 477.
Sontag, The Seduction of, 316.
Her first appearance in London,
318.
Sorlisi, B. de, an eunuch, 17.
Sotomaior, Antonio de, book dedi-
cated to, 1.
Sottister He Voltaire, Ee, 529.
Souvenirs de Raymond, The, 157.
Spadones, see Eunuchs.
Spanker, Colonel, 246.
Sparks, 227.
Spinster, 282.
Spirit of dflagellation, Clje, 238.
Spirit of the Ring, The, 325.
Sports tottl) Venus, 200.
Stage Coach, Adventures of a, 332.
Stanhope, warrant signed by, 505.
Stanhope, Eugenia, 96.
Stance Del Poeta, xxviii. note.
Stars of the Saloons, 340.
Sterne, book against, 107.
Still Stranger Communication, A, 313.
Stok & Schilling, book published
by, 9
Stolen Pleasure, 342.
Storn of a ©tftfoe, 192.
Story of Dilkoosha, The, 351.
Strahan, George, publisher, 503.
Strange Communication from Philip
Handful, 313.
Strangling, Essay on, 404.
Striking, during copulation, 466.
Strokeall & Co., 305,
Strokc*all's Porfcet JUuoft, t57.
IALL
586
index.
Strolling Player, Life of a, 332.
Student in Art's Tale, 285.
Stupri, He ©rimtne et "Poena, 3.
Stbpro Uolbiitario, Be, 4-
Stuttgart, books published at, 4,
72, 118, 482.
Suavia, 385.
Sub-Umbra, 344.
Succubae, i5> 22.
Such a silly Question, 415.
Sudbury, J., books published by, 125,
145, 316, 337.
Notice of, 126.
Sue, E., quoted on Sensuality, xl.
Takes his mistress and step son to
a brothel, xl. note.
His licentious character, xl. note.
His private seraglio, xl. note.
Suidas, on Eunuchs, 18.
Sullivan, M., printer, 140.
Summum Bonum, 343.
Sunderland, warrant signed by, 503.
Suppressed Scenesfrom Fanny Hill, 483.
Surgeon, fEjperienceS of a, 197.
Surgeon's Diary, A, 299.
Susse, Admiral de la, accused of
Sodomy, xiv. note.
Sutrabashya, 460.
Stoell's j8tgf)t ©uftfe, xxxiii. note.
Stotoia, 347-
Symonds, H. D., book published by,
280.
T****, Marie de, 158.
©ableau Se I'&mour, 418.
©ableaujr Ses fHceurS Su ©empS, li.
note, 493.
©ableaujr Tub ants, Ses, xxxi. note.
Uaenbelnbe SScnug, 2>ie, 401 note.
Tailleffer, 433.
Taine, H., Histoire de la Literature
Anglaise, 516.
Take hold of my Whiskers, 415.
Talbot, Gilbert, elopes with a Ve-
netian Nun, 58.
©ales DorSaitS, xxxiii. note.
Talesfrom the Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles,
341-
Tales of the Queen of Navarre, 341.
©ales of ©bnligfjt, 229.
Tant Mieux Pour Elle, 324,402.
©aitffa Selle fJuttaue, xxi. note, 477.
Tattersal, Mr., 323.
Taxil, Leo, see Jogand-PagJis.
©ell ©ale, ©Ije, 282.
©en fiears life of a Courtesan, 304.
©en ©cars of tlje Stfe of a Courtesan,
306.
Tenducci, trial of, 331.
Tennyson, Lord, quoted, xuu.
Terry, book published by, 81.
Theatre, 323, 329, 332, 335, 338.
©ljtatre ^rctique, 491.
INDEX.
587
Theatrical Censor, The, 338.
Theresa's Story, 351.
Therlse Philosophe, 342, note.
Thierry, G. A., quoted on Sodomy,
xiv. note.
La Conspiration du 12 Mars, xiv.
note.
CijirB EftUr to tlje People of ISnglanB,
507.
Thomas, R., Aggravating Ladies, 489
Cfjomas @reen, Repentance of, xxxm.
note.
Thompson, G., Venus in Boston, 201.
List of his works, 201, 203, 218,
219.
The Delights of Love, 203.
Fanny Greeley, 210.
The Bridal Chamber, 218.
Autobiography, 219.
Thompson, Miss, Amours of, 336.
Thornton, G., engraving- by, 113.
Three Chums, The, 358.
Ctamt), 341.
Tickler, George, 242.
CicfeltSf) Cales, xxxm. note.
Tiger, book published by, 402.
Ctmes, Cije, some surprising errors
instanced, lv. note.
Tipple, Sarah, 324.
Titian, sups with Angela Zaffetta,
xxix. note.
Titles of books, see Books.
Coast, Cfje, 456.
Toleman, William, apothecary, 506.
Tom Jones and Molly Seagrim, 408.
Tom Jones and Mrs. Waters, 408.
Tom Jones, Molly Seagrim, and Square,
408.
Tom's had more gristle in it, 416.
Toneel, Het, 416.
Torri, B. J., De Crimine et Poena
Stupri, 3.
Cour Be j8eSle, £a, 220.
Townshend, warrants signed by, 501,
502, SO5, 506, 907.
Cractatto JurtBtea Se Coitu Sam*
nato, 6.
Cractatto JurtDftea Se SoBomia, 7.
Cractatio JuriBtca qua quoB melius
Sit Vtrgtnem Bucete quam VtBuarn,
23.
Cractatto qua Hupanarta improbantur,
3i.
CractatuS Se SoBomia, 20.
CractatuS Be Crtmtue Stupri, 3.
CractatuS fHoralt's Se jgaturalt Pit*
Bore, 29.
Traite de Chastete, 429.
Trajanopolis, 391.
CrapS for tije fJounij, 529.
Trasmiera, G. de, De Polygamya, 1.
Trautz-Bauzonnet, li.
Traveller's Tale, The, 285.
Tree, Miss M., portrait of, 334.
TrenchardJ., warrant signed by, 50S.
Create et Win Be la %affctta,*xxvm.
note, 477.
Treviso, regulation concerning the
dress of Prostitutes at, 38.
CrialS, 323, 328, 331. 334, 335.
337, 340, 423, 424, 449, 489, 507,
530.
588
index.
Tribadism, books on, 20,19s, 448,
477-
Distinguished from Sodomy, 20,
All-
Trick and Tye, 324.
Tricotel, lidouard, mentioned, xxn.
On La Fille de Joye, 73.
Bibliographic er clique, 494.
CrifleS, S3°-
Trim, C., engraving by, 107.
Crirotate Stoma, ffle, 501.
Citpona, ita, 394.
Cristram SfjanBn, 41S-
Trivixam, C. L., Venetian Courtesan,
42.
Trois Born Livres, l. note.
Trott, W., book published by, 112.
Trowsers, worn by women, 266.
Crue Copo of tije Paper, % 507.
SCrue ©talogue, 9, 507.
Trubner, Nicolas, quoted on J. 0.
Delepierre, xlv. note.
His death, xlvii. note.
Joseph Octave Delepierre, 517.
American and Oriental Record, 530.
Tuer, A. W., Quads, 527.
Cuttton, Elements of, 240.
Curb, €i)t lustful, 134.
Turks, forbidden to have connection
with Christian Women at Venice,
41.
Enactments against them, 47.
Turner, J., 71, 122, 168.
Turney, Demoniality, 22.
Turpin, H., book published by, 451.
Turfin, R., 452.
Cfoo Sobers, Cije, 235.
a.
Unexpected Interview, The, 324.
Unnaturalisls, The, 109.
8aSffuU?intSto&tngle©entlemcn,28o.
©tilitl fie la dTIagtllattoii, 530.
Uzanne, Octave, quoted on Erotic
Books, and Copulation, vn.
His Eroto-Bibliomane, lii.
Visits F. Hankey, lii. note.
Quoted on Bibliography, lvii.
Idee sur les Romans, 517.
Le Livre, 5 20.
Miscellanies Billiographiques, $25-
V.
Vagabonds, The, 324.
Valera, Juan, quoted on El Prevenido
enganado. xxxi. note.
Estudios Criticos, 512.
Valier, A., debauches Venetian
Nuns, 57.
INDEX.
589
Vallee, Leon, Bibliographie des Biblio-
graphies, 494.
Van den Kansel, 416.
Van Doorninch, see Doorninch.
Vanessa, 352.
Varin, P. A., portraits by, 514.
Various Jiecolletttons of ©omesttc
Stenes, 158.
Vasselier, Contes, 477.
Vatsyayana, The Kama Sutra, 458.
Notice of, 476.
Velthuysen, L .Y.,De NaturaliPudore,
29.
Venice, its importance, xvm.
Eulogised by T. Coryat, xxx. note.
Books published at, 32, 33, 384.
Books on, 32, 531.
Prostitution, see Prostitution.
Pox, see Pox.
Sodomy, see Sodomy.
Incest, see Incest.
Rape, see Rape.
Blasphemy, see Blasphemy.
Beauty of Women, see Women.
Nunneries, see Priestcraft.
Venikro, Lorenzo, quoted on Cour-
tesans at Venice, xxi. note.
La Tariff a delle Puttane, xxi.. note.
La Puttana errante, 477.
Venus, The Battles of, xxxiv. note,
©emis, €i)e Jpabourtte of, 145.
§8mu§, £>ie irtmbe, 401.
©enus, Cije lobes of, 193.
Junius, Cf>r ffljistcries of, xxxiii. note,
xxxiv. note, 171, 314, 404.
MMMM
3fenuS, School of, xxxiii. note.
$enus, Sports foiti), 200.
S3enuS, 2)te tanbelnbe, 401 note,
93enu£, ©ie wasfjenbe, 401 note.
Menus' Slbum, xxxiv. note, 235.
feints tu JSoston, 201.
2?enus in tf)e Cloister, 234.
$enus P^stque, 340.
Verbena feouse, jfBtoSterteS of, 260.
©erbotten fSoeltm, 531.
Vergy, Memoirs of the Countess de
Barre, 101.
Sjermtfdfyungett, ©on ©unbUdjen, 6.
©ertnomBe en Jiaamloo^e Scijrijbers,
.531.
Veronensem, Marieta, Venetian Pros-
titute, 51.
Veronese, Paul, 531.
Vescovo, B., Papal Nuncio, his
scandal with Nuns, 56.
Vestina, 330.
Vestris, Madame, portrait of, 328.
Confessions of, xxxn. note.
Memoirs of, xxxiii. note, 339, 340.
Vice, J. H. Friswell quoted, vi.
Aleric Glady quoted, vm.
A. Belot quoted on Vice in Fiction.
xli. note.
See also Crimes.
Vice Society v. Benbow, 333.
©trtim of lust, Cije, 160.
JFutim of jSature, xxxiv. note.
Victuri, A., Venetian Catamite, 55. ^ie U'un Patrinen Be ®?ratS
644
INDEX.
Vie des Femmes marines xxvi. note.
Vie des Religieuses, La, xxvi. note.
Vt'e Uribfc a Venise, 531.
Viel Castel, H. de, quoted on
Engine Sue, xl. note.
Mimoires, 522.
His death, 522.
Vigale, La Cazzaria, 477.
"Ftlle tt la ftfyubltque Be Teniae, S31.
Vinter, J. A., lithograph by, 523.
Vtrgtne jflorenttna, Be, 23.
Vtrgttie prae Vttua Hucenba, Be, 23.
Virgin, rape of a, 4.
See also Women.
Virgin's <©atf), Cfce, 316.
Virtue, Cf)e inutility of, 132.
Visits to ftemarkable plates, 531.
VlaemScfje School, 531-
Voeux de Chasieti, 76.
Vogel, C., book published by> 3.
Voisepton, 402.
Voiture, quoted, 107.
Voltaire, quoted on Prohibited Books,
ix.
Le Sottisier, 529.
Documents inedits, 525.
Voltigern Crancocc, xxxiv. note, 530.
Voluptuarian Cabinet, xxxiv. note,
292, 3IS-
Voluptuary, The, 323.
Voluptuous Confessions of a French
Lady, 358.
Voluptuous jfunoreut, xxxiv. note.
S3 on ben <§o(tyjeitsI£ac}e, 12.
©on 3tmger Seute <§et)tat$ett, 13.
©on .$falt*@inniger SMebe, 14.
©on 3Kilberung ber (Strafe beijm Rafter
ber Sobomiterety, 30.
©on (Sobpmitcret) eineS Swtttern, 7.
©on <3uni>lic(jen ©etmifctyungen, 6.
Voo iJa Jnnocenna, <&, 82.
Voorbeelden van Verstrooidheid, 416.
Vreemde Eigenschappen, 416.
Vuttoangeur Sensible, Ee, 526.
W.
W. L., 252.
Sffiadjenbe ©enuS, S)tc, 401 note.
Watting Woman, Clje, 172.
Walford, E., The Antiquarian Mag-
azine, 490.
The Antiquary, 490.
(REalforB, Sir lEbtoarif, Etfe of, 125.
Wallis, A., bookseller, 426.
Walpole, R., warrant signed by, 507.
Walter Popmarvel, 325.
Wanton SKiliSob), Ct)e, xxxiv. note.
Ward, A. W., Dickens, 5 10.
Ward, W., mezzotints by, 83, 98.
Webb, John, negro, 331.
INDEX.
591
WeBButg Ube, CIje, xxxiv. note.
WeBBuig Jligljt, Clje, 168, 237.
Wedge, used during copulation, 466.
Wedgwood, Josiah, 95.
Weekln Journal, Cije, 507.
Welcome to tlje JS&eBal, 9, 507.
Wellington, Duke of, Amours of, 336.
Private Heroics, 339.
Welton, Dr., Sermons, 506.
Werther, book published by, 23.
Wheatley, H. B., The Bibliographer,
495-
Where shall I go to night ?, 343.
Whipping fHilltncrs, Cije, 239.
Whiskers, 415.
White, A., books published by, 299.
His death, 299.
White, A. E. D., notice of, 144.
White, W., book published by, 481.
Wljiteljousc, 9n*al:sf of tlje, xxxn.
note.
Whittaker, book published by, 426.
Wljole Pleasures of fflatrimom?,
xxxiv. note.
Wljore, Cl>e acrompUsljeB, 167.
MljouBom, fHygtericS of, 151.
Wljore'S jajjetorick, Cfje, 85 note.
Widow Wadmam, 415.
Widows, rape of, 4.
Undesirable in Marriage, 23.
See also Women.
Wife and no Wife, 343.
Wife's Revenge, A, 485.
Wilkes, J., Essay on Woman, 340.
The North Briton, 504.
Williaji II. of Holland, accused of
Sodomy, xiv. note.
Williams, trial for divorce, 331.
Williams, F. C., Journalistic Jumbles,
518.
Williams, S. W. quoted on Education
in China, xvn. note.
The Middle Kingdom, 525.
Williamson, J., warrant signed by,
505.
Wilmot, Mrs., 323.
Wilson, 282.
Wilson, Betsy, 159.
Wilson, Harriet, Memoirs of, 236.
Wilson, Mary, mentioned, 159.
Books published by, 238,292,314.
"Reviver of Erotic Literature," 297.
Portraits of her, 298.
" A second Aloisia," 299.
Wit, WtSBom, anB PatfjoS, 531.
Withers, George, publisher, con-
demned, 508.
Wolfart, J. H., De Sodomia Her-
maphroditi, 7.
Wollmar and facobina, 325.
Woman and Virgin, The, 293.
Woman ©tSrobeB, xxxn. note, 127.
Woman of dPasfjton, Intrigues of a,
235-
Woman of Pleasure, fHemoirs of a, 60.
235, 332.
Woman of Pleasure's pocket Com*
panton, 304.
Women, Venetian Women beauti-
ful, xviii.
592
INDEX.
Kept in seclusion, xvm.
Charles Yriarte, quoted, xvm. note.
Their Cavaliere servenie, xix.
Venetian wives belong- to the whole
family, xix. note.
C. de Brosses quoted, xix. note.
Rape, 4.
Virgins preferable to Widows, 23.
Forbidden to dress like men at
Venice, 39.
Proper use of, r 11.
Arts to be learned by women in
India, 463.
Classified according to the depth
of the yoni, 464.
How they should kiss, 465.
Parts of their body which may be
struck, 466.
Modes of striking, 466.
Wedge, Scissors, Pincers, &c., used,
466.
A Queen and a Courtesan killed
during copulation, 466.
Acting the part of the man, 467.
How they should be received by
their lovers, 468.
Proper Conduct of Wives, 469.
Causes for rejecting the addresses
of a man, 469.
Those who are easily gained over,
470.
How they may be seduced, 470.
Of the Royal Harem, 471.
See also Adultery, Brothels,
Copulation, Flagellation,
Hermaphrodites, Trials,
Tribadism.
Wood, Richard, publisher, 506.
Woodcock, Sarah, rape of, 138.
OTortr to tfje JfreefjoltrerS, a, 507.
Works of Soijn SfjefKeW ©ukt of
33ucfcutg;i>am, 501.
Works of &01-U 33pron, 532.
TOorlto's Sages, Cankers antr fte*
formers, 532.
Worsfjip of PrtapuS, Cije, 417.
I Wyndham, Hon. Cmarles, 323.
Y.
Yes, Yes, I see, 415.
fJokel'S Preceptor, Cije, xxxiv. note.
Yorick, Adventures of Prince, 278.
York, Duke of, 174.
Young Gentleman's Tale, 284.
Young Lady, Memoirs of a, 324.
Young Lady's Tale, 284.
©oung fHaifc's lifirarp, xxxiv. note,
fioufyful aubenturer, 164.
Yriarte, C., quoted on Venetian Ladies,
xviii. note.
Vie d'un Patricien de Venise, 531.
Yung-Cheng, Emperor, 434.
index.
593
2L'
Zabarella, Cardinal F., portrait of,
4S<5.
Zaffetta, Angela, Venetian Cour-
tesan, xxviii. notes.
Zayas, Maria de, censured by J.
Valera, xxxi. note.
El Prevenido enganado, xxxi. note.
Zeitler, C., book published by, 6.
Zepa, 481.
Ziauatina, Andriana, Venetian Cour-
tesan, xxvm. note.
Zonderlinge Advertentien, 416.
Zonderlinge Slrafbepalingen, 416.
Zonderlinge Testamenten, 416.
Zonfo, J., Venetian Priest, accused of
keeping Prostitutes in his house, 56.
Zopptno, %t, xx. note, 477.
Zulietta, Venetian Courtesan, xxix.
note.
3w>ittern, see Hermaphrodites.
Zyll, R a book published by, 29.
RRATA.
viii., last line, for Harancourt read Haraucourt
xli., line 3, »i physique a physique "
xlvi., note, line 6 , » $f}t(obttUon « ilolgbtblton
lx., last line, Harancourt Haraucourt
12, line 16, „ no comma at end of line.
17, » 2, for waria read weria
30, » 1, ,, Crmutn ,, Crimtncnt
93, note, 1, » naccuracies » inaccuracies
95, line 7, Foster a Forster
146, « 2, ro » or
161, H 1, spent a spend
180, ,1 1, tt wood cuts ,, wood-cuts
239, 20, 11 Cbe a Cfte
268, II 12, it vol., a vol.
315, H 12, n letcher a lecher
321, heading omitted, pagination 231 in error.
328, line 19, for entente read entendre
343, 1, 1, after last word add —
349, 1, for eft read left
418, « 13, Maro ,, Marco
447, »» 18, »» un n une
453, » 2, » by » after
483, M 5, a erotica i> erotica
,, ,1 » a Andalucia 11 Andalucfa
» » 6, Folklore » Folk-lore
„ » 10, » logie » logy
49s, II 6, i> fibres Xtfares!
sio, „ 2, a un „ une
542, col. 1, line 32, for 514, i> 5H.
543, » 2, „ 4, ,, J- a J.,
» 2, „ 18, „ James : a James,
559, 2, n 3, ,, Harancourt » Haraucourt
572, J, 2, last line, „ Amours »» Amour
JjONTENTS AND ytRRANGEMENT.
To thk Reader - - - - - Page iv.
Epigraphs - - - - - „ v.
Preliminary Remarks - - - - „ xi.
Catena Sibrorum CacenDortim - - - - „ i
Additions - - - - - „ 400
On Quoting Authorities - - - „ 488
Authorities Consulted „ 489
Index - - - ~ - „ 533
Errata -•-----„ S94
Illustrations :
Frontispiece - - to face the Title-page.
Portrait of Octave Delepierre - „ Page xliv.
„ James Campbell - „ „ xlvii.
Facsimile of Title-page De Polygamia „ „ 1