[ Locke Bibliography ]

Chapter Two: BIOGRAPHY & GENERAL WORKS


1802

“John Locke.” // IN: New England quarterly magazine. – no.1 (Apr.-June 1802):58-59.
Y&Y 1802.1

1808

“Biography–John Locke.” // IN: The port folio / by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. – New series:6 (1808):200-201.
Y&Y 1808.1
The history of the early part of the reign of James the Second : with an introductory chapter / by Charles James Fox ; to which is added an appendix. – London : printed for W. Miller, 1808.
See App. 2, “Correspondence between the Earl of Sunderland and the Bishop of Oxford, respecting Mr. Locke” (p. cxlix-clii)

1810

“Proposed monument to Locke.” – (Political examiner ; no. 126). // IN: The Examiner. – no. 128 (10 June 1810):353-354.
Reprinted in Leigh Hunt’s political and occasional essays / edited by Lawrence Huston Houtchens and Carolyn Washburn Houtchens. – New York : Columbia University Press, 1962. – p. 105-109.
Y&Y 1962.15

1813

“Life of John Locke.” // IN: The Polyanthos enlarged. – 3rd series:1 (1812/13):169-173.
Y&Y 1813.1

1815

“Locke, John.” // IN: The general biographical dictionary … – A new ed. / revised and enlarged by Alexander Chalmers. – London : J. Nichols, 1812-1817. – 20 (1815):358-373.

1819

“Locke, John.” / G—ce [J. Gence]. // IN: Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne … – A Paris : chez L.G. Michaud, 1819. – vol. 24:609-616.
C 87 [“Michaud”]

1820

Anecdotes, observations, and characters of books and men : collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope and other eminent persons of his time / by Joseph Spence ; now first published from the original papers, with notes and a life of the author, by Samuel Weller Singer. – London : W.H. Carpenter, 1820. – xxxix, 501 p.
Includes comments on Locke by Bolingbroke, Fenelon, Pope, and others; see index.

1821

“Locke’s residence at Otes, near Harlow.” // IN: Monthly magazine, or British register. – 52:no.357 (1 Aug. 1821):1.
Illustration; reprinted in: A Locke miscellany … / edited by Jean S. Yolton (1990). – p. 332.
Y&Y 1821.2

1829

“Lord King’s Life of Locke.” // IN: Eclectic review. – 3rd series:2 (1829):181-204.
“Lord King’s Life of John Locke.” // IN: Edinburgh review. – 50 (1829):1-31.
Review of King’s Life of John Locke by Henry Brougham.
Reprinted as “Life of Locke.” // IN: The monthly review. – n.s. 11 (1829):498-514.
Y&Y 1829.1; T 180
Oxford and Locke / by Lord Grenville. – London : J. Murray, 1829. – 87 p.
C 85; Y&Y 1829.3
The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – xi, 407 p.
Also published as: (1) New ed. with considerable additions. – London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830. – 2 vol.; (2) The life and letters of John Locke … – New ed. with a general index. – London : H.G. Bohn, 1858. – viii, 503 p.; also published: London : Bell & Daldy, 1864 and London : G. Bell, 1884; reprinted: New York : Garland, 1984. – (The philosophy of John Locke)
Includes extracts from Locke’s journals, correspondence, and notebooks; the new ed. (1830) includes nine additional letters from Limborch to Locke.
Y 328, 329; C 85-86; Y&Y 1829.4, 1830.3; A 895; T 205-207
Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions / by Edmund Lodge. – London : printed for Harding and Lepard, 1821-34.
See “John Locke” (vol. 9 [1829])
Delineations of the northwestern division of the county of Somerset : and of its antediluvian bone caverns, with a geological sketch of the district / by John Rutter. – London : Longman, Ress & Company, 1829.
A description of Locke’s birthplace at Wrington, with an illustration, is given on p. 128-129.
The illustration is reprinted in: A Locke miscellany … / edited by Jean S. Yolton (1990). – frontispiece.
C 87; Y&Y 1829.5

1830

“Introduction.” // IN: Original letters of Locke, Algernon Sidney, and Anthony Lord Shaftesbury … : with an analytical sketch of the writings and opinions of Locke and other metaphysicians / by T. Forster.

1831

“Locke the philosopher.” // IN: Museum of foreign literature, science and art. – 19:no. 113 (Nov. 1831):597.
Y&Y 1831.2

1832

“John Locke.” // IN: The Bath and Bristol magazine; or, Western miscellany. – 1 (1832):213-237.
Mostly based on King, The life of John Locke (1829)
T 176
“Locke.” // IN: American quarterly review. – 12 (1832):354-379.
Y&Y 1832.2
“John Locke, an independent” / E.G. // IN: The Congregational magazine. – 15 = New series:8 (1832):654-658.
“Locke’s charcter and writings.” // IN: The Christian examiner. – 11 (1831/32):380-403.
Y&Y 1832.3

1833

“Biographical department – John Locke.” // IN: Monthly repository and library of entertaining knowledge. – 3 (1832/33):414-420.
Y&Y 1833.4

1835

A gallery of portraits, with memoirs / under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. – London : C. Knight, 1835.
See vol. 5:53-60 + port.
“Locke and Newton” / B. // IN: American magazine of useful and entertaining knowledge. – 1 (1834/35):365-366.
Y&Y 1830.4 [sic]

1840

The early history of Freemasonry in England / by James Orchard Halliwell. – London : T. Rodd, 1840.
See p. 39-40; judges the letter to Pembroke on freemasonry a forgery.

1847

“John Locke.” // IN: Old England’s worthies : a gallery of portraits from authentic copies … accompanied by full and original biographies. – London : C. Cox, 1847. – p. 198-200.
“Locke (John)” / C.M. [Charles Mallet]. // IN: Dictionnaire des sciences philosophiques / par un société de professeurs de philosophie. – Paris : chez L. Hachette, 1844-52. – t. 3 (1847):col. 585-599.
New curiosities of literature : and book of the months / by George Soane. – London : E. Churton, 1847.
See “Rosicrucianism and freemasonry” (vol. 2:35-95); the letter to Pembroke on freemasonry reprinted from Gentleman’s magazine and rejected as a forgery (p. 79-88)

1849

Cours d’études historiques / par P.C.F. Daunou. – Paris : F. Didot Frères, 1842-49.
See t. 20, “Recherches sur les systèmes philosophiques applicables à l’histoire” (1849):310-316.

1850

“Facts for a new Biographia Britannica.” // IN: Gentleman’s magazine. – April 1850:393.
Prints a letter from Clarendon to Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 3 Nov. 1666, on Locke’s Medical Studentship at Christ Church.
“The grave of Locke : a day at High Laver and Oates” / S.A. // IN: Littell’s Living age. – 27 (1850):424-426.
Y&Y 1850.1

1854

“John Locke, his character and philosophy.” // IN: Edinburgh revew. – 99 (1854):383-454.
Review of Locke, Philosophical works [Locke #864, 1854 ed.].
Reprinted in: (1) “John Locke.” // IN: The eclectic magazine. – 32 (1854):389-410; (2) Littell's Living age. – 41 = New series:5 (1854):435-444; and (3) Essays selected from contributions to the Edinburgh review / by Henry Rogers. – London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850-55. – vol. 3 (1854):88-194.
C 113; Y&Y 1854.2-3; T 177
“Locke (Jean)” / J. T––t. // IN: Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne (Michaud). – Nouvelle édition. – Paris : C. Desplaces ; Leipzig : Brockhaus, 1843-65. – t. 25 (1854):11-15.
C 87; Y&Y 1854.1 [“Michaud”]

1856

Geschichte der englischen Literatur : von der Wiederherstellung des Königthums bis in die zweite Hälfe des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, 1660-1770 / von Hermann Hettner. – 1856.
Unverified.
Also: 2. umgearbeitete Auflage. – Braunschweig : F. Vieweg, 1865. – (Literaturgeschichte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts / von Hermann Hettner ; 1). – See “Locke und die Erfahrungsphilosophie” (p. 147-167)

1858

A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century … / by S. Allibone. – Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, [1858]-1870.
See p. 1112-1118.
C 87
Tableau des progrès de la pensée humaine : depuis Thalès jusqu’à Leibniz / par M. Nourrisson. – Paris : Didier, 1858.
See p. 460-469.

1859

“Locke, sa vie et ses œuvres” / Charles de Rémusat. // IN: Revue des deux mondes. – 29e année:2e période = T. 23 (1859):5-53, 304-340.
C 113; Y&Y 1859.2

1860

“Locke, John” / C. Mallet. // IN: Nouvelle biographie générale. – Paris : Didot, 1852-1877. – vol. 31 (1860):col.434-448.
Y&Y 1860.1
John Locke : seine Verstandestheorie und seine Lehren über Religion, Staat und Erziehung / von Emanuel Schärer. – Leipzig : F.F. Weber, 1860. – xii, 300 p.
C 113; Y&Y 1860.2

1862

“Das Leben John Locke’s” / [Abhandlung von dem ordentlichen Lehrer Dr. Hartung]. // IN: Programm der Realschule zu Wittstock. – 1862:3-29.
Y&Y 1862.2

1864

“John Locke and the philosophy of mind” / by the editor [I.W. Wiley]. // IN: Ladies repository. – 24 (1864): 75-76.
Y&Y 1864.1 [“Clark, David W.”]

187-

Poems and religious experience : with an elaborate sketch of the life and writings of John Locke, of England / by William Gaillard. – Cincinnati : published by the author, and Wm. H. Gaillard, Oxford, Ohio, [187-?]
See p. 7-18.

1874

The life and writings of John Locke : a paper read before the Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society / by Henry Bleckly, Esq. – Warrington : Guardian Steam Printing Works, 1874. – 40 p.
Y&Y 1874.1

1875

“Locke’s expulsion from Oxford” / H.R. Fox Bourne. // IN: Macmillan’s magazine. – 33 (1875):63-66.
Y&Y 1875.2
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“Prof. Fowler’s Locke” / H.R. Fox Bourne. // IN: The Athenæum. – no. 2765 (23 Oct. 1880):533-534.
On Fowler, Locke (1880); accuses Fowler of plagiarism; answered by Fowler.
“Prof. Fowler’s Locke” / Thomas Fowler. // IN: The Athenæum. – no. 2766 (30 Oct. 1880):568-569.
Reply to the previous item; answered by Bourne.
“The biographers of Locke” / H.R. Fox Bourne. // IN: The Athenæum. – no. 2767 (6 Nov. 1880):606-607.
Reply to the previous item; answered by Fowler and by Sainsbury.
“The biographers of Locke” / Thomas Fowler. // IN: The Athenæum. – no. 2768 (13 Nov. 1880):641.
Reply to the previous item; answered by Bourne.
“The biographers of Locke” / W. Noel Sainsbury. // IN: The Athenæum. – no. 2769 (20 Nov. 1880):675.
Reply to Bourne’s article with the same title; answered in the following item.
“The biographers of Locke” / H.R. Fox Bourne. // IN: The Athenæum. – no. 2770 (27 Nov. 1880):708-709.
Reply to the previous items.
“Fowler’s Locke” / [by G.S. Hall]. // IN: The nation. – 31 (1880):396-397.
Review of Fowler, Locke (1880)
Y&Y 1880.3

1882

“Locke, John (1632-1704)” / A.C.F. // IN: Encyclopaedia Britannica. – 9th ed. – Edinburgh : A. & C. Black, 1875-88. – vol. 14 (1882):751-762.
Also appeared in later editions.
C 87; LNL 6:24 [11th ed., 1911]; H&W 1983; Y&Y 1882.1, 1910.3

1889

“[John Locke]” / [by Sir Henry Craik]. // IN: The quarterly review. – 169 (1889):460-491.
The register of admissions to Gray’s Inn, 1521-1889 : together with the register of marriages in Gray’s Inn Chapel, 1695-1754 / by Joseph Foster. – London : privately printed by Hansard Publishing Union, 1889.
Locke was admitted to Gray’s Inn, 4 Dec. 1656; see p. 280.
C 87; Y&Y 1889.2

1890

Locke / by Alexander Campbell Fraser. – Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1890. – x, 299 p. – (Philosophical classics for English readers)
Reviews: C. S. S. Peirce, The nation 51 (1890):254-255; Courtney, “Professor Fraser’s memoir of John Locke” (1891)
C 86; Y&Y 1890.2, 1970.8; T 201
“Locke, John.” // IN: Chambers’s encyclopædia : a dictionary of universal knowledge. – New ed. – London : W. & R. Chambers ; Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1888-92. – vol. 6 (1890):680-683.
Also appeared in later editions.
H&W 1983 [1950]
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