James Arbuckle

This work contains a selection of James Arbuckle’s poems and essays presented in a first modern scholarly edition with a biographical introduction. The work, which includes original poems, translations of Horace, satires on Swift, essays on politics, politeness and the early Scottish Enlightenment, offers new insights into early eighteenth-century British and Irish culture.

Richard Holmes is a research associate at the University of Bristol.

Acknowledgments Abbreviations PREFACE INTRODUCTION PART I: SCOTLAND (1717-1723): 1. Snuff (1717-19) 2.Glotta (1721) PART II: IRELAND: HIBERNICUS'S LETTERS (1725-27): 3. Hibernicus: Introduction and Form (Nos. 1, 40, 58, 63, 102) 4. Hibernicus: Literary Essays (Nos. 9, 65, 81, 59) 5. Hibernicus: Literary: Horace Translations (Nos. 66, 88) 6. Hibernicus:The Philosophy of Francis Hutcheson (Nos. 20, 57, 60) 7. Hibernicus: The Varieties of Whiggism (Nos. 61, 99) 8. Hibernicus: Religion and the Penal Laws (Nos. 83, 98) PART III: IRELAND: SWIFT (1729-30): 9. Arbuckle and Swift: The Tribune (1729) 10. Arbuckle and Swift: A Panegyric (1730) Appendices: A.1.Hibernicus: Summary of Literary Essays A.2.Satires on Arbuckle Bibliography Index