Cobbett, William 1763-1835

Overview

Works:	3,255 works in 11,901 publications in 3 languages and 123,847 library holdings
Genres:	Biographies History Handbooks and manuals Poetry Portraits Trials, litigation, etc Treaties Bibliographies Church history Controversial literature
Subject Headings:
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Translator, Printer, Book producer, Publisher, Creator, Honoree, Dubious author, Author in quotations or text abstracts, Author of introduction, Bookseller
Classifications:	DA522.C5, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about William Cobbett

The life of William Cobbett by G. D. H Cole( Book )
The opinions of William Cobbett by William Cobbett( )
Paine and Cobbett : the transatlantic connection by David A Wilson( Book )
William Cobbett; his thought and his times by John Walter Osborne( Book )
Law and medicine in revolutionary America : dissecting the Rush v. Cobbett trial, 1799 by Linda S Myrsiades( )

William Cobbett by W. Baring Pemberton( )
William Cobbett by James Sambrook( Book )
William Cobbett, the poor man's friend by George Spater( Book )
The life of William Cobbett by William Cobbett( )
A plumb pudding for the humane, chaste, valiant, enlightened Peter Porcupine. by Mathew Carey( )
The Porcupiniad : a Hudibrastic poem : in four cantos : addressed to William Cobbett by Mathew Carey( )
Upstart talents : rhetoric and the career of reason in English romantic discourse, 1790-1820 by James Mulvihill( )
Cobbett by Raymond Williams( Book )
William Cobbett by G. K Chesterton( Book )
Great Cobbett : the noblest agitator by Daniel Green( Book )
William Cobbett : a biography by Edward Smith( )
A full and accurate report of the trial of William Cobbett, esq. (before Lord Tenterden and a special jury) on Thursday, July 7, 1831, in the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall by William Cobbett( )
The scare-crow : being an infamous letter, sent to Mr. John Oldden, threatening destruction to his house, and violence to the person of his tenant, William Cobbett; by William Cobbett( )
Commerce defended : an answer to the arguments by which Mr. Spence, Mr. Cobbett, and others, have attempted to prove that commerce is not a source of national wealth by James Mill( )
The life of W. Cobbett, Esq. M.P. for Oldham by William Cobbett( )

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Most widely held works by William Cobbett

Advice to young men and (incidentally) to young women in the middle & higher ranks of life : in a series of letters addressed to a youth, a bachelor, a lover, a husband, a father, a citizen, or a subject by William Cobbett( Book )

177 editions published between 1829 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,592 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rural rides by William Cobbett( Book )

141 editions published between 1853 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,453 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and comments on the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor

A year's residence in the United States of America : treating of the face of the country, the climate, the soil, the products, the mode of cultivating the land, the prices of land, of labour, of food, of raiment; of the expenses of housekeeping, and of the usual manner of living; of the manners and customs of the people; and of the institutions of the country, civil, political, and religious by William Cobbett( Book )

55 editions published between 1818 and 1965 in English and held by 1,393 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Mr. Hulme's journal, made during a tour in the western countries of America, in which tour he visited Mr. Birkbeck's settlement. Mr. Cobbett's letters to Mr. Birkbeck, remonstrating ... on the numerous delusions, contained in his ... "Notes on a journey in America" and "Letters from Illinois": pt. 3 (p. [247]-344.)

A bone to gnaw for the Democrats, or, Observations on a pamphlet entitled The political progress of Britain by William Cobbett( )

120 editions published between 1795 and 2018 in English and held by 1,386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Reply to a pamphlet by Callender

Democratic principles illustrated by example : part the first by William Cobbett( )

85 editions published in 1798 in English and held by 1,184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry, and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family ... by William Cobbett( )

72 editions published between 1822 and 2009 in English and held by 1,076 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Observations on the emigration of Dr. Joseph Priestley : and on the several addresses delivered to him, on his arrival at New-York. : [Four lines of verse in French from Boileau] by William Cobbett( )

77 editions published between 1794 and 1798 in English and held by 1,016 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The political censor, or Monthly review of the most interesting political occurrences, relative to the United States of America by William Cobbett( )

92 editions published in 1796 in English and held by 1,011 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Life of Andrew Jackson, president of the United States of America by William Cobbett( )

41 editions published between 1834 and 2012 in English and held by 980 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Porcupine's works; containing various writings and selections, exhibiting a faithful picture of the United States of America; of their government, laws, politics, and resources; of the characters of their presidents, governors, legislators, magistrates, and military men; and of the customs, manners, morals, religion, virtues and vices of the people: comprising also a complete series of historical documents and remarks, from the end of the war, in 1783, to the election of the President, in March, 1801 by William Cobbett( )

37 editions published between 1801 and 1970 in English and held by 950 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A little plain English : addressed to the people of the United States, on the treaty negociated with His Britannic Majesty, and on the conduct of the President relative thereto, in answer to The letters of Franklin : with a supplement containing an account of the turbulent and factious proceedings of the opposers of the treaty by William Cobbett( )

44 editions published between 1795 and 1796 in English and held by 947 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of the Protestant reformation in England and Ireland by William Cobbett( Book )

129 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 894 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters on the late war between the United States and Great Britain : together with other miscellaneous writings, on the same subject by William Cobbett( Book )

42 editions published between 1815 and 2018 in English and held by 809 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A grammar of the English language : in a series of letters. Intended for the use of schools and of young persons in general ; but, more especially for the use of soldiers, sailors, apprentices and plough-boys by William Cobbett( Book )

94 editions published between 1818 and 2014 in English and held by 795 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Indefatigable as a writer and reformer on rural and political questions in his native Britain, William Cobbett (1763-1835) wrote the present work during the period he spent as a farmer in the United States. Intended for young people and especially 'soldiers, sailors, apprentices, and plough-boys' (Cobbett had himself been one of the latter), it provides concise and practical explanations of grammatical terms, touching on aspects of orthography, prosody, etymology and syntax. First published in December 1818 and used in English schools into the twentieth century, it is reissued here in the version printed in London in 1819. Cobbett demonstrates in a series of letters to his son the fundamental importance of good grammar and clarity of expression. To emphasise this point, he includes 'specimens of false grammar' in the writings of Samuel Johnson as well as 'errors and nonsense' in a speech given by George III

Paper against gold; or, The history and mystery of the Bank of England, of the debt, of the stocks, of the sinking fund, and of all the other tricks and contrivances, carried on by the means of paper money by William Cobbett( )

45 editions published between 1820 and 1846 in English and held by 769 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A new-year's gift to the Democrats, or, Observations on a pamphlet entitled "A vindication of Mr. Randolph's resignation" by William Cobbett( )

53 editions published in 1796 in English and held by 768 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Democratiad : a poem, in retaliation, for the "Philadelphia jockey club." : [Two lines of quotation] by Lemuel Hopkins( )

67 editions published between 1795 and 1926 in English and held by 761 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees : in which a new method of pruning and training is fully described : together with observations on the diseases, defects and injuries, in all kinds of fruit and forest trees; as also, an account of a particular method of cure, made public by order of the British government by William Forsyth( Book )

32 editions published between 1802 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 756 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this work, first published in 1802 and followed by many subsequent editions, the famous horticulturalist William Forsyth (c. 1737-1804) gives an exhaustive guide to the cultivation of fruit trees and advises on pests and diseases. Forsyth was appointed superintendent of the Royal Gardens of St James and Kensington in 1784, and was also one of the founders of the (now Royal) Horticultural Society. The work is divided into two parts: in the first, various kinds of fruit trees, including soft fruit and nuts, are described in detail. Forsyth explains how to plant and prune them and gives advice on harvesting and storing the produce. In the short second part, Forsyth discusses the need for better care of both fruit and forest trees (good-quality timber being needed especially in time of war), and advocates a 'Composition' of his own invention for improving the health of diseased and damaged trees

The American gardener : or, A treatise on the situation, soil, fencing and laying-out of gardens ; on the making and managing of hot-beds and green-houses ; and on the propagation and cultivation of the several sorts of vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers by William Cobbett( )

55 editions published between 1819 and 2015 in English and held by 714 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The political writer William Cobbett (1763-1835) was also a farmer 'bred at the plough's tail', who took a keen and observant interest in agriculture and gardening throughout his life. (His Cottage Economy and Rural Rides, among other works, are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.) In 1792 he left England, where his views made him very unpopular, for France and then America, where he lived until 1800; in 1817 he fled to America again, leasing a farm on Long Island for two years. This 1821 book is written in Cobbett's characteristically robust style: his purpose is 'to cause the art of gardening to be better understood and practised than it now is in America'. Cobbett starts by explaining how to establish a garden, discusses soil improvement and the building of hot-beds and greenhouses, and gives instruction on the propagation and cultivation of vegetables, fruit trees, and ornamental plants

The life of Thomas Paine : with a history of his literary, political and religious career in America, France and England by Moncure Daniel Conway( Book )

28 editions published between 1892 and 2012 in English and held by 631 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907), the son of a Virginian plantation-owner, became a Unitarian minister, but his anti-slavery views made him controversial. He later became a freethinker, and following the outbreak of the Civil War, which deeply divided his own family, he left the United States for England in 1863. This two-volume biography of Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was published in 1892, and was followed by a four-volume edition of his works, which did much to inspire a reassessment of Paine's importance in the 'age of revolutions'. Conway clearly identified with Paine's radicalism as well as his activities on both sides of the Atlantic. Volume 1 covers his early life, his arrival in America in 1774 and involvement with the cause of American independence, and the subsequent war. In 1787 he returned to Europe, where he witnessed the fall of the Bastille, and published Rights of Man. Volume 2 begins with the execution of Louis XVI, which Paine had opposed in the French Convention. Paine's subsequent career in Britain and America is then traced until his death in 1809, and Conway also considers his impact on his contemporaries, and his legacy"--Page 4 of cover, volume 1 & volume 2

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