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 Opinion of Mr. Warton,’ 8vo, pp. 38, 1782.  ‘Observations on the Poems attributed to Rowley, tending to prove that they were really written by him and other ancient authors’ (by Rayner Hickford of Thaxted), 8vo, pp. 35, 1782.  ‘Remarks on the Appendix of the edition of Rowley's Poems’ (by the Rev. John Fell of Homerton), 8vo, pp. 35, 1782.  ‘Cursory Observations on the Poems attributed to Thomas Rowley, a Priest of the Fifteenth Century; with some remarks on the commentaries on those Poems by the Rev. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and Jacob Bryant, Esq.; and a salutary proposal addressed to the friends of those gentlemen’ (by Edmund Malone), 8vo, pp. 62, 1782.  ‘Enquiry into the authenticity of the Poems attributed to Thomas Rowley, in which the arguments of the Dean of Exeter and Mr. Bryant are examined, by Thomas Warton,’ 8vo, pp. 126, 1782.  ‘Strictures upon a Pamphlet entitled Cursory Observations, &c.; with a Postscript on Mr. Thomas Warton's enquiry into the same subject’ (by Edward Burnaby Greene), 8vo, pp. 84, 1782.  ‘The Prophecy of Queen Emma; an ancient Ballad lately discovered, written by Johannes Turgotus, Prior of Durham, in the reign of William Rufus; to which is added by the editor an account of the discovery and hints towards a vindication of the authenticity of the Poems of Ossian and Rowley’ (by William Julius Mickle), 4to, pp. 40, 1782.  ‘An Archæological Epistle to the Reverend and Worshipful Jeremiah Milles, D.D., Dean of Exeter, President of the Society of Antiquarians, and Editor of the superb edition of the Poems of Thomas Rowley, Priest, to which is annexed a Glossary, extracted from that of the learned Dean’ (by William Mason, according to a correspondent of the Gent. Mag. vol. lxxxvi. pt. i. pp. 489, 490, but far more probably by John Baynes of Gray's Inn, according to the editorial footnote on p. 489), 4to, pp. 18, 1782.  ‘Vindication of the Appendix to the Poems called Rowley's, in reply to the answers of the Dean of Exeter, Jacob Bryant, Esq., and a third anonymous writer; with some further observations upon those Poems, and an examination of the evidence which has been produced in support of their authenticity, by Thomas Tyrwhitt,’ 8vo, pp. 223, 1782.  ‘Rowley and Chatterton in the Shades, or Nugæ Antiquæ et Novæ; a new Elysian Interlude in Prose and Verse’ (by Thomas James Mathias), 8vo, pp. 44, 1782.  ‘The genuine copy of a Letter found 5 Nov. 1782, near Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, addressed to the Hon. H——ce W——le,’ 8vo, pp. 34, 1783.  ‘An Essay on the Evidence, external and internal, relating to the Poems attributed to Rowley; containing a general view of the whole controversy, by Thomas James Mathias,’ 8vo, pp. 118, 1783.  ‘Chatterton and “Love and Madness.” A Letter from Denmark to Mr. Nichols, editor of the “Gentleman's Magazine,” respecting an unprovoked attack made upon the writer during his absence from England, by the Rev. Sir Herbert Croft, Bart.’ 8vo, pp. 30, 1800.  ‘Chatterton's Works, edited by Southey and Cottle’ (reviewed by Walter Scott), ‘Edinburgh Review,’ iv. 214–30, April 1804.  ‘An Introduction to an Examination of some part of the internal evidence respecting the antiquity and authenticity of certain publications said to have been found in manuscripts at Bristol, written by a learned priest and others in the Fifteenth Century; but generally considered as [sic] the supposititious productions of an ingenious youth of the present age, by John Sherwen, M.D.,’ 8vo, pp. 137, 1809.  ‘Chalmers's English Poets’ (reviewed by Robert Southey), ‘Quarterly Review,’ xi. 492–5, July 1814. <li> ‘Specimens of the British Poets’ (edited by Thomas Campbell), 8vo, vi. 152–62, 1819. <li> ‘Chatterton: an Essay, by Samuel Roffey Maitland, D.D., F.R.S.,’ 8vo, pp. 110, 1857. <li> ‘Essay on the Rowley Poems, by the Rev. Walter Skeat, M.A.,’ Aldine edition, ii. vii–xlvi, 1871.</ol>

The Chatterton manuscripts in the British Museum are ‘Additional MSS. 5766, A, B, and C.’ They were left by Barrett, in 1789, to Dr. Robert Glynn, who in 1800 bequeathed them to the trustees of the British Museum. A is a large thin folio containing twelve of the reputed Rowley originals, (1) ‘The Storie of William Canynge,’ beginning ‘Anent a brooklette as I laye reclined,’ (2) ‘The Yellow Roll,’ (3) ‘The Purple Roll,’ and (6) ‘W. Canynges Feast.’ B is a medium folio, in which are eighty-six manuscripts, the most remarkable of which are (4) ‘The Parliament of Sprites,’ (8) ‘The Account of the Mayor's passing over the Old Bridge,’ (48) and (49) the two letters from Chatterton which Horace Walpole said he never received, but which have clearly stamped on them the evidence of their having passed through the post-office into his possession, (52) ‘The Articles of Belief of Thomas Chatterton,’ and (75) the letter to Barrett. C is an octavo, consisting of twenty-two leaves of manuscript filled with heraldic and architectural drawings, only a few of which are of any importance. Another notable Chattertonian relic treasured up at the British Museum is the original manuscript of his burletta, ‘The Revenge,’ numbered among Additional MSS. 12050, all of it in Chatterton's handwriting. At the Bristol