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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 28, 1738
Page
4
Publication notice for The London Magazine January 1 1739 edition promises extensive December 1738 content. It includes political speeches on army reductions, essays on public credit and trade, memoirs, poetry, anecdotes, and a chronology with prices and book catalog.
An early 18th century publication by Charles Forman translating de Gount de Boulainvilliers. It surveys the French Estates General from Charlemagne to Louis XI, arguing how royal ministers eroded liberty. Aimed at British readers, with a chronological abridgment of French royal history and notes on Parliament's influence.
A historical survey of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisition detailing its rise, reach, officers, laws, and penalties. It recounts tales of victims including Englishman Ysaac Martin, jailed in Granada and released after King George’s intercession, with a certificate signed by thirteen bishops. Published with critical tone by James Hodges on London Bridge.
This edition lists several religious tracts by Archbishop Synge and others, revised and enlarged. It details titles such as An Answer to excuses for missing communion, Plain Instructions for the Young, Directions for spending one day well, and an easy knowledge of religion, with prices per hundred and per copy. It notes printing by Thomas Trye at Bookseller, Halbourn, and mentions a larger catalog of The Author’s other Works offered separately or together in pocket volumes.
Advertises a multi volume history of Jesus Christ by William Reading and related religious texts. Lists prices and formats, including The History of the Church translated from French by Lewis Ellis Da Pin, A Paraphrase on the Old Testament by Thomas Pyle, Sermons by Robert Moss, and The Antiquities of the Hebrew Republick by Thomas Lewis. Notes volumes offered separately to complete sets.
A historical notice lists recently published pamphlets in London including a treatise on a universal remedy for convulsions in children, by Sir Joan Colsatou and Dr Browne, and new editions on household management, brewing, dairy, and country housewife topics. Bradley manuals cover ketchup, dried saffron notes, and poultry preparation with prices in shillings and pence.
Postscript reports Hanoverians threatening Steinhorst with orders for regiments and 10,000 Norwegian troops to aid, while Vienna notes Harrach becomes Aulick War Council president. Other dispatches mention Cologne electoral aid, plans for travel by the British king, potential alliances with Prussia, and heavy recruitment in Petersburg as 20 million rubles flow to the military chest.
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