Mitford / Thornton Bibliography

— The Corvey Poets Project at the University of Nebraska —

British Poetry of the later Eighteenth and Earlier Nineteenth Centuries

Bibliographical and Contextual Apparatus

John Mitford / ?Alfred Thornton?

Bibliographical Information

Mitford is an elusive writer because most of his work was published anonymously. He was a frequent contributor to the literary periodicals of the day, and is said to have been the editor of, The Scourge, The New Bon Ton Magazine, and the Quizzical Gazette over the years. Therefore, much of what we can determine conclusively to have been his own work is inevitably lost to us. Nevertheless, a number of works have been attributed to him according to the OCLC database. It should be noted that a number of these are listed under several title variants. I've tried to use the original and most accessible variations in these listings. I've listed these chronologically rather than alphabetically. I'm also convinced that those listings attributed to Alfred Thornton are also works by John Mitford, and so I have included them among the Mitford listings while noting the Thornton attribution.

The Important Trial of John Mitford, Esq.: on the Prosecution of Lady Viscountess Perceval, for Perjury at Guildhall (1814)

The Poems of a British Sailor (1818)

The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy (1818)

"Extract of a Letter, Containing an Account of Lord Byron's Residence in the Island of Mitylene." Pages 73-84 of the first edition of John Polidori's The Vampyre (1819). This was later published in 1836 as The Private Life of Lord Byron.

The Adventures of a Post Captain (1820; probably written in 1817) [attributed to Thornton]

A Description of the Crimes and Horror in Warburton's Private Madhouse (1820)

The Crimes and Horrors of Kelly House (1820)

A Peep into Wardour Castle, after the Lost Mutton: A Poem (1820)

Don Juan… (1821-22) [attributed to Thornton]

My Cousin in the Army, or, Johnny Newcome on the Peace Establishment (1822)

Sketch of the Life and Character of Sir John Sylvester (1822)

Royal Intrigues and Amours of Many Illustrious Persons (1830)