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APPENDIX
DATES OF MOORE'S PUBLICATIONS
The kindness of Mr. Andrew Gibson allows me to reprint from a privately circulated pamphlet the following catalogue, compiled by him for his Lecture (delivered in Belfast), on "Thomas Moore and his First Editions"[1]:--
List showing the order in which the various Editions were taken up in the course of Mr. Gibson's Lecture; and giving, together with the sizes, the actual or supposed dates of publication.[2]
_Works with music are distinguished by an asterisk._
1. The Odes of Anacreon. 4to. 1800.[3]
2. The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq. 8vo. 1801.
3. Sheet Songs*:[4]
(a) Published by F. Rhames, No. 16 Exchange Street, Dublin, before Sir John Stevenson received his knighthood in 1803:-- Buds of Roses, Virgin Flowers, a chearful Glee, for 4 voices, the poetry translated from Anacreon by T. Moore, Esqr. The Music composed (& respectfully dedicated to the Honble. Augustus Barry) by J.A. Stevenson, Mus. D. Price Is. 6d. British.
Though Fate, my Girl, a Canzonet with an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte or Harp, the Poetry by Thos. Moore, Esqr. The Music Composed by J.A. Stevenson, Mus. D.
Price 1/1.
Dear! in pity do not speak, a Canzonet for two Voices, with an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte or Harp, the Poetry by Thos.
Moore, Esqr., set to Music by J.A. Stevenson, Mus. D. Price 1s.
Scotch Song [Mary, I believ'd thee true] with an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte or Harp, the Poetry by Thos. Moore, Esqr., the Music Composed by J.A. Stevenson, Mus. D.
Price 6d.
(b) Music as well as words by Moore. Published by Carpenter, Old Bond Street, London:--
Oh Lady Fair! A Ballad for Three Voices.
Dedicated to the Rt. Honble. Lady Charlotte Rawdon. 1802.
When Time who steals our years away. A Ballad dedicated to Mrs. Henry Tighe of Rosanna.
Fly from the World O Bessy to me.
Farewell Bessy.
Good Night.
Friend of my Soul.
(c) "Dublin, Published by F. Rhames, 16 Exchange Street. Price 3 British s.h.i.+llings":--
Give me the Harp. A Chorus Glee, with an Accompaniment for two Performers on one Piano Forte. Sung with great applause at the Irish Harmonic Club on Wednesday, the 4th May, 1803, when that Society had the Honor of entertaining His Excellency Earl Hardwicke.
The Words translated from Anacreon by Thomas Moore, Esqr. The Music composed by Sir John A. Stevenson, Mus. Doc.
(d) "London, Printed for James Carpenter, Old Bond Street. 1805":--
A Canadian Boat Song [Faintly as tolls the evening chime] Arranged for Three Voices.
By Thomas Moore, Esqr.
4. Epistles, Odes, and other Poems. 4to. 1806.
5. Irish Melodies. First Number. Fol. [1808]*.[5]
6. Irish Melodies. Second Number. Fol. [1808]*.
7. Corruption and Intolerance: two Poems. 8vo. 1808.
8. The Sceptic: a Philosophical Satire. 8vo. 1809.[6]
9. Irish Melodies. Third Number. Fol. [1810]*.
10. A Letter to the Roman Catholics of Dublin. 8vo. 1810.
11. A Melologue upon National Music. ?Fol. [1811]*.[7]
12. M.P. or The Blue Stocking. Sm. fol. [1811]*.
13. M.P. or The Blue-Stocking. 8vo. 1811.[8]
14. Irish Melodies. Fourth Number. Fol. [1811]*.[9]
15. Intercepted Letters; or, The Twopenny Postbag. 8vo. 1813.
16. Irish Melodies. Fifth Number. Fol. [1813]*.[10]
17. A Collection of the Vocal Music of Thomas Moore.
Sm. fol. [1814]*.
18. Irish Melodies. Sixth Number. Fol. [1815]*.[11]
19. The World at Westminster. A Periodical Publication.
2 vols. 12mo. 1816.
20. Sacred Songs. First Number. Fol. [1816]*.[12]
21. Lalla Rookh. 4to. 1817.
22. The Fudge Family in Paris. 8vo. 1818.
23. National Airs. First Number. Sm. fol. 1818*.[13]
24. Irish Melodies. Seventh Number. Fol. 1818*.[14]
