Modern Gulliver's Travels. Lilliput: Being A New Journey to that Celebrated Island. Containing a Faithful Account of the Manners, Character, Customs, Religion, Laws, Politics, Revenue, Taxes, Learning, General Progress in Arts and Sciences, Dress, Amusements, and Gallantry of Those Famous Little People. From the Year 1702 (when they were first discovered and visited by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, the Father of the Compiler of this Work), to the present Æra 1796
| Title | Modern Gulliver's Travels. Lilliput: Being A New Journey to that Celebrated Island. Containing a Faithful Account of the Manners, Character, Customs, Religion, Laws, Politics, Revenue, Taxes, Learning, General Progress in Arts and Sciences, Dress, Amusements, and Gallantry of Those Famous Little People. From the Year 1702 (when they were first discovered and visited by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, the Father of the Compiler of this Work), to the present Æra 1796 |
| Year for Search | 1796 |
| Authors | [Whitmore], [W.] |
| Tertiary Authors | Gulliver,, Lemuel Jun [pseud.] |
| Date Published | 1796 |
| Publisher | Ptd. for T. Chapman |
| Place Published | London |
| Annotation | Satire on contemporary English life and directed against the French Revolution. It includes an extensive imaginary language. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in Gulliveriana: II. Ed. Jeanne K. Welcher and George E. Bush. Gainesville, FL: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, 1971; and in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 4: 321-440. |
| Pseudonym | By Lemuel Gulliver, Jun. [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | CSmH, L, PSt, VUW |
| Author Note | Sometimes ascribed to H. Whitmore. The Huntington Library copy is signed W. Whitmore. |
| Full Text | 1796 [Whitmore, W.]. Modern Gulliver’s Travels. Lilliput: Being A New Journey to that Celebrated Island. Containing a Faithful Account of the Manners, Character, Customs, Religion, Laws, Politics, Revenue, Taxes, Learning, General Progress in Arts and Sciences, Dress, Amusements, and Gallantry of Those Famous Little People. From the Year 1702 (when they were first discovered and visited by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, the Father of the Compiler of this Work), to the present Æra 1796. By Lemuel Gulliver, Jun. [pseud.]. London: Ptd. for T. Chapman. Sometimes ascribed to H. Whitmore. The Huntington Library copy is signed W. Whitmore. Rpt. in Gulliveriana: II. Ed. Jeanne K. Welcher and George E. Bush. Gainesville, FL: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, 1971; and in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 4: 321-440. CSmH, L, PSt, VUW Satire on contemporary English life and directed against the French Revolution. It includes an extensive imaginary language. |
