| Summary: | Copy of The Gentleman’s Magazine: For May, 1773. By Sylvanus Urban, Gent. London, Printed for D. Henry, at St. John’s Gate. This copy of Gentleman’s Magazine includes the first appearance of a defense of the work of Phillis Wheatley, on page 226. It is disbound but has a reinforced spine. Per Whitmore Rare Books - "The present work, which appeared that same year in London's The Gentleman's Magazine, provides a rigid defense of Wheatley's authentic talent. In addition to providing some biographical information on her purchase by the Wheatleys, the piece documents John Wheatley's attestation that 'as to her writing, her own curiosity led her to it; and this she learned in so short a time.' The author encourages readers to purchase the volume for themselves and judge its contents. He also provides an activist incentive: 'She now is under the disadvantage of serving as a slave in a family in Boston. It is hoped (though it is not so expressed), that the profits of this publication will, in the first place, be applied toward purchasing her freedom.'" Per the title page: Containing more in quantity and greater variety than any book of the kind and price. Contents include: Debates in Parliament Continued, 207 The phenomenon of Northern Lights, particularly recommended to the Notice of the Gentlemen preparing for a Voyage to the North Pole, 212 Addrefs to the Electors of Great Britain, ib. Narrative of the Sufferings of the last Princefs of Zell, an affecting ftory, 213 An Election Letter to Sir William Meredith on the Subject of civil and religious Liberty, with Sir William’s Anfwer, never before printed, 216 Letter from an old Incumbent to the Enquiries of a prefumptive Succeffor, 217 Critical Remarks on Voltaire continued, 218 Extraordinary Cafe of Mr. Blackburne of Peterhoufe in Cambridge Univerfity, 219 Ob[…]ations on the grand Collection of Rarities of Afhten Lever, Efq., 220 Account of the general Plan of navigable Canals, 221 Character of the late Mr. Samuel Fothergill, 222 An important hiftorical Fact corrected, ...
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