English novelist and political philosopher; author of An Inquiry concerning the Principles of Political Justice (1793) and Caleb Williams (1794); in 1797 he married Mary Wollstonecraft.

REFERENCES TO WORKS BY William Godwin:

An Account of the Seminary that will be opened on Monday the fourth day of August: At Epsom in Surrey, for the Instruction of Twelve Pupils in the Greek, Latin, French, and English Languages.

Antonio: a Tragedy in Five Acts.

Bible Stories. Memorable Acts of the Ancient Patriarchs, Judges and Kings.

Cloudesley: a Tale.

“Cursory Strictures on the Charge delivered by Lord Chief Justice Eyre” in Morning Chronicle.

Damon and Delia: a Tale.

A Defence of the Rockingham Party in their late Coalition with the Right Honourable Frederic Lord North.

Deloraine.

The Enquirer. Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series of Essays.

An Enquiry concerning Political Justice, and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness.

Essay on Sepulchres: or, a Proposal for erecting some Memorial of the Illustrious Dead in all ages on the Spot where their Remains have been interred.

Essays: never before published.

Fables Ancient and Modern. Adapted for the use of Children.

Faulkener: a Tragedy.

Fleetwood: or, the new Man of Feeling.

The Herald of Literature: or, a Review of the most considerable Publications that will be made in the course of the ensuing Winter: with Extracts.

The History of England. For the use of Schools and Young Persons.

History of Greece: from the Earliest Records of that Country, to the time in which it was reduced into a Roman Province.

History of Rome: From the Building of the City to the Ruin of the Republic. Illustrated with Maps and other Plates. For the use of Schools and Young Persons.

History of the Commonwealth of England. From its Commencement, to the Restoration of Charles the Second.

The History of the Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.

Imogen: a Pastoral Romance. In Two Volumes. From the Ancient British.

Italian Letters: or, the History of the Count de St. Julian.

Letter of Advice to a Young American, on the Course of Studies it might be most advantageous for him to pursue.

Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, the early English Poet: including Memoirs of his near Friend and Kinsman, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster: with Sketches of the Manners, Opinions, Arts and Literature of England in the Fourteenth Century.

Lives of Edward and John Phillips, Nephews and Pupils of John Milton; including Various Particulars of the Literary and Political History of their Times.

Lives of the Necromancers: or, an Account of the most eminent Persons in successive Ages, who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the exercise of Magical Power.

Memoirs and Posthumous Works of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.

Mandeville. A Tale of the Seventeenth Century in England.

Of Population; an Enquiry concerning the Power of Increase in the Numbers of Mankind, being an Answer to Mr. Malthus's Essay on that Subject.

Outline of English Grammar: Partly abridged from Hazlitt's New and Improved Grammar of the English Tongue.

The Pantheon; or, Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and Rome. Intended to facilitate the understanding of the Classical Authors, and of the Poets in general.

Sketches of History. In Six Sermons.

St. Leon: a Tale of the Sixteenth Century.

Things as they are; or, the Adventures of Caleb Williams.

Thoughts occasioned by the Perusal of Dr. Parr's Spital Sermon, preached at Christ Church, April 15, 1800: being a Reply to the Attacks of Dr. Parr, Mr. Mackintosh, the Author of an Essay on Population, and others.

Thoughts on Man: his Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: interspersed with some Particulars respecting the Author.