Cobbett, William 1763-1835

Overview

Works:	2,404 works in 9,989 publications in 3 languages and 115,933 library holdings
Genres:	Biography History Handbooks and manuals Poetry Humor Biographies Portraits Trials, litigation, etc Church history Treaties
Roles:	Author, Translator, Editor, Printer, Book producer, Publisher, Dubious author, Author of introduction, Bookseller, Author in quotations or text abstracts, Honoree
Classifications:	DA522.C5, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about William Cobbett

The opinions of William Cobbett by William Cobbett( )
The Last confession and dying speech of Peter Porcupine : with an account of his dissection by William Cobbett( )
The life of William Cobbett by G. D. H Cole( Book )
The life of William Cobbett, dedicated to his sons by William Cobbett( )
Paine and Cobbett : the transatlantic connection by David A Wilson( Book )

William Cobbett; his thought and his times by John Walter Osborne( Book )
Commerce defended by James Mill( Book )
William Cobbett by James Sambrook( Book )
William Cobbett : the poor man's friend by George Spater( )
A plumb pudding for the humane, chaste, valiant, enlightened Peter Porcupine. by Mathew Carey( )
Law and medicine in revolutionary America : dissecting the Rush v. Cobbett trial, 1799 by Linda S Myrsiades( )
The Porcupiniad : a Hudibrastic poem : in four cantos : addressed to William Cobbett by Mathew Carey( )
William Cobbett by G. K Chesterton( Book )
Cobbett by Raymond Williams( Book )
Upstart talents : rhetoric and the career of reason in English romantic discourse, 1790-1820 by James Mulvihill( )
Great Cobbett : the noblest agitator by Daniel Green( Book )
A full and accurate report of the trial of William Cobbett, esq. (before Lord Tenterden and a special jury) on Thursday, July 7, 1831, in the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall by William Cobbett( )
The life of W. Cobbett, Esq. M.P. for Oldham by William Cobbett( )
William Cobbett and rural popular culture by Ian Dyck( Book )
The scare-crow : being an infamous letter, sent to Mr. John Oldden, threatening destruction to his house, and violence to the person of his tenant, William Cobbett ; with remarks on the same. By Peter Porcupine by William Cobbett( )

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Most widely held works by William Cobbett

Rural rides by William Cobbett( Book )

160 editions published between 1853 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,491 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A year's residence in the United States of America: treating of the face of the country, the climate, the soil, the products, the mode of cultivating the land, the prices of land, of labour, of food, of raiment; of the expenses of housekeeping, and of the usual manner of living; of the manners and customs of the people; and of the institutions of the country, civil, political, and religious by William Cobbett( Book )

73 editions published between 1818 and 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,450 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Mr. Hulme's journal, made during a tour in the western countries of America, in which tour he visited Mr. Birkbeck's settlement. Mr. Cobbett's letters to Mr. Birkbeck, remonstrating ... on the numerous delusions, contained in his ... "Notes on a journey in America" and "Letters from Illinois": pt. 3 (p. [247]-344.)

Advice to young men and (incidentally) to young women in the middle & higher ranks of life : in a series of letters addressed to a youth, a bachelor, a lover, a husband, a father, a citizen, or a subject by William Cobbett( Book )

128 editions published between 1829 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A bone to gnaw, for the Democrats ; or, Observations on a pamphlet, entitled, "The political progress of Britain." by William Cobbett( )

115 editions published between 1795 and 1983 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Democratic principles illustrated by example : part the first by William Cobbett( )

68 editions published in 1798 in English and held by 1,110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The American gardener : or, A treatise on the situation, soil, fencing and laying-out of gardens ; on the making and managing of hot-beds and green-houses ; and on the propagation and cultivation of the several sorts of vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers by William Cobbett( )

65 editions published between 1819 and 2015 in English and held by 1,013 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The political writer William Cobbett (1763-1835) was also a farmer 'bred at the plough's tail', who took a keen and observant interest in agriculture and gardening throughout his life. (His Cottage Economy and Rural Rides, among other works, are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.) In 1792 he left England, where his views made him very unpopular, for France and then America, where he lived until 1800; in 1817 he fled to America again, leasing a farm on Long Island for two years. This 1821 book is written in Cobbett's characteristically robust style: his purpose is 'to cause the art of gardening to be better understood and practised than it now is in America'. Cobbett starts by explaining how to establish a garden, discusses soil improvement and the building of hot-beds and greenhouses, and gives instruction on the propagation and cultivation of vegetables, fruit trees, and ornamental plants

Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry, and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family ... by William Cobbett( )

73 editions published between 1800 and 2009 in English and held by 1,006 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of the Protestant "reformation," in England and Ireland : showing how that event has impoverished and degraded the main body of the people in those countries. In a series of letters addressed to all sensible and just Englishmen by William Cobbett( )

105 editions published between 1824 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 963 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The bloody buoy, thrown out as a warning to the political pilots of America ; or, A faithful relation of a multitude of acts of horrid barbarity, such as the eye never witnessed, the tongue never expressed, or the imagination conceived, until the commencement of the French Revolution : Illustrated with four striking copper-plates. by William Cobbett( )

70 editions published between 1796 and 1797 in English and held by 957 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Life of Andrew Jackson, president of the United States of America by William Cobbett( )

34 editions published between 1834 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 944 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Observations on the emigration of Dr. Joseph Priestley : and on the several addresses delivered to him, on his arrival at New-York. : [Four lines of verse in French from Boileau] by William Cobbett( )

59 editions published between 1794 and 1796 in English and Undetermined and held by 883 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The political censor, or Monthly review of the most interesting political occurrences, relative to the United States of America by William Cobbett( )

74 editions published in 1796 in English and held by 871 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of the Protestant reformation in England and Ireland by William Cobbett( Book )

109 editions published between 1800 and 2013 in English and held by 845 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A little plain English : addressed to the people of the United States, on the treaty negociated with His Britannic Majesty, and on the conduct of the President relative thereto, in answer to The letters of Franklin : with a supplement containing an account of the turbulent and factious proceedings of the opposers of the treaty by William Cobbett( )

53 editions published between 1795 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 830 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Paper against gold; or, The history and mystery of the Bank of England, of the debt, of the stocks, of the sinking fund, and of all the other tricks and contrivances, carried on by the means of paper money by William Cobbett( )

45 editions published between 1821 and 1846 in English and held by 804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A grammar of the English language : in a series of letters. Intended for the use of schools and of young persons in general ; but, more especially for the use of soldiers, sailors, apprentices and plough-boys by William Cobbett( Book )

98 editions published between 1818 and 2014 in English and held by 802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Indefatigable as a writer and reformer on rural and political questions in his native Britain, William Cobbett (1763-1835) wrote the present work during the period he spent as a farmer in the United States. Intended for young people and especially 'soldiers, sailors, apprentices, and plough-boys' (Cobbett had himself been one of the latter), it provides concise and practical explanations of grammatical terms, touching on aspects of orthography, prosody, etymology and syntax. First published in December 1818 and used in English schools into the twentieth century, it is reissued here in the version printed in London in 1819. Cobbett demonstrates in a series of letters to his son the fundamental importance of good grammar and clarity of expression. To emphasise this point, he includes 'specimens of false grammar' in the writings of Samuel Johnson as well as 'errors and nonsense' in a speech given by George III

Letters on the late war between the United States and Great Britain : together with other miscellaneous writings, on the same subject by William Cobbett( Book )

34 editions published between 1815 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 783 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A new-year's gift to the Democrats, or, Observations on a pamphlet entitled "A vindication of Mr. Randolph's resignation" by William Cobbett( )

53 editions published between 1796 and 1798 in English and held by 738 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Democratiad : a poem, in retaliation, for the "Philadelphia jockey club." : [Two lines of verse] by Lemuel Hopkins( )

60 editions published between 1795 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Porcupine's works; containing various writings and selections, exhibiting a faithful picture of the United States of America; of their government, laws, politics, and resources; of the characters of their presidents, governors, legislators, magistrates, and military men; and of the customs, manners, morals, religion, virtues and vices of the people: comprising also a complete series of historical documents and remarks, from the end of the war, in 1783, to the election of the President, in March, 1801 by William Cobbett( Book )

30 editions published between 1801 and 1970 in English and held by 730 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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