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The soldier’s return: a Scots pastoral, in two acts. Paisley 1807 (2
edns, the 2nd as The soldier’s return: a Scottish interlude, in two
acts, with other poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect),
1822; ed J. J. Lamb 1873.
Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. 1815; Glasgow 1815;
London and Edinburgh 1815; 2 vols London 1817; New York 1819,
1820, 1821; Glasgow 1825.
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The life of the Renfrewshire bard. Paisley 1815. Anon.
Contributed to Poetical Mag vol 2 (1808) and to collections of songs with
music.
The Taylors of Ongar, Rev Isaac Taylor, Mrs Ann
Taylor née Martin, Ann Taylor later Gilbert,
Jane Taylor, Isaac Taylor jr, later of Stanford
Rivers, Jefferys Taylor
The Taylors of Ongar (so called to distinguish them from the Taylors of
Norwich) wrote, between 1803 and 1853, more than 70 bks for children, and for
young people. They wrote both collectively and individually, and often illustrated
their works with engravings of their own designs. A full list of pbd
drawings and engravings by the Taylor family are in C. D. Stewart, The
Taylors of Ongar (see Bibliographies, below).
Manuscripts
Principal repositories are the Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds, and the
Guildhall, Lavenham, Suffolk; Nottinghamshire Archives; Colchester and
Essex Museum; The Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books, Toronto,
Canada. Ann Taylor Gilbert’s Commonplace book is in the Alexander
Turnbull Lib, Wellington, New Zealand; her Album is in the Osborne
Collection, Toronto.
Bibliographies
Harris, G. E. Contributions towards a bibliography of the Taylors of
Ongar and Stanford Rivers. 1965.
Stewart, C. D. The Taylors of Ongar: an analytical bio-bibliography.
2 vols New York 1975.
Immel, A. Addenda to Stewart, The Taylors of Ongar: The new cries
of London. PBSA 82 1988.
Collections and selections
Hymns for infant schools, partly original and partly selected from
Hymns for infant minds . . . by Mrs Gilbert. 1827. Comprises 13
hymns from Hymns for infant minds (4th edn 1811); 14 hymns
from Original hymns for Sunday schools (4th edn 1816); 9 original
hymns by Ann Taylor Gilbert.
The family pen. Memorials, biographical and literary, of the Taylor
family of Ongar. Ed Rev Isaac Taylor 2 vols 1867. First English collection
of Taylor works. Includes a new and rev edn of Memoirs
and poetical remains of . . . Jane Taylor, 1825; selections from the
works of all the Taylors except Mrs Ann; some unpbd material,
and a biographical essay by the editor.
The poetical works of Ann and Jane Taylor. Illustr B. Foster, engr
Dalziel and J. Cooper, nd [c. 1877]. First English collected edn of
the poetical works of Ann and Jane, comprising Hymns for infant
minds, Original poems and Rhymes for the nursery, from texts of
Good-Aim ser 1876.
Tales, essays and poems by Jane and Ann Taylor. Ed G. A. Oliver,
Boston 1884. Comprises 35 poems from Original poems; Display;
26 pieces from The contributions of Q. Q., 3 poems from Jane’s
Poetical remains; 1 poem from Essays in rhyme; and a biographical
sketch by the editor.
The ‘Original poems’ and others by Ann and Jane Taylor and
Adelaide O’Keefe. Ed E. V. Lucas, illustr F. D. Bedford, nd [1903],
[1905], New York [1905], London 1925. Centenary issue.
Comprises The wedding among the flowers; selections from
Original poems, Rhymes for the nursery and Aesop in rhyme; and
a biographical and critical introd by the editor.
Old fashioned stories and poems. Ed E. M. Tappan [1907] (The
Children’s Hour 6). Includes 12 selections from Original poems,
Rhymes for the nursery and The contributions of Q. Q.
Ann and Jane Taylor. Ed M. MacLeod, illustr F. D. Bedford and H. C.
Appleton, [1914] (The Children’s Poets) . 67 poems from Original
poems (Lucas edn).
Taylor, Ann and Jane. Original poems for infant minds . . . and
Rhymes for the nursery (Classics of Children’s Literature
1621–1932). Preface by C. D. Stewart, New York 1976. (photo facs of
1st edns).
See also Collections and selections under Rev Isaac Taylor and Jane Taylor,
below.
Collaborative works
The new cries of London. [Pt I]: 1803, 1804, 1806, 1813 (rev). Pt II: 1808
(no copies located), 1812 [Pts I and II combined], ‘1823’ [1824].
Supposedly a revision of an earlier work (never identified). Pbd
anonymously, but the joint work of Ann, Jane, Isaac jr and,
perhaps, Rev Isaac Taylor. Some illustr Taylors.
Original poems, for infant minds. By several young persons. 2 vols
1804–5, 1805–6 (2nd edn rev), 1805–6 (3rd edn), Philadelphia
1806, London 1806–8 (4th edn rev), Philadelphia 1807, Boston
1808 (1 vol), Newbury 1808, London 1808–11 (7th edn rev),
Philadelphia 1809 (illus edn), London 1812–35 (8th–31st edns);
Boston, Philadelphia, New York etc 1813–50 (17 edns); London
1835–6 (new edn, rev authors); 1836–9 (2 edns); 1839–41 (2 edns,
new and rev); New York 1851 (includes Poetical remains of Jane);
Philadelphia, New York and Boston 1853–69 (10 edns); London
1854 (new edn, rev Isaac jr and son); 1856–66 (4 edns); 1865 (1st
one-vol edn, 1st English illus edn by Henry Anelay and G. P.
Nicholls); 1 vol 1868 (Virtue’s New Gift Books ser: Illustr
Contemporary Artists); 1 vol Philadelphia 1869 (Illustr
Contemporary Amer Artists); London nd [c. 1874, c. 1875 and
c. 1882] (Authors’ Complete edn, 2 vols in 1); [1876] (Beeton’s
Good-Aim ser, 1); [c. 1877], New York 1879, London 1881. Some
illustr Taylors. Tr Du, Ger, Rus.
reviews: Imperial Rev Aug 1804; Guardian of Education Jan
1805; Eclectic Rev May, Dec 1805; Critical Rev Nov 1805; Br Critic
Apr 1806; Monthly Rev July 1806.
By Ann Taylor (49 poems), Jane Taylor (43 poems), Rev Isaac and
Isaac Taylor jr (6 poems), Adelaide O’Keeffe (33 poems), and
Bernard Barton (1 poem). The work soon became (erroneously)
accepted as the work of Ann and Jane Taylor alone.
Many selections pbd in England, USA and elsewhere, including
The English Van Alphen, Amsterdam 1852; Little Ann and other
poems, illustr Kate Greenaway, 1883; Sundry rhymes from the
days of our grandmothers, illustr G. W. Edwards, 1888;
Meddlesome Matty, introd by E. Sitwell, illustr A. Wyndham
Payne, 1925. Many printings of individual poems including My
Mother (10 English edns 1807–73, 10 US edns 1816–80, a jigsaw
puzzle and broadsides), Little Ann and her mamma (illustr J. D.
Watson and Kronheim) nd (c. 1871); Greedy Dick 1903, Dirty Jack
[1912]; The vulgar little lady (illustr R. Marshall and E. Evans)
1913. My Mother set to music c. 1805 by Thomas Attwood (and
later by T. James and others); and made into jigsaw puzzles (1811,
c. 1870).
See also Collections and selections above.
Rural scenes; or, a peep into the country for good children. 1805,
‘1805’ (1806, 2nd issue), 1806 (rev and enlarged), 1806, 1810, 1814
(rev and enlarged ‘for children’) [1818], New York 1823 (rev),
London [1826] (rev), nd [c. 1845] (new edn, illustr John Gilbert and
others), Philadelphia 1845 (‘first Amer edn’), London 1848 (8th
edn), 1853 (new edn, no known copies), 1863 (no known copies),
1865 (‘10th edn’, ‘rev and improved’ and ‘for youth)’ 1876 (no