Montagu, Mary Wortley: Principal Works

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MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU: PRINCIPAL WORKS

Court Poems [with Alexander Pope and John Gay] (poetry) 1716

The Genuine Copy of a Letter Written from Constantinople by an English Lady … to a Venetian Nobleman (verse letter) 1719

"A Plain Account of the Inoculating of the Small Pox by a Turkey Merchant" (essay) 1722

Verses Address'd to the Imitator of the First Satire of the Second Book of Horace [possibly with John, Lord Hervey] (poetry) 1733

The Dean's Provocation for Writing the Lady's Dressing Room (poetry) 1734

The Nonsense of Common-Sense. 9 issues (periodical essays) 1737-38

* Six Town Eclogues. With Some Other Poems [with Alexander Pope and John Gay] (poetry) 1747

Letters of the Right Honorable Lady M—y W—y M—e: Written, during her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, To Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, & c. in Different Parts of Europe. 3 vols. (letters) 1763

The Poetical Works of the Right Honorable Lady M—y W—y M—e (poetry) 1768

The Works of the Right Honorable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Including Her Correspondence, Poems, and Essays. 5 vols. (letters, poetry, essays) 1803

The Nonsense of Common-Sense, 1737-1738 [edited by Robert Halsband] (periodical essays) 1947

The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. 3 vols. [edited by Robert Halsband] (letters) 1965-67

Court Eclogs Written in the Year, 1716: Alexander Pope's Autograph Manuscript of Poems by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [edited by Halsband] (poetry) 1977

Essays and Poems, with Simplicity, A Comedy [edited by Halsband and Isobel Grundy] (essays, poetry, and drama) 1977

Turkish Embassy Letters [edited by Malcolm Jack] (letters) 1993

* This work contains the earlier Court Poems.

† This work is commonly referred to as Turkish Embassy Letters.

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