A letter to the Reverend Mr. Douglas, occasioned by his vindication of Milton. To which are subjoin'd several curious original letters from the authors of the Universal history, Mr. Ainsworth, Mr. Maclaurin, &c. By William Lauder, A.M.
Laudér, William,-1771.
London : printed for W. Owen,
1751.
Concerns the charges of fraud against Lauder, who had accused Milton of plagiarism in his 'Essay on Milton's use and imitation of the Moderns'. "[Samuel] Johnson dictated to the culprit [Lauder] a confession, published as 'A letter to the Reverend Mr. Douglas, occasioned by his Vindication of Milton' in which he acknowledged his fraud, but had the effrontery to append to it 'testimonies concerning Mr. Lauder' and a disingenuous postscript." (Courtney & Smith, A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson, p.37).
ESTC
Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1985. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1343, no. 29.