The miscellaneous works of the late Dr. Arbuthnot. Vol. I.
Edition: Second edition, with additions.
Publisher: Printed for James Carlile
Published: 1751
Place of publication: Glasgow
Language: eng
Notes: First ed. pub. same year.-cf. Cambridge bibl. Eng. lit., v II, p. 576.

A collection entitled Miscellaneous works of the late Dr. Arbuthnot, in two volumes, was published at Glasgow in 1750[!] Arbuthnot's son, George, inserted an advertisement in the papers, declaring that the contents 'are not the works of my late father, Dr. Arbutnot, but an imposition on the public.' Some of the pieces are certainly not Arbuthnot's, and others are of doubtful authenticity; but a considerable portion are genuine, and the advertisement must be taken to mean only that the collection was unauthorized and untrustworthy. Fortunately, there is no doubt as to Arbuthnot's claim to the best of the work attributed to him, and the remainder may very well be neglected. cf. Cambridge history of English literature, v.IX, p. 150.

"A supplement to the miscellaneous works of the late Dr. Arbuthnot." Glasgow, Printed for James Carlile, 1751. (81 p.) Bound with v. 2.