William Godwin's Diary

Writing -- Other

Diary DateDiary Entry
28  June  1789Finish the Peerage
1  December  1789Undertake Rousseau's Confessions
26  December  1789Propose Livy to Robinson
29  December  1789Agreement of Livy
23  March  1790 Resume A. R. with an interval of ten days
26  September  1791read together Introduction
1  October  1791Return // to the Introduction
1  December  1791Medite
14  April  1792Carry the ms to Nicholson
14  May  1792Arrange
19  August  1792Corrections of Common Sense
13  January  1793 Meditation
14  February  1793Publication
28  May  1793Marshal’s criticism
27  July  1793notes
24  September  1793Medite
20  October  1793plan a treatise on God
22  April  1794Pause
26  May  1794Publication
21  October  1794Publication
27  February  1795Proofs, F & G
21  November  1795Publish Consns
26  November  1795Publication of 8vo P. J.
27  February  1797Publication]
29  January  1798Publication
25  March  1798Adept, p. 72/2
1  July  1798read Adept, p. 37
3  July  1798Read Adept, p. 90
2  December  1799Publication
22  December  1800Publication, Antonio
6  April  1801Contract
12  June  1801Reply to Parr published
23  June  1802contract for Voltaire, £31.10
4  October  1802Proofs
26  June  1803Chaucer dies
18  July  1803Proofs of Plowman
12  August  1803Chaucer dies
12  September  1803Read Chaucer, p. 98
13  September  1803Chaucer, p. 204
14  September  1803Chaucer, p. 276
15  September  1803Chaucer, p. 407
18  September  1803Read, p. 473; Vol. II, p. 95
23  September  1803copy lost
13  October  1803 Publication
22  January  1804Read to M J
29  January  1804do
1  February  1804read to Coleridge
4  February  1804transcribes
17  February  1804Octavo Chaucer published
23  February  1804note to West
24  September  1804Read to Curran
24  October  1804(contract, Thiebault.)
12  February  1805Read Fleetwood, Vol. I
15  February  1805Fleetwood published
16  February  1805Fleetwood, Vol. III, p. 150
18  February  1805Fleetwood, p. 342, fin
16  July  1805Mulready narrative
18  July  1805 narratif
19  July  1805Mulready, çala
21  October  1805Publication, Fables
1  November  1805Read to M J
19  December  1805read
2  June  1806Engd Parvo published
30  September  1806abridge
12  November  1806Letter to Lauderdale, 2 1/2 pp
13  November  1806 Letter to Lauderdale, 1 1/2 pp
21  November  1806write
22  November  1806Character of Fox published
15  December  1806Pantheon published
1  January  1807Richard IV, 1 page
3  July  1807Read Camilla to M J & T T
3  October  1807Catalogue
9  October  1807Preface to Catalogue
20  December  1807Proofs. Faulkener
18  February  1808Prospectus for Sharp, 2 pp
20  October  1808Fables, 2 s, published
11  February  1809 Sepulchres published
22  February  1809Lit. History, arrange
14  June  1809Dictionary, proof
5  July  1809Dictionary, proof
13  July  1809Rome published
17  July  1809Dictionary publishede
18  July  1809Write for Col. White
29  July  1809I think I have made an entirely new discovery as to the way of teaching ye Eng. lange
4  September  1809cala
6  April  1810Abridge Grammar
10  April  1810Abridge Grammar
25  June  1810Grammar, fin
26  May  1811Dictionary, çla
24  March  1812Legend, read
25  March  1812Legend, read
30  November  1812Catalogue
1  December  1812Catalogue
5  December  1812Catalogue
18  December  1812Advertisements
8  January  1813Dictionary
9  January  1813Dictionary
29  January  1813Dictionary
31  January  1813Dictionary
3  February  1813Dictionary
5  February  1813Dictionary
6  February  1814Advertisements
10  February  1814Write for M
13  March  1814Pantheon, 1 1/2 pp
15  March  1814Proteus, 1/2 page
16  March  1814Pantheon, p. 2
11  November  1814Write for Mt Jones
21  January  1815Write for Walthausen
24  January  1815Notes on Athol
4  March  1815Goldsmith, for M, 4 pp, dictate
6  March  1815Goldsmith, for M, 6 pp, dictate
11  April  1815Advertisement
5  May  18154 proofs
11  May  1815Philipses published
25  May  1815Verax, No. I (M C) publishede
22  June  1815Advertisement to Verax, 1 1/2 pp
22  June  1815Verax published
8  December  1815Advertisemt to C W & St L
16  April  1817Mandeville, proofs
29  April  1817Proofs
25  October  1817Last proofs
26  October  1817Last proofs
1  December  1817 Mandeville published
4  May  1818Will
8  December  1818Advertise Malthus
5  July  1819Hints for a new // Introduction
17  September  1819Malthus, calculate
22  September  1819 Malthus, calculate
7  November  1819Swedish argument improved
9  December  1819Give copy
27  December  1819Recal copy
8  January  1820Approach Malthus
14  May  1820Geometrical ratio
18  August  1820last copy
19  October  1820Malthus subscribed
25  October  1820Receive 1000 Malthus
30  October  1820Deliver 500 Malthus
1  November  1820advertised, M C & Times
1  November  1820[Answer to Malthus Published.]
6  December  1820Deliver 50 Malthus
12  December  1820Deliver 200 Malthus
28  December  1820Malthus, Index
29  December  1820Malthus, index
30  December  1820Malthus, index
31  December  1820Malthus, index
1  January  1821Malthus, index
2  January  1821Malthus, index
3  January  1821Malthus, index
4  January  1821Malthus, index
5  January  1821Malthus, index
6  January  1821Malthus, index
7  January  1821Malthus, index
8  January  1821Malthus, index
9  January  1821Malthus, index
10  January  1821Malthus, index
11  January  1821Malthus, index
12  January  1821Malthus, index
13  January  1821Malthus, index
14  January  1821 Malthus, index
25  January  1821Malthus, index
26  January  1821Malthus, index
27  January  1821Malthus, index
28  January  1821Malthus, index
29  January  1821Malthus, index
31  January  1821Malthus, index
1  February  1821Malthus, index
2  February  1821Malthus, index
3  February  1821Malthus, index
4  February  1821Malthus, index
5  February  1821Malthus, index
23  February  1821 Index, recompile, 1 page
14  March  1821Write for C C
24  April  1821Write to Booth
26  July  1821& cala
25  October  1821Deliver 100 Malthus
5  November  1821Greece, subscribe
21  December  1821Call on Colburn, w.M; Contract, au soir
11  July  1822Castruccio, abridge
12  July  1822Castruccio, abridge; fin
19  February  1823Valperga publishede
23  November  1823(Hampden)
11  February  1824Commonwealth, proofs, fin
15  February  1824Commonwealth, cancel, p. 17
26  February  1824Commonwealth, Vol. I, published
8  June  1824Commonwealth, frustra
31  July  1824Write for W H Dickson
4  October  1824Hints for an Essay on Leisure
24  June  1825Commonwealth, seek J Lilburne
3  July  1825Commonwealth, p. 432/2.
13  July  1825Commonwealth, Lilburne
5  January  1826Proofs
7  January  1826Proofs
8  January  1826Proofs
11  March  1826End of Vol. II
20  March  1826Advertisemt
17  April  1826Commonwealth, frustra
22  April  1826study for character of Long Parliament
24  April  1826 Commonwealth, Vol. II, published
24  June  1826Commonwealth, memorandum
2  October  1826Commonwealth, p. 147, bis
19  February  1827Go to press
20  February  1827advertisement
9  March  1827He proposes for a novel
1  June  1827End of Vol. III: read
1  June  1827End of Vol. III
2  June  1827Commonwealth, read
4  June  1827Commonwealth, read
13  June  1827Commonwealth, Vol. III, published, 16 s
30  April  1828Go to press
8  May  1828Proof
15  May  1828Proof
21  May  1828Last page of Chapter VIII
23  May  1828Proof
3  June  1828Proof
12  June  1828Proof
19  June  1828Proof
2  July  1828Proof
18  July  1828Proof
31  July  1828Proof
3  August  1828Proof
9  August  1828Proof
13  August  1828arrange Ch. XXIII
18  August  1828Proof
20  August  1828Proof
24  August  1828Proof
25  August  1828Proof
29  August  1828Proof
31  August  1828Proof
6  September  1828Proof
7  September  1828Proof
10  September  1828Proof
18  September  1828Proof
25  September  1828Proof
1  October  1828Proof
4  October  1828Proof
8  October  1828Proof
11  October  1828Proof
12  October  1828Commonwealth, read
14  October  1828send
14  October  1828read
15  October  1828Commonwealth, read
17  October  1828Proofs
25  October  1828Vol. IV published
3  November  1828propose
29  November  1828Contract
29  November  1828contract
6  January  1829Compose in bed, forget
20  July  1829End of Vol. II
24  November  1829End of Vol. III
3  December  1829 Proof
5  December  1829Proof
19  December  1829Proof
30  December  1829Proof
31  December  1829Proof.
15  January  1830Proof
23  January  1830Proof
26  January  1830Proof
28  January  1830Proofs
28  January  1830Last Proofs
4  March  1830Cloudesley published
1  April  1830Warbeck, proofs
23  April  1830Proofs
13  June  1830read Self Love
5  July  1830Cloudesley 1139 June 26 Colyton, W 13 . . .
13  September  1830Prospectuses
27  October  1830 Go to press
3  November  1830Proof
6  November  1830Proof
7  November  1830Proof
11  November  1830Proof
12  November  1830Proof
13  November  1830Proof
16  November  1830Proof
18  November  1830Proof
20  November  1830Proof
4  December  1830Proof
5  February  1831Proof
16  February  1831Last Proofs
16  February  1831Last Proofs
22  February  1831Thoughts on Man, copies delivered
15  March  1831Thoughts on Man F R
18  March  1831Proofs
25  March  1831Proofs
1  April  1831Caleb Williams in one volume published
3  June  1831Here begins the study of the second wife of Deloraine
20  June  1831St Leon, Advertisement
21  June  1831Proofs of St Leon
22  June  1831Proofs of St Leon
1  July  1831St Leon in one volume published
25  September  1831End of Vol. I
11  December  1831Deloraine, read
20  February  1832Deloraine, Geography
24  February  1832Deloraine, Bruges
26  February  1832Deloraine, Bruges
9  August  1832End of Vol. III
17  September  1832Protestant Reformation, Plan
18  September  1832Go to press
1  November  1832Fleetwood, in one volume, publd
7  November  1832Proofs
27  December  1832Necromancers, Contract
12  February  1833Deloraine published
23  February  1833Copies delivered
4  April  1834Go to Presse
12  April  1834Proofs
4  May  1834Read Necromancers
9  May  1834Necromancers, proofs
17  May  1834Review of Pol. Justice designed, May 16
2  June  1834Necromancers published
29  August  1834State of Retribution, au lit
1  May  1835Transfusion Publishede
5  January  1836Essays, to-morrow

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