Author:William Combe

William Combe
(1742–1823)

William Combe

Works

Poetry

• Clifton: a poem in imitation of Spenser (1775)
• The Diaboliad: a Poem: Dedicated to the worst man in His Majesty's dominions. Also, the diabo-lady: or, a match in hell (1777)
• The Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem (1812)
• The Second Tour in Search of Consolation (1820)
• Third Tour in Search of a Wife (1821)
• The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax (1822)
• The English Dance of Death 2 vols. (1815–16)
• The Dance of Life (1817)
• The first of April: or, The triumphs of folly
• The justification
• The life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos, by Doctor Syntax

Novels

• The Devil upon 2 Sticks in England: being a continuation of Le diable boiteux of Alain-René Lesage (Le Sage). 6 vols (1790–91)
• Letters between Amelia in London and her mother in the country

Edited Letters

• Letters from Eliza to Yorick (1775)
• Letters supposed to have been written by Yorick and Eliza (1779), in 2 vols.
• Letters to His Friends on Various Occasions by Laurence Sterne (1775)
• Original letters of the late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne: Never Before Published (1788)
• Letters of the Late Lord Lyttleton (1780–2), in 2 vols. (transcription project)

Non-Fiction

• The Philosopher in Bristol (1775)
• An History of the River Thames (1794–96), in 2 vols.
• The Thames, or Graphic Illustrations (1811), in 2 vols.
• Microcosm of London: Vol. 3 (1811)
• The history and antiquities of the city of York, from its origin to the present times
• A word in season to the traders and manufacturers of Great Britain
• Adam Anderson's A historical and chronological deduction of the origin of commerce from the earliest accounts. Containing an history of the great commercial interests of the British Empire. To which is prefixed an introduction, exhibiting a view of the ancient and modern state of Europe; of the importance of our colonies; and of the commerce, shipping, manufactures, fisheries, &c., of Great-Britain and Ireland; and their influence on the landed interest. With an appendix, containing the modern politico-commercial geography of the several countries of Europe. Carefully rev., cor. and continued to the present times (editor)

Works about Combe

• "Combe, William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Combe, William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Combe, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)