The new year's gift: or, Advice to a Nephew about his Choice in Marriage. Containing the following Heads. I. A Prefatory Epistle to the Reader and Bookseller; in which the Author gives some Account of himself, his Nephew Mr. William Tully, and Mrs. Margaret Jewel, a young Lady of Brumpton, whom the Nephew is inclined, thro' the Uncle's Advice, to marry, which occasion'd the Writing and Publishing the following Pieces in Prose and Verse. II. The Character of a Good Mistress of a Family, from the Proverbs of Solomon, with the Commendation thereof by the Authors of the Guardian. III. The same Character made into a Song, which was fashionable in the Days of Queen Elizabeth, and sung by the Maids of Honour; but not published by the Writer till the Year 1612. VI. The same done in modern English Verse. By Mr. Horace Tully, of Gray's Inn, for the Use of his Nephew. Lastly, Margaret and William: Or, The Choice; being a Meditation on Marriage. A Ballad. By Mr. William Tully.

People / Organizations

• der Gray's-Inn ("printed for")
• Richard Franklin ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for P. Meighan under Gray's-Inn Gate Holbourn; J. Wilford behind the Chapter-House near St. Paul's; J. Brindley in Bond-Street; J. Jackson in Pall-Mall near St. James's; N. Blandford near Old Man's Coffee-House Charing-Cross; T. Corbet at Addison's Head near Temple-Bar, and R. Francklyn in Covent-Garden, [1730?]

Publication year

1730-1730

ESTC No.

T179162

Grub Street ID

215948

Description

39,[1]p. ; 8⁰

Note

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price 6 d.

Uncontrolled note

Date is a guess