Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
Selected Letters
The selection of Swift's correspondence below represents those items I thought interesting from the perspective of
Gulliver's Travels
. For additional letters see the section of
"Other Works"
in the
Bibliography
.
Early mentions of the
Travels
Swift to Charles Ford 19 Jan 1724
Swift to Charles Ford 13 Feb 1724
Bolingbroke to Swift 12 September 1724
Bolingbroke "To the three Yahoos of Twittenham" 23 July 1726
The name "Gulliver"
[selections]
Swift to Alexander Pope
29 Sept 1725
"finishing correcting, amending, and Transcribing my Travells"
Swift to Alexander Pope
26 Nov 1725
"Drown the World, I am not content with despising it..."
Swift to the Earl of Peterborough
April 28, 1726.
regarding Walpole and Ireland
'Richard Sympson' and Benjamin Motte
Aug 1726
negotiating publication of the
Travels
John Arbuthnot to Swift
5 Nov 1726
"I tell you freely the part of the projectors is the leats Brilliant."
Alexander Pope to Swift
16 Nov 1726
"I congratulate you first upon what you call your Couzen's wonderful Book"
John Gay to Swift
17 Nov 1726.
"About ten days ago a Book was publish'd here of the Travels of one Gulliver"
Swift to Alexander Pope
27 Nov 1726
"I would desire all my acquaintance to give out that his copy was basely mangled"
'Lemuel Gulliver' to Mrs. Howard
Nov 28. 1726
Charles Ford to Benjamin Motte
Jan. 3. 1727
'The Prince of Lilliput' to 'Stella'
11 March 1727
1 July 1712
from
Journal to Stella
with facsimile of letter.
Gulliver Homepage
Compiled by Lee Jaffe
last updated: 14 May 2000
Comments or questions?