1724 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1724. Events January – Andrew Michael Ramsay goes to Rome to tutor the two sons of James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite pretender to the British throne. August – Thomas Longman establishes the Longman publishing house in London. November 16 – An "autobiographical" Narrative of the life of notorious criminal Jack Sheppard, said to be by Daniel Defoe, goes on sale at Sheppard's execution at Tyburn. New books Prose Anonymous (attributed to Daniel Defoe) – A Narrative of All the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard Gilbert Burnet (died 1715) – Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Vol. I Samuel Clarke – Sermons of Samuel Clarke Anthony Collins – Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion with An Apology for Free Debate and Liberty of Writing Mary Davys – The Reform'd Coquet (novella) Daniel Defoe Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress A New Voyage Round the World A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain John Dennis – Vice and Luxury Publick Mischiefs (on Mandeville) Richard Fiddes A General Treatise of Morality (on Mandeville) The Life of Cardinal Wolsey Eliza Haywood La Belle Assemblé The Fatal Secret (fiction) Lasselia The Masqueraders Thomas Hearne, ed. – Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (died 1674) – An Appendix to the History of the Grand Rebellion Captain Charles Johnson (attributed to Daniel Defoe or Nathaniel Mist) – A General History of the Pyrates William Law – Remarks Upon a Late Book (against Mandeville) John Oldmixon – The Critical History of England, Ecclesiastical and Civil Paul de Rapin – L'Histoire d'Angleterre Jonathan Swift A Letter to the Shop-keepers... of Ireland (as M. B. Drapier) A Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer (as Drapier) Some Observations Upon a Paper Relating to Wood's Half-pence (as Drapier) A Letter to the Whole People of Ireland (Drapier) A Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Molesworth (last of the Drapier letters) Seasonable Advice Isaac Watts – Logic, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as well as in the Sciences