1729 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1729. Events November 28 – The English theologian Thomas Woolston is convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to prison for the remaining four years of his life on account of his published Discourses on Biblical literalism. unknown date – Charles Perrault's Histoires ou contes du temps passé (1697) is translated into English for the first time, by Robert Samber as Histories or Tales of Past Times, told by Mother Goose. It includes such favourite fairy tales as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots. New books Prose James Bramston – The Art of Politics Henry Carey – Poems on Several Occasions Edward Cooke – Battel of the Poets Thomas Cooke – Tales, Epistles, Odes, Fables Daniel Defoe as Andrew Moreton, Esq. – Second Thoughts are Best: or, a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent Street Robberies Robert Drury – Madagascar, or Robert Drury's Journal William Hatchett – The Adventures of Abdalla (translated from the French of Jean-Paul Bignon first published in Paris, 1712, as Les Avantures d'Abdalla) Eliza Haywood – The Fair Hebrew; or, A True, but Secret History of Two Jewish Ladies Thomas Innes – Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of the Northern Parts of Britain Soame Jenyns – The Art of Dancing William Law – A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (extremely popular devotional manual) Daniel Mace – The New Testament in Greek and English (a diaglot) Isaac Newton – The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (English translation of Newton's Latin work) John Oldmixon – The History of England, during the Reigns of the Royal House of Stuart William Pulteney – The Honest Jury James Ralph – Clarinda Elizabeth Singer Rowe – Letters on Various Occasions Richard Savage – The Wanderer Christmas Samuel - Golwg ar y Testament Newydd Thomas Sherlock – The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus Jonathan Swift An Epistle Upon an Epistle From a Certain Doctor to a Certain Great Lord A Modest Proposal Jacob Campo Weyerman - De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen (The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses) William Wycherley – The Posthumous Works of William Wycherley ii. (see 1728) Benito Jerónimo Feijoo – Ilustración apologética