1694 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1694. Events August 24 – The Académie française publishes the first complete edition of its Dictionnaire in Paris. October 25 – Jonathan Swift is ordained a deacon in the Church of Ireland. December 28 – The death of Queen Mary II of England prompts the writing of numerous elegies. date unknown – Shortly before his death, Matsuo Bashō completes the writing of Oku no Hosomichi ("Narrow road to the interior"), not published until 1702. New books Prose Edmund Arwaker – An Epistle to Monsieur Boileau Mary Astell – A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Thomas Pope Blount – De Re Poetica; or, Remarks upon Poetry Gilbert Burnet – Four Discourses Jeremy Collier – Miscellanies John Dryden and Jacob Tonson – The Annual Miscellany: for the Year 1694 George Fox – The Journal of George Fox, edited by Thomas Ellwood Charles Gildon – Chorus Poetarum; or, Poems on Several Occasions (incl. Aphra Behn, John Denham, George Etheridge, Andrew Marvell, inter al.) William Killigrew – Mid-night and Daily Thoughts William King – Account of Denmark Jane Lead – The Enochian Walks with God Jan Luyken – Het Menselyk Bedryf ("The Book of Trades") John Milton – Letters of State (trans. Edward Phillips) John Strype – Memorials of Thomas Cranmer Matthew Tindal – An Essay Concerning the Laws of Nature and the Rights of Soveraigns William Wotton – Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (answering Sir William Temple) James Wright – Country Conversations