ABSTRACT
From a review of the Johnson-Steevens edition of 1778 in the Monthly Review, lxii (January 1780), pp. 12-26.
Samuel Badcock (1747-88), a dissenting minister who finally conformed to the Church of England and was ordained in 1787, was a prolific reviewer, contributing over two hundred articles to the Monthly Review, and writing for half a dozen other journals. His contributions to the Westminster Magazine are listed in the Gentleman’s Magazine, lviii, pt 2 (1788), p. 595; for his contributions to the Monthly see B.C.Nangle, The Monthly Review. First Series, 1749-1789. Indexes of Contributors and Articles (Oxford, 1934); also John Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century (London 1812-15, 9 vols), V, pp. 217-42.
