The Tuner [electronic resource].

Author/Creator:

Hiffernan, Paul, 1719-1777.

Publication:

London [England] : printed and sold by M. Cooper, in Pater-noster-Rowe, M DCC LIV. [1754]-1755.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Format/Description:

Journal/Periodical
5 v. : ill. ; 8⁰.
Irregular
[Letter the first (1754)]-Letter the fifth [(1755)].

Subjects:

Satire, English -- 18th century -- Periodicals -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Place of Publication:

England London.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Satirical essays in the form of letters to "Eugenius" attacking bad plays, bad performances, bad writing and 'bad' politics.

Notes:

Title page includes vignette, with border motto: "Messieurs et mes dames voulez vous de la musique."
Imprints vary; letters 2-5 include: "sold by Mr. Lewis at Covent-Garden; Mrs. Kingman at the 'Change; and G. Woodfall at Charing-Cross."
Note following designation on letters 2-5: "To be occasionally continu'd."
Price below imprint.
Note from preface to letter 1 reads in part: "I inlist myself in the service [of taste], not periodically engaged, but an occasional volunteer".
Numeration begins with no. 2
Issues lack chronological designation; dated from imprints.
No more published.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Crane & Kaye, 899
English Short Title Catalog, P2831.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Online version
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/214265