"Rock of Ages."—Who is the author of the hymn beginning "Rock of Ages?"

J. G. T.

[That celebrated advocate for The Calvinism of the Church of England, the Rev. Augustus Montague Toplady.]


Replies.

REMUNERATION OF AUTHORS.

(Vol. vii., p. 591.)

Responding to the challenge of your correspondent Mr. Andrews, I copy the following from my common-place book:

From Lintot's memorandum-book of "Copies when purchased."

Farquhar.
£ s. d.
1705. Recruiting Officer 16 2 6
1706. Beaux Stratagem 30 0 0

Betterton.
1712. The Miller's Tale, with some characters from Chaucer 5 7 6

Mr. Centlivre.
1703. May 14. Love's Contrivance 10 0 0
1709. May 14. Busy Body 10 0 0

Mr. Cibber.
1701. Nov. 8. A third of Love's Last Shift 3 4 6
1705. Nov. 5. Perolla and Izadora 36 11 0
1707. Oct. 27. Double Gallant 16 2 6
Nov. 22. Lady's Last Stake 32 5 0
Feb. 26. Venus and Adonis 5 7 6
1708. Oct. 9. Comical Lover 10 15 0
1712. Mar. 16. Cinna's Conspiracy 13 0 0
1718. Oct. 1. The Nonjuror 105 0 0

Mr. Gay.
1713. May 12. Wife of Bath 25 0 0
1714. Nov. 11. Letter to a Lady 5 7 6
1715. Feb. 14. The What-d'ye-call-it? 16 2 6
Dec. 22. Trivia 43 0 0
Epistle to the Earl of Burlington 10 15 0
1717. May 4. Battle of the Frogs 16 2 6
Jan. 8. Three Hours after Marriage 43 2 6
Revival of the Wife of Bath 75 0 0
The Mohocks, a farce 2l. 10s.
Sold the Mohocks to him again.
234 10 0

Captain Killegrew.
1718-19. Feb. 14. Chit Chat 84 0 0

Mr. Ozell.
1711. Nov. 18. } Translating Homer's Iliad, books i. ii. iii.
1712. Jan. 4. } 10 8 6
1713. April 29. Translating Molière 37 12 6

N. Rowe, Esq.
Dec. 12. Jane Shore 50 15 0
1715. April 27. Jane Grey 73 5 0

Somerville.
1727. July 14. A Collection of Poems. 35 15 0

Pope.
1712. Feb. 19. Statius, 1st book, and Verstumnus and Pomona 16 2 6
Mar. 21. First edition of the Rape 7 0 0
April 9. To a lady presenting Voiture.
Upon Silence. To the author
of a poem called Successio
3 16 6
1712-13. Windsor Forest (Feb. 23) 32 5 0
1713. July 23. Ode to St. Cecilia's Day 15 0 0
1714. Feb. 20. Addition to the Rape 15 0 0
Mar. 23. Homer, vol. i. 215 0 0
650 copies on royal paper 176 0 0
1715. Feb. 1. Temple of Fame 32 5 0
April 21. Key to the Lock 10 15 0
1716. Feb. 9. Homer, vol. ii. 215 0 0
May 2. 650 royal paper 150 0 0
July 17. Essay on Criticism 15 0 0
1717. Aug. 9. Homer, vol. iii. 215 0 0
1718. Jan. 6. 650 royal paper 150 0 0
Mar. 3. Homer, vol. iv. 210 0 0
650 royal paper 150 0 0
Oct. 17. Homer, vol. v. 210 0 0
1719. April 6. 650 royal paper 150 0 0
1720. Feb. 26. Homer, vol. vi. 210 0 0
May 7. 650 royal paper 150 0 0
1721. Parnell's Poems 15 0 0
Paid Mr. Pope for the subscription-money
due on the 2nd volume of his Homer,
and on his 5th volume, at the agreement
for the said 5th vol.—(I had Mr. Pope's
assignment for the royal paper that was
then left of his Homer)
840 0 0
Copy-money for the Odyssey, vols. i. ii. iii.,
and 750 of each volume printed on royal
paper, 4to.
615 0 0
Copy-money for the Odyssey, vols. iv. and
v., and 750 of each royal
425 18 7½
£4244 8 7½