_The Gymnasiud, or Boxing Match._ A Poem. By the Champion and Bard of Leicester House, the Poet Laureate (Paul Whitehead), 1757. See page 19 of this volume.
In _Dodsley’s Collections_, 1777, &c., are various poetic pieces by Dr. John Byrom, Bramston (_Man of Taste_), and others, containing sketches of pugilism and allusions to the “fashionable art” of boxing, “or self-defence.”
During this period, _The Gentleman’s Magazine_, _The Carlton House Magazine_, _The Flying Post_, _The Daily News Letter_, _The World_, _The Mercury_, _The Daily Advertiser_ (Woodfall’s), and other periodical publications, contained reports of the principal battles in the Ring.
_Recollections of Pugilism and Sketches of the Ring._ By an Amateur. 8vo. London, 1801.
_Recollections of an Octogenarian._ By J. C. 8vo. London, 1805. (See pp 29, 30.)
_Lives of the Boxers._ By Jon Bee, author of the “Lexicon Balatronium,” and “The Like o’ That.” 8vo. London, 1811.
_Pancratia: a History of Pugilism._ 1 vol. 8vo. 1811. By J. B. London: George Smeeton, St. Martin’s Lane.
_Training for Pedestrianism and Boxing._ 8vo. 1816. By Captain Robert Barclay (Allardyce of Ury).
This pamphlet contains an account of the Captain’s training of Cribb for his fight with Molineaux.
_The Fancy: A Selection_ from the poetical remains of Peter Corcoran, Esq., student of Law (Pseudonymous). London: 1820. Quoted p. 313 of this volume.
_Boxiana: Sketches of Antient and Modern Pugilism._ Vol. I. 8vo. London: G. Smeeton, 139, St. Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross, July, 1812.
This very scarce volume, which was the production of George Smeeton, a well known sporting printer and engraver, was the basis of the larger work _Boxiana_, subsequently written and edited by Pierce Egan, and of which _five_ volumes, appeared between 1818 and 1828. The well-written “Introduction,” much disfigured by the illiterate editor, were incorporated, and the handsome copperplate title-page will be found bound into the later work published by Sherwoods, Jones & Co. Pierce Egan was, at one time, a compositor in Smeeton’s office, and continued the work for Sherwoods.
_Boxiana. Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, from the days of the renowned Broughton and Slack to the Championship of Crib._ By Pierce Egan. In two volumes. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster Row, 1818.