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Author: Anstey, John

Biography:

ANSTEY, John (1757‑1819: ODNB)

pseudonym John SURREBUTTER

He was born in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, to the poet Christopher Anstey (q.v.) and Ann (Calvert) Anstey. He graduated from Cambridge in 1781 and then became a barrister of Lincoln’s Inn and a commissioner for auditing public accounts. The Pleader's Guide, which first appeared in London in 1796, became a favourite with members of the legal profession: Richard Porson, the famous classicist noted for his memory, is said to have known it by heart. Anstey's edition of his father’s Poetical Works appeared in 1808. (ODNB 29 Aug. 2017) HJ

 

Books written (9):

The Pleader's Guide, a Didactic Poem, in Two Books . . . ..

London: T. Cadell, Jr., and W. Davies, 1796

The Pleader's Guide, a Didactic Poem . . . .

Dublin: [no publisher: printed by Mercier], 1797

The Pleader's Guide, a Didactic Poem, in Two Books . . . . Book II.

London: T. Cadell, Jr., and W. Davies, 1802

The Pleader's Guide, a Didactic Poem, in Two Books, Containing the Conduct of a Suit at Law, with the Arguments of Counsellor Bother'um and Counsellor Bore'um . . . ..

1st American from the London edn. Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1803

The Pleader's Guide: A Didactic Poem, in Two Parts . . . ..

New edn. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803

The Pleader's Guide, a Didactic Poem, in Two Parts . . . .

4th edn. London: Cadell and Davies, 1804

The Pleader's Guide, a Didactic Poem . . . .

5th edn. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808

The Pleader's Guide, a Didactic Poem, in Two Parts: Containing Mr. Surrebutter's Poetical Lectures on the Conduct of a Suit at Law, Including the Arguments of Counsellor Bother'um, and Counsellor Bore'um . . . ..

6th edn. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810

The Pleader's Guide, a Didactic Poem, in Two Parts . . . ..

7th edn. London: T. Cadell and Davies, 1815