Author: Joones, Z.
Biography:
JOONES, Z. (fl. 1822)
The unlikely name “Z. Joones” appears nowhere but in contemporary advertisements, in library catalogues, and on the title page of The Hermit of Mona. A Poem; Saled, A Tale of the Eleventh Century: With Other Pieces (1822). Inexplicably, a reviewer in EM attributes the book to “Thomas Joones, Esq. of the Inner Temple.” The Inner Temple archive does not reference “Thomas Joones” or “Z. Joones.” In contemporary records, the only remotely similar name is John Joonse, son of Thomas and Mary Joonse of New Inn Yard, Shoreditch, born 29 Sept. 1799. (archives.innertemple.org.uk 21 Dec. 2023; ancestry.com 21 Dec. 2023; New Times, 23 Oct. 1822; Morning Chronicle, 23 Oct. 1822; MH 3 Dec. 1822; Morning Post, 18 Dec. 1822; EM [May 1823], 458) JC