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It appears, then, that Hunt's miscellaneous contributions to the Guide may have been substantial, but that they ceased with No. 7 because he needed to devote his energies to his “new editorship” of the Monthly Repository, which began with the issue for July 1837.[15] A receipt for £2.2.0 signed by Marianne Hunt and dated 6 June 1837 may have been for Hunt's last essay on “Hampton Court” in No. 8.[16]

The following list includes all of Hunt's clearly identifiable contributions to the Guide. The titles alone should be sufficient to indicate that the eight essays and the single poem are vintage Leigh Hunt.

Essays

• 1. “Leigh Hunt's Sunday Lecture. No. I.—On the Right Cheerfulness of Sunday.” Guide, No. 1, Saturday, 22 April 1837, p. 8 [Under “Sunday Guide.”]

• 2. “Leigh Hunt's Sunday Lecture. No. II.—Country Churches and Churchyards.” Guide, No. 2, Saturday, 29 April 1837, p. 16. [Under “Sunday Guide.”]

• 3. “Remarks on Greenacre's Character, and on Public Executions.” Signed “Leigh Hunt.” Guide, No. 3, Saturday, 6 May 1837, pp. 22-23. [On the celebrated murderer James Greenacre, whose hanging in front of Newgate on 2 May was witnessed by a crowd of at least 20,000. The previous number contained an article on “The Greenacre Mania,” p. 15, and Hunt's “Remarks” were followed by a long article on “Greenacre the Murderer,” pp. 23-24.]

• 4. “May and Electioneering. How to Save One's-Self from `Mereness.' By Leigh Hunt.” Guide, No. 4, Saturday, 13 May 1837, p. 30.

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• 5. “Primrose Hill, Cemeteries, and Duelling. By Leigh Hunt.” Guide, No. 5, Sunday, 21 May 1837, pp. 39-40.

• 6. “The Question of Duelling. By Leigh Hunt.” Guide, No. 6, Sunday, 28 May 1837, p. 47. [A note at the end indicates that the article is “(To be concluded next week.)”]

• 7. “The Question of Duelling. By Leigh Hunt.” Guide, No. 7, Sunday, 4 June 1837, p. 55. [The byline is followed by the note “[Concluded from last week.]” and the heading “Mr. Hume, Lord Castlereagh, and Mr O'Connell.”]

• 8. “Hampton Court. By Leigh Hunt.” Guide, No. 8, Sunday, 11 June 1837, p. 63.

  Poem

• 9. “Rhymes for the Fine Weather; or, A Gaiety and a Gravity for May.” Signed “L. H.” Guide, No. 3, Saturday, 6 May 1837, p. 20. [The poem begins “Spring's come at last.”]

  Unsigned Paragraphs

• 10. “Mr. Carlyle's Lectures.” Guide, No. 3, Saturday, 6 May 1837, p. 21. [Ascribed to “Leigh Hunt” in Cole's marked copy of the “1st Edit”.]

• 11. “German Literature.” Guide, No. 4, Saturday, 13 May 1837, p. 30. [On Carlyle's lectures. Not marked in Cole's copy, but evidently by the same writer as the other three notices of the lecture series, listed here as nos. 10, 12, and 16.]

• 12. “German Literature.” Guide, No. 5, Sunday, 21 May 1837, p. 36. [On Carlyle's lectures. Ascribed to “L Hunt” in Cole's marked copy of the “2nd Edit”.]

• 13. “The Taking of the Bastile. [From Mr Carlyle's French Revolution, just published.]” Guide, No. 6, Sunday, 28 May 1837, p. 44. [Introductory paragraph, followed by extracts from the book. Ascribed to “L Hunt & C.” in Cole's marked copy of the “1st Edition”. “C.”—who was probably Cole—may have assisted Hunt in making the extracts.]

• 14. “Sir Robert Peel's Amazement at Yeomanry Patriotism.” Guide, No. 7, Sunday, 4 June 1837, p. 49. [Ascribed to “L Hunt” in Cole's marked copy of the “2nd Edit”.]

• 15. “Universal Peace Society.” Guide, No. 7, Sunday, 4 June 1837, p. 50. [Ascribed to “L Hunt” in Cole's marked copy of the “2nd Edit”.]

• 16. “German Literature.” Guide, No. 7, Sunday, 4 June 1837, p. 51. [On Carlyle's lectures. Ascribed to “L Hunt” in Cole's marked copy of the “2nd Edit”.]