Prose • Anonymous –
The Maxims of the Saints Explained, Concerning the Interiour Life (translation of
François Fénelon) •
Francis Atterbury – ''A Discourse Occasion'd by the Death of the Right Honourable the Lady Cutts'' •
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet –
Relation sur le quiétisme •
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery – ''Dr. Bentley's Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, and the Fables of Aesop'' •
Cornelis de Bruijn –
Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia (A Voyage to the Levant: or Travels in the Principal Parts of Asia Minor) •
John Bunyan –
The Heavenly Foot-Man; or, A Description of the Man that Gets to Heaven •
Jeremy Collier –
A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (continued in 1699, 1700, 1703, and 1708) •
William Congreve – ''Amendments of Mr Collier's False and Imperfect Citations'' •
Daniel Defoe •
An Enquiry into the Occasional Conformity of Dissenters, in Cases of Preferment • ''The Poor Man's Plea'' •
John Dennis –
The Usefulness of the Stage, to the Happiness of Mankind, to Government and to Religion •
John Dunton –
Teague Land: or A Merry Ramble to the Wild Irish •
Andrew Fletcher – ''A Discourse of Government with Relation to Militia's'' •
George Fox –
A Collection of Many Select and Christian Epistles, Letters and Testimonials •
Charles Gildon –
The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatic Poets •
Robert Gould –
A Satyr Against Wooing •
Charles Leslie –
A Short and Easie Method with the Deists •
Edmund Ludlow –
Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq. •
Maximilien Misson –
Mémoires et observations faites par un voyageur en Angleterre •
Walter Pope –
Moral and Political Fables, Ancient and Modern •
George Ridpath – ''The Stage Condemn'd'' •
Elkanah Settle –
A Defence of Dramatick Poetry •
Algernon Sidney –
Discourses Concerning Government (vs.
Robert Filmer) • ''
Tooke's Pantheon of the Heathen Gods and Illustrious Heroes'' •
John Vanbrugh – ''A Short Vindication of The Relapse and The Provok'd Wife, from Immorality and Prophaneness by the Author'' •
Ned Ward •
The London Spy (published as periodical through 1700) •
A Trip to Jamaica •
Benjamin Whichcote –
Select Sermons of Dr. Whichcot (ed.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl Shaftesbury)
Drama •
Catherine Trotter Cockburn –
The Fatal Friendship •
John Crowne –
Caligula •
Thomas Dilke –
The Pretenders •
John Dennis –
Rinaldo and Armida •
Thomas D'Urfey –
The Campaigners •
George Farquhar –
Love and a Bottle •
Charles Gildon –
Phaeton; or, The Fatal Divorce •
George Granville –
The Heroick Love •
Peter Anthony Motteux –
Beauty in Distress •
John Oldmixon –
Amintas (adapted from
Aminta of
Tasso) • William Philips –
The Revengeful Queen •
Mary Pix –
Queen Catharine, or, The Ruins of Love •
Edward Ravenscroft –
The Italian Husband Poetry •
Charles Hopkins –
White-hall; or, The Court of England •
John Hughes –
The Triumph of Peace •
See also 1698 in poetry ==Births==