Someone published in 1758, without his consent, in a borrowed name, a small piece of his composition called
The Spouting-club. He himself issued in 1760, under the pseudonym of ‘J. Copywell of Lincoln's Inn,’ a volume entitled
The Shrubs of Parnassus consisting of the "poetical essays" he had contributed to newspapers. Woty's other works included: • ‘Campanologia: a Poem in praise of Ringing’ [anon.], 1761. • ‘Muses' Advice addressed to the Poets of the Age,’ 1761. • ‘The Blossoms of Helicon,’ 1763. It contained, with a hymn to good nature by Dr.
James Solas Dodd, a description by Woty of
White Conduit House. These lines, which made their first appearance in the ''
Gentleman's Magazine'' for 1760, were quoted at length in
George Walter Thornbury's
Old and New London;; and in
Warwick William Wroth and Arthur Edgar Wroth's
The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century (1896). • ‘The Poetical Calendar,’ a supplement to
Robert Dodsley's collection, 1763; twelve volumes, one for each month in that year. They were edited by Woty and
Francis Fawkes. • ‘Church Langton:’ a poem, n.d. [1768?], in praise of the charitable projects of the Rev.
William Hanbury. • ‘The Female Advocate:’ a poem, 1770, 2nd edit. 1771. • ‘Poetical Works,’ 1770, 2 vols.; dedicated to Earl Ferrers. • ‘The Stage,’ n.d. [1770?]. • ‘Particular Providence:’ a poetical essay, 1774. • ‘The Estate Orators: a Town Eclogue’ [anon.], 1774; a satire on the London auctioneers. • ‘Poems on several Occasions,’ 1780; this contained reprints of several of his works. • ‘Fugitive and Original Poems,’ 1786, contains ‘The Country Gentleman: a Drama.’ • ‘Poetical Amusements,’ 1789, dedicated to
Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers. It contained a Latin version of
Thomas Gray's
Elegy; ‘Sunday Schools: a Poetical Dialogue between a Nobleman and his Chaplain;’ and ‘The Ambitious Widow: a Comic Entertainment.’ ==References==