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Hints towards a new Edition of Shakespeare." [Mr. Felton.] 4to.

"A Picturesque Tour from Geneva to the Pennine Alps. Translated from the French *." Folio, with Twelve Plates.

"The Dream of an Englishman faithful to his King and his Country," Svo.

* «This splendid volume (a companion to the account of Nice) is a translation of a work printed at Geneva in the year 1787, under the following title: Voyage Pittoresque aux Alpes Pennines, précédé de quelques observations sur les hauteurs de montagnes, glaciers, & des differens villages, qui se trouvent sur cette route. Suivi de quelques notes pour servir d'explication aux desseins qui composent cet ouvrage. Dédié à Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Sophie Matilde de Gloucester. Par Albanis Beaumont, Ingenieur-pensionné de Sa Majesté le Roi de Sardaigne, & Professeur en Mathematiques et Fortification de Son Altesse Royale le Prince Guillaume de Gloucester."

M. Rev. N. S. XVI. 63.

+ "The original of this very interesting Pamphlet was the French, in which language it was published a considerable time before the appearance of the Translation; professing, however, in the title, by a very common and allowed species of fiction, to be translated from the English. It has been attributed, with great appearance of probability, to M. Laily Tolendal, in cooperation with some person very intimately acquainted with the state of our interior politics. M. Lally is an able and elegant Writer; and, if he be indeed the Author of this Tract, though he has reasons for taking an active interest in our prosperity, which every foreigner has not, we are greatly indebted to him for thus admirably pleading our cause, and unveiling the iniquities which were then practised against us. The plan is this: An Englishman, who has been absent a considerable time from his country, returns to it towards the latter end of the year 1792. Alarmed, as all then were, except a few of remarkable courage, at the state of affairs, he makes it his business, within his own district, to trace the machinations of French emissaries to the utmost. With a lively interest he attends the first Debates on the meeting of Parliament; with his mind full of which he returns home fatigued, and dreams that he is called to the Privy Council; where, after he has given all the information he is master of, the King dictates to him a Manifesto, which forms the body of the Tract. The Manifesto sets forth at large the fair conduct of the King towards France, and the bad faith of that country towards us; several particulars of which are set forth in a clearer and stronger light, that in any other publication we have seen. The whole is well written, and deserved the attention it excited at the time." British Critic, I. 106.

1794.

"The History and Antiquities of Shenstone, in the County of Stafford, illustrated. Together with the Pedigrees of all the Families and Gentry, both Antient and Modern, of that Parish*. By the late Rev. Henry Sanders †, B. A. of Oriel College, Oxford, and Thirteen Years Curate of Shenstone," 4to.

"The Village of Shenstone, situate in a pleasant part of the County of Stafford, and by all Travellers admired as a beautiful and well-watered spot, has furnished copious materials for a description by the esteem and affection borne to its inhabitants by their faithful Pastor; whose Son has done ample justice to his memory in his account of him prefixed, and to the attachment of his Parishioners by a feeling Dedication to them.—It is believed there were more posthumous works than the present, which would have been serviceable to the Publick if transmitted to the press; but, as he had bequeathed one to a noble Lord, in hopes that he would have condescended to have published it, there were together with it carried away very many manuscripts, which, we fear, are removed beyond the reach of recovery.”

Gent. Mag. LXIV. 549.

† Mr. Sanders was, maternally, fourth in descent from a refugee family in Lorrain. His father has long been known and respected in the Counties of Worcester and Stafford. Henry Sanders, of Stourbridge, who married a daughter of Thomas Rogers, an eminent dealer in glass at Stourbridge, had four sons and two daughters. Of these, Thomas, the eldest, was a very learned and ingenious Surgeon and Apothecary, much esteemed by the celebrated George Lord Lyttelton, as also by a very populous neighbourhood, for his great success in inoculation, his personal character, and his ability in his profession; Sarah, wife of William Grosvenor, of Kidderminster, Apothecary; Henry, Anne, Susannah, Daniel, and John. As their father died during the minority of the younger children, they came under the care of their brother Thomas, who disposed of each as circumstances and opportunities served. Henry seemed to be rather more favoured than his brothers Daniel and John, being, by education, good abilities, and the particular notice of the family of Rogers, well fitted for a somewhat superior rank in life. Though designed for the cloathing business, his genius and in clination led him to the study of medicine. He was a noted and valuable Apothecary and Chemist at Dudley in Worcestershire, and was the inventor of a very useful medical composition, which, in that part of the world, is exceedingly admired, and for which receipt a considerable premium was offered by a learned Physician. This Henry married Miss Rebecca Hawkes, of a respectable family, the descendants of whose brother live in great

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'Argentum; or, the Adventures of a Shilling." 8vo.

credit, and one, if not two of them, in opulence at Dudley. Henry Sanders had by his wife Rebecca, eleven children living at one time, and at least nine at his decease; the eldest of whom was Henry, Author of the " History of Shenstone." Their father, with all his care and industry, was unable to provide them any pecuniary advantages worth mentioning, having barely a competency to support himself and daughters in the decline of life. A circumstance particularly favourable, however, attended his three eldest sons, the benefit of a grammar-school, which was highly blessed with two succeeding Masters; the former a relation, the Rev. Pynson Wilmott, M. A. afterwards Vicar of Hales-Owen, Salop; and the latter the Rev. Benjamin Clements, B. A.; afterwards Prebendary of the Collegiate Church, Minister of St. John's, and Head Master of the Graminar-school, in Wolverhampton. Henry, having attained an excellent classical education, was well qualified for either of the three learned professions, and the clerical suited more the disposition of his mind; while his two brothers decidedly chose the medical. At length a great difficulty arose how he could be supported at the University, even in the most frugal manner, since his father could spare but little from so large a family. A circumstance indeed occurred, which by many persons would have been eagerly embraced. There was a contest between two distinguished houses for the representation of the County in Parliament; and it was confidently said, that a Nobleman made an offer to assist the education of Henry, and advance him in future life, if his father would consent. Such a friendship might be, perhaps, owing to his Lordship's esteem for a near relation; but the father would by no means accept the offer, his interest and regard being entirely devoted to the service of the noble family at Himley. By dint of industry and ability, however, Henry procured an exhibition, or clerkship, in Oriel College; and was appointed by that Society to perform duty in King Edward's Hospital, a small distance from Oxford, before he was in orders. By great prudence, many friends, and the favour of the College, he combated every pecuniary difficulty, and took the degree of B. A.; which when he had determined, he left the University, being desirous of encountering no farther trouble in the pursuit of academical degrees. But, although he had abandoned such inconveniences in the University, he had another still to struggle with immediately, and that was how to be admitted into Holy Orders Notwithstanding all his literary merit, he found it no easy matter to obtain a title, as Curacies were at that time scarce, and Dr. Maddox, then Bishop of Worcester, treated him rather ungraciously; so that, between his disappointments with the beneficed Clergy, his numerous journeys, many expences, and an almost empty purse, the whole story, as he related it, would incline the Reader to laugh, though it would be impossible not to lament his

situation.

"The Life of Robert Grosseteste, the celebrated

situation. Some time after, having been regularly ordained, he resided upon a Curacy at Wednesbury, about four miles distant from his native town, the annual income of which did not exceed 361. Whilst he officiated at that place, a respectable and rather wealthy family attracted his esteem, which soon terminated in his marriage with the eldest daughter, Elizabeth Butler : but her family was not satisfied with her choice of a husband possessed of so small an income; and they were compelled to support themselves, and afterwards their infant, more than two years, upon 301. stipend, and the Vicarage-house in an adjoining parish, West Bromwich. Providence at length, after such a contented struggle with adversity, interposed in their behalf; and they were removed to Shenstone, a place not only delightful in its situation, but abounding with a number of worthy inhabitants. The Author was no sooner appointed to this comfortable Curacy, than he was invited to be one of the reading and domestic Clergymen to Samuel Hill, Esq. in whom he not only obtained a friend, but a considerable increase of income, insomuch that the disobliged father abovementioned became so reconciled to his daughter as to settle upon her the portion of a child. But this felicity was of short duration: He not only lost by death his benefactor Mr. Hill, but his wife did not survive her going to Shenstone more than about four years. The evening before she departed, she desired to see her only child, then not five years old. After giving some important instructions for his future life, she enjoined him " to choose no other than the clerical profession; that, be his fortune ever so small, he should disregard lucre, care of preferments, &c.; for that employment, properly discharged, was superior to any other in the world." The next morning, about seven o'clock, she sang an hymn, and instantly expired. Mr. Sanders still continued his Curacy of Shenstone-in his own words, " loving and beloved by his Parishioners"-till about the end of thirteen years, when, unhappily for himself, and disagreeably to all his flock, he accepted a station in King Edward the Sixth's school at Birmingham, with a design to superintend the education of his son, and obtain for him an exhibition to College. Within two years of his leaving the Curacy of Shenstone, he was engaged by Humphrey Minchin, Esq. afterwards Member of Parliament for Bossiney, as private tutor to his two eldest sons, who, removing to Birmingham for education in that school, represented their former instructor in such a favourable view to the Rev. Mr. Brailsford, Head-master, that the then vacant place of Assistant-teacher to the upper boys proved an allurement, with a Curacy, and the idea of superintending his son's education, to withdraw Mr. Sanders from Shenstone. His heart, however, being with his beloved people, and uneasy from the place he so delighted in, he was frequently occupied in preparing the History of the Parish where he had

spent

Bishop of Lincoln, by Samuel Pegge, LL. D. Prebendary of Louth in that Church; with an Account of the Bishop's Works, and an Appendix*."

"The Siege of Gibraltar; a Poem. By Capt.

spent the happiest part of his life. Though he afterwards gained a comfortable settlement as Master of the Free Grammar-school at Hales Owen, Salop, by the favour of George Lord Lyttelton, and through the recommendation of some friends, and also the perpetual Curacy of Oldbury Chapel, to which he was presented by the Rev. Pynson Wilmot; yet no place afforded him consolation like Shenstone; where, though he had it not in his power to end his days agreeably to his wishes, his will expressly charged that his remains should be deposited in the church where his pastoral duties had been so particularly acceptable. From the time of his appointment at Hales Owen, which was in 1771, till his decease in 1785, he had lain aside all thoughts of preferment, seemed little anxious about popular esteem, and devoted himself to retirement and study. He was tolerably conversant in almost every branch of Literature, more especially Theology, History, and the Classics; and, had his abilities met with due encouragement in the early part of his life, he would have made a conspicuous character in the learned world. The "History of Shenstone," drawn up with great care and attention, after a long and painful discharge of the important duties of his sacred office, was prepared for the press during his residence at Birmingham, where he had an inclination to have printed it; and was afterwards from time to time improved during his residence at Hales Owen. At the distance of twenty years, it was submitted to public inspection, as left by the Author, except with the addition in a very few places of a date, and occasionally a supplementary link in the connexion of a Pedigree. His only son, the Rev. John Butler Sanders, Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford; M. A. 1780; some time Chaplain to the British Factory at Gottenburgh; well known and respected as a worthy and conscientious Divine, is now (1814) Curate of St. Augustin and St. Faith; and Lecturer of St. Olave, Jewry, and St. Martin, Ironmonger-lane; and Second Grammar Master of St. Olave's School in Tooley Street.

"With renewed pleasure we again meet our worthy old Friend and Correspondent issuing from the press, in the vigour of advanced age, with an historical work compiled in the vigour of middle life. We congratulate the lovers of our National History and Antiquities on this valuable addition to them; and heartily wish our worthy Friend may enjoy life and health to pursue, as we hear he intends, his intention of giving us memoirs of Bishop Grosseteste's predecessors in the See of Lincoln."

Gent. Mag. LXIV. 151. + "This Poem is printed for the emolument of the widow and children of a Naval Officer of rank, who has recently fallen by

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