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ins, M. A. Rector of the Holy Trinity in Wareham, and of Swyre, in the County of Dorset. The Second Edition, corrected, augmented, &c." Vol. I.

"The History and Antiquities of Twickenham; being the First Part of Parochial Collections for the County of Middlesex *. By Edward Ironside, Esq." "The Life of William late Earl of Mansfieldt.

Sir William Dugdale his model, and he kept up to it with additional advantages. His Representative, an Officer of rank in the East India Company's Military Establishment, who married his only child, determined to take the first opportunity of paying him this tribute of esteem, by re-publishing his Work with every 'possible improvement. The Gentlemen of the County have seconded his pious intentions; and, by various contributions in the articles of information and embellishment, have rendered this Work as complete as the nature of the subject allows."

Gent. Mag. LXVII. 771.

* "Mr. Nichols, unwearied in the pursuit and elucidation of our National Antiquities, here continues the plan of the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, begun in 1780, resumed in 1791; and commences a set of Parochial Collections for the County of Middlesex, for which so little had been done till Mr. Lysons took up his pen in the Environs of London ;' which, being confined to a certain distance round the Metropolis, was restrained from describing every Parish in the County; but, as he has left so few unnoticed, and has found so good encouragement in hie favourite pursuit, we trust he will compose an additional volume out of them." Ibid. 1033.

This sensible and unassuming Author was son of Edward Ironside, Esq. of Lombard Street, Banker (Alderman of Cordwainers Ward, London, 1745; Sheriff 1749; and who died Lord Mayor, Nov. 27, 1753). Mr. Ironside resided in great respectability at Twickenham; had made further Collections for a History of the Village of Isleworth; and died June 20, 1803.

This accomplished Lawyer was, at an early age, matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, where, though a native of Perth, in North Britain, he was entered as of the City of Bath: "Trin. Term, 1723, June 18,

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C. Som. V Com. fil. T. Wenman, C. A." Sir William Blackstone is said to have mentioned this curious circumstance to the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, while he had the honour to sit with him in that Court; when Lord Mansfield answered, "that possibly the broad pronunciation of the person who gave in the description (Perth) was the origin of the mistake."

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By John Holliday*, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq. F. R. S. and Barrister at Law." 4to.

"A Sermon on Suicide, preached at St. Botolph's Bishopsgate, at an Anniversary of the Royal Humane Society, on Sunday the 26th Day of March, 1797. By George Gregory, D.D. With an Appendix, containing a brief Account of some of the most remarkable Cases of Suicide which have fallen under the Cognizance of the Society; the Process for restoring Animation in such Cases; and Two Odes recited at the Anniversary Festival." 8vo.

* Mr. Holliday, who was elected F. R. S. in 1786, was also a Governor also of the Royal Hospitals of Christ, Bridewell, and Bethlem, and of the Foundling Hospital; and an active Member of the Society of Arts and Manufactures, for which he drew up a Memoir of Owen Salusbury Brereton, Esq. and of which (had he lived one week longer) he would probably have been elected a Vice President. He died in Great Ormond Street, March 9, 1801, aged 71. His extensive professional knowledge and practice as a Conveyancer were well known in the wide circle of his acquaintance, while his biographical memoirs of that luminary of the Law, the late Lord Mansfield, his contemporary, and particular friend and patron, will recommend him to the lovers of British biography. Mr. Holliday, at an early part of life, translated the first eight books of Virgil into hexameter verse; which still remain unprinted. He was Author of some sprightly lines on a "Favourite Bantam," in Gent. Mag. vol. LXX. p. 1081; and two other Poems by him will be noticed hereafter, under 1798 and 1800.-Mr. Holliday obtained Dilhorn Hall in Staffordshire (of which a very picturesque view is given in Shaw's History of that County), by marriage with the daughter of Mr. Harrison, Attorney at Law there, by whom he had issue one only child, a daughter, married to the eldest son of the late Judge Buller, now Sir Francis Buller Yarde Buller, Bart.-His MSS. in the line of his profession were numerous and valuable; and were left to two intimate friends, in trust, for the use of the first of his grandsons that might become a Practitioner in the Law.

† Dr. Gregory, by his learning and industry, acquired considerable celebrity. His first publication, a volume of "Essays, Historical and Moral, 1785," was anonymous; but, being favourably received, he acknowledged them in a second edition. To a volume of Sermons, 1787, are prefixed" Thoughts on the Composition and Delivery of a Sermon." In 1788 he published a "Translation of Bishop Lowth's Lectures on the Poetry of the Hebrews," 2 vols. 8vo. ; "Life of Thomas Chatterton, with Criticisms on his Genius and Writings,

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"Poems by the late George Monck Berkeley*, Esq. LL.B. F. A. S. With a Preface by the Editor [his Mother*]; consisting of some Anecdotes of Mr. Monck Berkeley, and several of his Friends."

"Illustrations of the Manners and Expences of Antient Times in England, with Notes." [ByJ.N.] and a concise View of the Controversy concerning Rowley's Poems, 1789," 8vo; a revised edition of Dr. Hawkesworth's Telemachus, with a new Life of Fenelon, 1795, in 2 vols. 4to; a Continuation of Hume's History of England, 1795, Svo; "The Economy of Nature explained and illustrated, on the Principles of modern Philosophy, 1796," 3 vols. 8vo; "Lessons, Astronomical and Philosophical, for the Instruction of British Youth, 1797," 12mo; "The Elements of a Polite Education, carefully selected from the Letters of Lord Chesterfield to his Son, 1801," 12mo. He excelled in a knowledge of Mechanicks; and was an extremely useful Member of the several Committees of the Humane Society, which at various times have been appointed to determine the Prizes awarded to the Inventors of the best mode of preserving the lives of shipwrecked Mariners. Some years after the death of Dr. Kippis, he engaged with the Booksellers to proceed with the " Biographia Britannica;" and with that view he wrote a Preface to the Sixth Volume (see p. 179), which was unfortunately consumed. He was for several years the conductor of the "New Annual Register," on principles opposite to that published by Mr. Dodsley; which, during the administration of Mr. Addington, he had the address to change to a Ministerial work; a circumstance by which, it is supposed, he obtained the Vicarage of West Ham, where he afterwards constantly resided, as a respectable Parish Priest, without any extraordinary exertion of literary talent beyond that of editing a new " Cyclopædia;" for which, by his original course of study, he was well qualified, and in which such articles as are original are entitled to commendation. He was some time Preacher at the Foundling Hospital. At the time of his death, March 12, 1808, he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Landaff, Prebendary of St. Paul's, Vicar of West Ham, and Lecturer of St. Giles, Cripplegate.

* Of whom some account will be given hereafter.

+ I have no hesitation in saying, in a case where it can neither promote my interest, nor hazard my veracity, that this volume is not only one of the scarcest publications of the Eighteenth Century, but, in its way, is also one of the most curious. I shall not here enumerate its contents; but may be allowed to observe, that, besides the proper subjects of the book, it contains a very valuable (though unfinished) Sketch "De Registris Parochialibus," by the Rev. George North, in a Letter to Professor Ward, 1748; and "Farther Remarks on Registers" by the Rev. Semuel Denne; some interesting articles on the Office of an Archdeacon,

"Sixteen Sermons on various Subjects. By the Rev. Dr. Henry Owen, late Rector of St. Olave, Hart Street, and many years Vicar of Edmonton, Middlesex," Svo.

"Remarks on the Arabian Nights' Entertainments; in which the Origin of Sindbad's Voyages and other Oriental Fictions is particularly considered. By Richard Hole, LL. B." 8vo.

"Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Reverend Dr. George Stanhope, Vicar of Lewisham and Deptford, and Dean of Canterbury." 8vo.

Archdeacon, by Mr. Johnson, Dr. Pegge, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Fardell, &c.; and a Collection (first printed from the MS. of the Rev. Francis Peck) to explain divers old Words, Terms, and Customs, necessary to be understood by all those who desire knowledge and the true grounds of standing Usages and Antiquities chiefly relating to the English Church and Nation. I have been accused of prolixity; but, in this instance, had I been as tedious again, I would have bestowed it all upon the Publick.

* "A very ample list of Subscribers, amounting to near 1800, several of them for ten copies, would recommend this publication, while it marks the benevolence which prompted this relief for the Preacher's five unprovided daughters, whose gratitude is feelingly expressed by their brother. But these Discourses of a learned and too indulgent Parent (who was so ill adapted for the cares of a family, that he ought to have preferred literary retirement and ease to every thing in the world) have intrinsic merit to recommend them; they are practical and plain, addressed to the heart; and we have only to regret that we are not likely to enjoy an opportunity of reading more of them, which we with pleasure recollect to have heard delivered from the Pulpit." Gent. Mag. LXVII. 317.

"The writings of the worthy Dean, particularly his Commentary on the Epistles and Gospels, are held in just estimation by the pious members of the Church; and a more full account of his life than hitherto has been produced, must undoubtedly be thought desirable. If the present publication does not offer many new facts, it has, at least, the merit of expanding the account of the works of Dr. Stanhope, and digesting the narrative of his Life, in a more regular form. Of such documents as he found attainable, the writer has made a very proper use, we regret only, that they were not more copious, and we hope that they are not yet exhausted. To record the virtues of men eminent for learning and piety, is a public service of great importance, by means of which, if only one instance of zealous and successful imitation should be produced, the whole country, and posterity at large may be materially benefited." Br. Crit. X. 570.

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Printed for the joint Benefit of the Sea-Bathing Infirmary at Margate, and the Literary Fund for the Relief of Authors in Distress." [By the Rev. Weeden Butler*.] 8vo.

"Padotrophia; or, the Art of nursing and rearing Children. A Poem, in Three Books, translated from the Latin of Scevole de St. Marthe, with Medical and Historical Notes; with the Life of the Author, from the French of Michel and Niceron; his Epitaph; his Dedication of this Poem to Henry the Third of France; and the Epigram, written on the Visit he had the Honour to receive from Charles the First of England, when Prince of Wales. By H. W. Tytler, M. D. Translator of Callimachus." "Metromariston§; or, A New Pleasure recommended, in a Dissertation upon a Part of Greek and

* Of whom see hereafter, p. 222.

"The Padotrophia obtained for the original author so large a portion of reputation, and has been so generally admired, that it will be unnecessary for us to say any thing in commendation of it. The Translation before us, if not highly elegant or poetical, is yet good, and appears to be faithful. Dr. Tytler has enriched it with judicious commentaries, which serve to make it more generally intelligible and entertaining." British Critic, XI. 70.

Dr. Tytler published, in 1793, "The Works of Callimachus, translated into English Verse; the Hymns and Epigrams from the Greek, with the Coma Berenices from the Latin of Catullus, with the original Text and Notes," 4to; the first Translation of a Greek Poet published by a Native of Scotland, in the English language; and it has been characterized as "an excellent performance, with many learned and judicious notes." He died at Edinburgh, Aug. 24, 1808, æt. 56.

"This curious dissertation (or Aureus Libellus, as we have seen it styled by a Veteran in Literature), is introduced, in a prefatory letter to Mr. Bryant, by an anonymous Writer, who styles himself A Disciple of Mekerchus ;' and is ornamented with a portrait of that excellent Grammarian, acknowledged to be a striking likeness of an original painting preserved in the family. Adolphus Mekerchus, having long resided in this country in a public capacity, becomes entitled to a niche in the Temple of British Worthies. Of this production of his Disciple we shall observe, that it endeavours, with much good sense and great pleasantry, wholly to explode the present long-established doctrines of quantity and accent, and apparently with very great success." Gent. Mag. LXVII, 232.

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