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mines of black-lead , which are opened once in five years , and which is generally supposed a mineral peculiar to Cumberland , but we recollect that Mr . Collinson mentions its being obtained in Somersetshire;—to all which might be added many particulars , as to soil , climate , agriculture , arid natural productions ; antiquities , castles , family-seats , and chinches . Biography also would not be wanting ; in which department we meet with charadters in the higher , the middle , and the lower ranks of life , asalso among Episcopalians ,
Quakers , and other Dissenters ; the whole number in this volume is about 25 . Edmund Grindall , Archbishop of Canterbury in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , is one of the list ; Sir Joreph Banks , Lord Chief Justice ot the Common Pleas , A . D . 1740 , is another ; as also Sir Joseph Williamson , a man of eminence in the last century ; Sir John Harrington , of facetious memory ; and Dr . John Dalton , known both as a poet and divine , but also remarkable for preparing for the stage the Comus of Miltonand with great industry
, searching for Milton ' s grand-daughter , oppressed by age and poverty , and procuring for her a benefit at Drury-lane Theatre in 173 8 , the profits of which were considerable , f o these other names might be added ; and none , perhaps , in the judgment of truth , more really respectable than the poor widow at Keswick , Mary Wilson , who in her 84-th year ( at the time of this
publication ) continued to maintain herself by the earnings of two shillings and sixpence each month ; yet her house appears to have been always decent and comfortable ; and when advised to petition for some assistance , it is her constant reply , — ' Nay , nay , I'll not be troublesome so long as I can work . ' Thomas Tickell , Esq . receives handsome notice , with a vindication in am . swer to the uncandid re narks of Br . Johnson . . The parish of Bromfield is the last of which we have an account in this
part ; it is very well written , by a native , and immediately followed by the interesting narrative of Abraham Fletcher , a tobacco-pipe maker , whose whole school-learning appears to have beeri confined to three weeks , at the moderate expence of three pence ; but who , amid great obstacles , 'by persevering industry and self-denial , made very considerable advances , and attained a degree of celebrity . The style of this workalthough multifarious on account of the numerous
, extracts , is generally in some degree commendable , though occasionally negligent . Besides the observations which may be regarded as critical , others of a moral , instructive , or entertaining kind , are interspersed : so that , on the whole , the volume will probably be well received by the generality of readers . Several plates accompany tbe work .
Edmund and Eleonora : or Memoirs of tbe Houses of Summerfeld and Gretton . By the Rev . Edmund Marshall , A . M . Svo . 2 vols . 10 s . 6 d boards . Stockdale . THESE memoirs are characterized by tlie circumstances of their origin , for they appear to be the production of an amiable and benevolent clergyman , unacquainted with the artifices of a practised novel-writer , and little versed , in the machinery of incident and the developement of plot . They display no solicitous accuracy and studied graces of composition : they present no agi-,
tating obstacles to the desires and pursuits of the persons introduced : but the path of life is plain and open before them , and they are all ( with little , exception , ) gifted with every virtue a'iid accomplishment , and basking in the sunshine of fortune . . Plain Thoughts of a phin Man , addressed to tbe Common Sense of the People of Great Britain : -jjith a yVw Words , en passant , lo tbe uncommon Sense of Mr . Erskine . Svo . pages 113 . Price is . 6 d . Bell . THE writer of the present pamphlet is by no means destitute of sagacity ; he seems to have been well tutored , and to have profited by his instructions .
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Review Of New Publications.
mines of black-lead , which are opened once in five years , and which is generally supposed a mineral peculiar to Cumberland , but we recollect that Mr . Collinson mentions its being obtained in Somersetshire;—to all which might be added many particulars , as to soil , climate , agriculture , arid natural productions ; antiquities , castles , family-seats , and chinches . Biography also would not be wanting ; in which department we meet with charadters in the higher , the middle , and the lower ranks of life , asalso among Episcopalians ,
Quakers , and other Dissenters ; the whole number in this volume is about 25 . Edmund Grindall , Archbishop of Canterbury in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , is one of the list ; Sir Joreph Banks , Lord Chief Justice ot the Common Pleas , A . D . 1740 , is another ; as also Sir Joseph Williamson , a man of eminence in the last century ; Sir John Harrington , of facetious memory ; and Dr . John Dalton , known both as a poet and divine , but also remarkable for preparing for the stage the Comus of Miltonand with great industry
, searching for Milton ' s grand-daughter , oppressed by age and poverty , and procuring for her a benefit at Drury-lane Theatre in 173 8 , the profits of which were considerable , f o these other names might be added ; and none , perhaps , in the judgment of truth , more really respectable than the poor widow at Keswick , Mary Wilson , who in her 84-th year ( at the time of this
publication ) continued to maintain herself by the earnings of two shillings and sixpence each month ; yet her house appears to have been always decent and comfortable ; and when advised to petition for some assistance , it is her constant reply , — ' Nay , nay , I'll not be troublesome so long as I can work . ' Thomas Tickell , Esq . receives handsome notice , with a vindication in am . swer to the uncandid re narks of Br . Johnson . . The parish of Bromfield is the last of which we have an account in this
part ; it is very well written , by a native , and immediately followed by the interesting narrative of Abraham Fletcher , a tobacco-pipe maker , whose whole school-learning appears to have beeri confined to three weeks , at the moderate expence of three pence ; but who , amid great obstacles , 'by persevering industry and self-denial , made very considerable advances , and attained a degree of celebrity . The style of this workalthough multifarious on account of the numerous
, extracts , is generally in some degree commendable , though occasionally negligent . Besides the observations which may be regarded as critical , others of a moral , instructive , or entertaining kind , are interspersed : so that , on the whole , the volume will probably be well received by the generality of readers . Several plates accompany tbe work .
Edmund and Eleonora : or Memoirs of tbe Houses of Summerfeld and Gretton . By the Rev . Edmund Marshall , A . M . Svo . 2 vols . 10 s . 6 d boards . Stockdale . THESE memoirs are characterized by tlie circumstances of their origin , for they appear to be the production of an amiable and benevolent clergyman , unacquainted with the artifices of a practised novel-writer , and little versed , in the machinery of incident and the developement of plot . They display no solicitous accuracy and studied graces of composition : they present no agi-,
tating obstacles to the desires and pursuits of the persons introduced : but the path of life is plain and open before them , and they are all ( with little , exception , ) gifted with every virtue a'iid accomplishment , and basking in the sunshine of fortune . . Plain Thoughts of a phin Man , addressed to tbe Common Sense of the People of Great Britain : -jjith a yVw Words , en passant , lo tbe uncommon Sense of Mr . Erskine . Svo . pages 113 . Price is . 6 d . Bell . THE writer of the present pamphlet is by no means destitute of sagacity ; he seems to have been well tutored , and to have profited by his instructions .