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P. 623, 1. 3, r. “yet."-L. 6. The lady was the notorious "Olivia Serres."-L. penult. r. " incitatum."-L. 3. The lawyer was Mr. Justice Hardinge.-L. 15. "R. C." was Mr. Archdeacon Churton.-L. 22. "E. J." was the Rev. Edward Jones.

P. 628, l. 11, r. "Tales."-L. 16, r. "thumb-nail."

P. 634, 1. 12 from bottom, "The West India Pupil here mentioned, who married old Gamon's daughter, was Roger Hope Elliston, who afterwards became governor of Jamaica; and after his death she married James, the third and last Duke of Chandos, and died, after having been many years a lunatic, 20th January, 1813."-JAMES BROwn.

Ibid. 1. 11. The son here mentioned, who published "Primitiæ," is Dr. Connop Thirlwall, the present learned Bishop of St. David's. P. 643, 1. 10 from bottom r. 66 Religion's."

P. 645, l. 4, r. "accoutered."

P. 646, lines 18, 19, omit " and on the other side the arms of England, Scotland, and Ireland in three shields."

P. 648, 1. 5, omit the article No. 3, "on Numerical Letters, &c." Alter 4 in 1. 6 to 3, and in 1. 7, 5 to 4.

P. 652, 1. 16, for "Tyne," r. "Newcastle-upon-Tyne."

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P. 653, 1. 24, add, "In 1825 were published Letters of the Rev. John Brand, M.A., &c. to Mr. Ralph Beilby, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.' Crown 8vo. 34 pp."

P. 654, 1. 3. The Rev. Sir Harry Trelawney, Bart. died Feb. 25, 1834, aged 77. See memoir in Gent. Mag. June, 1834, p. 652.

P. 658, 1. 6. See remarks on this passage in the Gentleman's Magazine for Nov. 1842, where the character of Dr. Parker, the rector of St. James's, is satisfactorily and ably defended; and many particulars respecting the doctor and his lady will be found.

P. 659, 1. 12, Rev. Mr. Kidgell, who had the livings of Godstone and Horne, was obliged to fly the country, and at last died in Flanders. Bray's Surrey, vol. ii. p. 337. See Monthly Review, vol. xxix. pp. 396, 464, 476, vol. xxx. p. 157. In the London Chronicle, July 5, 1764, is a song by Mr. Kidgell, of Hertford College, written in 1747, called "Table Talk," beginning

and ending

"When lovely Celia had resigned;

"As, Ma'm, do you chuse a game of whist."

P. 659, 1. 3, and 8 from bottom, for "Apology," r. "Analogy." P. 661, 1. 16. "The account of Dr. Ducarel is copied from Grose's 'Olio,' p. 142."-J. DoWLAND.

P. 667, 1. 33, r. "Expulsion from Magdalen College."

P. 669, 1. 3, r. "Miss Henrietta Banister."-L. 19, add note, "Wm. Coyte, M.A. rector of St. Mary Stratford, Suffolk." P. 670, 1. 33, r.

"dicat."

P. 679, 1. 7, after "Religion" put a semicolon.

P. 688, 1. 9. The Rev. Francis Wrangham, Archdeacon of the East Riding, died Dec. 27, 1842, aged 73. See a memoir of

this learned and elegant scholar in Gent. Mag. April, 1843, p. 430. He was a valuable correspondent to the Gent. Mag., and to Mr. Nichols when printing the Literary Anecdotes.

P. 690, 1. 12. Mr. Godwyn was mistaken when he said, in 1765, the "History of the Christian Church" was brought down to the present time.-L. 29, r. "Dr. Murray."

P. 692, 1. 8. See a Memoir of Mr. Huchinson in Lit. Illustrations, vol. I. pp. 421-427, with specimens of his correspondence. P. 698, 1. 22. Correct the article on the family of Hind thus: "The Rev. Thomas Hind (son of Richard Hine, or Hyne, who died at Grittleton in 1690) was Rector of Lillingston Lovell, and Vicar of Sibertoft, Northamptonshire, at the former of which places he died. His son Richard Hind, D.D. of Christ Church, Oxford, succeeded him at Lillingston Lovel, and was also Rector of St. Anne's, Westminster. He was born in 1715. He left three sons: 1. Thomas Hind, student of Christ Church, M.A. 1779, Rector of Ardby and Westwell, Oxon, and Vicar of Culworth, in Northamptonshire; died Jan. 10, 1815, aged 58. 2. John Hind, M.A. 1780, B.D. 1789, D.D. 1797, late Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Vicar of Findon, Sussex. 3. Martin Hind, of Leeds, in Yorkshire, who had several sons. Also, one daughter, Harriett, who died, unmarried, at Exeter, in 1815.

P. 703, n. l. 2, r. Dr. Lidderdale. He died April 11, 1766, aged 57.-P. 704, l. 27, r. "3 Jan. 1692."

P. 705, 1. 6, for "father," r. "grandfather."

P. 706. George Longman, Esq. was younger son of Mr. Thomas Longman (see Lit. Anecd. Index, VII. 237), and brother of Thomas Norton Longman, Esq. (see p. 514 of this volume). Mr. George Longman was M.P. for Maidstone in two Parliaments, and fined for the office of Sheriff of London and MiddleHe died Nov. 23, 1822. He was the head of the firm of Messrs. Longman and Dickinson, the eminent paper-makers and stationers. John Dickinson, Esq. is the present Master of the Company of Stationers (1857).

sex.

P. 707, 1. 10. The Diary and Correspondence of Ralph Thoresby were edited in 1830 and 1832 by the Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.S.A. See reviews in Gent. Mag. c. i. 153; c. i. 141, 339.

P. 709.

See the correct epitaph in Polwhele's Cornwall, vol. v. p. 95.

P. 711. The following additional list of Periodicals was drawn up in 1815.

Peregrinations of the Mind, by William Baker.

The Theological Magazine, No. I. February, 1804.
The Censor, 1804.

The Intruder, published at Aberdeen, 1804.

The Galvanist, by Hydro-Polycephalus, 1804.

The Miniature, April 23, 1804.

The Eclectic Review, 1805.

The Saunterer, by Hewson Clarke, September, 1805.
Melancholy Hours, by Henry Kirke White, 1805.

The Antiquary (a Monthly Magazine), February, 1805. Hours of Leisure (in European Magazine), by G., 1805. The Literary Panorama, 1806.

The Echo, No. I. 3rd January, 1807.

The Cabinet; or, Monthly Report of Literature, No. I. March 1807.

The Satirist; or, Monthly Meteor, No. I. October, 1807.
The Antiquary's Magazine, No. I. October, 1807.
The Inspector, by Simon Peep, Esq. 1807.

The Director, by the Rev. T. F. Dibdin, 1807.

Ruminator, in Censura Literaria, by Sir S. E. Brydges, 1807.
The Guide, No. I. 28th January, 1808.

The London Medical Review, No. I. February, 1808.
Anticipation, No. I. March, 1808.

The Spy, April 4, 1808.

The Tradesman; or, Commercial Magazine, No. I. July, 1808. The Weekly Political Review, No. I. July, 1808.

Breakfast Table; or, Ladies' Pocket Library, No. I. Oct. 1808.

The Reasoner, 1808.

The Moderator, 1808.

The Musical Review, No. I. March, 1809.

The Poetical Magazine, No. I. May 1, 1809.

The British Bibliographer, No. I. July, 1809.

The Constitutional Review, weekly, No. I. 8th July, 1809. The School Magazine, No. I. October, 1809.

The Watchman; or, Theological Inspector, No. I. Nov. 1809. The Classical Journal, by A. J. Valpy, 1809.

The British Review, 1810.

The Tell-Tale, weekly, No. I. April, 1810, published at Bristol.
The Venus; or, Luminary of Fashion, No. I. 15th Sept. 1810.
The Town; or, Weekly Spectator, No. I. October 13, 1810.
The Royal Military Chronicle, No. I. Nov. 1, 1810.
The Whim, 31st December, 1810, published at Canterbury.
The Agricultural and Commercial Magazine, No. I. Jan. 1811.
The British Farmer's Magazine, No. I. June, 1811.
Weekly Political and Literary Review, No. 1. 13th July, 1811.
The Quarterly Musical Register, January, 1812.

Mirror of Philanthropy, and Compendious Magazine, July, 1812.
The New Review, by A. J. Valpy, No. I. January, 1813.
The Pamphleteer, by A. J. Valpy, 1813.

The New Monthly Magazine, No. I. January, 1814.
Reminiscentia, by Sir S. Egerton Brydges, No. I. March, 1814.
Heliconia, No. I. by Mr. Park, March, 1814.

Archaica, No. I. March, 1814.

P. 713, 1. 11, for "very," r. " verily."-L. 16, omit "it." P. 714, 1. 5, add note, r. " Holwell," see vol. III. pp. 26, 743. P. 721, 1. 6. "This picture of Harley, in his Speaker's robes, is now (1819) in the Duke of Portland's collection at Welbeck, in fine preservation, and allowed to rank as one of Kneller's best paintings." J. DOWLAND.

Ibid. 1. 5 from bottom, r. "Montaigne."

P. 722, 1. 6, r. "P. 755, 1. 11, Thomas Pennant," &c.
P. 723, 1. 18, r. "Cosmetic."

P. 724, 1. 10 from bottom, r. Bp. "Barlow," not "Barton." Ibid. 1. 8 from bottom, "[Frances] the wife of Abp. Tobias Mathew, translated to York from Durham in 1606, a provident matron, daughter of Bishop Barlow (a confessor in Queen Mary's time), was a great benefactress to the church of York, bestowing upon it the library of her husband, which consisted of above 3000 books. She is memorable, likewise, for having a Bishop to her father, an Archbishop (Matthew Parker, of Canterbury) to her father-in-law, four Bishops to her brethren, and an Archbishop to her husband."-Camden's Britannia, 1722, vol. II., p. 881.

P. 729, 1. 14, for "Bp. Hoadly," r. "Bp. Thomas," (see Lit. Anecdotes, vol. IX. p. 486).

Ibid. 1. 19, r. "much as he could."

P. 730, 1. 16. Dr. Thomas Rennell, Dean of Winchester, died March 31, 1840, in his 87th year. See Memoir in Gent. Mag. June, 1840, p. 654; see also Lit. Anecd. Index, VII. 348, 662; Lit. Illustrations, Index, VIII. 91.

Ibid. 1. 19. The Rev. Thomas Rennell, Vicar of Kensington, B.D. F.R.S. died before his father, June 30, 1824, aged 37. See a memoir of him, written by the Rev. John Lonsdale (the present Bishop of Lichfield), in Gent. Mag. XCIV. ii. 178; his character by Archdeacon Pott, ibid. p. 347; and his biographical portrait by Dr. Dibdin in Gent. Mag. Nov. 1836, p. 486. His bust by Chantrey was placed in Kensington church by subscription of the inhabitants, accompanied by an inscription which is printed in Gent. Mag. Feb. 1836, p. 147.

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P. 731, 1. 8, from bottom, r. ઃઃ annuum." P. 732, l. 4, r. "virtutes and "valet;" 1. 7, r. (6 cœpta." P. 735, l. 15, r. "Mrs. Eliza Berkeley died at Kensington, November 4, 1800, aged 66, and was interred at Cheltenham," &c. Ibid. 1. 6 from bottom, for "are,” r. “is.”

P. 737. Archdeacon Churton died on the 23d March, 1831, aged 76; see a memoir in the Obituary of the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. cI. i. 562.

P. 739, 1. 4, for "Acworth, near Leeds," r. "Ackworth, near Pontefract."

P. 742, 1. 13. See Noble's "Memoirs of the House of Cromwell," vol. ii. p. 99, et seq. for a long account of the family of Pye. P. 743, 1. 12. Dr. Parre. Add note, B.A. 1717; M.A. 1721; B.D. 1729; D.D. 1739.-L. 17 from bottom, r. "Duroure." P. 744, 1. 9 from bottom, for "Jonathan," r. "Joseph.' P. 751, 1. 24. The Rev. Edward Lye was born in 1694. P. 759, l. 33, r. " M.A. 1767, D.C.L. 1772."

P. 761, 1. 18, for "and," r.
P. 765, 1. 14 from bottom.

don died Jan. 24, 1820.

P. 766, 1. 11, for "635," r.

"who."

The widow of the Rev. J. Wheel

"636."

P. 767, 1. ult. Frances, Duchess of Somerset, died July 7, 1754. P. 769, 1. 1, for "charge," r. " change."

P. 773, 1. 18, r. " animalcula."

Ibid. 1. 21. "I happen to possess a little book in 12mo. intituled Astronomical Dialogues between a Gentleman and a Lady, wherein the doctrine of the sphere, uses of the globes, and elements of astronomy and geography, are explained in a pleasant, easy, and familiar way, with a description of the famous instrument called the Orrery, by John Harris, D.D., F.R.S.,' 3rd edition, corrected by George Gordon, London, printed for C. Hitch, 1745. It is inscribed by the author in a fine fulsome dedication, sans date, to Lady Cairnes,' wife probably of either Sir Alexander or Sir Henry Cairnes, Bart. in which he expatiates in due form upon her natural graces, genteel accomplishments, intellectual beauties, liberal table,' &c. &c."-J. BROWN.

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P. 783, 1. 10. "There was a Sir Edward Bathurst, of Lechlade, in Gloucestershire, created a baronet in 1643, from whom it is very probable that the bookseller may have been descended." -JAMES BRown. "Mr. Bathurst was one of the last descendants of the ancient family of the Bathursts, baronets, and lords of the manor of Lechlade, in the county of Gloucester. This branch of the Bathurst family suffered severely for their loyalty at the time of the Great Rebellion: their estate was sequestered, and a large sum of money extorted from them. Mr. C. Bathurst's first wife was a daughter of the Rev. Thomas Brian, Head Master of Harrow School; his second wife survived him many years: it was by this lady (my maternal grandmother) that the valuable literary correspondence of Swift and Pope which has appeared in the pages of the Gentleman's Magazine during the present year (1855) was preserved. She died Dec. 24, 1847, at Plympton, Devon, at a very advanced age.-CHARLES BATHURST WOODMAN." (Gent. Mag. Dec. 1855, p. 587.)

P. 784, 1. 17 from bottom, the letter of Mr. Steevens here spoken of will be found in Literary Illustrations, vol. V. p. 443. P. 785, 1. 28, for "chain," r. "claim."

P. 791, 1. 19 from bottom, r. "Wodehouselee."

P. 797, 1. 9, for “ 1775,” r. 66 1755."

P. 799, 1. 13 from bottom, for "511," r.

P. 804, 1. 10, for "Lester," r. "Lister."

"513."

Ibid. 1. 26, read "and in 1788, on the death of Dr. Harley bishop of Hereford, the Duke of Portland, &c."-J. DOWLAND. Ibid. 1. 33, for "Glassho," r. " Glasshouse."

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