with a finely engraved head of the donor by a French artist, under which are the following words: May 31, 1771. This edition of Shakespear is presented to my young friend Master Rackett, from which, whatever be his profession, he will always reap both pleasure and profit.-D. GARRICK." During his latter days this book was a constant source of gratification to him. His diary or memorandum book of 1770, mentions as a frequent guest at his father's house Mr. Theophilus Forrest, whose version of the Clover and the Acorn, beginning "A self-conceited country bumpkin," he repeated a few days before his death, with the same strength of voice, as well as judicious and distinct pronunciation, which distinguished his exhortations from the pulpit. From Mr. Forrest he likewise imbibed the taste for drawing, which was a great source of pleasure to him even in the last years of his life. In drawing landscapes from nature he received instruction from Paul Sandby, who would not let him sacrifice truth to effect. Another name mentioned in his diary of 1770, that of Charles Hatchett, became endeared to him by the strongest sympathy in taste and love of science, which cemented a friendship that met with no interruption while he lived to enjoy it.

His first knowledge of the principles of music he received from the family of M. Fountaine, the master of a classical school in the then village of Marylebone, where he formed a lasting intimacy with several young men who were destined to considerable rank and distinction; among them were Lord Seaforth and Henry Bankes of Corfe Castle. His taste for music contributed in a wonderful degree to the cheerfulness of his latter days.

In antiquarian research he was the coadjutor of Gough, King, Sir R. C. Hoare, and of his surviving friend the venerable Canon Bowles. Scarcely any spot in or near the county in which he resided was left unexplored by him, and the labours of his pen and pencil were liberally contributed to the second edition of Hutchins's History of Dorset, and to the pages of Sylvanus Urban.

To the study of natural history the attention of Mr. Rackett was first directed by the celebrated John Hunter, and during the first twenty years of his residence in Dorsetshire he had the advantage of possessing as a neighbour and intimate friend Dr. Pulteney of Blandford, the biographer of Linnæus. In 1794 and 1796 he accompanied his friends Charles Hatchett and Dr. Maton in a Tour through the Western Counties, of which a narrative was printed by the latter in 1797, who, to render his geological description more intelligible, added to them a geological map, which was the first attempt of that kind. During this tour the skill and industry of Mr. Rackett were exercised in collecting mineral specimens; from the latter he supplied the correct illustrations which he contributed to the Observations published by Dr. Maton. Of conchology he endeavoured to make himself acquainted with the humblest and minutest varieties, and his

assistance to Dr. Maton in drawing up the catalogue of British Testacea inserted in the Linnæan Transactions was almost the only circumstance which made him in any way known to the world as a cultivator of science. When resident in London, Mr. Rackett was a constant attendant at the lectures in the Royal Institution and at the meetings of the Linnæan, Antiquarian, and Royal Societies, of all of which he was an old member. He married in the year 1781 Dorothea, daughter of the Rev. James Tattersall, Rector of Streatham, and of St. Paul's Covent Garden (before mentioned), and by that lady, with whom his union lasted upwards of fifty years, he had several children, of whom the only survivor was Dorothea, married in 1821 to Samuel Solly, Esq.* (See a fuller memoir of Mr. Rackett in the Gentleman's Magazine for April, 1841.)

VOLUME VI.

For several Additions and Corrections in this Volume, see the end of it, pp. 892 to 896.

P. 1, 1. 8 from bottom, Mr. Gifford was born in April, 1757: 1. 13, for "inferior," r. " humble."

P. 5, 1. 10. Two versions of the rencontre between Peter Pindar and Mr. Gifford appeared. One in favour of Peter Pindar, in a letter to the Morning Chronicle; the other in the True Briton, in a letter from Mr. J. Wright, the bookseller. They are both copied into the European Magazine for Aug. 1800, p. 85.

P. 40. For additions on Mr. Hellins, see vol. VI. P. xvi. P. 45. For additions on Mr. Hitchins, see vol. VI. p. xvi. P. 47. Some additional particulars of Mr. Cunningham's eventful history are to be found in Rhodes' "Peak Scenery," 1824, 8vo. accompanied by critical notices on several of his poetical pieces. There is a solitary and not a favourable mention of him in Anna Seward's "Letters," vol. i. at p. 282. He left Eyam April 2, 1791, having been appointed Chaplain to the English Factory at Smyrna the 11th Jan. preceding.

Mr. Cunningham published, 1. "A Paraphrase of the 38th Chapter of Job;" Chesterfield, 1778, 4to. Anonymous.-2. "The Naval Triumph" (on Rodney's Victory); London, 1783, 4to. anonymous, except that the author appears to have signed his name to the dedication (at least he has done so in one copy).—

* Samuel Solly, Esq. F.R.S. and F.S.A. formerly of Merton Woodland, Lincolnshire, but latterly of Heathside, Parkstone, near Poole, died in Upper Gower Street, May 9, 1847, aged 66. He was an occasional writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, particularly on subjects relating to Currency, under the signature of YLLOSS. He left one daughter.

3. "Chatsworth, or the Genius of England's Prophecy;" Chesterfield, 1783, 4to. Anonymous.-4. "The Russian Prophecy; occasioned by a remarkable Phenomenon in the Heavens, observed in Russia, 19 Feb. 1785;" Sheffield, 1787, 4to. Anonymous.(5. A Poem to the memory of R. R. Esq. mentioned in the "Peak Scenery.")-6. "An Ode on the Revolution, 1688;" set to music and sung at the Centenary Celebration at Whittington, in 1788, printed in the "Peak Scenery."-7. " A Sermon, preached at Sheffield, for the benefit of the Charity School there;" Sheffield, 1784, 8vo.-8. "A Sermon, preached at Eyam on the Thanksgiving for his Majesty's Recovery" (at the end of which are two Odes on his Majesty's Restoration); Sheffield, 1789, 4to. -Gent. Mag. June 1831.

P. 47, note †, after (p. 52) add," and in 1787."
P. 48, 1. 7, dele" there."

P. 68. Mr. William Newton died Nov. 3, 1830, in his 80th year, having been born near to Abney, 28 Nov. 1750. A tribute to his memory, by Mrs. Mary Sterndale, of Sheffield, appeared in the "Iris," a newspaper of that town, on the 9th Nov. following. Many of his compositions were originally published in the Iris. Mrs. Sterndale has herself published as follows: "The Panorama of Youth;" "The Life of a Boy ;" and "Vignettes of Derbyshire," 8vo. 1824, all works of very considerable merit. In the last are a few anecdotes of Cunningham and Newton.-Gent. Mag. June 1831.

P. 67, l. 12, for "noble," r. " titled." L. 16, for "married into the Rivers family," r. "formed an advantageous alliance with the heiress of Savage, Earl Rivers."

P. 77, 1. penult. r. " school-boys."

P. 141, 1. 5. The Rev. W. Easton (of whom see Gent. Mag. for 1832, part I.) was son of the Rev. Richard Easton.

P. 152, 1. 2, r." Macaulay."

Ibid. 1. 6 from bottom; and in p. 153, 1. 18, from bottom, after "friend," add "Mr. Lettice."

P. 250. Davies Gilbert, esq. Vice-President of the Royal Society, and President from 1828 to 1831, President of the Geological Society of Cornwall, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and of the Linnæan and Geological Societies, an Hon. Member of the Royal Society of Literature, an Hon. D.C.L. of Oxford, and for many years M.P. for Bodmin, died on the 24th Dec. 1840, in his 73d year; and an ample memoir of him appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine for February 1841.

P. 259, 1. 13, for " He," r. " Dr. Andrewes."

P. 262. Joseph Cradock, esq. M.A., F.S.A. was born at Leicester, Jan. 9, 1741-2, the son of Joseph Cradock, esq. by Mary Annice his wife. He received his early education in the free-school of his native town, under the Rev. Gerrard Andrewes, father to the future Dean of Canterbury, who was his schoolfellow; assisted with instruction from the Rev. J. Jackson, author of "Chronological Antiquities." He was prepared for the university by the Rev.