"The Works of John Hall-Stevenson, Esq. containing, Crazy Tales, Fables for Grown Gentlemen, Lyric Epistles, Pastoral Cordial, Pastoral Puke, Macarony Fables, Lyric Consolations, Moral Tales,

Having closed the Tour in August 1792, as many copies were sold, in less than six months from the making of it, as cleared me of every expence whatever; and many inaccuracies staring me in the face, I stopped the sale, had the remaining copics disfigured, and made an exchange of them at a celebrated Literary Repository in Cockspur-street; by which I had the satisfaction of balancing a famous Military Trunk for my labours, and of thinking they are still useful, and rambling over the Four Quarters of the Globe. A Second Edition came out in 1795, revised and improved, as expressed in the Preface to it. The sale was slow, but progressive; and most probably it would never have gone afresh to the press, if a dreadful Fire had not consumed the extensive premisses of the Printers; when, out of an impression of 1000 copies, more than 500 perished;-an insignificant loss as far as related to this Ramble; but to the respectable Owners, and to the World of Letters (in part) irrepa rable; as many scarce and invaluable Books are no more; and, amongst these, Six Portions of the History of Leicestershire !a work founded on such stout Antiquarian knowledge and research, sound sense, and indefatigable labour, that, besides the depth of Leicestershire being explored, there is scarcely a County unmentioned, and whose Historians must not reap advantage from it. Unbroken, however, by heavy losses; and faithful to his friendships; the Author is, in old age, pursuing his original design with the zeal of youth. After such a visitation, when the Fire had scarcely left a wreck, I considered my Ramble to have been extinguished; but, understanding from some Booksellers (and other channels) that it was in request, and having a life of leisure, and not being able to make those manly excursions, which were my delight, but never fatigued-the Influenza of 1803 having so humbled me, that the least exercise wearies more than the severest used to do ;-I have consequently been forced upon mental resources: and I thank my God, that past Rambles, and Military reflections, can furnish materials, which tend to lessen the calamity, and foster resignation under it. Considerable additions are introduced into this Book; though the Ramble, with the exchange of one chapter (which was no credit to it), is nearly the same; only parts of it having Notes branching from them, in which there is much extraneous matter; such may come under the head of Miscellaneous, or Drossiana. But, in whatever shape it is received, it will be found built upon Truth. -There are but 250 copies struck off, as it is only published to be kept alive; and emolument is so far from a consideration, that the sole expence rests with the Author, which is already

settled

Monkish Epitaphs, &c. &c. &c. Corrected and enlarged. With several original Poems, now first printed, and explanatory Notes *."

A new Edition of "Travels in the Two Sicilies, by Henry Swinburne, Esq. in the Years 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780," 4 vols. Svo. [1790.]

"Philoctetes in Lemnos. A Drama, in Three

settled for; and the entire sale shall go to a charity in his native town [the Manchester Infirmary]; the funds whereof, it is an imperious duty to remark, are not commensurate to its boundless and healing utility. J. B."

To the Third Edition were added" A Re-visit to Buttermere, January 1795," and "Half Pay," the Poem noticed in p. 141. * Of this Work, and of its Author, see vol. III p. 87.

† Which should have been earlier noticed (under 1790).

This celebrated Traveller was the youngest son of Sir John Swinburne, of Capheaton, Northumberland (the third baronet, who died in 1744-5) the long-established seat of that ancient Roman Catholic family. He was educated at Scorton school in Yorkshire; and afterwards studied at Paris, Bourdeaux, and in the Royal Academy at Turin. He made the usual tour of Italy; and, in 1774, travelled with his lady on the Continent, for the express purpose of indulging their taste for Antiquities and the Fine Arts. He spent six years in France, Spain, Italy, and Germany; formed an intimacy with some of the most celebrated Literati of those countries, and received some signal marks of esteem from the Sovereigns of the Courts he visited. On his return to England, he retired to his seat at Hamsterley. The learning and ingenuity of Mr. Swinburne are well known. The warmth and animation of his descriptions discover an imagination highly susceptible of every bounty of Nature or Art; and, if he had a fault, it was the being too apt to relinquish simplicity for profusion of ornament :-but, from this fault, what Traveller is free? He was the first who brought us intimately acquainted with Spain, and the Arts and Monuments of its ancient inhabitants. A Letter of Mr. Swinburne, under the assumed name of PORCUSTUS, in answer to some remarks on his Travels, and describing a Roman altar then in his possession, is printed in Gent. Mag. 1784, vcl. LIV. p. 975. He married Martha, daughter of John Baker, of Chichester, Esq. Solicitor to the Leeward Islands, by whom he had several children, most of whom died young. By the marriage, however, of an only surviving daughter, to Paul Benfield, Esq. he became involved in the misfortunes of his relation; and obtained a place in the newly-ceded settlement of Trinidad, where he died in April 1803. His Library had been sold by Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby in the preceding year, and the most interesting articles in it bought-in by his brother.

Acts,

Acts. To which is prefixed, A Green-Room Scene, exhibiting a Sketch of the present Theatrical Taste: inscribed, with due Deference, to the Managers of Covent-Garden and Drury-Lane Theatres, by their humble Servant, OXONIENSIS *." Svo.

"A Voyage round the World, in the Gorgon Man of War, Captain. John Parker. Performed and written by his Widow," Svo.

"Isaiah. A new Translation; with a. Preliminary Dissertation, and Notes critical, philological, and explanatory. By Robert Lowth, D. D. F. R. SS. Lond. & Goetting. Lord Bishop of London." 2 vols. 8vo.

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"A Sermon preached before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, at the Abbey Church of Westminster, Feb. 25, 1795, being the Day appointed for a General Fast. By Henry Reginald, Lord Bishop of Bristol." 4to.

"An Antiquarian Romance; endeavouring to mark a Line by which the most ancient People, and the Precessions of the earliest Inhabitancy of Europe, may be investigated. Some Remarks on Mr. Whitaker's Criticism are annexed. By Governor Pownall." Svo.

* The Rev. Thomas Monro; see before, p. 77.

+"It is a rare circumstance, indeed, to see a female name in the list of Circumnavigators; and, when we consider that it is a disconsolate Widow who details the particulars, we are sorry for the immediate occasion. In the Spring of the year 1791, Mrs. Parker, at the pressing request of an affectionate husband, embarked with him on a voyage, with troops, stores, &c. for the new Colony at Port Jackson, erroneously called Botany Bay. Of the occurrences which principally attracted her notice during the voyage, both outward and homeward, she have given a plain, unvarnished, but not unentertaining recital." M. Rev. N.S. XX.112.

Henry Reginald Courtenay, son of Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham, in Devon; but brother of the first Viscount Courtenay, and uncle of the present, was educated at Christ Church, Oxford; M. A. 1766; Prebendary of Exeter 176..; Rector of Lee in Kent, and Prebendary of St. Andrew, in the Cathedral of Rochester, 1773; B.C. L. Chaplain to his Majesty, and Rector of St. George, Hanover Square, 1774; Bishop of Bristol 1794, where he delivered a Primary Charge in 1795;

translated

"Two Treatises on the Corn Trade :" printed for the City of London, for the Use of a Committee then employed in the investigation of that important Subject.

"An Essay on the Life and Genius of Dr. Johnson, by Arthur Murphy*, Esq."

"Miscellaneous Antiquities, No. V; containing Historical Particulars of Lambeth Parish and Lambeth Palace; in Addition to the Histories by Dr. Ducarel [and Mr. Nichols] in the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica. By the Rev. Samuel Denne, M. A. F. S. A. Vicar of Wilmington and Darenth, Kent." 4to.

"Conjectures, with short Comments and Illustrations of various Passages in the New Testament, particularly in the Gospel of St. Matthew. To which is added, a Specimen of Notes on the Old Testament. By Stephen Weston, B. D. &c."

"Varieties of Literature," 2 vols. 8vo.; which were followed the next year by two other large Vo lumes, 8vo. of curious "Extracts from Foreign Literary Journals, and original MSS. now first published."-For these learned and amusing Compilations, which were favourably received by the publick, and are now both out of print, the readers were indebted to the Rev. William Tooke†, F. R. S.

translated to Exeter 1797. He married, in 1774; Lady Elizabeth Howard, sister to Thomas Earl of Effingham, by whom he had a son William. The Bishop died June 9, 1803.

*First printed in 1793, and prefixed to a new Edition of Dr. Johnson's Works, instead of the longer Life which had been written for that purpose, by Sir John Hawkins.-For this slight "Essay" the Booksellers paid Mr. Murphy 3001.

↑ Having once more an inviting occasion to mention a much respected Friend of early days, I shall observe, that the name is of great antiquity in various parts of this country; being honourably noticed by Dr Philpot, Dr. Harris, and Mr. Hasted, in their respective Histories of Kent; by Chauncy and Salmon in Hertfordshire; and by Morant in Essex.

The family of Toke, Tooke, Tuke, or Tucke, as they have at different times been variously spelt, are descended from Le Sieur de Touque, called in some copies Toc, and in others Touke, mentioned in the Battle-abbey Roll; having, among others, attended William

the

Many of the articles contained in these four Volumes are indeed extremely curious. If any, how

the Conqueror in his expedition hither, and being present on his behalf in the memorable Battle of Hastings. His descendant Robert de Tooke, who is the first mentioned in the Pedigrees of this family, bore for his arms, Parted per chevron Sable and Argent three griffins heads erased and counterchanged: Crest, a griffin's head erased, holding in his beak a Tuck proper. Motto, MILITIA MEA MULTIPLEX. He was present with King Henry III. in 1264, at the battle of Northampton. His great-grandson is called Tooke de Took, and of West Cliffe, from whom descended, in the fifth generation, John Tooke, of the manor of Bere, or Byers Court, in the parish of West Cliffe; who lived in the reigns of Henry V. and VI. and had three sons; of whom Thomas, the eldest, was of Bere; Ralph, the second, was ancestor of those of Cambridgeshire, Dorsetshire, and Hertfordshire; and John, the third, died without male issue.

Thomas Tooke, of Bere, married Joane, daughter of William Goldwell, Esq. of Godington (a manor within the parish of Great Chart, in Kent), whose heir-general she at length was. He married, secondly, Cecilia, daughter of Sir Robert Chicheley, niece to the Archbishop, by whom he had issue. By his first wife he had three sons; Ralph, who succeeded to the family estate at Bere, where his posterity remained till the latter end of the 17th century; Richard; who died s. p.; and John, the youngest, who had Godington by his father's will, where he afterwards resided, and had an augmentation of honour granted to his arms by King Henry VII. as a reward for his expedition in a message on which he was employed to the French King, being an additional coat of arms, viz. Argent, on a chevron between three greyhounds' heads erased Sable, collared Or, three plates; which coat the Tokes of Godington have ever since borne in the first quarter of their arms, placing the original arms of Tooke in the second place; in whose decendants, resident here, most of whom lie buried in the parish church, the seat at Godington continued, down to Nicholas Tooke, alias Toke, Esq. usually called Captain Toke; who "so industriously and elegantly cultivated and improved our English vines, that the wine pressed and extracted out of their grapes seems not only to parallel, but almost to out-rival that of France." He was Sheriff of Kent in 1663; and, dying in 1680, was buried in the chancel of the church, with his five wives. There is an anecdote of him in the family, that, at the age of 93, being left a widower, he walked from thence to London, to pay his addresses to a sixth wife; but, being taken ill, he presently died. His Portrait (which, with that of his fifth wife, Diana, daughter of the Earl of Winchelsea, and a series of fine portraits of the family, several of which are by Cornelius Janssen, and others equally good, is preserved in the Hall at

Goding