. Annals of medical history. ble out-put of writing, much of which was of a highquality. Like Dr. Burton of York, he wasalso an antiquarian, but a mere tyro besidethe indefatigable Burton. His first paper, entitled Of PopularIllusions and more Particularly of ModernDemonology, was read in 1786. This wasfollowed by an Essay on the DramaticWorks of Massinger. When GifTord, in1805, issued his edition of Massinger hereprinted this essay. The next year he turnedout five papers differing widely in first, Observations of an AncientMonument in Hulme Abbey, Northumber-land—was illustrated b
. Annals of medical history. ble out-put of writing, much of which was of a highquality. Like Dr. Burton of York, he wasalso an antiquarian, but a mere tyro besidethe indefatigable Burton. His first paper, entitled Of PopularIllusions and more Particularly of ModernDemonology, was read in 1786. This wasfollowed by an Essay on the DramaticWorks of Massinger. When GifTord, in1805, issued his edition of Massinger hereprinted this essay. The next year he turnedout five papers differing widely in first, Observations of an AncientMonument in Hulme Abbey, Northumber-land—was illustrated by himself. This wasfollowed by a theological article, An Argu-ment against the Doctrine of Materialism,and another antiquarian paper, Conjec- tures on the Use of Ancient Terraced Worksat Orton Scarr. In this year he began hisstudies of Sterne and published the Com-ments on Sterne. In 1788, he dipped intopoetry. The result was The Puppet Show,a Didactic Poem. It is partly a translationof Addisons Machinae Gesticulantes. 1^:. John Ferriar, Another and more successful attempt inverse* was The Bibliomania, an Epistle toRichard Heber, Esq. This contains manywonderful lines in its fourteen pages andreally deserves to be reprinted. It begins: What wild desires, what restless torments seizeThe hapless man, who feels the , tho misled, may yet some purpose fashion guides a book compelling train. The book compelling was suggested byPopes Iliad—Cloud compelling Jove. 349 350 Aivials of Medical History How, flushd with joy, the Bibliomaniac may shewHis Carrs uncut and Cottles, fair in row;May point, with conscious pride to envying throngsHis Holcrofts dramas and his Dimonds songs. :f; 4; 4: 4: :fc 4; With deep concern, the curious bid me tellWhy no Black-Letter dignifies mj cell:No Caxton, Pynson? in defence I pleadOne simple fact: I only buy to read. The same jear he tried tragedy—ThePrince of Angola, a Tragedy Altered fromthe Play of Oroonoko (by T. S
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