day, to live in a respectable manner on the usual stipend of about 1001. or 1201. a year. On the demise of his father about the year 1735, John, then a boy of about five years old, removed with his mother to Glasgow of which she was a native, and where a small fortune left her by her father was situated. This lady was distinguished by the strength of her understanding, which enabled her to conduct her own affairs, and superintend the education of her son with be coming propriety; she was at the same time eminent for her piety, which she early infused into the mind of her only child, as well as for the benevolence of her heart, that enabled her to cherish a love of humanity in others, while she herself exhibited a living example of its effects. Young Moore, after the necessary preparation at the grammar school, was matriculated at the university of Glasgow, and attended its various classes. Being destined for the profession of medicine, he was placed under the care of Dr. Gordon, an eminent practitioner of that day, who, like the greater part of the physicians among his own countrymen, did not disdain to unite the kindred arts of surgery and pharmacy. The student at the same time that he witnessed the doctor's mode of treating diseases, attended the lectures of Dr. Hamilton then anatomical demonstrator, as well as the medical ones of Dr. Cullen, his relation, whose fame soon after obtained for him a professor's chair in the university of Edinburg. After Mr. Moore had obtained a sufficient knowledge of the usual practice, he determined to improve himself by visiting foreign parts, and a good opportunity presented itself at this period. His royal highness the duke of Cumberland, uncle to his present majesty, after having extinguished a domestic rebellion in Scot. land, had repaired to the Continent in order to combat our foreign encmies there. He at that period (1747) commanded the allied army

in Flanders, and as much instruction and information was to be derived from the scenes of slaughter attendant on a bloody campaign, students from all parts of the empire flocked thither, with a view of observing and improving by the practice of the hospitals. Luckily for Mr. Moore, he obtained an introduction which tended not a little to facilitate his pursuits, for he was presented by his relations to the duke of Argyle, then a commoner, and representative of Glasgow in parliament, who was also lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of foot, ready to embark for Flanders, in order to serve under his royal highness the commander in chief. He accordingly accompanied him on board, and passed over to the continent under his protection. On his reaching Maestricht, in Brabant, our young surgeon at tended the military hospitals there in quality of a mate, the usual preliminary step, and as he expected, soon enjoyed a sufficiency of prac tice, for the patients were at this time exceedingly numerous, in consequence of the unfortunate battle of Laffeldt. From Maestricht Mr. Moore afterwards removed to Flushing, whither he repaired and spent the winter of 1747, in consequence of recommendations from Mr. Middleton,director general,of the military hospitals to the earl of Albemarle ; whence he was detached to the assistance of the surgeon of the Coldstream regiment of foot guards, commanded by that gen. Braddock, who was afterwards doomed to expiate his rashness and ignorance of American warfare by death and defeat. He accompanied this regiment from Flushing to Breda, where he spent the winter of 1748 in garrison, and on the conclusion of peace accom◄ panied general Braddock to England. A little attendance to dates will suffice to shew, at what an early period the subject of these memoirs was thrown, as it were, upon the world; for we find him leaving his native country, and acting as a surgeon's mate in the 17th year of his age. When he was about

eighteen Mr. Moore repaired to London, with the advantage of two years constant practice: so far was good, but he soon perceived that it would be highly proper to reap as much benefit as possible from theory also. He accordingly deemed it necessary to attend the anatomical lectures of his countryman Dr. Hunter, and derive every possible assistance that could be obtained in the British capital. After this, as Paris at that period possessed and actually merited the reputation of being the best school in Europe, he determined to go thither, and actually set out soon after in company with the late Sir William Fordyce, who like himself had served on the Continent, and like himself also became a physician. Luckily for the former, lord Albemarle, whom he had known in Flanders, and who while he acted in the capacity of a general under the duke of Cumberland, was at the same time colonel of the Coldstream, of which Mr. Moore had been surgeon's mate, happened at this very period to be the British ambassador at the court of Versailles. Having paid his respects at the English hotel immediately after his arrival, Mr. Moore was instantly recognised and protected by his excellency, who had a high opinion of his merit; in consequence of which, he appointed him surgeon to his household. This situation, which was highly desirable for a young man, afforded him an opportunity of being with the ambassador, and participating in the good company and good cheer of his table; but as Mr. Moore's attachment to his profes sion was at that time unbounded, he preferred to lodge near the hospitals, and other sources of instruction, with which a more distant part of the capital abounded, than at the hotel de Mirepoix, situated close to the invalids, and in a more fashionable district. He accordingly chose to live in lodgings, in a quarter more congenial to his habits and pursuits, and visited lord Albemarie's family only when his assist

ance was required. After residing two years in Paris, it was proposed by Dr. Gordon, who was not insensible to the assiduity and improvements of his former pupil, that he should return to Glasgow, and enter into partnership with him, a custom very common in north Britain, and necessarily resulting from the extensiveness of a practice, which, among the other branches of medical science, embraced that of midwifery. Mr. Moore by the advice of his friends accepted the invitation, but deemed it proper to take London in his way, and while there, in addition to the lectures of Dr. Hunter, which he had attended before, he went through a course under Dr. Smellie, then a celebrated accoucheur. On his return to Glasgow, the subject of these memoirs practised there during the space of two years, but when a diploma was granted by the university of that city to his partner, he chose to prescribe as a physician alone, an example which, at that period, was only followed in the great towns, and is still unknown in the more northern counties. On this occasion, Mr. Moore still continued to act as a surgeon; and, as a partner appeared to be necessary, he chose Mr. Hamilton professor of anatomy, as his associate. Mr. Moore remained for a considerable period at Glasgow; but when he had attained his fortieth year, an incident occured that gave a new turn to his ideas, and opened new pursuits and situations to a mind naturally active and inquisitive. James George, duke of Hamilton, a young nobleman of great promise, being affected with a consumptive disorder, in 1769, he was attended by Mr. Moore, who has always spoken of this youth in terms of the highest admiration; but as his malady baffled all the efforts of medicine, he yielded to its pressure, after a lingering illness, in the fifteenth year of his age. This event, which Mr. Moore recorded, together with the extraordinary endowments of his patient, on his

tomb in the burying place at Hamilton, led to a more intimate connection with this noble family. The late duke of Hamilton, being like his brother, of sickly constitution, his mother, the duchess of Argyle, determined that he should travel in company with some gentleman, who to a knowledge of medicine added an acquaintance with the Continent. Both these qualities were united in the person of Dr. Moore, who by this time had acquired the degree of M. D. from the university of Glasgow. They accordingly set out together, and they spent a period of no less than 5 years abroad, during which they visited France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. On their return, in 1778, Dr. Moore brought his family from Glasgow to London, and in the course of the next year appeared the fruits of his travels, in "A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany," in 2 vols. 8vo....Two years after, in 1781, he published a continuation of the same work, in two additional volumes, intitled "A View of Society, and Manners in Italy." Having spent so large a portion of his time either in Scotland or on the Continent, he could not expect suddenly to attain an extensive practice in the capital; perhaps, indeed, his travels and literary recreations rendered him averse from engaging in the hurry, bustle and intrigue, incident to the profession of a London physician; he however was, till the time of his death, consulted by his particular friends. As if to prove, that he was neither unworthy, nor incapable of employment, in 1785 he published his "Medical Sketches," a work, like all his other productions, favourably received; he is, however, supposed to have given some offence to a few narrow-minded men among his brethren, by the disclosure of certain arcana which they wish for the sake of their inrerest to conceal, and therefore consider it as high treason for any one to reveal. The next of our

author's works which we shall men tion, is his Zeluco. This performance abounds with many interesting events, but its chief tendency is directed towards the education of youth, as it fully evinces the fatal effects resulting from uncontrolled passion on the part of a darling son, and unconditioned compliance on that of a fond mother. While drawing the character of his hero, the author considers himself employed in "tracing the windings of vice, and delineating the disgusting features of villany." This story is calculated rather to affect the reader with horror, than warn him by example; it abounds, however, with incident, but it is to be hoped that a character so atrocious as that of Zuluco never existed in life, and is only to be met with in the pages of a novel. A great and important event, no less than that of the French revolution, now occupied the minds and writings of the literary world. Dr. Moore, instead of surveying it at a distance, like the bulk of mankind, was lucky enough to contemplate a most critical portion of it on the spot: he was not, indeed, lucky enough to be present at the period when the bastile, a structure dedicated for centuries to the crimes of a capricious and unbridled despotism, was overcome by a people who aspired to be free; but he resided in France when the hoard of foreign mercenaries, that presumed to give law to an independent state, was routed and driven back by the energetic enthusaism of a whole people, rather than the arms of the troops of the line! And alas! it was his fate also to witness the murders, the crimes, and the barbarities of September, 1792, when the atrocious machinations of a few ruffian enthusiasts deluged Paris with innocent blood, and afforded a pretence to fanaticise the greater part of Europe against the infant liberties of France. The Doctor having made the necessary preparations, set out from London, and reached Dover in the beginning of August, 1792, sailed on the 4th for

his arrival in England, began to arrange his materials, and, in 1795, published "A View of the Causes and Progress of the French Revolution," in two volumes, 8vo. dedicated to the duke of Devonshire. He begins with the reign of Henry IV, and ends with the execution of the royal family. In 1796 appeared "Edward: various Views of Human Nature, taken from Life and Manners chiefly in England." In 1800, Dr. Moore published his "Mordaunt,"being"sketches of life, Characters, and Manners in various countries: including the Memoirs of a French Lady of Quality," in two volumes, 8vo. This chiefly consists of a series of letters, written by "the honourable John Mordaunt," while confined to his couch at Vevay, in Switzerland, giving an account of what he had seen in Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, &c. The work itself comes under no precise head, being neither a romance, nor a novel, nor travels: the most proper title would be that of "Recollections." Dr. Moore was one of the first to notice the talents of his countryman, the unfortunate Robert Burns, who, at his request, drew up an account of his life, and submitted it to his inspection. In 1787, a correspondence took place between them, in consequence of an event noticed in the following letter, from the poet to the traveller....

Calais, and arrived there in the course of the same day, after a voyage of only a few hours. As lord Lauderdale's delicate state did not permit them to press forward with rapidity, our travellers did not propose to make rapid journies towards the capital: on the contrary, after being conducted to the town-house of Calais, where a circumstantial description of their persons and features was taken, and inserted in their passports, they slept all night there, and proceeded no further than Abbeville next day. Here they learned, that tumults were very prevalent in the capital, and that a petition for the decheance of Louis XVI, or forfeiture of his crown, had been presented to the national assembly. After their arrival in Paris, the Doctor appears to have visited the assembly frequently, and he was awoke about two o'clock of the morning of the 10th of August by the ringing of the tocsin, and alarmed at ten by the firing of cannon; events that led to the overthrow of the monarchy, and the execution of the weak but unhappy king. Having repaired after the engagement to the palace of the thuilleries, he followed the crowd along the grand staircase, and had proceeded only half way up, when he was deterred from ascending further, first by the shrieks, and then by the immediate execution of a man, who had been detected by the populace in stealing some of the furniture. "This expeditious mode of executing justice (says he) removed all inclination of visiting the royal apartments: I descended to the terrace, and took another melancholy walk among the bodies of those whom I had seen two days before in all the pride of health and military pomp." The times being now very critical, and the massacres of September tending to render a residence in Paris highly disagreeable, the Doctor and his friends had applied to the municipality for passports, and at length found means to leave the capital on the 4th. Dr. Moore, on

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"To Dr. Moore.

"SIR,

“Mrs. Dunlop has been so kind as to send me extracts of letters she has had from you, where you do the rustic bard the honour of noticing him and his works. Those who have felt the anxieties and solicitudes of authorship, can only know what pleasurs it gives to be noticed in such a manner by judges of the first character. Your criticisms, Sir, I receive with reverence, only I am sorry they mostly came too late; a peccant passage or too that I would certainly have altered were gone to press. The hope of being admired for ages is, in by far the 8