The major part of these Essays, as far as No. LXXIII, were first printed in the Censura Literaria, having been commenced in the fourth volume of that work, in Jan. 1807, and continued to the tenth and last, in June 1809. The rest are principally by the author's friend, R. P. Gillies, Esq. the author of “ Childe Alarique,” except two, for which he is indebted to the eloquent pen of a very learned writer well known to the world, the Rev. Francis Wrangham; and two others, for which he here acknowledges his obligations to his a 2 kind friend, the Rev. Montagu Pennington, whose valuable contributions he had already received in the former part: in which also he here begs leave to repeat his warm thanks for the papers furnished to him by Capel Lofft, Esq. whose reputation is too far extended to require any eulogy from the author. October 10, 1813. CONTENTS AND MOTTOS. 1. ON the Consequences of War; with a Poem in com- mendation of the Feudal Times. 2. On the Effects of Rural Scenery. “ These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!” Milton. 3. On the different Taste of Virgil and Horace with “ Flumina amam, sylvasque inglorius.” 4. On the State best adapted to Human Happiness. 5. Literature the only permanent Vehicle of Fame. Nocte, carent quia vate sacro." “ Of ancient decds so long forgot, Of feuds, whose memory was not.” 7. On the proper Objects of Biography. “ Nec ea solum in claris et honoratis viris, sed in vita etiam |
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