labours of one of the brightest ornaments of literature, Mr. Mason, in a most beautiful elegy,

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Chose to consecrate his favourite strain

To him, who, grac'd by every lib'ral art,

That might best shine among the learned train,
Yet more excell'd in morals and in heart.”

In 1759, a volume of "Dialogues on Sincerity, Retirement, the Golden Age of Elizabeth, and the Constitution of the English Government," was published anonymously in 8vo. and was followed, in 1762, by two editions of "Letters on Chivalry and Romance." "Thoughts on Foreign Travels," succeeded in 1764, all which were republished in 1765, with the author's name, under the title of" Dialogues, Moral and Political, with Letters on Chivalry," in 3 vols. 8vo.; this edition contains a prefatory discourse, then first published, on the manner of writing Dialogue.

About this time Mr. Hurd accepted the office of Assistant Preacher at the Rolls Chapel; and in 1766 obtained, through his friend and patron, the Hon. Charles Yorke, the Preachership of Lincoln's Inn. In 1767, he became Archdeacon of Gloucester; and on commencement Tuesday, July 5, 1768, was admitted D. D. at Cambridge.

In 1772, as Preacher at Lincoln's Inn, Dr. Hurd deli vered the first series of Sermons that were preached at the lecture established by his friend Bishop Warburton for the illustration of the Prophecies; and exhibited a model truly worthy of the imitation of his successors. His "Twelve Discourses" on that occasion, which had been delivered before the most polite and crowded audiences that ever frequented the Chapel, were published in 1772, under the title of" An Introduction to the Studyof the Prophecies,

concerning the Christian Church, and in particular concerning the Church of Papal Rome, in one volume, Svo. In the same year he published an edition of" Select Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley", with a Preface and Notes, in two volumes, small 8vo..

It is well known that Dr. Hurd's noble friend and patron only enjoyed the great seal a few hours; but a man of such real merit and genius could not be suffered to follow his own resolution of returning to a college life. Lord Mansfield seized the first occasion of cultivating his acquaintance; and in 1774, the mitre was placed, as it always ought to be, on the head of genius and learning. Dr. Hurd was consecrated Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, Feb. 12, 1775. That this promotion was on his part unsolicited, and what was the sense entertained of it by the College which prided itself on his being one of their body, appeared from a letter of congratulation, written in the Latin Language, and presented to the Bishop at London, by Mr. Farmer, and Mr. Askew, on the 16th of Feb. 1775, who returned to Cambridge with his Lordship's an

swer.

In consequence of this well-deserved promotion, and of Bishop Hurd having been entrusted with the important office of Preceptor to the Heir Apparent to the Crown, Mr. Mason again addressed his learned Friend, in an elegant Sonnet, with a Copy of "Caractacus."

In 1776, Bishop Hurd published a volume of "Sermons, Preached at Lincoln's Inn, between the years 1765 and 1776;" to which two more volumes were added in 1780. These Discourses were prepared for the use of the Society of Lincoln's Inn, and delivered in their Chapel, whilst he was their Preacher. Upon his resignation of that office the Masters of the Bench requested him to publish them; by complying with which, he put the world at large under considerable obligations. In the same year his Lordship

also favoured the public with a republication of Dr. Jeremy Taylor's "Moral Demonstration of the Truth of the Christian Religion."

In May 1781, Dr. Hurd was translated to the See of Worcester, and succeeded Bishop Thomas in the office of Clerk of the Closet to his Majesty; and in 1783, on the death of Archbishop Cornwallis, he had the honour of declining the proffered See of Canterbury.

In 1785 an excellent likeness of Bishop Hurd, was engraved by Hall, from an original by Gainsborough in, the · possession of his Majesty ; and intended for publication at a period which it was then earnestly hoped, might be long distant. Another portrait of his lordship was given to Dr. Farmer, for the Master's Lodge at Emmanuel College.

In 1788, he published an edition of "the Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, Lord Bishop of Gloucester," in seven handsome quarto volumes; to which in 1794 was added, to complete those volumes, but not in a separate publication, "A Discourse by way of General Preface to the quarto edition of Bishop Warburton's Works; containing some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author."

The admirable "Address of the Clergy of the Diocese of Worcester to his Majesty, on his late Proclamation, June 1, 1792," a production of no ordinary merit, may also without much hazard be ascribed to the pen of this learned Frelate.

The Bishop of Worcester died at the Episcopal Palace of Hartlebury, on Saturday, the 28th of May, 1808, in the 90th year of his age.

Of his character, little need be said. Where calumny did not even venture to insinuate a fault, and where respect and reverence, were the constant attendants, it will be unnecsessary to expatiate on good qualities. With his friends and connexions he obtained the best eulogium, their

constant and warm attachment, and with the world in general a kind of veneration, which in times like the present could neither be acquired nor preserved but by the exercise of great virtues. In private life he was remarkable for the simplicity of his manners-in public, for the ease, dignity, and attention with which he discharged his Episcopal functions. As a writer his taste learning and genius are universally confessed. His Sermons are read with not less advantage than they were delivered, and may be looked upon as models worthy of imitation. His Dialogues on the Constitution are masterly lessons which politicians may study with profit. A prodigious strength of analytical reasoning is discernible throughout his writings, without any appearance of ostentation or labour. To those who love to contemplate truth, divested of the fripperics of modern taste, and who wish to become acquainted with the grounds of the "faith which is them", and to those who are desirous of being fortified by irresistble arguments in support of the Church and State as by law established, the Works of Dr. Hurd are earnestly recommended as containing a rich and invaluable mine of solid information.

LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. ROBERTSON BUCHANAN, Civil Engineer, has in the Press an Essay on the Teeth of Wheels, comprehending Principles and their Application in Practice to Millwork and other Machinery, illustrated with numerous Figures. This work has been revised by Mr. P. Nicholson, Architect, and has had the benefit of Dr. Young's Observations and Remarks in its progress through the Press.

The Rev. Mr. Dibdin has just published his edition of Sir Thomas More's Utopia, in two volumes, crown svo. with fac simile wood-cuts xc. It is executed on the plan of a Variorum edition, containing running notes and various readings beneath the text. To the first volume is prefixed “ A Biographical and Literary Introduction” of nearly 200 pages.

Mr. John White, Gardener to the Dublin Society in their Gardens at Glassnevin, proposes to publish in 8vo. a Treatise on the indigenous Grasses of Ire land, consisting of upwards of eighty species systematically arranged, with their descriptions, their Latin and English names, and their generic and specific names in the Irish Language, their common Irish names, their natural

places of growth, their uses as Meadow or Pasture Grasses, either separate or mixed, with all their other peculiarities. This Treatise will contain two plates, one showing a spiked and the other a panicled Grass.

The same Gentleman proposes to publish a Catalogue of Generic and Specific Names in the Irish Language, for all the Trees, Shrubs, Herbaceous and Cryptogamic Plants which have been found indigenous in Ireland. It will also contain the primitive uses and the manner of use of each, for 400 years past, as recorded in the native Language of that Country. Mr. White observes that every Country in Europe, except Ireland, can boast of having Generic and Specific Botanical Names in its native Tongue; though perhaps the Irish Language is one of the most copious and expressive in the world.

Mr. Sergeant Williams is about to publish a new edition of Sir Edmund Saunders's Reports of Pleadings and Cases in the Court of King's Bench, in the Reign of King Charles the Second, accompanied with Notes and References. It will be printed in two volumes, royal octavo.

Two volumes of Rivington's continuation of the Annual Register for the years 1795 and 1803, are in the Press, and will appear early in the Winter.

The Rev. Dr. Edward Clarke of Cambridge, has in the Press, an account of his Travels through Russia, the Territories of the Don Cossacks, Kuban Tartary, the Crimea, &c. &c. This Work will be comprised in one volume, quarto, and will contain a portrait of the Author, and numerous other engravings.

A new Translation of the History of Don Quixote, carefully revised and corrected from the best editions of the Spanish original of Cervantes, may be soon expected to make its appearance. This Translation will be illustrated by notes, historical literary and critical, a new Life of Cervantes, and it will be accompanied by a Series of highly finished Engravings from Pictures by Mr. Smirke. It will make four volumes.

A volume of Reliques of Robert Burns, containing a number of his unpublished Writings in Prose and Verse, and forming a very interesting addition to those published by Dr. Currie, will soon make its appearance.

The Rev. W. Magee, S. T. P. Senior Fellow of Trinity College and professor of Mathematics in the University of Dublin, has in the Press to be published in an octavo volume, a new Interpretation of the celebrated Prophecy of the Weeks of Daniel, contained in a Discourse accompanied by Critical Dissertations, with an Appendix enumerating different schemes that have hitherto been proposed for its solution.

The second volume of Biographical Memoirs of the late Rev. Dr. Joseph Warton, by the Rev. John Wool, with a selection from his Poetical Words, and a Literary Correspondence between eminent Persons left by him for publication, will shortly make its appearance.

Mr. John Gifford will shortly publish the History of the Administration of the late Right Honourable William Pitt. It will be in four octavo volumes, and will be embellished with a Portrait of that great character, engraved from an original Picture.

The second volume of Mr. G. Chalmers's Caledonia, or an Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain from the most ancient to the present es, with a Dictionary of places, Chorographical and Philological, is in the Press. It will be illustrated by engravings of Maps, Plans, &c.

Mr. Adolphus is about to publish in four volumes, octavo, the Political State of the British Empire, containing a general view of the domestic and foreign Possessions of the Crown, the Laws, Commerce, Revenues, Offices and Establishments, Military, as well as Civil.

The Rev. J. S. Clarke proposes to publish a work, entitled Naval Records of the late and present Wars, consisting of a series of Engravings from origi