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many of his Literary Friends which, ujti- 

 tnately, 'passing through many succeeding 

 editions, beaune one of his most important 

 und most valuable works. His next great 

 work, which grew from several minor and 

 distinct efforts, was bis History of Leicester- 

 shire, completed in 1815, in four large folio 

 volumes, illustrated by numerous plates. 

 Amongst his other literary works may be 

 particularly mentioned the Progresses and 

 Royal Processions of Queen Elizabeth ; the 

 Progresses of James I.; Illustrations of the 

 Manners and Expenses of Ancient Times in 

 England j the History and Antiquities of 

 Canonbury, with some Account of the Parish 

 of Islington ; the History and Antiquities of 

 Lambeth Parish ; Illustrations of the Literary 

 History of the Eighteenth Century, <fec. 



In 1784, Mr. Nichols vms elected a Com- 

 mon Councilman for the ward of Farringdon 

 Without ; a situation which, with the interval, 

 of only one year, be held until 1811, when 

 he resigned his civic honours. In 1804, he 

 served the office of master of the stationers' 

 company. The rooms of that company are 

 decorated by several portraits presented by 

 Mr. Nichols. 



This able and worthy individual was not 

 altogether without his share in the calamities 

 of life. In the summer of 1803, he partially 

 withdrew from business to a private residence 

 in Islington, hoping to pass the evening of a 

 laborious life, in the calm enjoyment of do- 

 mestic tranquillit}'. However, on the 8th of 

 January, 1807, by an accidental fall, at bis 

 house in Red Lion Passage, he had one of 

 his thighs fractured; and, on the 8th of 

 February, on the ensuing year, his printing 

 office and warehouses, with the whole of 

 their valuable contents, were consumed by 

 fire. Under each of these misfortunes, he 

 displayed the utmost firmness and vigour of 

 mind. It is remarkable that, only three days 

 before his death, he affirmed that, though be 

 could not then read any printed book, he 

 could read manuscript. Of his death, which 

 took place on the evening of Sunday, No- 

 vember the 26th, he had no presentiment. 

 In the course of the preceding week, he had 

 written two or three articles for his Magazine. 

 On the evening mentioned, he had passed 

 some cheerful hours with his family, and was 

 retiring to rest about ten o'clock. On reach- 

 ing the lower staircase, accompanied by his 

 eldest daughter, he said, without any parti- 

 cular alteration of voice "Give me your 

 hand," and instantly sunk gently on his knees, 

 and expired without a sigh or the slightest 

 symptom of suffering. 



Mr. Nichols's disposition was mild and 

 amiable, charitable and benevolent. For 

 many years he was Registrer or Honorary 

 Secretory to the Literary Fund ; an office 

 which frequently enabled him to gratify the 

 best feelings of his heart. Mr. Nichols mar- 

 ried, first, in 1766, Anne, daughter of Mr. 

 William Cradock ; by whom, who died--in 

 1776, he had two daughters, one of whom 

 married the Rev. J. Pridden, M.A., F.S. A., 



M.M. New Scries.- VOL. III. No. 1,5. 



and died in 1815; and the other is yet-liv- 

 ing: secondly, in 1778, Martha, daughter of 

 Mr. William Green, of Hinckley, in Leices- 

 tershire ; by whom, who died in 1788, he had 

 one son, John Bowyer Nichols, and four 

 daughters, the eldest of whom is married to 

 John Morgan, Esq. of Highbury. He was 

 interred in Islington churchyard, where the 

 remains of his parents, and of all his children, 

 who died before him, had been buried. His 

 funeral, though private, was attended by 011 

 his adult male relations ; and by his friends 

 J. and W. Morgan, and W. Herrick, Esqrs., 

 W. Tooke, Esq. F.R.S., A. Chalmers, Esq. 

 F.S.A. ; H. Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. ; C. and R. 

 Baldwin, G. Woodfall, and J Jeaffreson, 

 Esqrs. 



J. M. GOOD, M.ty. F.R.S, &C. 



Dr. Good, who has been long known as a 

 learned and accomplished writer and able mem- 

 ber of the medical profession, formerly prac* 

 tised as a surgeon and apothecary in Guildford- 

 street ; but, about seven years ago, he took 

 out his diploma as M.D. -Dr. Good was the 

 author and editor of numerous publications ; 

 amongst which were the following: A 

 Dissertation on the Diseases of Prisons and 

 Poor Houses, 8vo. 1794; The History of 

 Medicine, as far as relates to the Profession 

 of an Apothecary, 12mo. 1725 ; On the 

 Best Method of Employing the Poor in 

 Parish Work-houses, 1798 ; Memoirs of 

 the Life and Writings of the late Dr. Alex- 

 ander Geddes, 8vo. 1803 ; The Triumph of 

 Britain, an Ode, 1803 ; Song of Songs, or 

 Sacred Idylls from the Hebrew, with Notes, 

 1803 ; -Essay on Medical Technology, 8vo. 

 J810 ; A Complete System of Medicine ; 

 A Translation of Lucretius on the Nature of 

 Things, 2 vols. 4 to. ; The Book of Job, 

 Translated from the Hebrew, tfec. Dr. Good 

 was also one of the editors and principal 

 writers of the Pantalogia, one of our best 

 cyclopaedias on a small scale. 



This truly valuable member of society, 

 died on the 2d of January, at the house of his 

 daughter, at Shepperton. His death was occa- 

 sioned by an inflammatory attack brought oil 

 by an exposure to cold. 



JOSKPH CRADOCK, ESQ., F. S. A. 



This gentleman, the senior Fellow of the ' 

 Society of Antiquaries, was born about the 

 year 1742. He served the office of High 

 Sheriff of Leicestershire, in 1767. In early 

 life, he figured both in the fashionable and 

 literary circles ; and was honoured with the 

 friendship of Johnson, Warburton, Hurd, 

 Halifax, Parr, Reynolds, Burke, Percy, 

 Goldsmith, Garrick, Steevens, Nichols, and 

 the whole of the Literary Club. About a 

 twelvemonth ago, he published the first vo- 

 lume of his Literary and Miscellaneous 

 Memoirs ; and a few weeks before his death, 

 the second volume appeared. He died at his 

 apartments in the Strand, on the 15th t)f 

 December ; and on the 23d his remains were 

 interred at th .? church of St. Mary-le-Strnud: 



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