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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»d S. N«> 96., Oct. 31. '57. 



one printed in 1735. Our readers will, we are sure, ap- 

 preciate the feelings which induce us, under these circumr 

 stances, to include in the Popiana of our present No. the 

 last communication which we received from this accom- 

 plished scholar.] 



The Hon. John Caryl.— Is it worth recording 

 in the columns of " N. & Q.," for the information 

 of future biographers of Pope, (and rumour, by 

 the bye, speaks of two or more such being now at 

 work — one for Mr. Murray, and one Mr. Joseph 

 Hunter, who has already given proof of his ac- 

 quaintance with the biography of some of our 

 Poets, — ) that John Caryl, at whose suggestion 

 Pope wrote his Rape of the Loch., had the honour 

 of having a poem, on a very different subject, 

 dedicated to him in 1716: — The Resurrection; 

 a Poem in Three Cantos. Written by Edw. Wor- 

 lidge : London, printed for John Mo7-phew, near 

 Stationers' Hall, 1716. In the Dedication the 

 author thus alludes to Caryl's character as a critic 

 and a man : — " But however, this, I am sure, that 

 where there are faults, the name of Caryl will 

 make 'em appear less," I am afraid the poem re- 

 quires all the influence of the " name of Caryl " to 

 make it pass muster. The only contemporary 

 allusion in it worth transcribing is the following 

 to "Mrs. S. G.": — 



" Hail charming Virgin, whose illustrious name 

 Exulting mounts upon the Wings of Fame. 



S h whose Sacred Name Tunes every Lyre, 



And do's raj' Muse with boundless thoughts inspire, 

 Upon her brow a thousand Graces meet, 

 Where they in Thrones of spotless Goodness sit. 

 In that blest day those Joys she shall partake. 

 Calm and serene from mouldering Dust awake. 

 Then, then with Joy, she shall survive above. 

 And Hand in Hand with Saints and Angels move." 



P.B. 

 Jacob Tonson and his two left Legs. — Pope, if I 

 remember rightly, has immortalised Jacob Tonson 

 and his " two left legs." I cannot at this moment 

 refer to the passage, but am pretty sure that my 

 memory does not deceive. The following portrait 

 of that celebrated bookseller, which shows that 

 Pope had been anticipated in his joke, seems to 

 me worth preserving in " N. & Q." It is from 

 Faction Display d, and will be found at p. 26. of 

 the edition of 1705 : 



" Now the Assembly to adjourn prepar'd, "i 



When Bibliopolo from behind appear'd, >- 



As well describ'd by th' old Satyrick Bard, J 

 With leering looks bull fac'd and Freckled fair, "i 

 With two left Legs, and Judas colour'd Hair, V 



With frowzy pores, that taint the ambient air, J 

 Sweating and puffing for a while he stood. 

 And then broke forth in this insulting mood, 

 I am the Toutchstone of all modern wit, 

 Without my stamp in vain you poets write. 

 Those only purchase everliving fame. 

 That in my miscellany plant their name. 

 Nor therefore think that I can bring no aid, 

 I'll print your Pamphlets, and your Rumours Spread, 

 I am the founder of your lov'd Kit Kat, 

 A Club, that gave Direction to the State. 



'Twas there we first instructed all our Youth, 

 To talk prophane and Laugh at Sacred Truth. 

 We taught them how to toast, and Rhime and bite. 

 To sleep away the day and drink away the night. 

 Some this Fantastick Speech approved, some sneer'd, 

 The Wight grew choleric and disappear'd." 



M,S. 



SIR WALTER SCOTT ANB THE LATE LORD DUN- 

 DRENNAN. 



There seems to be a common error amongst 

 English booksellers in ascribing to Sir Walter 

 Scott the editorship of Bellenden's translations of 

 Livy and Boethius. Such was not the case. The 

 late Thomas Maitland, Esq., Advocate, afterwards 

 Her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland, 

 M.P. for the Stewartry of Kircudbright, and 

 lastly a judge of the Court of Session — besides 

 the title of Lord Dundrennan — wrote the pre- 

 fatory notices to both works, and revised the 

 sheets whilst passing through the press. 



Mr. Maitland was the editor of the following 

 books, all of which are beautifully printed in 

 crown 8vo, 



1. MynshulVs Essays, from the original very 

 rare edition. 



2. Sympson'a Account of Galloway, from the 

 MS. in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates, 



3. Carew's Poems. 



4. Herrick's Hesperides, 2 vols. 



5. Hall's Satires. 



Prefatory notices are prefixed to each of these 

 works. Of Herrick a few copies were thrown off 

 in 4to. ; both the small and large paper copies are 

 scarce. 



The same gentleman also printed some thirty or 

 forty copies of a work on Oood Manners, written 

 by one Petrie, a Scotchman, which had attracted 

 the attention of Sir Walter Scott, who urged a 

 republication from the very rare original pub- 

 lished at Edinburgh more than a hundred years 

 before. By subscribing one guinea, a party was 

 entitled to a copy ; and in this way the expenses 

 of the reprint, now very rare, were defrayed. It 

 is exceedingly well got up, and has a frontispiece 

 etched from a drawing of the late C, K, Sharpe, 

 Esq., the friend of Scott. 



After obtaining a seat on the bench. Lord Dun- 

 drennan gave up editing ; but being a zealous 

 bibliomaniac, continued making additions to his 

 really admirable collection of books, which for 

 choice editions and superior binding bad no rival 

 then in Scotland. Upon his lordship's unex- 

 pected and regretted demise, his library was sold 

 by Mr. T. Nisbet, and realised a considerable sum. 

 Lord Dundrennan was a member of the Banna- 

 tyne and Maitland Clubs, to the former of which 

 he contributed " Les Affairs de Conte De Bod- 

 well," of which a translation had previously ap- 

 peared in the New Monthly Magazine. In the 



