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emplary father for the solid foundation of a 
literary and classical education; a boon at 
that period rarely bestowed upon a daughter: 
In the year 1756, she accompanied her 
family to Warrington, in Lancashire, where 
her father was appointed one of the tutors 
of a dissenting academy. She published, 
in 1772, a volume of poems, which im- 
mediately gave her a place in the first rank 
of living poets. The next year, in con- 
junetion with her brother, the late John 
Aiken, M. D., she gave to the world a 
small but choice collection of miscellaneous 
pieces in prose. 
On her marriage, in 1774, she went to re- 
‘side at Palgrovein Suffolk, where her Early 
Lessons, and Hymns in Prose, for Children, 
were composed—masterpieces in the art of 
juvenile instruction—monuments at once of 
her genius and of the condescending bene- 
volence which presided over its exercise. 
In 1785, Mr. and Mrs. Barbauld quitted 
Palgrove, and after a tour on theContinent, 
and some months passed in London, they 
settled at Hampstead. 
Some pamphlets on public topics, printed 
anonymously, but marked for hers by a 
style of almost unrivalled brillianey and ani- 
mation; and a Poetical Epistle to Mr. 
‘Wilberforce on his exertions for the abo- 
lition of the Slave Trade, were the principal 
efforts of her pen during many succeeding 
“years. 
In 1802 she and Mr. Barbauld fixed their 
‘abode at the village of Stoke Newington, 
whither they were attracted by her affection 
for her brother, and desire of enjoying his 
‘daily society. A Selection from the Guar- 
dian, Spectator and Tatler, introduced by an 
‘elegant essay ; another from the MS. cor- 
espondence of Richardson, with a Life of 
‘the Author, and a view of his writings pre- 
‘fixed; and a Collection of the best English 
Novels, with biographical and critical pre- 
faces, served in succession to amuse her 
leisure; a higher effort of ‘her power was 
the splendid: poem entitled Eighteen Hun- 
dred and Eleven, which appeared early in 
the ensuing year. 
This was the last of her separate pub- 
lications, but she continued occasionally to 
exercise her poetical powers, which she re- 
tained in undiminished vigour nearly to the 
‘latest period of her life. 
She sunk by a gradual decay, without any 
‘severe bodily suffering, and with perfect 
resignation and composure of mind. 
The moral qualities of this admirable 
woman reflected back a double lustre on 
ter intellectual endowments. Her prin- 
ciples were pure and exalted, her sentiments 
on all occasions mild, candid and generous. 
No one could bear her faculties more 
meekly : ‘neither pride nor envy had the 
smallest share in her composition ; her bene- 
ficenee was proved by many acts of bounty, 
and her-courtesy, kindness, and indulgence 
to others were unbounded. Her society 
was equally a-benefit and a delight to all 
Obituary of the Meath. 
(April 1, 
within her sphere. She possessed many and 
warm friends, and passed through a long 
life without an enemy. 
Mrs. Barbauld has left behind her many 
unpublished pieces both in verse and prose; 
and a complete edition of her works, with 
a selection from her correspondence, may 
be expected to appear under the superin- 
tendance of her family. 
While inserting, with a melancholy satis- 
faction, this brief memoir, with which a 
correspondent has favoured us, of one of 
the greatest benefactors to the present 
generation, from the lead taken by her in 
improving the system of early domestic 
education,—it would be, upon our part, a 
want of that gratitude which is the very 
heart of moral justice, if we did not particu- 
larly notice the obligations of the Monthly 
Magazine to Mrs. Barbauld, *to whose 
pen are to be ascribed several of the most 
pleasing and interesting essays and poetical 
effusions which graced its earliest numbers, 
DR. TILLOCH, LL.D. 
Ir is with feelings of deep emotion that 
we have to announce to our readers the 
death of Dr. Alexander Tilloch, the founder 
and editor of the Philosophical Magazine. 
Alexander Tilloch was a native of Glas- 
gow, where he was born on the 28th of 
February 1757. After receiving that liberal 
education which in Scotland is so much 
‘more accessible than in England, inured 
from his earliest life to a habit of thinking 
for himself, possessing an inquisitive mind, 
and imbibing an ardent thirst for knowledge, 
he devoted much of his attention to the art 
of printing, in which he conceived much 
improvement remained to be made. As 
he was not: bred a printer himself, he had 
recourse to Mr. Foulis, printer of the Uni- 
versity of Glasgow, to whom he applied 
for types to make an experiment in a new 
process, and that nothing less than the art 
of stereotype printing: the experiment suc- 
ceeded, and Mr. Foulis, who was a very 
ingenious man, became so convinced of its 
‘practicabilityand excellence, that he entered 
into partnership with him in order to carry 
iton. ‘They took out patents in both Eng- 
land and Scotland, and printed several small 
volumes from stereotype plates. A few 
years afterwards Dr. Tilloch. discovered, 
that he was but a second inventor, and 
that the art had been exercised by a 
Mr. Ged of Edinburgh, jeweller, nearly 
fifty years before. This circumstance, if it 
did not disgust Dr, ‘Tilloch, made him think 
less of his discovery ; and soon after he 
left Glasgow for London, where he became 
one of the proprietors of the Star evening 
newspaper. But even the avocations* of a 
daily journal, and the political vortex into 
which ali who are so connected are un- 
avoidably driven, could not divert his mind 
from his favourite pursuits. He therefore 
pzojected and. commenced the Philoso- 
phical Magazine, which, although there are 
now 
