ACCOUNT OF BOOKS. 
sometimes among them, it should be 
to encourage, not to intimidate them; 
it should be like a father, gratified 
at the mirth of his children; not 
- like a tyrant, envious of the gaiety 
of his slaves. 
“ In short, to return to our former 
remark, the people do not call upon 
the government to divert them, but 
merely to permit them to divert 
- themselves.” 
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Hemars of the Life of Colonel 
Hutchinson, Governor of Nottirg- 
ham Castle and Town, Rcpresenta- 
tive of the County of Nottingham 
an the long Parliament, and of the 
town of Nottingham in the first 
Parliament of Charles IT. &c. with 
original Anecdotes of many of the 
most distinguished of his Contem- 
poeraries, and a summary Review of 
Public Affairs: ‘written by his 
Widow Lucy, Daughter of Sir 
Allen Apsley, Lieutenant. of the 
Tower, &c. Now first published 
Pom the original Manuscript by the 
Rev. Julius Hutchinson, &c. &c. 
Lo which is prefixed the Life of 
Mrs. Hutchinson, written by Her- 
self, A Fragment. 
This is really a curious work, as 
will be seen from the title-page. It 
is the history of a puritan in the 
time of Cromwell, written by his 
wife in a stile that does high honour 
to her age, and which has remained 
unpublished till the present period. 
The following account of the 
MSS. is given by the editor. 
The Memoirs of the Life of Col. 
Hutchinson had been seen by many 
persons, as well as the editor, in the 
possession of the late Thomas Hutch- 
inson, esq. of Owthorpe, in Not- 
tinghamshire, and of Hatfield Wood- 
hall, in Hertfordshire; and he had 
peen frequently solicited to permit 
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them to be published, particularly 
by the late Mrs. Catharine Maccau- 
Jay, but had uniformly refused. 
This gentleman dying without issue, 
the editor, his nephew, inherited 
some part of his estates which were 
left unsold, including his mansion- 
house of Hatfield Woodhall. In the 
library he found the following 
books, written by Mrs. Lucy 
Hutchinson. 1st. The Life of Col. 
Hutchinson. 2d. A book without a 
title, but which appears to have 
been a kind of diary made use of 
when she came to write the life of 
col, Hutchinson. 3d. A Fragment, 
giving an account of the carly part 
of her own life. ‘This book clearly 
appears to have been Mrs. Hutchin- 
son’s first essay at composition, and 
contains, besides the story of her 
life and family, several short copies 
of verses, some finished, some un- 
finished, many of which are above 
mediocrity. And, 4th. ‘Two Books 
treating entirely of religious sub- 
jects; in which, although the fancy 
may be rather too much indulged, 
the judgment still maintains the 
ascendancy, and sentiments of exalt- 
ed piety, liberality and benevolence 
are delivered in terms apposite, 
dignified, and perspicuous. 
These works had all been read, 
and marked in several places with 
his initials, by Julius Hutchinson, 
esq. of Owthorpe, the father of the 
late Thomas Hutchinson, esq. just 
mentioned, and son of Charles 
Hutchinson, esq. of Owthorpe, only 
‘son of sir Thomas Hutchinson by 
his second wife, the lady Ca- 
tharine Stanhope. Lady Catha- 
rine Hutchinson lived to the age. of 
102, and is reported to have retained 
her faculties to the end of her life, 
Some remarks made by the above- 
mentioned Julius Hutchinson, are 
declared by him to have been com- 
municated 
