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Trosse (George). His Life, wrote by himself, and 

 published according to his order, to which is added, The 

 Sermon preached at his Funeral, by J. H., that is, Joseph 

 Hallet. It was preached at Exon, Jan. 15, 1712-13, 

 said to be printed 1713, to which is added A Short Ac- 

 count of his Life. The Account of his Life, wrote by 

 Himself, is very extraordinary, and worth reading : it is 

 carried down to Feb. 1692-3, pages 103, and said to be 

 printed in 1714. Hallet writes a Preface to the dis- 

 senting congregations. This Joseph Hallet I take to be 

 the Western Arian, who put out the Greek Testament, 

 dedicated to King, Lord Chancellor. There is also the 

 Life of the same George Trosse, by Isaac Gilling, with a 

 Recommendatory Preface by Dr. Calamy, Mr. Tong, and 

 Mr. Evans, 8vo. 1715. It refers to the Life published be- 

 fore wrote by himself. 



Walker .(Mrs. Elizabeth). Her Life, wrote by her 

 Husband Anthony Walker, D.D., 8vo. 1690. He was 

 Rector of Fyfleld, in Essex. He calls his book, The 

 Vertuous Wife, or the Holy Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Walker. 

 This Doctor married Mrs. Margaret Masham, sister to Sir 

 Francis Masham, who lived to a great age, and died at 

 Oates, in Essex, 1723. This Anthony was a sort of puri- 

 tanical canting fellow, and wrote against King Charles, 

 being the author of the Leon* 



Waller (Edmund), the famous poet. An Account of 

 his Life and Writing*, prefixed to an eighth edition of 

 his Works, with additions, as it is said. The author of 

 this account of Mr. Waller's Life I at present know not. 

 Printed for Jacob Tonson, Svo. 1711. 



Wakd (Dr. Seth), Bishop of Salisbury. His Life, 

 wrote by Dr. Walter Pope, 8vo. 1697, dedicated to Col. 

 John Wyndbam of Dorsetshire. There was also published 

 in 1697 a small pamphlet called An Appendix to the Life 

 of Bishop Ward, a piece of banter upon Dr. Pope. 



Wenefrede (St.). Her Life and Miracles, together with 

 her Litanies, with Historical Observations, 4to. 1713. This 

 is the work of William Fleetwood, then Bishop of St. 

 Asaph. 



Woolston (Thomas). A Short Account of his Life 

 and Writings, 8vo. 1733. Mere trifling. It is said to be 

 an impartial account, but it is far from it. He was a 

 most notorious and most impudent fellow, admired by a 

 set of people who cry up any body that endeavours to 

 blast or revile the Christian religion. Woolston was fa- 

 mous for his blasphemous books called Discourses on the 

 Miracles of Our Saviour, dedicated to the B'shops. These 

 Dedications, being designed to ridicule the Bishops, made 

 the books sell. 



Williams (Dr. John), Lord Keeper and Archbishop 

 of York. His Life, wrote by John Hacket, late Bishop 

 of Lincoln. It was finished in Feb. 1652. Printed in fol. 

 at the Savoy, by Ed. Jones, 1693. The Imprimatur of 

 Jo. Cant, i. e. John Tillotson, Nov. 27, 1692. In my copy 

 there are several remarks and observations made by Dr. 

 South with his pencil. But an indifferent print of the 

 Bishop before the book. 



is pretended to have been compiled from the minutes of 

 the Rev. Mr. Young [the father of the poet] late Dean of 

 Salisbury, by F. H. [i. e. P. Hutchinson], with many 

 curious memoirs, communicated by the late Right Rev. 

 Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum. Bishop Kennett, in his 

 Complete History of England, iii. 673., 2d edition, ob- 

 serves, that " some persons had reason to believe that 

 Bishop Burnet and Dean Young had little or no hand in 

 this Life ": and both the performance itself, and the name 

 of tlio bookseller, E. Curll, will confirm that suspicion. 

 See Birch's Life ofAltp. Tillotson, p. 2.] 



[•A True Account of the Author of Etxwi/ Bao-Ui/oj. 

 4to. 1692.] 



The Life of Archbishop Williams, Svo. Cambridge, 1700. 

 This is chiefly an abridgement of Bishop Ilacket's above- 

 mentioned. There is an account of his benefactions to 

 St. John's College. This is by Ambrose Philips, Fellow 

 of St. John's. The same Philips that is in the Dunciad. 

 See also The Lives of the Lord Chancellors, in 2 vols. Svo. 

 1708. 



In the year 1715 came out in a thin 8vo. with this title, 

 Bishop Racket's Memoirs of the Life of Archbishop Wil- 

 liams Abridged, dedicated to his Royal Highness the 

 Prince, by one William Stephens. 



Winter (Dr. Samuel), Provost of Trinity College, 

 Dublin. His Life and Death, published by one J. W. at 

 the request of the Widow. 12mo. N. d. A very great 

 enthusiast; worth reading, to see to what a height some 

 people will bring enthusiasm. 



Wolsey/ (Thomas), Cardinal. His Life and Negotia- 

 tions, Composed by Mr. Cavendish. Thin 4to. 1041. In 

 the Harleian Library there is a copy much larger than 

 this. 



The T.ife ami Death of Cardinal Wolsey, by Thomas 

 Storer, student of Christ Church. Lond. 4to. 1599. 



Wolsey (Thomas). His Life, in a very large folio, 

 compiled by that impudent fellow Richard Fiddes, D.D. 

 Lond. 1724. This was printed by subscription. A vile 

 performance. Bishop Atterbury put him upon it, and did 

 design to draw his character. 



Wright (Mrs. Sarah). Some Account of her. Pub- 

 lished by Henry Jesse alias Jacie, 12uio. 1647, second 

 edition. Full of cant and spiritual pride. 



J. Yeowell. 



AN IRISH TENANT GALA. 



The following extract from the original letter 

 written by his agent to Lord Brandon, and dated 

 Sackville, April 23, 1793, now preserved among 

 the papers of William T. Crosbie, Esq., of Ardfert 

 Abbey, co. Kerry, will afford a good idea of what 

 an " Irish tenant gala " was in the south of Ire- 

 land at the close of the last century. This custom 

 has now almost entirely disappeared, and if ever 

 it happens to be revived is altogether diminished 

 in magnitude of hospitality and operation. There 

 was really something fpicturesque and grand in 

 these bi-annual revels *, which must have exerted 

 a powerful influence in cementing the union be- 

 tween landlord and tenant. As " N. & Q." is a 

 welcome guest in distant lands, the following may 

 awaken pleasing recollections in the mind of some 

 sojourner, and call to remembrance an " Irish 

 night" in the days of his childhood: — 



" I shall now proceed to give you a further account of 

 our Gala here oa Sunday [?], and I do assure you it 

 was conducted in a manner that I am persuaded will be 

 satisfactory to you. The assemblage of people was nu- 

 merous, and all seemed highly pleased and happy with the 

 occasion, the display, and the entertainment. I send you 

 enclosed the form of the circular letter I sent to all those 

 of your tenantry I deemed it proper to write to indivi- 

 dually, the rest" I made out lists and subscribed a similar 

 invitation, to be shown to 'em by the persons I sent out 

 with such. None who were not tenants did I invite ex- 



* They were usually given after the gala days, viz. 25th 

 March and 29th Sept., or the "harvest home." 



