179I« ANECDOTES OF MR. MILlAr. I33 



thor for every edition of the book tha^t w;ts printed in 

 his lifetime ; and thefe were manj ; in fo much, that 

 by the fale of this book alone, he cleared no lefs than 

 eleven thoufand pounds. 



He alfu, having obferved that the worthy parfon did 

 not diflike a moderate glafs of good port, defired Mr. 

 Burns to buy for himfelf, every year as long as he 

 lived, a pipe of the bell port-wine he could find any 

 where in London, v^l:ich he would pay for, and pre- 

 ftnted him with a writing, obliging hinilelf and his 

 heirs to fulfil this agreement. 



It was becaufe of Mr. ^Millar's candid manner of 

 dealing in this and other inftaaces of a fimilar kind, 

 that he was enabled to acquire that immenfe fortune of 

 which he was poffefl'ed ; for during liis life, every man 

 who had a good book either to print on his own 

 account, or to difpofe of, went direflly to Mr. 

 Millar with it. They feldom higgled on terms, be- 

 caufe they knew he would not hefitate to give an addi- 

 tional allowance, if the fale ihould be fuch as to ena- 

 ble him to do it. Thus, his profits were for the mofl 

 part very fure. In this way, he experienced the fate 

 of many other men, 'TJjat bonejiy, though it may not 

 fccm to be the moil dirctl road to wealth, is in the end 

 //•(■ heji policy. > 



Let thefe who have fenfe and fpirit to do it, profit by 

 liis example. J. A. 



To the Editor of the Bee. 



Inventions hy Napier oj" Merchijlon. 

 Sir, 

 The following very fmgular memorial of the celebrat- 

 ed Napier of Mcrchifton, inventor of the lograthims» 

 prelented to the war-office on the 7tii cf June 1596, is 

 to be found in the 12th volurbe of the manufcript pa- 

 pers of Anthony Racon, Efq. in the Lambeth library. 



