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monish him of the fading state of earthly pleasures, of the 

 frailty of life, and of the succeeding generations to which 

 he must give place. The constant current of a fountain, or 

 a rivulet, must remind of the flux of time, which never re- 

 turns." 



Samuel Collins, Esq. of Archeton, Northamptonshire, 

 author of " Paradise Retrieved; 1717, 8vo. In the Preface 

 to the Lady's Recreation, by Charles Evelyn, Esq. he is 

 extremely severe on this " Squire Collins," whom he accuses 

 of ignorance and arrogance. 



John Evelyn, son of the author of Sylva. His genius 

 early displayed itself; for when little more than fifteen, he 

 wrote a Greek poem, which must have some merit, because 

 his father has prefixed it to the second edition of his Sylva. 

 In Mr. Nicoll's Collection of Poems, are some by him. 

 There are two poems of his in Dryden's Miscellany. He 

 translated Plutarch's Life of Alexander from the Greek; and 

 the History of Two Grand Viziers, from the French. When 

 only nineteen, he translated from the Latin, Rapin on Gar- 

 dens. He died in 1C98. The Quarterly Review, in its re- 

 view of Mr. Bray's Memoirs of Evelyn, thus speaks of this 

 son, and of his father: — " It was his painful lot to follow to 

 the grave his only remaining son, in the forty-fourth year of 

 his age, a man of much ability and reputation, worthy to 

 have supported the honour of his name. Notwithstanding 

 these repeated sorrows, and the weight of nearly fourscore 

 years, Evelyn still enjoyed uninterrupted health, and unim- 

 paired faculties; he enjoyed also the friendship of the wise 

 and the good, and the general esteem beyond any other 

 individual of his age."* 



* There is an 8vo. published in 1717, called the "Lady's Recreation," 

 by Charles Evelyn, Esq. There arc two letters subjoined, written to this 



