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appeared. He is eulogized by Wotton, in his Reflections on 

 Ancient and Modern Learning, as having done more than all 

 former ages." Switzer calls him "that good esquire, the 

 king of gardeners." His life (says Mr. Walpole) " was a 

 course of inquiry, study, curiosity, instruction, and benevo- 

 lence. He knew that retirement, in his own hands, was in- 

 dustry and benefit to mankind ; in those of others, laziness 

 and inutility. " 



There appears the following more modern publications 

 respecting Mr. Evelyn: — 



1. Sylva, with Notes by Hunter; in 4to. and 8vo. 



2. Memoirs and Correspondence of Mr. Evelyn. Edited 

 by Mr. Bray. 5 vols. 8vo. Portraits, and other plates. 

 £3. 10s. Another edition, in 2 vols,, 4to. 



3. Evelyn's Miscellaneous Writings, collected and edited, 

 with Notes, by Mr. Upcott. Forming a Supplement to the 

 Evelyn Memoirs. 1 vol. 4to. with plates, 1825. £o. 10s. 



The Encycl. of Gardening enumerates the whole of Mr. 

 Evelyn's works. So does Dr. Watts in his Bibl. Britt. ; and 

 Mr. Johnson in his History of English Gardening.* 



Abraham Cowley. The portraits of him are well known. 

 That in Bishop Hurd's edition is very neat. This same por- 

 trait is also well engraved for Ankars's edition of Cowley; 

 and also in that by Aikens, in 8vo. Dean Sprat has prefixed 

 to his edition of Cowley, his portrait, engraved by Faithorne, 

 and, in his preface, pays a warm and just tribute to his me- 



* In "A Picturesque Promenade round Dorking," are selected many in- 

 teresting particulars of Mr. Evelyn. 



