MEMOIR OF THOMAS BEWICK. 51 



with several other engravings. But his children, 

 finding, probahly, that much related to events and 

 circumstances that principally concerned themselves, 

 and family affairs, which, however interesting to 

 themselves, might not be so to the public, or might 

 subject them to the imputation of vanity, have, with 

 a delicacy that cannot but be respected, declined its 

 publication. 



NOTE. 



As we conceive all will feel an interest in the cha- 

 racter and history of this extraordinary man; we 

 make no apology for introducing here some memo- 

 randa of his more familiar hours, contributed to 

 London's Magazine in 1829-30, shortly after his 

 death, by his personal friend, John F. M. Dovaston, 

 Esq. A. M. 



" The brief and desultory remarks I am about to 

 incorporate amid the congenial pages of your Maga- 

 zine of Natural History, arise from a fond and fertile 

 memory of much conversation, and a long and 

 frequent correspondence, with my excellent and 

 beloved friend. 



" The first time I had a personal interview with 

 the venerable Bewick, was at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

 on Wednesday, October 1, 1823, after perambulat- 

 ing the romantic regions of Cumberland and West- 

 moreland with my friend, John E. Bowman, Esq. 

 F.L.S. We had been told that he retired from his 



