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carefully written out his will on three pages of MS. ; and 

 after mentioning that his wife Frances was sufficiently 

 provided for, and releasing all marital -control over her 

 little property, gave whatever he might leave to three 

 trustees, for his children equally, a disposition which 

 sadly survived all that it was designed to confer ; ex- 

 piring itself indeed of inanition, it remains to this day in 

 the lawyer's pigeon-hole, a never-to-be-fulfilled testa- 

 ment ! 



It was in 1802 or the previous year that he exerted 

 himself to establish a library and reading-room. His 

 methodical statement of the literary supplies with 

 which the subscribers were to be refreshed will not be 

 without interest ; it was accompanied by the following 

 proposals : 



" The entrance to the library and reading-room shall 

 be by a private door and passage adjoining to the 

 Globe public-house, and not through his (Pocock's) 

 shop, viz. the circulating library. 



" The room shall be fitted up in a commodious manner, 

 and open for the admission of the subscribers from nine 

 in the morning to nine at night; well lighted with 

 candles, and a fire kept during the winter. 



" The subscribers shall be furnished with 



" The Canterbury Paper twice a week, 



" The Maidstone Paper once a week, 



" The Times Paper daily, 



" Lloyd's List twice a week, 



" The Public Ledger daily, or some other, provided 

 the subscription will allow it; 



kf And monthly with 



" The European Magazine, 



