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many years in Camden-place, as did also his excellent 

 wife, the sister of Mrs . Siddons, They were the parents 

 of the late Mr. Horace Twiss. The Rev. Edward 

 Mangin, author of one or more lively dramatic pieces, 

 and of various other works in the hghter literature of 

 the age ; a friend of the Institution at the beginning, 

 but not persisting in his efforts to serve it to their suc- 

 cessful issue. Mr. Mangin was no common man, nor 

 is he to be estimated solely by his printed writings : 

 he was one of those quick to discern the earlier mani- 

 festations of genius, and assiduous in his endeavours 

 to bring it out of its obscurity. Few that have 

 written so much have written with so little acrimony. 

 The third inhabitant of Bath whose name is connected 

 with theatrical affairs is the Rev. Mr. Genest, a 

 clergyman who lived without any duty, a college 

 friend of Porson, and himself an eminent Greek 

 scholar, as I have been informed. But he was all 

 his life passionately fond of the theatre. I remember 

 his telling me that when he was a boy he has visited 

 the theatre, and when the performance was over cried 

 that it was not to begin again. His rooms, for I 

 believe he never rose to the dignity of a housekeeper, 

 were hung round with portraits of the most eminent 

 actors and actresses of his time, and he left completed 

 at the press of Mr. Cruttwell a work in eight volumes 

 octavo, containing the most elaborate account ever 



