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the French become a free people like ourselves, they will imme- 

 diately apply themselves to the extension of manufactures, and soon 

 become more formidable rivals to us than it was possible for them 

 to do under a despotic government. For my own part, I should be 

 very glad to see so near neigl^ours partake of the same blessing 

 with ourselves, and indeed should rejoice to see English liberty and 

 security spread over the face of the earth, without being over- 

 anxious about the effects they might have upon our manufactures 

 or commerce ; for I should be very loth to believe that an event so 

 happy for mankind in general could be injurious to us in particular. 

 I beg your pardon for this launch into politics, and have done. 

 I have the honour to be, most respectfully, your Excellency's most 

 obliged and faithful humble servant, 



"Jos. WEDGWOOD" 



In 1787, the sixth edition of the Catalogue was published, 

 with the following title : 



" Catalogue of Cameos, Intaglios, Medals, Bas-reliefs, Busts, and 

 small Statues : with a general account of Tablets, Yases, Ecritoires, 

 and other ornamental and useful articles. The whole formed in 

 different kinds of Porcelain and Terra Cotta, chiefly after the 

 antique, and the finest models of modern artists. By Josiah "Wedg- 

 wood, F.R.S. and A.S., Potter to Her Majesty, and to his Eoyal 

 Highness the Duke of York and Albany. Sold at his rooms in 

 Greek Street, Soho, London, and at his manufactory in Stafford- 

 shire. The Sixth Edition with additions. Etruria, 1787." 



This Catalogue occupies seventy-four closely printed octavo 

 pages, the lists of subjects being mostly printed in double 

 columns. In it, besides the four bodies described in the for- 

 mer editions, and which I have already spoken of, the other 

 two of his famed inventions are introduced, thus showing 

 that they date subsequently to the others. These are the 

 " Bamboo " and the " Mortar " bodies, which are thus 

 described by their inventor : 



"V. Bamboo, or cane-coloured bisque porcelain, of the same 

 nature with the porcelain No. 3. 



"VI. A porcelain bisque of extreme hardness, little inferior to 

 that of Agate. This property, together with its resistance to the 

 strongest acids and corrosives, and its impenetrability by every 



