542 LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED. 



Temple, the present Bishop of Exeter and late Master of Rugby : (b) 

 Dr. Longley, Bishop of Ripon, afterwards, successively, Archbishop 

 of York and Canterbury : (c) Sir George Cornewall Lewis, formerly 

 of Christ Church, author of many classical, political and philological 

 works : (d) John Henry Newman. I add (e) a relic of a distinguished 

 Christ-Churchman of the last generation, Robert Nares : a small 

 volume consisting of several classical pieces bound together. On the 

 back of the first title is stamped the cipher of the former owner ; and 

 a list of the contents of the book follows in his handwriting. The 

 first item is " Poemata, Auctore Oxon.nuper Alumno, 1769," to which 

 is appended this query, "At quo ?" Mr. ISTares was the author of the 

 well-known "Glossary" of Elizabethan English. After these relics I 

 place (/) an autograph letter of John Wesley, some time Fellow of 

 Lincoln. It is addressed to Mr. W. Churchey, Brecon, and is dated 

 August 8, 1789. It announces that he has collected for Mr. Churchey 

 one hundred guineas from subscribers to a publication which tliat 

 gentleman was about to put forth. Thus it reads : " My dear 

 Brother : I came round by London from Leeds to settle my affairs 

 here, and to set out for Bristol this evening by the Mail Coach. On 

 Tuesday morning I purpose, God willing, to set out thence for the 

 West. What remains of the month of August I hope to spend there^ 

 September is dedicated to Bristol. I suppose you will stray over 

 thither. As to Henry Floyd's writings, from what I can find, they 

 are vanished away. I never had them, and I cannot find who had. 

 The ' Essay on Man ' is wonderfully improved since I saw it many 

 years ago. It is your masterpiece, and therefore fit to close the 

 volume. But this will take more time than I imagined. I have pro- 

 cured One Hundred Guineas for you, and hope to procure Fifty more. 

 ^Your affectionate Brother, J. Wesley." I find in Tyerman's "Life 

 and Times of John Wesley " (iii. 579), that " Walter Churchey was 

 an enthusiastic Welshman; a lawyer with a large family, and a 

 slender purse ; a good, earnefst, conceited old Methodist, who, unfor- 

 tunately for his wife and children, had more delight in writing poetry 

 than he had employment in preparing briefs. * * * In 1786 

 Churchey wished," Mr. Tyerman informs us, " to enrich the world with 

 his poetical productions ; and, among others, consulted Wesley and 

 the poet Cowper. The latter, in reply, remarked : ' I find your versi^ 

 fication smooth, your language correct and forcible, especially in your 

 translation of the Art of Printing. But you ask me would I advise 



