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which was published in 12mo, 1770, he prefixed a life of the 

 author and a complete catalogue of his works, accompanied by 

 notices of other branches of his family and numerous literary 

 characters as specified in "NichoU's Literary Anecdotes," 

 vol. iii., p. 157. In 1771 he issued a " Catalogue Horti Canta- 

 brigiensis," 8vo, and in following year a second edition, ac- 

 companied by his botanical lectures and e plan of the garden. 



In 1771 he was presented to the rectory of Ludgershall, 

 Bucks, a living in the patronage of his own family, which he 

 retained till 1785, and soon after he married Miss Elliston, 

 sister to his friend the Master of Sidney, and aunt to the 

 Manager of Drury Lane Theatre. 



In 1773 appeared in 4to " The Antiquities of Hercnlaneum, 

 Translated from the Italian by Thomas Martyn and John 



Fig. 8.— Rev. Thomas martyn. 



Lettice, Baohelors of Divinity and Fellows of Sidney College, 

 Cambridge. Vol. i., containing the Pictures." Mr. Martyn's 

 next work was " Elements of Natural History," 1775, 8vo. On 

 the 23rd December, 1776, he was preferred to the vicarage of 

 Little Marlow, Bucks, by his pupil, Admiral Sir John Borlase 

 Warren, Bart. At this, or probably an earlier period, Mr. 

 Martyn resided at Triplow near Cambridge, engaged as private 

 tutor to four or five young men of fortune. On August 6th, 

 1777, the Rev. Mr. Tyson wrote to Mr. Gough :— " Martyn is 

 about a Flora Cantabrigiensis, to be published next spring. I 

 have the sheets to make additions to and to correct." — (Nichols's 

 Lit. Anecd., vni., 628.) Whether this work was actually pub- 



lished, or the materials incorporated in another work, does not 

 appear. In 1785 he published in 8vo a translation of Rous- 

 seau's "Letters on the Elements of Botany," accompanied by 

 additional letters ; a second addition appeared in 1787. In the 

 latter year he was presented by the Earl of Coventry to the 

 perpetual curacy of Edgware, whioh he retained till his death. 

 In 1778 he edited " Thirty-eight Plates, drawn and engraved 

 by F. Nodder, Botanical Painter to his Majesty, with Explana- 

 tions to Illustrate the Linnasan System of Vegetables, and par- 

 ticularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany," 

 8vo. The Professor occasionally attended on Queen Charlotte 

 in the gardens at Kew. 



