24 Mr. Faraday on the 



I have not had a bit of Game the whole Season and unless you stand my 

 friend I shall be badly off. It is the only thing in the world I can beg for and 

 I know you will excuse me for mentioning it. 



I am 



Yours ever 



JAS HEATH. 

 Novr 17. X795- 



It does not appear to whom the following letter from 

 Dr. Ferriar was addressed. It may possibly relate to some 

 negotiation in which Philips's interest was enlisted. From 

 an endorsement it appears that the proposal was declined. 

 I insert the letter here because it is included in the collection, 

 is in the handwriting of one of the most distinguished of 

 the early members of the Society, and has a bearing on its 

 literary history : — 



Gentlemen 



Manchester July it 1797. 



You will be pleased to send me Dr. "Wharton's Edition of Pope's works, 

 which I see is just published, & to place it to my account. 



I have desired Mr. John Burn to procure me a few plates to complete 

 my set of Grose's Antiquities : if he sends them to you, I shall trouble you to 

 pay him for them. But do not delay sending Dr. W.'s Pope. 



What should you think of publishing an edition of Tristram Shandy with 

 notes ? Since I wrote my Comments on Sterne for the Philosophical Society 

 here, much curious matter has occurr'd to me for illustrating that book. 

 I am, Gentlemen, 



Your respectful hble Servt- 



J. FERRIAR. 



The writer of the following epistle — George Bew, M.D. — 

 like Dr. White, was one of the first four Vice-Presidents of 

 the Society and was also, like Mr. Philips, a member of its 

 " Committee of Papers." He was himself the author of a 

 paper on "Blindness," read before the Society in 1782, and 

 published in the first volume of the Memoirs. The letter 

 throws additional light on Philips's character and habits : — 



Dear Sir 



I beg to return my respectful acknowledgements for the kind recollection 

 with which you honour me, and for the favour of engaging an early impression 

 of Mr. Heath's Plate. From the unpleasant public altercation which I observed 



