THOMAS BEWICK. 



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of the same subject, which was inserted under a portrait of Bewick by Charlton 

 Nesbit, and also employed in the 1820 Fables, where it is stated to have been 

 engraved by Bewick in 18 19. 



This brings us up to the time when Bewick was about to commence 

 his long-cherished scheme of the publication of a History of Quadrupeds. 

 Before entering on a notice of this celebrated volume it will be necessary to 

 look into his home life, and then to examine the minor works published before 

 1790, the year in which the Quadrupeds appeared. 



The Sad Historian. " The Deserted Village." 

 From Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell. 



