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to John Bell, bookseller, Newcastle, whose name appears on part of the edition 

 in the title-page. Beilby subsequently sold his interest in the copyright of 

 the volume to Bewick, it being after this that the quarrel arose' between 

 the engraver and the widow of Hodgson, as detailed in Chapter XXI. 



The blocks added in the fourth edition are — The Old English Road Horse, 

 the Improved Cart Horse, the Heath Ram, the Cheviot Ram, the Tees Water 

 Breed (of Sheep), the Improved Breed (of Sheep), the Sow of the Improved 

 Breed, and the Chinese Sow ; and the Spotted Hyena replaces a former poor 

 cut. Several additional vignettes appear in the fourth edition ; namely, the 

 farmyard in winter, with a man and dog labouring through the snow, page 34 ; 

 two cows standing in a pool at page 37, also used in the Birds with the addi- 

 tion of the hawk; a lame man looking at a direction-post, page 171 ; a crow 

 and frog on rock at page 173 ; and the fox and the fowls at page 455. The 

 vignettes are actually fewer in number than in the third edition because of the 

 omission of several of the ornamental cuts, which the book was better with- 

 out. The "Addenda" contain two cuts of rare animals sent to the Literary 

 and Philosophical Society of Newcastle — the Wombach and an unnamed 

 amphibious animal (the Ornithorhynchus) — both very poor engravings. 



In 1804 an American edition of the " History of Quadrupeds " was issued. 

 In it no thanks are given to Bewick, nor is there any further acknowledg- 

 ment than appears on the title-page, which reads as follows: — "A General 

 History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood, chiefly copied from 

 the original of Thomas Bewick by A. Anderson. First American edition with 

 an appendix containing some American animals not hitherto described. New 

 York, printed for G. and R. Waite, No. 64, Maiden Lane, 1804." 



Anderson was an extensive copier of the Bewicks' works, and engraved 

 those in the "Looking Glass for the Mind" and other books. These 

 publications are pure piracies. Bewick's name does certainly appear on 

 the title, though that was probably done to make the book sell better. 

 Occasionally the letterpress is altered to suit the different circumstances 



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