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of the players as much as watching the dancers. His son was able to 

 perform with some power on the "Northumberland small pipes," and the 

 same reviewer relates that on occasions when his son piped and his daughters 

 assisted in the dance, especially when the music and the figures were purely 

 Northumbrian, " the rapture of the artist was at its height, and he would 

 exclaim with almost tears of pleasure in his eyes : ' There they go — queens of 

 England ! queens of England ! ' The scene was indeed animating and the 

 sight beautiful, and few, we suppose, could scruple to join Bewick in his 

 exclamation, or fail to respect and love enthusiasm such as his, even when 

 carried thus far." * 



Solomon Hodgson, the partner of Beilby and Bewick in the publication 

 of the Quadrupeds, and printer both of it and of the first volume of the Birds, 

 died on April 4th, 1800, and, as mentioned, some serious difficulties arose 

 during the succeeding years between Mrs. Hodgson, his widow, and Bewick. 

 On the title-page of the " History of Quadrupeds" of 1790, 1791, 1792, and 

 1800 the imprint was "Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, and 

 T. Bewick," while the first volume of the Birds, 1797, carries, "Printed 

 by Sol. Hodgson for Beilby and Bewick." This shows at once that Hodgson's 

 position was materially different in the two cases, f 



During Hodgson's life affairs between Bewick and him were always con- 

 ducted harmoniously, but the widow and executrix appears never to have been 

 satisfied with the arrangements found existing, and in 1805 a violent explosion 

 took place, the quarrel being carried on in public. The attack was too 

 violent to be allowed by Bewick to pass unnoticed ; but it drew such an 

 interesting statement, in reply, from the engraver, that we have now no reason 

 to regret the publicity given to the discussion. 



The ' ' Annual Review ' ' for 1 804 (p. 731) published an article giving Bewick 

 the credit of having conceived and brought forth the Quadrupeds and Birds, 



* "British Quarterly Review," 1845, vol. ii. 



t The second volume of the Birds, 1804, bears, "Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick," and both 

 volumes of the 1805, 1809, 1816, 1821, and 1826 editions are the same. 



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