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MR. JOHN EVELYN. 23 



King was pleased to make Henry Baron Arundel, of Wardour, Lord 

 Privy- seal. He wrote nothing during this reign. After the revolution, 

 he was made Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, and, though he was then 

 much in years, yet he continued to publish treatises upon several sub- 

 jects : As, 23. "Mundus Muliebris ; or, the Lady's Dressing-Room 

 " unlocked, and her Toilet spread. In burlesque. Together with the 

 « Fop-Dictionary, compiled for the use of the fair sex." 1690, 4to. — 

 24. " Monsieur de la Quintinye's Treatise of Orange-Trees, with the 

 " raising of Melons, omitted in the French editions, translated into 

 " English." 1693. — 25. " Numismata : a Discourse of Medals, ancient 

 *' and modern, together with some account of heads and effigies of 

 " illustrious and famous persons, in sculps and taille-douce, of whom we 

 « have no medals extant, and of the uses to be derived from them. To 

 " which is added, a digression concerning Physiognomy." 1697> folio. 

 The Connoisseurs look on this treatise as one of the perfectest on the 

 subject in any language ; and it is said to be greatly admired by 

 foreigners of taste. We are now arrived at the last publication with 

 which our Author enriched the republic of letters ; it is entitled : — 

 26. " Acetaria; or a Discourse of Sallets." 1699, 12mo. It was dedi- 

 cated to the Lord Chancellor Somers, at that time President of the Royal 

 Society : and, though Mr. Evelyn was then in his eightieth year^ it bears 

 no marks of extreme age or impaired abilities. 



Nor had Mr. Evelyn been less generous in imparting his knowledge 

 to others out of his own private collections, than by what he had pub- 

 lished for the use of all. He communicated to Mr. Boyle a curious 

 and exact account of the method by which the magazines of snow are 

 preserved in Italy, for the use of the tables of the great. The late 

 learned Bishop of London, Dr. Gibson, was furnished by him with those 

 additional remarks on the county of Surrey, which are published in his 

 English edition of Camden's Britannia. He contributed largely to 

 Mr. Houghton's Husbandry and Trade improved ;" and Mr. Aubrey 

 has testified how often he was indebted to him for his friendly assistance 

 in many of his undertakings. In regard to the Royal Society, he was 

 very assiduous in transmitting to them whatever fell within the compass 

 of his inquiries, and used to style himself, humbly, " A Pioneer in the 

 " service of the Royal Society." He certainly removed many obstruc- 



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