1810.] 
as undoubtedly the work of art, and to 
be made in an old stone-pit. 
The Wanderer is inaccurate in de- 
scribing the shivering mountain at Cas- 
tleton as composed of ‘loose gravel” 
(page 212) instead of argillaceous shist, 
orshale, as the natives call it. The en- 
trance to Peak’s Hole is not “ very lofty,” 
as might indeed he inferred from the 
darkness in its firstapartment: the Width 
of the natural arch, at the entrance of 
this cave, is its greatest wonder, and this 
it probably was which the writer meant 
to have noticed. In describing Chats- 
worth House, the Wanderer’s usual dis- 
cernment, and justness of description, 
seems to have failed him (page 213, at 
the bottom), since few rock and wood 
scenes are more romantically bold and 
striking, than the rides and walks at the 
back or east side of Chatsworth House. 
i need not point out the injustice done 
to the magnificent paintings and orna- 
ments of this place; but it is absolutely 
necessary to refute the calumnies on the 
agents of his Grace of Devonshire, who 
are in charge of the place, Mrs. Gregory, 
the housekeeper, and Mr. Travis, the 
gardener; whose polite attentions.to the 
‘company which I joined in viewing this 
‘fine mansion, and their satisfaction be- 
comingly expressed at the small remu- 
nerations which were offered) them, 
(without any demand on their parts) for 
the trouble we had given them, were the 
very reverse of what the Wanderer has 
described. 
.The marble pillars at Kedleston (not 
 Reddiestone) are made of gypsum (page 
214), as, doubtless, the servants there in- 
formed Mr. Wanderer. is 
In describing the entrance to Matlock- 
bath Vale, (page 307). the Wanderer 
mentions ‘ Worksworth,” where Mat- 
lock-bridge wasintended. Sir Richard 
Arkwright, as-is-well known, died several 
"years ago, (and the title is extinct), never 
having occupied the elegant mansion 
‘called ‘ Willersley Castle,” and not 
* Cromfit-House,” where his eldest son, 
Richard Arkwright, esq. resides; which 
is not above a quarter of a mile, in a’ 
direct line across the river, from the prin- 
cipal part of Matiock-bath village, in- 
stead of two miles beyond it, ‘¢ Crom. 
fit,” the place of departure for Ashburn, 
* (page 308) is Cromford, I suppose. 
' The “ extremity of the dale,” (page 309) 
' where the. carriages met Mr. Wanderer 
and his friends after viewing part of 
Dove-Dale, was, I conceive, from his de-_ 
‘écription, Harson-Grange Farm, but a 
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On the Invention of the Piano-forte, 
411 
very short way’ up this truly wonderful 
dale, compared with its whole length, 
The “ Middleton,” mentioned pages 211 
and 309, of which there are three in the 
county, is Stoney~Middleton. 
Thave been at the pains to correct these 
things, that your readers who may neglect 
to consult good maps to detect them, may 
not, by repeating these misnomers, ren- 
der themselves ridiculous, as Mr. Wane 
derer does by committing them to print. 
Nov. 12, 1810. LonDINENSIS. 
P.S. Iam truly sorry to see a minister of 
Christ’s church, the Rev. T. D, Fosbrooke, 
at page S11, recommending voluntary boun- 
ties by the people for enlisting in the army 
and navy, in prosecution “of the senseless 
crusade of almost twenty years standing, in 
which this devoted country is engaged, and 
applauding the impressing of landsmen! J 
hope that a bishopric forms no part of the 
views of this reverend divitie. What kind 
-of a school of morality a tender anda ship 
of war are, the robberies, burglaries, and 
murders, which follow any general discharge 
of seamen from the navy, sufficiently tes- 
ty. ‘. : 
eater — 
To the Editor of the Monthly Mugazine. 
Sih ites ss. 
OUR learned and ingenious corre- 
spondent, Mr. Capel Lofft, appears 
anxious to ascertain some particulars 
relative to the invention of the piano= 
forte. : ~ 
It has been the received opinion, ge- 
nerally, that it was invented in Ger- 
many; but doubts having taken place in 
my mind in consequence of that gentle- 
man’s enquiries, [ have taken some pains 
to investivate the subject. 
A very ingenious musical-instrument 
maker, Mr. 1. A. Stumpff, a native uf 
Saxony, has assured me, that it was the 
invention of a member of the academy 
of Dresden. i 
In corroboration of which, he has 
-kindly furnished an extract from a recent 
German publication, enutied ‘* Anst- 
kalisches Lexikon, von H. C. Koch.” 
The following is a translanon: ‘¢* The 
piano-forte was invented by J. C. Schro- 
der, of Dresden, in Saxony, in the year 
1717. He had = model made of this 
invention, and presented it to the court 
of Dresden fo inspection. The ham- 
mers recoiled, and were covered with 
leather. Some time after, Mr. G. Silver- 
mann, a musical-instruinent maker, be- 
gan to manufacture some, and succeeded 
in bringing them to a tolerable degree of 
perfection. It has been questioned, 
however, whether Schroder, or B. Cas- 
BS * | tolali, 
By 
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