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2 Inquiry relative to Athenian Stuart and Reveit. 
To the Editor ef. the Monthly Magazize. 
SIR, 
EING about to: publish an addi- 
tional volume to the “ Antiquities 
of Athens,” ftom documents left by 
Messrs. Stuart and Revett, I am de- 
sirous of prefixing some account of the 
life of those gentlemen, who, by their 
great industry and perseverance, ac- 
complished a work highly creditable to 
themselves as artists, and honourable to 
the nation to which they belonged. I 
therefore take this public means, through 
the channel of your widely circulating 
Miscellany, to solicit authentic parti- 
culars and anecdotes relative to either 
ofthem. Of Stuart, I wish to know any 
particulars of his early life, as the time ' 
and place of his birth, with the circum- 
stances of his parents and family; how 
he came to be.n artist, to travel abroad, 
to be a scholar, &c. Also the names of 
the gentlemen who were his friends and 
patrons, and by what means ‘they en- 
couraged the publication of the Anti- 
quities of Athens; a list of the buildings 
to which he acted as architect, will be 
very acceptable;-if any gentleman has 
any letters written by Stuart, while at 
Athens, containing curious information, 
the loan of them will be very acceptable. 
j am aware of two papers in the Gen- 
tleman’s Magazine, 1788, respecting 
Stuart; the latter one has the greatest 
claim to attention; and I shall be very 
glad to know the "author, if living ; this 
paper is signed, A. H. 
I am in possession of authentic do- 
uments, respecting the early life. of 
Revett: ‘but am desirous to know whe he 
studied under asa painter, previous to 
his going to Rome, which was in the 
year 1742; also the. names of those 
gentlemen, who were his friends and 
patrons, after his return from Athens; 
and a list of the buildings erected under 
his care, as an architect. Revett was a 
frequent contributor to the Gentleman’s 
Magazine; a complete reference to the 
papers written by him, will be very ac- 
ceptable. In short, Sir, as time has 
triumphed over so many of the contem- 
poraries of these celebrated travellers 
and artists, my desire is to be enaliled ta’ 
give to the public such a permanent 
sketch of their lives and scientific la- 
ours, as’ may do justice to their merits, 
and be an excitement to others to follow 
such noble cxamples. It is hoped*that 
none but well authenticated informa- 
tion will be sent, and accompanied by 
the name and residence ofthe commue 
nicator. 
original documents shall be duly taken - 
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I have only to add, that all 
care of, according, to the desire of the 
person ‘wht may favour me with them, 
and all authentic information will be 
thankfully received, by Your’s,; &c. 
Architectural Library, J. Tayzor. 
_ High Holborn, London. 
D y Se 
To the Editor of the Mon Magazine. 
SIR, 
G° long ago as in “Septcaiier and De- 
cember, 1807, I troubled you with 
two of an intended series of\papers, on- 
the subject of the Treatment of Tmpedi- 
ments of Speech ; and on the Impropriety 
of mingling Cases of that Description,with 
those of Deafness, and other calamitous 
Detects ; which require, in many particu- 
lars, a ‘treatment so opposite and_ ini- 
mical, that the most absolute separation 
of them appears to be of the highest im- 
portance to that class of pupils who have 
Impediments only. 
By some accident or other, the latter 
of those communications did not find its 
way into your valuable Miscellany, till 
the month of April, 1808; and, in the 
mean time, the notes I had hastily made, 
for the further prosecution of my design, 
+had'not only been thrown aside, but pro- 
fessional engagements had so thronged 
upon me, that I had no opportunity of | 
resuming my pen. In the hurty of prac- 
tical exertion, the chain of ideas became 
broken; and although I have frequently 
felt the wish of reuniting the severed 
Jinks, the leisure and disposition for such 
an effort have never happened to meet 
together, till the present moment ; when 
looking over some papers, that had been 
thrown at different times into a drawer, I 
‘chanced to meet with the fragment, with 
which, however abrupt it may appear, [ 
shall here resume the subject. - 
the indiscriminate mixture of cases of im- 
pediment, and of deafness or imbecility. 
It is for this reason, although I am per- 
fectly convinced, that [ could teach ‘the 
deaf to speak, with much léss labour than 
“1s sometimes necessary to correct the 
vicious habits of vocal utterance, the ab- 
solutely dear are never adinitted into my 
seminary.‘ 9 ~ 
For the same reason, altho T have 
devoted a considerable portion of my at- 
tention to cases of amentia, that is to say, 
to those cases, in which, from the neg- 
lects or accidents of early education, the 
senses have not properly been developed, 
orthe connective faculty of the mind has 
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Itis for this reason, Sir, that fcondenin © 
not 
