FOOTNOTES:
[1] Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, iii. 205, 206.
[2] Critical and Historical Essays, iii. 446, 447.
[3] Ibid., iii. 144-146.
[4] Critical and Historical Essays, iii. 141, 142.
[5] History, i. 610, 611.
[6] Vol. i. p. 127, 128.
[7] The Physical Atlas: A series of Maps and Notes on the Geographical Distribution of Natural Phenomena. By Alexander Keith Johnston, Geographer in Ordinary to Her Majesty, &c. Folio.
[8] These pages were sent to press before the author had seen Mr Wakefield's recent work on Colonisation, wherein the views here expressed are enforced with great earnestness and conspicuous sagacity. The author is not the less pleased at this coincidence of opinion, because he has the misfortune to dissent from certain other parts of Mr Wakefield's elaborate theory.
[9] Original Treatises on the Arts of Painting. Preceded by a General Introduction, with Translations, Prefaces, and Notes. By Mrs Merrifield. 2 vols.
[10] In the third Report a recipe is given by Mr Eastlake, as communicated by "Mr John King of Bristol," who is spoken of as a "chemist." The recipe itself, in the Report, is considered an improvement. We wish, however, to correct an error which somewhat disparages the scientific reputation of a deceased friend, whom we greatly esteemed for his many virtues, as well as for his enthusiasm, knowledge, and taste, in all that regarded art. Mr King was not a chemist, but an eminent surgeon of Clifton. Had he been a chemist, his recipe would have been drawn up with greater chemical correctness: it is certainly not secundum artem chemicam. We may here state that we have heard from him, that early in life he had received this recipe from an aged ecclesiastic, as the veritable recipe of ancient times.
[11] Poems. By Alfred Tennyson. Fifth Edition.
The Princess: a Medley. By Alfred Tennyson.
[12] The Romance of the Peerage, or Curiosities of Family History. By George Lillie Craik. Vols. I. and II. London: 1849.
Celebrated Trials connected with the Aristocracy in the Relations of Private Life. By Peter Burke, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Pp. 505. London: 1849.
Anecdotes of the Aristocracy, and Episodes in Ancestral Story. By J. Bernard Burke, Esq. 2 Vols. London: 1849.
[13] Themistocles;—his tomb was on the chore at Salamis.
[14] "If thou meetest one of those small gentry in thy early rambles, it is good to give him a penny—it is better to give him twopence. If it be stormy weather," adds Lamb, in that tone of tender humour so exclusively his own—"If it be stormy weather, and to the proper troubles of his occupation a pair of kibed heels (no unusual accompaniment) be superadded, the demand on thy humanity will surely rise to a tester."—Essays by Elia—The praise of Chimney Sweepers.
[15] "Morning"—[in bed.] "Here is a restless dog crying 'Cabbages and Savoys,' plagues me every morning about this time. He is now at it. I wish his largest cabbage were sticking in his throat!'—Journal to Stella, 13th December 1712. Swift at this period (he was then at the loftiest summit of his importance and expectations, the caressed and hourly companion of Harley and Bolingbroke, and a chief stay of their ministry) lodged "in a single room, up two pair of stairs," "over against the house in Little Rider Street, where D.D. [Stella] had lodged."
[16] For several instances of the true untainted feeling displayed through life by this charming woman, see the pleasing memoirs of her, in Mrs Jamieson's Beauties of the Court of King Charles II., 4to Edition, 1833.
[17] Claudia and Pudens. An Attempt to show that Claudia, mentioned in St Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, was a British Princess. By John Williams, A.M., Oxon, Archdeacon of Cardigan, F.R.S.E., &c. Llandovery: William Rees. London: 1848. Longman & Co.
[18] Life of Sir Astley Cooper, interspersed with Sketches from his Note-Books of Distinguished Contemporary Characters. By Bransby Lake Cooper, Esq., F.R.S. 2 vols. London: 1843.
[19] "Sir Astley Cooper has, on one occasion, stated, in his memoranda, that he had educated eight thousand surgeons!"—Memoirs, vol. ii., p. 426.
[20] "From the period of Astley's appointment to Guy's," says Dr Roots, in a communication to the author of this work, (vol. i., p. 315,) "until the moment of his latest breath, he was everything and all to the suffering and afflicted: his name was a host, but his presence brought confidence and comfort; and I have often observed, that on an operating day, should anything occur of an untoward character in the theatre, the moment Astley Cooper entered, and the instrument was in his hand, every difficulty was overcome, and safety generally ensued."
[21] Introd. p. xi.
[22] Introd. p. xi.
[23] Ib. p. ix.
[24] Ib. pp. x. xi.
[25] Ib.
[26] Ib. pp. xv. xvi.
[27] Introd. pp. xiv. xv.
[28] Preface, pp. v. vi.
[29] Vol. ii. pp. 260, 261.
[30] His great-grandfather, Samuel Cooper, married Henrietta Maria Newton, the daughter of Thomas Newton, Esq., of Norwich, a relation—it is believed the nephew—of the great philosopher.—Vol. i., p. 1.
[31] His works are highly spoken of, and a list of them given, in the $1/cite>, vol. lxx., pp. 89, 177.
[32] Sir Astley Cooper always strongly reprobated the practice of a mother's neglecting to suckle her child, when able to do so; and we thank his biographer for giving us the following convincing and instructive passage from one of the illustrious surgeon's latest publications. We commend it to the attention of every fine lady mother, who may stand in need of the reproof:—"If a woman be healthy, and she has milk in her breast, there can be no question of the propriety of her giving suck. If such a question be put, the answer should be, that all animals, even those of the most ferocious character, show affection for their young—do not forsake them, but yield them their milk—do not neglect, but nurse and watch over them; and shall woman, the loveliest of Nature's creatures, possessed of reason as well as instinct, refuse that nourishment to her offspring which no other animal withholds, and hesitate to perform that duty which all of the mammalia class invariably discharge? Besides, it may be truly said, that nursing the infant is most beneficial both to the mother and the child, and that women who have been previously delicate, often become strong and healthy while they suckle.
"A female of luxury and refinement is often in this respect a worse mother than the inhabitant of the meanest hovel, who nurses her children, and brings them up healthy under privations and bodily exertions to obtain subsistence, which might almost excuse her refusal.
"The frequent sight of the child, watching it at the breast, the repeated calls for attention, the dawn of each attack of disease, and the cause of its little cries, are constantly begetting feelings of affection, which a mother who does not suckle seldom feels in an equal degree, when she allows the care of her child to devolve upon another, and suffers her maternal feelings to give place to indolence or caprice, on the empty calls of a fashionable and luxurious life."
[33] Pp. 47-48.
[34] Vol. i., p. 57.
[35] A common term in Norfolk for an isolated piece of water.
[36] Vol., i., pp. 61, 62.
[37] Ibid., pp. 69, 70.
[38] Vol. i. pp. 71, 72.
[39] Ibid. p. 81.
[40] Vol. i. p. 85.
[41] Vol. ii. p. 421.
[42] Vol. i. p. 88.
[43] Ibid., p. 100.
[44] Vol. i., p. 106.
[45] Vol. i., p. 107.
[46] Ib., p. 112.
[47] Ib., p. 113.
[48] Ib., p. 114.
[49] Ib., p. 94.
[50] Vol. i. p. 119.
[51] P. 134.
[52] Vol. i. pp. 161, 164.
[53] Ib. p. 213.
[54] Ib. p. 172.
[55] Vol. ii. p. 53.
[56] Vol. i. p. 173.
[57] Vol. i. pp. 174-175.
[58] Ib. p. 175.
[59] Ib. p. 178.
[60] Ib. p. 172-3.
Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.