younger years, and ever since I have had a capacity of making remarks, or of passing judgment on persons or things, I have taken a particular pleasure in reading the published epistles and lives of such as came into the world either before or since. my own appearing in it; and I have, in both of them, observed many things, and some of them curious and instructive, that do not occur elsewhere. "As to epistles, I have found that many of them discover secrets, and contain facts and passages, that would, in all likelihood, have been buried in oblivion, if not this way preserved. The writers of them very often draw their own native characters, without at all designing it, and generally touch, and sometimes dilate upon, a variety of things out of the common road." DAWSON TURNER. CONTENTS OF LETTERS. Page On his poem of Craigmillar Castle.-Dec. 13, 1775. Criticism on his poems.-Mar. 9, 1776. Declining to publish his ballads.-Feb. 14, 1778. DR. PERCY, BISHOP OF DROMORE, TO MR. PINKERTON. 6 Thanking him for some manuscript poems.-Mar. 25, 1778. Thanking him for his poems, and mentioning his own collec- tions for an additional vol. of Reliques of Ancient Poetry, and his intention of leaving them for his son.-July 20, 1778. On the Sapphic rhythm.-Aug. 20, 1778. On Drummond of Hawthornden's poems, and on modern Latin Declining the publication of Hardyknute, and recommending Apologies for not writing, and advising him to apply to Mr. Expressing pleasure at his having agreed with Mr. Nichols Page The first notice of Heron's Letters of Literature.-Dec. 28, 1781. Account of his Dissertations in the press, and his honorable Criticism and eulogiums on his Tales, and on Hardyknute, and Expressive of his gratification at Mr. Pinkerton's commenda- Terms and agreement for printing his Tragic and Comic Bal- Enclosing King James's poem of Peblis to the Play for his pub- Wishing to revise his notes on Scottish Poems, before their pub- Thanks for his letter, and for his Tragic Ballads.-Feb. 3, 1783. Remarks on the ballad of Kirkconnel Lea, on Rymer's Prophe- cies, and on the song of Flodden Field-Reply to his objec- tions as to the antiquity of Hardyknute, aud stating his own intention of examining the Maitland manuscript.—June 10, Apologies for not writing before, and enclosing a letter from MR. THOMAS WARTON TO MR. PINKERTON. Thanks for his Scotch ballads.-Nov. 24, 1783. MR. W. TYTLER TO MR. PINKERTON. Situation of Christ's Kirk : remarks on his late publication of Terms for printing his Treatise on Medals.-Jan. 22, 1784. His inability to grant him permission for the removal of books HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. DODSLEY. Declining Mr. Pinkerton's offer of dedicating to him his Trea- tise on Medals.— Aug. 8, 1784. HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON. Thanking him for his poems, and inviting him to Strawberry A second refusal of permission for the removal of books from HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON. Criticism on his Comedy.-Sept. 27, 1784. HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON. Further criticism on his Comedy; remarks on English poetry, HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON. On his own publications, on his literary career, and remarks on Accepting his recent edition of Sir D. Lindsay's Satire, and Enclosing his Sonnet to Dr. Heberden.-April 1, 1785. HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON. Observations on Heron's Letters of Literature, on Mr. Pinker- ton's proposed amendment of the English language, on Lady M. W. Montague and on Mr. Hume.-June 22, 1785. HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON. Further criticism on Heron's Letters: definition and exempli- HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON. Declining printing Greck authors at Strawberry Hill.―July 27, HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON. Declining printing an edition of the Life of St. Nicholas.-Aug. Concerning Barbour, and his manuscripts.-Aug. 24, 1785. REV. W. TREMAYNE TO MR. PINKERTON. On his proposed amendment of the English language.~Sept. HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR, PINKERTON. Advising him not to answer the critiques of anonymous adver- HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON. Advice on his intended publication of Lives of the Scottish Saints; opinion of Bishop Hoadley, and reflections on his own HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON, Declining to purchase pictures.-Oct. 2, 1785. Remarks on Winton's Chronicle.-Nov. 4, 1785. MR. PINKERTON TO THE EARL OF BUCHAN, Enclosing a copy of his Ancient Scottish Poems, with remarks upon them, and mentioning his intention of publishing Win- ton's Chronicle, and Lives of the Scottish Saints.-Nov. 24, Remarks on Heron's Letters.-Nov. 29, 1785. On the manuscripts in the Advocates' Library; on the Palice of |