156.....New Spectator, February 3d,.... 1784 157.....LOUNGER, February 5th, ......1785 158 ...OBSERVER ..... 159.....Microcosm, November 6th, ......1786 160.....Pharos, November 7th,........ 161.....Busy Body, January 2d,........ 1787 162.....Olla Podrida, March 17th, 163.....Trifler, May 31st, .... 164 Variety 165 The Reflector. 166 Winter Evenings 167 The Loiterer, January 31st, 1788 1789 168.....Speculator, March 27th, .......1790 169.....Bee, December 22d, 170.. ..Grumbler .... ..... 171.....Patriot, Dublin 172.....Patriot, London. .1791 .... ..1792 175 THE LOOKER-ON, March 10th,...... 176.....Country Spectator, October 9th, 177.....Indian Observer, September 9th, 1793 178.....Ranger, January 1st, ... .1794 179.....Cabinet, October, ..... 180.....Sylph, September 22d, ........1795 199.. 200.....Pic Nic, January 8th,.. 201.....Censor 202.....Intruder 203.....Galvanist ... 204.....Miniature, April 23d,. 205.....Saunterer, September,. .1804 .1805 .1806 2 K 209 The Inspector...... 210.....Director 211.....Ruminator, February,....... 212.....Reasoner, January,. From the above Table it appears that, between the Tatler and the Rambler, a period of forty-one years, one hundred and six periodical papers were printed; and that, between the Rambler and April 1809, a period of fifty-nine years, exactly a like number has been published; consequently, however prolific we may conceive the present age to be in works of this description, it must evidently yield, in point of rapidity and fertility of production, to the prior half of the last century. Hadleigh, Suffolk, APPENDIX ΤΟ VOL. II. SINCE the preceding volume has been sent to the press, I have been solicitous to discover, what, in a work of such extent, must almost necessarily occur, the papers which previous research had failed to detect. The result has been an addition of seven to the catalogue; and of these I shall now proceed to give a brief account. 215. PEREGRINATIONS OF THE MIND. Of the author of this small collection of essays, I believe the only record extant is to be found in the Biographical Dictionary of Mr. Stephen Jones: a little work of great value, for the accuracy of its dates, and for the neatness and precision of 66 its style. "William Baker," relates Mr. Jones, a learned printer in Fenchurch-street, born at Reading, 1744, was the son of an eminent schoolmaster in that town. From his youth he was greatly addicted to study, and his friends favoured his inclinations by making him a printer. His modesty was equal to his learning, and he was truly Gray's " flower born to blush unseen.” His diffidence prevented his appearing much before the public as a writer; and his only publications are," Peregrinations of the Mind," a series of essays in the manner of the Rambler; and "Theses Græce et Latinæ Selectæ." He died in London, Sept. 29, 1785, in the 44th year of hi age; and an elegant Latin epitaph to his memory is placed on the tomb of his family, in the church-yard of St. Mary, Reading." The Peregrinations consist of twenty-three essays; which, as the title-page asserts, are on subjects that are " usually agitated in Life." They are written with considerable ingenuity, and occasionally with much force of argument. 216. PERIODICAL ESSAYS. These papers are, with the exception of N° 10, the production of the Rev. Robert Nares, Archdeacon of Stafford. They were published weekly, on a Saturday, for |