108. Pasor's Lexicon, Gr. and Lat. Lond., 1650. 109. Terence's Comedies, 3 vols. Lond., 1734. 110. Memoires du Duc de Villars, 3 tom. Hague, 1734. Lond., 1779. 112. Swinden's Beauties of Flora. Lond., 1778. 113. Bond's Horace. 1767. 114. Poems by a Lady, revised by W. Cowper, Esq. Lond., 1792. (This lady is generally supposed to be his Aunt Judith.) 115. Charlotte Smith's Sonnets. Lond., 1792. 116. Novum Testamentum Græcum, 2 tom. Lond., 1763. 119. Moliere's Comedies, 8 vols. Lond., 1732. 120. Smollett's Don Quixote, 4 vols. Lond., 1782. 121. Letters to a Wife, 2 vols. Lond., 1793. (By John Newton.) 122. Owen's Juvenal, 2 vols. Lond., 1785. Lond., 1794. Lond., 1792. 123. Williams's Poems, 2 vols. in one. 127. Postlethwaite's Grammatical Art Improved. Lond., 1795. (A 4/128. might be the same.). Lond., 1764. is! Romaine's Life of Faith. 129. Lives of Hugh Bryan and Mrs. Mary Hatson. Lond., 1760. 131. Letters of Henry and Frances, 2 vols. in one. Lond., 1767. 135. Memoirs of Voltaire. Lond., 1785. 136. Pearsall's Meditations, 2 vols. Lond., 1765. (Presented by his cousin, Mrs. Cowper.) 137. Edwards against Chauncy. Newhaven, 1790. 138. Letters from Italy. Lond., 1773. 139. Life of Halyburton. Glasgow, 1782. 141. Christian World Unmasked. Lond., 1773. (By John Ber ridge.) 142. Thomson's Seasons. Lond., 1744. 143. Bourne's Poemata. Lond., 1743. (By Vincent Bourne.) 144. Aureæ Sententiæ. Lond., 1768. 145. Johnson's Poetical Works. Lond., 1785. 146. Anacreontis Carmina. Morocco Argent., 1786. 147. Loss of the Halswell and Bentley's Poems. 148. Religious Tracts. 149. Cooper's Discourses. Yarmouth, 1786. 150. Cowper's Poems, 2 vols., fine paper, elegantly bound. Lond., 1798. 151. Cowper's Poems, 2 vols., fine paper, smaller size, elegantly bound. Lond., 1798. 152. Newton's Life of Grimshaw. Lond., 1797. 153. Gisborne's Poems, sacred and moral. Lond., 1798. 154. Gisborne's Walks in a Forest. Lond., 1799. 155. Book of Cookery. 156. Godivin's St. Leon, 4 vols. Lond., 1799. 157. Rambler, 4 vols. Lond., 1779. 158. Knox's Essays, 2 vols. Lond., 1784. (Vicesimus Knox.) 159. Old Manor House, 4 vols. Lond., 1793. (By Charlotte Smith, who presented it to the poet.) 160. Mirror, 3 vols. 161. Lounger, 3 vols. Lond., 1783. For Lady Hesketh. Edinb., 1787. For Lady Hesketh. 162. Hobbes's Homer. Lond., 1677. For Lady Hesketh. 163. Hervey's Theron and Aspasio, 3 vols. 164. Dakin's History, 2 vols. Lond., 1724. Lond., 1761. 165. Life of Colonel Gardiner. Lond., 1763. (By Dr. Dodd ridge.) 166. Hervey's Meditations. Lond., 1776. 167. Hayley's Essay on Old Maids, 3 vols. Lond., 1773. 168. Hayley's Poems and Plays, 6 vols. Lond., 1788. 169. Hayley's Two Dialogues. Lond., 1787. EIGHTEENS. 170. Andrew's Preces Privatæ. Oxon., 1675. (Bishop Andrews.) 171. Novum Testamentum Græcum, 2 tom. Amst. 172. Horatii Opera. Amst., 1718. 173. Hudibras. Lond., 1781. 174. Shakespeare's Works, 9 vols., last vol. wanting. Lond., 1747. To be reserved for Lady Hesketh. 175. Bell's Edition of Milton's Smaller Poems. Lond., 1778. 176. Young's Works. Edinb., 1784. 177. Buchanani Poemata. Amst., 1676. APPENDIX B. SOME RELICS OF COWPER AND THEIR PRESENT OWNERS (1892). 1. A small table bought at Constable's sale. Constable was butler to Sir Charles Throckmorton. This is the fly table referred to in § 117. (Mrs. Welton, Olney.) 2. Silver Stock-buckle worn by Cowper. Purchased at Olney, Sept. 27, 1837, of Thomas Kitchener, man to Mr. Wilson, Cowper's barber. See Letter to Unwin, May 23, 1781. (Mrs. Welton.) 3. Coat button, also bought of Kitchener. (Mrs. Welton.) 4. Piece of Cowper's hair in a locket. This was given by Mrs. Unwin to Mrs. Samuel Mason, who gave it to the present possessor (Mrs. Welton). Mrs. Mason is buried in Olney churchyard. 5. Pieces of the poet's patchwork counterpane. The counterpane was bought at Cowper's sale at Weston in 1795, and belonged for many years to Miss Handscomb, who remembered Cowper, and lived to the advanced age of ninety. (Thomas Wright.) 6. Profile of Cowper, see § 168. (Mr. Hollingshead, Olney.) 7. Cowper's armchair. (Mr. Hollingshead.) 8. Cowper's pocket-case. (Mr. Hollingshead.) 9. Pokerette that Sir John Throckmorton had made for Cowper. Presented by Mrs. Welton to the Bucks Archæological Society. 10. Another button. Ditto. 1. Cowper's father's family Bible. A few of Cowper's books. Two engravings that hung in his study. Some MSS. of his translation of Homer. The Letters published in "The Private Correspondence" (1824). One of his cambrić 12. Portrait by Abbot. Table. Writing-desk. Watch of Ashley Cowper (given to the poet by Lady H.). Canon W. Cowper Johnson (eldest son of Johnny of Norfolk), Rector of Northwold, near Brandon, Norfolk. 13. Portrait by Romney. Henry Robert Vaughan Johnson, Esq., Barrister of Lincoln's Inn, of 1, Elvaston Place, South Kensington. 14. The picture of the poet's (Johnny of Norfolk). mother. Picture of Dr. Johnson Rev. Chas. Ed. Donne, Vicar of 15. Cowper's wig-block. This is preserved in the summer-house. See Letter to Mrs. Newton, March 4, 1780. 16. The MS. of the Northampton Dirge for 1789 is in the Northampton Museum. 17. The late Sir Charles Reed had some relics of Cowper. 18. The MS. of Yardley Oak is in the possession of Mr. W. H. Collingridge, of the City Press, London. 19. His silver shoe-buckles. Belonged to the late Charles Longuet Higgins, Esq., of Turvey Abbey. Now in the possession of Mrs. Higgins. They were given to John Higgins, Esq., of Turvey Abbey, by R. B. Dunlop, Esq., who received them from the Rev. John Buchanan, Curate of Weston Underwood, 1826. Size 3 in. x 2 in. 20. His coffee-pot. Belongs to Mrs. Charles Longuet Higgins. Given to her by her brother, the late Dean of Chichester. It was originally bought at Miss Cary's sale at Weston Underwood in 1853. Handle covered with cane. Height 10 inches. 21. The Rev. W. Cowper Johnson, jun., possesses a ball of worsted wound by Cowper for Mrs. Unwin; netting done by Cowper; seal-ring with head of Omphale, given by Cowper to Theodora ; Cowper's watch (once in the possession of Ashley Cowper); and a cap worn by the poet when writing. All these were exhibited in the Guelph Exhibition, 1891. |