claimed all intention of meeting again upon that occasion. In 1791, Dr. Parr having received two anonymous letters, probably undeserving of notice, publicly attributed them to the rev. Charles Curtis, rector of Solihull, in Warwickshire. This unlucky surmise rested on a few slight coincidences, which suspicion, as usual, magnified into proof. There is strong reason for believing that these letters emanated from Dr. Parr's own pupils, who were fond of encouraging literary warfare. Mr. Curtis, in justification of his own character, contradicted the charge in the St. James's Chronicle, which produced from the doctor an octavo pamphlet of two hundred and seventeen pages, thickly strewed with notes, and a proportionate appendix, entitled, "A Sequel to the Printed Paper lately circulated in Warwickshire by the rev. Charles Curtis, a Birmingham Rector," &c. 1792. This huge Sequel tempted Cumberland to enter the field with a humorous pamphlet, called "Curtius rescued from the Gulph, or the Retort Courteous to the rev. Dr. Parr, in answer to his learned Pamphlet, entitled 'A Sequel,' &c." From the title-page "Ille mi Par esse deus videtur, to the word FINIS inclusive, Combe, who was found incompetent to the discharge of so arduous a task; and not only was Dr. Parr's assistance towards the second volume withdrawn, but he was induced to publish some severe animadversions on the work in the " British Critic." In reply to this, Dr. Combe published a pamphlet, entitled, "A Statement of Facts, relative to the behaviour of the rev. Dr. Parr to the late Mr. Homer and Dr. Combe, in order to point out the source, falsehood, and malignity of Dr. Parr's attack, in the British Critic,' on the character of Dr. Combe, 1794." In this statement, Dr. Parr was accused of breach of promise, violation of friendship, and even want of veracity. Being styled by his antagonist the "literary Ajax," he, to make that epithet good, replied, in a closely printed octavo pamphlet of ninety-four pages, called "Remarks on the Statement of Dr. Charles Combe, by an occasional Writer in the British Critic,' 1795." The following extract from this pamphlet contains Dr. Parr's own account of his critical labours: "The reader will, I trust, excuse me, if, for reasons of delicacy, I now take an opportunity to state the whole extent of the share I have ever had in reviews. To the 'British Critic,' I have sent one article, besides those which were written for the Horace. For the Critical Review,' I have furnished a few materials for two articles only. For the Monthly' I have assisted in writing two or three, and the number of those which are This critique, which was continued through five numbers, was partly re printed in 1812," with alterations and additions," in the fifth volume of the "Classical Journal." entirely my own does not exceed six or seven. In almost all these critiques, my intention was to commend rather than to blame, and the only one in which I ever blamed with severity, related to a classical work, the editor of which deserved reproof for the following reasons. He clothed bad criticisms in bad Latinity. He had not availed himself of that information, which preceding editions would have supplied to any intelligent editor. From the stores of other critics he collected very little, and from his own he produced yet less that was valuable. But he had indulged himself in rude and petulant objections against Dr. Bentley; and for this chiefly I censured him. Here ends the catalogue of my crimes hitherto committed in reviews; and, as I now have somewhat more leisure than I formerly enjoyed, it is possible that I may now and then add to their number. But I assure Dr. Combe and the public, that whensoever I take upon myself to deal rigorously with any writer, I shall not shrink from the strictest responsibility. My contributions to works of this kind are occasional, and, therefore, I have no right to the benefit of that secrecy which it may be wise and honourable for the regular conductors of reviews to preserve. Of the share which I have already taken, and may hereafter take, in these periodical publications, I never can be ashamed. I might plead the example of many scholars both at home and abroad, far superior to myself in vigour of intellect, and extent of erudition. But I wish rather to insist upon the utility of the works themselves, and upon the opportunities which they furnish to men of learning, for rendering some occasional service to the general cause of litera ture. There is no one review in this country but what is conducted with a considerable degree of ability and though I decline the task of deciding upon their comparative excellence, I have no hesitation in saying, that all of them deserve encouragement from learned men. They much oftener assist than retard the circulation of books-they much oftener extend than check the reputation of good books-they rarely prostitute commendation upon such as are notoriously bad. For my part, I am disposed to view with a favourable eye the different opinions and propensities which may be traced in the minds of the different writers. By such collisions of sentiment truth is brought into fuller view, and a reader finds himself impelled, by the very strongest curiosity, to examine the reasons upon which men of talents nearly equal have founded decisions totally opposite. By posterity, too, reviews will be considered as useful repositories of the most splendid passages in the most celebrated works. They will show the progress of a country, or an age, in taste and arts, in refinement of manners, and in the cultivation of science. They mark the gradations of language itself and the progressive or retrograde motions of the public mind upon the most interesting subjects in ethics, in politics, and in religion." In the same year, Mr. Beloe published a translation of "Aulus Gellius," the very learned and judicious preface to which was written by Dr. Parr. On Easter Tuesday, in the year 1800, Dr. Parr preached his justly celebrated Spital sermon at Christchurch, Newgate-street, before Harvey Christian Coombe, esq. the lord Mayor. The church, though large, was crowded to excess, and the doctor gratified the more intelligent portion of his hearers by a discourse, in which he happily combated the delusive dogmas of those philosophers who ascribe all benevolence and justice to a selfish principle. This sermon was soon afterwards printed, with a number of curious notes: which induced the author of "Political Justice" to publish, in the same year an octavo pamphlet, entitled "Thoughts occasioned by the perusal of Dr. Parr's Spital sermon, being a reply to the attacks of Dr. P., Mr. Mackintosh, and others." A suspension of intercourse between Dr. Parr and Mr. Godwin was the consequence; but a few months previous to his death, Dr. Parr sent Mr. Godwin a message of peace, and invitation to Hatton. În 1801, Dr. Parr was offered by Alexander Baring, esq., but declined the vicarage of Winterbourne Stoke, in Wiltshire. In 1802 he was presented by sir Francis Burdett to the rectory of Graffham, in Huntingdonshire. following is the correspondence which passed on the occasion :--"Sir; I am sorry that it is not in my power to place you in a situation which would become you -I mean in the Episcopal palace at Buckden but I can bring you very near to it; for I have the presentation to a rectory now vacant, within a mile and a half of it, which is very much at Dr. Parr's service. It is the rectory of Graffham, at present worth 2001. a year, and, as I am inform ed, may soon be worth 270l.; and I this moment learn that the incumbent died last Tuesday. : The "Dr. Parr's talents and character might well entitle him to a better patronage than this from those who know how to estimate his merits; but I acknowledge that a great additional motive with me to the offer I now make him, is, that I believe I cannot do any thing more pleasing to his friends, Mr. Fox, Mr. Sheridan, and Mr. Knight; and I desire you, Sir, to consider yourself obliged to them only.-I have the honour to be, Sir, with the greatest respect, your obedient servant, "FRANCIS BURDETT." "Vicarage-House, Buckden, Sept. 26, 1802. "Dear Sir; After rambling in various parts of Norfolk, I went to Cambridge, and from Cambridge I yesterday came to the parsonage of my most respectable friend, Mr. Maltby, at Buckden, where I this morning had the honour of_receiving your letter. Mrs. Parr opened it last Friday at Hatton, and I trust that you will pardon the liberty she took in desiring your servant to convey it to me in Huntingdonshire, where she knew that I should be, as upon this day. "Permit me, dear Sir, to request that you would accept the warmest and most sincere thanks of my heart for this unsolicited, but most honourable, expression of your good will towards me. Nothing can be more important to my worldly interest than the service you have done me, in presenting me to the living of Graffham. Nothing can be more exquisitely gratifying to my very best feeling, than the language in which you have conveyed to me this mark of your friendship. Indeed, dear Sir, you have enabled me to pass the years of declining life in comfortable and honourable independence. You have given me additional and unalterable conviction, that the firm 1 ness with which I have adhered to my principles has obtained for me the approbation of wise and good men. And when that approbation assumes, as it now does, the form of protection, I fairly confess to you, that the patronage of sir Francis Burdett has a right to be ranked among the proudest, as well as the happiest, events of my life. I trust that my future conduct will justify you in the disinterested and generous gift which you have bestowed upon me: and sure I am, that my friends, Mr. Fox, Mr. Sheridan, and Mr. Knight, will not only share with me in my joy, but sympathize with me in those sentiments of respect and gratitude which I shall ever feel towards sir Francis Burdett. "Most assuredly I shall myself set a higher value upon your kindness, when I consider it as intended to gratify the friendly feelings of those excellent men, as well as to promote my own personal happiness. "I shall wait your pleasure about the presentation: and I beg leave to add, that I shall stay at Buckden for one week only, and shall have reached Hatton about this day fortnight, where I shall obey your commands. One circumstance, I am sure, will give you great satisfaction, and therefore I shall beg leave to state it. The living of Graffham will be of infinite value to me, because it is tenable with a rectory I now have in Northamptonshire; and happy I am, that my future residence will be fixed, and my existence closed upon that spot where sir Francis Burdett has given me the power of spending my old age with comforts and conveniences quite equal to the extent of my fondest wishes, and far surpassing any expectations I have hitherto ventured to indulge. "I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect and most unfeigned thankfulness, dear Sir, your very obedient, faithful servant, "S. PARR." For this preferment, which relieved him as to pecuniary matters, Dr. Parr always expressed a due sense of the kindness of the worthy baronet. Still, however, he continued attached to his residence at Hatton, where he had secured, and ever continued to maintain, the esteem of all his parishioners, had greatly embellished the church by painted windows, &c. and had given it a peal of bells. Nor would he have quitted Hatton for any preferment short of a mitre, which, in 1807, had nearly adorned his brows. "Had my friends,” he once said to Mr. John Nichols, "continued in power one fortnight longer, it would have been all settled: Dr. Huntingford was to have been translated to Hereford, and I should have had Gloucester. My family arrangements were made; and I had determined that no clergyman in my diocese, who had occasion to call upon me, should depart without partaking of my dinner." After a momentary pause he observed, "in the House of Peers I should seldom have opened my mouth, unless unless (he added with some warmth) any one had presumed to attack the character of my friend Charles Fox-and then I would have knocked him down with the full torrent of my impetuosity. Charles Fox was a great man; and so is your friend William Pitt; and I can tell you, that if I had them both in this room, and only we three had been together, I would r¢ have locked the door-but first would have had plenty of wine on the table and depend upon it we should not have disagreed!" In 1803, Dr. Parr published another 4to sermon, preached on the late Fast, Oct. 19, at the Parish-church of Hatton." A letter of the doctor's to the late lord Warwick, on some electioneering disputes, was also printed, but was suppressed; though, as a specimen of the vituperative style, it is worthy of preservation. Twenty years since, Dr. Parr reprinted some metaphysical tracts: "Arthur Collier's Clavis Universalis;" "Conjecturæ quædam de Sensu, Motu, et Idearum Generatione;" "An Inquiry into the Origin of the Human Appetites and Affections, showing how each arises from Association;" and "Man in Quest of Himself, or a Defence of the Individuality of the Human Mind, or Self." These he intended to republish, probably with original remarks, but the whole impres sion is stored up in the printer's warehouse. In 1808 Mr. Coke, of Holkham, made Dr. Parr an offer of the rectory of Buckingham. This, however, did not tempt the doctor to leave the spot to which he was so attached. On the death of Mr. Fox, Dr. Parr announced his intention of publishing a Life of his celebrated friend and political favourite. The expectations of the public were excited, but were certainly disappointed in a publication of two octavo volumes, entitled "Characters of the late Charles James Fox; selected, and in part written, by Philopatris Varvicensis," 1809. A collection of characters from the various public journals occupies 175 pages; an original character, in the form of an epistle to Mr. Coke, 135; and the second volume is filled with notes on the amelioration of the penal code and religious liberty, plentifully inlaid with citations from the classics. Considering the grotesque arrangement of matter and subjects, it is not surprising that this work should have experienced.unmerited neglect. On December 27, 1816, after about six years widowhood, Dr. Parr married secondly, Mary, sister of Mr. Eyre, of Coventry, who survives him. Two small publications, one of which was printed by his especial request (containing a critical essay by Dr. Parr on the character of Dr. Taylor, the learned editor of Demosthenes and Lysias); and of the other of which he was the immediate editor, must not pass unnoticed. They were,-1st. "Two Music Specches at Cambridge, in 1714 and 1730, by Roger Long, M. A., and John Taylor, M. A., to which are added, a Latin Speech of Dr. Taylor; several of his juvenile Poems; some Minor Essays in prose; and Specimens of his Epistolary Correspondence; with Memoirs of Dr. Taylor and Dr. Long." 8vo. 1819. 2ndly. "Four Sermons: first and second by Dr. Taylor; third by Bishop Lowth; and fourth by Bishop Hayter; with a preface suggested by remarks of Dr. Parr." A variety of Dr. Parr's minor literary productions appeared in "The Gentleman's Magazine;" to which he was a frequent and valuable correspondent. Among these are two letters on the subject of Howard's statue, a learned letter to the rev. Mr. Glasse, on the word Cauponari, and several letters to lord Chedworth (inserted in a report of the trial on the will of that |