writings there are talent and learning enough to have built up a score of reputations. His English hexameter versions of some of the most striking passages in Klopstock's 'Messiah,' which are included in this list, are undoubtedly the finest specimens of that kind of writing in our language, and in impressive sublimity surpass the original: an entire work so written, or even 4. Remarks on the Book of Enoch in the Coptic Version of the Hebrew Scriptures brought from Abyssinia by Bruce. 5. Anecdotes of Herder. 6. Introduction to Goethe's Masque of Palæophron and Neoterpe. 7. On the Education of Dissenting Ministers. 8. Portfolio of a Man of Letters (4 papers). 9. Comments on Mason's Supplement to Johnson's Dictionary (2 papers). 10. Half-yearly Retrospect of German Literature. Vol. XII. 1. Comments on Mason's Supplement to Johnson's Dictionary (3 papers). 2. Counterplaint. A defence of his peculiar spellings of some words which had been altered by the printer, and which he justified on etymological principles. 3. On a Hebrew Dirge. 4. On the Fables of Pignotti. (See Philosophical and Literary Intelligence.) 5. Various articles in the Portfolio of a Man of Letters; among which may be particularly noticed those on Sneezing, on Wax-work, and on the Henriade, pp. 224, 421 and 423. 6. Half-yearly Retrospect of Domestic Literature; being a general reviewal of all the principal English works published during the last six months of 1801. so translated, would have ranked him among the immortal poets of the world. These fragments are preserved in his 'Historic Survey of German Poetry,' and to the latest period of his life. he would often recite portions of them with a feeling and emphasis, that never failed to produce the deepest effect upon those who heard him*. * The following letter from the proprietor of the Monthly Magazine affords further proof of the estimation in which his services were held :: "Dear Sir, : "71, St. Paul's, March 6th, 1800. On the other side your account is stated at six guineas per sheet that the annual amount is not greater must be ascribed to your having sent me only three or four papers during the first nine months of the year. I am always glad to hear from you, and hope you will be a more frequent, and indeed a constant contributor in prose and verse. Southey does not want originals. Another Enquirer would be very acceptable, and another, and another still. The two Necrology articles will be used in our next volume. "I am, dear Sir, very faithfully, The account to which the foregoing letter refers, exhibits a curious view of the ill-proportioned remuneration obtained for the materials of periodicals, when it is regulated solely by the space which they fill. The following are the sums received by William Taylor for some of these writings : The Translation of Bürger's Lenore.... £ s. d. 0 6 0 020 The Translation of Voss's Idyll, The Devil in The Translation of Stolberg's Theseus... The paper on Antinomianism ... The paper on the Theory of Representation.. From the same document it appears that he wrote the Memoir of Bürger in the Annual Necrology' for 1799, and had also prepared two other articles for the next volume. The subjects of these are not known, as the work for which they were designed was discontinued. 396 CHAPTER VII. 1802 to 1803. MR. TAYLOR'S VISIT TO PARIS. THE IRIS. EDITORSHIP OF CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED. IN February 1802, William Taylor received a visit in Norwich from his friend Robert Southey, who consulted him upon his then unfinished poem of 'Madoc'; and in the following month he availed himself of the short interval of tranquillity that succeeded the treaty of Amiens to go over to France, where he remained till the summer. During his stay at Paris he was joined by his young favourite, the present Dr. Henry Southey, in whom, as has been seen from the foregoing correspondence, he took the liveliest interest, and to whom he manifested all the kindness and watchfulness of a parent. He was furnished with a letter of introduction to Lafayette, at whose chateau he spent some days, and of whom, as well as of his family, he communicated many striking particulars to his friends in England. These, and his general observations upon the state of France and the effects produced by the Revolution, give more than ordinary importance to this part of his correspondence. Robert Southey to William Taylor. (No. 23.) 66 "35 Strand, Saturday, February 6, 1802. My dear Friend, "I did not till yesterday receive your note, at an hour too late to answer it. I have been confined to the house, therefore not able to look for my letters, and Corry, being himself unwell, neglected to send them. A letter which I wrote this day week to Harry explained my delay in setting off for Norwich: I hope to see you in the course of the following week. Your letter is a very kind one; almost I could find fault with some part of it for its too much civility. John May sends by me some cigars and two glass pipes of the last fashion; they tempt me to learn to smoke. Perhaps you know not the news of Burnett: he had been only a week with Lord Stanhope when his two pupils eloped, enticed away by an elder sister, who avows what she has done; and affirms that Lord Stanhope's groom, who was the go-between, is rewarded with a place under government. The father is severely afflicted; I think more so than becomes a philosopher. He appears attached to Burnett, has taken him aside, and said that his situation must not be at an end. He hopes to recover the youngest boy; and if not, I hope,' said he, 'Mr. Burnett, it |