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THE ROLLIAD.
(22d Ed., 1812.)
Finding that my copy of The Rolliad ("Notes and Queries," Vol. ii., p. 373.) contains fuller information regarding the authors than has yet appeared in your valuable periodical, I forward you a transcript of the MS. notes, most of which are certified by the initial of Dr Lawrence, from whose copy all of them were taken by the individual who gave me the volume.
Wallington, Morpeth.
Advertisement. Dr. Lawrence.
Advertisement to 4th Edition. Do.
Explanation of Frontispiece and Title. Do.
Dedication. Do.
Rollo Family. E. T. and R. "This was the piece first published, and the origin of all that followed."
Extract from Dedication. Fitzpatrick. "The title of these verses gave rise to the vehicle of Criticisms on The Rolliad."—L.
Criticisms.
No. 1. Ellis. The passage in p. 2, from "His first exploit" to "what it loses in sublimity," "inserted by Dr. L. to preserve the parody of Virgil, and break this number with one more poetical passage."—L.
No. 2. Ellis. "This vehicle of political satire not proving immediately impressive, was here abandoned by its original projector, who did not take it up again till the second part."—L.
No. 3. Dr. Lawrence. Verses on Mr. Dundas by G. Ellis.
4. Richardson.
5. Fitzpatrick.
6. Dr. Lawrence.
7. Do.
8. Do.
9. Fitzpatrick.
10. Richardson.
11. Do.
12. Fitzpatrick.
13. Dr. Lawrence.
14. Do.
The French Inscriptions by Ellis.
Part II.
No. 1. Ellis
2. Do.
3. Richardson.
4. Do.
5. Fitzpatrick.
6. R——d.
7. Dr. Lawrence.
The passage commencing "The learned Mr. Daniel Barrington," to "drawing a long bow," "inserted by R——d under the verbal suggestions of Dr. Lawrence."
The Rose. Dr. Lawrence.
The Lyars. Fitzpatrick.
Margaret Nicholson. Lines 2-12, by Dr. Lawrence; the rest by A. (Adair.)
Charles Jenkinson. Ellis.
Jekyll. Lines 73. to 100., "inserted by Tickle;" 156. to end, "altered and enlarged by Tickle;" the rest by Lord J. Townsend. (At the end of Jekyll is the note which I have already sent to the "Notes and Queries," Vol. ii, p. 373.—W. C. T.)
Probationary Odes.
Preliminary Discourse. G. Ellis or Tickle. Q.
Thoughts on Ode-writing. Tickle.
Recommendatory Testimonies. Tickle. "I believe all the Testimonies are his, unless the last be by Lord John Townsend."—L.
Warton's Ascension. Tickle.
Laureat Election. Richardson. "The first suggestion of the vehicle for Probationary Odes for the Laureatship came (as I understood, for I was not present) from the Rev. Dudley Bate."—L.
Irregular Ode. Tickle.
Ode on New Year. Ellis.
Ode No. 3. Dudley Bate.
4. Richardson.
6. Anonymous, communicated by Tickle.
7. Anonymous.
8. "Brummell." "Some slight corrections were made by L., and one or two lines supplied by others."—L.
9. Tickle. "The first draft of this ode was by Stratford Canning, a merchant in the city; but of his original performance little or nothing remains except five or six lines in the third Stanza."—L.
10. "Pearce, (I believe) Brother-in-law of Dudley Bate."—L....