., v. 190, &c.

Bromley, in his catalogue of engraved Portraits, mentions
_four_ of orator Henley: two of which are inscribed, one by
Worlidge "The Orator of Newport Market;" another (without
engraver's name) "A Rationalist." There is a floating story
which I have heard of Henley. He gave out that he would shew
a new and expeditious method of converting a pair of boots
into shoes. A great concourse of people attended, expecting
to see something very marvellous; when Henley mounted his
"tub," and, holding up a boot, he took a knife, and _cut
away the leg part of the leather_!]

There are, I had almost said, innumerable contemporaneous
bibliomaniacal characters to be described--or rather, lesser stars or
satellites that move, in their now unperceived orbits, around the
great planets of the book world--but, at this protracted hour of
discussion, I will not pretend even to mention their names.

LIS. Yet, go on--unless the female part of the audience be weary--go
on describing, by means of your great telescopic powers, every little
white star that is sprinkled in this bibliomaniacal _Via Lactea_![385]

[Footnote 385: With great submission to the "reminescential"
talents of Lysander, he might have devoted one _minute_ to
the commendation of the very curious library of JOHN HUTTON,
which was disposed of, by auction, in the same year (1764)
in which Genl. Dormer's was sold. Hutton's library consisted
almost entirely of _English Literature_: the rarest books in
which are printed in the italic type. When the reader is
informed that "_Robinsons Life, Actes, and Death of Prince
Arthur_," and his "_ancient order, societie, and unitie,
laudable of the same_," 1583, 4to. (see no. 2730;
concerning which my worthy friend, Mr. Haslewood, has
discoursed so accurately and copiously: _British
Bibliographer_, vol. i., pp. 109; 125), when he is informed
that this produced only 9_s._ 6_d._--that
"_Hypnerotomachia_," 1592, 4to. (no. 2755), was sold for
only 2_s._--the _Myrrour of Knighthood_, 1585, 4to. (no.
2759), only 5_s._--_Palmerin of England_, 3 pts. in 3 vols.
1602, 1639, 4to. (no. 2767), 14_s._--_Painter's Palace of
Pleasure_, 2 vols. in 1, 1566-7, 4to. (no. 2770)--when, I
say, the tender-hearted bibliomaniac thinks that all these
rare and precious black letter gems were sold, c