Granger, however, was the first who
introduced it in the form of a history; and surely "in an evil hour"
was that history published; although its amiable author must be
acquitted of "malice prepense."

[Footnote 433: This third symptom has not escaped the
discerning eye of the Manchester physician; for thus sings
Dr. Ferriar:

He pastes, from injur'd volumes snipt away,
His _English Heads_ in chronicled array,
Torn from their destin'd page (unworthy meed
Of Knightly counsel, and heroic deed),
Not _Faithorne's_ stroke, nor _Field's_ own types can save
The gallant Veres, and one-eyed Ogle brave.
Indignant readers seek the image fled,
And curse the busy fool who _wants a head_.
Proudly he shews, with many a smile elate,
The scrambling subjects of the _private plate_
While Time their actions and their names bereaves,
They grin for ever in the guarded leaves.

_The Bibliomania_; v. 119-130.

These are happy thoughts, happily expressed. In illustration
of v. 123, the author observes,--"three fine heads, for the
sake of which, the beautiful and interesting commentaries of
Sir Francis Vere have been mutilated by collectors of
English portraits." Dr. Ferriar might have added that, when
a Grangerian bibliomaniac commences his ILLUSTRATING CAREER,
he does not fail to make a desperate onset upon _Speed_,
_Boissard_, and the _Heroologia_. Even the lovely prints of
_Houbraken_ (in Dr. Birch's account of Illustrious Persons
of Great Britain) escape not the ravages of his passion for
illustration. The plates which adorn these books are
considered among the foundation materials of a Grangerian
building. But it is time, according to my plan, to introduce
other sarcastic strains of poetry.

THIRD MAXIM.

Who, swearing not a line to miss,
Doats on the leaf his fingers kiss,
Thanking the _words_ for all his bliss,--
Shall rue, at last, his passion frustrate:
_We_ love the page that draws its flavour
From Draftsman, Etcher, and Engraver
And hint the booby (by his favour)
_His_ gloomy copy to "ILLUSTRATE."

_Bibliosophia_; p. v.

At this stage of our inquiries, let me submit a new remedy
as an acquisi