ton for two years longer, when his health declining, he determined to live by the sea-side, and finally chose Budleigh Sulterton, in Devonshire, for his future abode. Here he built another chapel, which cost him 20001., and appointed Mr Hawkey, a retired captain in the army, whose father had been recorder of Exeter, his minister, with a salary of 150l. per annum. This salary, with the use of the chapel, Mr Hawkey was to enjoy for his life, after which, the latter was to fall to the Wesleyan connection, and the money appropriated to secure the salary to be divided among the donor's relations. Soon after this event the health of the eccentric subject of this little volume rapidly declined, and he became subject to epileptic fits. These were succeeded by apoplexy and paralysis, under the effect of which he survived longer than might have been expected, until at length his decease took place on the 22nd of November 1815, in the seventieth year of his age, and his remains were interred in Budleigh church-yard. It is easy to find more important autobiographies than that of this pertinacious bookseller, sceptic and methodist, but few are more lively, curious, or characteristic. INDEX. AUTHOR'S motives for publishing his Life...... ....... Author's thanks to some booksellers... Additions since the first edition, why not printed sepa- All alive, alive O! in W- cathedral Author's birth not predicted, nor his nativity calculated 31 learns to read; is born again his rigid application to study of divinity... becomes a backslider arrives at Bristol ... forms a friendship with Mr John Jones strange mode of life.. composes songs before he could write converts his friends great talents for controversy.. 100 lucubrations like to prove fatal. 100 ... lives on bread and tea only. 103 travels to Bridgewater, Taunton, Exeter, and Kingsbridge 105 ...... teaches himself to write 106 falls in love with a dairy-maid; his spiritual attaches himself to Hannah Allen, another holy married to Nancy Smith, the dairy-maid Author begins the world with a halfpenny PAGE 115 lives on water-gruel to support his sick wife 118 is shocked at the wickedness of London; his goes to receive his legacy, loses part, commits turns bookseller; his motive for so doing attention to metaphysics quits the Methodists; some reasons why mode of stating his profits and expenses.. Amorous gentleman and blundering ostler, a story. An old buck tempted by his maid and the devil A man believes himself to be the Holy Ghost. Anecdotes very curious of very spiritual ladies Anecdotes of very carnal and very spiritual ladies Authors publishing and selling their own books never 121 122 125 130 .... 150 157 158 172 231 258 290 84 158 190 49 75 261 188 138 142 answers 227 Authors should be careful in choosing their publishers ib. Band meetings, account of -, select, only for such as are perfect Booksellers are benefited by our authors selling cheap 263 .... Bookselling succeeds with our hero Bottomly, Shaw and Wheeler, save the author from 86 133 149 74 76 Buncle's Memoirs enlarges our hero's mind Biggs, John, a perfect man; his curious hand-bill.... ... Booksellers destroy large numbers of books, to sell some Books preserved by our hero, and sold cheap Booksellers' liberality to authors, instances of Bentley eats asses' flesh for conscience sake.. Bookseller's shop an excellent school for knowledge Books, sale of, extremely increased of late years.. PAGE 155 160 ib. 159 220 ib. 227 223 134 188 142 246 ib. 255 Brank, a remedy for scolds, described (with wood-cut) 273 225 Benger, Elizabeth, a very extraordinary instance of fe- 249 Books afford real and lasting pleasures to rich and poor 265 271 Children, a doubt if they should not be taught to despise Class meeting, account of 73 Curious library of the author and his friend at Bristol Chiswell street, our hero opens a shop there Criminals, bad practice of Methodists towards them, 133 173 G G |