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xii popular preacher in a proprietary chapel — abroad with George Selwyn — John Howard the philanthropist — Warner in his "cabin" — his love of cards and dinners — his ride to Scrivelsby — his kindness to distressed friends — lines on "Mie Mie" — abroad as a "spy" for the earl of Carlisle — his free letters — Selwyn's desire to obtain preferment for him and his disappointment — the statue to John Howard — Warner's friendship with Anna Seward, William Hayley, and George Romney — Warner in Sussex — Warner and his friends in Paris — Warner and William Huskisson — Warner and Selwyn's love of executions — his detention in France — his quarrel with Mathias — his dissertation on the pronunciation of Latin — the views of English scholars on it — fresh attack from Mathias — Warner on English ladies and French dinners — his portrait by Meyer — his letters to George Cumberland — his friendship with Home Tooke and the other reformers — His death and will — the youth whom he adopted — his career and rise to be K.C. pp. 35—70

His friendship with theatrical stars — his grandfather, the Chevalier and oculist — the Chevalier's surprising career — the strange memoirs of him — Taylor's father, also an oculist — John Taylor himself, an oculist — his education — Writes for the press — Taylor and the "Morning Post" — Taylor and the "True Briton" — Taylor and the "Sun" — his differences with William Jerdan — their rival advertisements in the paper — eulogy, followed by satire on lord Byron — Byron's letter to Taylor — Jerdan bought out— Taylor's writings for the stage and his poems — his connection with the "Monthly Mirror" — his poem of "Monsieur Tonson" — anecdotes of him by Crabb Robinson, William Hazlitt and Tom Moore — Taylor and the clubs of the day — his "records of my life" and its anecdotes on "everybody" — Boswell triumphs over Pitt's stolidity— Boswell and the proof-sheet of the title-page of his life of Johnson — Taylor's death pp. 71—100

Byron's friends at Cambridge— descent of Scrope Davies — his parentage and family— educated at Eton and King's college, Cambridge — Davies and Byron at the university — two of the jests of Davies — Gronow's estimate of him — his winnings as a gambler — Davies and drink — Davies and Byron in London — Byron dedicates "Parisina" to him — Davies and Hobhouse with Byron on his leaving England — Davies and "gentleman" Jackson, the pugilist— Davies and "beau"