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hundred Songs. Vol. 1st. London. Printed anc Published, &c. [as above]. 4to, pp. ii, 96. This companion publication seems, like ' Th< Lyric Remembrancer,' to have been dis continued at the end of the first volume. Ii contains 144 items, of which twenty-four were in each number. A later issue on inferior paper (water-mark date 1821) was publishec oy Paine & Hopkins, 69, Cornhill. It was from the original plates of the first 80 pp arbitrarily divided into two volumes, price 5s. each. Possibly the publication was con- tinued, but I have seen no more.

"1799. The Vanguard; or, British Tars Regaling after a Battle. A new Interlude performed for the first time at Covent Garden Theatre, Friday 3rd May 1799 (Mrs. Martyr's benefit).

This was merely a vehicle for introducing, "by permission of Mr. Dibdin," a number of his songs, sung by Incledon, Fawcett, &c.

1799. Tom Wilkins, a Table Entertainment, written and composed by Charles Dibdin, first per- formed 5th October 1799.

The songs were published in folio, price Is., and otherwise as described in 'A Tour to the Land's End,' q.v. Headings of songs are similar to No. 1, unless noted.

1. Rational Vanity, written & composed by Mr. Dibdin, and Sung by him in his New Entertain- ment, called Tom Wilkins. London. Printed & Sold by the Author, at his Music Warehouse, Leicester Place, Leicester Square. 4 pp.

'2. The Difficult Task. 4 pp. (See No. 40, ' The

S^The Black Pig.

4. Nature and Nancy. 4 pp.

5. Bulls and Blunders.

6. The Last Shilling. 4 pp.

7. The Old Cloathsman. (Afterwards sung in ' Heads or Tails,' 1805.)

8. Naval Victories. 4 pp.

9. A Supplication for Peace.

10. Legerdemain. Title on front page.

11. The Lakes of Windermere.

12. Madam Vandercrout. 4 pp.

13. The Pride of the Ocean. (A Parody on ' The High-Mettled Racer.')

14. The Rage. 4 pp.

15. The Irish Drummer.

16. The Portrait of Humanity. 4 pp.

17. Dogs. 4 pp.

18. Bottom.

Tails,' 1805.
 * 19. The Family Concert. Also sung in ' Heads or
 * 20. Tom Wilkins Port.

The above formed the original programme of songs, in the order as advertised, for the opening night. Hogarth also includes 'Rowdy- dowdydow ' (Xo. 7 in ' The General Election ') and the ' Ode to Gratitude ' (1800), q v.

1799. A Collection of Songs. Fifth and last volume probably published this year. See 1790 ante.

1800. A Complete History of the English Stage. Introduced by a comparative and comprehensive

review of the Asiatic, the Grecian, the Roman, the Spanish, the Italian, the Portugese [sic], the German, the French, and other Theatres, and involving bio- graphical tracts and anecdotes, instructive and amusing, concerning a prodigious number of authors, composers, painters, actors, singers, and patrons of dramatic productions in all countries. The whole written, with the assistance of interesting docu- ments, collected in the course of five and thirty years, by Mr. Dibdin. Vol. I. London : Printed for the Author, and sold by him at his Warehouse, Leicester Place, Leicester Square. 8vo, 5 vols. n.d. Dedication to the Marquis of Salisbury, dated 25th March, 1800. Pp. xvi (not consecutively num- bered), 386, 400, 392, 458, 487, viii.

The titles of vols. ii. to v. are merely "A Com- plete History of the Stage. Written by Mr. Dibdin." This work was issued in monthly parts, beginning in 1797.

1800. Ode to Gratitude, on the preservation of his Majesty. Written & Composed by Mr. Dibdin, and sung by him, in his various Entertainments, on his lour. London. Printed and Sold by the Author at his Music Warehouse, Leicester Place, Leicester Square. Folio, 3 pp., front blank. On fourth page is an arrangement for a military band (clarinetts [sic], Horns & Bassoons).

This was doubtless published soon after Hat- field's attempt on the king's life. 15 May, 1800.

. _ E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN.

Mornmgside, Sudworth Road, New Brighton.

(To be continued.)

'THE TWELVE PROFITS OF TRIBULATION.' An anonymous book of which the author- ship is entirely unknown is abhorrent to the bibliographical mind, and it may therefore be worth while to indicate a statement as to the name of the writer of a curious work of which two editions were issued from the press of Wynkyn de Worde. This is ' The XII Profytes of Tribulacyon.' The edition- printed at London by De Worde in 1530 is without pagination, and contains sigs A-D This I have not seen, but it is duly entered in the General Catalogue and in the Cata- logue of Early Printed Books of the British Museum under the word 'Profits.' A copy of an earlier edition assigned to the year 1499 is in the John Rylands Library, and will be found catalogued under the word

i i I- 6 ' r. 1S. S one of the treatises in- cluded in Caxton s. In Tanner's ' Bibliotheca Bntannica there is an article which assigns an author to this curious tract. It is brief

nough to be quoted at length : "AdamusCarthusiamis, illius ordinis monachus, Anglus, et doctor theologies. Ex quibusdam vetustis uaganorum* scriptis pro confirmando spaciose

-agantis animi inutili otio, potissimum ex sex

" * Si Balaeus hunc tractatum legisset non ex paganorum scriptis, sed a Christianis frequenter Jesum memorantibus compositum esse dixisset."