pious notes, by way of illustration or contrast, to certain passages from every respective author.

We have first presented our select extracts from the writings of Dr. Moore, thinking him the author, who, from the great variety of his works, was more likely to please the man of taste, and the man of the world; (for he has sketched the principal traits in the characters of those eminent personages, who flourished in the last century, as also of those tragi-comic actors, who have figured during the French revolution,) -and both to amuse and instruct the British youth, by the geographical and humorous accounts contained in his travels, of the most singular ceremonies, and most famous cities in Europe.

In our labours we have had principally in view, not only the universal education of the rising generation, but also the amusement of that class of readers, who by a limited fortune are prevented from purchasing bulky and expensive publications, like those of Dr. Moore;* flat

* Taken collectively, they contain about ten thousand pages, of a large octavo edition; the most instructive and entertaining part of which we have endeavoured to compress in 600.

tering ourselves, that the man of rank, fortune, and taste, if Mooriana should fall into his hands, will feel, from its perusal, a strong desire to become more intimately acquainted with an author so conversant with men and manners, and so eminent for the benevolence of his heart, and the purity of his morals: and thus be irresistibly induced to purchase all his works, in order to place them in his library, on the same shelf with those of the most renowned authors of the last century: with Smollet, Fielding, Johnson, Chesterfield, &c. &c.

We cannot end this advertisement, without tendering our most sincere thanks to Dr. Moore's relatives for the liberal support they have given to our undertaking, by granting us leave to copy a masterly drawing of the Doctor, sketched at a time posterior to his picture by Lawrence, by the bold and faithful pencil of W. Lock, jun. Esq. a gentleman of independent fortune, well known for the amiableness of his manners, and the generosity of his heart; and renowned, among the dilettanti, for his early and almost instinctive talents, discernment, and taste, in the art of painting. Nor can we refrain from expressing our wish, which is that of

the public, that Dr. Moore's respectable relatives may soon enrich our literature by the publication of some of his MSS. if he has left any, intended for the press.

A few unavoidable errors of the press, materially altering the sense, and those chiefly in the printing of the French, have unluckily crept into this edition; in praying the reader to excuse them, we must earnestly entreat him to attend for their correction to the Errata, added to these volumes.

1

ACCOUNT

OF THE

Life and Writings

OF

DR. JOHN MOORE.

AMONGST the numerous horde of writers of the last degenerate century, who have attacked religion by their sarcasms; morality, by their profligacy; and civil society, by their levelling principles — we feel an inexpressible satisfaction in presenting to the notice of our readers, an author who was a friend to religion and morality, a supporter of rational liberty, and an inveterate enemy to the excesses of unrestrained licentiousness.

What a pleasing and useful occupation would it be for us to unravel, and delineate, the whole tenor of a life consecrated to the relief and instruction of human nature; to present Dr. Moore, as a tender husband, an affectionate father, and a benevolent physician, and to offer him to his countrymen as a pattern of the highest excellence. But not having had the happiness of an intimate acquaintance with him, our picture can be but an imperfect sketch of his character: we shall therefore content ourselves with mentioning the principal circumstances which relate to his life and

writings for we will leave to some of his respectable and affectionate relatives, or bosom-friends, the heartfelt pleasure of recording the anecdotic details of his life; and by this means completely gratifying the public curiosity, which the present notice will perhaps contribute to increase.

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Dr. John Moore was the son of a clergyman, a native of Scotland having lost his father, when only five years, old, he was left to the care of his mother: † a lady distinguished for the strength of her understanding, and eminent for her piety, and benevolence of heart ;-sentiments which she early infused in the mind of her only child. After the necessary preparation of a grammar-school, young Mr. Moore being destined for the profession of medicine, removed with his mother to Glasgow, was matriculated at the University, and placed under the care of an eminent prac titioner. He was at an early period, (in the seventeenth year of his age,) thrown, as it were, upon the world: and having obtained a sufficient knowledge of the practice of physic, he left his native country, and passed over to the continent under the protection of the Duke of Argyle, Lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of foot, which embarked for Flanders to serve under his Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland. + At Maestrich, Flushing, and

* He was born in 1730, at Stirling, the ancient residence of the Scottish kings. His father, the Rev. Charles Moore, was one of the ministers of that town, and was greatly esteemed for the purity of his manners, as well as for the amiableness of his disposition.

+ She was a native of Glasgow, and the daughter of John Anderson, Esq.

After having extinguished a domestic rebellion in Scotland by his gallant behaviour, and very meritorious conduct at the battle of Culloden, his Royal Highness had repaired to the continent in order to combat our foreign enemies, and, in 1747, commanded the allied army in Flanders.