absorbed all the admiration that Mr. Barnaby had to spare. His nephew

never opened his lips to speak, but he listened with as much veneration as Boswell did to those of Johnson, and I doubt not, had he possessed the powers of a Boswell, the world would have been presented with a collection of all the remarkable sayings, opinions, &c. of his great kinsman, under the title of INKHORNIANA. A French writer has said, that no man appears a hero to his valetde-chambre, meaning thereby to illustrate the homely maxim, that familiarity breeds contempt; but the case of Mr. Barnaby strongly disproves the truth of this assertion; for though his nephew had now passed some months under his roof, and he had had hourly and daily opportunities of wearing off, in his presence, every rough edge of admiration, yet, I will venture to say, it had increased rather than diminished. As a proof of this I will adduce one circumstance:

on a little table in his bed-room, Caleb had written some occasional pieces of prose and poetry, and had likewise put the finishing hand to his Nonsense of Sensibility; which circumstance made so strong an impression upon the fancy of his uncle, that after his departure he had a brass plate let into the centre of this table, and on it were engraven the following words: "ON THIS TABLE, MY IMMORTAL NEPHEW, CALEB INKHORN, WROTE SEVERAL OF HIS MATCHLESS The table was then

PRODUCTIONS." put aside from common and profane uses, and only shewn to the curious.

At length the day arrived when Caleb was to set off for London. Every preparation was made for the occasion, and Paul was permitted to accompany him and his master to the inn where the stages set out. Dolly received a dollar from the Lunnun gentleman, and half a crown more was distributed by him among the scholars that they might make merry,

and by virtue of these donations he quited the house with honors that a modern patriot might envy. As they journied along, Caleb could not help secretly comparing his present progress with the one which he had recently made in the company of the two bailiffs, and the recollection of the same event was excited in Mr. Barnaby's mind by the recurrence of particular objects in their way. "Here it was,"he would say to himself, "that we stopped to make water, and here the fat bailiff slipped off the pathway mid-leg into a ditch of stagnant water: here we all halted to rest ourselves, and here my nephew began to abuse his followers." It was thus that finger-posts, cross-ways and ditches called up this association of ideas; but as they related to an adventure not very pleasing to recollect, both parties very prudently kept their thoughts to themselves.

When they had arrived within two miles of their destination, they perceived

before them a great concourse of people moving tumultuously along. Their curiosity was naturally excited by this object, and they hastened forwards to ascertain the cause of what they saw. They soon overtook the crowd, and enquiring of the first one they came up to, what was the matter, they were answered that a thief had been apprehended, and was conveying to the town (whither they were going,) to be lodged in gaol. Paul, who had never seen a thief, begged that they might push forwards into the mob, till he could see him, which request was the more readily acceded to as both Caleb and Mr. Barnaby had that sort of vague curiosity which generally impels a man to look at what others are crowding to see. Accordingly they worked their way to the middle of the moving conglomeration, where they beheld a tall, athletic, gypsey youth in the gripe of two constables, while a baker was following close behind

with a three-penny loaf under his arm, which, it seemed, the culprit had stolen. The appearance of the delinquent was such as excited attention. His make was muscular; his step firm and his stature erect; his countenance was swarthy and over-hung with raven-black locks, which descended in natural curls down the sides of his face. His eye was large, dark and piercing, full of gloomy purposes, and sullen desperation; his upper lip was disfigured, or as some would think, ornamented with large mustaches: there was a pleasing expres sion of benignity about his mouth, and his teeth were regular and of exquisite whiteness. His dress was tattered and bespoke poverty but his mien and gesture were such as commanded respect. Even the rude rabble who were gathered round him, and who are always ready to insult and deride him whom the fangs of justice have caught, if debased by station, or depressed by appearances,

even