A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Late William Taylor of Norwich (Volume 2); Containing His Correspondence of Many Years with the Late Robert

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. 1805 to 1806. CORRESPONDENCE WITH R. SOUTHEY. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. ANNUAL REVIEW. At the close of the year 1804, William Taylor lost at once the occupation afforded him by the Iris and the Critical Review; but the habit of close application had been formed, and it will be seen that his release from these engagements benefited the other periodicals for which he wrote. On these subjects much information will be found in his correspondence with Robert Southey, to which it is now time to revert. William Taylor to Robert Southey. (No. 40.) Norwich, January 3, 1805. My dear Friend, I hoped ere this to have received of Longman a printed copy of your 'Madoc, ' and to have begun my new-year's letter with the for once probable wish, --Viva Vrhd. mil aiios; but you seem determined to observe all the rules of art, and to keep it till't is nine years old. Henry writes me word that he has got his name entered at Cambridge and intends to keep terms there. This determination appears to me rash and unwise: travelling three times a year from Edinburgh to Cambridge will be an additional expense, and his absences from Edinburgh will interrupt his attention there, which is in the proper train. He is well thought of and distinguished among the students of medicine for minding his business, but at Cambridge nobody heeds medicine; his emulation will fling him into the pursuits of the place, and he will set about being a mathematician or a classic, --very good things, but not very essential or conducive to advancement in his profession. For any provincial situation, there is not the slightest use in having kept terms at Cambridge: at London, indeed, a man cannot become a fellow of the College of Physicians without an English degree, but he can become a...