FOOTE, SAMUEL. (Con.). The Tailors. A Tragedy for Warm Weather, in 3 acts, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal, in the Haymarket. Anon. Lond., printed by T. Sherlock for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1778, 8°., pp. vi and 47, 1/-. Bod. Lib. The Tailors (or "Quadrupeds."). A Tragedy for Warm Weather, in 3 acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal. Anon. Illustrated with original designs by Robert Cruikshank... with introductory remarks by Richard Ryan. Lond., Joseph Thomas, Finch Lane, 1836, 8°., pp. 69. -Reprinted in Thomas' Burlesque Drama, 1836, 8°., pp. 69. NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 2nd July, 1767. Mr. Ryan states in his preface, p. 5, that this piece was written by S. Foote, and on this authority the play is attributed to him in the Br. Museum Cat. Genest, Baker, and other writers, positively state that the piece was not written by Foote, cf. also S. Foote's letter to Tate Wilkinson, dated Nov., 1766, and quoted in Baker's Biog. Dram., iii, 315. A Trip to Calais. A comedy in 3 acts, as originally written [in Aug. 1775], and intended for representation, by the late Samuel Foote, Esq., to which is annexed the Capuchin, as it is performed at the... Haymarket, altered from the Trip to Calais, by the late S. Foote, Esq., and now published by Mr. Colman. Lond., printed by T. Sherlock for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1778, 8°., 2/6. NOTE.-Trip to Calais, pp. 1-90. The Capuchin, pp. 91-141. A Trip to Calais, etc. Lond., printed for W. Lowndes and S. Bladon, 1795, 8°., 2/6. NOTE. Trip to Calais, pp. 1-74. The Capuchin, pp. 75-112. The Capuchin was first produced at the Haymarket, 17th Aug., 1776. The Duchess of Kingston being satirized in "A Trip to Calais," under the name of Lady Kitty Crocodile, had sufficient influence with the Lord Chamberlain to prevent that play being licensed. cf. Walpole's Letters, vi, 238, 239, 252. The Slanderer. A comedy. NOTE. Left unfinished at the time of the author's death, 1777. Elegies. I.-On the death of Samuel Foote, Esq. II.-On Age. By Thos. Holcroft, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Lond., printed for J. Bew, in Paternoster Row, 1777, 4°., pp. 24, 1/-. NOTE-The Elegy on S. Foote, pp. 5-15. Wit for the Ton! The Convivial Jester; or Sam Foote's last Budget opened, containing original and authentic anecdotes...of that immortal Child of Humour, the English Aristophanes... Lond., printed for W. Adlard, at No. 10, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, n.d. [1777], 8°., pp. 47, 1/-. FOOTE, SAMUEL, (Con.). Memoirs of the Life and Writings of S. Foote, Esq., the English Aristophanes; to which are added the Bon Mots...said by that great Wit and Excentrical Genius. Printed for J. Bew, (No. 28), Paternoster-Row, n.d. [1778], 8°., pp. 88. The Dramatic Works of S. Foote, Esq. Dublin, printed by C. Talbot, for S. Price... 1778, 3 vols., 12o. An Elegy on the death of S. Foote, Esq. By Boschereccio [pseud. i.e. ]. Lond., printed for G. Kearsly, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1778, 4°., pp. 11, 1/6. The Dramatic Works of S. Foote. To which is prefixed A Life of the Author. Lond., J. F. and C. Rivington, 1781, 4 vols. 8°.-1788, 4 vols., 8°., 30/-. The Life of Samuel Foote, Esq., Lond., 1788, 8°., pp. 23. Samuel Foote's Dramatische Werke. Berlin und Stettin, bei Friedrich Nicolai, 1796, 3 vols., 80. The Works of S. Foote, Esq. Edinburgh, printed for Peter Hill, 1798, 2 vols., 8°. Memoirs of S. Foote, Esq., with a collection of his genuine bon-mots, anecdotes, opinions, etc., mostly original, and three of his dramatic pieces, not published in his works. By Will. Cooke. Lond., printed for Richard Phillips, No. 6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, 1805, 3 vols., 12o., 13/6. NOTE. The 3 pieces are The Second Act of the Diversions of the Morning (as performed in 1758), iii, 113-29. The Trial of S. Foote, Esq., for a Libel on Peter Paragraph, iii, 130–41. An occasional prelude, iii, 142-59. The works of S. Foote, Esq., with remarks on each play and An Essay on the life, genius, and writings of the author. By Jon (sic.) Bee, Esq., [pseud., i.e., John Badcock]. Portrait. Lond., Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830, 3 vols., 12., 18/-. Historical and Biographical Essays. By John Forster. Lond., J. Murray, 1858, 2 vols., 8°. NOTE.-Essay on S. Foote, ii, 293–347. Reprinted (with additions) from Quart. Rev., xcv, 483-548 (1854). JUN., i.e. Francis FOOTE, SAMUEL, FORBES, SIR JOHN, M.D., F.R.S., D.C.L., (4th son of Alex. Forbes). b. Cattelbrae, 18th Oct., FORBES, SIR JOHN. (Con.). 1787. d. Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, 13th Nov., 1861. cf. Gent. Mag., xii, 226-28, (1862). Observations on the climate of Penzance and the district of the Land's End, in Cornwall, with an Appendix containing Meteorological Tables, and a Catalogue of the Rarer Indigenous Plants. Read before the Penwith Agricultural Society, and published by request of the members, by John Forbes, M.D., Secretary of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and Physician to the Penzance Infirmary. Penzance, printed for T. Vigurs and T. and E. Underwood, Lond., 1821, 8°., pp. iv and 64. Sketch of the Medical Topography of the Hundred of Penwith, comprising the district of the Land's End, in Cornwall. By J. Forbes, M.D., F.R.S. Map, n.d., 8°. NOTE.-Part ii, pp. 121-229. On the Temperature of Mines. By J. Forbes, 1822, 8o. NOTE. Reprinted from Trans. R.G.S. C., ii, 159-217 (1819). On the Geology of the Land's End district. By J. Forbes. Coloured Map, 1822, 8°. NOTE. Reprinted from Trans. R.G S C., ii, 242-80, (1819.) On the Geology of St. Michael's Mount. Trans. R.G.S.C., ii, 366-75, (1819). Froriep Notizen, Erfurt, vi, col., 241-43 (1824). On the Comparative Temperature of Penzance. Thomson Ann. Philos., i, 293-94, (1821). FORBES and HANLEY. List of Cornish Shells, discovered in Mount's Bay during 1853. Trans. P.N.H. and A.S., ii, 196-9 (1853.) FORD, JOHN (son of Thos. Ford). bapt. Ilsington, 17th April, 1586. d. not known, 1639 (3). The Chronicle Historie of Perkin Warbeck. A strange truth. Acted (sometimes) by the Queenes Maiesties Servants at the Phenix, in Drurie Lane. Lond., printed by T. P. for Hugh Beeston, and are to be sold at his shop, neere the Castle, in Cornhill, 1634, sm. 4o. No pagination. A to K 44 pages. Perkin Warbeck. In Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford (1839), pp. 98-122. NOTE.-Act iv, Scene v, Coast of Cornwall. Act v, Scene i, St. Michael's Mount. FORDYCE, GEORGE, M.D., F.R.S. (only son of Geo. Fordyce). b. Aberdeen, 18th Nov., 1736. d. London, 25th May, 1802. A new method of Assaying Copper Ores. Philos. Trans. Abr., xiv, 608 (1780). FORFAR, WILLIAM BENTINCK (son of John Bentinck Forfar). b. Breage. The Bâl; or 'Tes a bra' keenly lode-dedicated to one and all. A Song-24 verses. Helston, R. Cunnack, 1850. Pentowan; or the adventures of Gregory Goulden, Esq., and Tobias Penhale. A Cornish Story. By W. B. Forfar. Helston, R. Cunnack, Market Place; Lond., W. Kent and Co.; 1859, 8°., pp. viii and 256. The Helston Furry day; an account of its origin and celebration, with the music of the ancient Furry dance. Helston, R. Cunnack, 1861, 12°., pp. 16. Pengersick Castle. A Cornish Tale. By W. B. Forfar. Truro, J. R. Netherton, 1862, 8°., pp. vi and 200, 1/-. Cousin Jan's Courtship and Marriage; The Exhibition (A Sequel to "The Bâl "). Truro, J. R. Netherton, 1859, sm. 8°., pp. 17.-1862, 8o., pp. 24, 6d. Found Drowned. A Tale founded on fact; by the author of "The Great Grizzler." Truro, J. R. Netherton, 1863, 12°., pp. 24. Kynance Cove; or The Cornish Smugglers. A Tale of the last century. By W. B. Forfar. Lond., J. R. Smith, 1865, 8°., pp. v and 154, 2/-. Rozzy Trenoodle and his Leathern Bag. A Cornish Tale. Truro, J. R. Netherton, 1865, 12o., pp. 6. Tale of the Oysters. By W. B. Forfar. [In Pengersick Castle]. Versified by H. J. Daniel. App. to "Bobby Poldue," 18-. See p. 103. NOTE. This versification, by H. J. Daniel, was prohibited by a threatened action on the part of Mr. Forfar, whereupon it was withdrawn, and the copies promised to be destroyed. The Wizard of West Penwith; a tale of the Land's End. By W. B. Forfar. Penzance, printed and published by W. Cornish, 1871, roy. 12o., pp. 241, 3/6 to subscribers. NOTE.-The Bâl, Cousin Jan, Found Drowned, Rozzy Trenoodle, and Tale of the Oysters, are reprinted in "Cornish Tales, Truro, J. R Netherton, 1867, 8°." FORSTER, REV. BENJAMIN, B.D. (3rd son of Thos. Forster.) R. of Boconnoc, 1773-1805. b. 7th Aug., 1736. d. Boconnoc, 2nd Dec., 1805. cf. Gent. Mag., lxxv, 1177, 1237, (1805); Nichols' Anecdotes, vi, 268, 270, 616, ix, 648-51. Nichols' Illustrations, v, 290-328, viii, 544-6, 633-39. Some account of the church and windows of St. Neots, in Cornwall. Anon. Folding plate. Lond., printed by H. and E. Ledger, Mazepond, Southwark, 1786, 4°., pp. iv and 26. List of Subscribers. A short address to the Masters and Mistresses of Parish Apprentices, in the County of Corn FORSTER, REV. BENJAMIN. (Con.). wall, introductory to some account of the Principal Matters contained in an Act of Parliament, past in the year 1792, for the better regulation of Parish-Apprentices. [By Rev. B. Forster]. To be had of J. Liddell, printer and book-binder, Bodmin; and of J. Vandersluys, at Boconnoc, n.d. [1793], 8°., pp. 11, 1d. NOTE." A short address, &c.," is dated "Boconnoc Parsonage, April 26th, 1793," and comprised in pp. 1-5; "The principal matters contained in the Act," is comprised in pp. 6-11. Letter respecting the visit of the Rev. William Mason to Cornwall, signed B. P., [i.e. B. Forster] and dated Cornwall, 17th Sept., 1799. Weekly Entertainer, xxxiii, 330 (1799). NOTE. The purport of the letter is to contradict a report that Mr. Mason had stated that there was nothing good in Cornwall but junket and the Weekly Entertainer. Epistolarium, or Fasciculi of curious letters, together with a few familiar poems, and some account of the writers as preserved among the MSS. of the Forster family. By F. [i.e. Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster] Bruges, 1845-50, 2 vols., 8°. NOTE.-Contains several letters to Rev. B. Forster. FORSTER, E., JUN. The Botanists' Guide...By D. Turner and L. W. Dillwyn...1805, 2 vols, 8o. NOTE -The Botany of Cornwall described, i, 124-42. Considerable portion of the information, especially with regard to the eastern part of the county, was furnished by Mr. E Forster, jun. FORSTER, WILLIAM. b. Tottenham, 23rd March, 1784. d. Houlston, Tennessee, 27th Jan., 1854. Memoirs of W. Forster, edited by Benjamin Seebohm. Lond., Bennett, 1865, 2 vols., 8°. NOTE. He came into Cornwall in 1814, (when he visited Scilly), 1819 and 1835. cf. i, 178-181, 231; ii, 94. FORTESCUE FAMILY. A history of the Fortescue family. By Thomas (Fortescue) Lord Clermont. Chiswick Press. Printed for private circulation, 1869, 2 vols., fol. NOTE.-Contains an account of the Cornish family of Fortescue. FORTESCUE, HUGH, of Filleigh, Devon, (eldest son of Arthur Fortescue). d. 1719. An Act for discharging the Barton and Lands of and in Catch French, in the county of Cornwall, from the uses and limitations contained in FORTESCUE, HUGH. (Con.).“ the will of H. Fortescue, Esq., n.d. [1726], fol., pp. 3. NOTE. This manor was carried to H. Fortescue by marriage with Bridget, only daughter and heiress of Hugh Boscawen. FORTESCUE, JOHN, of Punsborne, Herts. Sheriff of Cornwall, 1471-76. d. 28th July, 1500. cf. Liber de Antiquis Legibus (Camden Soc., 1846), preface, pp. 216-17; Hist. of Fortescue family, ii, 153-63. FORTESCUE, COLONEL RICHARD. Commander of Parliamentary Forces in the West. d. 1656 (?) cf. Joshua Sprigge's Anglia Rediviva (1647), pp. 69, 97, 167, 329, N & Q., 3 S., vii, 258, 341, 387 (1865). FOSTER, CLEMENT LE NEVE, B.A. (son of Peter Le Neve Foster.) b. Camberwell, Surrey, 23rd March, 1841. Banca and its Tin Stream Works. By P. Van Dieste, Mining Engineer. Translated from the Dutch. By C. L. N. Foster. Maps and 2 woodcuts. Truro, Heard, 1867, 8°., pp. 85. Remarks on the tin producing districts of Asia. Rep. R.C.P. Soc., 1866, pp. xlv-l. Notes on New Rosewarne Mine. ib., 1866, pp. li-lv. Bergström's Boring Machine. ib., 1867, p. 1. Rock-boring Machine at Altenberg. ib., 1867, p. 6. Perseberg Iron Mines. ib., 1867, p. 47. Tabulated account of the Boring Machines exhibited or described at Falmouth, Aug. 1867. ib., 1867, p. 48. On the use of Doering's Boring Machine at Tincroft Mine, Redruth. ib., 1867, p. 58. The Thirty-fifth annual report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 1867. [Ed. by C. L. N. Foster]. Falmouth, Mrs. Lake; [Heard and Sons, printers, Truro]; n.d. [1867], 8°., 2/-. On a curious lode or mineral vein at New Rosewarne Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Brit. Assoc. Rep., 1866, p. 52. Notes on New Rosewarne Mine. Rep. Miners' Assoc. of C. and D., 1866, p. 26. Bergström's Boring Machine. ib., 1868, p. 5. Rock Boring Machine at Altenberg. ib., 1868, p. 10. Perseberg Iron Mines. ib., 1868, p. 46. FOTHERLY, REV. CHARLES. Incumb. of Southill, Callington and St. Ewe. d. 1677 (?) cf. Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, pt. ii, 31. FOWLER, REV. WILLIAM. Wesleyan Minister in Cornwall 1805-12. b. Collumpton, 1773. d. 23rd Aug., 1845. A Funeral Sermon for Alexander New. Bodmin, 1812, 8°. FOX FAMILY, of Brislington. Genealogical Memoranda relating to the family of Fox, of Brislington, Clifton, &c., [descended from E. L. Fox, q.vl. Howards' Miscell. Geneal. et Heral. (Monthly Series), i, 114-8. FOX, MISS ANNA MARIA, (eldest dau. of R. W. Fox). b. Falmouth, 21st Feb., 1815. Illustrations of Greek History and Antiquities. Penryn, 1848, 8°. Not published. NOTE. Sold in aid of the Scripture Readers' Society. For Miss A. M. Fox's other works see Fox, Caroline. FOX, BITHA or TABITHA. See Lloyd Tabitha. FOX, MISS CAROLINE, (2nd dau. of R. W. Fox). b. Falmouth, 24th May, 1820. d. Pengerrick, near Falmouth, 12th Jan., 1871. Il poter della Parola. Trans. [by the Misses C. and A. M. Fox], from "The Power of the Word," Memoirs of Pastor Von Maas-dyk Printed at Florence, 18-, 12o. Che cosa uno puo fare. Trans. [by the Misses C. and A. M. Fox], from " What one man may do." Lond., Printed by Feretti, 18—, 12°. Not published. FOX, MISS CAROLINE. (Con.). Il poter della fede. Trans. [by the Misses C. and A. M. Fox], from "The Power of Faith." Tregaskis, Falmouth, 18-, 12o. Gualtiero e Gulielmo. Trans. [by the Misses C. and A. M. Fox], from "Walter and Willie." Printed at Naples, 18-, 12°. Le due Pecorelle. Trans. [by the Misses C. and A. M. Fox], from "The Two Lambs." Printed at Naples, 18, 12°. Not published. Il Mozzo Bertino. Racconto Vero. Seconda edizione. Firenze Tipografia Clandiana, Via Maffia, 33, 1867, 8°., pp. 14. NOTE. Trans. by the Misses C. and A. M. Fox, from "The Cabin Boy Bob." Wesleyan Conference Religious Tracts, No. 101, pp. 8. FOX, CHARLES. b. Falmouth. d. Caroline Buildings Bath, 1808 (3) cf. Hone's Table Book (1827), p. 762. Etheridge's Life of Rev. Adam Clarke, pp. 265, 384. A series of Poems, containing the plaints, consolations and delights of Achmed Ardebeili, a Persian Exile. With notes historical and explanatory. By C. Fox. Bristol, printed by Bulgin and Roster for J. Cottle...1797, 8°., pp. xl and 276, 8/-. List of Subscribers. Leila and Mignon. A Poem. By C. Fox, MSS. NOTE. This, with other MSS. came into Dr. Adam Clarke's care after the author's death. A [Cornish] Dialogue between Gracey Penrose and Mally Trevisky. By C. Fox. [1790] Printed in Polwhele's Cornwall, v, 25; Paris' Guide to Mount's Bay (1828), pp. 266-69; C. Redding's Itinerary of Cornwall, pp. 169–171; J. Trenhaile's Dolly Pentreath and other Cornish Tales, pp. 43-46; Cornish Tales, (Truro, 1867), pp. 80-83. FOX, CHARLES (7th son of R. W. Fox, and brother of R. W. Fox, F.R.S.). b. Falmouth, 22nd Dec., 1797. On a rare species of Shark. Rep. R.I.C., 1838, p. 41. Sidonian Inscription. ib., 1856, p. 19. Celtic and Christian Antiquities of Algeria. ib., 1869, p. 78. FOX, GEORGE (Son of Robert Phillips Fox). b. Adjusting unicomb and suspended hives with registering apparatus. Rep. R.C.P.Soc., 1849, pp. 26-29. Galvanic Battery. English Mechanic and Mirror of Science and Art, x, 27, (1870). Old China, Plymouth China. ib., x, 192. Gas Fires, x, 214. Musical Box. ib., x, 238. Electric Clock. ib., xii, 177, 260, 273, 381. (1871). On Magic Lanterns. ib., xii, 212, 284, 405. Hydro Electric Machine. ib., xii, 324. Value of Coins. ib., xii, 407. Graphite Cells for Manganese Battery. ib., xii, 496. Hydrogen Lamp. ib., xii, 524, 546. FOX, GEORGE CROKER (son of G. C. Fox and father of the succeeding). d. Falmouth, 31st Dec., 1807. cf. Gent. Mag., lxxviii, 88 (1808). FOX, GEORGE CROKER, F.G.S. (son of the pre ceding). b. Falmouth, 1784. d. Falmouth, 1st July, 1850. cf. Gent. Mag., xxxiv, 663 (1850). The Prometheus of Eschylus and the Electra of Sophocles, translated from the Greek, with notes intended to illustrate the typical character of the former, also a few Original Poems. By G. C. Fox. Lond., Darton and Harvey, 1835, 8o '., pp. vii and 259. The Death of Demosthenes and other Original Poems, with the Prometheus and Agamemnon of Eschylus, translated from the Greek. By G. C. Fox. Lond., John Bohn, 1839, 8°., pp. xii and 287, 8/-. Premiums offered by G. C. Fox. Rep. R.C.P. Soc., 1834, p. 13. FOX, HOWARD (3rd son of Alfred Fox). b. 10th Dec., 1836. On Weekly Returns of the Cornish and Devonshire Sea Fisheries. Land and Water, vii, 214, 234 (1869). |