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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. XIL OCT. 10, woa.
called A Frisk. London, Printed & Sold by the
Author, at his Music Warehouse, Leicester Place,
Leicester Square.
2. In Vino Veritas. 4 pp.
3. The Cuckoo.
4. The Letter N. Title on front page.
5. The Manes of the Brave. 4 pp.
6. Literary Transmigration. 4pp.
- 7. The New Year.
8. The Voyage of Life. 4pp.
9. Father and I.
1L TheLadies. Title on front page.
12. Love and Madness. 4 pp.
13. Jack at the Opera.
- 14. The Dinner.
15. The Original and the Picture. Title on front
1*6.* The Vicissitudes of Glory. 4 pp.
17. Honour among Thieves. 4 pp.
18. The Wife Elect. Title on front page.
19. Every Man his own Pilot. 4 pp.
- 20. The Blessings of Peace.
The above formed the original programme of songs, in the order as advertised, for the opening night. Afterwards there was intro- duced
21. The Sweets of Love (see No. 11, * The Cake- house'). Title on front page.
1 have seen a later issue, from Dibdin's plates, of No. 13, by G. Walker.
1801. Observations on a Tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scot- land, in a series of letters, addressed to a large number of intelligent and respectable Friends, by Mr. Dibdin. Vol. I. [or Vol. II.]. London : Pub- lished by G. Goulding, No. 45, Pall-Mall ; John Walker, No. 44, Paternoster Row ; and at the Author's Warehouse, Leicester Place. Printed by T. Woodfall, Little Russell-Street, Covent Garden.
2 vols. 4to, with two folding tables or plans, forty landscape illustrations, and twenty vignettes of figure subjects, pp. 404 ; ii. 406. Some copies have a general title in Vol. I.
Contains a series of 88 letters (45 in vol. i., 43 in vol. ii.), dated from 5 November, 1800, to 10 April, 1802. The 'Advertisement 7 is dated 16 November, 1801. The plates are dated 1801 or 1802. The landscapes were by Dibdin, and the vignettes by Miss A. Dibdin. aquatinted by John Hill. Eight of Dibdin's landscapes were shown by him at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1801. The book was issued in parts, price 5s. each, commencing 30 November, 1801. The pagination and the signatures are as follows (the letters J, V and W not being used) : Vol. I. Signatures commencing; p. 5, A to Z (B omitted), Aa to Zz, 3A to 3E, then F, then 3G, Hh, 31 to 3Z 4A to 4Z, 5A to 5G. Paged correctly to 92 then 98, 94 to 215, then 520, 217 to 222, then 203, 224 to 267, 568, 209 to 300, 801, 302 tp 336 387, 238 to 240, 341 to 348, 357 to 360, 353 to 356, 365 to 380, 138 (in some copies), 382
to 404. Vol. II. Signatures A (p. 1) to Z,
Aa to Zz, 3A to 3Z, 4A to 4Q, 5R, 4S to 4Z,
5A to 5K. Paged 1 to 335, 386, 337 to 365,
866, 367 to 407.
1802. Most Votes, a Table Entertainment, written and composed by C. Dibdin, first performed 9th October, 1802.
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. 3 unless noted.
1. The Poet to his Pen. 4 pp.
- 2. The Committee.
3. One, written & composed by Mr. Dibdin, and sung by him in his New Entertainment called Most Votes. London. Printed & Sold by the Author, at his Music Warehouse, Leicester Place, Leicester Square. Title on front page.
4. The Toast. Title on front page.
5. The Invisible Pig.
- 6. Watercresses.
7. Dolly of the Dale. Title on front page.
- 8. Three Cheers.
- 9. The Harmony of the Affections.
10. The Three Sisters.
- 11. The uEolian Harp.
12. Joltering Giles. 4pp.
13. The Sapling. Title on front page.
14. The Barber's Shop. 4 pp.
15. The Wind and the Rain. 4 pp.
- 16. The Parachute.
17. The Devil Outwitted. Title on front page.
- 18. The Union of Love and Wine.
19. The History of the War. Title on front page.
- 20. Most Votes.
I have seen later issues, from Dibdin's plates, of No. 12 by G. Walker and No. 14 by Diether. There was also published
- Songs, &c., in Most V9tes, a New Entertain-
ment of Sans Souci Printed for the Author, &
Sold at his Music Warehouse, Leicester Place, Leicester Square, at Sans Souci, & nowhere else in London. 8vo, 48 pp. J. Cundee, Printer, Ivy Lane. Vignette on title " invented & etched by Miss Dibdin, Aquatint by Mr. Hill."
A gradual change from eighteenth-century usage is to be noted in the engraving of songs in those entertainments now dealt with. Formerly the first page of the sheet (except where there were four engraved pages) was blank, and the music of the song with the first stanza was on pp. 2 and 3, the remaining stanzas, with arrangement for two flutes or other instruments, occupying the fourth page. In 'Most Votes' all the songs 1 have seen, with two exceptions, begin on p. 1. This change, though less convenient for singer and accompanist, probably crept in because it was more so for the seller, who formerly could not see the title of a song without opening it ; or it may have been due to a desire for uniformity with the songs which had four engraved pages. These, it
