A Calculation


AFTER the death of the poet Chatterton, there was found among his

papers, indorsed on a letter intended for publication, addressed to

Beckford, then Lord Mayor, dated May 26, 1770, the following memorandum:

Accepted by Bingley, set for, and thrown out of, the North Briton,

21st June, on account of the Lord Mayor's death:--



Lost by his death on this essay L 1 11 6

Gained in elegies 2 2 0

Gained in essays 3 3 0

Am glad he is dead by 3 13 6.



Yet the evident heartlessness of this calculation has been ingeniously

vindicated by Southey, in the Quarterly Review.



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