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WITH MANY REFERENCES TO COWPER AND OTHERS

FINE SERIES OF LETTERS BY JOHN NEWTON

83) NEWTON (John). Author of _Olney Hymns_; Close Friend of William Cowper. A Collection of Thirty-One Autograph Letters Signed, 103pp., 4to, Olney, 1766-1791, all to the Rev. Thomas Bowman, friend and musician, who set some of Newton's hymns to music. Splendid letters, with references to Cowper, Mary Unwin, John than Edwards, Wesley, Whitfield, his own _Olney Hymns_, American affairs, Calvinism, and including also the manuscript of an original hymn. A most interesting correspondence by an extra-ordinary man, who started in the slave trade and finished as a devout pastor. In 1774, he writes: "Dear Mr. Cowpers indis-position still continues --- He has been in a state of deep Melancholy --- for above a year past & he has been (& likewise Mrs. Unwin) at my house from Easter. --- You who know what a blessing his counsels, example & prayers have been to me & my people --- can form some judgment of my loss." And five months later: "Mr. Cowpers burden is something lighter, he spends almost his whole time in gardening, which was always his fav-orite amusement --- Once or twice of late, some little inci-dents have drawn a smile from him --- nothing like a smile had been seen upon his face for about 16 months. He will occasi-ally converse a little --- The Doctors seem to think his car is curable," etc.