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ON AUTHORS AND BOOKS, NO. 7.

The author of the volume of which I am about to give a character, from the
Ms. of sir William Musgrave, seems to be the person who is described by
Gough as "Arthur Dobbs, Esq. of Castle Dobbs, promoter of the discovery of
the N.W. passage." The note may interest both historians and collectors of
books.

AN ESSAY on the trade and improvement of
Ireland. By Arthur Dobbs, Esq. _Dublin_,
1729-31. 8vo.

"This volume contains both the parts of the work and is a most
curious collection of facts and accounts respecting the
population revenue and trade of Ireland; and I believe it is
scarce, as I have not often met with it, nor do I remember to
have heard it quoted on either side during the warm disputes
about the commercial intercourse between England and Ireland in
the year 1785." [W. Musgrave.]

I procured this volume from the collection of Mr. Heber, vii. 1682.--Sir
William Musgrave was a _Trustee_ of the British Museum, and bequeathed near
two thousand volumes to that incomparable establishment. He was partial to
biography, and gave much assistance to Granger. His _Adversaria_ and
_Obituary_, I often consult. The latter work is an excellent specimen of