In committing him to the schoolmaster's charge, Mr.Murray sent the following introduction: "Agreeable to my promise, I commit to you the charge of my son, and, as I mentioned to you in person, I agree to the terms of fifty guineas.

The youth has been hitherto well spoken of by the gentleman he has been under.

You will find him sensible and candid in the information you may want from him; and if you are kind enough to bestow pains upon him, the obligation on my part will be lasting.

The branches to be learnt are these: Latin, French, Arithmetic, Mercantile Accounts, Elocution, History, Geography, Geometry, Astronomy, the Globes, Mathematics, Philosophy, Dancing, and Martial Exercise." Certainly, a goodly array of learning, knowledge, and physical training! To return to the history of Mr.Murray's publications.

Some of his best books were published after the stroke of paralysis which he had sustained, and among them must be mentioned Mitford's "History of Greece," Lavater's work on Physiognomy, and the first instalment of Isaac D'Israeli's "Curiosities of Literature." The following extract from a letter to the Rev.Mr.Whitaker, dated December 20, 1784, takes us back to an earlier age.
"Poor Dr.Johnson's remains passed my door for interment this afternoon.
They were accompanied by thirteen mourning coaches with four horses each; and after these a cavalcade of the carriages of his friends.