There was no daughter, and we hear of no other female relative at hand to assist Crabbe in the constant watching of the patient.

This circumstance alone limited his opportunities of accepting the hospitalities of the neighbourhood, though with the Welbys and other county families, as well as with the surrounding clergy, he was a welcome guest.
_The Borough_ appeared in February 1810, and the reviewers were prompt in their attention.

The _Edinburgh_ reviewed the poem in April of the same year, and the _Quarterly_ followed in October.

Jeffrey had already noticed _The Parish Register_ in 1808.

The critic's admiration of Crabbe had been, and remained to the end, cordial and sincere.