early!--He would, in this day, have made his lectures
fashionable; and might have secured at the opera every night
an elegant audience for the next morning in the gardens of the
Museum.

[293] It would be difficult to form a list of his anonymous works or
compilations, among which many are curious. Tradition has
preserved his name as the writer of Mrs. Glasse's Cookery, and
of several novels. There is a very curious work, entitled
"Travels in the East," 2 vols. 8vo, of which the author has
been frequently and in vain inquired after. These travels are
attributed to a noble lord; but it now appears that they are a
very entertaining narrative manufactured by Hill. Whiston, the
bookseller, had placed this work in his MS. catalogue of
Hill's books.

There is still another production of considerable merit,
entitled "Observations on the Greek and Roman Classics," 1753.
A learned friend recollects, when young, that this critical
work was said to be written by Hill. It excels Blackwell and
Fenton; and aspires to the numerous composition of prose. The
sentimental critic enters into the feelings of the great
authors whom he describes with spirit, delicacy of taste, and
sometimes with beautiful illustration. It only wants a
chastening hand to become a manual for the young classical
student, by which he might acquire those vivid emotions, which
many college tutors may not be capable of communicating.

I suspect, too, he is the author of this work, from a passage
which Smart quotes, as a specimen of Hill's puffing himself,
and of those smart short periods which look like wit, without
being witty. In a letter to himself, as we are told, Hill
writes:--"You have discovered many of the beauties of the
ancients--they are obliged to you; we are obliged to you: were
they alive, they would thank you; we who are alive do thank
you." If Hill could discriminate the most hidden beauties of
the ancients, the _tact_ must have been formed at his
leisure--in his busy hours he never copied them; but when had
he leisure?

Two other works, of the most contrasted character, display the
versatility and dispositions of this singular genius, at
different