William Green tells us that he first saw Mary Robinson in 1791, the year before she was noticed by Captain Budworth. “At that time,” says he, “she was thirteen; and to an open, honest, and pleasant-looking face, then in the bloom of health, was added the promise of a good figure. Her garb, though neat, was rustic; but through it, even while so young, appeared indications of that mild dignity which was afterwards so peculiarly attractive.” He saw her next in 1794. “The infantine prettiness of thirteen was now matured into beauty; her countenance beamed with an indescribable sweetness, and the commanding graces of her fine person were equalled only by her innate good sense and excellent disposition.” After remarking that Captain Budworth’s panegyric seemed to have had no ill effect upon her mind, he proceeds: “Like some other mountain rustics, observed by the writer during his residence amongst these thinly populated wilds, Mary’s beauty was ripened at an early period; for this was, probably, the period of its perfection.” Green did not see her again till 1801. “She was then twenty-three, and though greatly admired for her general appearance and deportment, was on the whole infinitely less interesting than seven years before that time.” In 1805, the date of his next visit to Buttermere, he noted a further change. “Her features were pervaded by a melancholy meekness, but her beauty was fled, and with it, that peculiar elegance of person, for which she was formerly celebrated.” The next time the artist saw her was in 1810. “She was no longer the Beauty of Buttermere, but Mrs. Harrison, the bulky wife of a farmer, blessed with much good humour, and a ready utterance.” This was about the time when De Quincey saw her. Gillray’s sketch, November 15, 1802, corroborates Green’s description. The _Dictionary of National Biography_ gives the date of publication of _The Tourist’s Guide_ as 1822. This is an error. It was published in 1819. The same monograph does not mention Green’s _Survey of Manchester_. NOTE VI.--_East Cheshire._ By J. P. Earwaker, 1880, vol. ii. p. 136. Gives the following extract from the register of baptisms at the parish church of Mottram-in-Longdendale:-- “1759. May 24, John, son of William Hadfield, and Betty, his Wife.” The church register confirms this reference. John Hadfield’s father, who lived at Crodenbrook or Craddenbrook, Longden, must have been a man of means, for in 1760 he gave £20 to the poor. NOTE VII.--_Dic. Nat. Biog._ This excellent sketch is only marred by the misspelling of Hadfield’s name, and the error in the date of his birth. A FAMOUS FORGERY THE CASE OF HENRY FAUNTLEROY, 1824 _Part I.--The Criminal and his Crime._