IN WHICH IS RELATED THE DISCOVERY OF A CERTAIN PORTRAIT AT DONCASTER. Call in the Barber! If the tale be long He'll cut it short, I trust. MIDDLETON. CHAPTER LXIII.—p. 228. A DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE QUESTION LAST PROPOSED. _Questo è bene un de' più profondi passi Che noi habbiamo ancora oggi tentato; E non è mica da huomini bassi._ AGNUOLO FIRENZUOLA. CHAPTER LXIV.—p. 234. DEFENCE OF PORTRAIT-PAINTING. A SYSTEM OF MORAL COSMETICS RECOMMENDED TO THE LADIES. GWILLIM. SIR T. LAWRENCE. GEORGE WITHER. APPLICATION TO THE SUBJECT OF THIS WORK. _Pingitur in tabulis formæ peritura venustas, Vivat ut in tabulis, quod perit in facie._ OWEN. CHAPTER LXV.—p. 242. SOCIETY OF A COUNTRY TOWN. SUCH A TOWN A MORE FAVOURABLE HABITAT FOR SUCH A PERSON AS DR. DOVE THAN LONDON WOULD HAVE BEEN. Be then thine own home, and in thyself dwell; Inn any where; And seeing the snail, which every where doth roam, Carrying his own home still, still is at home, Follow (for he is easy paced) this snail; Be thine own Palace, or the World's thy jail. DONNE. CHAPTER LXVI.—p. 251. MR. COPLEY OF NETHERHALL. SOCIETY AT HIS HOUSE. DRUMMOND. BURGH. GRAY. MASON. MILLER THE ORGANIST AND HISTORIAN OF DONCASTER. HERSCHEL. All worldly joys go less To the one joy of doing kindnesses. HERBERT. CHAPTER LXVII.—p. 257. A MYTHOLOGICAL STORY MORALIZED. _Il faut mettre les fables en presse pour en tirer quelque suc de verité._ GARASSE. CHAPTER LXVIII.—p. 270. ECCENTRIC PERSONS, WHY APPARENTLY MORE COMMON IN ENGLAND THAN IN OTHER COUNTRIES. HARRY BINGLEY. Blest are those Whose blood and judgement are so well commingled, That they are not a pipe for Fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. HAMLET. CHAPTER LXIX.—p. 282. A MUSICAL RECLUSE AND HIS SISTER. Some proverb maker, I forget who, says, “God hath given to some men wisdom and understanding, and to others the art of playing on the fiddle.” Professor PARK'S Dogmas of the Constitution. CHAPTER LXX.—p. 288. SHEWING THAT ANY HONEST OCCUPATION IS BETTER THAN NONE, BUT THAT OCCUPATIONS WHICH ARE DEEMED HONOURABLE ARE NOT ALWAYS HONEST. _J'ai peine à concevoir pourquoi le plûpart des hommes ont une si forte envie d'être heureux, et une si grande incapacité pour le devenir._ VOYAGES DE MILORD CETON. CHAPTER LXXI.—p. 295. TRANSITION IN OUR NARRATIVE PREPARATORY TO A CHANGE IN THE DOCTOR'S LIFE. A SAD STORY SUPPRESSED. THE AUTHOR PROTESTS AGAINST PLAYING WITH THE FEELINGS OF HIS READERS. ALL ARE NOT MERRY THAT SEEM MIRTHFUL. THE SCAFFOLD A STAGE. DON RODRIGO CALDERON. THISTLEWOOD. THE WORLD A MASQUERADE, BUT THE DOCTOR ALWAYS IN HIS OWN CHARACTER. This breaks no rule of order. If order were infringed then should I flee From my chief purpose, and my mark should miss. Order is Nature's beauty, and the way To Order is by rules that Art hath found. GWILLIM. CHAPTER LXXII.—p. 313.