The musical tour of Mr. Dibdin: in which ... previous to his embarkation for India ... he finished his career as a public character.

Title

The musical tour of Mr. Dibdin: in which ... previous to his embarkation for India ... he finished his career as a public character.

Author

Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.

Publication

Sheffield :: printed for the author by J. Gales, and sold by all the booksellers throughout the Kingdom,

1788.

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"The musical tour of Mr. Dibdin: in which ... previous to his embarkation for India ... he finished his career as a public character." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collections Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/004897532.0001.000. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• dedication
• ADVERTISEMENT.
• SUBSCRIBERS' NAMES.
• LETTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
• LETTER II. ENCOURAGEMENT TO PROCEED.
• LETTER III. WRITTEN TO PROVE THAT PROFIT IS A BETTER THING THAN FAME.
• LETTER IV. MORE REASONS FOR PREFERRING THE SUBSTANCE TO THE SHADOW.
• LETTER V. CONTAINING A JOURNEY TO OXFORD—WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A MUSICIAN WITH GOOD SENSE, AND A CLERGYMAN WITHOUT PRIDE.
• LETTER VI. A DESCRIPTION OF BATH, AND A TOLERABLE INSTANCE OF MODEST ASSURANCE.
• LETTER VII. IN WHICH THE READER IS RESCUED FROM THE COMPANY OF A YAWNING AUDIENCE AND A MELANCHOLY CATCH CLUB—BY A WHIMSICAL ANECDOTE.
• LETTER VIII. TREATING OF FASHIONABLE SINCERITY, AND THE HONOUR OF AN IRISH MANAGER.
• LETTER IX. A FAREWELL TO BATH.
• LETTER X. A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF DIET AND GORMANDIZING, AND ANOTHER OF THEATRICAL MERIT.
• LETTER XI. A GRATEFUL SUBJECT.
• LETTER XII. A DIGRESSION.
• LETTER XIII. AN ADIEU TO BRISTOL.
• LETTER XIV. FROM A NEW CORRESPONDENT.
• LETTER XV. ANSWER.
• LETTER XVI. ONE SUSPICION REPAID BY ANOTHER.
• LETTER XVII. VARIOUS SUCCESS AT BIRMINGHAM, OXFORD, AND LONDON.
• LETTER XVIII. VARIOUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, OPINIONS, AND OBSERVATIONS.
• LETTER XIX. AN AGREEABLE COMPANION IN A STAGE COACH.
• LETTER XX. SCRUPLES OF CONSCIENCE.
• LETTER XXI. A RACE AND A BADGERING.
• LETTER XXII. GREAT PAINS FOR LITTLE PROFIT.
• LETTER XXIII. ADVENTURE UPON ADVENTURE.
• LETTER XXIV. A DISAPPOINTMENT.
• LETTER XXV. A CONSOLATION.
• LETTER XXVI. A DISSERTATION ON CITIES.
• LETTER XXVII. PLEASURE, THE RESULT OF REFLECTION.
• LETTER XXVIII. MORE WONDERS.
• LETTER XXIX. RESUSCITATION—WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
• LETTER XXX. A NASTY SUBJECT—TREATED AS DELICATELY AS POSSIBLE.
• LETTER XXXI. ON INCREDULITY.
• LETTER XXXII. A LONG DANCE WITHOUT A FIDDLE.
• LETTER XXXIII. THE SOLICITUDE OF A FRIEND.
• LETTER XXXIV. THE DUTY OF A PUBLIC MAN.
• LETTER XXXV. A STORM IN A DUCK-POND.
• LETTER XXXVI. A TOUCH OF THE FORECASTLE.
• LETTER XXXVII. ENGLISH AMUSEMENT.
• LETTER XXXVIII. A JAUNT FROM POST TO PILLAR.
• LETTER XXXIX. LOCAL MATTER.
• LETTER XL. ANOTHER CLERICAL CHARACTER, AND A THOUSAND MUSICAL ONES.
• LETTER XLI. CROTCHETS AND QUAVERS.
• LETTER XLII. ON HARMONY.
• LETTER XLIII. A RETURN TO PLACES AND CHARACTERS.
• LETTER XLIV. MORE CROTCHETS.
• LETTER XLV. SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS.
• LETTER XLVI. A MUSICAL ALARM.
• LETTER XLVII. A FURTHER SETTLEMENT.
• LETTER XLVIII. ANOTHER TOUCH AT MUSIC.
• LETTER XLIX. A TRAIT OF ENGLISH OPULENCE.
• LETTER L. THE HARMONY OF HALIFAX, AND THE SINCERITY OF SHEFFIELD.
• LETTER LI. ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT.
• LETTER LII. LOCAL PREJUDICE.
• LETTER LIII. CRITICS AND CRITICISMS.
• LETTER LIV. MANCHESTER VERSUS LIVERPOOL.
• LETTER LV. A VINDICATION.
• LETTER LVI. THE ARGUMENTS OF LIVERPOOL FINISHED.
• LETTER LVII. A PROOF THAT THERE ARE MORE SLAVES THAN THOSE UPON THE COAST OF AFRICA.
• LETTER LVIII. A DISTINCTION BETWEEN LAW AND EQUITY.
• LETTER LIX. THE TOUR ENLARGED.
• LETTER LX. A THANKFUL ADIEU TO LIVERPOOL.
• LETTER LXI. THEATRICAL MATTERS.
• LETTER LXII. AN ADIEU TO THE THEATRE.
• LETTER LXIII. A BOLD UNDERTAKING.
• LETTER LXIV. MUSICAL JUSTICE.
• LETTER LXV. MORE MATTER OF THE SAME COMPLEXION.
• LETTER LXVI. MORE QUACKERY.
• LETTER LXVII. A FINAL ACCOUNT OF PLACES.
• LETTER LXVIII. THE COUP DE THEATRE.
• LETTER LXIX. STATEMENT OF PIECES.
• LETTER LXX. THE STATEMENT PURSUED.
• LETTER LXXI. FURTHER STATEMENT.
• LETTER LXXII. MANAGEMENT.
• LETTER LXXIII. THE THEATRICAL PRUNING KNIFE.
• LETTER LXXIV. THE STATEMENT FINISHED.
• LETTER LXXV. READINGS AND MUSIC.
• LETTER LXXVI. THE EXORDIUM FINISHED AND THE ENTERTAINMENT BEGUN.
• LETTER LXXVII. A JOVIAL MEETING.
• LETTER LXXVIII. A SEA SONG, AND AN IRISH ONE.
• LETTER LXXIX. BRAGGING REPROVED.
• LETTER LXXX MORE OF THE WONDERFUL, AND OTHER MATTERS.
• LETTER LXXXI. SUPEREROGATE VIRTUE, AND RULES TO WRITE MECHANICALLY.
• LETTER LXXXII. HOMER IN A NUT SHELL.
• LETTER LXXXIII. A RETURN TO THE SOCIETY.
• LETTER LXXXIV. MORE VIVACITY AT THE EXPENCE OF ACTORS.
• LETTER LXXXV. THE FIRST PART CONCLUDED.
• LETTER LXXXVI. EXTRANEOUS MATTER.
• LETTER LXXXVII. A LEGAL ARGUMENT.
• LETTER LXXXVIII. A HOG AND A BULL.
• LETTER LXXXIX. A SKETCH OF CRUDE VIRTUE AND VICE.
• LETTER XC. AN ENGLISH SAILOR AND A WELCH CURATE.
• LETTER XCI. A RETURN TO ACTORS AND ACTRESSES.
• LETTER XCII. THE GREEK-ROOM CONTINUED.
• LETTER XCIII. THE CURTAIN DROPT.
• LETTER XCIV. THE WORLD IN CARICATURE.
• LETTER XCV. MORE CARICATURES.
• LETTER XCVI. ANOTHER CROWD.
• LETTER XCVII. DOMESTIC FELICITY.
• LETTER XCVIII. THE READINGS FINISHED.
• LETTER XCIX. THE CORPS DE RESERVE.
• LETTER C. CRITICAL ANTICIPATION.
• LETTER CI. A CRITICAL EXAMINATION.
• LETTER CII. MORE ANTICIPATION.
• LETTER CIII. A CURSORY RECAPITULATION.
• LETTER CIV. MORE ACCOUNT OF MATTER BROUGHT UP.
• LETTER CV. MORE NEWS.
• LETTER CVI. A GENERAL ERRATA.
• LETTER CVII. CONCLUSION.
• DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.