what heavy, and it contains not a few Roman Catholic legends; which have occasioned the remark "that Bunyan's Pilgrim is a Christian, but that Patrick's is a pedlar who deals in damaged wares."

With this work the present bibliographical notices may properly be concluded; but as it may be curious to put upon record the titles of some other books bearing titles somewhat similar to that of Bunyan, which are standing proofs of his originality and superiority,-a short list of them is here added, with the names of a few more that are evidently modern imitations of the immortal Pilgrim's Progress.

The Pilgrimage to Paradise: compiled for the direction, comfort, and resolution of God's poore distressed children in passing through this irksome wildernesse of temptation and tryall. By Leonard Wright. Lond., 1591, 4to.

The Pilgrim's Journey towards Heaven. By William Webster. Lond., 1613, 8vo. The Pilgrim's Practice, containing many Godly Prayers. By Robert Bruen. Lond., 1621, 8vo.

Two Treatises: namely, the Pearl of the Gospel, and the Pilgrim's Profession; with a glasse for gentlewomen to dress themselves by. By the Rev. Thomas Taylor, D.D. Lond., 1624, 8vo.

The Pilgrim's Passe to the New Jerusalem: or the serious Christian his enquiries after heaven. By M. R. Gent. Lond., 1659, 12mo.-A Collection of seven meditations on different passages of Scripture; the first of which is called "Abraham's profession and the pilgrim's condition; or the enquiring sojourner directed a meditation on Genesis xxiii., 4."

The Pilgrim's Progress from Quakerism to Christianity. By Francis Bugg. Lond., 1698, 4to.

The Spiritual Pilgrim, or the Christian's Journey to the New Jerusalem. By Henry Wilson. Lond., 1710, 12mo.

Desiderius, or the original Pilgrim: a divine dialogue from the Spanish. By the Rev. Laurence Howel. Lond., 1717, 8vo.

The Female Pilgrim; or the Travels of Hephzibah : under the similitude of a dream. Lond., 1762, 8vo.

The Christian Pilgrim. By John Allen. Lond., 1800, 8vo.

The Pilgrimage of Theophilus to the City of God. Wellington, Salop, 1812, 8vo.

I owe much of this Chapter to a literary friend, who will not allow me to name him; although I only furnished him with Boulsvert's Pilgrim, Charles Doe's Circular, and a few desultory hints, in proof of the fact that the Pilgrim's Progress grew out of "The Strait Gate." It will be observed that nothing is said of the Third part of the Pilgrim's Progress: I cannot join in this silence. That Work may not be Bunyan's; but it is the production of a man of real genius. Mr. Newton said, that it was not like Aaron's rod which budded. It is, however, so highly wrought, and richly gemmed, that it is, in some points, very like the Ark which enshrined that rod. Accordingly, Bunyan's first Biographer claims it for him; although his first Editor does not even mention it. artificial structure of the work. and some of it is worthy of Butler. templation is worthy even of Milton. For my own part, therefore, I should be glad to find that it was Bunyan's. It is certainly not like him; but it is any thing but unworthy of him. The Critics who despise it are no craftsmen, whatever else they may be. They forget also, that the Life of Badman is a fourth form of Pilgrimage, in Bunyan's opinion, although there is no allegory in it. Bunyan, at least, says so; and he is surely the best judge of his own designs. See the Preface to the Life and Death of Mr. Badman.

My chief difficulty lies in the Parts of it are like Dr. Patrick, The diamond cave of Con

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CHAPTER XLV.

BUNYAN'S LAST DAYS.

BUNYAN evidently dreaded every new crisis in public affairs. He had reason to do so. Venner's conspiracy increased the severity of his first six years' imprisonment. On the occasion of the Fire in London, he was thrown into prison again. And soon after James II. came to the throne, in 1685, Bunyan conveyed the whole of his property to his wife, by a singular Deed, which can only be accounted for by his suspicions of James and Jefferies, and by his horror at the revocation of the Edict of Nantz. The asylum which the Refugees found in England, did not prove to him that he was safe. No wonder. "KIRKE and his lambs" were abroad, and the Bedford Justices still in power.

It was under these suspicious circumstances, that he divested himself of all his property, in order to save his family from want, should he again be made a victim. These coincidences give peculiar interest to the Deed of Conveyance; a fac-simile of which, from the Original, is now presented to the public. The history of its transmission I am unable to give. There is, however, not the shadow of a doubt rests upon its authenticity. Bunyan's own signature is unquestionable. I have been able also to verify that by the Instrument in which Ruff head conveyed to Bunyan the ground on which his Chapel was built. The original is now indorsed on the back thus: "This Will is left by indenture hereunto subscribed, to the Rev. Samuel Hillyard, Minister of Bunyan's Meeting, to be presented to the