DOCTOR DANIEL DOVE OF DONCASTER AND HIS HORSE NOBS

It appears from the preface to the last edition of *The Doctor, &c.* that the story of Dr. Daniel Dove and his horse was one well known in Southey's domestic circle. A letter is there quoted from Mrs. Southey (then Miss Caroline Bowles), in which she says:— "There is a story of Dr. D.D. of D. and of his horse Nobs, which has I believe been made into a Hawker's Book. Coleridge used to tell it, and the humour lay in making it as long-winded as possible; it suited, however, my long-windedness better than his, and I was frequently called upon for it by those who enjoyed it, and sometimes I volunte…