HOGARTH'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF HUDIBRAS

"Butler's *Hudibras*, by Zach. Grey, LL.D. 2 vols. 8vo. Cambridge, 1744. "Best edition. Copies in fine condition are in considerable request. The cuts are beautifully engraved, and Hogarth is much indebted to the designer of them; but who he was does not appear." The above remarks in Lowndes's *Bibliographical Manual* having caught my attention, they appeared to me somewhat obscure and contradictory; and as they seemed rather disparaging to the fame of Hogarth, of whose works and genius I am a warm admirer, I have taken some pains to ascertain what may have been Mr. Lowndes's meaning. On exami…