MR. GOUGH'S TRANSLATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

In vol. vi., p. 266., of Nichols's *Literary Anecdotes*, "Memoirs of Mr. Gough," is the following anecdote of Mr. Gough's precocious talents— "At the very early age of eleven he commenced a task that would have reflected credit on any period of life; which, by the indulgence of his mother, appeared in print under the title of '*The History of the Bible*, translated from the French by R. G., junior, 1746. London: Printed by James Waugh in the year 1747.' Of this curious volume, consisting of 160 sheets in folio, not more than twenty-five copies were printed, as presents to a few particular frie…