June 23, 1781.' 'To THOMAS ASTLE, Esq. 'SIR, 'I am ashamed that you have been forced to call so often for your books, but it has been by no fault on either side.

The Reverend Mr. Astle, of Ashbourne, in Derbyshire, brother to the learned and ingenious Thomas Astle, Esq., was from his early years known to Dr. Johnson, who obligingly advised him as to his studies, and recommended to him the following books, of which a list which he has been pleased to communicate, lies before me in Johnson's own hand-writing: Universal History (ancient.)Rollin's Ancient History.

The Reverend Mr. Astle, of Ashbourne, in Derbyshire, brother to the learned and ingenious Thomas Astle, Esq., was from his early years known to Dr. Johnson, who obligingly advised him as to his studies, and recommended to him the following books, of which a list which he has been pleased to communicate, lies before me in Johnson's own hand-writing: Universal History (ancient.)Rollin's Ancient History.

See post, under Dec. 20, 1782 See ante, i. 155 The will of King Alfred, alluded to in this letter, from the original Saxon, in the library of Mr. Astle, has been printed at the expense of the University of Oxford.

At night I went to Mr. Langley's, Mrs. Wood's, Captain Astle, &c. JULY 20.

ASTLE, Rev. Mr., iv.

ASTLE, Thomas, letter from Johnson, iv. 133; mentioned, i. 155; iv. 311.

228; Argyle, Duke of, v. 363; Astle, Thomas, iv.

I am already acquainted with Astle, On Writing, Wallis's Algebra, Nouveau Traité de Diplomatique, the Huctiana, Pegge's Life of Grostête, and the Philosophical Transactions; but I wish for additional, and, if possible, more recent information.

formerly in the possession of the above-named Thomas Astle, formerly Keeper of the Tower Records?