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Remarks on the First Part of Paine's Age of Reason. 1799. Elegy on the Death of Mr. John Patterson, who was drowned at Wadebridge, in Cornwall. 1800.

Observations on a Pamphlet lately published by the Rev. R. Polwhele, entitled Anecdotes of Methodism. 1800.

A Letter to the Friend of the Church. 1801.

An Original Essay on the Immateriality and Immortality of the Human Soul, founded solely on Physical and Rational Principles. 1802.

A Conversation between a Deist and a Christian. 1807.
An Essay on the Identity and General Resurrection of the
Human Body. 1809.

Scriptural and Philosophical Arguments to prove the Divinity
of Christ and the Necessity of his Atonement. 1813.
The Divinity of Christ and the Necessity of his Atonement
vindicated from the Cavils of Mr. Thomas Prout and his
Associates. 1814.

The Life of the Rev. Thomas Coke, LL.D. 1817. The History of Cornwall, from the earliest Records and Traditions to the present Time. 2 vols. 4to. 1815 to 1824. An Attempt to Demonstrate, from Reason and Revelation, the Necessary Existence, Essential Perfections, and Superintending Providence, of an Eternal Being, who is the Creator, the Supporter, and the Governor of all things. 2 vols. 1820.

Of the following Works, bearing the name of Thomas Coke, LL.D., Mr. Drew was virtually or principally the author.

A Commentary on the New Testament. 2 vols. 4to. 1807. The Recent Occurrences of Europe, considered in relation to Prophecy fulfilled and unfulfilled. 1808.

A History of the West Indies, Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical; with an Account of the Missions instituted in those Islands. 3 vols. 1808 to 1811.

A History of the Old and New Testament, (a part only published). 1809.

Six Letters, in Reply to the Rev. Melville Horne, in Defence of the Doctrines of Justification by Faith and the Witness of the Spirit. 1810.

The Cottager's Bible, containing a short Exposition and Practical Reflections on each chapter. 4to. 1810.

Prepared in MS, but not published:

A Series of Letters to the Rev. G. F. Nott, B.D., vindicating Mr. Wesley and his Colleagues from the misrepresentations contained in his Sermons at the Bampton Lecture, entitled "Religious Enthusiasm Considered." 1806.

A System of Natural Philosophy, deduced from the Newtonian theory and the most recent discoveries. 1807.

Amidst these numerous works, it is upon his original treatises on the Soul, on the Body, and on the Being and Attributes of God, that Mr. Drew's literary reputation chiefly rests. In these the powers of his mind are fully exhibited. Here he stands forth singly and conspicuously from the republic of letters, in all his originality and depth of thought, establishing for himself, as a metaphysician, a philosopher, and a divine, a distinct and an enduring character.

In the subjoined letter, received after the MS of this volume was complete, the sentiments of the preceding paragraphs are confirmed and amplified..

"MY DEAR SIR,

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"Aberdeen, 30th Sept. 1833.

By this time I presume you have finished the biography of your worthy father.

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doubt much, whether you ever knew the extent of your father's capacity as a metaphysician: - few men, in the present day, were able fully to appreciate the genius of Samuel Drew. His want of conspicuous standing in society, and, most, his want of a proper academical education, prevented the native vigour of his soaring mind from appearing in its full splendour, and his works from being read by the learned in colleges and universities. Yet I think, in time, they will find their way into the schools of learning, not only in Britain, but throughout the whole republic of letters.

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"In his Essay upon the Immateriality and Immortality of the Human Soul, he had Locke as a guide; and yet, in many things, he has exceeded his master. In his Essay on the Being and Attributes of the Deity, he had Clarke before him; and he is far more profound than Clarke on that sublime subject. But in his Essay upon the Identity and Resurrection. of the Human Body he had no guide. Here his whole capacity is shewn, in its native energy and power of thought; here his vigorous mind displays its great natural resources, in unfolding a subject so deep and so interesting. In this he appears Samuel Drew indeed: yet this is the least known of all his works. "His becoming editor of the Imperial Magazine added no lustre either to his genius, or reputation as a writer the subjects which he handled in this undertaking were too trivial and multifarious for his towering mind. From the time he came to London, he was too much taken up in the bustle, and business, and splendour of the capital- the Welsh eagle lost his wings, and no more soared aloft from his wild mountains. The day will come, when your father's native and self-taught genius will appear to the learned; and justice will be done to his writings after he is long in the grave.

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While I live, I shall always retain a grateful remembrance of your father, whom I never saw. can yet look back to St. Austell, the place where my

first letter found him, with a feeling of regard; and, with that tie of sympathy which cannot be broken, continue my affection for the memory of Samuel Drew.

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Ever yours,

"JAMES KIDD."

"Mr. J. H. Drew, St. Austell."

Upon Mr. Drew's style of writing, few remarks are necessary. Though exhibiting beauties that often excited admiration, it was not faultless. An overscrupulousness in the choice of expression sometimes invested it with an air of stiffness and formality. It was, perhaps, too lofty for common topics, and too figurative for abstract discussion. From an evident partiality to poetical and periphrastic modes of speech, there was sometimes, notwithstanding the general perspicuity of his writings, a diffuseness and circumlocution in his expressions not consistent with good taste. Yet frequently his words were terse and pointed, and rarely could they be misunderstood. Probably it would be hazardous to assert that this style was natural. Like another individual of high intellectual powers, whose death has left a blank,* Mr. Drew, in the early period of his literary pursuits, was an admirer and imitator of Dr. Johnson. educated and unassisted, yet resolved to abandon his former grovelling views and language, he chose the author of Rasselas as a model, and, without a consciousness of impropriety, followed him until his style was confirmed.

* Rev. Robert Hall, A.M.

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To his language in the pulpit little exception can be taken. There the rigid rules of argumentation are so far relaxed as to give scope to the imaginative powers there the embellishments of poetic diction are not only allowable, but in perfect harmony with impassioned appeals to the hearers and there the loftiest style is fully sustained by the dignity of the subject. Many, who read these lines, will remember, that often, when, as a preacher, Mr. D. has felt the engrossing interest which such an office communicates, and, leaving beneath him sublunary concerns, has soared into intellectual and spiritual regions, his expressions have risen in sublimity and grandeur, until they appeared almost to vie with the words of inspiration.

Although figurative language is less adapted for a metaphysical treatise than for a pulpit address, it must not be inferred, that in Mr. Drew's writings it is always a defect. However unsuited to mere abstract discussion, there are occasions, even in such works, where this embellishment may be used with the happiest effect; and few writers have been more successful in exhibiting the needful precision of thought, while clothing an unimaginative subject with the attractions of language. Throughout his works there are numerous passages, the words of which have been felt by every reader to be exquisitely appropriate. The concluding paragraph of the preface to the fifth edition of his Essay on the Soul may suffice as an example. We select it, not merely as a specimen of Mr. Drew's style- of pathos and beauty not generally surpassed, — but,

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