The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.

Indeed, the Elysian Fields themselves were a part of Hades, though they have since been removed to Paris.

St. Jerom ſeated, a middling ſized upright plate, from J. Palma, dated 1596. I think this is one of the fineſt prints by this great maſter. The drawing is admirable, and the engraving is executed with the utmoſt freedom.

Immediately after his gall-bladder operation he got out of bed and dide fifty push-ups—his own naturopath.