Author: Brewer, George
Biography:
BREWER, George (fl 1806)
Hours of Leisure (1806), claimed on the title pages of his two other known works including the one listed in this database, is a collection of essays. Brewer also published The Witch of Ravensworth: A Romance (1842). Pleasantries was published by subscription but there is no list. It is dedicated to John Hirst of Winchmore Hill and one of the poems is about a portrait of Mrs. Hirst. The poems indicate that he was not married; struggled financially; had a pet parrot; once spoke verses as “Peter Fog” at the Union Masquerade (held annually in Westminster); and gave lectures in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is possible he had moved to Derby from London. The Preface is dated from Lirias Cottage, Derby. Nothing more is known.
Books written (1):
Derby/ London: printed for the author by G. Wilkins/ Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819