Philadelphia.
[Dr. Kippis's _Life of Captain Cook_ may be consulted with advantage.
It is carefully compiled, and will be found in the fourth volume of his
_Biographia Britannica_, as well as in a separate 4to. volume, 1788.
For the death of the eldest and only surviving son of the celebrated
navigator, see _Gentleman's Magazine_ for February, 1794, p. 182., and
p. 199. of the same volume.]
_Varnish for old Books._--Can any of your readers oblige me with a good
receipt for varnishing the bindings of old books? Bees-wax and turpentine,
used very thin, is a tolerably good one; but I am desirous of learning
another.