_Henry Headley, B.A._ (Vol. iii., p. 280.).--E. B. PRICE styles "Henry
Headley, B.A., of Norwich, a _now forgotten critic_." He might have
added, "but who deserved to be remembered, as one whose _Select Beauties
of Ancient English Poetry, with Remarks, &c._, in 2 vols., 1787,
contributed something towards the revival of a taste for that species of
literature which Percy's _Reliques_ exalted into a fashion, if not a
passion, never to be discountenanced again." The work of course is
become scarce, and not the less valuable, though that recommendation
constitutes its least value.