Collectors as Stell's Guide, in 1794. It is a coincidence worthy of note that the late John Goldsworthy Shorter, the grandfather of the above, and Stell, were brothers-in-law by marriage, both having married daughters of the Rev. William Coppard, then rector of St. Clement's and All Saint's, the first in 1789, and the latter in 1792. Brett, in his Reminiscences, says that John Goldsworthy Shorter was accredited with being the draughtsman of the views which appeared in Stell's Guide. There is no doubt of this fact, as James Barry, a few years after, purchased Stell's Library, and publish his Guide of 1797, with the same views bearing the imprint of J.G. Shorter, delt. There are also strong reasons for believing that Stell
From a Water Colour by Miss M. Johnson 1820.
was assisted by his brother-in-law in writing his Guide. Who could render such help better than he, with his scholarly attainments and vast knowledge of the old town. Besides, Stell, in his preface -
