Dialogue and verse were employed by the author to aid the memory. The following is a specimen of his versification:—
Besides history and chronology, the author dealt with geography. A second volume was devoted to this subject, verses being employed to simplify the system.
In 1730 Dr. Richard Grey published his "Memoria Technica," the only work out of the many printed previously to 1800 that has been re-published and extensively used. As an edition of this book was published as recently as 1880, it will be noticed with other modern mnemonical works.
In 1747 a work by Morhoff, a German professor, was published dealing with Lully's art of memory; and in 1781 Feyjoo, a Spaniard, issued a work on the subject, the topical system and medicinal aids to memory being fully treated.
In this historical sketch of old works on memory reference has only been made to those possessing more than ordinary interest. Most of these old works show little originality, the greater part being reprints or adaptations of the better known works, and of others little beyond the titles is now known.
