Excerpt from The Life and Remains of Theodore Edward Hook, Vol. 1 of 2 James Hook, the well-known composer, was a native of Norwich, born in the year 1746. He had been intended originally for some active employment, but evincing at an early age a decided taste for music, and having been rendered incompetent by an accident which deprived him of the use of one of his feet, for the occupation proposed, his parents were induced to procure for him such instruction in his favourite science as their means would allow; he was accord ingly placed with a gentleman named Garland, and in due time, obtained the post of organist in one of the churches of his native city. Thence proceeding to London, he was engaged in the same capacity. At the celebrated Mary-le-bone Gardens, and finally settled at Vauxhall, where he remained an established favourite for upwards of half a century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.