My life : a record of events and opinions - Wallace-online.org

12 MY LIFEwere told it was a history of Hertford, or at othertimes some religious work ; but they were neverfinished, and I do not think they would ever havebeen worth publishing, his character not leading himto do any such work with sufficient thoroughness.He dabbled a little in antiquities and in heraldry, butdid nothing systematic ; and though he had fair mentalability he possessed no special talent, either literary,artistic, or scientific. He sketched a little, but witha very weak and uncertain touch, and among his fewscrap- and note-books that have been preserved, thereis hardly anything original except one or two shortpoems in the usual didactic style of the period, but ofno special merit.