12 DIALOGUE ON THE SOUTH DEVON MUSEUM. 



be such a work in Plymouth or any where else ? We 

 should at any rate look on the bright side in these 

 bright days of intelligence. The undertaking is a 

 truly laudable one ; and those who attempt thus to 

 add to our stock of pleasure or of information, surely 

 deserve something better from us than the expression 

 of our doubts. They merit at least our thanks and 

 encouragement, and I think they may claim our as- 

 sistance too. 



D. O ! then I suppose you are ambitious to be- 

 come " an Author in public ;" and we shall soon see 

 the pages of the " Museum" embellished with your 

 " Stanzas" and " Sonnets ;" this month a " Remem- 

 ber me" and next a " Forget me not." Well I shall 

 take up the work if it be for nothing but to criticise 

 your " effusions ;" I shall by some means discover 

 your signature. 



E. You are quite mistaken in supposing me to 

 be so ambitious of appearing in print. I will not 

 say that I shall never send Mr. Editor an article ; 

 perhaps I may ; but if I do, it will be with a view 

 of giving him my mite towards a good work, to coun- 

 tenance him in a praiseworthy effort, which if it 

 should prove successful, may be the means of afford- 

 ing us much amusement, and perhaps information, 

 and if otherwise, can certainly do us no harm, al- 

 though in a pecuniary way he may possibly injure 

 himself. And so I advise you also to help him out 

 with something. 



D. What? write articles for Magazines. 



E. You need not write them, you need only se- 

 lect and send them, for I know that you have many 

 already written. 



D. Now if you know my weakness, do n't tempt 

 me to expose it to others. 



E. Suppose we each send a scrap to this new 

 work ; I will lay you a wager that mine will be 

 the better of the two, and the merits of the pieces 

 shall be determined by two fair friends of ours who 

 live, we know where. 



