Woo this work was commenced it was the intention of the Author, as he am. 
nounced at the time, to continue it regularly in monthly parts; for which purpose 
a considerable number of drawings had been prepared. It was his determination _ 
that neither care nor cost should be spared in making | it worthy of public sup- 
port : and, as pecuniary remuneration was never expected, the price was only cal- 
culated to defray the actual expenses incurred in the course of its publication. A 
variety of circumstances, which it is not necessary to mention here, have, however, 
induced him to swerve from his original design; and to resolve upon abandoning 
the undertaking altogether after the publication of four more numbers. ‘These 
will appear at uncertain intervals, as he may be able to devote the necessary time 
to their preparation. In taking leave of his Subscribers for the present, he feels 
it his duty to offer them his thanks for the liberal encouragement they have given 
hin, although causes, over which he had no controul, have rendered it necessary 
that an earlier termination should be put to the work than was originally contem- 
plated. 
London, October 31, 1821. 
