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ther will at the last day atone for it. How does your 

 Leo go on ? Mr. Johnes writes to me that his se- 

 cond volume of Froissart is already in London, the 

 third will be done by Christmas, and the fourth in 

 June : it is very entertaining. Pray do you take 

 the Annals of Botany, by Sims and Koenig? I think 

 it a useful and amusing publication, and mean to 

 send a paper to it, for the next number, (if it can be 

 admitted,) on the decandrous papilionaceous plants 

 of New Holland, which want clearing up, and I 

 flatter myself I have found a clue to them. 

 Believe me, my dear Sir, 



Ever yours most affectionately, 



J. E. Smith. 



Mr. Roscoe to Sir J. E. Smith. 



My dear Sir, Liverpool, November 22, 1804. 



A letter from a friend after a long silence affects 

 me with a feeling somewhat like returning home 

 after a long absence. Yours came, too, at such a time 

 that, if anything could have increased its value, cer- 

 tainly did so ; as I received it from the hands of 

 Mrs. Martin on Thursday last, just after enjoying a 

 cheerful dinner with her and a family party of friends. 

 To have buried it coolly in my pocket for two or 

 three hours would have been a proof of more sto- 

 icism than I possess, and I therefore quitted the tea- 

 party to converse with you for a few minutes tete-a~ 

 tHe^ which I concluded by resolving that I would 

 instantly thank you for the additional instances of 

 your remembrance and friendship which it contains. 



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