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some manner in which you have expressed yourself 
in the Dedication respecting her and me. Allow 
me to assure you that I shall at all times be happy 
in seeing you when in London, or here, or at 
Mongewell. 
I am, dear Sir, with much regard, 
Your faithful Servant, 
S. DuNELM. 
In returning thanks to the author for a copy of 
this work, the Bishop of Carlisle proceeds to tell 
him: “I have read the Preface, Introduction, and 
part of the work. Really you write with great spi- 
rit and propriety, and let me add with great dignity, 
worthy your superior station in the botanical world. 
All natural history should be turned to the mental 
improvement of mankind, to make them think pro- 
perly,and with precision and truth ; arguments from 
this source are literally innumerable. Have you 
seen a publication of Mr. Vince’s, four sermons 
against Atheism, where he makes astronomy speak 
in this high strain. I shall read your book through 
with great minuteness. 
Yours ever, 
S. CaRLIsLe. 
Mr. Roscoe, writing to Sir James on the subject 
of the Introduction to Botany, says, “I am impatient 
to tell you how much I like what I have yet seen 
of it, particularly your Preface, with the concluding 
part of which I was not only delighted but really 
much affected.” 
“To those,” observes the Author, “ whose minds 
