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The Bishop of Carlisle to Sir J. E. Smith. 
Dear Sir James, Berners Street, Jan. 19, 1821. 
I beg to thank you for your remembrance of me 
in sending me your Botanical Grammar. When I 
first heard of its being announced, I thought it was 
a mere repetition of what had been before published, 
which possibly was now getting out of print. But 
upon opening it I really perceived it to be a grammar 
of prime excellence. ‘“Dzsce docendus adhuc,” said 
an ancient philosopher. So might you have fronted 
your Grammar with those humiliating words; for 
who is there who will not receive instruction? The 
endeavouring to unfold and explain the intricacies 
of Natural Orders requires a masterly hand such 
as yours. You, Correa, and Brown, are the only 
ones of my knowledge who could touch a subject 
of this kind; so that I look upon you as facile 
principem, and holding the Chair of the Linnean 
Society, if I might say so, ¢wo jure. It is, in my 
judgement, admirably well done. 
Yours, 
S. CaRLISLE. 
Professor Martyn to Sir J. £. Smith. 
My dear Sir, Pertenhall, March 9, 1821. 
I received your book, which gave me great plea- 
sure. Your Grammar plainly speaks the hand of 
