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due to the artist, Mr. Smit, is a matter of course, and so 

 is the blame, where criticism is legitimate ; and no one is 

 more sensible of the difficulties of the task than Mr. Smit 

 himself. 



Speaking for myself, I am very well pleased with the 

 series of sketches ; and I may say so with the greater ease 

 and freedom from responsibility, as I have had very little 

 to do with them, save in one or two trifling matters of 

 criticism. I may venture, however, to commend them to 

 my friends among the public at large as the happiest set 

 of restorations that has yet appeared. 



H. W. 



