248 0>J LORD KAIMS. Oik. 2'^i 



To tempf you to Scotland, if any thing I could offer 

 could be a temptation, 1 have in llore for you 3 treatife 

 on morality, which, though compofed for the ufe of 

 my children, may deferve even your attention. If it will 

 ferve to fill up a blank in literary chat j you may in- 

 form that Treafury of all arts and fciences, Mr Andrew" 

 Millar, printer and bookleiiier, that thfi Elements are at 

 prefent under aJlr'iEl rev'ijion for a third edition. ' • ' 

 Your faithfdl friend, and obedient fervant, though 

 thefe do not well confiil together, but the fa- 

 ihion is all, henii'/ home. 



Now, though he does not here fay tny^ but the Ele- 

 ments of Criticifm, I have often heard him talk of the 

 diiTcrent Iteps he took to brinjj liis common-place book 

 on the fubjecl, to a flrape and confiftency for a ferious 

 treatife, and I can hardly fuppofe it poffible; that any 

 writer of the book would tamely fubmit to the plaga- 

 rifrn fuppofed of even a fenator of the College of 

 Juftice. Voltaire indeed, faid, that if he was no better 

 Judge than Critic, the Lord have mercy on the lieges 

 of Scotland. But this is more witty than wife. The 

 Elements have much merit, and many editions of a book 

 on criticifm are a fuflicicnt proof of luper-eminence. 

 I am, Mr Editor, your humble fervant, 



BIOGRAPHICUS. 



Detached Qlfervatlons. 



The m.oft amiable of all mankind, in our eyes, is he 

 v.hom we have obliged, and who has a grateful fenfc 

 of the obligation ; provided, neverthelefs, that his gra- 

 titude does not entirely repay it. 



Often one wiflies rather to repay one benefit by ano- 

 ther benefit than by friendfliip, regard, attention, and 

 gratitude. 



