vi INTRODUCTION', 



perpetual oblivion of many literary p»'oduc- 

 tions, (unfortunately for thejir authors) so 

 soon as they were brought to the test of 

 pubhc investigation. 



The Gentleman's Stable Director}^ hav- 

 ing, by the unprecedented rapidity of its cir- 

 culation through Jifteen large editions, and 

 the acknowledged utility of its instructions, 

 in a great degree superseded former opi- 

 nions, and established the professional repu- 

 tation of the writer, it will be hardly con-- 

 sidered a mark of presumption, that, under 

 the flattering influence of popularity, tlie 

 same pen should ojice more aspire to the hope 

 of applause, in his desire to extend the sys- 

 tem of manao-ement to a decree of consist-^ 

 ency hithertp undescribed l)y any one of tlie 

 numerous authors who have preceded us up- 

 on the same or similar subjects. 



