PEEFACE. xi 



suggest itself, but was abandoned for two reasons. 

 It might have seemed pedantic, for the first reason ; 

 and secondly, the volume would have expanded into 

 inconvenient bulk. 



Were I conceited enough to think the memory 

 of these papers might linger in the public mind, I 

 should expect some benevolent critic to remind me 

 of the fact, that certain of them have appeared under 

 names and initials not my own. They are mine 

 not the less. On some occasions it may be prudent 

 to escape at once the enmity of enemies and what 

 is still more important, the friendship of friends by 

 the innocent device of feigned signatures ; of which, 

 were this a day of confession, I should have to ac- 

 knowledge many. 



