DEFINITION OF A POPULAR BOOK. 11 



It may seem that, in the preceding sentences, I 

 have entered into details which are of minor interest 

 to the public ; but as I am endeavouring to win the 

 reader's favour for a long acquaintance, it is right 

 that we should fully understand each other at the 

 commencement. Having said thus much, I shall 

 now proceed, first, to notice what I conceive to be 

 the leading defects of these existing works which 

 profess to furnish elementary instruction in natural 

 history, especially that of the feathered tribe; and, 

 secondly, to give a very summary account of the 

 plan and leading contents of the little volume. 



Waxvringr. 



