TO 



I 



THE HONOURABLE 



MISS ELPHINSTONE, 



DAUGHTER OF 



LORD KEITH. 



Madam, 



Jl ROUD of the sanction Lord Keith 

 has given, in permitting me to lay an Abridg- 

 ment of one of the rriost admired Authors at your 

 feet, I have only to hope that, in this Epitome, 



the original Work will not be disgraced. 



Goldsmith, as a Natural Historian, Madam, 

 has obtained universal credit ; yet some parts of 

 his labours are not quite calculated for young 

 Ladies of your age ; and the observations which 

 were made upon that subject, by an Author * of 

 «•» -'• - ■'■ — • .'■■ ■■■■'. • i ■ i , . ' ." -gj, 



* Miss H. More. 

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