PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. 



SoMERViLLE, a tlioro Uglily English squire, who about the 

 middle of the last century gained undying fame by his 

 poem of " The Chase," one of the happiest of English 

 compositions, ever elevated, and frequently approaching 

 sublimity, of whose muse a contemporary observes that 



*' Her incense, guiltless of the forms of art, 

 Breathes ail the huntsman's honesty of heart," 



the great, the immortal Somerville enjoyed the privilege 

 of dedicating his work to the Prince of AVales of the 

 period, great- uncle of the present heir to the throne. 

 His opening address to the 



" Great Prince, 

 Whom Cambria's towering hills proclaim their lord," 



is continued in a strain highly poetical, but savouring 

 of that adulation which is the born heritage of princes. 

 Abstinence from all compliment, however due, would, 

 I feel, be most acceptable to him under whose auspices 

 I have the honour to introduce my third edition. But 



