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reproach to ray profession ; I resolved to 

 wipe away the stain, and add to my work 

 a treatise on warranty. My printer chimed 

 in with my fancy. In these days of law 

 reform, why should not law libraries par- 

 take of innovation ? Even an attorney's 

 eyes are wearied with the incessant con- 

 templation of white calf and red-lettered 

 bindings ; and it must be an agreeable 

 novelty to find a circuit companion illus- 

 trated by Cruikshank's engravings. 



But why do I presume to inscribe to your 

 Lordship this anomalous and anonymous 

 medley of science, law, and nonsense ? 



I hope, if you will condescend to refer 



readers, declare that Ms general doctrines on the subject of sound- 

 ness, and perhaps on some other points, if I were disposed to be 

 ill-natured, are not such as I could implicitly adopt, and of course, 

 therefore, are not such as I could recommend to them. I shall 

 hereafter allude to some of them which appear to vindicate this 

 criticism. Nor is even the grammatical accuracy of his style, 

 (vide pages 29, et sequent.) such as to give confidence in his 

 learning. I have since picked up a similar work published to- 

 wards the end of the last century, but not more entitled to notice 

 Than the preceding. 



