12 Centaur; 



the Author would call the particular attention of horsemen 

 and cyclists alike to the rules and laws laid down for the 

 general guidance and public safety, for 



The rule of the road is a paradox quite, 



As the drivers they jog it along ; 

 If you keep to the left you are sure to go right, 



But if you keep to the right you are wrong. 



While venturing to place before the public another edition 

 of " Centaur " (which the Author believes to be a require- 

 ment and a want), he would take this opportunity of tendering 

 his thanks for the extensive patronage and good feeling 

 bestowed upon his former editions. 



The Author thinks that perhaps the best proof of the 

 popularity of his work, is the number and variety of piratical 

 imitations, and persistant borrowers of his registered title, 

 and the frequent use of the word " Centaur" in connection 

 with inventions and periodicals which have no bearing what- 

 ever upon the subject treated of in the original, and which 

 undoubtedl}^ furnishes a monster illustration of the old adage, 

 that— 



*' Imitation is the most com^^lete flattery/' 



Park Hall House, 



Walsall, 



Ma^ 1st, 1884, 



