COLLOQUY X. 

 The Greta. Dencentwater. The Derwent. 



AMICUS. 



HAVE found in your library 

 " Southey's Colloquies."* I opened 

 the book with hesitation, a feeling 

 of short duration, the charm of the 

 writing increasing as I proceeded, and I may add 

 the weight of the matter, embodying evidently 

 the mature thoughts of a man of genius on 

 subjects always interesting the progress and 

 prospects of society. 



PISCATOK. The book is a favourite of mine 

 on many accounts. There is originality in the 

 design, a conversation on the past and present, 

 and that carried on between a ghost and a living 

 man. The one of a no less distinguished person 



* " Sir Thomas More, or Colloquies on the Progress 

 and Prospects of Society," 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1829. 



