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evidence that the book was written by a 

 woman ; and so does the delightful non 

 sequitur in many of the arguments, e. g. : 

 where, having stated the miseries attend- 

 ing the enjoyment of the three other 

 games, the authoress at once jumps to 

 the conclusion " dowteles thenne folowyth 

 it, that it must nedes be the dysporte of 

 fysshynge with an angle" that causeth "a 

 long lyfe and a mery." I am by no means 

 satisfied with the proof and argument in 

 the English Editor's preface to the 1827 

 Edition, (which is reprinted herewith), that 

 the book was not written by Dame Juliana 

 Berners. In " Biographia Britannica" art. 

 Caxton, note L., Mr. Oldys has given a 

 copious account of the whole book (The 

 Boke of St. Albans) and a character of 

 the lady who compiled it. Her name ap- 

 pears to have been " Dame Julyans (or 



