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old, grave and gay ; a full figure, with laughing coun- 

 tenance, strongly marked, and outstretched arm, entitled 

 " My Dear Democritus " ; the figure of a wigged and 

 spectacled preacher, which, it is to be feared, represents, 

 not reverently, the Rev. Mr. Sherman of Woburn, in 

 whose meeting-house, it will appear, he paid the hire of 

 a seat ; an old-fashioned gentleman in grotesque courtly 

 costume, with cane, tie wig, and plumed hat, entitled 

 " Harry Modiste," pointed at frcm behind by a railing 

 jester, asking, " Ha ! you red nose, how will you sell 

 your wig? by the Cord?" a winged cherub; a female 

 form with an ass's head, holding an open hymn-book, 

 singing; a swordsman, and two fencers in attitude. 

 There is a sketch of an old-fashioned corner dwelling- 

 house, with a shop under it, which may be that of 

 Mr. Appleton in Salem, or of Mr. Capen in Boston. 

 There is an etching of a group, called " A Council of 

 State," including a jackass and twelve human heads, 



