PREFACE. XI 



mixed with Latin, even in half sentences, 

 that the translator, not being much ac- 

 quainted with this language, found it 

 necessary to leave frequent blanks, 

 giving a literal version only of what he 

 was able to read. The whole abounds 

 also with frequent cj^phers and abbre- 

 viations, sometimes referring to the pub- 

 lications or opinions of the day, and in- 

 tended as memorandums for subsequent 

 consideration. It is, in short, such a 

 journal as a man would write for his own 

 use, without the slightest thought of its 

 ever being seen by any other person. 

 The composition is entirely artless and 

 unaffected, giving a most amiable idea 

 of the writer's mind and temper; and it 

 cannot but be considered as highly cu- 

 rious, to contemplate in these pages the 

 development of such a mind as that of 



