404 Introduction. 



in this volume, which partake mare of the nature of 

 abstruse philosophical investigations. 



Various unforeseen events have contributed to retard 

 the publication of the promised Essays on Kitchen 

 Fire-places on Cottage Fire-places and on Cloth- 

 ing; but the Author has well-founded hopes of being 

 able to bring them forward in the course of a few 

 months. 



