SIR, . , :<. f K . , .. 



I AM much obliged by your 

 attention, in having directed your book- 

 seller to send me an early copy of your 

 ingenious work. It has been my compa- 

 nion during a long journey, and has fur- 

 nished me with entertainment, similar to 

 that which I have occasionally had the 

 honour to experience, from your ani- 

 mated conversation on the subject. In 

 the general principles and theory of the 

 art, which you have considered with so 

 much attention, I flatter myself that we 

 agree; and that our difference of opinion 

 relates only to the propriety, or, perhaps, 

 possibility, of reducing them to practice. 

 I must thank both Mr. Knight and 

 yourself, for mentioning my name as an 

 exception to "the tasteless herd of Mr. 

 Brown's followers." But while you arc 

 pleased to allow me some of the qualities 

 necessary to my profession, you suppose 

 me deficient in others, and therefore 

 strongly recommend the study of " what 



