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mal an afpect for attracting univerfal regard i 

 while the humble parlour-window book, which 

 may be taken up at any vacant period, pefufed 

 while that period lafts, and thrown afide to 

 make way for difilpation or bufinefs, lies ready 

 at hand, juft to occupy the mind without fa- 

 tiguing it : or rather to lupply it with an ele- 

 gant relaxation ; and, under that inviting ap- 

 pearance, to infmuate information and im- 

 provement. With regard to this particular 

 collection, it has been made, and will be car- 

 ried On, at no fmall expence of labour and 

 time. It confifts not of pieces that have often 

 already been ferved up to the public. The 

 editor believes there is not one but will recom- 

 mend itfelf to the reader as well by its novelty 

 as by its more intrinfic merits. 1 hey are cu* 

 riofities imported from all parts of the literary 

 world to court his attention and to follicit his 

 tafte. If they meet the approbation of the 

 public, the collector, in this office too humble 

 for any hopes of fame, will think his time and 

 his pains very well applied and amply re- 

 warded. 



He has no more to add, but that, fo long 

 as it fliali be favoured with that approba- 

 tion, he propofes to continue the collection 

 occafionally. 



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