PREFACE 



From the entreaties of a Friend the following 

 Notes" were written for his private eye : — from 

 the felicitations of other friends they are now 

 offered to rhe eye of the Public. The former were 

 tender perfuafions, and, in obeying them, the 

 author had much and fmcere gratification : he 

 wiHies he could feel as well allured that he is pur- 

 fuing the path of wifdom, by yielding to the latter. 

 But he is too fenfible that what may be a'ounng, 

 or may, even, be deemed valuable, in the clolet of 

 friendfhip, may be very unfit to meet the lefs-pre- 

 judiced judgnien of the world ; and he is noc 

 without many apprehenfions, left a flattering par- 

 tiality— a partiality which often deals praife, where 

 no merit is due, (hould have induced him to pre- , 

 fent to the Public, what ought never to have elcaped 

 beyond the limits pf private perufaJ, 



