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Henry ; and we believe, should he follow us thus 

 far, that he will be tired of us. On looking back on 

 what we have written, we are almost disposed to ac- 

 cuse ourselves of being splenetic ; but the truth is, 

 we regard the whole art as very unimportant, if not 

 positively pernicious, at least in the way in which it 

 has been exemplified by Sir Henry, as a throwing 

 away of valuable labour to no purpose, if it ought 

 not indeed to be considered as a mere pander to 

 luxury and caprice. We have no sympathy with 

 the aristocratical object of the book, and as little 

 with the aristocratical tone in which it has been be- 

 praised by Sir Walter Scott. We should also have 

 no greater pleasure in the discovery of a royal road 

 to virtue than we should have to the discovery of 

 one to science,^^ — the four cardinal virtues being, as 

 every body knows, writing books, building houses, 

 and raising trees and children, but we should hope, 

 neither by proxy, nor by the Allanton System, 

 While, however, we thus state our opinions with 

 freedom, we do not hesitate to add, that Sir Henry's 

 volume has afforded us more information, or, at least, 

 more materials for reflection, than any other of the 

 works which we have brought under the notice of 

 our readers. 



