THE EDITOR’S PREFACE. 
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consequent upon it, I will pledge myself, 
never originated with Mr. Honeycomb. 
Indeed, the original manuscript was a 
queer black letter affair upon musty 
parchment, I mean that part that he avers 
to have received from Floribel. 
I have only to observe that, wherever 
the deception lay, if deception there be, 
which I much doubt, it has produced 
an amusing book, the herald of a singu¬ 
larly curious invention, for which every 
lady in the kingdom will thank Mr. 
Honeycomb. 
In revising my old friend’s papers, 
my editorial labours have been light, and 
confined merely to the striking out of 
