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Letter’ On Several uigects ieee: Wetarpara Joykcishos Public Library Gort, of West Bengal ADVERTISEMENT, —_ ak THE Proprictars of Mr. Melmoth's Woy! veg leave to apprize the Public that a spurious ahd incomplete edition of these Letters.is nom in civeus tation. Jn the copy here recommented to their notice, will be found the celebrated Dialogue on the Rise und Decline of Eloquence amung the Romans, and an authentic and interesting sketch of the author's life and writings, The Greck and Latin quotations, Hitherto very tacorrectty printed, have alsa been revised with the greatest eure, These adoantages, uided to superior elegance of printing and embellishment, will, they trast, be ane ply sw ficient to ensure this edition a decided prew ference over every other, 1805. That the confidence, reposed by the Proprietorsin the mevite of their large edition of 180, was not cain and presumptuous te verified by the necessity of another of cpsal magnitude, coen before the expia ration of teelue mouths. Ht is jist to observe, ant it is all they have now respectfully to add, that the Present differs in nothing from the former edition, except in a single improvement, saftich relates to the reformation of the Memoir of ths Life and Web, Uings of the Author” 3808. Someries MEMOIR or Tar LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE AUTHOR, —_ Tr has frequently beou remarked that biographical anecdotes ruvely abouad in the circle described by literary characters, who, lost in the Yasci wilds of speculation aud fancy, or immorsed laborious investigations of scieace, avoid the tumul_ tuous business aud pleasures of suctety, which alonc ferul, in any geeat measure, to vary and clive quec the scones of human fife.” ‘That this was or was not the case with the subject of the prescat muemair, weare not prepared peremptrily teasscrt but the rich legacy which he has Deqacathed to us, s rise mast reasonably tothe conclusion, that ho yaya inan devoted toleiiers, and alovor of thesccre= fon iter. Ihe had no humble and industrious, ido. 1g and vigilaut atteudant, no Boswell to purstuc is steps, Tike a shadow, and (o record alt his weak nesses and virtues, we have no reason to complain, for we have somethi still better. fhe best of uo authoris his works, and these we possess. Here we have the gold without alloy. Tis writings are the temple of the Graces, wha, to use the: language of ingrediuy eommentator, ean give that catain happiness of manner, which we all understand, 97 no one is able to express } which aften supplies the place of merit, and without which merit itself is fm~ perfect.” William Melmoth, Esq. late of Bath, was the est son of au eminent lawyer of the same name, wab2r of the hononrublesociety of Lincoln's dan, dis father, who was bora in the year 1666,