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Rh tating that the Mies Bewick, the daughters of the celebrated engraver, who illutrated an edition of the book for T. Saint, of Newcatle, undertood from their father that it was by Oliver Goldmith.

But let us turn to the book itelf and ee if it furnihes any evidence on the point. The very title, with its quaint phraing, hows no common genius, and as Wahington Irving ays, "bears the tamp of his [Goldmith's] ly and playful humour." As the book was publihed in 1765, it would mot likely have been written jut at the time when Goldmith was working mot indutriouly in the ervice of Newbery (1763-4), at which period it will be remembered that he was living near Newbery at Ilington, and his publiher was paying for his board and lodging.