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xviii Without, of coure, claiming that imilarity of idea in different writings necearily betokens the ame authorhip, I think the parallels that are to be found in this little book, with many of the entiments in Oliver Goldmith's acknowledged work—to ay nothing of the almot univerally recognized likeness to Goldmith's tyle that is found in "Goody Two Shoes" may fairly be conidered as throwing ome light upon the quetion.

The mot triking of thee parallels is perhaps that furnihed by the curious little political preface to the work—a preface which is quite unneceary to the book, and I think would only have been inerted by one who was full of the unjutnees at which he was preparing to aim a still heavier blow. In