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 *chor." "Do you think you would have time to do any thing for me there?" "Oh yes," "I want a smart history; I don't care on what subject,—or two or three." "Suppose a second edition of my Jack the giant killer, or to make it a more general title, the history of British Giants. I have got some valuable materials about Gog and Magog myself," "I should like something more modern. Could you cut me out from the gazettes and magazines, a good dashing original history of the American war?" "Oh yes, if I cannot write a better history than Hume, Robertson, or Gibbon, I will promise never to write another line." "Do not make rash vows," said Billy, "for you would assuredly break them." "Another very clever man is strongly recommended to me as a capital hand for the military part." "Aye, who's that," "Spontoon, drum-major of militia, now,