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��which afforded no opportunity to awaken^ suspend, and delight curiosity, by a subtle and surprising devtlopement of plot; and concerning which public leding had been wearied into iusen^ibiiily, by the agony of interest which the question excited, during three-and-twenty years of almost incessant discussion. That trnde is at length abolish- ed. May its memory be immortal, that henceforth it may be known only by its me- mory!'— This extiactfrom the prelace to the former edition of ' The West Indies' will probably be a sufficient introduction to the present.

Of the lesser pieces that follow, it is unne- cessary to say more than that they are offer- ed as humble candidates for the same public favour (if they be deemed worthy of it) which their predecessors, accompanying ' The Wanderer of Switzerland,' have most liberally obtained.

��Sheffield, May 17, 1810.

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