Excerpt from Miscellanies: Chiefly Addresses, Academical and Historical Requests from time to time have been made for a selec tion from my anonymous writings: in consequence, a volume was planned and arranged. But my Publisher, on learning how much material, hitherto unprinted, lay in my drawers, requested me to furnish it to him in preference. Nor is it all yet exhausted. On the reception given to this volume it must depend, Whether others shall follow. Although the Lectures have received recent correction, I have carefully avoided to alter any allusions Which indicate the year or place of original delivery. The last article appeared in the National Review, an unfortunately short -lived quarterly. The Lecture on Elocution was delivered at a Ladies' College. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.