Excerpt from Tracts It may be worth while to remind' the Reader, ae'dlfindohn'b fan's fitfi literary Efi'orts was an Engliflx Tnnflation of a Fmpehj a'mno flaion of a Book written originallyin the Portuguefe Language. 1 never faw the Work, but refer the Reader to the Char: ?n which is given-of it by Sir John Hawkins, who found in it no tra s of that what! And gowns Mind, which diftingtiithes the-later and bettertl'nbiieations of the Author of the Rambler. Sotne'editor lefa timid or Info defined) the R. R. Editor of Warhnrton's Works, hos latelyfnppbliflwdthmmnn mo: Norfoleienfe of Johnfon, though it had lofigrohably much of it's original Value in the Mind of the Author, though it is prbnonneed n dull Work by his Biographer, and though it was once thong'hteveé'by the mofi impartial Readers, 'fetiitious in it's 'tendenoy. Ii'mwinq whether johnfon left any direetiont with his Executor: abqut nth; M. N. Nor whether Bp. Waihurton hid any lnjgnfiiona umbis R. R. F fiend concerning the two Books now republifhed. If the Bithop did impofe any Proh1bition, the R. R. Editor 1115; 361116 an'bonmbie'l'ttt in holding them back. But no Obligation of ihis Sort lie: updotfmfe to 'whom the Bilhop's Commands were nbeoommmuieated. I mouldmdd. That the M. N. Had been republified before'flin tzzsgdllri'gfletkife of Johnfon, by ionic opatfqn. Whoapproved as halo of his Jacobite Pohtics, as 1 do of the Sentiments contained in the anonymous Letters wh1eh wer'e written by fome Warbtmonian to Iorfin M to Leland. 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.