Excerpt from The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Vol. 24: For the Year 1854 But our contempt of thore, who, without our materials, are attempt to build upon our plan, is now mingled with pity. It is often the iii effortof difappointed writers, whom the publick has rejeéled under every'other appearance, and who hope that in a Magazine the contrii bution of others will fupply the defeas of their own inability. Igno rance, indeed, is no reproach to thore whore opportunities of know: ledge have been few; and if they that have floated on the furface of feience retend to have fathomed the depths below, it is probable that they only praétife the fame deceit upon others which they'have praai. Fed upon theml'clvee; and having affociated only with perfons more ignorant, 'are not apprized that iany are more knowing. Their mif fortune, therefore, is rearer than their fauAbout 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.