“Human nature is the most useful study to society, as it tends to improve mankind." HAILSHAM: PRINTED BY G. BREADS, AND SOLD BY HIM FOR THE AUTHOR. SOLD IN LONDON BY BALDWIN AND CRADOCK, PATERNOSTER ROW. BY LUCOMBE AND WRIGHT, BRIGHTON; BAXTER, LEWES; POWELL, PERSUADED that great minds are ever ready to make allowance for error, and inclined to encourage the humblest talents rather than to search for defects, I appear before your Royal Highness in the character I have ventured to assume, without fear, though with unaffected diffidence of conscious imperfections. The love of literature, science, and justice in the higher classes, and more particularly in a Prince, must act as a spur to genius, improve the public mind, and be of general benefit to the nation at large. As the friend to literature-the patron of science-rewarder of merit-and respecter of justice-I was induced to solicit the honor of dedicating this Volume to your Royal Highness; and not from any vain conceit of its being worthy of so distinguished a patronage, in any other way than the furnishing a 1178074 |