SATIRES AND THE BEGGAR'S COIN; А РОЕМ. BY JOHN RICHARD BEST, ESQ. AUTHOR OF "TRANSALPINE MEMOIRS," "CUMA," "TRANSRHENANE Second Edition. " I twine "My hopes of being remember'd in my line "With my land's language." Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. LONDON: HURST, CHANCE, AND CO. 1831. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION. In the present state of the press, it may be useful to guard against possible suppositions by stating that the first edition of this volume was disposed of as soon as published in Bath and its neighbourhood-owing to the unexpected interest excited by what was supposed to be a local satire. I am well aware of the danger I incur in offering a Second Edition to the public-our great literary anthorities having pledged themselves to investigate the pretensions of every Poem so announced. Let them do so: their criticisms will gratify their readers at the same time that his future emen. dations or total silence will testify the respect of Bath, 26th April, 1831. THE AUTHOR. P.S. In the last number of the Edinburgh Review, I observe some opinions on modern poetry which coincide in an astonishing degree with the sentiments expressed in the beginning of my SATIRE on that subject: the resemblance is, indeed, so exact that I think it necessary to state that my printer will testify that the Satire was "worked off," though not published, some time previous to the appearance of the Review. |
