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take't as thou list.-Tempest, Act III. Sc. 2.

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CONTENTS.

LETTER I.

Introduction-General reasons for believing the novels to have
been written by the author of Marmion

LETTER II.

Resemblance between the novelist and poet in their tastes,
studies and habits of life, as illustrated by their works.--Both
Scotchmen-Habitual residents in Edinburgh-Poets-An-
tiquaries-German and Spanish scholars-Equal in classical
attainments-Deeply read in British history-Lawyers—
Fond offield Sports-Of Dogs-Acquainted with most man-
ly exercises-Lovers of military subjects--The novelist ap-
parently not a soldier.

LETTER III.

Subject of Letter II. continued-The novelist is, like the poet,
a man of good society-His stories never betray forgetful-
ness of honourable principles, or ignorance of good manners
-Spirited pictures of gentlemanly character-Colonel
Mannering—Judicious treatment of elevated historical per-

sonages.

The novelist quotes and praises most contemporary poets, ex-
cept the author of Marmion-Instances in which the poet
has appeared to slight his own unacknowledged, but after-
wards avowed productions