iner._

"The tone of the volume is excellent throughout."--_Athenaeum_ Review of
"Scott."

"As a clear, thoughtful, and attractive record of the life and works of
the greatest among the world's historians, it deserves the highest
praise."--_Examiner_ Review of "Gibbon."

"The lovers of this great poet (Shelley) are to be congratulated at
having at their command so fresh, clear, and intelligent a presentment
of the subject, written by a man of adequate and wide
culture."--_Athenaeum._

"It may fairly be said that no one now living could have expounded Hume
with more sympathy or with equal perspicuity."--_Athenaeum._

"The story of Defoe's adventurous life may be followed with keen
interest in Mr. Minto's attractive book."--_Academy._

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

The poems WILLOW TREE No. I and WILLOW TREE No. II were side by
side in the original.

There are variant spellings of the following name:

Jeames Yellowplush
Mr. C. James Yellowplush

Spellings were left as in the original.

The following changes were made to the text:

page 5--Thackeray's version was 'Cabbages, bright green
cabbages,'{added missing ending quotation mark} and we
thought it very witty.

page 78--Then there are "Jeames on Time Bargings," "Jeames on
the Gauge{original had Guage} Question," "Mr. Jeames again."

page 131--"I knew you would come back," she said; "and to-day,
Harry{original has Henry}, in the anthem when they sang

page 143--The wife won't{original has wo'n't} come.

page 143--On his way he{original has be} shoots a raven
marvellously

page 158--As Thackeray explains clearly what he means by a
humorist, I may as well here repeat the passage:{punctuation
missing in original} "If humour only meant laughter

page 166--I will then let my reader go to the volume and study
the lectures for himself.{no punctuation in original} "The
poor fellow was never

page 212--[Ready.{original is missing period--this occurred in
the line referencing DEFOE and the line referencing THACKERAY}

The following words used an "oe" ligature in the original:

Boeuf
chef-d'oevre
Coeur
manoeuvres

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