oard the barge.[77]

[Footnote 74: In the ingenious and witty work so entitled, I
do not recollect whether the disappointment arising from a
_cropt_ or a _dirty_ copy has been classed among "_The
Miseries of Human Life_."]

[Footnote 75: _Hodnet Hall_, Shropshire. The country
residence of Mr. Heber.]

[Footnote 76: _Hafod_, South Wales, the seat of THOS.
JOHNES, Esq., M.P., the translator of the Chronicles of
Froissart and Monstrelet, and of the Travels of De Broquiere
and Joinville. The conflagration of part of his mansion and
library, two years ago, which excited such a general
sympathy, would have damped any ardour of collection but
that of Mr. Johnes--his Library has arisen, Phoenix-like,
from the flames!

_Sledmere_, in Yorkshire, the seat of SIR MARK MASTERMAN
SYKES, Bart., M.P. The library of this amiable and tasteful
Baronet reflects distinguished credit upon him. It is at
once copious and choice.]

[Footnote 77: Pope's "_Prologue to the Satires_," v. 7-10.]

Upon the whole, therefore, attending closely to the symptoms of this
disorder as they have been described, and practising such means of
cure as have been recommended, we may rationally hope that its
virulence may abate, and the number of its victims annually diminish.
But if the more discerning part of the community anticipate a
different result, and the preceding observations appear to have
presented but a narrow and partial view of the mischiefs of the
BIBLIOMANIA, my only consolation is that to advance _something_ upon
the subject is better than to preserve a sullen and invincible
silence. Let it be the task of more experienced bibliographers to
correct and amplify the foregoing outline!

Believe me, My dear Sir,

Very sincerely Yours, &c.

THOMAS FROGNALL DIBBIN [Transcriber's Note: DIBDIN].

_Kensington, May_ 16, 1809.

POSTSCRIPT.

On re-considering what has been written, it has struck me that a
SYNOPSIS of this disease, after the manner of BURTON, as prefixed to
his _Anatomy of Melancholy_, may be useful to some future pathologist.
The reader is, accordingly, presented with the following one:

SYNOPSIS.

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