BY

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WILLIAM RICHARDSON, M. A. F.R.S. E.

PROFESSOR OF HUMANITY,
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

London:
PRINTED FOR SAMUEL BAGSTER,

IN THE STRAND.

INSCRIBED,

IN TESTIMONY OF

THE GRATITUDE AND ESTEEM

OF THE AUTHOR,

TO ROBERT GRAHAM, ESQ.

OF GARTMORE,

LATELY LORD RECTOR

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW,

AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

FOR THE COUNTY

OF STIRLING.