EDINBURGH,

Printed by Ruthven & Sons,

FOR J. RUTHVEN AND CO. 142, HIGH STREET, AND
MERCHANT COURT, 69,COWGATE,

CONSTABLE AND CO. MANNERS AND MILLER, AND J. GREIG,

EDINBURGH,

1812.

Edward Ruch Ergr a decendant of the immortal Shakespear pem less wellwrsher Buchan

PREFACE.

THE EARL OF BUCHAN, considering his advanced age, has thought proper to publish this volume, and to meditate the publication of others, containing his anonymous writings; that no person may hereafter ascribe to him any others than are by him, in this manner, avowed, described, or enumerated.