measure, he knew, the effect of associations; but such. associations, he knew also, were not confined to him. He may say this the more fearlessly, as translations of the great master-pieces of foreign literature into plain English prose are becoming the order of the day.

He has also to explain, that two, or, at the most, three passages are here repeated from his "Galleries," for the reason, simply, that they at first belonged to a rough draft of the present work, which he began to draw out before his "First Gallery" appeared. They are now restored to their original position

DUNDEE, November 14, 1850.