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CONTENTS.
LETTER III.
Certain prominent traits in the English
character, and the best mode of getting
into the best company-taste of a female
English biography-origin of biography;
the legitimate contrasted with the spu-
rious-Plutarch-Galileo-Dr.Hervey-
John, Earl of Rochester-Dr. Johnson-
Boswell-the biography of an eminent
character from the Gentleman's Maga-
zine, with an editorial note in the best
English style and spirit-meretricious
apologies; the general reading of them
a sure indication of the decline of taste
and empire—an unassuming hint to the
British government,
LETTER XIX.
47
The London bookseller-etymology of the
term Yankey,
70
Bite-bamboozle-all the rage-quiz-
quizzical-bore-horrid bore-I owe you
one-that's a good one-clever fellow-
I guess,
101
LETTER XXXIII.
Literary larceny, forgery and swindling—
Chatterton-Ireland, and Macpherson,
113
LETTER XLII.
Medical, mechanical, and culinary quacks,
131.
LETTER XLIII.
Prominent traits in the English character,
145
LETTER XLIV.
Introduction to the adventures of a young
Bostonian who went to London to es-
tablish a credit,
161
LETTER XLV.
Strictures on the English language of the
present day,
171