THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS; WITH PREFACES, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, BY ALEXANDER GHALMERS, A.M. 55 VOL, XXXVII. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, J.NICHOLS, R. BALDWIN, F. AND C, RIVING. ΤΟΝ, W.OTRIDGE AND SON, W. J.AND J.RICHARDSON, A. STRAHAN, J. SEWEL, R. FAULDER, G. AND W. NICOL, T. PAYNE, G. AND J. ROBINSON, W. LOWNDES, G. WILKIE, J. MATHEWS, P. M'QUEEN, OGILVY AND SON, J. SCATCHERD, J. WALKER, VERNOR AND HOOD, R. LEA, DARTON AND HARVEY, J. NUNN, LACKINGTON AND CO. D. WALKER, CLARKE AND SON, G. KEARSLEY, C.LAW, J. WHITE, LONGMAN AND REES, CADELL JUN. AND DAVIES, J.BARKER, T.KAY, WYNNE AND CO. POTE AND CO. CARPENTER AND CO. W. MILLER, MURRAY AND HIGHLEY, S.BAGSTER, T.HURST, T.BOOSEY, R.PHENEY, W. BAYNES, J. HARDING, R. H. EVANS, J. MAWMAN, AND W. CREECH, EDINBURGH. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 721920 R ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS 1915 L Printed by A. Strahan, CONTENTS. ETTER from Timothy Shuttleworth, stating his Difficulties in reading the Newspapers-General Leflections on the Abuses of those daily Intel- 77. The Effect of Difficulty in Attainment to heighten our Keenness in Pursuit-Argument deduced from this with Regard to the Rule of Poetical 78. Letter from John Hearty, giving an Account of his ... 31 81. Distresses of an Heiress; in a Letter from Olivia 38 and Criterion of National Success ........ 83. Enquiry into the Causes of the Scarcity of humorous ...... .... 43 50 |