TO JOHN GALT, ESQ. AUTHOR OF "THE ANNALS OF THE PARISH," "THE PROVOST," "THE AYRSHIRE LEGATEES," &c. &c. &c. THE FOLLOWING SKETCHES, PRINCIPALLY OF HUMBLE SCOTTISH CHARACTER, ARE DEDICATED, BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND AND ADMIRER, THE EDITOR. Between the first and last genuine Editions of the following biography, it has been repeatedly reprinted both in America and France; and portions of it, pirated in the shape of cheap pamphlets, have, for two or three years bypast, formed a staple article of commerce with the Peripatetic Bibliopoles in this country. Popularity to an author must be always gratifying; but it were well that it came through the proper channels.…
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