Drawn on Stone by S.West. Printed by Unkles & Klasen 265th Mati Cork.

C

FIFTY YEARS'

RECOLLECTIONS

OF

AN OLD BOOKSELLER;

CONSISTING OF

ANECDOTES, CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES.

AND

ORIGINAL TRAITS AND ECCENTRICITIES,

OF

AUTHORS, ARTISTS, ACTORS,

BOOKS, BOOKSELLERS,

AND OF THE

PERIODICAL PRESS FOR THE LAST HALF CENTURY,
WITH APPROPRIATE SELECTIONS;

AND AN UNLIMITED

RETROSPECT,

INCLUDING

SOME EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES RELATIVE TO

THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS,

AND A CHAIN OF CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE RESPECTING THEIR AUTHOR.

"He has been at a Feast of Anecdotes, and Stolen all the Scraps."

LONDON;

PRINTED BY AND FOR THE AUTHOR,

1837.

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B 6 65312.5

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

GIFT OF

MARY E. HAVEN

JULY 2, 1914.