IBtKication^
RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT PEEL,
baronet, m.p.
Sir,
An ardent admirer of your character,
public and private, I feel proud of the permission
you have kindly granted me to Dedicate to you
this humble Work.
The highest and most noble privilege of great
men is the opportunity their station affords them
of fostering the Fine Arts, and amplifying the
boundaries of useful knowledge.
That this spirit animates your bosom, each
successive day is adding proof: nor is the fact