Armadale

In acknowledgment of the services which he has rendered to the cause of literature by his 'Life of Goldsmith;' and in affectionate remembrance of a friendship which is associated with some of the happiest years of my life. Readers in general-on whose friendly reception experience has given me some reason to rely-will, I venture to hope, appreciate whatever merit there may be in this story without any prefatory pleading for it on my part. They will, I think, see that it has not been hastily medi ...