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T. C. HANSARD, Pater-noster-row Press, London.

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E. WILLIAMS, ETON; KNIGHT AND BROWN, WINDSOR; R, S, KIRBY,

FATER-NOSTER ROW; AND W, ANDERSON, WATERLOO PLACE,

T. C. HANSARD, Pater noster-row Press, London.

TO THE

MANY-HEADED MONSTER!

An Epistle,

Dedicatory, Explanatory, and Conciliatory,

BY BARTHOLOMEW BOUVERIE.

WITHOUT doubt, the first question of my reader

will be, "Who is Bartholomew Bouverie?" In this age of auto-biography, Bartholomew shall answer for himself. To begin, then, "ab ovo:" I was hatched at the house of my parents, Jeremiah and Rebecca Bouverie, on the day which was signalized by the victory over the French at Corunna; from which event my mother drew omens of my future greatness, probably forgetting that whatever chance of success I might derive from the auspicious circumstances of my birth, was to be shared in common with at least five thousand

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