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PREFACE The studies in this volume originally appeared in the “St. James’s Gazette.”  Two, from a friendly hand, have been omitted here by the author of the rest, as non sua poma.  One was by Mr. Richard Swiveller to a boon companion and brother in the lyric Apollo; the other, though purporting to have been addressed by Messrs. Dombey & Son to Mr. Toots, is believed, on internal evidence, to have been composed by the patron of the Chicken himself.  A few prefatory notes, an introd