PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. THE Translator cannot forbear expressing the pleasure which he feels at the publication of a Second Edition of this work. The first Edition was unusually large, and the demand for another confirms his conviction of the great value of the book, and his hope that it is destined to be extensively and permanently useful. The correction of a few errors in the printing, and one or two slight alterations in forms of expression, render this edition somewhat more perfect than the former; but the changes are so unimportant, that those who have bought the work, have no cause to regret that they did not wait for the appearance of another edition. CONTENTS. Page |