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THE PREFACE.
lines are accordingly given from the end of the poem, to
Avhicli is subjoined, the autograph of the transcriber."
It may be proper, however, before expressing any sen-
timents as to the poetical merit of the Howlat, to give
a brief summary of the llible,^ for the benefit of those
readers who may not be very conversant with writings so
" Til is, as well as the other ornaments in the volume, were executed by Mr
Lizars ; tliat on the title-page being taken from a very clever design by Charles
Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq., for which, and for many similar favours, I owe my
best and most grateful acknowledgments.
* In the following summary, much imnecessary trouble has been saved, in
availing myself of an elaborate analysis of this poem, by the late Alexander
Thomson, Esq. — kindly communicated to me byDr Robert Anderson, from the
collections of his lamented friend, which were intended for a History of Scotish
Poetry ; but in which no considerable progress seems to have been made.
lines are accordingly given from the end of the poem, to
Avhicli is subjoined, the autograph of the transcriber."
It may be proper, however, before expressing any sen-
timents as to the poetical merit of the Howlat, to give
a brief summary of the llible,^ for the benefit of those
readers who may not be very conversant with writings so
" Til is, as well as the other ornaments in the volume, were executed by Mr
Lizars ; tliat on the title-page being taken from a very clever design by Charles
Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq., for which, and for many similar favours, I owe my
best and most grateful acknowledgments.
* In the following summary, much imnecessary trouble has been saved, in
availing myself of an elaborate analysis of this poem, by the late Alexander
Thomson, Esq. — kindly communicated to me byDr Robert Anderson, from the
collections of his lamented friend, which were intended for a History of Scotish
Poetry ; but in which no considerable progress seems to have been made.
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