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NOTE1849

VALUE OF A REPOSITORY FOR "NOTES."--NEW EDITION OF HERBERT'S "AMES."

By S.R. MAITLAND.

[The suggestions in the following Paper are so extremely valuable, that we are not only pleased to give it insertion, but hope that our readers will take advantage of our columns to carry out Dr. Maitland's recommendations.] Sir,--My attention has been particularly engaged by one suggestion in your Prospectus, because it seems to hold out a hope that your intended work will furnish what has long been a _desideratum_ in literature. We really do want something that may form a "supplement to works already in existence--a treasury for enriching future editions of them;" while it may also receive (…

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