bark, to assist the transudation of the juice.--_Ibid_.

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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

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RECOLLECTIONS OF A R*T.

_Written by Himself_.

_From Blackwood's Magazine._


This is a pleasant piece of satire upon the _autobiographic_ mania of
the present day. The original article extends to twenty pages, and is
throughout a masterly graphic sketch. We have marked a few extracts,
which we shall endeavour to connect.


"A R--t! a R--t! clap to the door."

POPE.


As I intend to write the following pages entirely for my own amusement,