Excerpt from Harvardiana, Vol. 4 It was, perhaps, never a new observation, that it is impossible to please all, and from the nature of the case we immediately experience its truth. Our readers, though mostly collected around us in one narrow circle, did not make an undivided society, and in some respects stood towards each other in awk ward relations so that when we 'were inclined to speak of the rights, the feelings, or even the pleasures of one party, another may have felt its dominions invaded and its dignity hurt. Men, it seems, are more thin-skinned than they allow, especially upon those sore points which every class and every individual affords; and those, who claim authority in some departments where it is willingly allowed them, are apt to think themselves on this account exempt from all rebuke or ridicule. Knowing the unpleasantness with which the laughter of one circle ofien affects the ears of a neighboring one, we have treated as tenderly as possible most points between the two estates who have com posed our readers; but we are not disappointed, although we deeply regret our inability to satisfy both. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.