Excerpt from The Naval Chronicle, Vol. 3: From January to July, 1800 T o conduct a periodical work in such a manner as shall offend no one, and to scrutinize its multifarious contents with that attentive delicacy, that may pre vent their injuring the professional reputation Of any individual; has often reminded us of the admirable fable of Esop, in which the good-natured Old man is at length obliged to destroy the object that caused such a complication of anxiety. Old (bolus, also. 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.