[We have for some time past been obliged, by want of space, to omit
all the kind expressions towards ourselves, in which friendly
correspondents are apt to indulge; but there is something so unusual
in the way in which the following letter begins, that we have done
violence to our modesty, in order to admit the comments of our
kind-hearted correspondent. We have no doubt that all his questions
will be answered in due course.]

Never, during my life (more than half a century), do I remember
hailing the appearance of any new publication with such unfeigned
delight. I had hugged myself on having the friendship of a certain
"BOOKWORM," possessing a curious library, of some three or four
thousand volumes; how much must I have rejoiced, therefore, at
finding that, through the medium of your invaluable journal, my
literary friends were likely to be increased one hundred-fold; and
that, for the small sum of three pence weekly, I could command the
cordial co-operation, when at a loss, of all the first scholars,
antiquaries, and literary men of the country; that without the
trouble of attending meetings, &c., I could freely become a member
of the "Society of Societies;" that the four thousand volumes, to
which I had, previously, access, were increased more than ten
thousand-fold. It is one of the peculiar advantages of literary
accumulation, that it is only by diffusing the knowledge of the
materials amassed, and the information gained, that their value is
felt. Unlike the miser, the scholar and antiquary, by expending, add
to the value of their riches.

Permit me to avail myself of the "good the bounteous gods have sent
me," and make one or two inquiries through the medium of your