The Cruet Stand. Select Pieces of Prose and Poetry, With Anecdotes, Enigmas, Ete. BY C. GOUGH, ESQ. “ FROM GRAVE, TO GAY, FROM LIVELY, TO SEVERE.' VOL. I. Deddington: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. S. HIRON. London: 1853. 270. a, 32. Preface. The Author of this work trusts it will be confessed that the Compilation offered to the Public will be found acceptable in domestic circles, as a dissemination of agreeable and useful knowledge. To himself it has been a pleasing task to cull such Flowers of Literature, as have appeared entitled to distinction, forming, as he flatters himself, a bouquet of value, "sweet to the sense and lovely to the eye.” |