BY THE AUTHOR OF "CECIL." Put gall in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-quill." SHAKSPEARE. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. MDCCCXLV. ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. CECIL CECILIZETH. COULD you but surmise, dear public, the grateful and devoted affection which your partiality has engendered in my heart, you would give me credit for the tears which at this moment obscure my eyes, while shaking hands with you after so long an absence! To me what a public have you been ;-how bountiful, -how indulgent!-Your hand, again, old fellow!-I did not think to be so overpowered by my feelings. The emotions I experience, and which I cannot doubt to be reciprocal, convince me, however, |