PREFACE.
THE Author is too sensible of the difficulties of his present undertaking to expect he shall be able to afford satisfaction to every class. of readers, unless they have been in some measure predisposed to studies of the nature of which the following treatise consists, and have already some taste for the science. To such he ventures to appeal, but with diffidence, trusting he has at last accomplished something towards his favourite object of rendering the improvement of the Memory of easier attainment. On the other hand, with respect to those who have not turned their attention to the subject, he is not without hope that even they may be induced to investigate its general utility; and, finally, that a system, pregnant with so many advantages, may obtain a more extensive diffusion in society. His labours are therefore submitted to the judgment of the public, confiding in their liberality and candour. It may be remarked here, that the system of Fainaigle, already known, to many appears complex and intricate; though it may be fairly inferred that those who have drawn so hasty a conclusion, may have been deficient in point of industry. It may also be remarked, that Hieroglyphics, of which the unlearned at first
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