PREFACE.
This little book is laid before the public, not because there is a lack of works on the subject, but because, with one or two exceptions, these works are to the student, for all practical purposes, valueless.
Every professor of this Art of Memory has issued a treatise of his own, possessing more or less merit; but these professors are generally short-sighted enough to imagine that, if they divulge their system to the world, their emolument is for ever at an end. The consequence is, that, as far as their treatises are concerned, the world is still comparatively in the dark with respect to the immense advantages to be derived from a knowledge of this wonderful science. The following pages will, it is hoped, in a measure supply the want above referred to.
The system employed is based upon sound philosophical principles. It is very easily acquired, can be retained without difficulty, and is most effective in its application.
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