PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS

OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN COLLEGE,

IN OXFORD,

ARE INSCRIBED

THE FOLLOWING PAGES,

BY A MEMBER OF THEIR SOCIETY,

WHO BEING UNWILLING,
IN THE SMALLEST DEGREE,

TO INVOLVE THE CREDIT

OF SO RESPECTABLE A COMMUNITY

IN THE SUCCESS OF

HIS OWN TRIFLING UNDERTAKING,

THINKS PROPER TO DECLARE,

THAT,
WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION,

HE HAS PRESUMED TO OFFER THEM

THIS MARK OF HIS RESPECT

AND GRATITUDE.

HE IS THEIR OBLIGED

AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.