Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838,

By J. ORVILLE TAYLOR,
In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern

District of New York.

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TO

CHARLES ANTHON, L. L. D.

JAY PROFESSOR OF LANGUAGES

IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE,

THIS HUMBLE ESSAY,

IS BY PERMISSION,

GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED,

IN TESTIMONY OF PROFOUND RESPECT.