BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH CF WALLER AND ST. EVREMOND. Tuase letters may be classed among those speciosa miracula with which the literary world is sometimes dazzled and delighted. The specious imposture of Chatterton, and the bold forgery of the author of Littleton's letters, have long furnished themes for the ingenuity of literary discussion; but the latter still remains a subject of wonder. If they were not written by that accomplished and profligate nobleman, who could so nearly imitate the inimitable stamp of genius? whence did the ingenious author derive the indelible Tyrian dye which Fancy delights to employ in her magick A 2 |