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Excerpt from The Fraserian Papers of the Late William Maginn, LL. D: Annotated, With a Life of the Author IT was my original in'tention to preface this conclusion of the late Dr. Maginu's Miscellanies, with the biographical notice which I wrote for, and prefixed to, the fifth volume of the noctes ambrosiane that remarkable and brilliant series of papers which, for many years, helped to make Blackwood's Magazine the leading periodical of Britain. It has been suggested, however, by those to whose opinion I have pleasure in submitting, that the additional materials which have accumulated in my hands since that sketch was written, are of snffi 'cient interest and importance to justify the presentation of a more ex tended Memoir, in which I can not only make use of the labors of pre vious writers, but avail myself of information recently supplied to my self by several of Dr. Maginu's oldest and most familiar friends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.