_The work shall be comprised in two large octavo volumes—answering as a
sixth and seventh volume to his Miscellaneous works, published by W. W.
Woodward; or will be sold separate in two volumes. It shall be printed
on good paper with a fair type, and shall be delivered to subscribers
for two dollars and fifty cents per volume, bound, and two dollars and
twenty-five cents in boards, payable on delivery of each volume._
_Those who interest themselves in the work and procure five subscribers,
they becoming responsible for their subscriptions, shall receive every
sixth copy for their trouble._
_The work shall be put to press as soon as a number of subscribers shall
have been procured sufficient to warrant the undertaking, Persons
holding subscription papers are requested to return them by the first
January next, to W. W. Woodward, Bookseller, Philadelphia._
Philadelphia, August 21, 1815.
● Transcriber’s Notes:
○ The author’s archaic punctuation, spellings, and capitalization
have been retained.
○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
when a predominant form was found in this book.
○ Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_).
○ Footnotes have been moved to follow the chapters in which they are
referenced.