_Obsolete Statutes._--There was published, in the pamphlet form (pp. 61.),
in 1738, a capital piece of _irony_ under the title of--
"A Letter to a Member of Parliament, containing a Proposal for bringing
in a Bill to revise, amend, or repeal certain Obsolete Statutes,
commonly called 'The Ten Commandments.' 4th Edition."
As this will doubtless be known to some of your readers, may I ask the name
of the author, and the occasion of its publication?