gentlemen of the quill still give us a quantum sufficit of hard words and paren|thesis. The tailor has discovered that a new coat will sit more degagè, and wear better, the less it is incumbered by trimmings: but though buckram is al|most banished from Monmouth-street, it is still on sale in Paternoster-row.'I once began to write a book myself, and began it in this very style: Fable, said I, is the cloth, and morality the lin|ing; a good diction makes an excellent facing, satire ensures fashion, and humour duration; and for an author to pre|tend to write without wit and judgment were as senseless as for a tailor to endea|vour to work without materials, or shears to cut them. Periods may aptly be com|pared to buttons; and button holes are like—'I could find no simile for button holes, and thank heaven! left off in despair and never wrote another line.'Take my advice, Trevor; quit all 0