But to be serious, for the subject requires it; too much detestation, too much abhorrence, can never be shewn for the principles and practices of this journalist, and they can never be sufficiently exposed and exploded. If he is not sincere, if he makes religion only a stalking horse, to gratify his passions, his pride, his vanity, his ambition, or his interest, there never was a character more infamous, more detestable. If he is sincere, his principles are equally destructive, equally pernicious, to all the most valuable interests of civil government and social life. I would incline to the more favourable interpretation; but, without any breach of charity, it may be said, that his dirty interest is one of his great motives for such a conduct. In a late famous letter of his, where, in so many words, he affirms, that _no other, unless he be conjured from the dead, is qualified to be Keeper of Sir Hans Sloane’s Museum, except himself_, he thus addresses the Chancellor: _My Lord, I shall conclude with saying that, to his grace of Canterbury, I hope that respect I have, in all my writings, shewn to the religion of my country, will prove some recommendation._ Here the cloven foot manifestly appears; and, do doubt, he greedily laid hold of these proposals, to display, at this seasonable juncture, that _recommending_ respect to the religion of his country, which he imagined, though perhaps erroneously, was intended to be attacked. _FINIS._ * * * * * * * * * _The Editors of THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY_ _are pleased to announce that_ THE WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY _of The University of California, Los Angeles_ will become the publisher of the Augustan Reprints in May, 1949. The editorial policy of the Society will continue unchanged. As in the past, the editors will strive to furnish members inexpensive reprints of rare seventeenth and eighteenth century works. All correspondence concerning subscriptions in the United States and Canada should be addressed to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2205 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 7, California. Correspondence concerning editorial matters may be addressed to any of the general editors. Membership fee continues $2.50 per year ($2.75 in Great Britain and the continent). British and European subscribers should address B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England. Publications for the fourth year (1949-1950) (_At least six items will be printed in the main from the following list_) [Where available, Project Gutenberg e-text numbers are shown in brackets. The numbering system using “Series I-VI” was abandoned after Year 3, and earlier publications were retroactively renumbered.] SERIES IV: MEN, MANNERS, AND CRITICS John Dryden, _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681) [15074] Daniel Defoe (?), _Vindication of the Press_ (1718) [14084 (year 5)]