IN THE JOURNEY OF LIFE; OR, THE AFTERNOON OF MY DAYS: COMPREHENDING CHIEFLY, THE PERIOD BETWEEN MY FORTY-FIFTH, AND THE END OF MY SIXTIETH YEAR, BEING FROM, THE RETROSPECTIONS OF A SEXAGENARIAN: SOME OF THE MORE RECENT UPS AND DOWNS, THE JOYS AND SORROWs,— - OF A LIFE PASSED IN COMPARATIVE OBSCURITY, BUT REPLETE WITH MUCH STRIKING WILL BE FOUND DELINEATED In such a way, as cannot fail to interest the careful observer of the Providential development of by difficulties of no ordinary description,—and to impress upon all, the instability ILLUSTRATING AND INCULCATING AS THE NARRATIVE PROCEEDS, SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS AND SUBLIME MAXIMS OF OUR NOT IN EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM FICTITIOUS REPRESENTATIONS; OR IMA- A COUNTRY BOOKSELLER: Who exercised that profession in his little Provincial Locality with varied success, for the greater "What! shall we receive good at the hand of GOD, and shall we not receive evil?”—JOB. "Th' applause of list'ning Senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, ALT. from GRAY. "What tho' no sculptur'd pile his name displays, BIBLIOTHECA SEP !! 80 BODLEIANA EDINBURGH :-PRINTED BY JAMES COLSTON, FOR THE AUTHOR,-GEORGE MILLER, OF DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN: Price Eight Shillings, done up in cloth. 1833. 210. 260. DEDICATION. TO MY KIND FRIENDS, AND FRIENDLY PATRONS ON THE PRESENT, TO ME, HIGHLY INTERESTING, THOUGH MOURNFUL, OCCASION, WHETHER THEY ARE TO BE FOUND AMONG MY OLD AND MUCH RESPECTED BRETHREN OF THE BOOKSELLING PROFESSION, MY MUCH Esteemed vOLUNTARY AUXILIARIES; WHETHER IN, OR OUT OF THE TRADE: OR, MY KIND, OBLIGING, AND HIGHLY VALUED PRIVATE FRIENDS, WHO HAVE EXERTED THEMSELVES TO SERVE ME, I DESIRE TO DEDICATE, AS IS MOST JUSTLY DUE, FOR THE KIND SHARE THEY HAVE TAKEN IN THE ACT OF BRINGING IT INTO EXISTENCE, AND OF MAKING IT AVAILABLE, TO THE AUTHOR, FOR THE PURPOSES INTENDED, THE PRESENT VOLUME, COMPRISING MY LATTER STRUGGLES: BEING, PRINCIPALLY CONFINED TO THE OCCURRENCES OF THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS; AND WITH MY MOST FERVENT WISHES, THAT THE BEST BLESSINGS OF THE ALMIGHTY MAY BE SHOWERED DOWN UPON THEIR HEADS-THAT THEY BE BLESSED IN THEIR BASKET AND IN THEIR STORE-IN THEIR FAMILY AND CONNEXIONS THEIR HEALTH AND SICKNESS-THEIR LIFE AND DEATH. IN THE AFFAIRS OF LIFE MAY THEY EVER BE UNDER THE PECULIAR CARE OF A WATCHFUL NEVER CEASE SOUNDING IN THEIR EARS, UNTIL, WITH HOPE BLESSED ARE the mercifUL, FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY. |