Lectures on the Art of Writing - Comprehending a Variety of Observations on the Impediments Which Retard the Progress of the Learner; Including a Brief History of the Art; And Also of the Materials That Have Been in Use From the Earlie... #252215

Among all the'arts, and particularly those which are most useful to mankind, hardly any can be compared to that of the Art Of Writing for. The evolutions it has undergone, since its first introduction from the most simple outline, to its present perfection. Since the commencement of the present cen tury, it has been more attended to, and assumed more changes than for several centuries before. The reason; I suppose, that it has been ho~ Doured thus, is from its general utility in every civilized nation, and more particularly so in Great Britain.