The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 407, December 24, 1829

Wassailing, prefaces, and waits, are nearly at a stand-still; and in these days of universality and everything, we almost resolved to leave this page blank, and every reader to write his own preface, had we not questioned whether the custom would be more honoured in the breach...