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DEDICATION.


To the greatest genius born since the glorious day of Michel-Agnolo,

HENRY FUSELI, ESQ . A. M.

AND P.P. ROY. ACAD.

who, in his embodied conception of Hero and Leander, has raised mortal passion to the sublime, by its burning intensity, this little revival is offered, as an unworthy but sincere testimony of the deepest admiration for the diversified powers of his mind and art.

The Binder will cut out this leaf and place it before the Preface.