inſtruction, and reſpectable inſtances of the accommodation of ſuperior talents to the feeble intellects of infantine felicity.'
Mr Giles Jones was the grandfather of the late Mr Winter Jones, formerly the Principal Librarian of the Britiſh Muſeum, and the book is attributed to the firſt-named gentleman in the catalogue of the Britiſh Muſeum. It is claimed alſo that the book offers internal evidence in ſupport of Mr Giles Jones' authorſhip, inaſmuch as Goody Two Shoes becomes Lady Jones, and one of the prominent families in the book is alſo named Jones.
Beyond this, however, there appears to be no evidence as to Mr Giles Jones being the writer, and I think ſomething may be ſaid as to the claim on behalf of the poet Goldſmith, although I am by no means anxious that the honour of
