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His career has been successful, and he nowstands at the head of his profession. He ranks asone of the first lecturers of the day, and has pub-lished several works highly and deservedly popular.

CONCLUSION.

Our endeavours to illustrate the rise and progressof the art of writing and composing books, and thesuccessive improvements in bookbinding, are nowbrought to a termination. The simple records ofthe earliest people; the rolls of the Greeks andRomans ; the massy and costly books of the monas-teries and churches; the elaborately ornamentedvolumes of a later period,

“ Firmly clasp’d in oak, and velvet bound

and the highly-finished works of modern days ; withother incidental matter, have been enlarged upon.With what degree of success, it is for others now toarbitrate. We close, therefore, our account with thedescription of the Art in the well-known Poem," The Press,” by Mr. M'Creery.

“ Embodied thought enjoys a splendid rest

On guardian shelves, in emblem costume drest;

Like gems that sparkle in the parent mine,

Through crystal mediums the rich coverings shine ;Mbrocco flames in scarlet, blue, and green,

Impress’d with burnish’d gold, of dazzling sheen;

Arms deep emboss'd the owner’s state declare,

Test of their worth—their age—and his kind care ;