JL HE object of this Volume being to pro-vide a remedy for the inconvenience the Publicsuffer from breaking up the Streets, to get to theSewers, the Water, and the Gas Pipes, and thefrequent repairs consequently necessary to thePaving ; as also to suggest various plans for theimprovement of each of these public works ; itis respectfully submitted, not as a Work calcu-lated for criticism—not as claiming any meritfor classical composition, or literary research—butas a plain tale, by a plain man, amusing himselfin a little leisure from his accustomed labours, insearch of increased comforts.

Should the community participate in theenjoyment of any one, or all, of these good things,it will extend his delight in proportion to thebenefit received. The object is any thing butselfish ; the reflexion on which is highly grati-fying, in the retrospect on what he has beenenabled to accomplish.

The numerous extracts given in this Work,are as so many faithful witnesses, brought for-