TO THE REV. ARCHIBALD ALISON, LL.B. F.R.S. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, &c. &c. &c. THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED, AS A TOKEN OF THE, ESTEEM ENTERTAINED FOR HIS HIGH CHARACTER AND TALENTS, BY THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. Containing an Account of his Family, as also of his Habits and Domestic Pursuits until he entered CHAP. II. Containing a short Account of the Political and Re- CHAP. III. CHAP. IV. Containing an Outline of Public Affairs from the period of the Self-denying Ordinance, to the Sur- CHAP. V. CHAP. VI. Containing an Account of the Principal Occurrences which took place from the time that the King ar- |