government, although it abstains from the consideration of any dogma in either. It is lively, entertaining, and under the direction of one whose celebrity has, in a comparatively short time, spread far and wide; and therefore it is believed that the adoption of it into the publisher's series of Reprints, will be both acceptable in itself, and a substantial addition to the system he has constantly in view. It is with these sentiments that the work is now presented; and the publisher confides that, after more abstruse study, or at the close of the day's avocations, no one will have to regret the perusal of a few pages written or approved by BOZ. PREFACE. Ar the commencement of the London edition of this Miscellany, the editor introduced the work with a prologue, setting forth the leading features that would distinguish it, and summing up its characteristic qualities in a few stanzas. The sprightly humor by which this is distinguished, has induced the publisher of the American edition to present them to his readers as being an excellent jeu d'esprit, a clear exposition of the plan on which the work will be conducted, and a fair specimen of the peculiar turn for wit and humor for which the Editor, "Boz," is remarkable. The following is the article referred to; it is styled, with much felicity, SUPPLEMENT ΤΟ CHAPTER I. TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN, AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH, CHAPTER II. TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST'S GROWTH, EDUCATION AND CHAPTER III. RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE, CHAPTER IV. OLIVER BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLAGE MAKES HIS FIRST CHAPTER V. OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES, AND GOING TO A FUNERAL, FOR THE FIRST TIME FORMS AN UNFAVORABLE NOTION OF HIS CHAPTER IX. CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS, CHAPTER X. OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARAC- TERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES, AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN HIS HISTORY, CHAPTER XI. TREATS OF MR. FANG, THE POLICE MAGISTRATE, AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE, CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE |