SPIRIT

OF THE

PUBLIC JOURNALS.

1823.

SPIRIT

OF THE

PUBLIC JOURNALS,

FOR THE YEAR

M.DCCC.XXIII:

BEING AN

IMPARTIAL SELECTION

OF THE MOST

EXQUISITE ESSAYS, JEUX D'ESPRIT, AND TALES
OF HUMOUR,

Prose and Verse,

THAT HAVE APPEARED IN THE MORNING, EVENING, AND
SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS.

WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES.

ILLUSTRATED WITH A

PORTRAIT OF HIS MAJESTY, AND SIX HUMOROUS DESIGNS

BY

CRUIKSHANK.

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