ΤΟ HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G. ETC. ETC. A NAME SYNONYMOUS WITH TASTE AND BENEFICENCE; THE PRINCELIEST REPRESENTATIVE OF AN EVER PRINCELY HOUSE; THE LANDLORD BELOVED OF HIS TENANTS, BOTH IN ENGLAND AND IN IRELAND; THE FRIEND OF HONEST ADVERSITY, NOTWITHSTANDING DIFFERENCES OF OPINION; THE DISCERNER AND RAISER OF MERIT IN HUMBLE STATION; THE ADORNER OF HIS COUNTRY WITH BEAUTI FUL GARDENS, AND WITH THE FAR-FETCHED BOTANY OF OTHER CLIMATES; ONE, OF WHOM IT MAY BE SAID, WITHOUT POETICAL EXAGGERATION, AND EVEN WITHOUT METAPHOR, THAT HIS FOOTSTEPS MAY BE TRACED IN FLOWERS, AND THAT HE HAS MADE THE HOUSES OF THE POOR ΤΟ SMILE;- THESE PRODUCTIONS OF AN IMPERFECT BUT ZEALOUS PEN, WHICH ASPIRES TO ASSIST IN DIFFUSING A LOVE OF THE GRACES AND GENEROSITIES THAT SWEETEN AND EXALT HUMANITY, ARE INSCRIBED, WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF GRATITUDE, BY HIS GRACE'S MOST OBLIGED, AND MOST AFFECTIONATE HUMBLE SERVANT, LEIGH HUNT, |