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W. S.
Abbotsford, _Aug_. 15,1831.
[2. Introduction Appendix]
APPENDIX
TO
INTRODUCTION.
[It has been suggested to the Author, that it might be well
to reprint here a detailed account of the public dinner alluded
to in the foregoing Introduction, as given in the newspapers of
the time; and the reader is accordingly presented with the following
extract from the Edinburgh Weekly Journal for
Wednesday, 28th February, 1827.]
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THEATRICAL FUND DINNER.
Before proceeding with our account of this
very interesting festival---for so it may be termed
---it is our duty to present to our readers the following
letter, which we have received from the
President.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE EDINBURGH WEEKLY
JOURNAL.
Sir,---I am extremely sorry I have not leisure
to correct the copy you sent me of what I am
stated to have said at the Dinner for the Theatrical
Fund. I am no orator; and upon such occasions
as are alluded to, I say as well as I can
what the time requires.
However, I hope your reporter has been more
accurate in other instances than in mine.


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