"My Bookseller tells me the demand for those my papers increases daily".

Addison.

In again reverting to the interesting subject of planetary influence, I cannot but express my warmest and most grateful acknowledgments, for the kind support (ana I might, without vanity, subjoin applause,) which my writings have uniformly received, from the liberal and enlightened of almost every class of readers.

Scarcely has the Sun rolled thrice through the vaulted heaven, since the author first boldly adventured his writings upon the ocean of public opinion; but securing them in the bark of truth, they have had the proud satisfaction of stemming the torrent and weathering the gale, with calm and placid serenity: while hundreds of their more dazzling and adventurous contemporaries, who set sail with them, crowded with the full canvass of favourable criticism, and swelled with the fair wind of ephemeral applause, have been engulphed in the lethe of public contempt; or after striking against the rocks of candid and impartial (but to them fatal) enquiry, have at last, wearied with the perils of their disastrous voyage, perchance, arrived at the desired haven of particular patronage - merely to be consigned to " the tomb of all the Gapulets", where " their names are no more remembered", and their merits are blotted for ever from the world of standard literature. - -Neither has the success of the author's writings been confined to England, nor to the British dominions; but "the Astrologer" has reached the burning plains of fertile India; and has even set at defiance the mighty waters of the vast Atlantic, reaching even the shores of the new world; - where the phalanx of prejudice, so usually arrayed against every thing meritorious out of "the track of custom", has failed to stop its extraordinary career. - For these victorious exertions in " the science of the stars, the author himself claims nothing praiseworthy. - Truth only, invincible truth, has been the magic talisman, at whose display these grand advantages have been gained !

In the present volume, I have studiously avoided recording any thing which might be deemed superfluous, and at the same time, have been equally careful to refrain from omitting any thing of real utility in a scientific way. This the reader will at once perceive, in the Perpetual Tables of the Sun's right ascension; by which a "Theme of Heaven", or horoscope, may be cast, for any time, either part, present, or future, with singular facility, and without any reference to the celestial globe, the planisphere, or even the Ephemera. The table of the " Planetary Dignities,, will at once evince the superiority of my system, over the systems of former sidereal authors; in which the brevity and consequent facility in becoming acquainted therewith, is only to be equalled by its experimental certainty. The nature and properties of " the Planetary Orbs", the "Celestial Signs", and of "the Houses of Heaven" are the result of a most sedulous enquiry for a series of years, into this part of nature's secrets; added to which, they are enriched with many valuable discoveries from original and costly manuscripts; but at the same time they are entirely divested of the superstitions and absurdities of the dark ages, - Those absurdities which have hitherto been the reproach of Astrology, but for which the ancients may be well excused, without impeaching their candour; since the vacuum in the system, which the discovery of Herschel supplies, might well be supposed to lead to the adoption of many erroneous rules, by those persons who found the science itself to stand the united test of reason and demonstration.

Enough of Astronomy is given to render the Newtonian system of the universe intelligible to general readers, which, being described in as popular a manner as the subject would permit, it is presumed will be an extra attraction to the work, and may cause it. to become a source of scientific information, even to the most casual enquirer; clearness and precision herein having been most particularly the author's chief aim, in which he trusts he has succeeded sufficiently to merit notice.

In the latter part of the work, where the author has treated of "the Doctrine of Nativities", etc. his rules for ascertaining the particulars of individual fate, are, he presumes, superior to what any other author has given; being founded on a true philosophical attention to cause and effect, the result of actual observation, and therefore far more valuable than if they were the mere assertions of a former writer. The author likewise requests particular attention to his important discovery relative to the method of foreknowing those particular times of life, which are likely to prove more fortunate, or more remarkable than others, by the theory of " Celestial Periods;" a discovery which, after years of unremitting and patient labor, he feels proud in submitting to the notice even of the most erudite student in the art; as thereby may be perceived many hidden beauties in this sublime science, which would otherwise have, escaped observation, while the peculiar simplicity, yet elegance, of the theory, and the demonstration it affords, will amply repay the student for the trifling pains he may take in acquiring it.

Next to the foregoing, may be mentioned, the easy rules which the author has laid down for finding and equating the various Celestial Arcs of Direction, in nativities, whether primary or progressive - the method of solving Horary Questions; and the brevity but perspicuity of the theory he has given, for foreseeing the destinies and revolutions of kingdoms, thrones, and empires, which constitute what is termed State Astrology. Being deduced from the actual position of the heavenly bodies at the instant of any eclipse, comet, solar ingress, or other celestial phenomena. These, with various other subjects of importance, will be found to render the principal part of the book most peculiarly interesting, and replete with select instruction in the different branches of the Astral science.