THE ROMANY RYE; 66 A SEQUEL TO "LAVENGRO." BY GEORGE BORROW, AUTHOR OF 'THE BIBLE IN SPAIN," THE GYPSIES OF SPAIN," ETC. "Fear God, and take your own part.” IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. I. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1857. [The Right of Translation is reserved.] ADVERTISEMENT. IT having been frequently stated in print that the book called "Lavengro was got up expressly against the popish agitation, in the years 1850-51, the author takes this opportunity of saying that the principal part of that book was written in the year '43, that the whole of it was completed before the termination of the year '46, and that it was in the hands of the publisher in the year '48. And here he cannot forbear observing, that it was the duty of that publisher to have rebutted a statement which he knew to be a calumny; and also to have set the public right on another point dealt with in the Appendix to the present work, more especially as he was the proprietor of a review enjoying, however undeservedly, a certain sale and reputation. "But take your own part, boy! For if you don't, no one will take it for you." With respect to "Lavengro," the author feels |