ΤΟ THE RIGHT REVEREND THOMAS LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S. MY LORD,-What apology can 1 offer to your Lordship for my boldness in thus prefixing your name to the Third Volume of my humble work? I am fully sensible, that to a person of your Lordship's distinction in the field of literature the CAMBRO-BRITON can present no attractions: to a mere literary character it never aspired. But, as being especially devoted to the support of that cause, in which your Lordship's services and example have been conspicuous, the work may not be entirely unworthy of your notice, I will not add-of your patronage. The first volume of the CAMBRO BRITON was inscribed to the President of the Metropolitan Institution, formed for the cultivation of Welsh literature; and the second to the most distinguished Welsh scholar of the present age, or, perhaps, of any preceding one. Upon the same principle, I take the freedom of dedicating this Third Volume to your Lordship, as having, in an eminent degree, contributed to the national spirit, which at present pervades your adopted country; for it can never be forgotten, that your Lordship's name holds the first place amongst those of the patriotic individuals, who establish |