On a comparison of the text of his compendium, Principles of Poll Econ., with his preface to the first edition, in which preface he announces himself as the Adam Smith of his day we do not know whether to admire more the simplicity of the man, or that of the public, who took him, in good faith, for the Adam Smith he announced himself to be, although he bears about as much resemblance to Adam Smith as say General Williams, of Kars, to the Duke of Wellington.