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    of publishing the 1 heological Works of Dr . Priestley , on such a scale of expense * as may r ender them an easy purchase , eoiigide ring their number and extent . For some time I indulged the hope that a friend peculi arly suited by the

    nature of his own pursuits , and his present intimate ar *« d happy connexion with a society wl lich was the last scene of Dr . Priestley ' labours in England , would ha ve undertaken the office of his' Editor . My friend ,

    however , assures me th at his increasing engagements , which , from their importance , I know not how to regret , will render this impracticable , while he freely offers me ev ery assistance in his power towards tfce accomplishment of such a design .

    In the theological works of Dr . Priestley I include his papers , forming about a third part of the Theological Repository , and all his otheir publications , except the Scientific an < 1 those on Miscellaneous Literature * II

    propose to add occasional notes , concise , and chiefly employed to correct , or supply references , to remark any variation in the author ' s opinions , to preserve the original dates of his

    pieces , and to describe any important discussions which they occasioned . For these purposes I shall solicit , and have no doubt of obtaining the kind assistance of several friends to the

    memory of Dr . Priestley , whose own pursuits have made them much better acquainted with his writings and the circumstances attending their publication , than my general engagements have allowed me to become .

    Adopting the types of Lardner ' s Works for the text and notes , the same fulness of page and average bulk ° f volumes , I apprehend that the theological works of Dr . Priestley , as I have described them , may possibly

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    reach but can scarcely exceed sixteen such volumes . For their publication [ shall propose a subscription , with " a sum paid on subscribing , moderate , compared with the extent of the

    undertaking , and such farther sum on the delivery of each volume , that the whole works may cost the subscribers considerably less than by any other mode of purchase .

    On this plan of publication it would be unreasonable to ask the assistance of booksellers . I am therefore induced to request any of your readers , especially those residing in the centre of large districts , who may be disposed

    to promote the object , by receiving subscriptions , to favour me , by an early post , with their acquiescence , that I may mention their names in a Prospectus , designed for your next Number *

    It would gratify me to have an opportunity of circulating widely the theological works of Dr . Priestley , under the advantages of a connected form . Yet , should there appear , af * - ter a short experiment , only such a number of subscribers as will merely cover unavoidable expenses , I shall ,

    notwithstanding , immediately proceed in the execution of the task I have undertaken ; pleased thus to bear in Jively recolSection my too short personal acquaintance with Dr . Prfestley , and to acknowledge what I owe , in common with thousands , to the valuable information of his writings and the edifying example of his life .

    I remain , Sir , Y " ours , &c . J . T . RUTT . P . S . I shall thank any of your readers , inclined to oblige ine on this occasion , to direct to me , by post , — No . 39 , Goswell Street , London .

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    Mr . Ruti-s Proposal for Re-printing Dr . Priestley ' s Works . 715

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1815, page 713, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1766/page/49/