The utility of a PROVINCIAL GLOSSARY to all persons-desirous of understanding our ancient poets, is so universally acknowledged, that to enter into a proof of it would be entirely a work of supererogation. Divers partial collections have been occasionally made, all which have been well received, and frequently reprinted ; these are, in this work, all united under one alphabet; and augmented by many hundred words collected by the Editor in the different places wherein they are used ; the rotation of military quarters, and the recruiting service, having occasioned him to reside for some time in most of the counties in England.