ABSTRACT
Nothing seems more capable of affording satisfaction to a liberal mind than the many public improvements of elegance and convenience which have been lately made in this metropolis. Every inhabitant participates of their advantages, and every man of generous feelings shares in the reputation which his country acquires from them. Perhaps then it is the right of every individual to discuss with decent freedom the merits and demerits of public works, and even of private undertakings as far as they relate to public ornament. A discussion of this sort may serve to turn men’s attention to these subjects, and be the means of introducing a greater correctness of taste to the future.
