text:  According to Dean Swift's account the chaplain's time hung heavy on his hands for my lady had sermon books of her own and could read; nay my lady's woman had jest books of her own and wanted none of his nonsense! The learned professions or black arts lost at least ninety-five per cent in importance; and so rapid as been the increase of the evil that at this time of day it is a hard matter to impose on any clodpole in Europe! Instead of signing with their marks the kings of modern times have turned ushers; instead of reading with difficulty we have a mob of noblemen who write with ease; and now-a-days it is every duke ay and every duchess her own book-maker! A year or two hence however and all this will have become obsolete