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dix, which seems to me as perfectly satisfactory 
on the subject as any thing of the kind I ever 
met with. Mr. VVest was of the same opinion 
as Mr. M'Gillivray; but in conversing with 
him on the subject, he did not enter into so dis- 
tinct an explanation of his reasons for dissent- 
ing from the speculation of Sir Philip Francis. 
In criticism, however, whether the matter in 
question be works of art, or of literature, the 
best opinion is exactly that which is the most 
reasonable ; and the point at issue here, is not 
one in which an artist's judgment can be 
allowed greater weight than that of any other 
man.