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Preface.
printed; and extracts are given from a novel
which she had begun a few months before her
death; but the chief addition is a short tale
never before published, called 'Lady Susan.'
I regret that the little which I have been able
to add could not appear in my First Edition;
as much of it was either unknown to me, or
not at my command, when I first published;
and I hope that I may claim some indulgent
allowance for the difficulty of recovering little
facts and feelings which had been merged half
a century deep in oblivion.
November 17, 1870.
