PREFACE. THE following Tale was originally written for the amusement of private friends. Before it could be fitted for more general circulation, certain alterations were required, which the writer of this Preface undertook to make. For these she is responsible, as well as for urging the publication of the Tale; but it can scarcely be necessary to add that the credit of its authorship is not in the slightest degree to be given to her. BONCHURCH: Nov. 30, 1868. |