KF4505 HARVARD UNIVERSITY Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1844, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District STEREOTYPED BY T. B. SMITH, #PARD UNIVERSITY 2002 ADVERTISEMENT. In the year 1840 when the Publisher of this volume issued the first one of the productions of Charlotte Elizabeth which attracted any considerable attention in this country, notice was given of his intention to publish an edition of her works in a series of volumes of uniform size and binding. Events have since occurred which have interfered in part with the original design and led to its execution in the present modified form. It is hoped that this change will meet with the approbation of the very numerous readers and admirers of our authoress, combining as it does in the highest degree, as a style of publication, the desirable requisites of economy, legibility and elegance. The publication of the Portrait of Charlotte Elizabeth, now first given to the American public, at considerable expense, will it is believed greatly enhance the value of the present edition and secure for it a corresponding demand. One or more volumes to correspond with this will speedily follow, and others as the materials are afforded of which to compose them. New York, June, 1844. |