BY S. H. BURNEY, AUTHOR OF CLARENTINE,' 6 GERALDINE FAUCONBERG,' AND < TRAITS OF NATURE.' The Shipwreck. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN, PUBLIC LIBRARY, CONDUIT STREET, HANOVER SQUAREL In obtaining the permission with which your Ladyship has honoured me of inscribing to you this little volume, I feel even more gratification as a daughter, than pride as an author. You were the long-tried and faithful friend of my revered father; and the fayour you are now conferring upon one of his descendants, may justly be considered as a tribute of affection to his memory. In that light, be assured, that I view it; since blind as we commonly are to our own insignificance, I am not so blind, as to be unconscious how slender are my claims, either as an author or an individual, to your Ladyship's attention. May I be permitted to say a few words on the subject of the volume itself. M513938 |