In committing this book to the tender mercies of the Gentlemen of "The Press" the Writer is fully conscious of its many defects, and will be sincerely obliged to any honest critics who will not only show her her faults, but teach her how to mend them. She hopes however that the moral and aim of the story may plead some excuse for its shortcomings. Whatever weak points it may have, it has one strong one, viz., Truthfulness, and they who say it is not "True to Life" will fall into the same error as the audience who declared that the clown imitated the squeaking of a pig better than the pig did it himself. The Authoress has carried the real pig under her cloak. She may have carried him awkwardly, but a pig is a pig " for a' that." ,, 203, " ,, 204, " " 219, " 10, " Anglaise read anglaise. bale read hale. chef d'œuvres read chefs d'œuvre. walked read walketh. walketh read walked. is again read was again. oi polloi read hoi polloi. recognised read recognized. become read becomes. stroag read strong. bye read by. 25, for Wm. Crinsworth read Wm. Crimsworth. |