Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

INTRODUCTION I HAVE induced to publish the foIlowing extracts to gratify thc wishes of dear and partial friends, and, I will fral klyc onfess, a secret desire of my own, until of late scarccly ackrlowledged bv myself, to fol low in thc trnirl of my beloved children, and maintain, while I Iivc, thllt closecorn anior shwipit h their mir ds, which l nsh itllcrto formed the chicf happiness of my life-thcse nlocives irripcl me or ward. The story of thc Stanley family is a simple uarrativc of facts, ivhich occrlrred ill lS14 the narries only are fictitious...

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