Letters of Lydia Maria Child Author:Lydia Maria Francis Child PREFATORY NOTE. 'VHEN the friend whom 11rs. Child would have-· chosen above all others consented to write a biographical introduction to this volume, solely as a labor of love, the compiler, though an entire novice at such work, could not refuse his urgent request - seconded by one of 111's. Child's nearest relations, to whom she had left her pa... more »pers - to select and arrange her letters. Her life was so mnch richer in thought and sentiment than in events, and so devoted to the progressi ve movements relating to human weal and woe, that it is thought her letters, given in chronological order, will almost tell her whole story. If any correspondents miss some favorite letter in the collection, we would remind them of the embarrassment of riches; for her correspondence extended over sixty years; and of the impossibility of suiting all tastes; and we cordially thank them all for the abundant supply of material.THE portr~it of 1lrs. Child which is prefixed to this
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CONTENTS bTRODUCTIO~ ?; LETTERS; ApPE~DIX; PAG&; v-xxv; 1-261; Remarks of 'Yenaell Phillips at the Funeral of Mrs Child 263; « 'Vithin the Gate," b!f Johll G Whittier 269; List of Mrs Child's Works 272; L'i'DEX 275
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