Author: Mary L. Gardiner

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-21

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9781333314163

Excerpt from Collection From the Prose and Poetical Writings of Mary L. Gardiner IN committing a volume of some hundred pages to the press, it may not, without reason, he expected that the reader should be favored with some account of the author's labors, and of the reasons which may have induced the publication of the present work. Indeed, the explanation seems the more appropriate, at a period when productions of a similar character have become not only common, but, probably in the opinion of the great mass of readers, quite too frequent, to be useful. So considerable a volume filled with pieces mostly poetical, and upon subjects, many of which have scarcely the recommendation of novelty, may seem to demand some apology for its intrusion upon the public in these prosaic times. The author of this miscellaneous collection, (many parts of which have appeared in different publications, ) is, but to a small extent, known to fame, and possesses no inordinate ambition for distinction as a writer, beyond the limits of her native island. Feeling, as she does, her own inferiority, in comparison with a host of others whom it would be easy to mention, it may be easily supposed, that it is not without much hesitation and solicitude, that she submits her literary labors to the judgment of an impartial community. The writer is as sensible as the most fastidious of her readers can be, of the many imperfections which exist in these compositions, and that others, which she knows not of, will be discovered, thereby exposing her performances (and justly too) to the severity of criticism. She is equally well assured that the privileges of her sex guaranties no exemption from an ordeal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.