[Footnotes have been inserted in the text in square ("[]")<br /> brackets, close to the point where they were originally.<br /><br /> Characters printed in italics in the original text have been<br /> written in capital letters in this etext.<br /><br /> The British Pound Sterling symbol has been written 'L'.]<br /> In August 1811, we are told, she wrote a little play about landlords and tenants for the children of her sister, Mrs. Beddoes. Mr. Edgeworth tried to get the play produced on the London boards. Writing to her aunt, Mrs. Ruxton, Maria says, 'Sheridan has answered as I foresaw he must, that in the present state of this country the Lord Chamberlain would not license…
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