Memoirs of Doctor Burney (Vol. 1 of 3): Arranged from his own manuscripts, from family papers, and from personal recollections by his daughter, Madame d'Arblay

· 1840

Chapters. Page ADVERTISEMENT. ii PREFACE, OR APOLOGY. v INTRODUCTION. x MEMOIRS OF DOCTOR BURNEY. 1 IT was the intention of the Biographer of DOCTOR BURNEY, to have printed the Doctor’s Correspondence, in a fourth volume, at the same time with the Memoir; but upon examining the collection, there appears such a dearth of the Doctor’s own Letters, of which he very rarely kept copies, that it seems to be expedient to postpone their publication, till it can be rendered more complete; to which end, the Biographer ventures earnestly to entreat, that all who possess any original Letters of Doctor Burney, whether addressed to themselves, or retained by inheritance, will have the goodness—where ther…

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