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 INTRODUCTORY LETTER OF THE AUTHORESS. My Dear Nellie,— Since writing you my confessions, in that series of letters which you flattered me by calling "most interesting facts, and deliriously voluptuous reading for lovers of the rod," the following curious narrative has been entrusted to my confidential keeping by a young Countess of my acquaintance; but as there are no secrets between us, and I think it may afford some little pleasure in the perusal, I hasten to copy it out for you, Rh