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is perhaps necessary to state, that the outline and much of the First Part of the following of 's  were written, some time since, in preparation for a volume, of which the completed Essays were intended to form a portion.

Little did the Writer then anticipate that this tribute of sincere admiration would be offered to the memory of the dead. As a simple wild-flower garland from her own England, from one who knew and loved her well, the hand of friendship would place it on the lonely and far-off grave of the gifted and lamented