Bracebridge Hall, Or the Humorists: A Medley by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent (Classic Reprint)

Standing. The volumes which I have already published have met with a reception far beyond my most sanguine expectations. I would willingly attribute __this to their intrinsic merits; but, in spite of the vanity of authorship, I cannot but be sensible that their success has, in a'great measure, been owing to a less flattering cause. It has been a matter of marvel, to my European readers, that a man from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon as something new and strange' in literature a kind of demi-savage, with a feather in his hand instead of on his head; and there was a curiosity to hear what such a being had to say about civilized society.

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