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Corrie of Woodville near Birmingham ; and of this 
work Sir Thomas Frankland tells the writer, “I 
must not omit to notice your Dedication, as equal 
in elegance to any extant.” 
Mrs. Corrie to Sir J. EF. Smith. 
My dear Sir James, Woodville, Jan. 29, 1821. 
On our return hither two days ago, we found 
your elegant present waiting our arrival. The book 
is a treasure in itself, and doubly valuable as a proof 
of your friendly remembrance. But what can I say 
in acknowledgement of the gratifying and unex- 
pected distinction with which you have honoured 
me? I can conceive nothing so flattering to va- 
nity, if vanity were not lost in the far stronger feel- 
ing of affectionate gratitude. The privilege of an 
introduction to you has been one of my first wishes 
for many years past, and I feel myself fortunate in 
no common degree in its accomplishment. 
Iam, my dear Sir James, with the greatest re- 
spect, your truly obliged,—may I add, 
Your affectionate Friend, 
Susan Corrie. 
An American edition of The Grammar of Botany 
(by Henry Muhlenberg, D.D.) was published in1822 
at New York: and a translation of it into German 
was made the same year. 
