EDITOR S PREFACE. xvii 



philosophic reflections, to which she attached so 

 much importance, can it be denied that a 

 sentence which I find among Miss Bewick's 

 notes, apparently intended for insertion in the 

 next edition, and therefore reproduced here, 

 is essentially just : " Many of the opinions 

 expressed in the work were long held at a 

 loss; but are now becoming more and more 

 the established truths of the day." 



It would be difficult to specify in detail the 

 various additions which have been made to the 

 present issue of the *' Memoir," or even to say 

 of how many lines or pages they consist, as the 

 type has been re-arranged and numerous editorial 

 notes, (distinguished by square brackets,) have 

 been added. But a very superficial inspection 

 of the text will suffice to satisfy the reader 

 that they have involved the disclosure of none 

 of those firebrands which, probably from the 

 fact that something was known to have been 

 kept back, the original manuscript was supposed 

 to contain. Most of the longer additions are 

 simply records of the names of various friends, 

 and expressions of gratitude for kindness or 

 encouragement. The most important interpola- 

 tion is that at pp. 266-78 which gives an 

 account of Robert Johnson and others of the 



pupils. But even this, it is to be feared, will 



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