6 Susan has often told me, that Emma sat on her knee, ano taught her to read the Bible. Sue Page 71. A SKETCH OF MY FRIEND'S FAMILY, INTENDED TO SUGGEST SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON RELIGION AND DOMESTIC MANNERS. BY MRS. MARSHALL, AUTHOR OF HENWICK TALES. THE FIFTH EDITION. "In every work regard the writer's end." LONDON: J. HATCHARD AND SON, PICCADILLY. 1827. PREFAC E. IN submitting the following pages to the cool unbiassed judgment of the Public, the Author is aware, that should her work be thought of sufficient importance to obtain any notice, she will have to encounter many objections and much criticism. Several of the former perhaps she already anticipates, and in the latter she will the more readily acquiesce, because some defects have been detected and expunged; and there are others so interwoven with the tale itself, that to attempt an amendment of them all, would be to write a new book. |