[Gutenberg 61676] • American Life / A Narrative of Two Years' City and Country Residence in the United States

Excerpt from American Life: A Narrative of Two Years' City and Country Residence in the United States

IN submitting these few sheets to the public, the authoress Wishes to be considered as presenting a faithful record of her observations, and of events as they occurred Within the limits of her experience, during her continuance in the United States.

Whenever she has felt herself called upon to give an opinion, she has endeavoured impartially to comply; and when, in delineating characters, she has been compelled to draw upon fiction for names, in order to avoid inflicting an injury by an unnecessary exposure; it may be concluded with certainty that the names alone are fictitious, and that the individuals represented are correctly de pioted in their proper colours.

While employed in preparing this small volume for the press, that opinion, so frequently expressed by the Americans, has often occurred to her: viz.

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