Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Irene, or the Life and Fortunes of a Yankee Girl: A Tale, in Eight Cantos
A long preface is an unmitigated outrage. A writer has no business to attempt such an infliction upon a discerning public. To expect that it will be read is presuming too much on human patience. Some persons never read a preface, however short.
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