John Brett. Portrait of Christina Rossetti. 1857.
Anna Letitia BarbauldMISS EDGEWORTH.1

THE highly entertaining novel of Belinda, and the instructive tale of Griselda, are inserted by the obliging permission of their author. That of Belinda is here printed from a copy corrected purposely for this Selection, and has undergone considerable alterations. With regard to these productions, the intelligent reader can want no index-hand to point out the wit of Lady Delacour, or the animated dialogue of Griselda; and the editor feels it would be superfluous to indulge her feelings in dwelling on the excellencies of an author so fully in possession of the esteem and admiration of the public.


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1.  The British Novelists; with an Essay; and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Mrs. Barbauld, 50 Vols. (London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; A. Strahan; T. Payne; G. Robinson; W. Lowndes; Wilkie and Robinson; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington and Co.; Clarke and Son; C. Law; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; E. Jeffery; J.K. Newman; Crosby and Co.; J. Carpenter; S. Bagster; T. Booth; J. Murray; J. and J. Richardson; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Harding; R. Phillips; J. Mawman; J. Booker; J. Asperne; R. Baldwin; Mathews and Leigh; J. Faulder; Johnson and Co.; Sherwood and Co.; J. Miller; W. Creech, Edinburgh; and Wilson and Son, York, 1810), 49:i. Mary A. Waters edited this edition for The Criticism Archive. Back