Excerpt from Daughter of the Elm: A Tale of Western Virginia Before the War In authorizing a reprint of the Daughter of the Elm, in deference to a persistent de mand, the author craves leave to say a word of grateful acknowledgment for the flattering reception the book has met. No one knows better than he that the work has but slender claim to literary merit; yet it appears to have supplied a want. It seems there is in it a similitude behind which many readers think they recognize real incidents, persons and places. ...
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Excerpt from Daughter of the Elm: A Tale of Western Virginia Before the War In authorizing a reprint of the Daughter of the Elm, in deference to a persistent de mand, the author craves leave to say a word of grateful acknowledgment for the flattering reception the book has met. No one knows better than he that the work has but slender claim to literary merit; yet it appears to have supplied a want. It seems there is in it a similitude behind which many readers think they recognize real incidents, persons and places. But this friendly reception has not been confined to those who found this element of personal and local interest. Copies have gone into nearly every State in the Union, and some across the sea. Many letters have come from readers who knew nothing of the 10 cal similitude expressing their pleasure in the perusal; others from readers who were curious to confirm their conjectures as. To the identity of the characters in the story. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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