Excerpt from Letters From Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, to Mrs. Montagu, Between the Years 1755 and 1800, Vol. 1 of 3: Chiefly Upon Literary and Moral Subjects After the publication of Mrs. Carter's Correspondence with Miss Talbot, and of her Letters to Mrs. Vesey, it may perhaps be proper to state the reasons which prevented the Editor from printing the present Collection of Letters before this time, and which have induced him to print them now. His intention was, not to publish any more of Mrs. Carter's Letters, be cause he thought those which were already in the hands of the public, were sufficiently volu minous, and gave a clear insight into her way of thinking upon a great variety of interesting and important subjects. But there has been so large a demand for the Letters already published, and they have been so much approved by those, whose opinion the Editor most regards, that he. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.