Excerpt from Life of Mrs. Eliza A. Seton, Foundress and First Superior of the Sisters or Daughters of Charity in the United States of America: With Copious Extracts From Her Writings, and an Historical Sketch of the Sisterhood From Its Foundation to the Time of Her Death This volume originally appeared in the year 1853. It met with such a cordial reception that the first edition was soon exhausted. In compliance with the repeated solicitations of friends, the author revised his work, and omitted some passages for the purpose chie y of reducing its bulk and bringing it more generally within the reach of purchasers. The second edition, thus improved, was published in 1856, and sold so rapidly that it has been out of 'print for some time. The demand for the book continues, but the author is no longer here to prepare the third edition. On the lst of April, 1878, he was called to his reward, leaving behind him the memory of a learned, virtuous and zealous priest. 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."