Excerpt from Poetical Remains of the Late Lucretia Maria Davidson: Collected and Arranged by Her Mother; With a Biography Maritorne, or the Pirate of Mexico, was writ ten ih Albany, during her stay at the Institution of Miss Gilbert, at a time when she was ill, in the brief space of three weeks, while getting daily les sons like any other school girl. During that period, she also produced several fugitive pieces. She had been absent from home but six weeks when I was summoned to attend her: she had then been confined to her bed three weeks. On the morning after my arrival, she desired me to collect the scattered sheets of Maritorne, and expressed much sorrow when she found that some were missing. She told me with tears, that she feared she could never sup ply the loss, and said, Do, mamma, take care. Of what remains; it is thus far the best thing I ever wrote. 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.