Letters, From The Year 1774 To The Year 1796, Addresses To His Daughter, The Late Miss Wilkes - With A Collection Of His Miscellaneous Poems, To Which ... A Memoir Of The Life Of Mr. Wilkes. Vol I [Paperback]

John Wilkes (Author)

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Publication Date: January 31, 2008

Letters, from the year 1774 to the year 1796, addresses to his daughter, the late Miss Wilkes : with a collection of his miscellaneous poems, to which is prefixed a memoir of the life of Mr. Wilkes - 1805 - CONTENTS OF VOL. 1. The Life of Mr. EKlkes-und Poems many from original MSS. not before printed. VOL. I. Page 249 - 6 f-r Gt ead ofince - 4 409 --2 1, for over-ruled, read, overturned, 47, insert the foIIow zg hofe, rpfrUalb line 1 UpoV a question of evidence, as to the right of-CrOss-examination-. jr 482 line 7, for indictment, rrod, information. 55,. insert, r56rabIe to line I, N. Published in 1383. . . t .. A .-T VOL. 11 - Page t 1 7 , line 2 from hottom, r 1,-read, you. b b b w VOL. IV. Page 166, line 2 fmm bottom, for Nous, - . . IT might perhaps be thought that the voluminous Cc Works of Mr. Wilkes, 5 the publication of whichhas for s eral months past been announced to the pubIic, would - naturalIy supersede the materials of the following voluines. The truth is, that it hasin r . e ality occasioned their being thus cominitted to the press. A feeling, of delicacy on the part of those to whom the Letters, which con stitute the present work, belonged, for some time prevented a11 intention of VOL. I e B wiring them to the world. But a when it appeared that a general collection of his miscellaneous pieces, including also a great number of his familiar epistles to various persons and on various subjects, was preparing for general circulation, there seemed no longer any just reason, when so much was to be permitted to walk abroad, to keep closeted at home, this, certainly not the least curious prt of his extensive correspondell - c e . In a In compliance however with the request of Mr. Wilkess surviving daughter now the wife of a gentleman at the bar, it is thought proper to state, that the possession of the letters, c. which form these vo1umes is not derived from her and that of the correspondence of her father with herself, said to be amongst the papers in Mr. Almons pub lication, she is wholly ignorant. As she learns, Mr. Almons publication, with which 3 is by no means intended that this should interfere, M. Wilkess correspondence with Miss Wilkes reaches no further, according to his own advertisement, than the year 1780. The present collection , begins with a few scattered letters writ, ten in the years 1774 . and 1775, and thence continues in a regular succession to as late a period as 1796. To those therefore to whom the character and writings of Mr. Wilkes are still objects of curiosity, these volumes will not be unacceptable and will form a valuable addition to those of Mr. Almon, . whose however, that Mr. Almon is utterly incapable of giving to the public other than genuine letters, she has not felt herself called upon to inquire about them, s a 4 cDnnexion with Mr. Wilkes whilst yet cc an unextinguished. volcano, renders him a fitter-and more competent histo rian of those political explosions, which in the years I 763 and 1768 startled the country, than any other person. Leav ing therefore to him the illustration of Mr. Wilkess politi-ml productions, it will be sufficient for the present editor to mention, on his part, what it is he has to offer to the public., The praent volume will contain some miscellaneous productions in verse, se veral of which have possibly appeared be fore in printed collections of fugitive pieces, but some also, which certainly exist only in manuscript, and which it is believed are not in the possessioil of Mr. Almon. The second volume, , the first of the Letters, contains Mr. Wilkess letters to his daughter from 1774 to 1783...

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• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Read Books (January 31, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1408616041
• ISBN-13: 978-1408616048
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.8 x 1.1 inches
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