Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, Vol. 1
Her body has long been committed to the earth from which it Sprang, and her soul has returned to God who gave it, but she has left on earth a testimony which will outlive monuments of brass and stone - a reputation which has spread to the corners of the world - and a name which is reverenced by all whose approbation IS praise.
The curiosity that has been as generally expressed as univer sally felt, to know more of the life and character of this, in the best sense of the word, illustrious woman, is a feeling which ought to be respected; and it has at length become a duty to make every effort in order to save from destruction those invalu able records of her heart and feeling, those delightful traits of her distinguished friends, those heart-stirring pictures of her private and every-day life, and those important records of her public services to religion and humanity, which are contained in these volumes, and which, but for the present publication, might have expired with their compiler, or have left but a vague memory of her excellence, except in those instances where the sacrifice of her fortune has raised imperishable monuments to her piety.
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