REVISED AND, CORRECTED, WITH NOTES BY THE AUTHOR. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1845. 249.7.147. TO LADY TRELAWNY. MY DEAR LADY TRELAWNY, To your Ladyship's kindness I am indebted, not only for a knowledge of the interesting fragments of family history, which afforded me a groundwork for the following Romance, as far as it relates to the loves of Harry and Letitia ; but also for the trouble and zeal you displayed in procuring for me the opportunity of seeing all that was of interest in the ancient mansion of Trelawne, and its neighbourhood. In that delightful visit, the pleasure which my husband and myself experienced in the investigation of so many objects of curiosity, was, indeed, heightened by the unwearied attention and hospitality with which we were entertained by your Ladyship, and your friends. Although the present "offering" cannot come so home to your heart, as that you have lately received from the pen of a dear and gifted daughter,* yet, I venture to hope, you will accept the dedication of "Trelawny of Trelawne," as an unfeigned mark of my esteem, and of the grateful recollections I must always feel for those many acts of kindness and friendship I have already named in connexion with my work.† Allow me to remain, MY DEAR LADY TRELAWNY, Your Ladyship's most faithfully obliged and attached Friend, ANNA ELIZA BRAY. The Vicarage, Tavistock, August 25th, 1845. "An Easter Offering," or little volume of poems, of much merit and interest, by Miss Anne Trelawny. + I am also indebted to the pencil of Miss Caroline Trelawny, for the drawing of the front view of the ancient family mansion, Trelawne, in Cornwall. |