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Lady Byron Vindicated
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Title: Lady Byron Vindicated
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Release Date: November 16, 2004 [eBook #14061]
Language: English
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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LADY BYRON VINDICATED***
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LADY BYRON VINDICATED BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
A history of the Byron Controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time.
NOTE BY THE PUBLISHERS.
The subject of this volume is of such painful notoriety that any apology from the Publishers may seem unnecessary upon issuing the Author's reply to the counter statements which her narrative in Macmillan's Magazine has called forth. Nevertheless they consider it right to state that their strong regard for the Author, respect for her motives, and assurance of her truthfulness, would, even in the absence of all other considerations, be sufficient to induce them to place their imprint on the title-page.
The publication has been undertaken by them at the Author's request, 'as her friends,' and as the publishers of her former works, and from a feeling that whatever difference of opinion may be entertained respecting the Author's judiciousness in publishing 'The True Story,'