THE QUAKER CITY: Or, The Monks of Monk Hall A Romance of Philadelphia Life, Mystery, and Crime (1845)
My Publishers ask me to write a Preface for this new Edition of the Quaker City. What shall I say? Shall I at this time enter into a full explanation of the motives which induced me to write this Work? Shall I tell how it has been praised—how abused—how it has on the one hand been cited as a Work of...
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Zusammenfassung: | My Publishers ask me to write a Preface for this new Edition of the Quaker City. What shall I say? Shall I at this time enter into a full explanation of the motives which induced me to write this Work? Shall I tell how it has been praised—how abused—how it has on the one hand been cited as a Work of great merit, and on the other, how it has been denounced as the most immoral work of the age?
The reader will spare me the task. The Quaker City has passed through many Editions in America, as |
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