My Publishers ask me to write a Preface for this new l'~dition
of the Quaker City. ,Vhat shall I say? Shall I at this time enter
into a full explanation of the motives which imlnc€d me to write
this 'Work? Shall I tell how it has been pra.ised-how abuscdhow
it has on the one hand been cited as a Vork of great mcrit,
and on the other, how it has been denounced as the most immoral
w9rk of the age? 1 -
The reader will spare me the task. The Quaker City has passed
through many Editions in America, as well as in I.ondon. It
has also been translated and numerons editions of it have been
published in Ger.many, and a beautiful edition in four volumes,
is now before me, bearing the imprint of Otto 'Wigand, Leipsic;
as Publisher, and the name of Frederick Gerstaker, as the Author.
Taking all these facts iuto consideration, it seems but just that
I should say a word for myself on this occasion.
The motive which impelled me to write this 'York may be stated
in a few words.
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